L.A. Confidential (1997)

The quintessential silver-screen cop movie with a stellar cast and a complex, memorable story. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and Kevin Spacey are excellent and Kim Basinger is luminous; James Cromwell and Danny Devito are great too. Tighter than The Usual Suspects or Seven and the soundtrack is awesome; this movie really conveys the times. See this movie! It is not one you will easily forget. 5 stars.