Filming Location: California (Page 7)
CaliforniaPulp Fiction (1994)
Tarantino's 1994 anthology crime film. The film that made indie a commercial proposition.
CaliforniaReservoir Dogs (1992)
Seven men in suits in a warehouse. Reservoir Dogs is Quentin Tarantino's 1992 American indie crime film and the director's debut feature.
CaliforniaCasablanca (1942)
Curtiz's 1942 wartime romance. Holds every position it took during shooting.
CaliforniaChinatown (1974)
Polanski's 1974 Los Angeles neo-noir. The water-rights conspiracy that defined New Hollywood pessimis.
CaliforniaCitizen Kane (1941)
The film film school built itself around. Deep focus, ceiling shots, fractured timeline.
CaliforniaCool Hand Luke (1967)
Rosenberg's 1967 prison drama. The chain gang sequence, the egg-eating contest, the broken man at the end.
CaliforniaEscape from Alcatraz (1979)
Siegel's 1979 prison thriller. Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris.
CaliforniaNorth by Northwest (1959)
Hitchcock's 1959 spy thriller. Grant as the wrong man, Saint as the mystery woman, Mason as the urbane villain.
CaliforniaSeven Psychopaths (2012)
McDonagh's 2012 Hollywood meta-comedy. Farrell, Rockwell, Walken, Harrelson.
CaliforniaSome Like It Hot (1959)
Wilder's 1959 cross-dressing comedy. Lemmon and Curtis on the run, Monroe in her last great performance.
CaliforniaThe Dark Knight (2008)
The film that proved comic book films could be major cinema. The Dark Knight is the Christopher Nolan-directed second entry in his Batman trilogy and the film that established the post-2008 standard for superhero cinema.