L.A. Confidential vs The Girl Who Played with Fire

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7/10 for The Girl Who Played with Fire). The Girl Who Played with Fire is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2009). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The Girl Who Played with Fire posterThe Girl Who Played with Fire2009
L.A. ConfidentialThe Girl Who Played with Fire
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.0/10
Year19972009
Length2h 18m2h 9m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaDenmark
DirectorCurtis HansonDaniel Alfredson
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweAnnika Hallin, Reuben Sallmander, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Noomi Rapace

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 Who Played with Fire

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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