Los Angeles, a list by Chris K

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86

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84

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4.2

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92

/185/

96

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95

/27/

4.0

age 17+

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

83

8.0

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77

/29542/

78

/17731/

4.1

/4132111/

91

/469/

82

/5129/

94

/54/

3.5

age 13+

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

85

8.6

/1269306/

84

/30730/

81

/13839/

4.3

/885501/

91

/154/

95

/25650/

75

/22/

3.5

age 15+

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

83

7.8

/657670/

77

/23174/

77

/11406/

4.0

/1584364/

95

/278/

86

/5002/

76

/45/

4.0

age 17+

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

82

7.8

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77

/11490/

77

/4100/

3.8

/340823/

89

/244/

91

/2594/

72

/41/

4.0

age 17+

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

83

8.3

/788248/

81

/17507/

79

/7992/

4.3

/979995/

84

/154/

94

/12182/

76

/23/

3.5

age 16+

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.

79

7.6

/293139/

77

/11337/

72

/4861/

3.7

/181450/

81

/59/

86

/6648/

68

/23/

4.0

age 16+

A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

84

7.7

/231213/

77

/10701/

75

/6021/

4.0

/411301/

96

/76/

85

/13279/

83

/15/

4.0

age 12+

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

79

7.5

/399283/

75

/10179/

73

/6746/

3.9

/551988/

88

/97/

85

/6858/

62

/23/

4.0

age 16+

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

75

7.3

/199572/

75

/7952/

70

/3616/

3.6

/100998/

82

/44/

78

/3691/

70

/21/

3.5

age 16+

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

55

6.2

/253724/

66

/7319/

62

/4888/

2.8

/230427/

47

/171/

51

/4960/

50

/36/

2.0

age 17+

Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?

73

7.5

/223258/

76

/7504/

74

/3949/

3.7

/190015/

75

/57/

84

/4036/

56

/21/

3.0

age 16+

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

58

6.6

/179414/

70

/6755/

66

/2827/

3.1

/66017/

53

/68/

64

/4440/

39

/21/

2.0

age 16+

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads trying to free their former leaders from prison and onto American soil.

85

7.9

/301592/

77

/6586/

76

/3425/

4.2

/587531/

91

/158/

89

/6370/

86

/28/

4.0

age 18+

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

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8.1

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79

/6334/

79

/4116/

4.3

/448367/

98

/144/

93

/5232/

92

/23/

4.0

age 15+

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

55

5.6

/95288/

57

/3577/

54

/3109/

3.0

/329387/

59

/207/

33

/1498/

66

/40/

2.5

age 16+

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

71

6.6

/118293/

64

/3779/

65

/2632/

3.6

/241021/

73

/252/

53

/1363/

81

/43/

4.0

age 18+

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

84

7.8

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78

/4389/

76

/2163/

4.0

/280184/

96

/71/

93

/3912/

76

/20/

4.0

age 17+

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

52

6.2

/42252/

66

/2443/

68

/2413/

2.8

/47936/

40

/135/

42

/318/

46

/32/

1.5

age 17+

Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.

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7.8

/190564/

74

/2924/

74

/2449/

4.0

/168304/

92

/74/

88

/5880/

71

/19/

3.5

age 16+

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

65

7.1

/123706/

72

/3486/

68

/1331/

3.5

/166443/

78

/59/

80

/5091/

61

/21/

1.0

age 17+

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for love, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone. Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer faces-off with the resolute teacher, Mr. Hand. Hilarity and heartbreak ensue.

80

7.6

/134735/

74

/2708/

75

/1808/

4.1

/164506/

90

/67/

89

/2631/

69

/19/

3.5

age 17+

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

77

7.1

/42446/

70

/1598/

68

/770/

3.9

/227987/

96

/167/

76

/368/

86

/35/

3.0

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

75

6.8

/44798/

70

/1633/

66

/651/

3.7

/92402/

94

/53/

78

/1519/

82

/21/

3.0

age 17+

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

65

6.1

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59

/923/

58

/603/

3.2

/39796/

76

/172/

42

/1910/

76

/39/

3.5

age 18+

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—until his brother's assistant, Florence, comes to his rescue. She's as much a lost soul as he is, and the pair form a significant connection—giving Roger a much-needed reason to be happy.

