Mississippi Burning vs Unknown

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.2/10 for Unknown). Unknown is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2006). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS Unknown posterUnknown2006
Mississippi BurningUnknown
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.2/10
Year19882006
Length2h 8m1h 25m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAdventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlan ParkerSimón Brand
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskyMark Boone Junior, Bridget Moynahan, Peter Stormare, Greg Kinnear, Jim Caviezel

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.

Unknown

Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

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