Basic Instinct 2 vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5/10 for Basic Instinct 2). Basic Instinct 2 is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2006). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Basic Instinct 2 posterBasic Instinct 22006 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
Basic Instinct 2L.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 5.0/10★ 7.8/10
Year20061997
Length1h 54m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorMichael Caton-JonesCurtis Hanson
Main castNeil Maskell, Indira Varma, Hugh Dancy, David Morrissey, Sharon StoneRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Basic Instinct 2

Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.

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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