March 9, 2014

Top 20 movies made in and about Los Angeles – in pictures

The 2014 LA film festival will celebrate the city’s movie culture by featuring films set in Los Angeles, so here we showcase some of their options, from Sunset Boulevard to The Fast and Furious, via Crocodile Dundee and Little Miss Sunshine

Sunset Boulevard Gloria Swanson — Sunset Boulevard (1950), starring Gloria Swanson, remains a classic story of the rise and fall and rise again of the film industry in LA. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Photograph: Moviestore Collection / Rex Feat

Julia Roberts Pretty Woman — Julia Roberts gets her own back on those snotty sales assistants on Rodeo Drive in Pretty Woman (1990). Photograph: BuenaVist/Everett/Rex Photograph: c.BuenaVist/Everett/REX

Beverly Hills Cop Eddie Murphy — Beverly Hills Cop I, II and III all starred Eddie Murphy and the streets of LA. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Sportsphoto Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext Collection/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection

Abigail Breslin Little Miss Sunshine — Abigail Breslin, as Olive, in the film Little Miss Sunshine (2006). PR Photograph: PR

Reservoir Dogs — Director Quentin Tarantino used locations in LA in both Reservoir Dogs (1992, pictured) and Pulp Fiction (1994). Photograph: Allstar/Rank/Sportsphoto Ltd Photograph: Allstar/RANK/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

Jeff Bridges John Goodman The Big Lebowski — Jeff Bridges and John Goodman in the Cohen brothers’ cult film The Big Lebowski (1998). Photograph: Allstar/Sportsphoto Photograph: Allstar/GRAMERCY PICTURES/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Double Indemnity — Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray do a spot of undercover shopping in the 1944 classic Double Indemnity. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Features

Alicia Silverstone Clueless — More shopping, this time by Alicia Silverstone in Clueless (1995). Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Paramount Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNT

Robert De Niro Heat — Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer go up against Al Pacino in Heat (1995). Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Features

Warren Beatty Julie Christie Shampoo — Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in the 1975 romcom Shampoo. PR Photograph: PR

Katharine Ross Dustin Hoffman The Graduate — Katharine Ross and Dustin Hoffman make a run for it at the end of The Graduate (1967). Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Photograph: Everett Collection/REX FEATURES

Jack Nicholson Chinatown — Jack Nicholson stars in the crime thriller Chinatown (1974). Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Photograph: Moviestore Collection/REX

Vin Diesel The Fast and the Furious — The popular series The Fast and the Furious first hit movie screens in 2001. Vin Diesel plays Dom Toretto. Photograph: PR Photograph: Photo Credit: Jaimie Trueblood/PR

Lyle Lovett Short Cuts — Lyle Lovett in a scene from Robert Altman's 1993 film Short Cuts. Photograph: Courtesy Everett Collection/Rex Photograph: Courtesy Everett Collection/REX

Bread and Roses — Colin Welland famously said, when collecting his Oscar for Chariots of Fire in 1982, "The British are coming." It took a while, but Ken Loach did eventually turn up to make his acclaimed film Bread and Roses (2001). PR Photograph: PR

Steve Martin LA Story — Steve Martin works on his image in LA Story (1991). Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Photograph: Moviestore Collection/REX

Kim Basinger LA Confidential — Kim Basinger in the noirish LA Confidential (1997). Photograph: PR Photograph: PR

Boyz 'n the Hood — Gritty gang drama in Boyz N The Hood (1991). Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Photograph: Moviestore Collection/REX

Crocodile Dundee 3 — Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee took on the urban jungle in Los Angeles in 2001. Photograph: PR Photograph: PR

Uggie The Artist — The Artist (2011), featuring everyone’s favourite screen pooch, Uggie, cleaned up at the Oscars with its depiction of the Los Angeles silent movie industry. PR Photograph: PR

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