los angeles riots movies

Straight Outta Compton (2015)
7.784 / 10

Drama, Music, History

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in...

LA 92 (2017)
7.752 / 10

Documentary, History

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses...

1992 (2024)
7 / 10

Drama, Crime, Thriller

A shopkeeper must save his son from an angry mob during the 1992 L.A. uprising after the Rodney King verdict.

Abandoned (1949)
6.2 / 10

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.

California Love (2021)
9 / 10

TV Movie, Drama, Romance

Leon Watkins runs a community helpline in South Central LA, where anyone in need of help is welcome. One of his most frequent visitors is local gang...

Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

An in-depth and provocative look at the 1992 Los Angeles riots exploring the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African...

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017)
7.7 / 10

Documentary, History

An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers...

L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later (2017)
7.5 / 10

TV Movie, Documentary

Documentary film exploring the lives of the people at the flashpoint of the LA riots, 25 years after the uprising made national headlines and...

Western Avenue (1993)
0 / 10

Drama

Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts (1969)
0 / 10

Looking back over 20 years later at the Los Angeles riots in Koreatown as a result of the Rodney King verdict.