L.A. Confidential vs The White Ribbon

L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for The White Ribbon). L.A. Confidential is the shorter watch at 2h 18m compared with 2h 24m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2009). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

L.A. Confidential posterL.A. Confidential1997 VS The White Ribbon posterThe White Ribbon2009
L.A. ConfidentialThe White Ribbon
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.5/10
Year19972009
Length2h 18m2h 24m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery
CountryUnited States of AmericaItaly
DirectorCurtis HansonMichael Haneke
Main castRon Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell CroweRoxane Duran, Josef Bierbichler, Rainer Bock, Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar

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 White Ribbon

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

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