21 Grams vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.3/10 for 21 Grams). 21 Grams is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2003). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

21 Grams poster21 Grams2003 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
21 GramsL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.8/10
Year20031997
Length2h 4m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorAlejandro González IñárrituCurtis Hanson
Main castEddie Marsan, Benicio del Toro, Clea DuVall, Danny Huston, Sean PennRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

21 Grams

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

L.A. Confidential

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

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