20 Movies That Tell the Story of the SF Bay Area in the 21st Century (SF Chronicle)

"If you want your movie set in Anytown USA, don't film it in San Francisco; S.F. will seem like a statement, & unless you really want that statement in your movie, you should take your camera & film elsewhere. San Francisco is instead what you put onscreen to amplify what you want your movie to say. It helps to have an idea of what the city means; then you can use that meaning to help make your point & tell your story. San Francisco is a choice movie location, & other parts of the Bay Area have been coming into prominence as well. What follows are 20 films from the first 20 years of the 21st century that used San Francisco or its environs in a particularly memorable way. Some of these are exceptional as movies, & some are just exceptional for capturing an aspect of their location. All serve as a kind of a record. They tell a story within the story about a place & time, and some show the early work from some people who would go on to much bigger things." - datebook.sfchronicle.com

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North Beach (2000)

Sweet November (2001)