The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Ford's 1940 Steinbeck adaptation. The film that established American social-realist cinema.
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CaliforniaThe Maltese Falcon (1941)
Huston's 1941 directorial debut. The film that established American film noir as a coherent style.
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CaliforniaAmerican Beauty (1999)
Sam Mendes's 1999 suburban satire. Kevin Spacey as a midlife-crisis dad, Annette Bening as the wife.
CaliforniaAmerican History X (1998)
Tony Kaye's 1998 Edward Norton vehicle on neo-Nazi violence. The bathroom scene with Avery Brooks remains the most powerful in the film.
CaliforniaCobra (1986)
Cosmatos's 1986 Stallone action thriller. Compressed 87-minute runtime, iconographic Cobretti character.
ArizonaDune (1984)
Seen four times, dated but good for its time. Visuals are still strange in ways no modern adaptation has matche.
CaliforniaFalling Down (1993)
Schumacher's 1993 urban thriller. Michael Douglas walks across LA leaving violence behind, Robert Duvall follows.
CaliforniaFaster (2010)
George Tillman Jr.'s 2010 Dwayne Johnson revenge thriller. Three damaged men in parallel tracks.
CaliforniaFight Club (1999)
David Fincher's 1999 anarchist satire. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter.
CaliforniaHer (2013)
Spike Jonze's 2013 near-future drama. Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson as voice.