Films set in California

1999 film by Kevin Williamson

2014 film by Michael Tiddes

1980 film directed by Sidney Poitier

2018 film directed by Victor Levin

2020 film directed by Gavin O'Connor

2018 film directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig

1924 film by Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer

2018 film directed by James Cox

Breezy is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, produced by Robert Daley, and written by Jo Heims. The film stars William Holden and Kay Lenz, with Roger C. Carmel, Marj Dusay, and Joan Hotchkis in supporting roles. It is the third film directed by Eastwood and the first without him starring in it.

1971 film by Monte Hellman

1979 film directed by Paul Schrader

2019 film directed by Andy Fickman

2015 film directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez

2007 film by Jake Kasdan

1998 film by Pat Proft

1956 film by Nicholas Ray

2006 film directed by Phil Joanou

The Roses is a 2025 satirical black comedy film directed by Jay Roach from a screenplay by Tony McNamara. It is based on the 1981 novel The War of the Roses by Warren Adler, and a reimagining of the 1989 film of the same name. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as a successful couple whose seemingly picture-perfect marriage begins falling apart. Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow, Sunita Mani, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, and Kate McKinnon appear in supporting roles.

2004 American film by Damon Santostefano

1984 film by Nick Castle

1998 film by Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont

2011 film directed by Joel Soisson

2010 film by Quentin Dupieux

1944 American film by Mervyn LeRoy

2019 film directed by Peter Sullivan

1978 film by Robert Mulligan

2013 film by Michael Tiddes

2001 film by Tim Hill

2018 film by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

1941 film by George Stevens

1980 film by Jonathan Demme

1996 film directed by Matthew Bright

2017 film directed by Ric Roman Waugh

1988 American comic science fiction film by Stewart Raffill

1952 film directed by Felix E. Feist

A.X.L. is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film written and directed by Oliver Daly and starring Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll, Dominic Rains, and Thomas Jane. It tells the story of a teenage boy who encounters a robotic dog created from cutting edge military technology. It was released in the United States on August 24, 2018, by Global Road Entertainment, receiving generally negative reviews from critics and grossing $15 million above its $9 million budget.

2010 film by Shana Feste

1974 film by Robert Stevenson

2020 film directed by Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin

2009 film by Kyle Newman

2008 American film by Tom Putnam

1995 film by Jocelyn Moorhouse

2019 American film directed by McG

1981 film by Joseph Zito

2009 film by Savage Steve Holland

1977 film by Jack Smight

2010 film by James Nguyen

1985 film by Savage Steve Holland

1984 film by Jonathan Demme

1934 film by Norman Z. McLeod

1978 film by John Milius

2025 film directed by Ethan Coen

1948 film by Fred Zinnemann

2002 film by Dewey Nicks

Newness is a 2017 American romantic drama film directed by Drake Doremus from a screenplay by Ben York Jones. It stars Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Courtney Eaton, Danny Huston and Esther Perel.

1992 film directed by Bill Duke

1997 film directed by Brian Robbins

1999 film by Antonia Bird

2000 film directed by Tobe Hooper

2011 television film directed by Arlene Sanford