L.A. Confidential vs Proof

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for Proof). Proof is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2005). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS Proof posterProof2005
L.A. ConfidentialProof
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.3/10
Year19972005
Length2h 18m1h 41m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonJohn Madden
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweJake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Chipo Chung, Gwyneth Paltrow

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.

Proof

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.

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