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San Francisco : Top 10 Movies Set in San Francisco

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1. San Francisco

Clark Gable and Jeannette Macdonald star in this 1936 film set amid the rubble of the 1906 earthquake.
2. The Maltese Falcon

Classic Bogart (1941), in which he embodies detective Sam Spade. The four-year-old Bay Bridge is in evidence.
3. Dark Passage

This Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall vehicle (1947) makes use of San Francisco’s moody climate.
4. Vertigo

A classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller (1958) memorably shows the crashing waves under Golden Gate Bridge.
5. Bullitt

Probably the most famous car-chase ever filmed, due to the city’s infamous hills (1968).
6. Dirty Harry

Yet another detective story (1971) set in the city that invites such mysteries, perhaps due to its fog.
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

This 1978 remake of the 1950s classic stars Donald Sutherland as the last survivor of a chilling alien takeover.
8. The Woman in Red

Famous sights play important roles in this 1984 comedy starring Gene Wilder.
9. Basic Instinct

This 1992 thriller sees Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas cross Golden Gate Bridge to a love-pad at Seadrift.
10. Mrs Doubtfire

Native San Franciscan Robin Williams is in drag in this 1993 spoof. Golden Gate Park is shown to full effect.