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1. The Book of Eli (2010)
R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A drifter fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity's salvation.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Gary Oldman
Votes: 339,556 | Gross: $94.84M
2. WarGames (1983)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 110,838 | Gross: $79.57M
3. Short Circuit (1986)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton
Votes: 66,375 | Gross: $40.70M
4. The Doors (1991)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley
Votes: 99,134 | Gross: $35.18M
5. Cobra (1986)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 79,659 | Gross: $49.04M
6. Maniac (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Director: Franck Khalfoun | Stars: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Megan Duffy
Votes: 40,373 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West
Votes: 55,661
8. Free Willy (1993)
PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson
Votes: 83,025 | Gross: $77.70M
9. Menace II Society (1993)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda
Votes: 64,503 | Gross: $27.90M
10. Colors (1988)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks
Votes: 29,842 | Gross: $46.62M
11. S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
A SWAT compound comes under fire from an international terrorist who relentlessly and violently pursues a mystery man who was apprehended by Seattle SWAT after a raid went horribly wrong.
Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Sam Jaeger, Adrianne Palicki, Michael Jai White, Kyra Zagorsky
Votes: 4,438
12. Airport 1975 (1974)
PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 11,881 | Gross: $47.29M
13. The First Power (1990)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A dedicated L.A. police detective and a psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.
Director: Robert Resnikoff | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson
Votes: 4,885 | Gross: $22.42M
14. The Final Terror (1983)
R | 84 min | Horror
A group of rangers go camping on unfamiliar forest grounds. All's well until the group members start getting killed by a cunning killer in the woods.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Ernest Harden Jr., Lewis Smith
Votes: 3,747
15. Anguish (1987)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Àngel Jové
Votes: 4,307 | Gross: $0.23M
16. Unhinged (1982)
Unrated | 79 min | Horror
Three young women who crash their car during a rainstorm are taken in by a bizarre family at their large, rural estate.
Director: Don Gronquist | Stars: Laurel Munson, Janet Penner, Sara Ansley, Virginia Settle
Votes: 1,980
17. The Sea Hornet (1951)
Passed | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray, Chill Wills
Votes: 78
18. The Forest (1982)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
Director: Don Jones | Stars: Dean Russell, Gary Kent, Tomi Barrett, John Batis
Votes: 1,580
19. Road Dogz (2002)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama
Carefree days come to an end when three Latino friends face personal crises in Los Angeles.
Director: Alfredo Ramos | Stars: Clifton Collins Jr., Greg Serano, Jacob Vargas, Lobo Sebastian
Votes: 361
20. Deluge (1933)
70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Peggy Shannon, Lois Wilson, Sidney Blackmer, Matt Moore
Votes: 707
21. Biggie & Tupac (2002)
R | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary on the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls and the East Coast/West Coast, hip-hop/rap rivalry that culminated in late 1996 and early 1997.
Director: Nick Broomfield | Stars: The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Nick Broomfield, Russell Poole
Votes: 5,012 | Gross: $0.09M
22. White T (2013)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Herbert and Henry (Jerod and Jamal Mixon) are twin brothers who dream of becoming the biggest rap stars in the game. Their chance at superstardom comes after they buy a T-shirt with a ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Frank | Stars: Jamal Mixon, Jerod Mixon, Eric Roberts, Deion Sanders
Votes: 511
23. Wild Seed (1965)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A 17-year-old girl runs away from her East Coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated... See full summary »
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Michael Parks, Celia Milius, Ross Elliott, Woodrow Chambliss
Votes: 407
24. Erika's Hot Summer (1971)
65 min | Drama, Romance
Sleazeball photographer Steve is busy taking pictures of beautiful young women, bedding them and then dumping them. One day he meets the woman of his dreams on the beach: Erika. Once he's ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Erica Gavin, Walt Phillips, Merci Montello, Lynn Harris
Votes: 109
25. Deadly Force (1983)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced former police officer returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a mass murderer. When he crosses paths with his estranged wife, he tries to rekindle their relationship.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls, Paul Shenar, Al Ruscio
Votes: 498 | Gross: $1.71M
26. Le loup de la côte Ouest (2002)
132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective thriller about a private eye, who was hired by one of the gangsters.
Director: Hugo Santiago | Stars: James Faulkner, Anna Mouglalis, Gérard Watkins, Valérie Dréville
Votes: 79
27. Teenage Tramp (1973)
R | 80 min | Crime, Drama
Wayward, uninhibited young runaway Kim has fallen in with a bad crowd. She decides to flee them and head to the West Coast to reunite with her uptight, neurotic, estranged older sister ... See full summary »
Director: Anton Holden | Stars: Robin Lane, Alisha Fontaine, Anthony Massena, Don Jarrell
Votes: 188
28. The Glove (1979)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bounty hunter is offered $20,000 - off the record - for the capture of a very large man who dons body armor and steel-plated gauntlets for his regular beatings of some unfortunate individuals.
Director: Ross Hagen | Stars: John Saxon, Roosevelt Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell
Votes: 449
29. Prep School (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport
When the star player of an elite prep school rugby team suffers an emotional collapse, his friends and teammates respond in their own ways, ranging from heroic to horrifying.
Director: Sean Nichols Lynch | Stars: Carly Schroeder, Taylor Lambert, Ben Bellamy, Austin Scott
Votes: 563
30. Big Wave (1984)
93 min | Documentary, Sport
Big Wave is a documentary directed by Walter McConnelly and published on May 25, 1984 that presents the types of outdoor and risky sports present on the west coast of the United States such... See full summary »
Director: Walt Mulconery | Star: Kamasami Kong
Votes: 31
31. Hijos de la guerra (2007)
90 min | Documentary
Hijos de la Guerra ("Children of the War") is a feature-length documentary film about the world's largest and most violent street gang: the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. The MS-13 ... See full summary »
Directors: Alexandre Fuchs, Samantha Belmont, Jeremy Fourteau
Votes: 96
32. Roboshark (2015 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A great white bites a UFO aircraft in the Pacific and turns into a robo/shark hybrid.
Director: Jeffery Scott Lando | Stars: Alexis Peterman, Matt Rippy, Nigel Barber, Vanessa Grasse
Votes: 1,328
33. Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music including the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descen...
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Simon Wells, Jeff Guinn, Anthony DeCurtis, Peter Richardson
Votes: 308
34. One Peace at a Time (2009)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
Filmed in 20 countries, with the insights of Nobel Laureates: Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize), Steve Chu (Nobel Prize Physics and President Obama's Secretary of Energy) & Desmond Tutu (... See full summary »
Director: Turk Pipkin | Stars: Donna Berber, Philip Berber, Caroline Boudreaux, Steve Chu
Votes: 71 | Gross: $0.01M
35. 17 Days Down the Line (1972)
37 min | Documentary, Short, Family
A documentary detailing a 17 day road-trip from from the east coast of America to the west.
Director: Michael Mann | Star: Marvin Kupfer
Votes: 33
36. To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story (2017)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography
The emotional story of Kane Hodder who survived a harrowing childhood and near-death accident to become one of films biggest and most beloved horror icons.
Director: Derek Dennis Herbert | Stars: Kane Hodder, Mike Aloisi, John Carl Buechler, Bruce Campbell
Votes: 862
37. Can't Be Stopped (2022)
102 min | Documentary
Hollywood's own "Can't Be Stopped" crew is one of the most influential and recognizable graffiti crews to emerge out of the U.S. is Since its inception in the early 1980's, the initials ... See full summary »
Director: Cody Smith | Stars: 2Mex, Marc 7, Alchemist, Brandon '2Tone' Anderson
Votes: 55
38. Darius Goes West (2007)
92 min | Documentary
Darius Weems, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, travels across the country with eleven friends on a mission to get his wheelchair customized by MTV's "Pimp My Ride."
Director: Logan Smalley | Stars: Darius Weems, Andrew Carson, Daniel Epting, John Hadden
Votes: 273
39. Pacific Blackout (1941)
Passed | 76 min | Mystery
While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. The inventor of a new range finder for ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Robert Preston, Martha O'Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Eva Gabor
Votes: 78
40. Our Summer of Song
Adventure, Comedy, Family | Pre-production
A whimsical coming-of-age story unfolding the adventures of Timothy Jones Jr. during a summer in the seventies when he and his mother ran away with a circus and traveled down the West coast of America playing Rock and Roll music.
41. Big Giant Wave (2023)
88 min | Documentary
Big Giant Wave illustrates our essential connection with rhythm, music, our planet, the brain, daily lives and our collective humanity.
Director: Marie-Julie Dallaire | Stars: Ron Davis Alvarez, Ezra Azmon, Nathalie Fernando, Gordon Hempton
Votes: 33
42. Dead Famous (2004–2006)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
Gail Porter and Chris Fleming take a spirited road trip through the West Coast of America looking for the ghostly locations where the legends of stage and screen reside.
Stars: Gail Porter, Chris Fleming, Carla Baron, Richard Senate
Votes: 222
43. Consignment (2007 Video)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Director: Sid Kali | Stars: James E. Hurd Jr., Jerome Hawkins, Tim Beachum, Walter Pagan
Votes: 100
44. David Jason: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (2019– )
60 min | Reality-TV
British actor David Jason travels around the West Coast of the United States.
Stars: David Jason, Rick Seaman, Stu Mundel, Ehab Hanna
Votes: 32
45. Sunshine Periphery (2020)
21 min | Short, Mystery
An apathetic man faces an involuntary evaluation of his life after awakening in a surrealist fever dream.
Director: Eric J. Liddle | Stars: Gabriel Tauber, Lary Muller, Matthew Greenaway
46. Province 77 (2002)
111 min | Action
Thai Town is a six-block area near Hollywood, Los Angeles, which is home to over 50,000 expatriated Thais. The town is such a gateway for Thais entering America it was dubbed Thailand's ... See full summary »
Director: Smith Timsawat | Stars: Charlene Amatavanich, Van Ayasit, Prinya Intachai, Mike Kingpayom
Votes: 83
47. River Dogs
Documentary | Completed
An independent investigation of the mysterious and evil events happening to California sea lions on the Columbia river over the past two decades.
Director: Ksenia Kartopoltseva | Stars: Veronica Montoya, Larry Montoya, Dave Densmore, Arline LaMear
48. Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp (2022)
56 min | Documentary, History
The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.
Director: Rory Banyard | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Frank Chin, Mike Ishii, Paul Nagano
Votes: 17
49. Evergreen (1965)
12 min | Short, Drama, Music
A series of scenes exploring the relationship of a jazz musician and an art student in 1960s Los Angeles.
Director: Ray Manzarek | Stars: Hank Olguin, Dorothy Manzarek
Votes: 59
50. For the Record: The Story of Latinos in Hip Hop
Documentary | Filming
"FOR THE RECORD", is the story of Latin hip hop, it's roots and the impact it's had on hip hop as a culture. Radio Personality "CECE" of LA hip hop radio station KDAY and Director John F.U.... See full summary »
Director: John F. Uranday | Stars: Diamonique, Kid Frost, Scoop Deville, Nick Vidal