Films in this library shot in Santa Monica, a coastal Los Angeles County city used for beach and pier 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.
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…
CaliforniaDavid Fincher's 2010 Facebook origin drama. Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg, Garfield as Saverin.
CaliforniaSoderbergh's 2001 Rat Pack remake. Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Roberts, Gould.
CaliforniaNicholas Ray's 1955 James Dean defining role. Chickie run, planetarium, foundation of every teen film since.
CaliforniaMichael Lehmann's 1988 dark teen comedy. Winona Ryder, Christian Slater murder high school cliques.
CaliforniaJohn Avildsen's 1976 boxing underdog launcher. Began the franchise that defined boxing cinema.
California1995 Barry Sonnenfeld crime comedy adapting Elmore Leonard. Travolta as Miami loan shark who becomes a Hollywood producer.
Arizona2005 Tony Scott action with Keira Knightley as real-life model turned bounty hunter Domino Harvey. Domino is Tony Scott's 2005 American action film loosely depicting the life of model-turned-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey.
CaliforniaCosmatos's 1986 Stallone action thriller. Compressed 87-minute runtime, iconographic Cobretti character.
CaliforniaLegally Blonde is one of the best comedies of the early 2000s and the film that defined Reese Witherspoon's career for the next decade. Witherspoon plays Elle Woods, a sorority president and fashion merchandising major at CULA who follows her…
CaliforniaThe Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is the film that invented the modern atomic-age monster movie. The third act involves the rhedosaurus, a fictional dinosaur, attacking lower Manhattan and eventually being killed at Coney Island.
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