Top 25 films about L.A. in the last 25 years

[TomHicks]

Here's a list from the LA Times of the top 25 films about LA in the last 25 years:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...allery?index=1

Unfortunately, online it's done as a photo section, where they start at 25 and you have to click your way to No. 1, which might be more fun than reading the newspaper, but the paper is much faster.

1-25
LA Confidential
Boogie Nights
Jackie Brown
Boyz N the Hood
Beverly Hills Cop
The Player
Clueless
Repo Man
Collateral
Big Lebowski
Mulholland Drive
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Training Day
Swingers
Devil in a Blue Dress
Friday
Speed
Valley Girl
To Live and Die in L.A.
L.A. Story
To Sleep With Anger
Less Than Zero
Fletch
Mi Vida Loca
Crash

The ones I would argue are missing, and the ones I would replace BH Cop, Speed and Crash with are:

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang -- Robert Downey Jr.'s speech on the young women who move to L.A. to work in show business is spot on.

Colors -- Gangs, and the LAPD and Sheriff's Department's handling of them were a big deal in the '80s .

Falling Down -- No film better captures the heat and traffic of L.A. and their effect on crazy white racists.

[Jouster]

Unfortunately, online it's done as a photo section, where they start at 25 and you have to click your way to No. 1, which might be more fun than reading the newspaper, but the paper is much faster.

Text: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...0218.htmlstory

[Big Box Of Money]

Obviously not a comprehensive list, but here's a bunch of movies that are set in LA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...in_Los_Angeles

I certainly would have chosen Die Hard and/or the Terminator(1, 2, EVEN THREE) over Less Than Zero, but maybe they intentionally chose one big blow-up type movie(Speed). This may have even been explained this article, what do you want me to read the whole thing like a real asshole? Get off my back.

[KevinLee]

Less than Zero; that was the heroin movie with Ben Stiller, right? About Alf?

I remember thinking it was pretty good and funny but not that great.

But I'm sure "Less than Zero" was better than "Mi Vida Loca" because I never saw "Vida Loca" and/or hated that song.

[darrylduffy]

Less than Zero; that was the heroin movie with Ben Stiller, right? About Alf?

i'm just gonna answer this seriously even though i don't know if its a joke. you're probably thinking about 'permanent midnight.'

[KevinLee]

Permanent Midnight!! That's the Alf movie! Sorry Darryl.

Should I see "Less Than Zero?"

[Jenny]

Where's Decline of Western civilization?! I'm glad Repo Man got some love though.

[yumitree]

1981, jenny.

i'm glad we're discussing this top 25 list and not entertainment weekly's top 25 comedies of the last 25 years.

[Batman The Horse]

Christopher Guest movies aren't funny.

[TomHicks]

Where's Decline of Western civilization?! I'm glad Repo Man got some love though.

Too old; it came out in '81. Part II? It came out in '88.

No one needs to read or see Less Than Zero.

[pg13]

No one needs to read or see Less Than Zero.

Ouch.

I remember having "Less Than Zero" in a first edition copy...and, it just struck me that the person who never returned it is none other than The Onion's Todd Hanson. Come on, Dipshit McGee...you've GOT to be done reading it by NOW!

The movie was nothing at all like the book...but, you did get to see Jamie Gertz doing an amazing Teri Hatcher impersonation...you got to see Andrew McCarthy do that thing that he does when he opens his eyes really wide (he calls it "acting")...you got to see James Spader being smarmy, in case you've NEVER seen ANY movie he was EVER in...and you got to see Robert Downey Jr. doing an amazing job of acting like the junkie that he would become (possibly, immediately after filming this...which was, ostensibly, a cautionary tale about how drugs can ruin a guy exactly like Robert Downey Jr.)

Missing in the movie from the book: snuff films, any connection to X and the LA punk scene...oh, and Elvis Costello...

pg--But, since it DID give us "Goin' Back To Cali" on the soundtrack...all is forgiven--seattle

[Itslikeimsayin]

I think Down and Out in Beverly Hills and Grand Canyon should have been on the LA movies list.

[aenemaTron]

Fucking Crash fucking sucks.

[BillBrasky]

I'm glad we're discussing this top 25 list and not entertainment weekly's top 25 comedies of the last 25 years.

What's wrong with that list? I think it's pretty accurate.
OK, "Clueless", but I'll give it a pass, it was innovative for its time.

[Jenny]

What's wrong with that list? I think it's pretty accurate.
OK, "Clueless", but I'll give it a pass, it was innovative for its time.

Obviously though, Austin Powers and Old School are shit. And why the fuck isn't Monty Python's Meaning of Life on there?!

Arty, how dare you. Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show are awesome.

[FF Woodycooks]

I think Clueless holds up pretty well, to be honest.

[Jouster]

I agree.

[BillBrasky]

I think the first "Austin Powers" belongs on the list. It was a very creative idea for a movie.
It was only with the second and (especially) the 3rd one that the characters and catchphrases became unbearable.

"Old School"- eh. If they wanted to include a Will Ferrell movie, "Anchorman" would probably have been a better choice, but "Old School" is certainly a funny movie. Not one of the 25 funniest movies of the last 25 years though.

[jon]

And why the fuck isn't Monty Python's Meaning of Life on there?!

Because it's no better than the third-funniest Monty Python movie?!

"Trading Places" should probably be higher, certianly higher than "Wedding Crashers." Like Brasky, I'd move "Old School" out of there, but depending on what day you ask me, I might replace it with "Super Troopers." I don't think either "There's Something About Mary" or "South Park" have aged that well.

Still, the list gets it right where it counts. Who you gonna call?

[ragu sauce]

shrek is the 25th best movie in the last 25 years.