List of films set in Los Angeles

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.

1920s

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

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

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

1996

1997

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* '' Air Force One''
* '' Batman & Robin''
* '' Bean''
* ''Beverly Hills Ninja''
* '' Boogie Nights''
* ''Cats Don't Dance''
* ''Face/Off''
* ''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''

1998

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* ''American History X''
* ''The Big Lebowski''
* ''Blade''
* ''Bulworth''
* '' Caught Up''
* '' City of Angels''
* '' Gods and Monsters''
* ''Hurlyburly''
* ''L.A. Without a Map''
* ''Lethal Weapon 4''
* '' A Night at the Roxbury''
* ''The Players Club''
* '' Playing by Heart''
* ''The Rugrats Movie''
* '' Rush Hour''
* ''Slums of Beverly Hills''
* ''Twilight''
* ''Die Hard''

1999

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* '' 8mm''
* ''Bellyfruit''
* '' Blast from the Past''
* ''Blue Streak''
* '' Bowfinger''
* '' Free Enterprise''
* '' Go''
* '' Hot Boyz''
* ''Magnolia''
* '' The Muse''
* ''RKO 281''
* '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (select scenes)
* '' Sugar Town''
* '' The Thirteenth Floor''
* ''The Wood''

2000s

2000

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* '' 3 Strikes''
* ''The Anniversary Party''
* ''Big Momma's House''
* ''Bread and Roses''
* ''Brother''
* '' Charlie's Angels''
* Disney's ''The Kid''
* '' Gone in 60 Seconds''
* ''Hanging Up''
* '' Hellraiser: Inferno''
* '' Lost Souls''
* ''Love & Basketball''
* ''Next Friday''
* '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie''
* ''Scream 3''
* ''The Three Stooges''
* ''Traffic''
* ''Welcome to Hollywood''
* '' What's Cooking?''

2001

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* ''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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* ''Austin Powers in Goldmember''
* ''Big Fat Liar''
* ''Black Knight''
* ''Collateral Damage''
* '' Dark Blue''
* ''Friday After Next''
* ''Laurel Canyon''
* '' Nothing So Strange''
* ''Punch-Drunk Love''
* ''Real Women Have Curves''
* '' The Salton Sea''
* ''Showtime''
* '' XXX''

2003

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* ''And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself''
* ''Biker Boyz''
* '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle''
* ''Confidence''
* ''The Core''
* ''Cradle 2 the Grave''
* ''Freaky Friday''
* ''Holes''
* ''Hollywood Homicide''
* '' Hulk''
* ''The Italian Job''
* '' Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood''
* ''Los Angeles Plays Itself''
* ''Malibu's Most Wanted''
* ''A Man Apart''
* ''Matchstick Men''
* '' National Security''
* ''Rugrats Go Wild''
* '' Stuck on You''
* ''S.W.A.T.''
* '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines''
* ''Thirteen''
* '' Wonderland''

2004

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* '' The Aviator''
* '' Bride & Prejudice''
* ''Cellular''
* ''A Cinderella Story''
* ''Collateral''
* ''The Day After Tomorrow''
* '' Ray''
* ''Sideways''
* ''Seed of Chucky''
* ''Soul Plane''
* '' Starsky & Hutch''
* '' Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2''

2005

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* ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''
* ''Be Cool''
* '' Bewitched''
* '' Black Dawn''
* ''Constantine''
* ''Crash''
* ''Dirty''
* '' Goal!''
* '' Happy Endings''
* ''Hard Candy''
* ''Harsh Times''
* ''Havoc''
* '' Herbie: Fully Loaded''
* '' The Island''
* ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''
* ''Lords of Dogtown''
* ''Monster-in-Law''
* ''The Sandlot 2''
* ''Shopgirl''
* ''Torque''
* '' XXX: State of the Union''

