L.A. Confidential vs Stillwater

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Stillwater). L.A. Confidential is the shorter watch at 2h 18m compared with 2h 19m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2021). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS Stillwater posterStillwater2021
L.A. ConfidentialStillwater
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.6/10
Year19972021
Length2h 18m2h 19m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonTom McCarthy
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweCamille Cottin, Matt Damon, Anne Le Ny, Abigail Breslin, William Nadylam

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.

Stillwater

Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.

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