Movies in order of appearance
- The Crimson Kimono (1959)
- Pushover (1954)
- He Walked by Night (1948)
- Nocturne (1946)
- Pushover (1954)
- The Strip (1951)
- Out of Bounds (1986)
- Hickey and Boggs (1972)
- The Glimmer Man (1996)
- They Live (1988)
- Out of Bounds (1986)
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
- Blade (1998)
- The New Centurions (1972)
- Brother (2001)
- 52 Pick-Up (1986)
- Blade (1998)
- The Million Dollar Hotel (2001)
- Night on Earth (1991)
- Safe (1995)
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
- The Glimmer Man (1996)
- Boyz N the Hood (1991)
- The Takeover (1994)
- 2001 filming Swordfish
- East of Eden (1955)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- The Music Box (1932)
- Mr. Blanding Builds His Dreamhouse (1942?)
- Zabriskie Point (1970)
- The French Connection (1971)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- The French Connection (1971)
- L.A. Bounty (1989)
- Rising Sun (1993)
- Hollywood Calvalcade (1932)
- A Muddy Romance (1913)
- Putting Pants on Philip (1928)
- What Price Hollywood? (1932)
- This Gun for Hire (?)
- The Blue Dahlia (1946)
- Detour (1945)
- Safe (1995)
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- Alien from L.A.
- L.A. Confidential
- L.A. Wars
- L.A. Bounty
- L.A. Vice
- L.A. Crackdown
- Fashionably L.A.
- L.A. Crackdown II
- L.A. Story
- Out of Bounds (1986)
- Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
- Hollywood Confidential
- Volcano
The City as Background
- A Star Is Born
- Nobody Lives Forever
- The Damned Don’t Cry
- What! No Beer? (1933)
- Three Smart Girls (1936)
- Dragon Seed (1944)
- Babbitt (1934)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- The Street With No Name (1948)
- China Girl (1943)
- The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
- D.O.A. (1950)
- Indestructible Man
- Marlowe (1969)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Murder in the First (1995)
- Wolf (1994)
- The Replacement Killers (1998)
- The Karate Kid III
- Black Rain
- Female (1933)
- House on Haunted Hill (1958)
- Vuelve (1999) music video
- Blade Runner (1982)
- A Passion to Kill (1994)
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
- Timestalkers
- Black Rain (1989)
- Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf
- House on Haunted Hill
- The Terminal Man
- Blade Runner
- Timestalkers
- Bugsy (1991)
- Nick of Time (1995)
- To Live and Die in L.A.(1985)
- Bugsy (1991)
- Mike’s Murder (1984)
- The Way We Were (1973)
- Under the Rainbow (1981)
- Species (1995)
- Blade Runner
- Union Station
- The Replacements Killers
- The Morning After (1986)
- The Net (1995)
- The Morning After (1986)
- The Outside Man (1973)
- The Rookie (1990)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
- Miracle Mile
- Panic in the City (1968)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- The Net
- Night of the Comet
- Dead Connection
- The Glimmer Man
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
- Heartbreakers (1984)
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- Dead Homiez (1997)
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- City of Industry
- The Learning Curve (2001)
- Nocturne (1946)
- Deep Cover (1992)
- The Limey (1999)
- Heat (1995)
- Marlowe (1969)
- Cobra (1986)
- Kalifornia
- Cobra (1986)
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
- Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- Jackie Brown
- Heat (1995)
- Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- The Damned Don’t Cry
- The Night Holds Terror (1955)
- The Replacement Killers
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (1998)
- The Marrying Man (1991)
- The First Power (1990)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
- Twilight (1998)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Body Double (1984)
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Rising Sun (1993)
- Impulse
- L.A. Bounty
- Valley Girl
- The Terminator
- Hollywood Boulevard
- Repo Man
- Predator 2
- Nick of Time
- Anywhere But Here
- City of Industry
- Breathless (1983)
- Clueless (1995)
- Hickey and Boggs
- Two Minute Warning (1976)
- Invisible Invaders (1959)
- Hollywood Confidential (1997)
- Demolition Man
- Escape from L.A.
