Movies and TV shows set in los angeles – page 4

List of movies set in los angeles

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Wish I Was Here (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic ...
Style: independent film, touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: self discovery, direction and purpose, father son relationship, justice, tragedy, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, happy ending, redemption, cancer, actor's life, thirtysomething life ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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The Outside Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, fish out of water, law enforcement, disorder, tough heroes, culture clash, criminal heroes, dishonesty, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, paris france, france, california, europe ...
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 7.1
 14K
One False Move (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: small town, police investigation, heist, gangster, gunfight, justice, corruption, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal, siblings relations, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, louisiana ...
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 5.9
 81K
Rock of Ages (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style: entertaining, feel good, sexy, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: rock, broadway, rock and roll, music, dancing, gay, nightclub, dance, teenager, striptease, music business, nostalgia ...
Time: 80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 6.6
 19K
Shrink (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
Style: realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Plot: suicide, mental illness, therapist, psychiatrist, hollywood, character study, loneliness, life philosophy, widower, suicide attempt, haunted by the past, power relations ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 6.5
 110K
Bean (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bean works as a caretaker at Britain's formidable Royal National Gallery, and his bosses want to fire him because he sleeps at work all the time, but can't because the chairman of the gallery's board defends him. They send him to USA, ...
Style: slapstick, humorous, funny, surreal, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot: painting, amusement park, road trip, childhood, police investigation, goofy hero, misfit, nothing goes right, hidden identity, comedy of errors, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, paris france, usa, london
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 6.4
 16K
Baby Boy (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different ...
Style: hood, stylized, intense, light, emotional ...
Plot: womanizer, single parent, gang, african american, black, unlikely friendships, gangster, urban, organized crime, twists and turns, ghetto, hip hop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
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 5.7
 10K
Ask the Dust (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Style: atmospheric, erotic, sexy, stylized, intense ...
Plot: sex scene, nudity, immigrant, interracial relations, love, regret, writers, opposites attract, love affair, ambition, fall in love, writer's life ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 1930s
Place: los angeles, italy, california, usa, mexico
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 6.3
 143K
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
Style: humorous, black comedy, talky, surreal, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, movie star, showbiz, kidnapping, actor, dark humor, journalist, chinese restaurant, screenwriter, film industry, ransom ...
Time: 50s, year 2016, 1950s, 2010s, year 2015 ...
Place: los angeles, greece, usa, california, malibu california
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Maps to the Stars (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Style: surreal, stylized, disturbing, cynical, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, hollywood, mental illness, aspiring actor, child star, obsession, actress, satire, threesome, haunted by the past, menage a trois, fire ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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The Day of the Locust (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Style: cult classic, disturbing, cerebral, biting, cynical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: movie business, female nudity, hollywood, filmmaking, art, satire, great depression, showbiz, politics, surrealism, actor, social commentary ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
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 7.0
 292K
Rush Hour (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the ...
Style: humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police, kung fu, reluctant partners, fight scenes, buddy cop, two man army, buddy, chase, african american, triad, fbi ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
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 6.9
 243K
Clueless (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give ...
Style: feel good, teen, romantic, light, rom com ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, fashion, youth, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, popularity, teenage love, enemies to lovers ...
Time: 90s, y2k, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa
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 6.6
 24K
Dark Blue (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Style: neo noir, tense, detective, harsh, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police investigation, police brutality, cop, police, corruption, investigation, police officer, rookie, robbery, partner, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 90s, year 1992
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
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 6.9
 262K
Crank (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Style: intense, exciting, dark comedy, cult classic, action thriller ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hitman, revenge, vengeance, dark humor, tough heroes, assassin, one man army, lone hero, gory, car chase, cell phone, poison ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, iran, usa, north america
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 6.9
 35K
The Limey (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, cult classic, non-linear, stylized ...
Plot: investigation, revenge, vengeance, father daughter relationship, ex convict, hitman, death of daughter, gangster, murder, shootout, englishman abroad, mansion ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, england, usa, london ...
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 6.4
 93K
Burlesque (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming ...
Style: sexy, romantic, light, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, ambition, burlesque, love and romance, happy ending, dancer, nightlife, sexy woman, nightclub ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, iowa, usa
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We Are Your Friends (2015)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a ...
Style: light, romantic, freeze frame, sex comedy, relaxing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dj, party, music festival, ecstasy, dance, fame, dancing, musician, art, college, betrayal, music ...
Time: year 2015
Place: los angeles, las vegas
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 3.8
 12K
The Canyons (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.
Style: sexy, sensual, neo noir, erotic, slasher ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: jealousy, open relationship, psychopath, sexual relations, sex scene, swinger couple, adultery, threesome, cuckold, jealous boyfriend, love triangle, group sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, malibu california, new mexico, california, usa
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Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, exciting, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, yakuza, samurai, buddy cop, rescue, redemption, organized crime, one man army, interracial relations, machismo, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles, tokyo, asia, usa, japan
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 6.9
 30K
The Grifters (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Style: neo noir, sexy, tense, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot: con artists, femme fatale, betrayal, con trick, caper, swindle, con men, couples, rivalry, intrigue, motel, revenge ...
Time: year 1990, 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
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 5.7
 66K
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of ...
Style: surreal, scary, enigmatic, suspense, slasher ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: art collector, supernatural, gay, supernatural horror, painting, art dealer, blood, art theft, social satire, surrealism, painter, art gallery ...
Time: year 2019, 21st century
Place: los angeles, miami
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 8.0
 665K
Her (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style: melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, touching, clever ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, relationship problems, psychology, human nature, unlikely relationship ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, distant future ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.0
 12K
Miracle Mile (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After 30 years of searching, Harry (Edwards) has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, suspense, surreal, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: end of the world, nuclear war, night, apocalypse, survival, nuclear holocaust, race against time, coffee shop, post apocalyptic, panic, danger, love affair ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
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10.0 Earthquake (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, apocalypse, industry, survival, chaos, chaos and mayhem, scientist, science, problem, death ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles
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 5.5
 81K
Volcano (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike ...
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, survival, volcano, catastrophe, end of the world, firefighter, forces of nature, race against time, lava, panic, fire ...
Time: year 1997, future, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, iceland
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 6.4
 14K
Into the Night (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
Style: sexy, cult classic, humorous, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: airport, chase, cuckold, adultery, hunting, gangster, assassin, on the run, infidelity, teenager, terror, gang ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.2
 14K
Twilight (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Style: neo noir, suspense, clever, talky, detective ...
Plot: private detective, murder, bare breasts, female nudity, missing person, corruption, betrayal, police investigation, murder mystery, femme fatale, uncover truth, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 6.9
 383K
Knocked Up (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.
Style: romantic, funny, romantic comedy, sexy, not serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot: pregnancy, one night stand, slacker, unplanned pregnancy, love and romance, parenthood, casual sex, unwed pregnancy, opposites attract, female nudity, stoner, couple relations ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
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 6.4
 34K
The Omega Man (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling ...
Style: futuristic, bleak, apocalyptic, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: plague, post apocalypse, survival, vampire, isolation, infection, post apocalyptic, virus, pandemic, dystopia, apocalypse, transformation ...
Time: future, 70s, year 1971, near future, year 1975 ...
Place: los angeles, usa, soviet union, china, california ...
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