L.A. Confidential vs The Raven

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for The Raven). The Raven is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2012). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The Raven posterThe Raven2012
L.A. ConfidentialThe Raven
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.3/10
Year19972012
Length2h 18m1h 51m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonJames McTeigue
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweBrendan Coyle, Adrian Rawlins, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson

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 Raven

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

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