Rankings by Metro / Los Angeles

The Screen of Los Angeles

United States · #3 by film pedigree · 133 notable figures · 50 canon films set here

Metro rank
#3
Screen score
2038.1
People
315
Films set here
50

What Los Angeles is known for

Box office 33%Prestige 19%Audience 48%

Los Angeles skews toward audience.

Canon films set here, by decade

1
'10
3
'20
2
'30
6
'40
7
'50
6
'70
8
'80
10
'90
4
'00
2
'10
1
'20

From Los Angeles

  1. 1Frank Capra56.28
  2. 2Dustin Hoffman54.06
  3. 3John Huston47.59
  4. 4Paul Thomas Anderson40.44
  5. 5Leo McCarey40.34
  6. 6Howard Hawks37.77
  7. 7Quentin Tarantino37.24
  8. 8Leonardo DiCaprio34.38
  9. 9Robert Redford31.26
  10. 10Sean Penn30.71
  11. 11Jodie Foster28.96
  12. 12John Wayne28.79
  13. 13Jeff Bridges28.67
  14. 14Sally Field28.63
  15. 15Richard Dreyfuss27
  16. 16Ron Howard25.74
  17. 17Joaquin Phoenix25.42
  18. 18Helen Hunt25.21
  19. 19Victor Fleming25.14
  20. 20Judy Garland24.23
  21. 21Kevin Costner23.95
  22. 22Kevin Spacey23.31
  23. 23Diane Keaton21.63
  24. 24Cecil B. DeMille21.44
  25. 25Laura Dern20.4

+108 more

Set in Los Angeles

  1. Singin' in the Rain 1952#16
  2. Pulp Fiction 1994#19
  3. City Lights 1931#22
  4. Modern Times 1936filmed#33
  5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982#49
  6. The Terminator 1984#55
  7. Sunset Boulevard 1950#57
  8. Blade Runner 1982#58
  9. The Kid 1921filmed#64
  10. Double Indemnity 1944#69
  11. Chinatown 1974#77
  12. Back to the Future 1985filmed#83
  13. Die Hard 1988#103
  14. Mulholland Dr. 2001#107
  15. Rebel Without a Cause 1955#127
  16. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991#140
  17. There Will Be Blood 2007#148
  18. Safety Last! 1923#155
  19. Reservoir Dogs 1992#160
  20. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956#168
  21. Inception 2010#180
  22. M*A*S*H 1970filmed#183
  23. American Beauty 1999filmed#213
  24. Airplane! 1980#222
  25. Carrie 1976filmed#236

+25 more

Canon films by Los Angeles filmmakers

  • The Wizard of Oz 1939 · Victor Fleming#8
  • Gone with the Wind 1939 · Victor Fleming#13
  • Toy Story 1995 · John Lasseter#43
  • There Will Be Blood 2007 · Paul Thomas Anderson#148
  • Duck Soup 1933 · Leo McCarey#150
  • Batman 1989 · Tim Burton#159
  • Beauty and the Beast 1991 · Gary Trousdale#243
  • The Ten Commandments 1956 · Cecil B. DeMille#250
  • Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 · Leo McCarey#273
  • Boyz n the Hood 1991 · John Singleton#288
  • Edward Scissorhands 1990 · Tim Burton#349
  • Dances with Wolves 1990 · Kevin Costner#371
  • Boogie Nights 1997 · Paul Thomas Anderson#384
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 · Peter Ramsey#419
  • The Awful Truth 1937 · Leo McCarey#443
  • Magnolia 1999 · Paul Thomas Anderson#450

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