L.A. Confidential vs The Secret Woman

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.4/10 for The Secret Woman). The Secret Woman is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The Secret Woman posterThe Secret Woman2026
L.A. ConfidentialThe Secret Woman
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.4/10
Year19972026
Length2h 18m1h 59m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonBarbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweMia Jexen, Stina Ekblad, Pål Sverre Hagen, Claes Bang, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal

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 Secret Woman

After discovering she has a family and a shipping empire, a woman with amnesia returns to a wealthy and seemingly perfect past to uncover why she left.

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