Mississippi Burning vs What We Hide

Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.8/10 for What We Hide). What We Hide is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2025). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mississippi Burning posterMississippi Burning1988 VS What We Hide posterWhat We Hide2025
Mississippi BurningWhat We Hide
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.8/10
Year19882025
Length2h 8m1h 42m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlan ParkerDaniel Kay
Main castBrad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen TobolowskyMalia Baker, Mckenna Grace, Forrest Goodluck, Dacre Montgomery, Jesse Williams

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.

What We Hide

After their mother suffers a fatal overdose, two sisters fear that the foster system will separate them and decide to hide the body. But their lie may be discovered and they must decide how far they are willing to go to keep their secret.

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