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.

Filming a disaster scene at Wilshire and Hope in Los Angeles, California

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

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1930s

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1940s

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1950s

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The actual painted boulevard name was used as the opening titles of the classic film-noir drama, Sunset Boulevard

1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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Intersection of Plummer St and Hayvenhurst Ave in San Fernando Valley, the site of the truck falling into the flood-control channel underneath in Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1990s

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1990

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1991

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1992

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1993

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1994

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1995

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1996

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1997

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1998

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1999

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2000s

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2000

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2001

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2002

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2003

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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2009

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2010s

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2010

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2011

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2020s

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2020

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2021

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2022

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2023

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2024

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Los Angeles destroyed in films

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Anime

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Los Angeles Set in Animation

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f King, Susan (June 12, 2013). "'This Is the End': Los Angeles takes on the apocalypse (again)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-06.