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L.A. Confidential

Movie
1997
2h 18m
R
English
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
User Score: 
8.1
Critic Score: 
95
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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.
LA Confidential Poster

L.A. Confidential

R
Movie
1997
2h 18m
English
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Rating
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8.1
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L.A. Confidential (1997) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Russell Crowe
Wendell 'Bud' White
Guy Pearce
Edmund "Ed" Exley
Kevin Spacey
Jack Vincennes
Kim Basinger
Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito
Sid Hudgens
James Cromwell
Dudley Smith
David Strathairn
Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin
D.A. Ellis Loew
Matt McCoy
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Paul Guilfoyle
Mickey Cohen
Paolo Seganti
Johnny Stompanato
Elisabeth Granli
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Sandra Taylor
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Steve Rankin
Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Graham Beckel
Dick Stensland
Allan Graf
Wife Beater
Symba
Jack's Dancing Partner
Bob Clendenin
Reporter at Hollywood Station
Lennie Loftin
Photographer at Hollywood Station
Will Zahrn
Liquor Store Owner
Amber Smith
Susan Lefferts
Darrell Sandeen
Buzz Meeks
Michael Warwick
Sid's Assistant
Simon Baker
Matt Reynolds
Directed By: Curtis Hanson
Written By: Curtis Hanson (Screenplay), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay), + 1 more

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AlexanderZ says...
8 years ago
Terrific storytelling brought to life by a collection of inspired performances makes L.A. Confidential an absolute winner.
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CatyAlexandre says...
11 years ago
Always heard great things about this one and now I finally confirmed it myself. L.A. Confidential is excellent! An absolutely terrific thriller! Great direction, great dialogues, great and very intriguing story with very good twists and turns. The performances are outstanding by all of the amazing cast but I have to do a special mention to Kevin Spacey, he is such a good actor! I love to see him perform. He is so powerful, he doesn't even need to speak to spread his charm! I wish we could see him in more films nowadays. If this film is not perfect I am sure that is very close to that.
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AndrewBloom says...
9 years ago
A thoroughly competent, but ultimately flavorless film. The acting is solid, the story is well-paced, and the major characters have defined arcs, but it's all executed in such a generic, perfunctory manner that the entire thing left me cold. The cheesy dialogue and generic archetype characters certainly set the film back, but at the end of the day it's a very solid film that never rises above being solid. It's pablum. The pablum is well-done and it's all technically sound, but it's also tremendously uninspired, checking the boxes for a prestige picture without adding anything new or interesting to the standard tropes it employs. Quite a disappointment for a film I was really looking forward to watching.
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havucumuyedim says...
10 years ago
Third time... Great great great.
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Featured User Reviews

John Chard
6 years ago
City of Angels? More Like City of Demons!

Curtis Hanson directs and co-adapts the screenplay with Brian Helgeland from legendary pulp novelist James Ellroy's novel. It stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and David Strathairn. Music is by Jerr More
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