American Graffiti (1973)
George Lucas's 1973 1962 California teen ensemble. Soundtrack establishes nostalgia template.
Filming Location: San Francisco
Films in this library shot in San Francisco, a city whose hills and fog give it a geography no set can fake. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
CaliforniaRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Steven Spielberg's 1981 archeology adventure launcher. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones.
CaliforniaInterview with the Vampire (1994)
Neil Jordan's 1994 Anne Rice adaptation. Cruise as Lestat, Pitt as Louis.
CaliforniaA View to a Kill (1985)
A View to a Kill is John Glen's 1985 British spy film. The work represents Moore's final Bond appearance at age fifty-seven and the weakest late Moore Bond entry.
California
CaliforniaThe Maltese Falcon (1941)
Huston's 1941 directorial debut. The film that established American film noir as a coherent style.
CaliforniaEscape from Alcatraz (1979)
Siegel's 1979 prison thriller. Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris.
CaliforniaZodiac (2007)
David Fincher's 2007 procedural on the SF Zodiac killer investigation. Three protagonists, no killer caught.
CaliforniaThe Game (1997)
David Fincher's 1997 psychological thriller. Michael Douglas as a wealthy banker experiencing immersive CRS service.
CaliforniaPhenomenon (1996)
Jon Turteltaub's 1996 Northern California drama. John Travolta as ordinary mechanic with accelerating capabilities.
CaliforniaStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Sowards wrote the original screenplay, with substantial uncredited revisions by Meyer. The film made approximately ninety-seven million dollars worldwide on an eleven million dollar budget.
CaliforniaThe Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno is the best disaster film of the 1970s and the model against which every subsequent disaster film has been measured. John Guillermin directed the dramatic scenes and Irwin Allen directed the action sequences.