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, either 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. {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}{{#ifeq:||}}

1920s

• Souls for Sale (1923)
• Sherlock Jr. (1924)
• Show People (1928)
• The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)

1950s

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

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

1990s

1990

• Back to the Future Part III (Universal City, California)
• Internal Affairs
• Predator 2
• Pretty Woman
• To Sleep with Anger
• The Two Jakes
• House Party (1990 film)

1997

• Air Force One
• Batman & Robin
• Bean
• Beverly Hills Ninja
• Boogie Nights
• Cats Don't Dance
• Face/Off
• Good Burger
• Jackie Brown
• L.A. Confidential
• Lost Highway
• Money Talks
• Nothing To Lose
• One Eight Seven
• Speed 2: Cruise Control
• Steel
• Volcano
• Quiet Days in Hollywood

2010s

2018

• A Star Is Born
• Den of Thieves
• Destroyer
• Followed
• The Happytime Murders
• Peppermint
• Poor Greg Drowning
• Billionaire Boys Club
• The Kissing Booth
• Mid90s
• Electric Love
• Under The Silver Lake

2019

• 1BR
• Acceleration
• Booksmart
• Captain Marvel
• The Drone
• The Fanatic
• Ford v Ferrari
• Madness in the Method
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Rocketman
• Spies in Disguise
• Stuber
• Yesterday

2020s

2020

• The Banker
• Birds of Prey
• Kajillionaire
• Like a Boss
• Onward
• Scoob!
• Songbird
• The Tax Collector
• Tenet
• The Way Back

2021

• Bliss
• Dear Evan Hansen
• F9
• The Forever Purge
• Free Guy
• Licorice Pizza
• The Little Things
• Mortal Kombat
• Space Jam: A New Legacy

2022

• Ambulance
• Babylon
• The Bad Guys
• Blonde
• Bullet Train
• Day Shift
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Don't Worry Darling
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Jackass Forever
• Moonfall
• Nope
• Scream
• Top Gun: Maverick
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

2023

• 80 for Brady
• Air
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
• Barbie
• Creed III
• Evil Dead Rise
• Fast X
• House Party
• M3GAN
• Missing
• Oppenheimer
• Poolman
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2024

• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
• Goodrich
• Lights Out
• MaXXXine
• Mother of the Bride
• Night Swim
• Poolman
• The Substance
• Thelma

2025

• Borderline
• Karate Kid: Legends
• One of Them Days

Anime

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

See also

• List of television shows set in Los Angeles
• Lists of films based on location
• Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), a documentary about the representation of Los Angeles on film