Movies: Searching for the ‘Essential DNA’ of Los Angeles

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  09.04.08 | 4:19 PM ET

The Los Angeles Times counts down the 25 best L.A. movies of the last 25 years. To make the list, a “movie had to communicate some inherent truth about the L.A. experience,” writes Geoff Boucher. The top pick: L.A. Confidential.