Mississippi Burning vs The Dinner
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 4.5/10 for The Dinner). The Dinner is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2017). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
The Dinner| Mississippi Burning | The Dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 4.5/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Oren Moverman |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Adepero Oduye, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Coogan |
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 Dinner
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
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