L.A. Confidential vs Outerlands

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 2.5/10 for Outerlands). Outerlands is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2025). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS Outerlands posterOuterlands2025
L.A. ConfidentialOuterlands
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 2.5/10
Year19972025
Length2h 18m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonElena Oxman
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweAsia Kate Dillon, Lea DeLaria, Louisa Krause, Daniel K. Isaac, Ridley Asha Bateman

Synopsis

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.

Outerlands

Cass juggles jobs as a nanny, restaurant server, and party drug dealer in order to make ends meet and pay for their tiny San Francisco apartment. After a one night stand with Kalli, a co-worker they have a crush on, Cass agrees to watch her 11-year-old daughter, Ari, while she goes out of town. But as days pass without word from Kalli, Cass and Ari form a bond that spirals Cass back to their own difficult childhood and the pain they’ve been…

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