New Orleans in Film
Submitted by flfrleta on Sun, 10/16/2005 - 02:01
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- Movies filmed in and set in, in whole or in part, the city of New Orleans.
- Above and Beyond
- (2001) A married couple and their best friend face emotional trials and physical injuries.
- Albino Alligator
- (1996) A trio of crooks trapped in a bar take the occupants as hostages.
- Angel Heart
- (1987) A private detective searches for a missing big band singer.
- Bad City Blues
- (1999) A doctor with a dark past helps a wounded thief abandoned on his doorstep with $2 million in cash.
- The Badge
- (2002) A sheriff investigating a transsexual prostitute's murder links it to the upcoming election.
- The Big Easy
- (1987) A cop investigating a mob war romances a lady lawyer investigating police corruption.
- Blaze
- (1989) A stripper has an affair with the Louisiana governor.
- The Buccaneer
- (1938) The pirate Jean LaFitte helps defend the city during the War of 1812.
- Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh
- (1995) A look at the Candyman's origin.
- Cat People
- (1982) A woman changes into a killer black panther when sexually aroused.
- Child of Glass
- (1978) A boy and a young girl's ghost look for lost treasure from the Civil War.
- The Cincinnati Kid
- (1965) A poker player comes into town for a big stakes tournament.
- The Client
- (1994) A kid is wanted by both the Feds and the Mob after he witnesses a Mafia lawyer's suicide.
- Codename: Silencer
- (1995) Two assassins set out to kill the agents who put one of them in jail.
- Crossroads
- (2002) Three girlfriends and a guy go on a road trip.
- Crypt of Dark Secrets
- (1976) A Vietnam veteran gets revenge on his would-be killers with the help of an Indian witch.
- The Dangerous
- (1994) A cop and a biker lust after the same woman.
- Dead Man Walking
- (1995) A nun becomes spiritual advisor to a man on death-row.
- Delta Heat
- (1992) A Los Angeles cop comes to the city to track down the source of a new designer drug.
- Double Jeopardy
- (1999) A paroled woman hunts down her husband who framed her for his faked murder.
- Down By Law
- (1986) Three convicts escape from jail and hide out in swampland.
- Dracula 2000
- (2000) Dracula goes after a female descendant of his old foe Van Helsing.
- Dreamer
- (2005) An injured racehorse is rehabilitated by a horse trainer and his young daughter.
- Easy Rider
- (1969) Two bikers on a trek to find out what America is all about.
- Failure to Launch
- (2006) The parents of a 35-year-old man hire a woman to romance him out of their house.
- Fait Accompli aka Voodoo Dawn
- (1998) A bar owner has a scheme involving a bag of money with a voodoo curse.
- False Witness
- (1989) A district attorney and a private investigator work the same rape-murder case.
- The Flame of New Orleans
- (1941) A woman is romancing both a banker and a sea captain.
- French Quarter
- (1977) A young prostitute is the reincarnation of a turn-of-the-century prostitute.
- French Quarter Undercover
- (1985) Two undercover cops try to stop a terrorist plot.
- The Glass Cage
- (1996) An ex-CIA agent/bartender and his dancer girlfriend are targets for a jealous bar owner and a dirty cop.
- Hard Target
- (1993) A merchant seaman comes to the aid of a woman with a missing father.
- Hard Times
- (1975) A drifter makes money by bare-knuckle prizefighting.
- Hobson's Choice
- (1983) A girl rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.
- Holiday for Sinners
- (1952) Three men face a crisis during the last weekend of Mardi Gras.
- Hotel
- (1967) Life in a busy hotel.
- House of Secrets
- (1993) A doctor who is murdered by his wife and mistress appears to have returned to life.
- Interview With a Vampire
- (1994) A vampire tells his story.
- The Invisible Avenger
- (1958) A crime fighter with the power to cloud men's minds investigates the disappearance of his friend.
- JFK
- (1991) A New Orleans D.A. believes President Kennedy's assassination was the work of a conspiracy.
- Johnny Handsome
- (1989) A convict is given plastic surgery to repair his disfigured face.
