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re: Films Set in New Orleans (Looking for recommendations)

Posted on 1/12/26 at 8:46 pm to
Posted by randalf04
New Orleans
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Posted on 1/12/26 at 8:46 pm to
Synchronic

New Orleans time travel movie with Anthony mackie
Posted by Gopher Rick
Atlanta
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 1/12/26 at 8:57 pm to


IMO underrated and worth watching just for Gandolfini’s performance.
Posted by Jay Are
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
6125 posts
Posted on 1/12/26 at 9:26 pm to
The Princess and the Frog
Hard Times - Walter Hill boxing period piece with Charles Bronson
Focus - Will Smith's best movie
Walk on the Wild Side - brothel film with Barbara Stanwyck and bruery young Jane Fonda
Obsession - '70s De Palma
The Mechanic
12 Rounds - early John Cena movie going for standard Statham junk food
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon - deeply weird and fun indie starring Kate Hudson
Always for Pleasure - Les Blank doc. Much of his work is set in and around New Orleans

ETA: Tchoupitoulas - very cool, nontraditional doc that ostensibly follows a kid around a night on the streets of downtown New Orleans


This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 9:42 pm
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
26530 posts
Posted on 1/12/26 at 10:06 pm to
Looper
21 Jump Street
22 Jump Street
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 10:07 pm
Posted by Godzilla jr
Member since Sep 2025
307 posts
Posted on 1/12/26 at 10:23 pm to
3 pages deep and nobody mentions The Beyond (1981). One of the most eerie and surreal horror films that has a pure New Orleans vibe
Posted by tigerbait3488
River Ridge
Member since Dec 2007
11535 posts
Posted on 1/12/26 at 10:42 pm to
Pelican Brief, The Expendables
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5295 posts
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:28 pm to
Pretty Baby
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
7083 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:36 am to
I can’t recall the name of the movie, but wasn’t there a Jean Claude Van Damme movie set in the Nola/South La areas?

Not sure if mentioned, but James Bond Live and Let Die.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
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Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:45 am to
The Drowning Pool. Paul Newman is the lead and a very young Melanie Griffith is in it. Pretty good flick.
Posted by cinemaguy23
Member since Apr 2025
399 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 8:41 am to
Thank yall for all the recs. i expanded my list with the ones I've seen that i couldn't remember
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
26721 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 9:55 am to
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12 Rounds


They filmed some of this movie in the building I worked at when I worked downtown. It was a scene where firemen have to enter a building lobby. I sat at my desk all day watching these actors run into the building

CUT!

Then they shuffle out

ACTION!

They run into the building

CUT!

They must have done this 30 times.
Posted by boxcarbarney
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Member since Jul 2007
26721 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 9:57 am to
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Interview with a Vampire



Fun fact:

I built some of the sets for this movie in high school to earn money for a CD player for my shitty car.

CD player was too expensive so I bought a tape deck instead.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
118265 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:13 am to
Did you work with Eric V?
Posted by Don Quixote
Member since May 2023
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Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:27 am to
don't think I've seen this one mentioned but it's definitely worth watching

Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:29 am to
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
26721 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:31 am to
quote:

Did you work with Eric V?



Man, I have no idea. That was a long time ago.

But I spent a few weekends building the sets for the boat scene where Lestat first attacks Louis.
This post was edited on 1/13/26 at 10:48 am
Posted by ClubTiger
Member since Aug 2005
416 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:32 am to
Daddy's Home
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
42361 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:48 am to


Elvis' best movie. Legit great movie with a good soundtrack.
Posted by OystermanTiger
Jacksonville, Fl.
Member since Mar 2015
630 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 12:03 pm to
Didn't see these in this thread but I may have missed them.

Band of Angels (1957) Clark Gable; Sidney Poitier

Monster's Ball (2001) Billy Bob Thornton; Heath Ledger; Halle Berry

Runaway Jury (2003) John Cusack; Gene Hackman; Dustin Hoffman; Rachel Weisz
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
18225 posts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

The Beyond (1981)


Came here to see if this had been mentioned.

One of my favorites.
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