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L.A. Confidential (1997)

★ 7.8 · 5,508 ratings on TMDB

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

L.A. Confidential poster★ 7.8

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.

DirectorCurtis Hanson
CastAmber Smith, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, Graham Beckel, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell
GenresCrime, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

L.A. Confidential keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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