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List of films set in Los Angeles

April 11, 2024

In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in Los Angeles respectively in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, or a fictionalized version thereof.

Filming a disaster scene at Wilshire and Hope in Los Angeles, California

The following is a list of some of the more memorable films set in Los Angeles, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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In the history of motion pictures in the United States many films have been set in Los Angeles respectively in the Los Angeles metropolitan area or a fictionalized version thereof Filming a disaster scene at Wilshire and Hope in Los Angeles CaliforniaThe following is a list of some of the more memorable films set in Los Angeles however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city The list is sorted by the year the film was released This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 1920s 2 1930s 3 1940s 4 1950s 5 1960s 6 1970s 7 1980s 8 1990s 8 1 1990 8 2 1991 8 3 1992 8 4 1993 8 5 1994 8 6 1995 8 7 1996 8 8 1997 8 9 1998 8 10 1999 9 2000s 9 1 2000 9 2 2001 9 3 2002 9 4 2003 9 5 2004 9 6 2005 9 7 2006 9 8 2007 9 9 2008 9 10 2009 10 2010s 10 1 2010 10 2 2011 10 3 2012 10 4 2013 10 5 2014 10 6 2015 10 7 2016 10 8 2017 10 9 2018 10 10 2019 11 2020s 11 1 2020 11 2 2021 11 3 2022 11 4 2023 11 5 2024 12 Los Angeles destroyed in films 13 Anime 14 Los Angeles Set in Animation 15 See also 16 References1920s editSouls for Sale 1923 Sherlock Jr 1924 Show People 1928 The Studio Murder Mystery 1929 1930s editFree and Easy 1930 What Price Hollywood 1932 Movie Crazy 1932 The Death Kiss 1932 Bombshell 1933 Lady Killer 1933 Hollywood Party 1934 Another Face 1935 A Star Is Born 1937 Pick a Star 1937 It Happened in Hollywood 1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town 1937 Second Fiddle 1939 Hollywood Cavalcade 1939 1940s editSullivan s Travels 1941 Hellzapoppin 1941 Star Spangled Rhythm 1942 Double Indemnity 1944 Murder My Sweet 1944 Hollywood Canteen 1944 Anchors Aweigh 1945 Mildred Pierce 1945 Abbott and Costello in Hollywood 1945 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 The Big Sleep 1946 The Jolson Story 1946 Fun and Fancy Free 1947 The Perils of Pauline 1947 Variety Girl 1947 He Walked by Night 1948 Jolson Sings Again 1949 White Heat 1949 Criss Cross 1948 1950s edit nbsp The actual painted boulevard name was used as the opening titles of the classic film noir drama Sunset BoulevardArmored Car Robbery 1950 Sunset Boulevard 1950 Valentino 1951 Hollywood Story 1951 Singin in the Rain 1952 The Story of Will Rogers 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 The War of the Worlds 1953 A Star Is Born 1954 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955 Rebel Without a Cause 1955 The Buster Keaton Story 1957 Jeanne Eagels 1957 Man of a Thousand Faces 1957 A Bucket of Blood 1959 Beloved Infidel 1959 1960s editThe Little Shop of Horrors 1960 Private Property 1960 The Exiles 1961 The George Raft Story 1961 The Parent Trap 1961 film 1961 The Three Stooges in Orbit 1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane 1962 Move Over Darling 1963 Muscle Beach Party 1964 Harlow 1965 The Loved One 1965 Dead Heat on a Merry Go Round 1966 Lord Love a Duck 1966 Don t Make Waves 1967 The Graduate 1967 Point Blank 1967 Valley of the Dolls 1967 Targets 1968 Bob amp Carol amp Ted amp Alice 1969 Easy Rider 1969 Model Shop 1969 They Shoot Horses Don t They 1969 1970s editAlex in Wonderland 1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 Halls of Anger 1970 Diamonds are Forever 1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971 Kotch 1971 Minnie and Moskowitz 1971 The Omega Man 1971 Sweet Sweetback s Baadasssss Song 1971 The New Centurions 1972 Blacula The Long Goodbye 1973 Blume in Love 1973 Save the Tiger 1973 Blazing Saddles 1974 Chinatown 1974 Earthquake 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds 1974 A Woman Under the Influence 1974 The Day of the Locust 1975 Dolemite 1975 Farewell My Lovely 1975 Shampoo 1975 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 The Bad News Bears 1976 Car Wash 1976 Carrie 1976 Gable and Lombard 1976 Gus 1976 The Human Tornado 1976 Mother Jugs amp Speed 1976 A Star Is Born 1976 Trackdown 1976 Two Minute Warning 1976 W C Fields and Me 1976 Welcome to L A 1976 Grand Theft Auto 1977 Petey Wheatstraw 1977 The Amazing Spider Man 1977 The Driver 1978 Grease 1978 Heaven Can Wait 1978 Killer of Sheep 1978 Straight Time 1978 Thank God It s Friday 1978 Up in Smoke 1978 1941 1979 Boulevard Nights 1979 The China Syndrome 1979 Disco Godfather 1979 Hardcore 1979 The Onion Field 1979 Roller Boogie 1979 Skatetown U S A 1979 Rock n Roll High School 1979 Scooby Goes Hollywood1980s edit nbsp Intersection of Plummer St and Hayvenhurst Ave in San Fernando Valley the site of the truck falling into the flood control channel underneath in Terminator 2 Judgment Day9 to 5 1980 Airplane 1980 Midnight Madness 1980 Seems Like Old Times 1980 Xanadu 1980 Carbon Copy 1981 The Decline of Western Civilization 1981 The Four Seasons 1981 Mommie Dearest 1981 S O B 1981 True Confessions 1981 Zoot Suit 1981 Blade Runner 1982 E T the Extra Terrestrial 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Frances 1982 Grease 2 1982 local suburbs e g Hawthorne The Entity 1982 Halloween III Season of the Witch 1982 I Ought to Be in Pictures 1982 White Dog 1982 Blue Thunder 1983 Boardinghouse 1983 Mr Mom 1983 The Star Chamber 1983 Star 80 1983 Valley Girl 1983 Angel 1984 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Body Double 1984 Crimes of Passion 1984 Irreconcilable Differences 1984 The Karate Kid 1984 Night of the Comet 1984 Protocol 1984 Repo Man 1984 Swing Shift 1984 The Terminator 1984 8 Million Ways to Die 1985 Back to the Future 1985 Universal City California Fletch 1985 Into the Night 1985 Pee wee s Big Adventure 1985 To Live and Die in L A 1985 Tuff Turf 1985 Teen Wolf 1985 Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986 Echo Park 1986 The Karate Kid Part II 1986 Modern Girls 1986 Ruthless People 1986 That s Life 1986 Top Gun 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 Maid to Order 1987 The Running Man 1987 Summer School 1987 Alien Nation film 1988 Big Business 1988 Colors 1988 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II The Metal Years 1988 Die Hard 1988 Earth Girls Are Easy 1988 For Keeps 1988 License To Drive 1988 Miracle Mile 1988 The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad 1988 Stand and Deliver 1988 Sunset 1988 Tequila Sunrise 1988 They Live 1988 Twins 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Back to the Future Part II Universal City California 1989 Bill amp Ted s Excellent Adventure 1989 Chances Are 1989 The Karate Kid Part III 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 1989 Miracle Mile 1989 Skin Deep 1989 Tango amp Cash 1989 Troop Beverly Hills 1989 1990s edit1990 edit Back to the Future Part III Universal City California Internal Affairs Predator 2 Pretty Woman To Sleep with Anger The Two Jakes House Party 1990 film 1991 edit The Addams Family Barton Fink Beastmaster 2 Through the Portal of Time Bill amp Ted s Bogus Journey Boyz n the Hood Critters 3 The Doors Father of the Bride Grand Canyon The Guyver L A Story The Last Boy Scout Life Stinks McBain Night on Earth Point Break The Rocketeer Samurai Cop Showdown in Little Tokyo Terminator 2 Judgment Day 1992 edit American Me Batman Returns The Bodyguard Buffy the Vampire Slayer Death Becomes Her Deep Cover Encino Man Lethal Weapon 3 The Player Passenger 57 Reservoir Dogs South Central Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot Sunset Heat Where the Day Takes You White Men Can t Jump 1993 edit Addams Family Values The Beverly Hillbillies Blood In Blood Out Bound by Honor Falling Down Last Action Hero Menace II Society Mi Vida Loca My Girl 2 Poetic Justice Rising Sun Rookie of the Year