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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.

6w·48 responses
Liz Corkery logoLiz Corkery
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Made up largely of footage from other LA movies, it’s a g... more
Ksteg logoKsteg
16d
Film noir is THE LA genre because this city runs on seduc... more
Maddie Weinstein logoMaddie Weinstein
19d
Anna Faris unknowingly eats an entire batch of her weird ... more
Laurie Cambra Seplow logoLaurie Cambra Seplow
6w
A lesser-known, but very fun, John Hughes flick filmed at... more
Hitomi logoHitomi
6w
A documentary about Jonathan Gold, the legendary LA food ... more
alie k. logoalie k.
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Analisa Burns logoAnalisa Burns
15w
"if you've ever been to a wilder party- you're under arrest"
Gail logoGail
6w
tbh most underrated film of all time. an absolute banger ... more
Brianne logoBrianne
6w
Hear me out: nothing is more special than seeing Die Hard... more
Treasure logoTreasure
6w
Tangerine is basically an odyssey. Following sex worker S... more
Jackie Clarke logoJackie Clarke
6w
Gorgeous tone poem of a movie. David Gordon Green totally... more
kaliginger logokaliginger
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It's over the top in every possible way, but it's also a ... more
kaliginger logokaliginger
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Extremely 90s and extremely LA.
Cecilia B. logoCecilia B.
6w
This movie made me want to move to Los Feliz in college, ... more
JDJ logoJDJ
6w
A quietly moving kind of movie
Evan McAvenia logoEvan McAvenia
6w
a bit of a meta rec, but this is one of my favorite docs ... more
Louise Buckley logoLouise Buckley
6w
One of my favorite movies AND favorite LA movies! Based o... more
rory logorory
6w
so unnerving
rory logorory
24w
how did they make this, how are they all that talented
Francesca McConchie logoFrancesca McConchie
6w
I recently rewatched this (one of the perks of having tee... more
Francesca McConchie logoFrancesca McConchie
6w
Hot
Annie Pontarelli logoAnnie Pontarelli
6w
She’s from the Valley. He’s from Hollywood. A love story ... more
Emily Teague logoEmily Teague
6w
Chinatown uses LA not just as a backdrop, but as an engin... more
Zoe Det logoZoe Det
6w
Extraordinary look at pre-urban renewal Bunker Hill, some... more
Zoe Det logoZoe Det
6w
The city is definitely a main character. Plus it makes di... more
Spines, Flicks, and Wax logoSpines, Flicks, and Wax
6w
A batty satire of the late LA counterculture scene with a... more
Abby Phoenix logoAbby Phoenix
6w
The director’s earlier movie Swingers is maybe better kno... more
Abby Phoenix logoAbby Phoenix
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I saw this at a film festival in Seattle, a month or so b... more
Jules logoJules
6w
back when movie posters used to WHIP ASS
Cecilia B. logoCecilia B.
6w
So many scenes in Downtown. And that bench, it’s still th... more
Analisa Burns logoAnalisa Burns
6w
might be the most fucked up Cronenberg movie out there
Emily logoEmily
6w
Literally the definition of your request. And SO GOOD!
jmd logojmd
6w
OK I think that's all I've got!
jmd logojmd
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I think I watched this around the same time as The Nice G... more
jmd logojmd
6w
I might be going overboard here but more keep coming to m... more
jmd logojmd
6w
1980s punk cult classic
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