Great Movies Filmed in Las Vegas!

Well not all of them are great. But if there is a city (besides Hollywood of course) that has had more movies based on it or filmed in it partially or in whole we’ve never heard of it. Some of these gems will surprise you, most you probably never even heard of. See how many you can name before reading the list.

• 1936 Boulder Dam
• 1941 Las Vegas Nights, Sinatra’s first movie
• 1944 Moon Over Las Vegas
• 1944 Sheriff of Las Vegas
• 1946 Heldorado
• 1946 Vacation in Reno
• 1949 The Lady Gambles
• 1950 My Friend Irma Goes West
• 1950 Dark City
• 1951 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
• 1952 Sky Full of Moon
• 1952 The Las Vegas Story
• 1953 Sabre Jet
• 1953 Split Second
• 1954 The Atomic Kid
• 1954 Highway Dragnet
• 1955 The Girl Rush
• 1955 Las Vegas Shakedown
• 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas
• 1956 Crashing Las Vegas
• 1956 Hollywood or Bust
• 1957 Eighteen and Anxious
• 1957 The Amazing Colossal Man
1957 The Joker is Wild
• 1959 Guns, Girls and Gangsters
• 1960 Ocean’s Eleven
• 1963 Viva Las Vegas, Starring Elvis and Ann-Margret
• 1964 Kiss Me, Stupid
• 1966 The Professionals
• 1966 Las Vegas Hillbilys
• 1967 In Cold Blood
• 1967 Spree
• 1968 Las Vegas Free-For-All
• 1969 They Came to Rob Las Vegas
• 1969 Machine Gun McCain
• 1969 Hell’s Angels ‘69
• 1969 Flareup
• 1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• 1970 C.C. and Company
• 1970 Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
• 1970 The Grasshopper
• 1970 The Only Game in Town
• 1971 Diamonds Are Forever
• 1971 Play It As It Lays
• 1972 Banacek: A Million the Hard Way
• 1974 The Godfather Part II
• 1974 The Gambler
• 1974 Harry and Tonto
• 1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
• 1975 Las Vegas Roundabout
• 1976 Las Vegas Lady
• 1976 McMillan: All Bets Off
• 1976 The Virginia Hill Story
• 1977 Damnation Alley
• 1977 The Gauntlet
• 1977 Grand Theft Auto
• 1978 Nowhere to Run
• 1978 Human Feelings
• 1978 Corvette Summer
• 1979 Players
• 1979 Going In Style
• 1979 Elvis
• 1979 The Electric Horseman
• 1980 Pleasure Palace
• 1980 Melvin and Howard
• 1980 Detour To Terror
• 1981 Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
• 1982 Things Are Tough All Over
• 1982 Stacy’s Knights
• 1982 Rocky III
• 1982 Nevada Heat
• 1982 Megaforce
• 1982 Lookin’ to Get Out
• 1982 Happily Ever After
• 1982 Funny Money
• 1982 Gamble on Love
• 1982 One from the Heart
• 1982 Portrait of a Showgirl
• 1983 Breathless
• 1983 Koyaanisqatsi
• 1984 The Vegas Strip Wars
• 1984 Starman
• 1984 Oxfort Blues
• 1984 Oh, God! You Devil
• 1984 MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
• 1984 Love Streams
• 1984 Las Vegas Caper
• 1984 Deadly Impact
• 1985 Beer
• 1985 Fever Pitch
• 1985 Hell Squad
• 1985 Las Vegas Weekend
• 1985 Lost in America
• 1985 Mugsy’s Girls
• 1985 Rocky IV
• 1985 Stark
• 1986 Stripper
• 1986 Stark: Mirror Image
• 1986 Over the Top
• 1986 Iron Eagle
• 1986 Desert Bloom
• 1987 Heat
• 1987 Cherry 2000
• 1987 Jocks
• 1987 Las Vegas Serial Killer
• 1987 Viva Shaf Vegas
• 1987 You Ruined My Life
• 1988 Rain Man
• 1988 Picasso Trigger
• 1988 Midnight Run
• 1988 Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
• 1988 Dance or Die
• 1988 Above the Law
• 1988 Aria
• 1988 Elvis and Me
• 1988 Hawkeye
• 1989 Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
• 1989 K-9
• 1989 Nasty Boys
• 1989 The Neon Empire
• 1989 Speed Zone
• 1990 Cold Heat
• 1990 Flight of Black Angel
• 1990 Kill Me Again
• 1990 Little Vegas
• 1990 Living to Die
• 1990 Masters of Menace
• 1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
• 1990 Queen of Diamonds
• 1991 Vegas in Space
• 1991 Steal America
• 1991 The Marrying Man
• 1991 King Ralph
• 1991 Hot Shots!