select scenes The Sandlot Short Cuts Sunset Grill True Romance 1994 edit Airheads Angels in the Outfield 1994 film Beverly Hills Cop III Clean Slate Clifford Color of Night Double Dragon Ed Wood Floundering Guyver Dark Hero Jimmy Hollywood Little Giants The Little Rascals Mind Twister Murder Was The Case Naked Gun 33 1 3 The Final Insult The Next Karate Kid Pulp Fiction Speed Swimming with Sharks Wes Craven s New Nightmare 1995 edit The Baby Sitters Club Batman Forever The Brady Bunch Movie Clueless Devil in a Blue Dress Father of the Bride Part II Forget Paris Friday Get Shorty A Goofy Movie Heat Higher Learning Leaving Las Vegas Live Nude Girls My Family Mi Familia The Net Nick of Time Species Strange Days Tales from the Hood 1996 edit 2 Days in the Valley The Craft The Crow City of Angels Demolition Man Don t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Escape from L A Get on the Bus Independence Day Kazaam Last Man Standing Matilda Mulholland Falls Set It Off Spy Hard Swingers A Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1997 edit Air Force One Batman amp Robin Bean Beverly Hills Ninja Boogie Nights Cats Don t Dance Face Off Good Burger Jackie Brown L A Confidential Lost Highway Money Talks Nothing To Lose One Eight Seven Speed 2 Cruise Control Steel Volcano Quiet Days in Hollywood1998 edit An Alan Smithee Film Burn Hollywood Burn American History X The Big Lebowski Blade Bulworth Caught Up City of Angels Gods and Monsters Hurlyburly L A Without a Map Lethal Weapon 4 A Night at the Roxbury The Parent Trap 1998 film The Players Club Playing by Heart The Rugrats Movie Rush Hour Slums of Beverly Hills Twilight 1999 edit 8mm Bellyfruit Blast from the Past Blue Streak Bowfinger Free Enterprise Go Hot Boyz Magnolia The Muse RKO 281 South Park Bigger Longer amp Uncut select scenes Sugar Town The Thirteenth Floor The Wood2000s edit2000 edit 3 Strikes The Anniversary Party Big Momma s House Bread and Roses Brother Charlie s Angels Disney s The Kid Gone in 60 Seconds Hanging Up Hellraiser Inferno Leprechaun in the Hood Lost Souls Love amp Basketball Next Friday Rugrats in Paris The Movie Scream 3 The Three Stooges Traffic Welcome to Hollywood What s Cooking 2001 edit The Anniversary Party Baby Boy Bandits Blow The Cat s Meow Crazy Beautiful Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Dogtown and Z Boys The Fast and the Furious Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Joe Dirt Made Max Keeble s Big Move Mulholland Drive Rush Hour 2 Southlander Swordfish Training Day The Wash 2002 edit Adaptation Austin Powers in Goldmember Big Fat Liar Black Knight Catch Me If You Can Collateral Damage Crossroads Dark Blue Enough Friday After Next Laurel Canyon Like Mike Nothing So Strange Punch Drunk Love Real Women Have Curves The Salton Sea Showtime XXX 2003 edit And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Baadasssss Biker Boyz Charlie s Angels Full Throttle Confidence The Core Cradle 2 the Grave Freaky Friday Holes Hollywood Homicide Hulk The Italian Job Leprechaun Back 2 tha Hood Los Angeles Plays Itself Malibu s Most Wanted A Man Apart Matchstick Men National Security Rugrats Go Wild Stuck on You S W A T Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines Thirteen Wonderland 2004 edit The Aviator Bride amp Prejudice Cellular A Cinderella Story Collateral The Day After Tomorrow Ray Sideways Seed of Chucky Soul Plane Starsky amp Hutch Superbabies Baby Geniuses 2 Toolbox Murders 2005 edit The 40 Year Old Virgin Be Cool Bewitched Black Dawn Boss n Up Constantine Crash Cursed Dirty Goal Happy Endings Hard Candy Harsh Times Havoc Herbie Fully Loaded The Island Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Lords of Dogtown Monster in Law The Sandlot 2 Shopgirl Torque XXX State of the Union 2006 edit 10 5 Apocalypse Akeelah and the Bee Alpha Dog Belly 2 Millionaire Boyz Club Big Momma s House 2 The Black Dahlia Bobby Bring It On All or Nothing Cars Click Crank Dreamgirls Friends with Money Gridiron Gang Harsh Times The Holiday Hollywoodland