L.A. Confidential vs The Realm

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for The Realm). The Realm is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The Realm posterThe Realm2018
L.A. ConfidentialThe Realm
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.1/10
Year19972018
Length2h 18m2h 12m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonRodrigo Sorogoyen
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweNacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Bárbara Lennie, Antonio de la Torre, Josep Maria Pou

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 Realm

Manuel, a Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing, he decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that will put many lives at risk.

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