Films set in San Francisco & surrounding area

[moonsi til]

I’m looking for films to recommend to 12 & 15 yr olds please. They are off to California in October on an amazing trip to visit family & see the sites. They have a week in San Fran so any films or TV shows to watch of San Fran & surrounding areas to enhance that just like the film feeling.

They are going to muscle beach & Anaheim too & maybe downtown LA.

 

[contadino]

Any of the Dirty Harry series, plus Bullitt are the obvious ones.

Oh, and The Conversation.

 

[not-bono-ever]

What’s up doc

 

[Elpenor]

Basic Instinct

Edit - just read the ages mentioned - scrap that

 

[platinumsage]

Zodiac

 

[Elpenor]

Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood is good if they’re going to visit the island

 

[Winot]

Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood is good if they’re going to visit the island

The island is definitely worth a visit.

 

[AverageJoe]

The Streets of San Francisco - Wikipedia

 

[platinumsage]

The island is definitely worth a visit.

Only if you've seen movies about it. Otherwise it's just a depressing ruined jail on a rock.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

The Last Black Man in San Francisco.

 

[krtek a houby]

Vertigo

 

[DaveCinzano]

• Pacific Heights
• The Rock
• Kuffs
• The Bridge
• Milk
• The Presidio

 

[Pickman's model]

I’m looking for films to recommend to 12 & 15 yr olds please. They are off to California in October on an amazing trip to visit family & see the sites. They have a week in San Fran so any films or TV shows to watch of San Fran & surrounding areas to enhance that just like the film feeling.

They are going to muscle beach & Anaheim too & maybe downtown LA.

If you're popping la in the mix then the big sleep, once upon a time in Hollywood, farewell my lovely, double indemnity and so on ad nauseam

 

[Spandex]

 

[contadino]

The Love Bug and Herbie Rides Again

 

[Epona]

Zodiac

Probably not for a 12 year old

 

[Maltin]

Category:Films shot in San Francisco - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If not the whole film, they should watch this from Bullitt with a drive around San Francisco to get a sense of the hills and can also see Coit Tower - Wikipedia, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate bridge.



The Towering Inferno is set there and was partly filmed at the former Bank of America tower on 555 California Street - Wikipedia

Maybe The Rock.

Filming Locations for The Rock (1996) in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Travel guide to film locations for The Rock (1996) in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

movie-locations.com

Of more recent ones, although futuristic, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and X-Men: The Last Stand.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Not a film, but a top afternoon is to walk across the bridge, a drink and nibbles in Sausalito, ferry back to San Francisco.

 

[danski]

A bit niche but if they happen to like skateboarding then this is perfect although it really is just about skating. The ‘story’ is as bad a porno.
Also, Tony Hawk when only fairly well known.


Eta...not all set in SF

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[T & P]

The Rock is a must, frankly

 

[A380]

The Rock is a must, frankly

This

 

[Throbbing Angel]

So I married an axe murderer

Mike Myers, 1993

 

[krtek a houby]

The Rock is a must, frankly

Best Bond film ever

 

[T & P]

One or two Star Trek films as well, come to think of it…

 

[krtek a houby]

One or two Star Trek films as well, come to think of it…

The Voyage Home for sure

 

[Mumbles274]

Not a film, but this has great shots of SF and skaters

 

[krtek a houby]

Has Birdman of Alcatraz been mentioned yet? One of the great Alcatraz - actually, one of the greatest prison films ever - stories made. Burt Lancaster stars.

 

[T & P]

A series rather than a film, but Tales of the City is a quintessential San Francisco item.

 

[krtek a houby]

Time After Time

Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen star in SF-based SF where HG Wells travels in his time machine to present day (1970s).