List of Films Set in Los Angeles - 1980s

1980s

• Airplane! (1980)
• Midnight Madness (1980)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
• Mommie Dearest (1981)
• S.O.B. (1981)
• Zoot Suit (1981)
• True Confessions (1981)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
• Frances (1982)
• Grease 2 (1982 local suburbs, e.g. Hawthorne)
• White Dog (1982)
• Blue Thunder (1983)
• Valley Girl (1983)
• The Star Chamber (1983)
• Repo Man (1984)
• Crimes of Passion (1984)
• Body Double (1984)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• Night of the Comet (1984)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• The Terminator (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
• Fletch (1985)
• Into the Night (1985)
• To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• Tuff Turf (1985)
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
• Echo Park (1986)
• The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
• Modern Girls (1986)
• Ruthless People (1986)
• That's Life! (1986)
• Barfly (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• Born in East L.A. (1987)
• Dragnet (1987)
• The Hidden (1987)
• La Bamba (1987)
• Less Than Zero (1987)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Colors (1988)
• The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
• Miracle Mile (1988)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Stand and Deliver (1988)
• Sunset (1988)
• Tequila Sunrise (1988)
• They Live (1988)
• Twins (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
• The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• Skin Deep (1989)
• Troop Beverly Hills (1989)