Eastern Promises vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.4/10 for Eastern Promises). Eastern Promises is the shorter watch at 1h 41m 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.

Eastern Promises posterEastern Promises2007 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
Eastern PromisesL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.8/10
Year20071997
Length1h 41m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryCanadaUnited States of America
DirectorDavid CronenbergCurtis Hanson
Main castTatiana Maslany, Vincent Cassel, Viggo Mortensen, Jerzy Skolimowski, Donald SumpterRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Eastern Promises

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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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