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3) Rampart
Pub. Date
c2012
Summary
A riveting parable about what happens to a man who refuses to change, even when change is the only thing that can save him. Dave Brown, a man who has taken the 'no guts, no glory' American mythos to heart, without questioning what it is doing to him and those he holds dear, is a cop whose personal life is propelled into a dizzying downward spiral when he comes under suspicion for roughing up a suspect.
5) Sharp stick
Pub. Date
[2022]
Summary
Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood, longing to be seen. After starting an affair with her older boss, she's thrust into education on sex and power.
7) La la land
Pub. Date
[2017]
Summary
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
10) Heat
Summary
Vincent Hanna is a brilliant L.A. cop. following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by master thief Neil McCauley. The trouble is, McCauley's expertise is at least equal to Hanna's.
11) I am
Pub. Date
2010
Summary
The Ten Commandments, as you've never seen them before, provide the framework for this compelling drama set in the City of Angels. A desperate heiress. A beautiful reporter. A vengeful detective. A charismatic district attorney. In modern-day Los Angeles, all of their lives will intersect, leading to profound choices that will test each character's morality and faith. With guidance from a mysterious stranger, these lost souls search for answers.
12) Car wash
Pub. Date
[2003]
Summary
An irreverent but affectionate look at a typical day in a Los Angeles car wash.
Pub. Date
2005
Summary
Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter and his partner, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, are homicide investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department. Often they must go undercover to catch a variety of L.A.-style villains. "Sporty" James, a helpful police-informant, occasionally provides a bit of humor in this action-drama T.V. series.
Pub. Date
c1987, cp2014
Summary
A team of ambitious and competitive attorneys must face the conflicts between their personal desires, their obligations as lawyers, and their principles as human beings. A portrayal of the law and its litigators that was both realistic and irreverent made L.A. Law a favorite of critics and audiences during its eight year run on NBC from 1986 to 1994.
15) 1941
Pub. Date
c1999
Summary
This zany comedy spectacular from Steven Spielberg is set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor when the fear of a Japanese invasion threw the city into a state of pandemonium.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Summary
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a spiritual health practitioner in Los Angeles. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire real estate developer. When these tow opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Summary
Set in the very near future, it centers on one family's struggle to survive an occupied Los Angeles, now a dangerous world of divided ideologies. While some choose to collaborate with the occupation and benefit from the new order, others rebel and suffer the consequences. Will Bowman a former FBI agent, and his wife Katie have been separated from their son during the invasion and do whatever is necessary to be reunited.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Summary
For Vince, Eric, Drama, and Turtle, life in Hollywood's fast lane can be an intoxicating roller-coaster of a ride. After hitting some speed bumps the last couple of years, Vince's career is in high gear after his role in a new Martin Scorsese film. But now that Vince is back on top, is it finally time for the entourage to step out of his shadow?
20) Beaches
Pub. Date
[2017]
Summary
In this contemporary remake, it follows the serendipitous meeting of two young girls on the Venice Beach Boardwalk who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on an unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles when a director who gives her first big shot discovers her. Hillary, the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer, is struggling to find her own destiny.
