Confessions vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.6/10 for Confessions). Confessions is the shorter watch at 1h 47m 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.

Confessions posterConfessions2010 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
ConfessionsL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 7.8/10
Year20101997
Length1h 47m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorTetsuya NakashimaCurtis Hanson
Main castTakako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura, Yukito Nishii, Kaoru FujiwaraRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Confessions

Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.

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.

Where to watch

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