Mississippi Burning vs Wander
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.3/10 for Wander). Wander is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2020). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mississippi Burning
Wander| Mississippi Burning | Wander | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2020 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Alan Parker | April Mullen |
| Main cast | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky | Aaron Eckhart, Katheryn Winnick, Tommy Lee Jones, Heather Graham, Raymond Cruz |
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.
Wander
After getting hired to probe a suspicious death in the small town of Wander, a mentally unstable private investigator becomes convinced the case is linked to the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter.
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