2006

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* '' 10.5: Apocalypse''
* '' Alpha Dog''
* '' Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club''
* ''Big Momma's House 2''
* ''The Black Dahlia''
* '' Bring It On: All or Nothing''
* ''Cars''
* '' Click''
* '' Crank''
* ''Friends with Money''
* ''Gridiron Gang''
* ''Harsh Times''
* ''The Holiday''
* ''Hollywoodland''
* '' Inland Empire''
* ''Jackass Number Two''
* '' Little Miss Sunshine''
* '' Man About Town''
* ''Nearing Grace''
* '' Quinceañera''
* ''Snakes on a Plane''
* '' Stan''
* ''Waist Deep''
* '' X-Men: The Last Stand''

2007

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* ''1408''
* '' Alvin and The Chipmunks''
* '' Bratz: The Movie''
* '' Dragon Wars''
* '' Fracture''
* ''Freedom Writers''
* '' The Hammer''
* '' Invasion of the Pod People''
* ''Knocked Up''
* ''Nancy Drew''
* '' Pandemic''
* ''Rush Hour 3''
* '' The Sandlot: Heading Home''
* ''Smiley Face''
* ''Southland Tales''
* ''There Will Be Blood''
* ''Transformers''
* '' Urban Justice''

2008

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* ''Ace of Hearts''
* ''Another Cinderella Story''
* '' Bedtime Stories''
* '' Beverly Hills Chihuahua''
* '' Bolt''
* ''Changeling''
* ''Drillbit Taylor''
* ''Eagle Eye''
* '' The Eye''
* ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall''
* ''Garden Party''
* ''Get Smart''
* ''Hancock''
* ''The Informers''
* '' Iron Man''
* ''Lakeview Terrace''
* ''Quarantine''
* '' Role Models''
* '' Street Kings''
* ''Sunday School Musical''
* '' The Take''
* '' Taken''
* '' War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave''
* ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' (2008)

2009

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* '' 17 Again''
* ''2012''
* '' 2012: Supernova''
* ''500 Days of Summer''
* '' All About Steve''
* '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel''
* '' Black Dynamite''
* '' 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''
* '' Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li''
* ''Terminator Salvation''
* '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
* ''Totally Spies! The Movie''
* '' The Ugly Truth''
* ''Zombieland''

2010s

2010

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* '' 30 Days of Night: Dark Days''
* ''The A-Team''
* '' Beginners''
* '' Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore''
* ''Cyrus''
* ''Get Him to the Greek''
* '' Greenberg''
* ''Horrorween''
* ''Inception''
* ''Iron Man 2''
* '' Jackass 3D''
* '' The Kids Are All Right''
* ''Kites''
* '' The Losers''
* ''Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus''
* '' My Name is Khan''
* '' Resident Evil: Afterlife''
* ''The Runaways''
* ''Skyline''
* ''Takers''
* ''Tooth Fairy''
* '' The Town''
* '' Tron: Legacy''
* ''Valentine's Day''
* '' Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time''

2011

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* '' The Artist''
* '' Battle: Los Angeles''
* ''Battle of Los Angeles''
* ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2''
* '' Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son''
* '' Born to Be a Star''
* ''Crazy, Stupid, Love''
* ''Cross''
* '' Drive''
* '' Friends with Benefits''
* ''From Prada to Nada''
* '' Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws''
*''Girl Walks into a Bar''
* ''The Green Hornet''
* ''Green Lantern''
* '' The Hit List''
* '' Hop''
* ''Horrible Bosses''
* ''In Time''
* ''Insidious''
* ''Jack and Jill''
* ''Just Go with It''
* ''Larry Crowne''
* '' Like Crazy''
* ''The Lincoln Lawyer''
* ''The Muppets''
* '' No Strings Attached''
* ''The Pool Boys''
* ''Princess and the Pony''
* '' S.W.A.T.: Firefight''
* '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon''

