List of films set in Los Angeles

This is a list of films set in Los Angeles, California:

This list is incomplete

1920s

• Hollywood (1923)
• Souls for Sale (1923)
• Show People (1928)

1930s

• What Price Hollywood? (1932)
• A Star Is Born (1937)

1940s

• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• Saboteur (1942)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
• Criss Cross (1949)
• White Heat (1949)

1950s

• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• A Star Is Born (1954)
• Them! (1954)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• The Big Knife (1956)
• Indestructible Man (1956)
• Gang War (1958)
• Crimson Kimono (1959)

1960s

• A Bucket of Blood (1960)
• The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
• The Exiles (1961)
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• Muscle Beach Party (1964)
• The Loved One (1965)
• Valley of the Dolls (1967)
• The Graduate (1967)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Targets (1968)
• Model Shop (1969)

1970s

• Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
• Kotch (1971)
• Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1971)
• The Omega Man (1971)
• Diamonds are Forever (1971)
• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
• The New Centurions (1972)
• The Long Goodbye (1973)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Chinatown (1974)
• Farewell My Lovely (1974)
• Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
• Dolemite (1975)
• Earthquake (1975)
• Shampoo (1975)
• The Day of the Locust (1975)
• Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
• Car Wash (1976)
• A Star Is Born (1976)
• The Bad News Bears (1976)
• Carrie (1976)
• Gus (1976)
• Two-Minute Warning (1976)
• Grand Theft Auto (1977)
• Killer of Sheep (1977)
• Grease (1978)
• Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• Thank God It's Friday (1978)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• The China Syndrome (1979)
• Hardcore (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• The Onion Field (1979)
• Roller Boogie (1979)

1980s

• Airplane! (1980)
• Midnight Madness (1980)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
• True Confessions (1981)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
• Grease 2 (1982)
• White Dog (1982)
• Blue Thunder (1983)
• Valley Girl (1983)
• Repo Man (1984)
• Crimes of Passion (1984)
• Body Double (1984)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• Night of the Comet (1984)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• The Terminator (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
• Fletch (1985)
• Into the Night (1985)
• To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
• Echo Park (1986)
• The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
• Modern Girls (1986)
• Ruthless People (1986)
• Barfly (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• Born in East L.A. (1987)
• Dragnet (1987)
• The Hidden (1987)
• La Bamba (1987)
• Less Than Zero (1987)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Colors (1988)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
• Miracle Mile (1988)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Stand and Deliver (1988)
• Sunset (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Twins (1988)
• The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
• The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

1990s

• Predator 2 (1990)
• Pretty Woman (1990)
• To Sleep with Anger (1990)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Barton Fink (1991)
• Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
• Boyz N the Hood (1991)
• Father of the Bride (1991)
• Grand Canyon (1991)
• L.A. Story (1991)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Point Break (1991)
• Encino Man (1992)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• American Me (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• South Central (1992)
• Deep Cover (1992)
• White Men Can't Jump (1992)
• Bound by Honor (1993)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
• Falling Down (1993)
• Last Action Hero (1993)
• My Girl 2 (1993)
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1993)
• Rising Sun (1993)
• Poetic Justice (1993)
• Rookie of the Year (1993) (select scenes)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• Blood In Blood Out (1993)
• Menace II Society (1993)
• Airheads (1994)
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
• Clifford (1994)
• Color of Night (1994)
• Murder Was The Case (1994)
• Mi Vida Loca (1994)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• The Next Karate Kid (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Speed (1994)
• Swimming with Sharks (1994)
• The Little Rascals (1994)
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
• Color of Night (1994)
• Double Dragon (1994)
• Speed (1994)
• Get Shorty (1995)
• Clueless (1995)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
• Friday (1995)
• Heat (1995)
• My Family, Mi Familia (1995)
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
• Higher Learning (1995)
• Strange Days (1995)
• The Net (1995)
• Nick of Time (1995)
• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
• Set It Off (1996)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Swingers (1996)
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
• Mulholland Falls (1996)
• Air Force One (1997)
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• Bean (1997)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• One Eight Seven (1997)
• Volcano (1997)
• Money Talks (1997)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Players Club (1998)
• Blade (1998)
• Bulworth (1998)
• City of Angels (1998)
• HurlyBurly (1998)
• L.A. Without a Map (1998)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Rush Hour (1998)
• Slums Of Beverly Hills (1998)
• Twilight (1998 film) (1998)
• Blast from the Past (1999)
• Blue Streak (1999)
• The Muse (1999)
• Go (1999)
• Bowfinger (1999)
• The Wood (1999)
• La Vida Loca (1999)
• Magnolia (1999)
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) (select scenes)
• The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

