Where to Watch L.A. Confidential
- marshalseaAugust 29, 2025Where do you start? The writing, as everything lives and dies on this and I'm vocal on poor writing. This my fellow film watchers is good writing. Characters have flesh, bones, and... That rarest things characters based on motives and they act around them. Obviously, this is further carried by one of the greatest collected casts. Easily one of the best films in the last 50 years, the story isn't the normal 3 parts, with piece after piece dropping into place, each POV spinning around ego vs egos and that long in the tooth universal truth that most cops are the thick kids from your school year. If it weren't true we wouldn't see news item after news item. Possibly a flawless film, time has found it not wanting.
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L.A. Confidential was released on September 19, 1997.
L.A. Confidential was directed by Curtis Hanson.
L.A. Confidential has a runtime of 2h 18m.
L.A. Confidential was produced by Curtis Hanson, Michael G. Nathanson, Arnon Milchan.
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
The key characters in L.A. Confidential are Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey), Wendell 'Bud' White (Russell Crowe), Edmund 'Ed' Exley (Guy Pearce).
L.A. Confidential is rated R.
L.A. Confidential is a Mystery, Crime, Drama film.
L.A. Confidential has an audience rating of 9.4 out of 10.
L.A. Confidential had a budget of $35M.
L.A. Confidential has made $126.2M at the box office.