Inland Empire Jackass Number Two Little Miss Sunshine Man About Town Nearing Grace Quinceanera Snakes on a Plane Stan Waist Deep X Men The Last Stand 2007 edit 1408 Alvin and The Chipmunks Bratz The Movie Dragon Wars Fracture Freedom Writers The Hammer Invasion of the Pod People Knocked Up Nancy Drew Pandemic Rush Hour 3 The Sandlot Heading Home Smiley Face Southland Tales There Will Be Blood Transformers Urban Justice 2008 edit Ace of Hearts Another Cinderella Story Bedtime Stories Beverly Hills Chihuahua Bolt Changeling Drillbit Taylor Eagle Eye The Eye Forgetting Sarah Marshall Garden Party Get Smart Hancock The Informers Iron Man Lakeview Terrace The Love Guru Quarantine Role Models Street Kings Sunday School Musical The Take Taken War of the Worlds 2 The Next Wave Yu Gi Oh 5D s 2008 2009 edit 17 Again 2012 2012 Supernova 500 Days of Summer All About Steve Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel Black Dynamite Crank High Voltage Crossing Over Drag Me to Hell Fast amp Furious Funny People G Force I Love You Man The Informers Land of the Lost My Sister s Keeper Notorious Obsessed A Single Man The Soloist Spread Street Fighter The Legend of Chun Li Terminator Salvation Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Totally Spies The Movie The Ugly Truth Zombieland Blood and Bone2010s edit2010 edit 30 Days of Night Dark Days The A Team Beginners Cats amp Dogs The Revenge of Kitty Galore Cyrus Get Him to the Greek Greenberg Horrorween Inception Iron Man 2 Jackass 3D The Kids Are All Right Kites The Losers Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus My Name is Khan Resident Evil Afterlife The Runaways Skyline Takers Tooth Fairy The Town Tron Legacy Valentine s Day Yu Gi Oh Bonds Beyond Time 2011 edit The Artist Battle Los Angeles Battle of Los Angeles Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Big Mommas Like Father Like Son Born to Be a Star Cars 2 Crazy Stupid Love Cross Drive Fast Five Friends with Benefits From Prada to Nada Ghost Shark 2 Urban Jaws Girl Walks into a Bar The Green Hornet Green Lantern The Hit List Hop Horrible Bosses In Time Insidious Jack and Jill Just Go with It Larry Crowne Like Crazy The Lincoln Lawyer The Muppets No Strings Attached The Pool Boys Princess and the Pony S W A T Firefight Transformers Dark of the Moon 2012 edit Argo Caroline and Jackie Celeste and Jesse Forever End of Watch The Guest House Hitchcock Project X Seven Psychopaths Sound of My Voice Taken 2 2013 edit Age of Dinosaurs Bad Words The Bling Ring The Call The Canyons Fast amp Furious 6 Gangster Squad Her Iron Man 3 The Purge Saving Mr Banks This Is the End 2014 edit 10 0 Earthquake Alex of Venice Android Cop Bhopal A Prayer for Rain Cake Chef Echo Park Girltrash All Night Long The Gambler Horrible Bosses 2 Inherent Vice Let s Be Cops Starry Eyes Step Up All In Taken 3 The Liquid Psychologist Million Dollar Arm Nightcrawler The Purge Anarchy Walk of Shame Welcome to Me 2015 edit Blackhat Day Out of Days Dope Entourage Fire Twister French Dirty Furious 7 Get Hard The Gift L A Slasher Lavalantula The Overnight San Andreas Straight Outta Compton Tangerine Terminator Genisys Too Late Trumbo We Are Your Friends Weepah Way For Now Woman in Gold 2016 edit Amateur Night Cafe Society Girl Flu Hail Caesar Keanu Knight of Cups La La Land Namour The Neon Demon The Nice Guys No Light and No Land Anywhere Nobody Walks in L A Nocturnal Animals Patriots Day Rules Don t Apply Pocket Listing Sensitivity Training 2017 edit All Eyez on Me Axis Baywatch Blade Runner 2049 Bright Cars 3 CHiPs The Disaster Artist The Hero Ingrid Goes West It Happened in L A Kings Molly s Game Once Upon a Time in Venice Roman J Israel Esq Shot Caller The Tribes of Palos Verdes Unforgettable 2018 edit A Star Is Born Den of Thieves Destroyer Followed The Happytime Murders Peppermint Poor Greg Drowning Billionaire Boys Club The Kissing Booth Mid90s Electric Love2019 edit 1BR Acceleration Booksmart Captain Marvel The Drone The Fanatic Ford v Ferrari Madness in the