Movies shot, or have scenes in Las Vegas (1936 - 1993)

[afriend]

There is a good thread on the nostalgic Nevada and Las Vegas, so I thought I'd post a list of films that were either shot or have scenes in them from Las Vegas.  The date, then description follows.  There are some really good ones listed here.  The couple I remember the most are Diamonds Are Forever, especially the street scene with the Mustang driving down the neon sign lined streets and Elvis's Viva Las Vegas.  Might be something in here to watch sometime today or tomorrow.

I had to put the list in two sections because of the length. Hope you find something interesting to watch sometime.

afriend


1936    Boulder Dam
Filmed partly in Las Vegas, Fremont Street and Boulder Dam.
1941    Las Vegas Nights
Las Vegas footage.  Frank Sinatra's first movie.
1944     Moon Over Las Vegas
Footage in and around Las Vegas.
1944    Sheriff of Las Vegas
Various footage of Las Vegas.
1946    Heldorado
Times must have been tough in 1946, even spelling errors in the movie title plagued this movie.  Scenes highlight the Last Frontier Hotel.  Includes shots from the Fremont Street parade and Hoover Dam. Starring Roy Rogers.  Several shots from the annual Las Vegas rodeo, Helldorado.
1946    Vacation In Reno
Even though the title says Reno, this film has many scenes shot in and around Las Vegas.
1949   The Lady Gambles
Partially filmed in Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead.   Stars Barbara Stanwyck with a small part for Tony Curtis.
1950    My Friend Irma Goes West
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlight at the Flamingo pool.  Film debut of the Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis duo.
1950    Dark City
The end of the movie is filmed in Las Vegas with highlights around McCarran Airport. Stars Charlton Heston in his first Hollywood film, and co-stars Jack Webb and Harry Morgan.
1951    Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas, with highlights of the Club Bingo (now the Sahara).  Ending of the movie features footage of the Helldorado parade.
1952    Sky Full of Moon
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas and various southern Nevada sites with highlights of the 1952 Helldorado parade.
1952     The Las Vegas Story
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlights of local casinos and McCarran Field.  Stars Vincent Price and Jane Russell.
1953    Sabre Jet
This Korean war film was filmed at Nellis Air Force Base just outside Las Vegas.
1953    Split Second
Scenes from the Nevada nuclear test site, located north of Las Vegas approximately 100 miles.  Several other southern Nevada desert scenes.
1954    The Atomic Kid
Filmed at the nuclear test site in southern Nevada including local desert scenes.  Star, Mickey Rooney is exposed to an above-ground atomic bomb test.  At the "Casanova Club" in Las Vegas, his radioactivity alters every slot machine to pay off a jackpot.   Wife of Rooney, Elaine Davis, plays his nurse.  Story by Blake Edwards.
 1954    Highway Dragnet
Opening of the movie has several scenes around Las Vegas.
1955    The Girl Rush
Filmed mostly mostly in Las Vegas, with scenes from the Flamingo. Starring Eddie Albert.
1955    Las Vegas Shakedown
Las Vegas footage.
1956    Meet Me in Las Vegas
Star studded cast filmed in Las Vegas with highlights of the Sands.
1956    Crashing Las Vegas
Very few scenes filmed in Las Vegas or Nevada.
1956    Hollywood Or Bust
Starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, this movie has many scenes around Las Vegas.
1957    Eighteen and Anxious
Old Las Vegas, several shots of Las Vegas pools and grounds.
1957    The Amazing Colossal Man
The movie about an Army officer who is exposed to A-bomb radiation which makes him extremely large.  Many scenes from around the city including the Riviera, Royal Nevada, Silver Slipper, Sands,  Pioneer's Vegas Vic sign and Hoover Dam.
1957    The Joker Is Wild
Brief scenes from Las Vegas.  Stars Frank Sinatra.
1959    Guns, Girls and Gangsters
Various scenes in and around Las Vegas.
1960    Ocean's Eleven
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas movie. Excellent cast starring The Rat Pack, Great footage of the Sahara, Riviera, Desert Inn, Sands and Flamingo.
1963    Viva Las Vegas
The King of the Vegas Movies!  Filmed in Las Vegas, with an amazing cast, Ann-Margret and Elvis.
1964    Kiss Me, Stupid
Highlights form the Sands hotel in Las Vegas.
1966    The Professionals
Filmed around Las Vegas, mostly at Valley of Fire State Park.   Cast includes Lee Marvin.
1966    Las Vegas Hillbillys
Once again a spelling error in a movie title.  Brief scenes from Las Vegas.
1967    In Cold Blood
Brief Las Vegas scenes
1967    Spree
Various cabaret scenes throughout Las Vegas with performances by Vic Damone, Juliet Prowse, and Jane Mansfield.
