L.A. Confidential vs Parallel Tales

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.7/10 for Parallel Tales). L.A. Confidential is the shorter watch at 2h 18m compared with 2h 20m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS Parallel Tales posterParallel Tales2026
L.A. ConfidentialParallel Tales
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 5.7/10
Year19972026
Length2h 18m2h 20m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaFrance
DirectorCurtis HansonAsghar Farhadi
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweVincent Cassel, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa

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.

Parallel Tales

In search of inspiration for her new novel, Sylvie spies on her neighbors in the building across the street using a telescope. When she hires young Adam to help her with her daily routine, she has no idea that he will turn her life and her work upside down, until the fiction she had imagined surpasses the reality of them all.

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