Top California Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Neve Campbell

David Arquette

Courteney Cox

Patrick Dempsey

Scream 3 (2000)

6.0 4.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: As bodies begin dropping around the Hollywood set of STAB 3, the third film based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings, Sidney and other survivors are once again terrorized by another Ghostface killer.

Style: satirical

Plot: mask, isolation, movie business, ex-cop, sequel, serial killer, reporter, slasher, ...

Place: california

Get Him to the Greek (2010)

6.0 2.0K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the monumental task of bringing his idol, out of control rock star Aldous Snow, back to LA for his comeback show.

Style: irreverent

Plot: london, england, concert, musician, los angeles, california, aftercreditsstinger

Species (1995)

6.0 1.9K votes

Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

Plot: genetics, telepathy, paranoia, dna, transformation, instinct, alien, femme fatale, ...

Cast

Jason Momoa

Brande Roderick

Michael Bergin

Stacy Kamano

Baywatch (1989) TV Show

6.0 547 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 11

Episodes: 242

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.

Plot: sea, beach, los angeles, california, swimming, lifeguard, southern california, soap opera

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones

Anne Heche

Gaby Hoffmann

Don Cheadle

Volcano (1997)

6.0 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.

Style: absurd

Plot: lava, subway, volcano, volcanology, burned alive, disaster, los angeles, california, ...

Cast

Edgar Ramu00edrez

Luke Bracey

Teresa Palmer

Ray Winstone

Point Break (2015)

6.0 2.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

Plot: surfing, undercover agent, undercover, fbi, extreme sports, remake, skydiving, los angeles, ...

Cast

Jodie Foster

Cherie Currie

Marilyn Kagan

Scott Baio

Foxes (1980)

6.0 102 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.

Plot: alcohol, coming of age, hollywood, prostitution, drugs, desert, san fernando valley

Time: 1970s

Place: california

Cast

Jackie Chan

Steve Coogan

Cu00e9cile de France

Jim Broadbent

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

6.0 2.7K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: new york city, london, england, paris, france, san francisco, california, journey around the world, ...

Cast

George Clooney

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Geoffrey Rush

Cedric the Entertainer

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

6.0 1.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Plot: infidelity, assassin, court, hitman, fetish, dark comedy, satire, romcom, ...

Place: california

The Mexican (2001)

6.0 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: R

Story: Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.

Plot: kidnapping, romcom, road trip, thief, mobster, los angeles, california, on the road, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Ranbir Kapoor

Zayed Khan

Vishal Malhotra

Anjaana Anjaani (2010)

5.9 86 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 151 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Akash and Kiara are trying to find luck in their life after several failed attempts to be successful in their careers and in love. Fed up, they both decide to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, both land up on the same bridge at the same time.

Plot: new york city, san francisco, california, suicide attempt, road trip, romance, love, hospital

Place: las vegas

Cast

Jennifer Lopez

Matthew McConaughey

Justin Chambers

Joanna Gleason

The Wedding Planner (2001)

5.9 1.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: Germany, United Kingdom

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making their wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.

Plot: san francisco, california, arranged marriage, wedding planner, romcom, doctor, wedding, heiress, ...

Cast

Tim Thomerson

Helen Hunt

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Michael Stefani

Trancers (1984)

5.9 229 votes

Genre: Crime, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 77 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the ancestors of the future's governing council.

Plot: rescue, police, fight, detective, santa claus, hypnosis, time travel, zombie, ...

Valentine's Day (2010)

5.9 3.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

Plot: holiday, married couple, florist, kiss, romcom, single, los angeles, california, ...

Cast

Kristen Stewart

Jack O'Connell

Anthony Mackie

Margaret Qualley

Seberg (2019)

5.9 290 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: 15

Story: An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.

Plot: infidelity, fbi, civil rights, based on true story, interracial relationship, los angeles, california, surveillance

Time: 1960s

Cast

Nia Vardalos

Toni Collette

David Duchovny

Stephen Spinella

Connie and Carla (2004)

5.9 94 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... disguised as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with.

Plot: drug dealer, chicago, illinois, undercover, drag queen, witness, mistaken identity, road trip, ...

Cast

Ana de Armas

Adrien Brody

Bobby Cannavale

Sara Paxton

Blonde (2022)

5.9 1.5K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 167 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.

Style: exploitation

Plot: suicide, rape, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, pregnancy, overdose, psychological stress, biography, ...

Time: 1950s, 1960s

Cast

Tim Daly

Kelly Preston

Rick Rossovich

Audra Lindley

Spellbinder (1988)

5.9 81 votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: After leaving work one night, Los Angeles attorney Jeff Mills and his colleague rescue a young, beautiful woman from an abusive boyfriend. Jeff soon becomes romantically involved with her and embroiled in the web of intrigue that follows her, despite a string of ominous happenstances and repeated warnings from his secretary.

Plot: nightmare, seduction, betrayal, lawyer, los angeles, california, witchcraft, dagger, ...

Winchester (2018)

5.9 1.8K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: Australia, United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

Plot: drug addiction, haunted house, earthquake, based on true story, rifle, architecture, doctor, ghost, ...

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

5.9 2.2K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a California amusement park called Wonder World. Returning to sunny Beverly Hills once more, Foley reunites with Detective Billy Rosewood to solve the case. Along with Billy's new partner, Detective Jon Flint, they discover that Wonder World is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring.

Plot: rescue, undercover, detective, investigation, carousel, sequel, shootout, dirty cop, ...

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