List of films set in Los Angeles

This is a list of films set in Los Angeles:

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)

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 at Night" (1948)
• 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

• 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)
• Indestructible Man (1956)
• Gang War (1958)
• Girl on the Run (1958)
• The 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

• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
• Halls of Anger (1970)
• Alex in Wonderland (1970)
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
• Kotch (1971)
• Minnie and Moskowitz (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)
• Earthquake (1974)
• Farewell My Lovely (1974)
• Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
• Dolemite (1975)
• Shampoo (1975)
• The Day of the Locust (1975)
• Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
• Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
• Car Wash (1976)
• A Star Is Born (1976)
• The Bad News Bears (1976)
• Gable and Lombard (1976)
• Gus (1976)
• Trackdown (1976) starring James Mitchum)
• 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)
• Boulevard Nights (1979)
• The China Syndrome (1979)
• Hardcore (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• The Onion Field (1979)
• Roller Boogie (1979)
• Skatetown USA (1979)

1980s

• Airplane! (1980)
• Midnight Madness (1980)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
• Mommie Dearest (1981)
• S.O.B. (1981)
• Zoot Suit (1981)
• True Confessions (1981)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• I Ought to Be in Pictures (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)
• That's Life! (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)
• The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (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)
• Tequila Sunrise (1988)
• They Live (1988)
• Twins (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
• The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• Skin Deep (1989)
• Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

1990s

1990

• Predator 2 (1990)
• Pretty Woman (1990)
• To Sleep with Anger (1990)
• The Two Jakes (1990)

1991

• 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)
• McBain (1991)
• Night on Earth (1991)
• Point Break (1991)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

1992

• American Me (1992)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film) (1992)
• Deep Cover (1992)
• Encino Man (1992)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
• South Central (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• White Men Can't Jump (1992)

1993

• Blood In Blood Out (1993)
• Bound by Honor (1993)
• Falling Down (1993)
• Last Action Hero (1993)
• Menace II Society (1993)
• Mi Vida Loca (1993)
• My Girl 2 (1993)
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1993)
• Rising Sun (1993)
• Rookie of the Year (1993) (select scenes)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
• The Sandlot (1993)
• Short Cuts (1993)

1994

• Airheads (1994)
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
• Clifford (1994)
• Color of Night (1994)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• Double Dragon (1994)
• Murder Was The Case (1994)
• Mi Vida Loca (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Speed (1994)
• Swimming with Sharks (1994)
• The Next Karate Kid (1994)
• The Little Rascals (1994)
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

1995

• Clueless (1995)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
• Friday (1995)
• Get Shorty (1995)
• Heat (1995)
• Higher Learning (1995)
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
• My Family, Mi Familia (1995)
• Nick of Time (1995)
• Strange Days (1995)
• The Net (1995)

1996

• 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
• A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• Get on the Bus (1996)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Kazaam (1996)
• Last Man Standing (1996)
• Mulholland Falls (1996)
• Set It Off (1996)
• Swingers (1996)

1997

• Air Force One (1997)
• Bean (1997)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• Money Talks (1997)
• One Eight Seven (1997)
• Steel (1997)
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• Volcano (1997)

1998

• American History X (1998)
• Blade (1998)
• Bulworth (1998)
• Caught Up (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)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Players Club (1998)
• Twilight (1998)

1999

• Blast from the Past (1999)
• Bellyfruit (1999)
• Blue Streak (1999)
• Bowfinger (1999)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Free Enterprise (1999)
• Go (1999)
• Magnolia (1999)
• Straight Out of Compton (1999)
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) (select scenes)
• The Muse (1999)
• The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
• The Wood (1999)

2000s

2000

• Bread and Roses (2000)
• Brother (2000)
• Big Momma's House (2000)
• Disney's The Kid (2000)
• Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
• Hanging Up (2000)
• Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
• Lost Souls (2000)
• Love and Basketball (2000)
• Next Friday (2000)
• The Anniversary Party (2000)
• Traffic (2000)
• What's Cooking? (2000)

2001

• Baby Boy (2001)
• Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
• Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
• Joe Dirt (2001)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• Southlander (2001)
• Training Day (2001)
• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• The Wash (2001)
• Swordfish (2001)

2002

• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
• Blue Crush (2002)
• Collateral Damage (2002)
• Dark Blue (2002)
• Friday After Next (2002)
• Laurel Canyon (2002)
• Nothing So Strange (2002)
• Punch Drunk Love (2002)
• Real Women Have Curves (2002)
• The Salton Sea (2002)
• xXx (2002)

2003

• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
• Biker Boyz (2003)
• Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
• Confidence (2003)
• Freaky Friday (2003)
• Holes (2003)
• Hollywood Homicide (2003)
• Honey (2003)
• Hulk (2003)
• Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)
• Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
• Matchstick Men (2003)
• Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
• National Security (2003)
• Stuck on You (2003)
• S.W.A.T. (2003)
• The Core (2003)
• The Italian Job (2003)
• The Room (2003)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• Thirteen (2003)
• Wonderland (2003)

