Films in this library shot in Long Beach, a Los Angeles County port city used constantly for waterfront and industrial work. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
CaliforniaChechik's 1989 American comedy depicting Clark Griswold's plans for a perfect family Christmas at his suburban Chicago home, which unravel through extended-family chaos, holiday catastrophe, and a frozen pool that becomes the screenplay's central comic obsession. Christmas Vacation is the…
CaliforniaA drunken con artist working seasonal Santa jobs robs department stores on Christmas Eve and reluctantly bonds with a strange child. Bad Santa is Terry Zwigoff's 2003 American black comedy depicting Willie Soke, an alcoholic safecracker who works seasonal Santa…
CaliforniaA suicidal LAPD detective is partnered with a family-man veteran during a Christmas drug investigation that turns into open warfare. Lethal Weapon is Richard Donner's 1987 American action film about a suicidal Los Angeles Police Department narcotics detective who is…
CaliforniaA small-time thief stumbles into an LA acting career and a noir investigation, with Robert Downey Jr. as narrator across the Christmas season. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's 2005 American neo-noir comedy depicting a small-time New York thief…
ArizonaAmy Heckerling's 1995 Beverly Hills Emma adaptation. Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd debut.
CaliforniaBennett Miller's 2011 baseball analytics drama. Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, Jonah Hill as Peter Brand.
California1992 Rob Reiner courtroom drama with Tom Cruise as a Navy lawyer and Jack Nicholson as the Marine colonel who can't handle the truth. A Few Good Men is Rob Reiner's 1992 American courtroom drama and one of the strongest…
CaliforniaClick is Frank Coraci's 2006 American fantasy comedy. The work attempts dramatic content that Sandler's commercial comedy filmography rarely accommodates.
California2003 Martin Brest crime comedy with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Career-damaging flop during Bennifer tabloid frenzy.
CaliforniaCoens' 1991 Hollywood-hotel drama. Won Palme d'Or, Best Director, Best Actor at Cannes simultaneously.
CaliforniaDavid Fincher's 2007 procedural on the SF Zodiac killer investigation. Three protagonists, no killer caught.
CaliforniaTom Cruise psychological thriller. Substantial ambitions, uneven execution.
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