- Judas Kiss
- (1998) A computer manufacturer is kidnapped and held for $4 million dollars ransom by double-crossing crooks.
- King Creole
- (1958) A teenager with ties to organized crime becomes a successful pop singer.
- Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
- (1970) A recently married woman is having an affair with her husband's half-brother.
- Le Declic aka The Turn-On
- (1985) A doctor discovers a device to increase sexual excitement.
- Letters from a Killer
- (1998) A released convict is stalked and framed for murder by one of his four women pen-pals.
- Live and Let Die
- (1973) A voodoo-practicing drug dealer who wants to control the western economy goes up against superspy James Bond.
- The Louisiana Hussy
- (1959) A woman has an affair with one brother and tries to seduce the other.
- A Love Song for Bobby Long
- (2004) An 18-year-old returns to her childhood home after her mother's death and finds two of her mother's friends living there.
- Mardi Gras
- (1958) A military school cadet wins a date with a movie star.
- Mardi Gras for the Devil
- (1993) A cop tries to stop a demon who sacrifices humans during Mardi Gras.
- Mardi Gras Massacre
- (1978) A cop tries to stop an Aztec priest who sacrifices humans to an Aztec god during Mardi Gras.
- Miller's Crossing
- (1990) A gang war erupts between Irish and Italian mobsters.
- Mirrors
- (1978) A woman's dreams lead to death.
- The Monster and the Stripper
- (1968) A monster is captured in swampland and put on display in a strip joint.
- A Murder of Crows
- (1999) A disbarred lawyer passes off as his own a dead man's unpublished novel and is then pegged as a serial killer.
- Naughty New Orleans
- (1954) A girl hides her job as a stripper from her gangster boyfriend.
- New Orleans
- (1947) A fictional look at the early years of jazz.
- New Orleans After Dark
- (1958) Two cops go after a dope ring.
- New Orleans Uncensored
- (1955) An account of racketeer busting.
- Nightmare
- (1956) A big band clarinetist is hypnotised to kill a man.
- Night of the Strangler
- (1973) An interracial affair leads to murder.
- Night Trap
- (1993) A cop risks losing his soul to stop a demon possessed prostitute killer by the end of Mardi Gras.
- No Mercy
- (1986) A cop is out to avenge his partner's murder by a crime lord.
- Obsession
- (1976) A man meets a young woman who is the spitting image of his murdered wife.
- Panic in the Streets
- (1950) A gangster infected by the plague is loose in the city.
- The Pelican Brief
- (1993) A law student runs for her life after writing her theory on the murders of two Supreme Court justices.
- Pretty Baby
- (1978) A photographer marries an 11-year-old prostitute.
- Ray
- (2004) The story of singer Ray Charles.
- Riders
- (2001) Two young sisters leave home to escape their mother's new boyfriend and find their absentee father.
- Runaway Jury
- (2003) A jury is rigged in a case against a gun manufacturer.
- The Savage Bees
- (1976) A swarm of killer bees attack the crowds during Mardi Gras.
- The Skeleton Key
- (2005) A nursing student cares for a stroke-victim in a house of black magic practitioners.
- Sonny
- (2002) An ex-GI goes back to work as a male prostitute.
- Storyville
- (1992) A young lawyer running for Congress is blackmailed by his lover.
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- (1951) A neurotic woman has problems with her crude brother-in-law.
- Tempted
- (2001) A dying man puts his wife's marriage vows to the test when he hires a young man to tempt her.
- Tightrope
- (1984) A cop tracks a prostitute killer.
- Top Model
- (1988) A writer researches her new book by working as a nude model and prostitute.
- Tune in Tomorrow
- (1990) A soap opera writer engineers real life romances and uses them in his melodramas.
- Undercover Blues
- (1993) Married spies try to stop an old enemy from selling stolen weapons.
- The Unholy
- (1988) A priest struggles with a demon for the lives of his parishioners.
- Vendetta
- (1999) The true story of the largest lynching in USA history... a group of framed Italians.
- Venom
- (2005) A possessed man turns crazed killer and chases a group of teens through swampland.
- Waiting
- (2005) A group of restaurant workers relieve their boredom by flashing their penises and getting drunk.
