Movies Set in California in the 1990s

Kinora's catalogue lists 46 films set in California in the 1990s, spanning 1990–2022. 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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2002
Adaptation.
Los Angeles · New York City · Florida — 1990s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze
1998
American History X
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Tony Kaye
1992
Basic Instinct
San Francisco — 1990s
Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
2018
Black Panther
Oakland · London · Busan — 1990s · 2010s
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler
1991
Boyz n the Hood
Los Angeles — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. John Singleton
1995
Clueless
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Amy Heckerling
1992
Death Becomes Her
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis
2000
Erin Brockovich
Los Angeles · Hinkley — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh
1997
Face/Off
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. John Woo
1993
Falling Down
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Joel Schumacher
1995
Four Rooms
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Allison Anders
1995
Get Shorty
Los Angeles · Miami — 1990s
Urbandir. Barry Sonnenfeld
1995
Heat
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
California · Sierra Nevada — 1990s
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Jamaica · California — 1990s
Islanddir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan
1993
In the Line of Fire
Washington, D.C. · Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Wolfgang Petersen
1996
Independence Day
Los Angeles · Washington, D.C. · Nevada — 1990s
Urban · Desertdir. Roland Emmerich
1994
Interview with the Vampire
New Orleans · Paris · San Francisco — 1700s · 1800s · 1990s
Urbandir. Neil Jordan
2007
Into the Wild
Alaska · California · South Dakota — 1990s
Wilderness · Rural · Desertdir. Sean Penn
1997
Jackie Brown
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1997
Liar Liar
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Tom Shadyac
1997
Lost Highway
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch
2000
Love & Basketball
Los Angeles — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
1999
Magnolia
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1993
Menace II Society
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Albert Hughes
1993
Mrs. Doubtfire
San Francisco — 1990s
Urbandir. Chris Columbus
1991
Night on Earth
Los Angeles · New York City · Paris · Rome · Helsinki — 1990s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
2022
Nope
California — 1990s · 2020s
Ruraldir. Jordan Peele
1991
Point Break
Los Angeles · Australia — 1990s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow
1990
Pretty Woman
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Garry Marshall
1994
Pulp Fiction
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1998
Rush Hour
Los Angeles · Hong Kong — 1990s
Urbandir. Brett Ratner
1996
Scream
California — 1990s
Suburbandir. Wes Craven
1996
Set It Off
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. F. Gary Gray
1993
Short Cuts
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Robert Altman
1992
Sneakers
San Francisco — 1960s · 1990s
Urbandir. Phil Alden Robinson
1994
Speed
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Jan de Bont
2015
Straight Outta Compton
Los Angeles · Detroit — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. F. Gary Gray
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Los Angeles — 1990s · Near Future
Urbandir. James Cameron
1998
The Big Lebowski
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
1997
The Game
San Francisco — 1990s
Urbandir. David Fincher
1990
The Grifters
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Stephen Frears
1992
The Player
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Robert Altman
1996
The Rock
San Francisco — 1990s
Islanddir. Michael Bay
1995
The Usual Suspects
Los Angeles · New York City — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer
1993
True Romance
Detroit · Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Tony Scott

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in California in the 1990s?

Kinora's catalogue lists 46 films set in California in the 1990s, spanning 1990–2022.

What are some movies set in California in the 1990s?

Films set in California in the 1990s in our catalogue include Adaptation. (2002), American History X (1998), Basic Instinct (1992), Black Panther (2018), and Boyz n the Hood (1991).

What is the oldest movie set in California in the 1990s?

Pretty Woman (1990) is the earliest film set in California in the 1990s in our catalogue; the most recent is Nope (2022).