MRQE Ranks: Cinema's Best L.A. Movies

1

Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark

Director: Billy Wilder

Synopsis: Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard ranks among the most scathing satires of Hollywood and the cruel fickleness of movie fandom. The story begins at th... [MORE]

2

The Big Sleep (1946)

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, John Ridgely

Director: Howard Hawks

Synopsis: The definitive Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall vehicle, The Big Sleep casts Bogart as Raymond Chandler's cynical private eye Philip Marlowe. Summoned... [MORE]

3

Double Indemnity (1944)

Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather

Director: Billy Wilder

Synopsis: Directed by Billy Wilder and adapted from a James M. Cain novel by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, Double Indemnity represents the high-water mark of ... [MORE]

4

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Outrageously violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s... [MORE]

5

Chinatown (1974)

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Diane Ladd

Director: Roman Polanski

Synopsis: "You may think you know what you're dealing with, but believe me, you don't," warns water baron Noah Cross (John Huston), when smooth cop-turned-pr... [MORE]

6

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn

Director: Curtis Hanson

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by James Ellroy and directed by Curtis Hanson, this award-winning crime drama explores both the dark side of the Lo... [MORE]

7

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Synopsis: In Robert Zemeckis's trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, Hollywood's 1940s cartoon stars are a subjugated minority, living in th... [MORE]

8

Die Hard (1988)

Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald VelJohnson, Bonnie Bedelia, Alexander Godunov

Director: John McTiernan

Synopsis: It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to... [MORE]

9

Blade Runner (1982)

Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh

Director: Ridley Scott

Synopsis: A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its ... [MORE]

10

The Terminator (1984)

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen

Director: James Cameron

Writer: James Cameron

Synopsis: Endlessly imitated, The Terminator made the reputation of cowriter/director James Cameron -- who would go on to make 1997's titanic Titanic -- and ... [MORE]

11

The Graduate (1967)

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton

Director: Mike Nichols

Synopsis: "Just one word: plastic." "Are you here for an affair?" These lines and others became cultural touchstones, as 1960s youth rebellion seeped into th... [MORE]

12

Magnolia (1999)

Cast: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Melinda Dillon, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Synopsis: Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson followed his critical and commercial breakthrough Boogie Nights with this wildly ambitious story of lives inte... [MORE]

13

Menace II Society (1993)

Cast: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Samuel L. Jackson, Glenn Plummer, Julian Roy Doster

Director: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes

Synopsis: This debut offering from twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes was one of the most critically-acclaimed urban crime films to appear in the wake of ... [MORE]

14

Boogie Nights (1997)

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Synopsis: While set within the milieu of the Los Angeles adult film industry, Boogie Nights is less a film about pornography than the serio-comic story of a ... [MORE]

15

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen

Director: James Cameron

Synopsis: A sequel to the sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameron upped the... [MORE]

16

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Cast: Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Larry Fishburne, Nia Long

Director: John Singleton

Synopsis: Director John Singleton's debut chronicles the trials and tribulations of three young African-American males growing up in South Central Los Angele... [MORE]

17

The Player (1992)

Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher

Director: Robert Altman

Synopsis: Robert Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted from Michael Tolkin's... [MORE]

18

Speed (1994/I)

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels

Director: Jan De Bont

Synopsis: If you don't think Speed is the fastest-moving adventure film ever made, we challenge you to find a faster one. Keanu Reeves stars as an LA Bomb Sq... [MORE]

19

Repo Man (1984)

Cast: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson

Director: Alex Cox

Synopsis: Alex Cox's directorial debut was a wickedly funny and willfully bizarre story that became a major cult item once it began making the art-house roun... [MORE]

20

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Cast: Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

Synopsis: The son of a same-sex couple seeks out the sperm donor who made his birth possible in this comedy from writer/director Lisa Cholodenko. The committ... [MORE]

21

Jackie Brown (1997)

Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 Rum Punch, switching the action from Miami to LA, and altering the ce... [MORE]

22

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler

Director: Marc Webb

Synopsis: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in director Marc Webb's wry, nonlinear romantic comedy about a man who falls head over heels for a wo... [MORE]

23

Knocked Up (2007)

Cast: Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel

Director: Judd Apatow

Synopsis: When a one-night stand that should have stayed that way has unexpected consequences, the reluctant odd couple attempts to transform their tentative... [MORE]

24

Heat (1995)

Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore

Director: Michael Mann

Synopsis: A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind... [MORE]

25

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Cast: William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer

Director: William Friedkin

Synopsis: William Friedkin's crime thriller, based on a book by U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, concerns an arrogant Secret Service official who ... [MORE]

26

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare

Director: Joel Coen

Synopsis: The plot of this Raymond Chandler-esque comedy crime caper from the Coen Brothers (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) pivots around a case of mistaken ident... [MORE]

27

L.A. Story (1991)

Cast: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker

Director: Mick Jackson

Synopsis: Steve Martin wrote and stars in this look at the promise and dreamtime of Los Angeles culture. Martin stars as Harris K. Telemacher, a light-hearte... [MORE]

28

American History X (1998)

Cast: Edward Norton, Avery Brooks, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach

Director: Tony Kaye

Synopsis: Tony Kaye made his feature directorial debut with this dramatic exploration into the roots of race hatred in America. In a shocking opening scene, ... [MORE]

29

Collateral (2004)

Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg

Director: Michael Mann

Synopsis: A taxi driver is unexpectedly taken on the ride of his life in this stylish thriller from acclaimed director Michael Mann. Max (Jamie Foxx) is a ca... [MORE]

30

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Cast: Laura Elena Harring, Naomi Watts, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Robert Forster

Director: David Lynch

Synopsis: David Lynch wrote and directed this look at two women who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dang... [MORE]

31

Swingers (1996)

Cast: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Patrick Van Horn, Alex Desert

Director: Doug Liman

Synopsis: A knowing examination of the psyche of the modern American male, Doug Liman's debut comedy Swingers stars screenwriter Jon Favreau as the sensitive... [MORE]

32

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok

Director: Shane Black

Synopsis: A thesp-turned-crook gets a chance at career in movies as well as crime scene investigation in this offbeat action comedy with nods to Raymond Chan... [MORE]

33

The Limey (1999)

Cast: Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Barry Newman, Joe Dallesandro

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Synopsis: Two actors best known for their work in the late 1960s, Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, star in The Limey, a drama in which a recently released felo... [MORE]

34

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Darlene Love, Mitchell Ryan

Director: Richard Donner

Synopsis: L.A. cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), whose wife has recently died, is a loose cannon with a seeming death wish. This makes him indispensable in coll... [MORE]

35

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox

Director: Martin Brest

Writer: Daniel Petrie Jr., William D. Wittliff, Sam Simon, Patrick Vincent

Synopsis: What's that wisecracking young black guy (Eddie Murphy) in that beat-up Chevy Nova doing in lily-white Beverly Hills? He's Axel Foley, a Detroit de... [MORE]

36

Zombieland (2009)

Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Synopsis: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order... [MORE]

37

Crash (2004/I)

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner

Director: Paul Haggis

Synopsis: Issues of race and gender cause a group of strangers in Los Angeles to physically and emotionally collide in this drama from director and screenwri... [MORE]

38

Get Shorty (1995)

Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Writer: Elmore Leonard

Synopsis: A gangster is looking to get away from crooked deals and double-crossing people but ends up in the movie business anyway in this comic crime story.... [MORE]

39

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer

Director: Amy Heckerling

Synopsis: Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (th... [MORE]

40

Point Blank (1967)

Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner

Director: John Boorman

Synopsis: Based on Donald E. Westlake's novel The Hunter, John Boorman's gangster film hauntingly merges a generic revenge story with a European art cinema s... [MORE]

41

Grease (1978)

Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn

Director: Randal Kleiser

Synopsis: "Grease," said the poster and the Barry Gibb song, "is the word." Transferring its setting from Chicago to sunny California, and adding a dash of d... [MORE]

42

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

Cast: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett

Director: Russ Meyer

Synopsis: After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers, legendary sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for t... [MORE]

43

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Cast: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin

Director: Carl Franklin

Synopsis: Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley, the first of his stories to reach the scree... [MORE]

44

Safe (1995)

Cast: Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor-Stewart

Director: Todd Haynes

Synopsis: Todd Haynes presents a revisionist take on the paranoia thriller with this story of a Southern California housewife who suddenly falls victim to an... [MORE]

45

Training Day (2001)

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Synopsis: The Fast and the Furious (2001) screenwriter David Ayer follows up that fast-paced action hit with this gritty cop drama from director Antoine Fuqu... [MORE]

