List of films set in Los Angeles

This is a list of films set in Los Angeles:

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 11 Los Angeles destroyed on film 12 See also

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)
• "[[He Walked at Night]]" (1948)
• Criss Cross (1949)
• White Heat (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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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

• 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)
• 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