Buried vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Buried). Buried is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Buried posterBuried2010 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
BuriedL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 7.8/10
Year20101997
Length1h 35m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorRodrigo CortésCurtis Hanson
Main castRobert Clotworthy, Ryan Reynolds, Kali Rocha, Samantha Mathis, Stephen TobolowskyRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Buried

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

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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