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)

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" (1955)
* "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)
* "Grand Theft Auto" (1977)
* "Heaven Can Wait" (1978)
* "Grease" (1978)
* "The China Syndrome" (1979)
* "Hardcore" (1979)
* "Moonraker" (1979)
* "The Onion Field" (1979)
* "1941" (1979)
* "Up in Smoke" (1978)

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)
* "" (1988)
* "Stand and Deliver" (1988)
* "Sunset" (1988)
* "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988)
* "Twins" (1988)
* "" (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)
* "" (1991)
* "Point Break" (1991)
* "Encino Man" (1992)
* "Lethal Weapon 3" (1992)
* "The Player" (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)
* "" (1993)
* "Rising Sun" (1993)
* "Poetic Justice" (1993)
* "Rookie of the Year" (1993) (select scenes)
* "Short Cuts" (1993)
* "Menace II Society" (1993)
* "Airheads" (1994)
* "Beverly Hills Cop III" (1994)
* "Clifford" (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)
* "Set It Off" (1994)
* "Get Shorty" (1995)
* "Clueless" (1995)
* "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1995)
* "Father of the Bride Part II" (1995)
* "Friday" (1995)
* "Get Shorty" (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)
* "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)
* "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)
* "" (1999) (select scenes)
* "The Thirteenth Floor" (1999)

2000s

* "Bread and Roses" (2000)
* "Brother" (2000)
* "Gone in Sixty Seconds" (2000)
* "The Kid" (2000)
* "" (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)
* "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)
* "" (2003)
* "" (2003)
* "Wonderland" (2003)
* "The Core" (2003)
* "Hollywood Homicide" (2003)
* "Cradle 2 the Grave" (2003)
* "The Aviator" (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)
* "" (2005)
* "" (2005)
* "Happy Endings" (2005)
* "Friends with Money" (2006)
* "Crank" (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)
* "Gang Warz" (2006)
* "Jackass Number 2" (2006)
* "Inland Empire" (2006)
* "" (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)
* "" (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)
* "Ace of Hearts" (2008)
* "Hancock" (2008)
* "Garden Party" (2008)
* "Eagle Eye" (2008)
* "Lakeview Terrace" (2008)

Los Angeles destroyed on film

* "The War of the Worlds" (1953)
* "Reptilicus" (1961)
* "Crack in the World" (1965)
* "The Omega Man" (1971)
* "Earthquake" (1975)
* "The Swarm" (1978)
* "The Terminator" (1984)
* "" (1991)
* "Escape from L.A." (1996)
* "Independence Day" (1996)
* "Volcano" (1997)
* "The Postman" (1997)
* "Firestorm" (1998)
* "Deep Blue Sea" (1999)
* "The Core" (2003)
* "" (2003)
* "10.5" (2004)
* "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004)
* "Transformers" (2007)
* "D-War" (2007)
* "Hancock" (2008)
* "Disaster Movie" (2008)

ee 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