L.A. Confidential
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78% Critic Match

L.A. Confidential

Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.

7.8 / 10 1997 2h 18mR English
CrimeMysteryThriller

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

Jack Vincennes

Lead
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Wendell 'Bud' White

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Edmund 'Ed' Exley

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Dudley Smith

Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger

Lynn Bracken

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Sid Hudgens

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Pierce Patchett

Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin

D.A. Ellis Loew

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Curtis Hanson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. L.A. Confidential is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker