Mississippi Burning vs Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.6/10 for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2011). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy| Mississippi Burning | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | Tomas Alfredson |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Tom Hardy, Stephen Graham, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong |
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.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
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