36th Precinct vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for 36th Precinct). 36th Precinct is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2004). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

36th Precinct poster36th Precinct2004 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
36th PrecinctL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.8/10
Year20041997
Length1h 51m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryFranceUnited States of America
DirectorOlivier MarchalCurtis Hanson
Main castGérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, André Dussollier, Valeria Golino, Alain FiglarzRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

36th Precinct

In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.

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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