Flightplan vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Flightplan). Flightplan is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2005). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Flightplan posterFlightplan2005 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
FlightplanL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year20051997
Length1h 38m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorRobert SchwentkeCurtis Hanson
Main castPeter Sarsgaard, Jodie Foster, Greta Scacchi, Michael Irby, Erika ChristensenRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Flightplan

Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did she? No one on the plane believes Julia was ever onboard. And now Kyle, desperate and alone, can only count on her own wits to unravel the mystery and save her daughter.

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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