L.A. Confidential

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

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7.8/10

5,455 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 2 wins•📋 7 nominations

Won

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Best Supporting Actress

Nominated

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Film Editing

Best Original Dramatic Score

Best Sound

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Other Awards

🏆 4 wins

Won

Silver nugget for the best foreign film

National Board of Review for Best Film

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association for Best Film

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$35.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$126.2M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$91.2M

ROI: +261%

Budget Recovery361% of budget

$0|Budget: $35.0M|Revenue: $126.2M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

212.6K

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3.5K

7-Day Trend

+36%

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L.A. Confidential

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Long Beach

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Story Setting

Set In

Los Angeles

Themes & Subjects

#policecorruption#losangelespolicedepartment#jewish-americanorganizedcrime

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Dante Spinotti

Film Editing

Peter Honess

Music / Score

Jerry Goldsmith

Production Design

Jeannine Oppewall

Production Companies

Regency EnterprisesWarner Bros. Entertainment

Distributors

Warner Bros. EntertainmentNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch L.A. Confidential

Available in 96 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	Plex	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom18	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaR	Disney Plus, Crave, Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Crave Amazon Channel	Plex	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaMA 15+	Disney Plus, Stan	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	JioHotstar	—	—	Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom18

CanadaR

AustraliaMA 15+

Germany16

FranceU

Argentina16

BelgiumKT

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Production

Director

Curtis Hanson

Writers

Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson, James Ellroy

Production Companies

Regency EnterprisesWolper Organization

Cast

Kevin Spacey

Jack Vincennes

Russell Crowe

Wendell 'Bud' White

Guy Pearce

Edmund 'Ed' Exley

James Cromwell

Dudley Smith

Kim Basinger

Lynn Bracken

Danny DeVito

Sid Hudgens

David Strathairn

Pierce Patchett

Ron Rifkin

D.A. Ellis Loew

Graham Beckel

Dick Stensland

Amber Smith

Susan Lefferts

John Mahon

Police Chief

Paul Guilfoyle

Mickey Cohen

Tags & Keywords

corruptionbased on novel or bookcall girlshotgundetectivefemme fataledomestic violencewhodunitcorpsedistrict attorneymovie stargood cop bad copangryaggressiveneo-noir

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