2012

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* '' Argo''
* '' Caroline and Jackie''
* ''Celeste and Jesse Forever''
* ''End of Watch''
* '' The Guest House''
* ''Hitchcock''
* '' Project X''
* ''Seven Psychopaths''
* ''Sound of My Voice''
* ''Taken 2''

2013

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* '' Age of Dinosaurs''
* '' Bad Words''
* ''The Bling Ring''
* '' The Call''
* '' The Canyons''
* ''Fast & Furious 6''
* '' Gangster Squad''
* ''Her''
* ''Iron Man 3''
* ''The Purge''
* '' Saving Mr. Banks''
* ''This Is the End''

2014

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* ''10.0 Earthquake''
* ''Alex of Venice''
* '' Android Cop''
* '' Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain''
* '' Cake''
* '' Chef''
* ''Echo Park''
* '' Girltrash: All Night Long''
* '' The Gambler''
* ''Horrible Bosses 2''
* ''Inherent Vice''
* ''Let's Be Cops''
* '' Step Up: All In''
* ''Taken 3''
* ''The Liquid Psychologist''
* ''Million Dollar Arm''
* '' Nightcrawler''
* '' The Purge: Anarchy''
* '' Walk of Shame''
* '' Welcome to Me''

2015

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* '' Blackhat''
* '' Day Out of Days''
* '' Dope''
* ''Entourage''
* ''Fire Twister''
* '' French Dirty''
* ''Furious 7''
* '' Get Hard''
* '' The Gift''
* ''Lavalantula''
* ''The Overnight''
* '' San Andreas''
* '' Straight Outta Compton''
* ''Tangerine''
* ''Terminator Genisys''
* ''Too Late''
* '' Trumbo''
* '' We Are Your Friends''
* ''Weepah Way For Now''
* '' Woman in Gold''

2016

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* '' Amateur Night''
* ''Café Society''
* '' Girl Flu''
* ''Hail, Caesar!''
* '' Keanu''
* '' Knight of Cups''
* ''La La Land''
* '' Namour''
* ''The Neon Demon''
* ''The Nice Guys''
* '' No Light and No Land Anywhere''
* '' Nobody Walks in L.A.''
* ''Nocturnal Animals''
* '' Patriots Day''
* ''Rules Don't Apply''
* '' Pocket Listing''
* ''Sensitivity Training''

2017

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* ''Axis''
*''Baywatch''
* '' Blade Runner 2049''
* ''Bright''
* ''Cars 3''
* ''CHiPs''
* ''The Disaster Artist''
* '' The Hero''
* '' Ingrid Goes West''
* '' It Happened in L.A.''
* '' Kings''
* ''Molly's Game''
* ''Once Upon a Time in Venice''
* ''Roman J. Israel, Esq.''
* '' Shot Caller''
* ''The Tribes of Palos Verdes''
* '' Unforgettable''

2018

* '' Den of Thieves''
* '' Destroyer''
* ''The Happytime Murders''
* ''Peppermint''
* '' Poor Greg Drowning''
* ''The Kissing Booth''
* ''Mid90s''
* ''Electric Love''

2019

* ''Booksmart''
* ''Ford v Ferrari''
* '' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''
* ''Rocketman''
* '' Stuber''
* '' Yesterday''

2020s

2020

* ''Songbird''
* ''The Tax Collector''
* '' The Way Back''
Kajillionaire (2020 film)

2021

* ''Bliss''
* '' The Little Things''
* ''Licorice Pizza''

2022

* ''Ambulance''
* ''The Bad Guys''

Los Angeles destroyed in films

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* ''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 an 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)
* " Moonfall" (2022) (destroyed by the Moon)

Anime

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

Los Angeles Set in Animation

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*''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)
*'' The Anthem of Heart'' (2015)
*''The Good Dinosaur'' (2015)
*''Throne of Elves'' (2016)
*'' Moana'' (2016)
*'' Ice Age: Collision Course'' (2016)
*''The Angry Birds Movie'' (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

* 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

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