List of films set in Las Vegas

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This is a list of films set in Las Vegas.

Shot	Released	Title	Comments
	1957	The Amazing Colossal Man	A Nuclear Mutant terrorizes Vegas!!!.
	1960	Ocean's Eleven (1960 film)	The Rat Pack plans an elaborate heist of 5 casinos in one night.
1963	1964	Viva Las Vegas	With Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret starring, this was a perfect postcard from the city of shows and gambling.
1970	1971	Diamonds Are Forever	James Bond (played by Sean Connery) investigates a diamond smuggling pipeline and a reclusive billionaire.
	1988	Rain Man	Tom Cruise's character exploits Dustin Hoffman's character, who is an autistic savant, by using his amazing memorization skills to win big on Blackjack at Caesar's Palace. Directed by Barry Levinson
	1991	Bugsy	Directed by Barry Levinson.
1991	1992	Cool World	Directed by Ralph Bakshi.
	1992	Honey, I Blew Up The Kid
	1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Written and directed by Andrew Bergman.
	1993	Indecent Proposal	Robert Redford pays $1,000,000 for one night with Demi Moore.
	1994	The Stand	Locations used: Downtown Las Vegas
	1995	Casino
	1995	Showgirls	Filmed at the Stardust and other locations through out Las Vegas. Directed by Paul Verhoeven
	1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Nicholas Cage plays an alcoholic who wants to drink himself to death. He spends his last days with a hooker.
	1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Filmed at the Riviera Hotel and Casino and on the Strip
	1997	Con Air	Starring Nicholas Cage
	1997	Vegas Vacation	Starring Chevy Chase
	1998	Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas	Film adaption of Hunter S. Thompsons famous novel about the "Death of the American Dream".
	1998	Very Bad Things	Black comedy directed by Peter Berg. The bachelor party scenes are set in Las Vegas.
	1999	Jack of Hearts (1999 film)
	2000	Pay It Forward	A young student at a public school in Clark County tries to start a movement to motivate people to help other people.
	2001	3000 Miles to Graceland	A gang of criminals dress as Elvis impersonators for a robbery. Kurt Russell played Elvis in a made for TV movie in 1979. Seeing Russell dressed as Elvis again was a treat for many in the audience.
	2001	Rush Hour 2	Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) track the villain Ricky Tan (John Lone) to his Red Dragon Casino in Las Vegas where he plans to swap real U.S. money in winnings with fake printed money to jeopardize the U.S. economy.
	2001	Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)	Remake of Ocean's Eleven (1960 film) starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, et al.
	2003	The Cooler	Comedy / gangster film about an unlucky man (William H. Macy) hired by a mob-run Vegas casino to kill off the lucky streaks the high rollers.
	2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2006	2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	Film adaptation of Capcom's game series Resident Evil