Mississippi Burning vs The Crimson Rivers
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.9/10 for The Crimson Rivers). The Crimson Rivers is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2000). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
The Crimson Rivers| Mississippi Burning | The Crimson Rivers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Vincent Cassel, Didier Flamand, Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda |
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 Crimson Rivers
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
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