2000s

• Bread and Roses (2000)
• Brother (2000)
• Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
• Disney's The Kid (2000)
• Hanging Up (2000)
• Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
• Love and Basketball (2000)
• Next Friday (2000)
• Traffic (2000)
• What's Cooking? (2000)
• Gangland (2000)
• The Anniversary Party (2000)
• Big Momma's House (2000)
• Baby Boy (2001)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
• The Wash (2001)
• Joe Dirt (2001)
• Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
• Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• Southlander (2001)
• Swordfish (2001)
• Training Day (2001)
• Friday After Next (2002)
• Laurel Canyon (2002)
• Nothing So Strange (2002)
• Punch Drunk Love (2002)
• Dark Blue (2002)
• Real Women Have Curves (2002)
• The Salton Sea (2002)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
• Confidence (2003)
• The Italian Job (2003)
• S.W.A.T. (2003)
• National Security (2003)
• Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
• Matchstick Men (2003)
• Thirteen (2003)
• Freaky Friday (2003)
• Stuck on You (2003)
• Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
• Holes (2003)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)
• Wonderland (2003)
• The Core (2003)
• Hollywood Homicide (2003)
• Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
• The Aviator (2004)
• 10.5 (2004)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• A Cinderella Story (2004)
• Cellular (2004)
• Starsky & Hutch (2004)
• Collateral (2004)
• Soul Plane (2004)
• Ray (2004)
• Be Cool (2005)
• Torque (2005)
• Crash (2005)
• Party Animalz (2004)
• The Island (2005)
• The Black Dahlia (2005)
• Dirty (2005)
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
• Black Saturday (2005)
• Island (2005)
• Black Dawn (2005)
• Monster-in-Law (2005)
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
• xXx: State of the Union (2005)
• Happy Endings (2005)
• Lords of Dogtown (2005)
• Friends with Money (2006)
• Crank (2006)
• Click (2006)
• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• Man About Town (2006)
• Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
• Quinceanera (2006)
• Harsh Times (2006)
• Waist Deep (2006)
• Gridiron Gang (2006)
• Snakes on a Plane (2006)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
• Gang Warz (2006)
• Jackass Number 2 (2006)
• Inland Empire (2006)
• Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
• Transformers (2007) referred to as Mission City in film
• Nancy Drew (2007)
• Rush Hour 3 (2007)
• Freedom Writers (2007)
• Knocked Up (2007)
• Dragon Wars (2007)
• Urban Justice (2007)
• Boardwalk Poets (2007)
• The Hammer (2007)
• Bratz: The Movie (2007)
• Alvin and The Chipmunks (2007)
• The Eye (2008)
• Street Kings (2008)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
• The Take (2008)
• L.A. Blues (2008)
• Loaded (2008)
• Get Smart (2008)
• Lakeview Terrace (2008)
• Ace of Hearts (2008)
• Hancock (2008)
• Garden Party (2008)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• Bedtime Stories (2008)
• Role Models (2008)
• Quarantine (2008)
• Drillbit Taylor (2008)
• Crank: High Voltage (2009)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
• I Love You, Man (2009)
• Crossing Over (2009)
• 500 Days of Summer (2009)
• 2012 (2009)
• Fast & Furious (2009)
• 17 Again (2009)
• The Soloist (2009)
• My Sister's Keeper (2009)
• G-Force (2009)
• The Ugly Truth (2009)
• Funny People (2009)
• Obsessed (2009)
• Spread (2009)
• Zombieland (2009)
• All About Steve (2009)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
• Michael Jackson's This Is It! (2009)

Los Angeles destroyed on film

• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• Reptilicus (1961)
• Crack in the World (1965)
• The Omega Man (1971)
• Earthquake (1974)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Miracle Mile (1988)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Double Dragon (1994)
• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Volcano (1997)
• The Postman (1997)
• Firestorm (1998)
• The Core (2003)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• 10.5 (2004)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• Transformers (2007)
• D-War (2007)
• Hancock (2008)
• Disaster Movie (2008)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Zombieland
• 2012 (2009)

See also

• Los Angeles in popular culture
• List of television shows set in Los Angeles
• List of movies based on location
• Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) is a documentary about the representation of Los Angeles on film