The 80s Cruise Goes To L.A. in 2023!

 Here's a list of '80s movies set in Los Angeles to get you in the mood...

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 

Airplane! (1980) 

Barfly (1987) 

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) 

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) 

Blade Runner (1982) 

Blue Thunder (1983) 

Body Double (1984) 

Born in East L.A. (1987) 

Colors (1988) 

Crimes of Passion (1984) 

Die Hard (1988) 

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) 

Dragnet (1987) 

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) 

Echo Park (1986) 

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) 

The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988) 

The Hidden (1987)

I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) 

Into the Night (1985) 

Irreconcilable Differences (1984) 

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Fletch (1985) 

Frances (1982) 

Grease 2 (1982 local suburbs, e.g. Hawthorne)  

The Karate Kid (1984) 

The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) 

The Karate Kid, Part III (1989) 

La Bamba (1987) 

Less Than Zero (1987) 

Lethal Weapon (1987) 

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 

Miracle Mile (1988) 

Modern Girls (1986) 

Mommie Dearest (1981) S.O.B. (1981) 

Midnight Madness (1980) 

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) 

Night of the Comet (1984) 

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) 

Repo Man (1984) 

Ruthless People (1986) 

Skin Deep (1989) 

The Star Chamber (1983) 

Stand and Deliver (1988) 

Sunset (1988) 

Swing Shift (1984) 

Tequila Sunrise (1988) 

 The Terminator (1984) 

That's Life! (1986) 

They Live (1988)

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) 

Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

True Confessions (1981) 

Tuff Turf (1985) 

Twins (1988) 

Valley Girl (1983) 

White Dog (1982) 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 

Zoot Suit (1981)