L.A. Confidential

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degree7 — 11 years ago(August 23, 2014 02:36 PM)

Pulp Fiction.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.

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mgtbltp — 11 years ago(September 01, 2014 08:48 AM)

Crime Wave (1954)

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Ed in MO — 11 years ago(September 16, 2014 12:28 PM)

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Double Indemnity, the original film noir.
Phyllis: I'm a native Californian. Born right here in Los Angeles.
Walter Neff: They say all native Californians come from Iowa.

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john-daly-532-644927 — 11 years ago(September 22, 2014 02:06 PM)

Agree with a lot of the candidates mentioned, but how about: Jacky Brown, The Big Sleep (1946), Shampoo, Singing in the Rain, Rebel Without a Cause, Devil in a Blue Dress, Clueless, L.A. Story, True Confessions or The Day of the Locust?

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ridge-m-1 — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 06:51 AM)

Finally, one reads these posts and nobody mentions Double Indemnity until now. This aficionado will add another, Sunset Boulevard. Add Chinatown and the viewer has a triple feature of masterpieces.
Joe Gillis: You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.
Norma Desmond: I AM big. It's the pictures that got small.
LAC falls a little short of the aforementioned competition although Hanson uses wonderful locations and Helgeland's adaptation of Ellroy's novel was a Herculean task to come up with a filmable screenplay. A thoroughly enjoyable picture but let's keep the competition in perspective.

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rp69 — 11 years ago(November 10, 2014 08:07 AM)

I'm posting to you mgtbltp because you're the only person to mention a true LA classic.
Have you seen the Lineup 195x? Eli Wallach and I think Farley Granger. It's a really good movie, but the commentary track has James Elroy and another film historian giving a tour of old LA. The entire movie was shot on location all over Los Angeles. Not only is the commentary interesting, but it's absolutely hysterical. James Elroy is insane!

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drew-415 — 10 years ago(November 24, 2015 01:40 PM)

Line-Up is San Francisco

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requiem_foradream — 11 years ago(September 28, 2014 01:20 PM)

1. Chinatown
2. LA Confidential
3. Mulholland Drive

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Mickolynj — 9 years ago(October 05, 2016 07:46 AM)

Finally someone lists "Mulholland Falls" Thank you!
My rating would be exactly like yours.

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hnt_dnl — 11 years ago(October 28, 2014 01:34 AM)

Neither.
Collateral
should hold that honor.

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ddb540 — 11 years ago(October 31, 2014 09:16 PM)

The Big Lebowski

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PUmatty — 11 years ago(November 05, 2014 07:28 PM)

The Player deserves a mention.

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Koomsic — 11 years ago(November 10, 2014 07:34 AM)

What about Falling Down ?
IMO

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armanmarok — 11 years ago(November 30, 2014 08:27 PM)

That would be
Kiss Me Deadly
.

My Top 100 Favorite Films:
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renergy — 11 years ago(February 15, 2015 11:17 AM)

Pulp Fiction.

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jacka-katherine — 10 years ago(March 07, 2016 09:38 PM)

Not just those two. I would add The Big Sleep, Day of the Locust and Heat.

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hafabee — 9 years ago(April 14, 2016 10:18 AM)

I was going to say
Chinatown
before I even opened your thread.
But
L.A. Confidential
is terrific, I just saw it again recently and it seems to get better with every viewing. I think it has even more watch-ability than
Chinatown
, which, while excellent, is depressing.

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tlee222 — 9 years ago(April 15, 2016 08:52 PM)

The OP is all over it. There are some good movies mentioned in the interim, but it does come down to Chinatown and L.A. Confidential.
I personally prefer L.A. Conf. (watch it at least twice every year), but historical standards tells me Chinatown is the better movie.
But it's damn close.