1968    Las Vegas Free-For-All
Brief Las Vega scenes.
1969    They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Various Las Vegas scenes.
1969    Machine Gun McCain
Filmed partially in Las Vegas highlights several local street scenes.
1969    Hell's Angels '69
Filmed around Caesars Palace.
1969    Flareup
Some footage of Las Vega and the surrounding area.
1969    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
The end of the movie is filmed at the Riviera.
1970    C.C. and Company
Filmed in Tucson and supposedly at the Flamingo.  Film stars football legend Joe Namath in a motorcycle gang epic.
1970    Elvis: That's the Way It Is
A Concert documentary filmed around performances at the old International Hotel (now called the Las Vegas Hilton).
1970    The Grasshopper
Many scenes filmed in Las Vegas, with highlights from Circus Circus. Starring Jacqueline Bisset. 
1970    The Only Game in Town
Filmed briefly in Las Vega with highlight Elizabeth Taylor playing a Desert Inn dancer.  Other notable cast members include Warren Beatty.
1971    Diamonds Are Forever
James Bond movie filmed in and around Las Vegas.  Highlights of the Las Vegas Hilton, Circus Circus, The Mint, and the Tropicana.  Stars Sean Connery and Jimmy Dean make this Las Vegas casino tycoon, Willard Whyte, somewhat believable.
1972    Play It As It Lays
Filmed partially in Las Vegas.
1972    Banacek: A Million the Hard Way
An "NBC Mystery Movie" staring George Peppard playing Banacek, a Boston investigator.   Margot Kidder plays a casino photographer. Filmed at Circus Circus using the old million dollar display theme of the Horseshoe.
1974    The Godfather: Part II
Scenes from the Desert Inn.  Other highlights are filmed in northern Nevada, Lake Tahoe area.
1974    The Gambler
Filmed partially in Las Vegas.  Starring James Caan as a professor who is a degenerate gambler.
1974   Harry and Tonto
Starring Art Carney with downtown Vegas scenes.
1975    Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Partial footage of Las Vegas area
1975    Las Vegas Roundabout
Filmed partially in Las Vega.
1976    Las Vegas Lady
Highlights from Circus Circus.
1976    McMillan: All Bets Off
This was a NBC Mystery Movie, with highlights from Caesars Palace.
1976    The Virginia Hill Story
Several scenes from Las Vegas.
1977    Damnation Alley
Features Las Vegas casinos partially buried in sand, based on a Roger Zelazny's novel.
1977    The Gauntlet
Starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke as they travel from Las Vegas to Phoenix to testify at a mob trial.
1977    Grand Theft Auto
Filmed almost in entirety in Las Vegas,  first movie directed by Ron Howard.
1978    Nowhere to Run
This movie is also called Winner Take All.  A made for TV movie. Filmed partly in Las Vegas.
1978    Human Feelings
A made for TV movie, stars Nancy Walker and Billy Crystal.  Few scenes from Las Vegas.
1978    Corvette Summer
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas.  Stars Mark Hamill looking for his stolen school project, a customized Corvette.
1979    Players
Various scenes from Las Vegas with highlights of tennis scenes at Caesars Palace.
1979    Going In Style
Stars George Burns and Art Carney performances as bank robbers in Las Vegas, with highlights of the Aladdin.
1979    Elvis
A made for TV movie about the King, Elvis Presley.  A biography of Elvis from his youth through his 1969 comeback at the International (now Las Vegas Hilton).  Stars Kurt Russell
1979    The Electric Horseman
Filmed in and around Caesars Palace and the famous Las Vegas Strip.  Surrounding desert scenes of southern Nevada.  Stars Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.
1980    Pleasure Palace
A made for TV movie.  Filmed mostly at Caesars Palace. Cast includes Omar Sharif.
1980    Melvin and Howard
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas, Reno. Interesting so-called version of Howard Hughes/Melvin Dummar footage.
1980    Detour To Terror
A made for TV movie with an interesting cast including O.J. Simpson as a bus driver whose bus is hijacked in the desert.
1981    Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
Filmed at Nellis Air Force Base, located northeast of Las Vegas. Brief Las Vegas scenes.
1982    Things Are Tough All Over
About half of this movie is filmed in Las Vegas.  Cast includes Cheech
and Chong, Rip Taylor. 
1982    Stacy's Knights
This movie is also called Double Down.  Brief scenes are filmed in Las Vegas with majority of the movie shot in Reno. Kevin Costner's first leading role.
1982    Rocky III
Brief glimpse of Caesars Palace.
1982    Nevada Heat
This movie is also called Fake Out.  Filmed footage of the Riviera. Star studded cast includes Pia Zadora, Telly Savalas, Desi Arnaz Jr., Larry Storch, Sammy Shore, Buddy Lester, George Savalas. and Meshulam Riklis owner of the Riviera.
