Movies and TV series about Los Angeles
The 60 best titles about Los Angeles, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
Pulp Fiction
1994 · Quentin Tarantino
MovieComedyCrimeThrillerA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that i
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Billy Wilder
MovieDramaA hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Marriage Story
2019 · Noah Baumbach
MovieDramaA stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
La La Land
2016 · Damien Chazelle
MovieComedyDramaRomanceMia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced w
The Rookie
2018 · Nathan Fillion
SeriesComedyCrimeDramaStarting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skep
The Kardashians
2022 · Emma Conway
SeriesRealityThe family you know and love is here with a brand new series, giving an all-access pass into their lives. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie bring the cameras back to reveal the truth behi
Paris, Texas
1984 · Wim Wenders
MovieDramaA man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier
Blade Runner
1982 · Ridley Scott
MovieDramaScience FictionThrillerIn the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way t
The Terminator
1984 · James Cameron
MovieActionScience FictionThrillerIn the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgen
The Usual Suspects
1995 · Bryan Singer
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerHeld in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners int
Boogie Nights
1997 · Paul Thomas Anderson
MovieComedyDramaIn 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Robert Zemeckis
MovieAnimationComedyCrime'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acm
Nightcrawler
2014 · Dan Gilroy
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerWhen Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is
The Shield
2002
SeriesAction & AdventureCrimeDramaThe story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests
The Graduate
1967 · Mike Nichols
MovieComedyDramaRomanceA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Denis Villeneuve
MovieDramaScience FictionThirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery lea
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
MovieDramaMysteryThrillerBlonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmm
Six Feet Under
2001 · Rick Cleveland
SeriesDramaWhen death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Jeff Schaffer
SeriesComedyThe off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 · Mike Figgis
MovieDramaRomanceBen Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-i
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 · Quentin Tarantino
MovieComedyDramaThrillerLos Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the ne
High Potential
2024 · Kaitlin Olson
SeriesCrimeDramaMysteryMorgan is a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.
American History X
1998 · Tony Kaye
MovieDramaDerek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinh
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · F. Gary Gray
MovieDramaHistoryMusicIn 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: thei
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · Will Smith
SeriesComedyFamilyWill, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — a
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · David Zucker
MovieComedyCrimeWhen the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
True Romance
1993 · Tony Scott
MovieActionCrimeRomanceClarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
(500) Days of Summer
2009 · Marc Webb
MovieComedyDramaRomanceTom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
MovieComedyCrimeJeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged
The Muppets
2011 · James Bobin
MovieComedyFamilyMusicWhen Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and r
The Substance
2024 · Coralie Fargeat
MovieHorrorScience FictionThrillerA fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Menace II Society
1993 · Allen Hughes
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerA young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Richard Marquand
MovieAdventureActionScience FictionLuke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mount
The L Word
2004
SeriesDramaSoapA group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
End of Watch
2012 · David Ayer
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerTwo young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Jackie Brown
1997 · Quentin Tarantino
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerJackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — wit
Lethal Weapon
1987 · Richard Donner
MovieActionCrimeThrillerA veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
Punch-Drunk Love
2002 · Paul Thomas Anderson
MovieComedyDramaRomanceA socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Shane Brennan
SeriesAction & AdventureCrimeDramaThe exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
Training Day
2001 · Antoine Fuqua
MovieActionCrimeDramaOn his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Molly's Game
2017 · Aaron Sorkin
MovieCrimeDramaMolly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
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