Collateral vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Collateral). Collateral is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2004). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Collateral posterCollateral2004 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
CollateralL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 7.8/10
Year20041997
Length2h 2h 18m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorMichael MannCurtis Hanson
Main castEmilio Rivera, Richard T. Jones, Tom Cruise, Mark Ruffalo, Jamie FoxxRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Collateral

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

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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