Top California Movies & TV Shows

The Bling Ring (2013)

5.4 3.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.

Plot: dark comedy, satire, female friendship, based on true story, celebrity, thief, social satire, fame, ...

Place: california

Cast

Sally Field

Tommy Lee Jones

David Keith

M. Emmet Walsh

Back Roads (1981)

5.4 29 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

Plot: prostitute, police, fight, love, hitchhiking

Place: california

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Estelle Getty

JoBeth Williams

Roger Rees

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)

5.3 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

Plot: police, submachine gun, gunfight, los angeles, california, criminal, buddy cop, street shootout, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Abel Tesfaye

Lily-Rose Depp

Suzanna Son

Troye Sivan

The Idol (2023) TV Show

5.3 326 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn's last tour, she’s determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America. Her passions are reignited by Tedros, a nightclub impresario with a sordid past. Will her romantic awakening take her to glorious new heights or the deepest and darkest depths of her soul?

Plot: nightclub, los angeles, california, nightclub entertainer, nightclub performer, nightlife, desire for fame, fame-seeking, ...

Cast

Bruce Willis

Jason Momoa

John Goodman

Thomas Middleditch

Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)

5.2 713 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.

Plot: cop, thief, private investigator, gang, los angeles, california, dog, ambivalent, ...

Cast

Ewa Aulin

Charles Aznavour

Marlon Brando

Richard Burton

Candy (1968)

5.1 83 votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Country: France, Italy

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.

Plot: obsession, seduction, satire

Place: california

Cast

Jermaine Fowler

Justin Long

RJ Cyler

Freddie Gibbs

Night Patrol (2026)

5.1 75 votes

Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

Story: An L.A. cop discovers a local task force is hiding a secret that puts the residents of his childhood neighborhood in danger.

Style: satirical

Plot: police, vampire, gang, los angeles, california, supernatural horror, secret, negative, ...

Cast

Eric Balfour

Scottie Thompson

David Zayas

Donald Faison

Skyline (2010)

5.1 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.

Plot: missile, transformation, light, giant monster, alien, unfaithfulness, fireplace, los angeles, ...

Cast

Naomi Watts

Scott Coffey

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Jennifer Syme

Mark Pellegrino

Ellie Parker (2005)

5.0 72 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support primarily from her friend Sam. But when Ellie meets Chris after a minor traffic accident, she sees new potential for both romance and her life in general.

Plot: infidelity, alcohol, nightclub, narcissism, satire, cinematographer, liar, sociopath, ...

Cast

Diora Baird

Carmen Electra

Jason Priestley

Mike Starr

Hot Tamale (2006)

4.9 35 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Story: A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa band.

Plot: wyoming, usa, hitman, sexuality, stolen money, road trip, los angeles, california, ...

Cast

Josh Brener

Lil Rel Howery

Brendan Scannell

Asif Ali

Bromates (2022)

4.8 35 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: Longtime best friends Sid and Jonesie are dumped by their respective girlfriends. Both without a living situation, they decide to become "bromates", bros who are roommates, which puts their relationship to the ultimate test.

Plot: adultery, friendship, music record, undercover agent, secret identity, roommates, male friendship, condom, ...

Cast

Allison Hayes

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William Hudson

Yvette Vickers

Roy Gordon

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

4.8 168 votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 66 min.

Story: When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.

Style: psychotronic

Plot: infidelity, kidnapping, alien, ufo, revenge, mistress, desert, giant, ...

Place: california

Cast

Lexi DiBenedetto

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Josh Feldman

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Louis Bottino

C. Ashleigh Caldwell

Love Is All You Need? (2011)

4.7 29 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 20 min.

Story: Ashley was raised in a picture perfect all-American family with two moms, two grandpas, two uncles, and a little brother. But Ashley has a problem, she has a crush on a boy at school, which is against everything this world has ever taught her.

Plot: parent child relationship, sexuality, harassment, bullying, role reversal, family relationships, bully, crush, ...

Place: california

Movie 43 (2013)

4.7 2.5K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest. In some countries, like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the structure differs. Instead of a pitch, the films are connected by a group of three teenagers searching for the most banned film in the world, Movie 43, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of civilization.

Plot: anthology, slapstick comedy, hollywood, blunt, duringcreditsstinger, woman director, laxative, sexual deviants, ...

Place: california

Cast

Jason Behr

Amanda Brooks

Robert Forster

Craig Robinson

Dragon Wars: D-War (2007)

4.6 460 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Country: South Korea

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Ethan learns he carries the spirit of a warrior who battled dragons in 16th-century Korea -- and one day he'll find a tattooed girl carrying the spirit of that warrior's beloved. Years later, he meets Sarah and dragons soon descend on Los Angeles seeking out the two souls of the ancient lovers.

Plot: giant snake, dragon, los angeles, california, dagger, playful, hilarious, amused, ...

Jack and Jill (2011)

4.4 2.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.

Plot: thanksgiving, los angeles, california, family, celebration, duringcreditsstinger

Cast

Heather Graham

Lisa Zane

Rustam Branaman

Paul Herman

Terrified (1995)

4.3 22 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: R

Story: Traumatized after witnessing her jealous husband kill her adulterous lover and then himself, an unbalanced, nymphomaniac young woman finds herself stalked by an unknown assailant, but she cannot make anyone believe her desperate situation.

Plot: adultery, infidelity, jealousy, dreams, nightmare, police, psychopath, insanity, ...

Cast

Jenny McCarthy

Eddie Kaye Thomas

Carmen Electra

Guillermo Du00edaz

Dirty Love (2005)

4.3 119 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: The klutzy yet stunning Rebecca Sommers walks in on her hunky boyfriend in bed with another woman. They break up and Rebecca starts to fall apart, but, with the help of her close girlfriends, she begins to date again. Unfortunately, the men she meets all happen to be crazy. John, her dorky guy friend, tries to express his secret love for Rebecca, but she's too busy to notice as she tries to come to terms with her breakup.

Plot: photographer, ecstasy, crude humor, hollywood, los angeles, california, break-up, psychic, ...

Cast

Gregory Walcott

Mona McKinnon

Duke Moore

Tom Keene

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

4.2 609 votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 78 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Plot: stewardess, tombstone, fog, resurrection, alien, zombie, alien invasion, ghoul, ...

Place: california

Cast

Tommy Wiseau

Juliette Danielle

Greg Sestero

Philip Haldiman

The Room (2003)

4.0 1.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: Johnny is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. The happy-go-lucky guy sees his world being torn apart when his friends begin to betray him one-by-one.

Style: absurd

Plot: infidelity, san francisco, california, american football, friends, slice of life, drug pusher, relationship, ...

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