Mississippi Burning vs The Constant Gardener
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7/10 for The Constant Gardener). Mississippi Burning is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 9m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2005). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
The Constant Gardener| Mississippi Burning | The Constant Gardener | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | Germany |
| Director | Alan Parker | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Archie Panjabi, Bill Nighy, Ralph Fiennes, Danny Huston, Rachel Weisz |
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 Constant Gardener
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
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