Top 100 CALIFORNIA movies

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100. Zabriskie Point
99. Chinatown
98. Colors
97. The Conversation
96. Dogtown and Z- Boys

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

96. Boyz n the Hood
95. Menace II Society

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

94. Sunset Boulevard
93. Laurel Canyon
92. Mulholland Drive

(this is a navigable route, btw)

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

91. L.A. Story
90. Annie Hall

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

91. Short Cuts
90. Gates of Heaven
89. Beverly Hills Cop
88. L.A. Story
87. Annie Hall
86. The Big Lebowski
85. Touch of Evil
84. Five Easy Pieces

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

(correction)

82. Blood In, Blood Out
81. American Me

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

80. Point Break

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

88. (replace LA Story with) Big Trouble In Little China

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait, nevermind! Make Big Trouble...#79

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

78. California man
77. Back to the future
76. the ighty ducks
75. the love bug

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

74. The Salton Sea
73. Treasure of the Sierra Madre

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

72. Silverlake Life
71. Citizen Kane
70. Vertigo
69. Sunset Blvd.
68. The Maltese Falcon

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

68. Scenes from a mall

we had sunset blvd already

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

67. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
66. La Bamba

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

65. Gleaming the Cube

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

64. Dragnet

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

63. 48 Hours

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

62. Troop Beverly Hills

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Was Fast Times At R High located in California?

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

61. It's a mad mad mad world

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

60. Clueless

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

59. Bullit

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

58. The Grateful Dead Movie

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

57. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
56. The Big Sleep

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

55. Pulp Fiction
54. Reservoir dogs

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

56a. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Oakland doubling for Baltimore!!!!)

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

55. Rize

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

54. Let's Get Lost

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

51. It came from beneath the sea

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Fast Times was indeed a California classic, prominently featuring the old Sherman Oaks Galleria.

PS where is #83?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

50. The Long Goodbye

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

There were two 96s. (xp)

83. Boyz n the Hood

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

More CLASSICS to come:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/14/BAGPBD88BS1.DTL

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

49. Escape from LA

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

48. The Birds
47. Shadow Of A Doubt

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

48. The Birds
47. Greed

Xpost holy shit what are the chances of that?

― andy --, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

45. Vanishing Point

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

44. Romeo and Julliet

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

I'm riding up to Bodega Bay on Saturday! Squawk!

― andy --, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

43. Easy Rider

― andy --, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

42. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (I think)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:10 (twenty years ago)

Easy rider doesn't count I don't think.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

41. Monterey Pop

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

Was Fast Times At R High located in California?

Of course. Spicoli!
The mall where Stacey and Rat work is that mall at the end of 3rd St Promenade in Santa Monica.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (I think)

a good portion of it was shot there, but none of it takes place there. are the locations recognizably California-esque?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

Shit, Close Encounters was an ARIZONA movie.

xpost!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

The mall where Stacey and Rat work is that mall at the end of 3rd St Promenade in Santa Monica.

Sort of. The exterior is the Santa Monica mall but the interior is the pre-quake Sherman Oaks Galleria.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

42. the Stunt man
41. The Lost Boys
40. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
39. Boogie Nights

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

38. Rebel without a cause.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

37. Gimme Shelter
36. San Francisco

― Draw Tipsy to see if you give a shit about art (Dave225), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

35. LA Confidential
34. Get Shorty
33. Collateral
32. The Player

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

I'm horrified that this thread started off with possibly the worst CA movie of all time.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

31. Valley Girl, duh

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

30. Kiss Me Deadly

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

29. The right Stuff
28. hollywood Babylon

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

27. The Gift

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

26. Riot on Sunset Strip
25. The Trip
24. Psych Out

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

23. Head

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

22. The State of Things

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

21. House Party
20. singing in the rain

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

suzy says
19. Grease

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

I'm horrified that this thread started off with possibly the worst CA movie of all time.

INFAMOUS

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Grease was shot in Berkeley! Woooooooooooooooot!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

18. Harold and Maude
17. The Graduate

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

16. Roadside Prophets starring Ad-Rock and John Doe of X!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

15. American Grafitti

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

14. Hollywood Knights
13. Hollywood Shuffle
12. Friday
11. Bad News Bears

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

Close Encounters was an ARIZONA movie.

