Movies Set in California in the 1950s

Kinora's catalogue lists 25 films set in California in the 1950s, spanning 1950–2022. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1992

  American Me

  Los Angeles — 1940s · 1950s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Edward James Olmos
• 1985

  Back to the Future

  California — 1980s · 1950s
  Suburbandir. Robert Zemeckis
• 1990

  Back to the Future Part III

  California — 1800s · 1950s · 1980s
  Rural · Desertdir. Robert Zemeckis
• 1988

  Bird

  New York City · Los Angeles · Kansas City — 1940s · 1950s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 1980

  Coal Miner's Daughter

  Kentucky · Nashville · Los Angeles — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
  Ruraldir. Michael Apted
• 1994

  Ed Wood

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Tim Burton
• 1950

  Gun Crazy

  California — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Joseph H. Lewis
• 1950

  In a Lonely Place

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Nicholas Ray
• 1956

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  California — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Don Siegel
• 1955

  Kiss Me Deadly

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich
• 1997

  L.A. Confidential

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Curtis Hanson
• 1987

  La Bamba

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Luis Valdez
• 1955

  Rebel Without a Cause

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Suburban · Urbandir. Nicholas Ray
• 1950

  Sunset Boulevard

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Billy Wilder
• 1952

  The Bad and the Beautiful

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli
• 2022

  The Fabelmans

  New Jersey · Phoenix · Los Angeles — 1950s · 1960s
  Suburban · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2016

  The Founder

  Illinois · California — 1950s · 1960s
  Suburbandir. John Lee Hancock
• 2012

  The Master

  California · Phoenix · Massachusetts — 1950s
  Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 1983

  The Right Stuff

  California · Space — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Philip Kaufman
• 1953

  The War of the Worlds

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Rural · Urbandir. Byron Haskin
• 1973

  The Way We Were

  New York City · Los Angeles — 1940s · 1950s
  dir. Sydney Pollack
• 1953

  The Wild One

  California — 1950s
  Ruraldir. László Benedek
• 1954

  Them!

  New Mexico · Los Angeles — 1950s
  Desert · Urban · Undergrounddir. Gordon Douglas
• 1958

  Vertigo

  San Francisco — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1993

  What's Love Got to Do with It

  St. Louis · Los Angeles · Tennessee — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Brian Gibson