California Movies

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

Two thieves discover a professional and personal relationship when individual heist plans are thrown together by circumstance.

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a...

Two Southern California College Students plot their escape after being kidnapped by a human trafficking ring while on Spring Break in Mexico.

George Carlin's first ever comedy special, filmed live at the University of Southern California. Here, he talks about monopoly, flying on planes,...

Two lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.

The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also...

The real story of "4:20 Somethings" living in California's semi-legalized marijuana culture.

A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is...

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

For decades, Barbara Dane lent her stellar singing voice to social-justice movements in the Bay Area and beyond, garnering an impressive FBI file...

Finding his only escape in music, Gil Blackwell (Josh Hamilton) decides to leave his monotonous business life in Boston when his cousin dies in a car...

On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of...

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favourite pastry: the doughnut.

The true-life adventure of Chris Jury, a California teenager who goes from admiring the endangered condors' flight to sailing sky-high with them....

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...

For years, there has been an effort to discover the exact origin of the most popular American grape variety and wine, Zinfandel. Thanks to modern...

In 2008 French filmmaker Julie Gali traveled to the US to film the election of Barack Obama. In spite of this victory for civil rights, it soon...