Mississippi Burning vs The Body of My Enemy

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for The Body of My Enemy). The Body of My Enemy is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 8m. The Body of My Enemy is the older of the two (1976 against 1988). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS The Body of My Enemy posterThe Body of My Enemy1976
Mississippi BurningThe Body of My Enemy
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.4/10
Year19881976
Length2h 8m2h
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlan ParkerHenri Verneuil
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskyJean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brosset, Elisabeth Margoni, Charles Gérard, Nicole Garcia

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.

The Body of My Enemy

A man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former love. Going underground, he seeks allies in a town where trust is scarce.

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