American movies about Los Angeles

List of the best American movies about Los Angeles, selected by visitors to our site: Big Ass Spider!, The Watcher, The Lifeguard, Wildlike, Set It Off, The Night Before, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, Fire with Fire, Meteor Apocalypse, Open House.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

When a giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages across the city of Los Angeles, it is up to one clever exterminator and his security guard sidekick to kill the creature before the entire city is destroyed.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

Four black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the women add to the loot, their tastes and interests begin to change and their suspicions of each other increase on the way to a climactic robbery.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

The Night Before is a 1988 film starring Keanu Reeves and Lori Loughlin. Reeves plays Winston Connelly, the so-called high school nerd and vice president of the Astronomy club. Loughlin plays Tara Mitchell, the pretty and popular head cheerleader who also happens to be the local police chief's daughter. The Tagline was: "You lost your father's car. Sold your prom date. And a guy named 'Tito' wants you dead." It was filmed and set entirely in Los Angeles, California.

Markimdb: 3.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—threatens him.

Markimdb: 3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A murderous couple invade a woman's home and hold her captive in the basement.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, crime, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryUSA

The story of two brothers: one who’s devoted to his family, the other who’s obsessed with the Manson Family.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

    A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:51

    Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    The sequel is set just weeks after Annie Barlow's deadly confrontation with the Judas Killer. In this elevated sequel, we meet June, a woman whose carefully constructed life is beginning to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they disturb her waking life

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

      Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

      Markimdb: 1.7
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA

      A slightly dystopian vision of LA, we follow three disaffected teenagers, Jessie, Calvin and Nicky, all victims of extreme childhoods, running supreme hedonistic riot as they try to work out a way in life.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.

      Markimdb: 3.2
      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      A group of friends who take Halloween way too seriously kidnap Anna Nicole Smith's beloved pet Sugar-Pie. It's up to a bunch of drag queens dressed as Anna to bring Sugar-Pie back.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:40

      A comedy centered on two best friends, Kim and Deena, who fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after Kim gets pregnant and has a baby.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium, USA

      On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA

      Al Klein and his longtime friend, Ash Martini, own a used car lot and these two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Klein still pines for his ex-wife Barbara who left him years ago for a more successful man. After their son Freddy graduates from high school, he decides to forego college in favor of selling cars with his old man. But what’s good for Klein might not be the best thing for Freddy, as he quickly transforms from an innocent young man into a jaded car salesman, leaving Al with a tough decision to make.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      A sharp-witted comedy that follows a group of apparent strangers in interlocking stories taking place in ten different bars during the course of one evening throughout Los Angeles.

      Markimdb: 2.6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      For 5 billion years the Earth's core has operated like a giant, nuclear reactor. Now it's overheated, melting down like a bomb that's about to explode. The earth is being ripped apart at the seams and beneath LA, pressure is building. After a mass evacuation, Calvin Crawford is one of few left, desperately searching for his fiancée, Ashley Pace, who unbeknownst to him, has been kidnapped and is being held hostage. With LA becoming more unstable by the minute, Calvin, must find a way to save Ashley and get them both to safety before the city is completely annihilated.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

      On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryFrance, USA, Spain
      Duration01:49

      Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      A Stanford law-school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles to figure out what she wants to do with her life, and on the day of her college boyfriend's birthday, she finds herself stuck running an ice cream truck fending off locals and oddball friends alike. This one day spent in a truck on the streets of Los Angeles will wake Jillian from her aimless daze and make her see that life doesn't stop just because you want it to.

      Markimdb: 3.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, sport
      CountryUSA

      18-year-old Penny Cooper spent years pining for Johnny Sanders Jr., but when a mysterious musician shows up on the beach, Penny is torn.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, music, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
      Duration02:05

      Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      The story of a young man disillusioned by love who meets a breathtaking young woman at a charity dinner by pretending to be a philanthropist. Turns out that she’s engaged to a guy who doesn’t like her going on dates. Challenged by the chase, and egged on by his eclectic friends, he feigns a platonic relationship in order to keep seeing her as he tries to conquer her heart

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      In this unearthed lost movie from 1990 that the studio deemed too terrible to release, a Vietnam Veteran Sal Bando(Sorbo), tortured by his past as a Poolboy returns home to Van Nuys, California, and a country he doesn't recognize, in which it seems only Mexicans run pool-cleaning companies. Bando sets off on a brutal mission to reclaim his "rightful" vocation and enact revenge on the man(Trejo) who killed his wife and son.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.

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