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
- Earthquake (1974)
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
- The War of the Worlds (1953(
- Earthquake (1974)
- Airport (1970)
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- Volcano (1997)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Armageddon (1998)
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- Earthquake
The City as Character
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- L.A. Confidential
- Death Wish II
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
- Shadow in the Sky
- Till the End of Time (1946)
- Act of Violence (1949)
- The Next Voice You Hear (1950)
- Shadow in the Sky (1951)
- The Next Voice You Hear
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
- He Walked By Night (1948)
- Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- The State of Things
- Targets
- Little Caesar (1930)
- Hollywood Canteen (1944)
- Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- The Exiles (1958)
- Flareup (1969)
- Messiah of Evil (1973)
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
- Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
- The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
- Messiah of Evil (1973)
- Armored Car Robbery
- The Atomic City (1952)
- Johnny Eager
- Suspense
- Xanadu (1980)
- Zabriskie Point (1970)
- Into the Night (1985)
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
- Bunker Hill
- The Glenn Miller Story
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Criss Cross (1949)
- Shockproof (1949)
- The Unfaithful (1947)
- Indestructible Man
- Kiss Me Deadly
- The Exiles
- Omega Man (1971)
- Night of the Comet (1984)
- Virtuosity (1995)
- The Outside Man (1973)
- 110/220 (1994)
- Out of Bounds (1986)
- 110/220 (1994)
- Out of Bounds (1986)
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- The Birds (1963)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Saboteur
- Psycho (1960)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Venice/Venice (1992)
- The Loved One (1965)
- Point Blank (1967)
- The Trip (1967)
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
- Tarzan and Jane Regained… Sort of (1963)
- L.A. Plays Itself (1972)
- The Outside Man (1973)
- Zabriskie Point (1970)
- Model Shop (1969)
- Flareup (1969)
- The Exiles (1958)
The City as Subject
- Chinatown (1974)
- There Goes My Baby (1990)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Cutter’s Way (1981)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Freeway (1996)
- The Outside Man (1973)
- Midnight Madness (1980)
- Breathless (1983)
- Sunset Blvd.
- Falling Down (1993)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
- Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- Sins of the Night
- Heartbreakers (1984)
- Repo Man (1984)
- American Me (1992)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Dragnet (1954 movie)
- Dragnet (tv series)
- Dragnet (1954 movie)
- Dragnet (tv series)
- Unlawful Entry (1992)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- The Player (1992)
- The Choirboys (1977)
- The Black Marble (1980)
- The Glitter Dome (1984)
- The New Centurions
- The Black Marble
- The Blue Knight (1975)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Cobra
- Tango & Cash
- Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Internal Affairs
- Heat (1995)
- Strange Days (1995)
- Unlawful Entry
- Falling Down
- Nails
- The Glimmer Man (1996)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- L.A. Story (1991)
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- Love Streams (1984)
- Hanging Up (2001)
- Grand Canyon
- El Norte (1983)
- The Exiles
- Bush Mama (1975)
- Bless Their Little Hearts (1983)
- Bush Mama (1975)
- Killer of Sheep (1977)
- Bless Their Little Hearts (1983)
why do you have repeats in same categories? bless your little heart.
thanks for this list, I love this film!
I’m loving it, really good work you’ve done here. I just wanted to say thanks for sharing babbitt .
Thank you for the list. I just saw this doc last night in Los Angeles and I wanted to view many of the movies mentioned. I was surprised to find ‘The Exiles’ and “Killer of Sheep” available to stream on Netflix. Can’t wait to watch them.
El Norte is from 1983 (not 1963). Just in case anyone is struggling to find a non-existent movie.
thanks for catching that. I’ll fix it in the post.
Some bits from Collateral (2004) would have finished it off.
@Jt: see Anderson’s addendum in CinemaScope, which discusses COLLATERAL: http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs20/ar_andersen_collat.htm