2004

• A Cinderella Story (2004)
• The Aviator (2004)
• Collateral (2004)
• Cellular (2004)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• Ray (2004)
• Starsky & Hutch (2004)
• SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
• Soul Plane (2004)

2005

• Be Cool (2005)
• Black Dawn (2005)
• Crash (2005)
• Dirty (2005)
• Goal! (2005)
• Happy Endings (2005)
• H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
• Lords of Dogtown (2005)
• Monster-in-Law (2005)
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
• The Island (2005)
• The Sandlot 2 (2005)
• Torque (2005)
• xXx: State of the Union (2005)

2006

• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
• Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
• Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
• Click (2006)
• Crank (2006)
• Friends with Money (2006)
• Gridiron Gang (2006)
• Harsh Times (2006)
• Inland Empire (2006)
• Jackass 2 (2006)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
• Man About Town (2006)
• "Nearing Grace"(2006)
• Quinceanera (2006)
• Snakes on a Plane (2006)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• Waist Deep (2006)

2007

• Alvin and The Chipmunks (2007)
• Bratz: The Movie (2007)
• Dragon Wars (2007)
• Freedom Writers (2007)
• Invasion of the Pod People (2007)
• Knocked Up (2007)
• Nancy Drew (2007)
• Rush Hour 3 (2007)
• Smiley Face (2007)
• The Apocalypse (2007)
• The Hammer (2007)
• The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007)
• Southland Tales (2007)
• Transformers (2007)
• Urban Justice (2007)

2008

• Ace of Hearts (2008)
• Bedtime Stories (2008)
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
• Changeling (2008)
• Drillbit Taylor (2008)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
• Garden Party (2008)
• Get Smart (2008)
• Hancock (2008)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Lakeview Terrace (2008)
• Role Models (2008)
• Street Kings (2008)
• Sunday School Musical (2008)
• The Eye (2008)
• The Take (2008)
• Quarantine (2008)
• War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)

2009

• 17 Again (2009)
• 2012 (2009)
• 2012: Supernova (2009)
• 500 Days of Summer (2009)
• All About Steve (2009)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
• Crank: High Voltage (2009)
• Crossing Over (2009)
• Fast & Furious (2009)
• Funny People (2009)
• G-Force (2009)
• I Love You, Man (2009)
• Land of the Lost (2009)
• My Sister's Keeper (2009)
• Notorious (2009)
• Obsessed (2009)
• Spread (2009)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• The Informers (2009)
• The Soloist (2009)
• The Ugly Truth (2009)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
• Zombieland (2009)

2010s

2010

• Beginners (2010)
• Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
• Greenberg (2010)
• Inception (2010)
• Horrorween (2010)
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Jackass 3D (2010)
• Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010)
• Skyline (2010)
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
• Takers (2010)
• Tooth Fairy (2010)
• Tron: Legacy (2010)
• The A-Team (2010)
• The Kids Are All Right (2010)
• The Losers (2010)
• The Runaways (2010)
• Valentine's Day (2010)

2011

• Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
• Battle of Los Angeles (2011)
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
• Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
• Born to Be a Star (2011)
• Cross (2011)
• Drive (2011)
• Friends with Benefits (2011)
• From Prada to Nada (2011)
• Green Lantern (2011)
• Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (2011)
• Hop (2011)
• Horrible Bosses (2011)
• Honey 2 (2011)
• Insidious (2011)
• Jack & Jill (2011)
• Just Go with It (2011)
• Larry Crowne (2011)
• Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)
• No Strings Attached (2011)
• Princess and the Pony (2011)
• Prom (2011)
• The Green Hornet (2011)
• The Hit List (2011)
• The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
• The Roommate (2011)
• The Pool Boys (2011)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

2012

• The Dark Knight Rises

Los Angeles destroyed on film

• The War of the Worlds (1953) (Destroyed by an alien invasion)
• Earthquake (1974) (Destroyed by an earthquake)
• The Terminator (1984) (Destroyed by artificially intelligent machines)
• The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (Destroyed by an earthquake)
• Terminator 2 (1991) (Destroyed by a nuclear bomb)
• Double Dragon (1994) (Destroyed by a major earthquake in 2007)
• 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 Core (2003) (Destroyed by the Earth's electromagnetic field)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (Destroyed by global warming)
• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) (Destroyed by an earthquake)
• The Apocalypse (2007) (Destroyed by a meteor shower)
• Transformers (2007) (Destroyed by the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons)
• Life After People (2008) (Disintegration)
• War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) (Destroyed by an alien invasion)
• 2012 (2009) (Destroyed by a large 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)

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