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L.A. Films

posted 16 years ago by papado-3
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Sorry if this already exists as another thread, but movies about Los Angeles (hopefully good ones): So far I've got Heat (1995), Short Cuts (1993), Falling Down (1992), American History X (barely) (1998). Others?

[–] TopFrog 16 years ago

Magnolia, Grand Canyon, Pulp Fiction, L.A. Confidential, Chinatown, Sunset Blvd., Mulholland Dr., and 2 Days in the Valley all come to mind. There have got to be at least hundreds of others. Maybe it would be easier to make a list of movies not about Los Angeles.

-- TopFrog

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[–] artihcus022 16 years ago

Maybe it would be easier to make a list of movies not about Los Angeles.

Or simply see Thom Anderson's Los Angeles Plays Itself.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379357/
Although he isn't a fan of this film.

Altman's The Long Goodbye is also a great film that additionally uses LA landscape with particular originality.

"Ça va by me, madame...Ça va by me!" - The Red Shoes

[–] MuchToBeGratefulFor 16 years ago

"L.A. Story"

You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi

[–] BoogieTights 16 years ago

In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007)

[–] martinmaj88 16 years ago

Terminator 2

[–] jcolton-1 16 years ago

Boogie Nights, To Live and Die in LA, CRASH, Street Kings, Get Shorty, Laurel Canyon, Jackie Brown, Traffic, Swingers, Speed, Pretty Woman, DIE HARD, Less Than Zero, Fletch, Beverly Hills Cop, Blade Runner...

[–] ConscientiousObserver 15 years ago

Two classics: Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity!

[–] The_Manchurian_Nominee 15 years ago

Those are all good ones.

[–] Ragsdolly 15 years ago

Several of the films based on the novels of Bret Easton Ellis are terrific portrayals of L.A.....God help L.A...... : P

[–] tryena 15 years ago

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) is really good.

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[–] james_rosevear86 14 years ago

Colors, Boyz N the Hood, Menace II Society, Clueless, Down and out in Beverly Hills, He walked by night.