Hold the Dark vs L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.4/10 for Hold the Dark). Hold the Dark is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2018). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hold the Dark posterHold the Dark2018 VS L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997
Hold the DarkL.A. Confidential
Audience score★ 5.4/10★ 7.8/10
Year20181997
Length2h 5m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJeremy SaulnierCurtis Hanson
Main castJeffrey Wright, James Badge Dale, Riley Keough, Alexander Skarsgård, Tantoo CardinalRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe

Synopsis

Hold the Dark

In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.

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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