Top California Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Kurt Russell

Stacy Keach

Steve Buscemi

A. J. Langer

Escape from L.A. (1996)

5.9 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.

Plot: prison, martial arts, showdown, usa president, war veteran, dystopia, anti hero, post-apocalyptic future, ...

Cast

Jason Segel

Emily Blunt

Rhys Ifans

Chris Pratt

The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

5.8 1.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.

Plot: chase, san francisco, california, restaurant, engagement, offer, love, psychologist, ...

Cast

Nick Nolte

Debra Winger

Audra Lindley

Frank McRae

Cannery Row (1982)

5.8 48 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.

Plot: prostitute, based on novel or book, marine biologist, octopus, bordello, drifter, cannery, brothel madam, ...

Time: 1940s

Place: california

Starsky & Hutch (2004)

5.8 2.5K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

Plot: undercover, drug trafficking, cocaine, cop, informant, disco, buddy cop, jumping from a rooftop, ...

Time: 1970s

Place: california

Cast

Aaron Eckhart

Ramu00f3n Rodru00edguez

Will Rothhaar

Michael Peu00f1a

Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

5.8 3.8K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.

Plot: hero, saving the world, chaos, marine corps, retirement, meteor, space invasion, alien, ...

Cast

Mitchell Anderson

Terrence 'T.C.' Carson

Seymour Cassel

Lori Petty

Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)

5.8 24 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings -- gay, lesbian and straight -- struggle to live, love and stay friends in modern-day Los Angeles as circumstances conspire to tear them apart.

Plot: infidelity, friendship, rape of a male, revenge, hiv, los angeles, california, thug, ...

Murder in the First (2014) TV Show

5.8 106 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Murder in the First follows homicide detectives Terry English and Hildy Mulligan as they investigate a multitude of tragedies in San Francisco.

Plot: san francisco, california, police, trial, criminal mastermind, criminal investigation, murder investigation, murder trial

Cast

Shenae Grimes-Beech

Tristan Mack Wilds

AnnaLynne McCord

Jessica Stroup

90210 (2008) TV Show

5.8 209 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 114

Audience: TV-14

Story: 90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood home with his family to care for his mother, former television and theater actress Tabitha Wilson, who has a drinking problem and clashes with his wife Debbie Wilson. Annie and Dixon struggle to adjust to their new lives while making friends and yet adhering to their parents' wishes.

Plot: friendship, high school, love, family relationships, los angeles, california, beverly hills, teenage romance, ...

Place: california

Cast

Eddie Murphy

Ossie Davis

Oliver Platt

Peter Boyle

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

5.7 3.3K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!

Plot: based on novel or book, tiger, san francisco, california, veterinarian, monkey, dog, talking to animals, ...

Cast

Samara Weaving

Ray Nicholson

Jimmie Fails

Eric Dane

Borderline (2025)

5.7 177 votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: After escaping from a mental hospital, a violent sociopath named Paul begins a dangerous rampage targeting Sofia, a world-famous pop star. Obsessed with her, he takes Sofia hostage in her own home, acting under the delusional belief that they are getting married. Paul is desperate to prove his devotion, leading to a tense and unpredictable situation.

Style: romantic

Plot: pop star, obsession, bodyguard, dark comedy, hallucination, stalker, sociopath, los angeles, ...

Time: 1990s

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Brian Lane Green

Kiersten Warren

Circuit (2001)

5.7 24 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: NR

Story: The hunky John is a closeted small-town cop who moves to L.A., where he is quickly seduced into the gay life of workouts and dusk-to-dawn parties. With actual circuit party footage and mounds of glistening and chiseled flesh, the pulsating Circuit is bound to get your juices flowing.

Plot: prostitute, drug abuse, drug addiction, hustler, illinois, gay club, cop, sexual promiscuity, ...

Cast

Brendan Fraser

Leslie Mann

Thomas Haden Church

John Cleese

George of the Jungle (1997)

5.7 2.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Deep in the African jungle, a baby named George, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is raised by gorillas. George grows up to be a buff and lovable klutz who has a rainforest full of animal friends: Tookie, his big-beaked toucan messenger; Ape, a witty talking gorilla; and Shep, a peanut-loving pooch of an elephant. But when poachers mess with George's pals, the King of Swing swings into action.

Plot: san francisco, california, africa, gorilla, narration, lion, feral child, tarzan, ...

Cast

Katherine Kelly Lang

John McCook

Don Diamont

Thorsten Kaye

The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) TV Show

5.7 147 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 39

Episodes: 8757

Audience: TV-14

Story: Continuing drama combining romance and intrigue set against the glittering backdrop of Beverly Hills and the American fashion industry.

Plot: los angeles, california, fashion, soap opera

Place: california

Cast

Linda Cardellini

Raymond Cruz

Patricia Velu00e1squez

Roman Christou

The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

5.7 2.7K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

Plot: sibling relationship, religion and supernatural, supernatural, grieving widower, priest, los angeles, california, single mother, ...

Time: 1970s

Place: mexico

Cast

Thomas Dekker

Haley Bennett

Chris Zylka

Roxane Mesquida

Kaboom (2010)

5.6 360 votes

Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 86 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Smith, a typical young college student who likes partying and engaging in acts of random sex and debauchery, has been having some interesting dreams revolving around two gorgeous women -- and is shocked when he meets the dream girls in real life. Lorelei looks just like his fantasy brunette, while a mysterious red-haired girl being chased by assassins draws him into an international conspiracy. Or is it all just a drug-induced hallucination?

Plot: dreams, kidnapping, college, hallucination, chosen one, cult, surrealism, guru, ...

Place: california

Beethoven's 2nd (1993)

5.6 1.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. It's up to Beethoven and the Newton kids to save the day and keep everyone together.

Plot: sell, holdings, sequel, puppy, st. bernard, dog

Place: california

Cast

Josh Hartnett

Scarlett Johansson

Aaron Eckhart

Hilary Swank

The Black Dahlia (2006)

5.6 1.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.

Plot: pornography, observer, los angeles, california, neo-noir, murder hunt

Cast

Eric Bana

Jennifer Connelly

Sam Elliott

Josh Lucas

Hulk (2003)

5.6 6.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

Plot: monster, general, mutation, san francisco, california, gun, superhero, dna, ...

Place: california

Cast

Jason Biggs

Janet Montgomery

Jenny Mollen

Ashley French

Amateur Night (2016)

5.5 202 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Guy Carter, an insecure expectant father unable to find work in his field, accepts a job driving hookers around Los Angeles. One long and crazy evening proves to our hero that he is, in fact, up to the task of fatherhood.

Plot: baby, pimp, architect, father, los angeles, california, doctor, prostitution, ...

Cast

Cameron Diaz

Drew Barrymore

Lucy Liu

Demi Moore

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

5.5 3.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America, Brazil

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.

Style: nostalgic, provocative

Plot: martial arts, robbery, undercover agent, spy, secret identity, villainess, secret agent, sequel, ...

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