Cleaner vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Cleaner). Cleaner is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2007). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cleaner posterCleaner2007 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
CleanerL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 7.8/10
Year20071997
Length1h 28m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorRenny HarlinCurtis Hanson
Main castMaggie Lawson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Robert Forster, Eva MendesRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Cleaner

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.

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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