Alright swingers! What’s up, boyz and valley girls? It’s the third Showdown devoted to an entire city (after New York and Paris). While the streets outside are quiet and we’re in a lonely place, let’s honor the sunny, sprawling and complex City of Angels. List your ten favorite films set in Los Angeles—and we do mean set in, not just filmed on a lot somewhere within county limits. Whether Hollywood melodrama, sci-fi fantasy, indie comedy, hard-boiled noir or high-speed action flick, Los Angeles has played itself so well over a century of cinema. Training day is over; it’s time to be a player.
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Benjamin Luke Mitchell 234 films
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Emma Goldstein 10 films
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Matthew 10 films
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Kyle Bailey 10 films
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JTFX 10 films
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Jake Price 10 films
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David Carroll 10 films
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Rod T 27 films
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patty hearst 18 films
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brook 10 films
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Eric Peterson 10 films
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Cine&histeria 8 films
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Hayden Culpepper 10 films
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Dante 10 films
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Ian 13 films
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Clarence Diggles 24 films
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P Bauer 10 films
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Veronica 10 films
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Zayne 10 films