• 1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
• 1991 The Entertainers
• 1991 Delusion
• 1991 Bugsy
• 1991 Confessions of a Hitman
• 1991 Do or Die
• 1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
• 1992 Cool World
• 1992 Deadly Bet
• 1992 Columbo: A Bird in the Hand
• 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas
• 1992 The Magic Bubble
• 1992 Pure Country
• 1992 Roadside Prophets
• 1992 Ruby
• 1992 Solar Crisis
• 1992 this My Life
• 1992 Twogether
• 1992 Universal Soldier
• 1993 To Be The Best
• 1993 Reckless Kelly
• 1993 Midnight Witness
• 1993 Indecent Proposal
• 1993 Best of the Best 2
• 1993 Stakeout
• 1993 Father Hood
• 1993 Huck and the King of Hearts
• 1994 Sword of Honor
• 1994 Star Trek: Generations
• 1994 Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas
• 1994 The Road Killers
• 1994 Night of the Running Man
• 1994 I Love Trouble
• 1994 Hard Vice
• 1994 8 Seconds
• 1994 Destination Vegas
• 1994 Desert Steel
• 1994 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold
• 1995 Bodily Harm
• 1995 The Burger and the King: The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley
• 1995 Casino
• 1995 Deadly Currency
• 1995 Beyond Desire
• 1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio
• 1995 Funny Bones
• 1995 Get Shorty
• 1995 Heat
• 1995 Heatseeker
• 1995 I Shot a Man in Vegas
• 1995 Leaving Las Vegas
• 1995 Leprechaun 3
• 1995 Showgirls
• 1995 Stripshow
• 1995 Sugartime
• 1995 To the Limit
• 1995 Tyson
• 1995 Virtual Combat
• 1996 The Winner
• 1996 Wedding Bell Blues
• 1996 Vegas and the Mob
• 1996 Vampirella
• 1996 That Thing You Do!
• 1996 Synthetic Pleasures
• 1996 Swingers
• 1996 Sgt. Bilko
• 1996 Mars Attacks!
• 1996 The Life and Death of Sam Kinison
• 1996 Independence Day
• 1996 The Great White Hype
• 1996 Desert Bloom
• 1996 The Corporation
• 1996 Bogus
• 1996 Feeling Minnesota
• 1996 Beavis and Butt-head Do America
• 1996 Black Moon Rising
• 1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• 1997 The Bible and Gun Club
• 1997 Bikini Traffic School
• 1997 Blasted in Las Vegas
• 1997 Breakdown
• 1997 Con Air
• 1997 Dancing for Dollars
• 1997 Diva Las Vegas
• 1997 Don King: Only in America
• 1997 Dumb Luck in Vegas
• 1997 Fools Rush In
• 1997 For Which He Stands
• 1997 Girls’ Night
• 1997 Hard Eight
• 1997 The Las Don
• 1997 Love Always
• 1997 L.E.T.H.A.L Ladies: Day of the Warrior
• 1997 Navajo Blues
• 1997 Sexual Roulette
• 1997 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
• 1997 Vegas Vacation
• 1998 Very Bad Things
• 1998 U Turn
• 1998 Top of the World
• 1998 The Rat Pack
• 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• 1998 Money Plays
• 1998 Lethal Weapon 4
• 1998 Dance With Me
• 1998 Illusion Infinity
• 1998 Mafia!
• 1998 Mob Law: A Film Portrait of Oscar Goodman
• 1998 My Giant
• 1998 Sparkler
• 1999 Siegfried and Roy: The Magic Box
• 1999 Play it to the Bone
• 1999 Go
• 2000 Pay it Forward
• 2000 What Planet Are You From?
• 2001 The Mexican
• 2001 Memento
• 2001 America’s Sweetheart
• 2001 Rat Race
• 2001 Rush Hour 2
• 2001 Ocean’s Eleven
• 2002 Getting There
• 2003 The Cooler
• 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• 2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
• 2005 Lucky You
• 2006 Rocky Balboa
• 2007 Ocean’s Thirteen
• 2007 Knocked Up
• 2008 21
• 2008 What Happens in Vegas
• 2009 The Hangover
• 2010 Somewhere
• 2010 Kites