1982    Megaforce
Brief footage of the surrounding desert outside Las Vegas.
1982    Lookin' to Get Out
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas, highlights of the old MGM Grand (now Bally's) and Frontier.  Stars Jon Voight and Burt Young with brief footage of Siegfried and Roy.
1982    Happily Ever After
A made for TV movie with scenes from Las Vegas.
1982    Funny Money
Opening of this movie was set in Las Vegas at the Royal Casino.
1982    Gamble on Love
Filmed in a hypothetical casino, only views of Las Vegas come from footage a restaurant/bar, a kitchen, or an office, plus footage of the Las Vegas Strip.
1982    One from the Heart
Filmed partially in Las Vegas with several props to look like Las Vegas.  Highlights of the Fremont Street area.  Interesting cast, including Teri Garr's only topless scenes in any movie
1982    Portrait of a Showgirl
A made for TV movie.  Filmed in Las Vegas. Cast includes Lesley Anne Warren.
1983    Breathless
Remake of a Godard movie, scenes from Las Vegas.
1983    Koyaanisqatsi
Brief Las Vegas footage.
1984    The Vegas Strip Wars
Las Vegas footage, with highlights of the Tropicana. Cast includes Rock Hudson's (his last film), James Earl Jones and Sharon Stone.
1984    Starman
Brief footage of the Horseshoe casino.
1984    Oxford Blues
Opening of the movie was filmed at the Dunes.  Cast includes Rob Lowe.
1984    Oh, God! You Devil
Almost 25% of this movie filmed in Las Vegas with highlights from Caesars Palace.  Stars George Burns
1994    MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
A made for TV movie filmed in and around Las Vegas with highlights of the Desert Inn.
1984    Love Streams
A few minutes of the middle of this movie were filmed in Las Vegas.  Highlights of the Imperial Palace.
1984    Las Vegas Caper
Brief scenes from Vegas World Casino.  Movie also known as Las Vegas Hit.
1984    Deadly Impact
Filmed in Las Vegas and Phoenix.
1985    Beer
A comedy about beer advertising was set in Toronto, with small scenes filmed in the Nevada State Parks system, Valley of Fire State Park outside Las Vegas.  Rip Torn stars as a alcoholic filmmaker.
1985     Fever Pitch
Most of this movie was filmed in Las Vegas, a lot of interior casino shots. Ryan O'Neal stars in this movie.
1985    Hell Squad
Highlights of nine Imperial Palace showgirls.
1985    Las Vegas Weekend
Scenes from Las Vegas with highlights from the California casino.
1985    Lost in America
Footage of Las Vegas, highlights of the Desert Inn.  Brief footage of the Hoover Dam.
1985    Mugsy's Girls
This movie is also called Delta Pi.  Filmed partially in Las Vegas with highlights from the Maxim.  Performances by Ruth Gordon and Laura Branigan.
1985    Rocky IV
Beginning of this movie features cast member Sylvester Stallone in the old MGM Grand (now Bally's).
1985    Stark
A made for TV movie.  Filmed in Las Vegas with highlights of the Dunes,  Mint and the Union Plaza.  Cast includes  Marilu Henner.
1986    Stripper
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlight from the Sahara and Imperial Palace.  Movie or Documentary?
1986    Stark: Mirror Image
A made for TV movie.  Filmed in Las Vegas with highlights of the Sands, Desert Inn and a some footage of the Castaways.  Cast includes Kirstie and Dennis Hopper.
1986    Over the Top
Footage of Las Vegas with highlights of the Las Vegas Hilton.  Cast includes Sylvester Stallone.
1986    Iron Eagle
Brief scenes from the Valley of Fire State Park.
1986    Desert Bloom
A re-creation of Las Vegas in 1950.
1987    Heat
Starring Burt Reynolds, set completely in Las Vegas.
1987    Cherry 2000
This film takes place in in the year 2017 and the abandoned city of Las Vegas is basically covered with sand. Filmed completely on location in Nevada.  Many local scenes and surrounding including towns and ghost towns are featured such as: Valley of Fire State Park, Nye County,  Esmerelda County, Beatty, Boulder, Echo Bay, Goldfield, Las Vegas, Nelson, Rhyolite, and Tonopah.
1987    Jocks
Filmed in Las Vegas, highlights from the Barbary Coast.
1987    The Las Vegas Serial Killer
This movie is also known as The Hollywood Strangler In Las Vegas.  Filmed in Las Vegas.
1987    Viva Shaf Vegas
A made for cable movie. Footage of the Tropicana with other Las Vegas scenes.  Cast includes Paul Shaffer and Sam Butera.
1987    You Ruined My Life
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas with highlights of Caesars Palace.
1988    Rain Man
Footage of inside Caesars Palace Las Vegas mostly. Cast includes Dustin Hoffman.
