We discuss 10 movies like L.A. Confidential that you must watch. Add these well-recommended and highly-rated films to your watch list.
L.A. Confidential is an iconic crime thriller from the 90s that examines the corruption of the LAPD by the Hollywood elites through three different policemen with very different approaches to their jobs.
If you’ve seen it recently and are looking for more films like it, here are 10 suggestions for similar movies to L.A. Confidential.
10 Movies like L.A. Confidential
M (1931)
The iconic mystery thriller by Fritz Lang follows the criminals of a German city hunting down a dangerous criminal after the police are unable to locate him. The killer is also sending a letter to a local newspaper every time he commits a crime.
Serpico (1973)
Al Pacino stars as NYPD police officer Frank Serpico, a young member of the force trying to stand out but also stand for what’s right; he will soon realize he’s one of the few people around him who doesn’t partake in a world of corruption and dirty money.
The Long Goodbye (1973)
After private investigator Philip Marlowe gives his friend Terry a ride to Mexico, he returns to Los Angeles to find out that Terry’s wife has been murdered and that he’s a suspect in the investigation.
Chinatown (1974)
Jack Nicholson’s private investigator Jake Gittes is caught in the crossfire once he starts looking into a murder that may have been caused by the conflict. If you are looking for similar movies to L.A. Confidential, you might as well start with one of its biggest inspirations
Blade Runner (1982)
This science fiction thriller follows Deckard (Harrison Ford) as a hunter of artificial beings known as Replicants; but as he falls in love with a female Replicant himself, he will start to question the nature of his own humanity.
Seven (1995)
Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt play two cops investigating a serial killer who murders every day a person who has committed each of the deadly sins.
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
When unemployed Black World War II veteran Easy Rawlins starts investigating the disappearance of a missing white woman in Los Angeles, he will soon find himself trying to untangle a giant mess that reaches wide and deep into the city.
Mulholland Drive (2001)
This may not exactly qualify under the category of similar movies to L.A. Confidential, but if you are looking for classic, Los Angeles-based psychological thrillers, this will do. The non-linear story follows Betty, an aspiring actress who meets a woman suffering from memory loss after being in a car accident.
The Prestige (2006)
This science fiction period piece from Christopher Nolan follows the battle between two magicians to outperform one another in the 19th century as they both look for the ultimate illusion.
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
This is a modern take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle characters, played this time by Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law and shot through the unique lens of Guy Ritchie.
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