A Single Shot vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.7/10 for A Single Shot). A Single Shot is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2013). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Single Shot posterA Single Shot2013 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
A Single ShotL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 7.8/10
Year20131997
Length1h 56m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited KingdomUnited States of America
DirectorDavid M. RosenthalCurtis Hanson
Main castW. Earl Brown, Jeffrey Wright, Christie Burke, Kelly Reilly, William H. MacyRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

A Single Shot

The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.

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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