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
• House Party (1990 film)

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

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

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Blood and Bone

2010s

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

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

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
• Like a Boss
• Onward
• Scoob!
• Songbird
• The Tax Collector
• Tenet
• The Way Back
• Kajillionaire

2021

• Bliss
• Dear Evan Hansen
• F9
• The Forever Purge
• Free Guy
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• The Little Things
• Licorice Pizza
• 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
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
• Top Gun: Maverick

2023

• Air
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
• Barbie
• Creed III
• Evil Dead Rise
• Fast X
• House Party (2023 film)
• M3GAN
• Missing
• Oppenheimer
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• 80 for Brady

2024

• Night Swim
• Lights Out
• MaXXXine

Los Angeles destroyed in films

Anime

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

Los Angeles Set in Animation

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

References

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