Mississippi Burning vs Under the Silver Lake

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for Under the Silver Lake). Mississippi Burning is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 19m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2018). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS Under the Silver Lake posterUnder the Silver Lake2018
Mississippi BurningUnder the Silver Lake
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.4/10
Year19882018
Length2h 8m2h 19m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorAlan ParkerDavid Robert Mitchell
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskyJeremy Bobb, Jimmi Simpson, Zosia Mamet, Riley Keough, Don McManus

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.

Under the Silver Lake

Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

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