
10 Best Movies Like L.A. Confidential
If you loved L.A. Confidential, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Late Show
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L.A. Confidential for fans of Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-pl...

Cry of the City
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L.A. Confidential for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

The File on Thelma Jordon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L.A. Confidential for fans of Crime & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to...

Gone Baby Gone
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L.A. Confidential for fans of Crime & Mystery & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Pa...

Cop
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L.A. Confidential for fans of Crime & Mystery & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him....

Q & A
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L.A. Confidential for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him....