63

5.8

/26002/

58

/750/

54

/388/

3.0

/9887/

74

/145/

35

/952/

70

/35/

4.0

age 18+

The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.

72

6.8

/44191/

68

/1212/

68

/879/

3.8

/102651/

78

/41/

65

/472/

69

/18/

3.5

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

81

7.5

/42864/

74

/1147/

73

/730/

4.2

/142027/

95

/57/

87

/679/

87

/17/

3.0

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

75

6.7

/35703/

71

/608/

64

/369/

3.5

/18036/

91

/44/

75

/653/

66

/11/

4.0

age 14+

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

73

6.8

/27147/

69

/861/

64

/440/

3.7

/42473/

92

/123/

71

/379/

78

/21/

3.0

age 15+

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

70

7.1

/18970/

70

/572/

70

/327/

4.0

/83983/

59

/111/

59

/2089/

76

/17/

3.0

Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.

84

8.0

/301033/

76

/5241/

76

/3576/

4.1

/459380/

87

/94/

90

/7029/

83

/19/

4.0

age 15+

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

60

5.4

/5927/

60

/474/

54

/143/

2.9

/10641/

70

/82/

40

/66/

71

/30/

3.0

A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead of a determined policeman and confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.

79

7.6

/945111/

73

/30660/

74

/14409/

3.8

/2793577/

86

/581/

70

/6406/

84

/62/

4.0

age 17+

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

84

7.9

/421400/

76

/10734/

78

/6799/

4.3

/1090053/

84

/264/

87

/10340/

87

/38/

4.0

age 18+

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

75

6.9

/273663/

72

/8347/

73

/4682/

3.7

/1650063/

82

/127/

76

/16706/

73

/20/

3.5

age 13+

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.

82

8.1

/873048/

80

/31617/

79

/14595/

4.1

/1311084/

89

/132/

91

/25115/

84

/15/

3.0

age 16+

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

79

8.2

/1019820/

82

/32769/

78

/11932/

4.0

/1119151/

94

/89/

94

/27465/

72

/14/

2.0

age 16+

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office's Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

88

8.2

/653673/

79

/10292/

78

/5339/

4.1

/375785/

99

/165/

94

/6453/

91

/28/

4.0

age 17+

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

79

8.1

/908879/

80

/24753/

78

/11858/

4.1

/1167444/

79

/190/

93

/25624/

71

/46/

3.0

age 16+

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

77

7.8

/510166/

78

/12898/

75

/6366/

4.0

/514429/

74

/169/

89

/11259/

71

/36/

3.0

age 17+

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.

73

7.4

/229735/

76

/10200/

71

/4451/

3.6

/224275/

83

/58/

82

/6255/

66

/12/

2.5

age 15+

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

73

6.9

/37638/

65

/740/

65

/479/

3.6

/41489/

92

/86/

78

/725/

73

/32/

3.0

The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

83

7.6

/49561/

74

/732/

71

/653/

4.1

/43482/

95

/59/

88

/960/

81

/22/

4.0

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

63

6.7

/187086/

71

/6895/

67

/3109/

3.2

/75149/

60

/48/

61

/3120/

40

/26/

3.0

age 16+

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

80

7.3

/46086/

72

/1261/

71

/732/

4.0

/90897/

89

/53/

78

/718/

81

/16/

4.0

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

78

7.5

/462544/

74

/12583/

72

/6059/

3.9

/474711/

86

/238/

84

/13668/

71

/41/

3.5

age 17+

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

70

7.1

/398647/

73

/13196/

74

/8756/

3.7

/1057917/

65

/77/

68

/1183532/

51

/18/