46

The Doors (1991)

Cast: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kevin Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley

Director: Oliver Stone

Synopsis: Val Kilmer delivers what was considered one of 1991's best performances as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's hallucinatory bio-pic of the seminal 1960... [MORE]

47

Clueless (1995)

Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Dan Hedaya

Director: Amy Heckerling

Synopsis: Jane Austen might never have imagined that her 1816 novel Emma could be turned into a fresh and satirical look at ultra-rich teenagers in a Beverly... [MORE]

48

Fletch (1985)

Cast: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson

Director: Michael Ritchie

Synopsis: Chevy Chase added a classic comic hero to the film landscape with Fletch, one of his few truly popular star vehicles in a famously misguided post-S... [MORE]

49

The Soloist (2009)

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Lisa Gay Hamilton

Director: Joe Wright

Synopsis: Academy Award-nominated Atonement director Joe Wright teams with screenwriter Susannah Grant to tell the true-life story of Nathaniel Ayers, a form... [MORE]

50

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo

Director: Brad Furman

Synopsis: Matthew McConaughey stars in this legal thriller as a low-rent defense attorney named Mickey Haller. Most of the time, Mickey barely keeps his head... [MORE]

51

Falling Down (1993)

Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Tuesday Weld

Director: Joel Schumacher

Synopsis: It's just not William Foster's (Michael Douglas) day. Laid off from his defense job, Foster gets stuck in the middle of the mother of all traffic j... [MORE]

52

Independence Day (1996)

Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch

Director: Roland Emmerich

Synopsis: A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing... [MORE]

53

City of Angels (1998)

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore

Director: Brad Silberling

Synopsis: An angel must decide if love is more important than eternal peace in this Americanized adaptation of Wim Wenders' modern classic Wings of Desire. S... [MORE]

54

Dark Blue (2002)

Cast: Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Ving Rhames

Director: Ron Shelton

Synopsis: A cop's personal code of justice begins to change after a number of incidents lead his city to a tragic wave of violence in this police drama. Eldo... [MORE]

55

Crank (2006)

Cast: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Dwight Yoakam

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Synopsis: A one-time freelance hitman who was just attempting to turn his life around is forced to keep his heart pumping when his vengeful former employers ... [MORE]

56

Hancock (2008)

Cast: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan, Johnny Galecki

Director: Peter Berg

Synopsis: A hard-drinking lush finds himself thrust into superhero mode in director Peter Berg's unconventional look at the private life of a crime-fighter. ... [MORE]

57

Harsh Times (2005)

Cast: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodríguez, Eva Longoria, Terry Crews, Chaka Forman

Director: David Ayer

Synopsis: An unstable Gulf War veteran with a savior complex receives a shocking wake-up call upon returning stateside and accepting a position with the Depa... [MORE]

58

The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Cast: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune

Director: Rob Cohen

Synopsis: A magazine article about real-life car racing gangs for Vibe becomes this fast-paced automotive thriller from director Rob Cohen. Paul Walker stars... [MORE]

59

Demolition Man (1993)

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Lori Petty, Melinda Dillon, Kristopher Logan, Paul Bollen, Alex Chapman, Rhino Michaels, Jack Black, Ferne Cassel, Andre Gregory, Don Charles McGovern, Bill Cobbs, Grand L. Bush, Billy Lucas, John Enos, Brandy Sanders, Michael Tennessee Lee, Pat Skipper, Rob Schneider, Paul Perri, Brett Jones, Troy Evans, Vanna Bonta, Bob Gunton, Glenn Shadix, Denis Leary, Dan Cortese, Stephen Kahan, Lara Harris, Toshishiro Obata, Joy Todd

Director: Marco Brambilla

Synopsis: The plot of this action film begins in 1996, with Los Angeles in a violence-crazed conflagration. One of the LAPD's most notorious cops, John Spart... [MORE]

60

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Cast: John Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay, William Mapother, Julio Oscar Mechoso

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Synopsis: The true story of the kids who created modern skateboard culture is recreated in this drama. In the early '70s, skateboards were seen as a fad of t... [MORE]

61

Predator 2 (1990)

Cast: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Maria Conchita Alonzo

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Synopsis: This special effects-heavy science fiction sequel moves the action from the first film's Amazon forest to the urban jungle of L.A. Danny Glover sta... [MORE]

