Mississippi Burning vs Texas Killing Fields
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.8/10 for Texas Killing Fields). Texas Killing Fields is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2011). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Texas Killing Fields| Mississippi Burning | Texas Killing Fields | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Ami Canaan Mann |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Stephen Graham, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Sam Worthington |
Synopsis
Mississippi Burning
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Texas Killing Fields
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
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