San Francisco, California, has
many distinctive features (and an equally distinctive history) that
have made this city an attractive setting for motion pictures. The
following is a partial list of movies set in San Francisco:
Greed (1924)
Old San Francisco (1926)
San Francisco (1936) (the best-remembered film about the earthquake
that leveled that city)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Vertigo (1958)
Experiment in Terror (1962)
The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
Bullitt (1968)
Dirty Harry (1971)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Magnum Force (1973)
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Enforcer (1976)
Foul Play (1977)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Escape from Alcatraz (1981)
48 Hrs. (1981)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Dead Pool (1988)
The Presidio (1988)
The Joy Luck Club (1989)
Kuffs (1992)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1994)
The Rock (1996)
Just Like Heaven (2005)