62

2 Days in the Valley (1996)

Cast: Danny Aiello, Greg Cruttwell, James Spader, Teri Hatcher, Charlize Theron

Director: John Herzfeld

Synopsis: A variety of crooks, losers, and working stiffs living in the shadow of Hollywood find their various personal crises overlapping in this intricatel... [MORE]

63

2012 (2009/I)

Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton

Director: Roland Emmerich

Synopsis: Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following the prophecy stat... [MORE]

64

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Cast: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Georges Corraface

Director: John Carpenter

Synopsis: Escape from L.A. finds Kurt Russell once again in the role of Snake, which he played in the 1981 film, Escape from New York. Los Angeles has finall... [MORE]

65

Street Kings (2008)

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans

Director: David Ayer

Synopsis: In the wake of the L.A. riots, an LAPD vice detective who always went above and beyond the call of duty to keep the streets safe receives a startli... [MORE]

66

Battle Los Angeles (2011)

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Peña, Will Rothhaar

Director: Jonathan Liebesman

Synopsis: A Marine platoon fights to prevent the city of Los Angeles from being overtaken by a race of highly advanced alien invaders in this epic sci-fi act... [MORE]

67

Blue Streak (1999)

Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, William Forsythe, Dave Chappelle

Director: Les Mayfield

Synopsis: Can a crook go straight without really trying? Jewel thief Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) was being chased by the police after a robbery when he was... [MORE]

68

Valley Girl (1983)

Cast: Deborah Foreman, Nicolas Cage, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye

Director: Martha Coolidge

Synopsis: A satiric romantic comedy, Martha Coolidge's Valley Girl is a testimony to the short-lived Southern California '80s craze. Julie (Deborah Foreman) ... [MORE]

69

Car Wash (1976)

Cast: Franklyn Ajaye, George Carlin, Prof. Irwin Corey, Richard Pryor, The Pointer Sisters

Director: Michael Schultz

Synopsis: Michael Schultz directed this kinetic, hyperventilating comedy (scripted by Joel Schumacher) concerning the crazed events that go on within a singl... [MORE]

70

Friday (1995)

Cast: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tiny 'Zeus' Lister Jr., John Witherspoon

Director: F. Gary Gray

Synopsis: Hard-core rapper Ice Cube, after appearing in such hard-hitting films as Boyz 'N the Hood and Higher Learning, played his first comic role in this ... [MORE]

71

Mi vida loca (1993)

Cast: Angel Avilés, Seidy López, Jacob Vargas, Marlo Marron, Devine

Director: Allison Anders

72

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

Cast: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Little Richard, Tracy Nelson

Director: Paul Mazursky

Synopsis: Down and Out in Beverly Hills is an updated remake of the 1932 Jean Renoir film Boudu Saved From Drowning. Philandering businessman Dave Whiteman (... [MORE]

73

Earthquake (1974)

Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Genevieve Bujold

Director: Mark Robson

Synopsis: Los Angeles is the natural site for a film about earthquakes: they happen there frequently, and the landscape is familiar to moviegoers from thousa... [MORE]

74

American Gigolo (1980)

Cast: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Bill Duke, Nina Van Pallandt

Director: Paul Schrader

Synopsis: A slick Los Angeles callboy finds love and redemption in Paul Schrader's ultra-stylish drama. High-living prostitute Julian Kay (Richard Gere, step... [MORE]

75

Less Than Zero (1987)

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jami Gertz, James Spader, Tony Bill, Andrew McCarthy

Director: Marek Kanievska

Synopsis: This drama about affluent Los Angeles teens is taken from the novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Clay (Andrew McCarthy) is a college freshman who returns ... [MORE]

76

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Cast: Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, George Carlin, Rod Loomis, Terry Camilleri

Director: Stephen Herek

Synopsis: With only a few days before their high-school graduation, it looks like airheaded rock star wannabes Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are ... [MORE]

77

Grand Canyon (1991)

Cast: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Mary McDonnell, Steve Martin, Mary-Louise Parker

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Synopsis: Director Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon is a gathering of random events, uniting the film's wildly divergent protagonists. Driving home from an LA... [MORE]

78

Valley of the Dolls (1967)

Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Paul Burke, Tony Scotti

Director: Mark Robson

Synopsis: A cinematic take on a 1960s best-seller, Valley of the Dolls traces the ups and downs of three young women as fame, booze, pills, and men consume t... [MORE]