What a ****ing disaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't like this bull****. My *** will never like this movie.

Absolute banger of a movie...

Why isn't Kim Basinger among the "cast and crew"?

The best movie of the 90s is either LA Confidential or Goodfellas. Nothing else comes close!

L.A. Confidential is an incredibly well-acted crime thriller film. It's rare for a movie to be this well cast, acted, and directed. Director Curtis Hanson plays the audience like a piano with the story and every single frame of the movie, leaving the audience engaged and wanting to know what happens next.

Masterfully written, made and acted. A class movie.

This was a really great movie about crime and corruption. Loved it.

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

good and highly recommended

This cast couldn't be more perfectly cast as Guy Pearce plays the straight man Exley exceptionally well as we see how his penchant for doing the right thing makes him a target for the rest of the cops even as he begins to uncover how far the corruption in this town goes, but Russell Crowe as Bud White is amazing and definitely should've gotten a nomination for Best Supporting Actor as he is a rage-fueled cop who has some very shady ways about him but at heart is a good cop with a disdain for men who abuse women. This makes him a perfect counter to Kim Basinger's Lynn Brackens who ended up winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for this film as the classic femme fatale character but one who just seems to be a victim of her circumstances as she works for a man who makes the sex workers get plastic surgery in order to look like movie stars, something that's truly dark the more you think about it and Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes gives us a man who has becomes so enamored with the veneer of his image that internally he's lost his soul in the process as becoming a celebrity has overtaken being a great detective. This story has so many twists and turns that only add to the mystery and make it better as the film progresses and despite how much you can see the huge twist coming, it's still a pretty shocking revelation and by the end it's one of those mystery films that will make for a great rewatch on many occasions.

One of the greatest movies ever made. I can totally see how this film has such a great score, WOW. What a good time, great story, great acting, and swell soundtrack. 5/5 stars.

A masterpiece. If you haven’t seen it yet, I’m jealous you get to watch it for the first time!

Takes a few viewing to recognize how timeless it is. Get into a noir-nostalgic mindset before you watch it, and you'll certainly enjoy it. At the time the movie come out in cinemas, it didn't feel contemporary and in touch with the zeitgeist. However, this is the kind of film that stands the testament of time.

its just a mid for me

A great noir movie. Kevin Spacey and Guy Pierce were great. There were lots of nice scenes of Los Angeles. The plot is some detectives solve crimes in Hollywood. There are old cars in this one too.

An interesting period piece delving into police corruption and those standing up against it within the force. Would have liked to have seen the villains and their plan developed/revealed a bit more as the ending felt a little rushed or like it was missing something.

Russel Crowe was the absolute Terminator in this. His tag team in the end with Guy Pierce was also fantastic. Great watch.

I walked into watching L.A. Confidential with high expectations. It sat at the top of the list of a top 300 movies of all time provided by both Tomatometer approved critics and Rotten Tomatoes users with a rating of 99%! The film is well paced by Director Curtis Hanson, bringing us into the story surrounding L.A. in the 50's from the lens of the police we find ourselves following. Curtis does a good job of bringing us to become familiar with the various characters. We learn their personalities and intentions well through the acting + cinematography. Their intentions become vectors through which we will solve the central murder case through. Each male character has high centrality to the story, so we constantly learn more as we progress through the film. Tensions rise in this film and are maintained throughout, with everything culminating at a point before we can receive the resolution. For me this movie left something to be desired in terms of story. We get some depth in some main characters, but a lot of the other key central figures have little depth; particularly the villains. Why do they do the things they do? We find out little, they just do it because they are - which is not satisfying, perhaps it is not relevant to the story. Some of the violence borders on gratuitous, which may be intentional given the genre and story-line. Overall a good film, but for me it will not get the place of #1 film on my list!

É um filme de ficção que se baseia em fatos reais com casos criminais fictícios de 1950, baseado num livro do Quarteto de Los Angeles… Muito bom, prestigiadíssimo, que só não ganhou mais Óscar pq simplesmente concorreu com o Supra Sumo Titanic… Um obro inteligentíssima (mérito do autor) com uma fidelização e atuações magnificas, o desenrolar ganha contornos dramáticos e o suspense nos envolve por completo, ótimos plot twist, delicioso de acompanhar… Excelente, entretém, intriga e aguça...

A masterpiece. So well done. Great script, cinematography, and acting. This film will be heralded forever. A very special film.