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.
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
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 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 How It Ends
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 Freakier Friday Jimmy and Stiggs Karate Kid: Legends One of Them Days The Bad Guys 2
2026 Goat Jackass: Best and Last Mercy Michael Minions & Monsters The Wrong Girls
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
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