Top California Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal

Michael Peu00f1a

Natalie Martinez

Anna Kendrick

End of Watch (2012)

7.4 3.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

Plot: friendship, street gang, human trafficking, shootout, los angeles, california, brutality, gang member, ...

Cast

Kris Jenner

Kourtney Kardashian Barker

Kim Kardashian

Khlou00e9 Kardashian

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007) TV Show

7.4 920 votes

Genre: Reality

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 20

Episodes: 282

Audience: TV-14

Story: A peek inside the exploits and privileged private lives of the blended Kardashian-Jenner family, including sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé.

Plot: sibling relationship, los angeles, california, fashion, family

Cast

Miles Teller

Augusto Aguilera

Cristina Rodlo

Nell Tiger Free

Too Old to Die Young (2019) TV Show

7.4 184 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Denmark, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Detective Martin Jones, who leads a double life as a killer for hire in Los Angeles' deadly underground, suffers an existential crisis which leads him deeper into a blood splattered world of violence.

Plot: drug trafficking, human trafficking, family relationships, los angeles, california, criminal underworld, crooked cop, contract killer, ...

Cast

Andy Serkis

James Franco

Freida Pinto

John Lithgow

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

7.3 12.8K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.

Plot: san francisco, california, solidarity, gorilla, intelligence, dystopia, zoo, chimpanzee, ...

Cast

Andy Serkis

Jason Clarke

Toby Kebbell

Gary Oldman

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

7.3 12.3K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Style: shocking

Plot: san francisco, california, peace, solidarity, gorilla, intelligence, dystopia, chimpanzee, ...

Time: 2030s

Cast

Claire Guyot

Fily Keita

Cu00e9line Mauge

Jean-Claude Donda

Totally Spies! (2002) TV Show

7.3 290 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Canada, France

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 182

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Totally Spies! depicts three girlfriends 'with an attitude' who have to cope with their daily lives at high school as well as the unpredictable pressures of international espionage. They confront the most intimidating - and demented - of villains, each with their own special agenda for demonic, global rude behavior.

Plot: spy, secret mission, high technology, female friendship, studies, high school, best friend, los angeles, ...

Cast

Allison Janney

Jaime Pressly

Mimi Kennedy

Kristen Johnston

Mom (2013) TV Show

7.3 641 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 170

Audience: TV-14

Story: Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.

Plot: dysfunctional family, family, recovering alcoholic, sitcom, alcoholic mother, mother daughter relationship

Place: california

Cast

Annette Bening

Elle Fanning

Greta Gerwig

Billy Crudup

20th Century Women (2016)

7.3 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.

Plot: parent child relationship, balcony, feminism, punk rock, coming of age, feminist, free spirit, single mother, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Taron Egerton

Jamie Bell

Richard Madden

Bryce Dallas Howard

Rocketman (2019)

7.3 5.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

Plot: london, england, drug abuse, pop star, musical, biography, based on true story, alcoholism, ...

Time: 1970s, 1960s

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) TV Show

7.3 822 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 10

Episodes: 284

Audience: TV-14

Story: Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.

Plot: high school, family relationships, los angeles, california, beverly hills, teenage romance, teen drama, social issues, ...

Place: california

Cast

Miguel Bernardeau

Renata Notni

Dalia Xiuhcoatl

Emiliano Zurita

Zorro (2024) TV Show

7.3 146 votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Spain

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-14

Story: Diego de la Vega returns to California to avenge his father's murder. After assuming the title of Zorro, he confronts the Governor, the malevolent leader of the Chinese community and a secret society, placing the common good above all.

Plot: zorro, avenging son

Time: 1830s

Place: california

Cast

Robert Hays

Julie Hagerty

Leslie Nielsen

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Airplane! (1980)

7.3 5.1K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: PG

Story: An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Plot: chicago, illinois, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), airplane, cataclysm, nun, guitar, alcohol, ...

Cast

Damon Wayans

Seann William Scott

Keesha Sharp

Kevin Rahm

Lethal Weapon (2016) TV Show

7.3 801 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 55

Audience: TV-14

Story: A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

Plot: los angeles, california, police detective, based on movie, buddy cop, lapd, procedural

Cast

Roddy Piper

Keith David

Meg Foster

George Buck Flower

They Live (1988)

7.3 3.5K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

Style: philosophical, absurd

Plot: capitalism, dystopia, villainess, alien, social commentary, los angeles, california, alien invasion, ...

Nobody Wants This (2024) TV Show

7.3 282 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 30

Audience: TV-MA

Story: An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?

Style: romantic

Plot: rabbi, romcom, romance, los angeles, california, opposites attract, agnostic, podcaster, ...

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Zooey Deschanel

Geoffrey Arend

Chlou00eb Grace Moretz

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

7.3 11.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.

Plot: jealousy, gallery, fight, date, architect, interview, romcom, sister, ...

Cast

Brad Pitt

Jonah Hill

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Robin Wright

Moneyball (2011)

7.3 5.8K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 134 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

Plot: underdog, sports, baseball, based on true story, oakland, california, job transfer, oakland athletics, ...

Time: 2000s

Place: california

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Cast

Leslie Nielsen

Priscilla Presley

Ricardo Montalban

George Kennedy

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

7.3 4.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 86 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Plot: assassination, police, aquarium, baseball, satire, parody, slapstick comedy, los angeles, ...

Cast

Johnny Depp

Jim Morrison

John Densmore

Ray Manzarek

When You're Strange (2010)

7.3 228 votes

Genre: Documentary, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 86 min.

Audience: 12

Story: The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.

Plot: poet, trial, rock band, dying young, ucla

Place: california

Cast

Ben Schwartz

James Marsden

Tika Sumpter

Jim Carrey

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

7.3 10.4K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Family

Country: Japan, United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it’s super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic’s unique power for world domination.

Plot: friendship, video game, san francisco, california, road trip, cop, based on video game, duringcreditsstinger, ...

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