Mississippi Burning vs The Legacy of the Bones

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.6/10 for The Legacy of the Bones). The Legacy of the Bones is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2019). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS The Legacy of the Bones posterThe Legacy of the Bones2019
Mississippi BurningThe Legacy of the Bones
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.6/10
Year19882019
Length2h 8m2h 1m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaSpain
DirectorAlan ParkerFernando González Molina
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskyLeonardo Sbaraglia, Pedro Casablanc, Colin McFarlane, Miquel Fernández, Francesc Orella

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 Legacy of the Bones

Inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of suicides that seem to follow a similar pattern.

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