List of films set in Los Angeles

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

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.

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 with reliable sources.

1920s[]

1930s[]

1940s[]

1950s[]

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

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)
  • 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)
  • Gable and Lombard (1976)
  • Gus (1976)
  • The Human Tornado (1976)
  • Mother, Jugs & 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)
  • 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)

1980s[]

Intersection of two streets under which is a flood-control channel
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 Day
  • 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)
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
  • Frances (1982)
  • Grease 2 (1982) (local suburbs, e.g. Hawthorne)
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
  • I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
  • White Dog (1982)
  • Blue Thunder (1983)
  • Mr. Mom (1983)
  • The Star Chamber (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)
  • (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)
  • 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)
  • 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 & 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 & Cash (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[]

1992[]

1993[]

1994[]

1995[]

  • Clueless
  • Devil in a Blue Dress
  • Father of the Bride Part II
  • Forget Paris
  • Friday
  • Get Shorty
  • 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[]

1997[]

1998[]

1999[]

2000s[]

2000[]

2001[]

  • The Anniversary Party
  • Baby Boy
  • Bandits
  • 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
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Rush Hour 2
  • Southlander
  • Swordfish
  • Training Day
  • The Wash

2002[]

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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
  • Drag Me to Hell
  • Fast & 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
  • Terminator Salvation
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • Totally Spies! The Movie
  • The Ugly Truth
  • Zombieland

2010s[]

2010[]

2011[]

2012[]

2013[]

2014[]

2015[]

2016[]

2017[]

2018[]

2019[]

2020s[]

2020[]

2021[]

Los Angeles destroyed in films[]

  • 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 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 a 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)

Anime[]

  • Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)
  • Death Note (2006-2007)
  • Heroman (2010)
  • Harukana Receive (2018)
  • Mutafukaz (2018)

Los Angeles Set in Animation[]

  • 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)
  • (2015)
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
  • Throne of Elves (2016)
  • Moana (2016)
  • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
  • The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
  • Ratchet and Clank (film) (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)

See also[]

References[]

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