Method Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Rocketman Spies in Disguise Stuber Yesterday2020s edit2020 edit The Banker Birds of Prey Like a Boss Onward Scoob Songbird The Tax Collector Tenet The Way Back Kajillionaire2021 edit Bliss Dear Evan Hansen F9 The Forever Purge Free Guy Ghostbusters Afterlife The Little Things Licorice Pizza Mortal Kombat Space Jam A New Legacy2022 edit Ambulance Babylon The Bad Guys Blonde Day Shift Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Don t Worry Darling Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans Jackass Forever Moonfall Nope Scream The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Top Gun Maverick2023 edit Air Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Barbie Creed III Evil Dead Rise Fast X House Party 2023 film M3GAN Missing Oppenheimer Transformers Rise of the Beasts 80 for Brady2024 edit Night Swim Lights OutLos Angeles destroyed in films editThe War of the Worlds 1953 destroyed by an alien invasion Earthquake 1974 destroyed by an earthquake Night of the Comet 1984 destroyed by a comet The Terminator 1984 destroyed by artificially intelligent machines The Great Los Angeles Earthquake 1990 destroyed by an earthquake Terminator 2 Judgment Day 1991 destroyed by a nuclear bomb Double Dragon 1994 destroyed by a major earthquake in 2007 Escape from L A 1996 destroyed by a major earthquake and tsunami in 2000 Independence Day 1996 destroyed by an alien invasion Volcano 1997 destroyed by a large volcanic eruption Tycus 2000 destroyed by a piece of the Moon after being hit by comet Tycus Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines 2003 destroyed by a nuclear bomb The Day After Tomorrow 2004 destroyed by a series of massive tornadoes 10 5 Apocalypse 2006 destroyed by an earthquake Dragon Wars 2007 destroyed by a giant monster attack Pandemic 2007 destroyed by a bird flu outbreak Transformers 2007 destroyed by a series of giant robots Life After People 2008 disintegration War of the Worlds 2 The Next Wave 2008 destroyed by an alien invasion Terminator Salvation 2009 destroyed by artificially intelligent machines 2012 2009 destroyed by a massive earthquake 2012 Supernova 2009 destroyed by a supernova Zombieland 2009 destroyed by a zombie apocalypse Resident Evil Afterlife 2010 destroyed by an epidemic Skyline 2010 destroyed by an alien invasion Battle Los Angeles 2011 destroyed by an alien invasion Disaster Wars Earthquake vs Tsunami 2013 destroyed by a tsunami This Is the End 2013 destroyed by the Rapture 10 0 Earthquake 2014 destroyed by a massive earthquake Fire Twister 2015 destroyed by a fire tornado L A Apocalypse 2015 annihilation of the city due to an explosion San Andreas 2015 destroyed by a massive earthquake Terminator Genisys 2015 destroyed by a nuclear bomb Destruction Los Angeles 2017 destroyed by a massive earthquake Eruption LA 2018 destroyed by a volcanic eruption Moonfall 2022 destroyed by the Moon Anime editPet Shop of Horrors 1999 Death Note 2006 2007 Heroman 2010 Harukana Receive 2018 Mutafukaz 2018 Los Angeles Set in Animation editA Goofy Movie 1995 Cats Don t Dance 1997 Space Chimps 2008 Monsters vs Aliens 2009 Despicable Me 2010 Trigun Badlands Rumble 2010 Rio 2011 The Adventures of Tintin film 2011 Puss in Boots 2011 Brave 2012 Despicable Me 2 2013 Rio 2 2014 The Anthem of Heart 2015 The Good Dinosaur 2015 Throne of Elves 2016 Moana 2016 Ice Age Collision Course 2016 The Angry Birds Movie 2016 Gantz O 2016 Despicable Me 3 2017 Coco 2017 Cars 3 2017 The Grinch 2018 The Stolen Princess 2018 Smallfoot film 2018 The Angry Birds Movie 2 2019 Mortal Kombat Legends Cage Match 2023 See also editList of television shows set in Los Angeles Lists of films based on location Los Angeles Plays Itself 2003 a documentary about the representation of Los Angeles on filmReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of films set in Los Angeles amp oldid 1216435466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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