It was an "Indiana" (shot in California and Alabama) and Wyoming (shot in Wyoming) movie, with scenes in Mexico, India and the Gobi desert, but no Arizona settings or filming locations I know of

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

10. Over the Edge

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

9. freaky friday

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

8. Suburbia
7. Decline of Western Civilization

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

6. Repo Man

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

5. To Live And Die In LA

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

5. Charlie's Angels
4. Gidget
3. Falling Down

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

2. Another State of Mind

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

1. Kalifornia

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Damn, forgot Pulp Fiction.

Charlie's Angels That scene in the really cool round, glass house on stilts in in Johannesburg, I think...

― Draw Tipsy to see if you give a shit about art (Dave225), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

10. Karate Kid
9. any 80s movie about a guy from a cooler climate coming to sunny california that features a montage of sunglass-wearing girls in bikinis and Harry Parry.
xposts obv

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

more!

Vertigo

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

that was # 70

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

doh!

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

-1. Wattstax

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

bullitt
and of course any of the monument valley john ford movies

― anthony, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

The Game

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

monument valley is in utah tho

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

bulett

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

Sunssett Bulevarrt

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

HAUSE PARTEY!!

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Le Story

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Vurtigoe

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Chynatown

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Citizen Kone

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Colours

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

Bulat

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Buttman's Ultimate Workout!

um, is it bad to open the porn floodgates?

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Yo, where in the name of all that is holy is TEH SURE THING?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

CALIFORNIA SPLIT MOTHERFUCKERS

― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

187

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

American History X

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 02:53 (twenty years ago)

shampoo

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 28 July 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

God help you all for not putting CB4 on the list.

― It's just Jimmy Mod. Don't trip out and get labia reduction surgery or anyt (Mod, Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

ohh walter kranz saved this list at #6

― gear (gear), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

Two Days in the Valley goes on here somewhere.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)

Also, got The Big Lebowski, but missing The Man Who Wasn't There.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)

is The Big Sleep on here?

― gear (gear), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

Yes, 56. Also Maltese Falcon, and The Long Goodbye. Thank GOD!

But no Farewell My Lovely or Murder My Sweet!

So, we need to correct that.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)

yeah, Teh Big Sleep is a crackin' LA novel, but it ain't exackly the peak of noir is it?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:41 (twenty years ago)

but OMGWTF where is teh BLADE RUNNER?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:41 (twenty years ago)

Well, I love it (The Big Sleep) like a beautiful child, but I guess YMMV.

Good call on Blade Runner, too.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:42 (twenty years ago)

Can't argue with mother-love, or with TBS' classic-ness, but I'm more of a Double Indemnity guy m'self (or Sunset Boulevard, for that matter).

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:45 (twenty years ago)

Sunset Boulevard is already up, though.

Double Indemnity=woot, of course.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:47 (twenty years ago)

Sunset Boulevard: I put it there! But not in a noir context...

Blade Runner: I sincerely hope the Bradbury Building had its own trailer, and all the cocaine and hookers it asked for.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

meta: why is the monday morning quarterbacking the most fun part of these threads?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

Out of the Past takes place in Cali too, much of it

― gear (gear), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

Heat?

― gear (gear), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

THE HIDDEN

― gear (gear), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

Ya know, come to think of it, the first two Terminator pix might qualify.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

people be shootin' pictures in LA

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:57 (twenty years ago)

Big Wednesday

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

Yes. Yes, they be.

No E.T. on the list, either.

I can live with that.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)

Oh, but totally "Gerry"

I think. Right?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 28 July 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

haha - I had the same thought about ET!

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 28 July 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

There must be a load of other Anaheim set Disney films as well.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 28 July 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

Beach Blanket Bingo! (and all its successors)

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 28 July 2005 05:57 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I snuck a few AIP hippy acid movies in there but totally forgot about the beach party movies. Muscle Beach Party (featuring Little Stevie Wonder) would have been my first pick.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 28 July 2005 06:04 (twenty years ago)

monument valley is in utah tho

and Arizona

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 28 July 2005 06:32 (twenty years ago)

Minnie and Moskowitz

― Vichitravirya XI (Vichitravirya XI), Thursday, 28 July 2005 06:49 (twenty years ago)

Killing of a Chinese Bookie!

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

Butterflies Are Free

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 28 July 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

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