L.A. Confidential vs The Crimson Rivers

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for The Crimson Rivers). The Crimson Rivers is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2000). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The Crimson Rivers posterThe Crimson Rivers2000
L.A. ConfidentialThe Crimson Rivers
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.9/10
Year19972000
Length2h 18m1h 46m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonMathieu Kassovitz
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweVincent Cassel, Didier Flamand, Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda

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.

The Crimson Rivers

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

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