List of films set in Los Angeles

List of films set in Los Angeles, California
Filming a disaster scene at Wilshire and Hope in Los Angeles, California

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

1930s

1940s

1950s

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

1960s

1970s

1980s

Intersection of two streets under which is a flood-control channel
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

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

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

    2019

    2020s

    2020

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

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024

    • Night Swim
    • Lights Out

    Los Angeles destroyed in films

    • The War of the Worlds (1953) (destroyed by an alien invasion)
    • Earthquake (1974) (destroyed by an earthquake)
    • Night of the Comet (1984) (destroyed by a comet)
    • The Terminator (1984) (destroyed by artificially intelligent machines)
    • The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (destroyed by an earthquake)
    • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (destroyed by a nuclear bomb)
    • Double Dragon (1994) (destroyed by a major earthquake in 2007)
    • Escape from L.A. (1996) (destroyed by a major earthquake and tsunami in 2000)
    • Independence Day (1996) (destroyed by an alien invasion)
    • Volcano (1997) (destroyed by a large volcanic eruption)
    • Tycus (2000) (destroyed by a piece of the Moon after being hit by comet Tycus)
    • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) (destroyed by a nuclear bomb)
    • The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (destroyed by a series of massive tornadoes)
    • 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) (destroyed by an earthquake)
    • Dragon Wars (2007) (destroyed by a giant monster attack)
    • Pandemic (2007) (destroyed by a bird flu outbreak)
    • Transformers (2007) (destroyed by a series of giant robots)
    • Life After People (2008) (disintegration)
    • War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) (destroyed by an alien invasion)
    • Terminator Salvation (2009) (destroyed by artificially intelligent machines)
    • 2012 (2009) (destroyed by a massive earthquake)
    • 2012: Supernova (2009) (destroyed by a supernova)
    • Zombieland (2009) (destroyed by a zombie apocalypse)
    • Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) (destroyed by an epidemic)
    • Skyline (2010) (destroyed by an alien invasion)
    • Battle: Los Angeles (2011) (destroyed by an alien invasion)
    • Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013) (destroyed by a tsunami)
    • This Is the End (2013) (destroyed by the Rapture)
    • 10.0 Earthquake (2014) (destroyed by a massive earthquake)
    • Fire Twister (2015) (destroyed by a fire tornado)
    • L.A. Apocalypse (2015) (annihilation of the city due to an explosion)
    • San Andreas (2015) (destroyed by a massive earthquake)
    • Terminator Genisys (2015) (destroyed by a nuclear bomb)
    • Destruction: Los Angeles (2017) (destroyed by a massive earthquake)
    • Eruption LA (2018) (destroyed by a volcanic eruption)
    • "Moonfall" (2022) (destroyed by the Moon)

    Anime

    Los Angeles Set in Animation

    See also

    References