List of films set in Los Angeles

Below a list of films set in Los Angeles. The list is not complete, and also includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. For instance, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is set in San Dimas, a suburb that is over ten miles to the east of the city's boundaries. This may reflect a view held by many, that Los Angeles has no real boundaries and is not so much a city as a loosely defined collection of communities. The film Inception is set in locations all over the world, and mostly takes place in the imagination, but its ending is set in Los Angeles and so is included in the list. Other films have less to do with the physical city than with an imaginary or mythical Los Angeles. For example, Bladerunner makes use of some LA locations, but is largely the invention of the film's makers.

1920s

Hollywood (1923)
Souls for Sale (1923)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Show People (1928)

1930s

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

1940s

Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Saboteur (1942)

Stanwyck and MacMurray of Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity

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)
He Walked by Night (1948)^[1]
Criss Cross (1949)
White Heat (1949)

1950s

The actual painted boulevard name was used as the opening titles of the classic film-noir drama, Sunset Boulevard

1960s

A Bucket of Blood (1960)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
The Exiles (1961)
The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
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 & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Model Shop (1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

1970s

Alex 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)
The Long Goodbye (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)
Gable and Lombard (1976)
Gus (1976)
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
A Star Is Born (1976)
Trackdown (1976)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Welcome to L.A. (1976)
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
The Driver (1978)
Grease (1978)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Thank God It's Friday (1978)
Up in Smoke (1978)
1941 (1979)
Boulevard Nights (1979)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Hardcore (1979)
The Onion Field (1979)
Roller Boogie (1979)
Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)

1980s

9 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)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Frances (1982)
Grease 2 (1982) (local suburbs, e.g. Hawthorne)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
White Dog (1982)
Blue Thunder (1983)
Mr. Mom (1983)
The Star Chamber (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
Valley Girl (1983)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Body Double (1984)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Falling in Love (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)
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)
Barfly (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Born in East L.A. (1987)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dragnet (1987)
The Hidden (1987)
La Bamba (1987)
Less Than Zero (1987)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Maid to Order (1987)
Mannequin (1987)
Overboard (1987)
The Running Man (1987)
Summer School (1987)
Big Business (1988)
Colors (1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (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)
Tango and Cash
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 & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Chances Are (1989)
The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Miracle Mile (1989)
Skin Deep (1989)
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

1990s

1990

Back to the Future Part III (Universal City, California)
Internal Affairs
Predator 2
Pretty Woman
To Sleep with Anger
The Two Jakes

1991

Barton Fink
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Boyz n the Hood
The Doors
Father of the Bride
Grand Canyon
L.A. Story
The Last Boy Scout
McBain
Night on Earth
Point Break
The Rocketeer
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

2 Days in the Valley
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
Mulholland Falls
Set It Off
Spy Hard
Swingers
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1997

1998

1999

8mm
Bellyfruit
Blast from the Past
Blue Streak
Bowfinger
Free Enterprise
Go
Hot Boyz
Magnolia
The Muse
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (select scenes)
Sugar Town
The Thirteenth Floor
The Wood

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

17 Again
2012
2012: Supernova
500 Days of Summer
All About Steve)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Crank: High Voltage
Crossing Over
Fast & Furious
Funny People
G-Force
I Love You, Man
The Informers
Land of the Lost
My Sister's Keeper
Notorious
Obsessed
The Soloist
Spread
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Ugly Truth
Zombieland
A Single Man

2010s

2010

30 Days of Night: Dark Days
The A-Team
Beginners
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Cyrus
Despicable Me
Get Him to the Greek
Greenberg
Horrorween
Inception
Iron Man 2
Jackass 3D
The Kids Are All Right
The Losers
Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus
Resident Evil: Afterlife
The Runaways
Skyline
Takers
Tooth Fairy
Tron: Legacy
Valentine's Day

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Los Angeles destroyed on film

The 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 volcano)
Tycus (2000) (destroyed by a piece of the Moon after being hit by comet Tycus)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (destroyed by a series of massive tornadoes)
10.5: Apocalypse (2006) (destroyed by an earthquake)
The Apocalypse (2007) (destroyed by a meteor shower)
Dragon Wars (2007) (destroyed by a giant monster attack)
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)
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)
This Is the End (2013) (destroyed by the Rapture)
San Andreas (2015) (destroyed by a massive earthquake)

References

↑ He Walked by Night

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