Movies Set in San Francisco
Kinora's catalogue lists 16 films set in San Francisco, spanning 1958–2015. 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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- 2000
Almost Famous
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe - 1986
Big Trouble in Little China
Urban · Undergrounddir. John Carpenter - 2012
Cloud Atlas
Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski - 1971
Dirty Harry
Urbandir. Don Siegel - 1979
Escape from Alcatraz
Island · Coastal Seadir. Don Siegel - 2015
Inside Out
Urbandir. Pete Docter - 1994
Interview with the Vampire
Urbandir. Neil Jordan - 1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Urbandir. Philip Kaufman - 2008
Milk
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Urban · Suburban · Wildernessdir. Rupert Wyatt - 1992
Sneakers
Urbandir. Phil Alden Robinson - 1974
The Conversation
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 2007
The Kite Runner
Urbandir. Marc Forster - 1974
The Towering Inferno
Urbandir. John Guillermin - 1958
Vertigo
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2007
Zodiac
Urbandir. David Fincher
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in San Francisco?
Kinora's catalogue lists 16 films set in San Francisco, spanning 1958–2015.
What are some movies set in San Francisco?
Films set in San Francisco in our catalogue include Almost Famous (2000), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Cloud Atlas (2012), Dirty Harry (1971), and Escape from Alcatraz (1979).
What is the oldest movie set in San Francisco?
Vertigo (1958) is the earliest film set in San Francisco in our catalogue; the most recent is Inside Out (2015).