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)

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

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

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

Anime

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