L.A. Confidential vs The Girl on the Train

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.4/10 for The Girl on the Train). The Girl on the Train is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The Girl on the Train posterThe Girl on the Train2016
L.A. ConfidentialThe Girl on the Train
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.4/10
Year19972016
Length2h 18m1h 52m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonTate Taylor
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweEmily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Darren Goldstein, Lisa Kudrow, Justin Theroux

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 Girl on the Train

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

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