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Give me your best LA movie recs. LA STORY is already my favorite, but I’m on a hunt for more LA centric movies where the city is almost like a main character.

9w·48 responses
Liz Corkery logoLiz Corkery
25d
Made up largely of footage from other LA movies, it’s a g... more
Ksteg logoKsteg
4w
Film noir is THE LA genre because this city runs on seduc... more
Maddie Weinstein logoMaddie Weinstein
5w
Anna Faris unknowingly eats an entire batch of her weird ... more
Laurie Cambra Seplow logoLaurie Cambra Seplow
8w
A lesser-known, but very fun, John Hughes flick filmed at... more
Hitomi logoHitomi
8w
A documentary about Jonathan Gold, the legendary LA food ... more
alie k. logoalie k.
8w
Analisa Burns logoAnalisa Burns
17w
"if you've ever been to a wilder party- you're under arrest"
Gail logoGail
8w
tbh most underrated film of all time. an absolute banger ... more
Brianne logoBrianne
8w
Hear me out: nothing is more special than seeing Die Hard... more
Treasure logoTreasure
8w
Tangerine is basically an odyssey. Following sex worker S... more
Jackie Clarke logoJackie Clarke
8w
Gorgeous tone poem of a movie. David Gordon Green totally... more
kaliginger logokaliginger
8w
It's over the top in every possible way, but it's also a ... more
kaliginger logokaliginger
8w
Extremely 90s and extremely LA.
Cecilia B. logoCecilia B.
8w
This movie made me want to move to Los Feliz in college, ... more
JDJ logoJDJ
8w
A quietly moving kind of movie
Evan McAvenia logoEvan McAvenia
9w
a bit of a meta rec, but this is one of my favorite docs ... more
Louise Buckley logoLouise Buckley
9w
One of my favorite movies AND favorite LA movies! Based o... more
rory logorory
9w
so unnerving
rory logorory
26w
how did they make this, how are they all that talented
Francesca McConchie logoFrancesca McConchie
9w
I recently rewatched this (one of the perks of having tee... more
Francesca McConchie logoFrancesca McConchie
9w
Hot
Annie Pontarelli logoAnnie Pontarelli
9w
She’s from the Valley. He’s from Hollywood. A love story ... more
Emily Teague logoEmily Teague
9w
Chinatown uses LA not just as a backdrop, but as an engin... more
Zoe Det logoZoe Det
9w
Extraordinary look at pre-urban renewal Bunker Hill, some... more
Zoe Det logoZoe Det
9w
The city is definitely a main character. Plus it makes di... more
Spines, Flicks, and Wax logoSpines, Flicks, and Wax
9w
A batty satire of the late LA counterculture scene with a... more
Abby Phoenix logoAbby Phoenix
9w
The director’s earlier movie Swingers is maybe better kno... more
Abby Phoenix logoAbby Phoenix
9w
I saw this at a film festival in Seattle, a month or so b... more
Jules logoJules
9w
back when movie posters used to WHIP ASS
Cecilia B. logoCecilia B.
9w
So many scenes in Downtown. And that bench, it’s still th... more
Analisa Burns logoAnalisa Burns
9w
might be the most fucked up Cronenberg movie out there
Emily logoEmily
9w
Literally the definition of your request. And SO GOOD!
jmd logojmd
9w
OK I think that's all I've got!
jmd logojmd
9w
I think I watched this around the same time as The Nice G... more
jmd logojmd
9w
I might be going overboard here but more keep coming to m... more
jmd logojmd
9w
1980s punk cult classic
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