L.A. Confidential

Really excellent. Star turns from Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - the kind that really make one realise just how good they are - and perfectly tuned performances from all the other key figures, too, Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell and Kim Basinger most notable amongst them, set within a ceaselessly exciting story with mood, unobtrusive but all-surrounding, to burn. I've seen it before, probably close to a decade ago now, and it's aged very well. Not particularly flashy, but does what it does - being a period L.A.-set hard-boiled crime flick - impeccably.