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Films shot in Los Angeles

  • Blade Runner15 minBlade Runner arrived in theaters on the 25th of June, 1982, a date producer Alan Ladd Jr. chose deliberately because the 25th of the month had been his lucky day for previous releases. Ridley Scott's film dropped audiences into a Los…
  • The Avengers (2012 film)14 minThe Avengers opened on the 4th of May 2012, in the United States, and within 19 days it had passed $1 billion in ticket sales, matching a record previously held by Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. No Marvel film had…
  • The Terminator11 minThe Terminator arrived in American cinemas on the 26th of October 1984, and it began with a nightmare. Director James Cameron had fallen ill in Rome during the troubled release of his first film, Piranha II: The Spawning, and in his fever…
  • Jaws (film)16 minJaws, the 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg, begins with a simple and terrifying image: a young woman swimming alone at night, and then something pulling her under. In the morning, only part of her remains washes ashore. That…
  • Deadpool & Wolverine14 minDeadpool & Wolverine almost went by a different name. In February 2024, a title leaked online: Deadpool & Friend. Ryan Reynolds later claimed it had been the real title at the time. Fans reacted badly, and the studio revealed the actual…
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon12 minTransformers: Dark of the Moon opens with a secret. In 1962, according to the film's premise, a spacecraft called the Ark crash-lands on the far side of the Moon, carrying technology capable of ending a war. President John F. Kennedy, told…
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence11 minA.I. Artificial Intelligence arrived in theaters on the 29th of June 2001, carrying the weight of two filmmakers' visions and nearly three decades of troubled development. Stanley Kubrick had first acquired the rights to Brian Aldiss's…
  • Thor (film)13 minThor, the 2011 Marvel Studios superhero film, opened its world premiere at the Event Cinemas theatre on George Street in Sydney on the 17th of April 2011. A Norse god stripped of his powers, exiled to a small New Mexico town, and hunted by…
  • Fight Club17 minFight Club, the 1999 film directed by David Fincher, opens on a scene that still unsettles viewers: a gun barrel pushed down the throat of an unnamed man, held there by a figure who turns out to be a projection of his own mind. That image…
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once10 minEverything Everywhere All at Once was originally written for a man. The script's first version had a male lead, conceived specifically with Jackie Chan in mind. Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert reconceived the protagonist as a…
  • Men in Black 310 minMen in Black 3 began as a conversation between two men stuck on a film they weren't sure they wanted to make again. Will Smith pitched the idea for a third installment to director Barry Sonnenfeld during the filming of Men in Black II in…
  • Groundhog Day (film)15 minGroundhog Day, the 1993 film directed by Harold Ramis, opens on a man who is wrong about the weather. Phil Connors, a Pittsburgh weatherman, confidently tells his viewers that a blizzard will miss Western Pennsylvania. It does not. That…
  • Barbie (film)18 minBarbie, Greta Gerwig's 2023 satirical fantasy comedy, drained the entire remaining global supply of a specific shade of pink paint during production. Its supplier, Rosco Laboratories, had been weakened by COVID-19 supply-chain problems and…
  • I Heart Huckabees7 minI Heart Huckabees arrived in cinemas on the 1st of October 2004, opening in limited release with just $292,177 at the box office and ranking 24th for the weekend. The film bills itself as an "existential comedy" and deploys a cast that…
  • The Hitcher (1986 film)8 minThe Hitcher arrived in American theaters on the 21st of February, 1986, carrying a scene so disturbing that HBO's own chairman didn't want it in the film. A young woman tied between a truck and its trailer hitch. A foot easing off the…

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