- Wild at Heart
- (1990) A young couple go on the run to escape from her mother and his parole officer.
- Zandalee
- (1991) A bored housewife has an affair with her husband's friend.
- Movies set in, in whole or in part, the city of New Orleans but filmed in locations unknown.
- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
- (1953) The duo take a trip to Venus (not Mars) and find a planet of pretty women and no men.
- Banjo on My Knee
- (1936) A city girl marries into a family of river people living along the banks of the Mississippi.
- Bed of Roses
- (1933) Two young women released from reform school go looking for rich men.
- Belle of the Nineties
- (1934) A cabaret entertainer is involved with a boxer and a theater owner.
- Birth of the Blues
- (1941) A clarinet player starts a jazz band.
- Boxcar Blues aka Thunderground
- (1989) A boxer takes a fight with an opponent who enjoys beating his challengers to death.
- Buccaneer's Girl
- (1950) A singer falls in love with a pirate with an alter ego.
- The Cat and the Canary
- (1939) A group of relatives spend the night in a haunted house for the reading of a will.
- Cry of the Werewolf
- (1944) A young gypsy woman protects her mother's mummy by turning into a werewolf and killing people.
- Dixie
- (1943) A film based on the life of minstrel Daniel Decatur Emmett.
- Dixie: Changing Habits
- (1983) A brothel owner clashes with a Mother Superior.
- Docks of New Orleans
- (1948) A Charlie Chan mystery about a gang out to steal a secret gas formula.
- The End of August
- (1982) A spinster has a sexual awakening.
- The Family
- (1970) A hit-man declares war on the syndicate and its boss.
- Glory Alley
- (1952) A boxer quits the sport just before the championship bout.
- I'm Bout It
- (1997) A small time drug dealer wants to escape the ghetto and go straight.
- The Iron Mistress
- (1952) Jim Bowie falls in love and designs his famous knife.
- It Happened in New Orleans aka Rainbow on the River
- (1936) A former slave cares for a young white boy.
- J.D.'s Revenge
- (1976) A man becomes possessed by a murdered gangster.
- Lady From Louisiana
- (1941) A crusading lawyer falls in love with the daughter of a big-time gambler.
- Lucinda's Spell
- (1998) A wizard runs into the prostitute/'sex witch' he unknowingly had a child with.
- Lulu Belle
- (1948) A singer meets a young lawyer who gives up everything for her.
- Madame X
- (1937) A woman is defended on a murder charge by a lawyer who doesn't know she's his mother
- My Forbidden Past
- (1951) A woman in love with a married man inherits a fortune and uses it to clear him of a murder rap.
- My Kidnapper, My Love aka The Dark Side of Love
- (1980) A young girl gets involved with a rough crowd.
- Naughty Marietta
- (1935) A French princess comes to America to escape an arranged marriage and falls in love with an Indian scout.
- Night in New Orleans
- (1942) A woman tries to clear her husband of a murder charge.
- The Red Kimona
- (1925) A small town girl is made a prostitute by the man who promises to marry her.
- Safe in Hell
- (1931) A prostitute who thinks she has killed one of her johns flees to a remote island.
- Saratoga Trunk
- (1945) A woman falls in love with a gambler involved in a dispute between railroad owners.
- The Spider
- (1945) A private detective helps a carnival mind reader who fears for her life.
- Tammy and the Bachelor
- (1957) A country girl nurses an injured pilot back to health.
- Thicker Than Water
- (1999) Two rival gang leaders become allies and deal drugs to finance their dream of becoming music producers.
- The Toast of New Orleans
- (1950) An opera singer discovers a shrimp fisherman with a talent for singing.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- (1927) A slave is separated from his family and sold to pay his master's debt.
- Walk on the Wild Side
- (1962) A man finds his long lost love working in a brothel run by a lesbian madame.
- Whipsaw
- (1935) An undercover cop goes after a gang of jewel thieves.
- The World Moves On
- (1934) A family is split by major changes during a 100 year period.
- Movies set in, in whole or in part, the city of New Orleans but filmed in the locations listed.
