Films in this library shot in New Orleans, a city with architecture and atmosphere nowhere else can supply. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
LouisianaNicolas Cage's gloriously unhinged Dracula anchors a comedy about escaping a toxic boss, undercut by an overstuffed plot. Reframe Dracula's servant Renfield as a man in a toxic codependent relationship with his narcissistic boss, and play it as a workplace…
LouisianaRyan Coogler's Jim Crow-era vampire film uses the genre to explore Black art and cultural memory. It establishes the stakes of everything that follows.
LouisianaTim Robbins' 1995 death row drama. Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon Best Actress.
CaliforniaNeil Jordan's 1994 Anne Rice adaptation. Cruise as Lestat, Pitt as Louis.
Louisiana2016 sequel with Tom Cruise. Reacher returns to clear an army officer framed for espionage and uncovers deeper conspiracy.
Louisiana1973 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Roger Moore's debut. Voodoo, blaxploitation tropes, Jane Seymour as Solitaire.
Louisiana1991 Oliver Stone conspiracy drama with Kevin Costner as New Orleans DA Jim Garrison prosecuting Clay Shaw for the Kennedy assassination. JFK is Oliver Stone's 1991 American historical drama.
Louisiana2017 Dean Devlin disaster film with Gerard Butler battling weather-controlling satellites that go rogue. Geostorm is Dean Devlin's 2017 American disaster film.
Louisiana2003 Gary Fleder thriller from John Grisham. John Cusack manipulates a New Orleans gun-manufacturer trial with Rachel Weisz.
LouisianaCoens' 1990 Prohibition-era gangster film. Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan.
LouisianaSpike Lee's 2013 remake of Park Chan-wook's Korean original. Josh Brolin and Sharlto Copley.
FloridaTaylor Hackford's 2013 Jason Statham Donald Westlake adaptation. Acceptable but not substantial.
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