8MM 2 vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 4.8/10 for 8MM 2). 8MM 2 is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2005). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

8MM 2 poster8MM 22005 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
8MM 2L.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 4.8/10★ 7.8/10
Year20051997
Length1h 46m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJ.S. CardoneCurtis Hanson
Main castBruce Davison, Julie Benz, Valentine Pelka, Johnathon Schaech, Barna IllyésRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

8MM 2

Entering a seamy underground world of peep shows, nude clubs, and live Internet sex is David Huxley, an aspiring politician who has everything to lose. Secretly filmed in a steamy three-way with his fiancée Tish and a gorgeous young model, David is desperate to find the extortionist who's demanding an exorbitant amount of money for the negatives. But when the blackmail trail ends in murder and David is kidnapped, Tish must come up with $5…

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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