L.A. Confidential vs The Skulls

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.8/10 for The Skulls). The Skulls is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2000). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The Skulls posterThe Skulls2000
L.A. ConfidentialThe Skulls
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 5.8/10
Year19972000
Length2h 18m1h 46m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorCurtis HansonRob Cohen
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweJoshua Jackson, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb, Derek Aasland, Christopher McDonald

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 Skulls

A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.

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