Cape Fear vs L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Cape Fear). Cape Fear is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 18m. Cape Fear is the older of the two (1991 against 1997). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cape Fear
L.A. Confidential| Cape Fear | L.A. Confidential | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 1997 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Curtis Hanson |
| Main cast | Robert De Niro, Illeana Douglas, Juliette Lewis, Nick Nolte, Joe Don Baker | Ron Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe |
Synopsis
Cape Fear
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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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