Confession vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 3.2/10 for Confession). Confession is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2023). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Confession posterConfession2023 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
ConfessionL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 3.2/10★ 7.8/10
Year20231997
Length1h 29m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorDayna HansonCurtis Hanson
Main castSterling Beaumon, Nolan Gerard Funk, Michael Ironside, Marsha Dietlein, Sarah HayRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Confession

Up-and-coming district attorney Jillian takes on the case of a young woman who has accused three men of sexual assault. She puts her career on the line in order to uncover a deeper web of mystery, murder and deception.

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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