50 films that best capture the essence of LA

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50. Gidget (1959)
49. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
48. Greenberg (2010)
47. The Day of the Locust (1975)
46. Boogie Nights (1997)
45. The Exiles (1961)
44. Training Day (2001)
43. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
42. Them! (1954)
41. The Graduate (1967)
40. L.A. Story (1991)
39. Ed Wood (1994)
38. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
37. Clueless (1995)
36. Die Hard (1988)
35. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
34. Swingers (1996)
33. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
32. Less than Zero (1987)
31. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
30. Speed (1994)
29. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
28. Killer of Sheep (1979)
27. Barton Fink (1991)
26. Drive (2011)
25. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
24. Body Double (1984)
23. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
22. L.A. Confidential (1997)
21. Shampoo (1975)
20. Model Shop (1969)
19. The Big Sleep (1946)
18. Repo Man (1984)
17. Magnolia (1999)
16. Heat (1995)
15. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
14. Jackie Brown (1997)
13. Safe (1995)
12. The Limey (1999)
11. Double Indemnity (1944)
10. In a Lonely Place (1950)
9. The Big Lebowski (1998)
8. The Player (1992)
7. Blade Runner (1982)
6. Short Cuts (1993)
5. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
4. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
3. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. The Long Goodbye (1973)
1. Chinatown (1974)

>no Deep Cover
wanna know how I know this list is bullshit

can't fathom how anybody could possibly give a shit

>no Inherent Vice
>no They Live

>No movies with spics in them

Well now.

Was gonna say Sunset Boulevard and Swingers saw they were on here already

>Repo Man is on the list
>Leave satisfied

Miss trashy, 80's L.A. It's still trashy, just no 80's charm and more Mexicans than ever before.

LA is fucking hot and gay and there's lots of traffic what's a film that captures that

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Falling Down, but of course they won't put that on the list. I'm just impressed To Live and Die In LA made the cut.

>no collateral
>no blood in blood out

>a terminator movie and Blade Runner
Eh

Terminator 2 definitely captures late 80's - early 90's L.A. in a really special way.
Blade Runner feels like a cop-out, it doesn't have anything to do with L.A. as it actually exists.

Fucking sick of LA over representation in film.

>Movie made in LA
>Movie set in LA

It's incredibly lazy and done to absolute death. Feels like the producers could be bothered to find a location further than a brisk walk away.

I've been seeing more

>Movie about LA
>Made in Canada and I can see the shitty dome where the Blue Jays play in the background of some shots

recently.

La La Land?
Who's the most LA actor? Ryan Gosling for me.

>supposedly 37 films depict Los Angeles better than to live and die in la

>No Lethal Weapons or Die hards

>not Nicolas Cage

Sup Forums, what should I watch from this list?

Nightcrawler

Agreed

heat is my favourite from this list.

>no Falling Down
jeez

>no Pulp Fiction

I understand jackie brown, maybe they didnt want to redundant with tartantino flicks, but holy shit nothing is more LA than that scene where he goes to steal the watch back.

When bruce willis goes through the back alley to the apt where is watch is, goddamn wtf that IS LA!