Many mediocre movies have been filmed in Las Vegas such as Showgirls, Indecent Proposal and Las Vegas Hillbillys. However, for every 10-15 movies filmed in “The Entertainment Capital of the World,” there is at least one memorable one. Below is a list of the top 15 best movies filmed in Las Vegas:
1. The Godfather: Part 2 [1974]
“Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a desert stop-over for GI’s on the way to the West Coast. That kid’s name was Moe Green and the city he invented was Las Vegas. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn’t even a plaque or a signpost or a statue of him in that town! Someone put a bullet through his eye.”
2. Casino [1995]
“Running a casino is like robbing a bank with no cops around. For guys like me, Las Vegas washes away your sins. It’s like a morality car wash.”
3. Swingers [1996]
“They’re gonna give daddy the Rain Man suite, you dig that?”
4. Diamonds are Forever [1971]
“You handle those cubes like a monkey handles coconuts.”
5. Leaving Las Vegas [1995]
“I thought I might move out to Las Vegas.”
6. Rain Man [1988]
“We’re counting cards.”
7. Melvin and Howard [1980]
“Poor Melvin. All he wanted was to be Milkman of the Month. Instead, he lost his job, his truck, and his wife. Then Howard Hughes left him $156,000,000.”
8. Lost in America [1985]
“Why didn’t you tell me when we got married that you were this horrible gambling addict? It’s like when you have a venereal disease – you tell somebody!”
9. Viva Las Vegas [1964]
“Well that’s a coincidence, that you were born in Las Vegas and after all that travelling I met you in Las Vegas.”
10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [1998]
“Total control now. Tooling along the main drag on a Saturday night in Vegas. Two good old boys in a fire-apple red convertible. Stoned. Ripped. Twisted. Good people.”
11. Go [1999]
“Let’s think about this logically. She’s either alive . . . or she’s dead.”
12. Bugsy [1991]
“Why don’t you go outside and jerk yourself a soda?”
13. Ocean’s Eleven [2001]
“I’m not sure what four nines does, but the ace, I think, is pretty high.”
14. Honeymoon in Vegas [1992]
“We’re the Flying Elvises. Utah chapter.”
15. Very Bad Things [1998]
“We’ve got two choices. One: we clean up this mess, right now, bury it out in the desert, go home, and never look back – or, we can easily call the police, roll the dice, take our chances . . .”
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