A Most Violent Year vs L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for A Most Violent Year). A Most Violent Year is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2014). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Most Violent Year
L.A. Confidential| A Most Violent Year | L.A. Confidential | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 1997 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | J.C. Chandor | Curtis Hanson |
| Main cast | Oscar Isaac, Elyes Gabel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks | Ron Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe |
Synopsis
A Most Violent Year
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
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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