Movies Set in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is cinema’s hometown and its favourite subject — a city films keep returning to, from sun-bleached noir to freeway dread to the dream factory turning the camera on itself. Every title here is set in Los Angeles, not just shot there, tagged by the era and the version of the city it inhabits.

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1977
Annie Hall
New York City · Los Angeles — 1970s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
2022
Babylon
Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s · 1950s
Urban · Suburbandir. Damien Chazelle
1982
Blade Runner
Los Angeles — Near Future
Urbandir. Ridley Scott
2017
Blade Runner 2049
Los Angeles · Las Vegas — Near Future
Urban · Desertdir. Denis Villeneuve
1997
Boogie Nights
Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1995
Casino
Las Vegas · Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
Urban · Desertdir. Martin Scorsese
1974
Chinatown
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
1931
City Lights
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
2004
Collateral
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
1944
Double Indemnity
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Los Angeles — 2020s
Urban · Suburban · Off Worlddir. Daniel Scheinert
1970
Five Easy Pieces
Los Angeles · Washington State — 1960s · 1970s
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urban · Islanddir. Bob Rafelson
1995
Heat
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
2010
Inception
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urban · Mountain · Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan
1997
L.A. Confidential
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson
2016
La La Land
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
1997
Lost Highway
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Desert · Ruraldir. David Lynch
1999
Magnolia
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
2019
Marriage Story
New York City · Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Noah Baumbach
2000
Memento
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2004
Million Dollar Baby
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
2001
Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. David Lynch
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Los Angeles — 1960s
Urban · Suburbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1984
Paris, Texas
Los Angeles · Texas · Houston — 1980s
Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Wim Wenders
1994
Pulp Fiction
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
2002
Punch-Drunk Love
Los Angeles · Provo — 2000s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1993
Short Cuts
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Robert Altman
1952
Singin' in the Rain
Los Angeles — 1920s
Urbandir. Stanley Donen
1950
Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles — 1940s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Los Angeles — 1990s · Far Future
Urban · Off Worlddir. James Cameron
2011
The Artist
Los Angeles — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Michel Hazanavicius
1998
The Big Lebowski
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joel Coen
1967
The Graduate
Los Angeles · Santa Barbara — 1960s
Suburban · Urbandir. Mike Nichols
1992
The Player
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Robert Altman
1995
The Usual Suspects
New York City · Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in Los Angeles?

Kinora's catalogue lists 35 films set in Los Angeles, spanning 1931–2022.

What are some movies set in Los Angeles?

Films set in Los Angeles in our catalogue include Annie Hall (1977), Babylon (2022), Blade Runner (1982), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and Boogie Nights (1997).

What is the oldest movie set in Los Angeles?

City Lights (1931) is the earliest film set in Los Angeles in our catalogue; the most recent is Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).