Black Bag vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for Black Bag). Black Bag is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2025). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Black Bag posterBlack Bag2025 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
Black BagL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 7.8/10
Year20251997
Length1h 34m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorSteven SoderberghCurtis Hanson
Main castMichael Fassbender, Tom Burke, Ambika Mod, Cate Blanchett, Pierce BrosnanRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Black Bag

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.

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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