Eyes Wide Shut vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Eyes Wide Shut). L.A. Confidential is the shorter watch at 2h 18m compared with 2h 39m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 1999). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Eyes Wide Shut posterEyes Wide Shut1999 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
Eyes Wide ShutL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year19991997
Length2h 39m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorStanley KubrickCurtis Hanson
Main castNicole Kidman, Alan Cumming, Rade Šerbedžija, Tom Cruise, Thomas GibsonRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Eyes Wide Shut

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

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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