- Adventures of Captain Fabian
- (1951) A sea captain is involved with an accused murderess. (Filmed in France)
- Band of Angels
- (1957) A woman who learns she has African-American blood is sold on the auction block and becomes the mistress of her owner. (Filmed in Louisiana USA)
- The Black Cat
- (1966) A man kills a black cat and later believes it has returned from the dead to kill him. (Filmed in Texas USA)
- Blonde Venus
- (1932) A woman finds work as a nightclub singer to pay the bills when her husband becomes ill. (Filmed in Los Angeles, CA USA)
- Blues Brothers 2000
- (1998) Elwood gets the band back together for a battle of the bands competition. (Filmed in Canada, Illinois USA)
- Catch Me If You Can
- (2002) A young con artist using multiple identities is pursued by an FBI agent. (Filmed in Canada, USA)
- The Courage to Love
- (2000) A free mulatto woman and white man fall in love during the days of slavery when mixed marriages were outlawed. (Filmed in Quebec Canada)
- The Cure
- (1995) Two boys go on a quest for a cure for AIDS. (Filmed in Minnesota USA)
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
- (1956) Davy competes in a river race and later battles pirates posing as Indians. (Filmed in Illinois USA)
- French Silk
- (1994) A cop falls for a fashion designer suspected of murder. (Filmed in Louisiana USA)
- The Fugitive Kind
- (1959) A guitar strumming drifter romances three women. (Filmed in New York USA)
- Heaven's Prisoners
- (1995) An ex-cop and his wife adopt a plane crash survivor and get mixed up with drug runners and local crime bosses. (Filmed in Louisiana USA)
- Jezebel
- (1938) A woman loses her fiance by trying to make him jealous and then nurses him back to health when he becomes ill. (Filmed in CA, Louisiana USA)
- Let's Do It Again
- (1975) Two buddies raise money betting on a boxer turned into a fighting machine through hypnosis. (Filmed in Georgia, Louisiana USA)
- Mandingo
- (1975) A plantation owner makes money putting one of his slaves in boxing bouts. (Filmed in Louisiana USA)
- The Mississipi Gambler
- (1953) A man is successful in setting up an honest gambling business on riverboats. (Filmed in CA USA)
- One Christmas
- (1994) A socialite's spinster niece falls for a con artist with an estranged 8-year-old son. (Filmed in North Carolina USA)
- Queen of the Damned
- (2002) The vampire Lestat becomes a rock star and his call for a vampire gathering raises the mother vampire from the dead. (Filmed in Australia, CA USA)
- Road Kill
- (1999) A film student films a documentary on a hit-woman's last hit. (Filmed in CA USA)
- Suddenly, Last Summer
- (1959) A woman wants a neurosurgeon to lobotomize her niece. (Filmed in England)
- The Tarnished Angels
- (1958) A newspaperman covers a daredevil stunt pilot. (Filmed in San Diego, CA USA)
- Tough Luck
- (2003) A con artist hired to kill a carnival owner's wife is double-crossed (Filmed in Alabama USA)
- Toys in the Attic
- (1963) A man and his child bride return home to live with his spinster sisters. (Filmed in Louisiana USA)
- The Toy Wife
- (1938) A woman can't decide which of two men she wants to marry. (Filmed in CA USA)
- WUSA
- (1970) A drifter with radio experience finds work as a disc jockey at a right-wing radio station. (Filmed in Louisiana USA)
Author Comments:
If anyone knows of a movie not on the list, let me know and I'll add it.
As a Hurricane Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, I can add some to your list, although I'm sure there are more:
Blaze (1989)
Cat People (1982)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Down By Law (1986)
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Hard Times (1975)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
No Mercy (1986)
Obsession (1976)
Ray (2004)
Runaway Jury (2004)
The Skeleton Key (2005) (partially filmed in my old apartment!)
Sonny (2002)
Tempted (2001)
Venom (2005)
Waiting... (2005)
Zandalee (1991).
Thanks! I'll be adding them.
Failure to Launch-(2006) Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew McConaughey/filmed in part New Orleans/sidenote: rockclimbing scenes filmed at Cherokee Village in Leesburg, Alabama!
Thanks for letting me know! I'll add it to the list.