California Movies

Girls Night In is a satirical horror short that was created based on the Bechdel test. The test examines works of fiction to see whether there are...

In a contemporary reimagining of the American West, three young women - a snake hunter, a New York artist, and a rodeo queen - challenge the idea of...

Wendy, a Chinese “parachute kid,” is struggling to adapt to her new American life.

In this youthful drama, Tom, a 14- year-old who's parents have just divorced, is abruptly uprooted from his wealthy Chicago home and sent to the...

Explorations in 21st Century American Architecture Series: Ray Kappe has long been a cult figure in the architectural scene in and around Los...

A very stressed young woman is dismayed to find herself behaving like her own mother, with whom she has an extremely combative relationship.

Disaster strikes when an aging actress invites her eccentric family to Hollywood for the holidays.

A group of high school students on an archaeological dig discover a centuries old mummified body in a sealed cave. Removing the mummy, it soon comes...

An Iron Curtain defector who has been living for years as a California winegrower learns that Soviet agents are stalking him.

In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her....

Hoping to convince his wife that a promotion across the country could change their lives, Brian takes her on a trip to a faded resort town where they...

In this surreal romance, two young lovers lose their sense of identity through the powerful, and manipulated, emotions of love.

Los Angeles-based artist Ed Ruscha’s 1975 short film Miracle centers on a day in the life of an auto mechanic (played by artist Jim Ganzer),...

Americans come west to California in the hope of peaceful settlement. Roy and Gabby sing a duet: "We're Not Coming Out Tonight." Other songs include...

An erotic dancer turns up dead in a California resort recently inherited by a man & his family.

"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine...

In the weeks leading to Allie moving across the country, her best friend Jacob reckons with life without her in this intimate story of leaving and...

Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom. She must now rescue her father’s home from...

Once hunted to extinction, the California Grizzly survives only as a symbol, frozen on the state flag, waving over the land it once roamed. A century...