Top 10 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.
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2. The Maltese Falcon
Classic Bogart (1941), in which he embodies detective Sam Spade. The four-year-old Bay Bridge is in evidence.
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3. Dark Passage
This Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall vehicle (1947) makes use of San Francisco’s moody climate.
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4. Vertigo
A classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller (1958) memorably shows the crashing waves under Golden Gate Bridge.
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5. Bullitt
Probably the most famous car-chase ever filmed, due to the city’s infamous hills (1968).
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6. Dirty Harry
Yet another detective story (1971) set in the city that invites such mysteries, perhaps due to its fog.
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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.
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8. The Woman in Red
Famous sights play important roles in this 1984 comedy starring Gene Wilder.
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9. Basic Instinct
This 1992 thriller sees Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas cross Golden Gate Bridge to a love-pad at Seadrift.
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10. Mrs Doubtfire
Native San Franciscan Robin Williams is in drag in this 1993 spoof. Golden Gate Park is shown to full effect.
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