Totally remarkably brilliantly achieved recreation of a film noir that is no less of a great film than those it emulates.

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Curtis Hanson

1997

Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell

Screenplay by Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson; adapted from the novel L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

Title: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Year: 1997

Director: Curtis Hanson

Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell

Writing: Screenplay by Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson; adapted from the novel L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

Genre tags: CRIME, DRAMA, NOIR