Dream House vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.2/10 for Dream House). Dream House is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2011). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dream House posterDream House2011 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
Dream HouseL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 7.8/10
Year20111997
Length1h 24m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJim SheridanCurtis Hanson
Main castGregory Smith, Martin Roach, David Huband, Elias Koteas, Daniel CraigRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Dream House

Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

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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