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Stories Set in Los Angeles
Marlowe's office, Mulholland's blue box, studio gates and Los Santos freeways — LA is where stories about storytelling are set. These ten span noir to neo-noir; also explore Golden Age Hollywood (1930–1959).
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Pulp Fiction
A burger-loving hit man his philosophical partner a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back…
Inception
Cobb a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception" the…
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son John the future leader of the resistance is the target for a newer more deadly terminator. Once again…
Blade Runner 2049
Thirty years after the events of the first film a new blade runner LAPD Officer K unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to…
American History X
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother Danny Vineyard's narration we learn that before going to prison Derek was a skinhead and the leader of…
Blade Runner
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019 blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short…
La La Land
Mia an aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian a jazz musician scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin…
Memento
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer however is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare untreatable form of short-term memory…
Her
In the not so distant future Theodore a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise a romantic relationship develops between him and his…
Reservoir Dogs
A botched robbery indicates a police informant and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White newcomer Mr. Orange psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde…
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