L.A. Confidential vs Strangerland

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.3/10 for Strangerland). Strangerland is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2015). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS Strangerland posterStrangerland2015
L.A. ConfidentialStrangerland
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 5.3/10
Year19972015
Length2h 18m1h 51m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonKim Farrant
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweMaddison Brown, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes, Nicholas Hamilton

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.

Strangerland

Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.

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