In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in Los Angeles respectively in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, or a fictionalized version thereof.

The following is a list of some of the more memorable films set in Los Angeles, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city.  The list is sorted by the year the film was released.

1920s
 Souls for Sale (1923)
 Sherlock Jr. (1924)
 Show People (1928)
 The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

1990
 Back to the Future Part III  (Universal City, California)
 Internal Affairs 
 Predator 2 
 Pretty Woman 
 To Sleep with Anger 
 The Two Jakes
 House Party (1990 film)

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

 Air Force One
 Batman & Robin
 Bean
 Beverly Hills Ninja 
 Boogie Nights
 Cats Don't Dance 
 Face/Off
 Good Burger
 Jackie Brown 
 L.A. Confidential 
 Lost Highway 
 Money Talks
 Nothing To Lose
 One Eight Seven 
 Speed 2: Cruise Control 
 Steel 
 Volcano
 Quiet Days In Hollywood

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

 Blood and Bone

2010s

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018
 A Star Is Born
 Den of Thieves
 Destroyer
 The Happytime Murders
 Peppermint
 Poor Greg Drowning
 Billionaire Boys Club
 The Kissing Booth
 Mid90s
 Electric Love

2019
 1BR
 Acceleration
 Booksmart
 Captain Marvel
 Ford v Ferrari
 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 Rocketman
 Spies in Disguise
 Stuber
 Yesterday

2020s

2020
 The Banker
 Birds of Prey
 Like a Boss
 Onward
 Scoob!
 Songbird
 The Tax Collector
 Tenet
 The Way Back
 Kajillionaire

2021
 Bliss
 Dear Evan Hansen
 F9
 The Forever Purge
 Free Guy
 Ghostbusters: Afterlife
 The Little Things
 Licorice Pizza
 Mortal Kombat
 Space Jam: A New Legacy

2022
 Ambulance
 Babylon
 The Bad Guys
 Blonde
 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
 Don't Worry Darling
 The Fabelmans
 Jackass Forever
 Moonfall
 Nope
 Scream
 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
 Top Gun: Maverick

2023
 Air
 Barbie
 Creed III
 Fast X
 House Party (2023 film)
 M3gan
 Missing
 Oppenheimer
 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
 80 for Brady

Los Angeles destroyed in films

Anime
Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)
Death Note (2006-2007)
Heroman (2010)
Harukana Receive (2018)
Mutafukaz (2018)

Los Angeles Set in Animation

See also
 List of television shows set in Los Angeles
 Lists of films based on location
 Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), a documentary about the representation of Los Angeles on film

References

Lists of films by setting
Films
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Films