1988    Picasso Trigger
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlights of the Sands.
1988    Midnight Run
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlights of McCarran Airport, Aladdin. Stars Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin.
1988    Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
End of the movie is filmed at the Las Vegas Flamingo.
1988    Dance or Die
Filmed completely in Las Vegas.
1988    Above the Law
Steven Seagal action movie set in Chicago, but the computer show scenes were filmed at the November Comdex Expo in Las Vegas.
1988    Aria
Collection of short films each set to music from a different opera.  Las Vegas scene features Bridget Fonda in her film debut.  Fonda and a man appears to be in the Horseshoe.
1988    Elvis and Me
A made for TV movie with scenes from Las Vegas.  Movie is based on Priscila Presley's book Elvis and Me.
1988    Hawkeye
Many scenes were shot in Las Vegas.
1989    Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
A made for TV movie, footage of Las Vegas and surrounding area, with highlights of the Las Vegas Hilton, the Little White Chapel and Hoover Dam.  Jim Carrey plays an accountant.
1989    K-9
Brief Las Vegas footage.
1989    Nasty Boys
A made for TV movie with footage from Las Vegas.
1989    The Neon Empire
A made for cable TV movie.  Filmed partially in Las Vegas.
1989    Speed Zone!
Brief scenes of McCarran Airport.
1990    Cold Heat
Filmed partly in Las Vegas, with scenes from Whiskey Pete's, a casino on the Nevada/California state line.
1990    Flight of Black Angel
A made for cable TV movie with very brief scene about Las Vegas.
1990    Kill Me Again
Filmed partially in Las Vegas with highlights from the Las Vegas Hilton.  Additional footage features Reno, the Nevada Club, several desert scenes, and glimpses of Overton and Winnemucca.
1990    Little Vegas
Scenes from Las Vegas with footage of desert surrounding Las Vegas.
1990    Living to Die
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas with highlights of downtown casinos.
1990    Masters of Menace
Brief footage of North Las Vegas.
1990   Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
A made for TV movie. Filmed mostly in Las Vegas, with highlights from the Desert Inn. Cast includes Raymond Burr.
1990    Queen of Diamonds
Filmed partially in Las Vegas.
1991    Vegas in Space
Very brief footage of Las Vegas.
1991    Steal America
Filmed partially in Las Vegas.
1991    The Marrying Man
Filmed briefly in Las Vegas, highlights a reproduction of the old El Rancho Vegas casino which was actually recreated in Arizona.  Stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.
1991    King Ralph
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlights from Fremont St.  Stars John Goodman.
1991    Hot Shots!
Brief scenes shot in Las Vegas, highlights the Dunes.
1991    Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Highlights from the Dunes.  Starring Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke.
1991    The Entertainers
A made for TV movie with performances from Bob Newhart playing a comedian.
1991    Delusion
Brief scenes of Las Vegas and a highlight at the Maxim.
1991   Bugsy
Film set around the 1940's about Bugsy Siegel's adventures of building the Flamingo.  Stars, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, portraying the gangster with a dream, Las Vegas.  Many scenes from old and new Las Vegas.
1991    Confessions of a Hitman
Movie ends on Fremont Street, highlights from inside the Plaza, Golden Gate and Four Queens.  Other Nevada scenes take place in the southern Nevada desert, the Valley of Fire and Beatty.
1991    Do or Die
Brief scenes of this movie were filmed in Las Vegas and vicinity. Pat Morita and Erik Estrada have parts in this movie.
1992    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Filmed in front of the Pioneer Club.
1992   Cool World
An interesting movie mixing live action and animation. Filmed partly in Las Vegas, mostly the Plaza, and partly in animation.
1992    Deadly Bet
Filmed completely in Las Vegas, with scenes at Arizona Charlie's.   Stars  Charlene Tilton and also appearing in the movie is Las Vegas lounge singer Jerry Tiffe.
1992    Columbo: A Bird in the Hand
The beginning of this TV movie are filmed in Las Vegas.
1992    Honeymoon in Vegas
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, highlight from Bally's, Flying Elvi. Stars Nicolas Cage.
1992    The Magic Bubble
This movie is also known as Unbecoming Age.  Brief Las Vegas footage.  Performance by George Clooney.
1992    Pure Country
The closing scenes were filmed at the Mirage and at a Las Vegas rodeo event.
1992    Roadside Prophets
Brief footage of Las Vegas,  Valley of Fire State Park, McGill, Ely and Jackpot, with additional scenes from northern Nevada. Cast includes Arlo Guthrie and Timothy Leary
1992    Ruby
Stock footage of Las Vegas mainly.  Cast includes Danny Aiello.
1992    Solar Crisis
Various scenes from the Las Vegas area desert.
1992    This Is My Life
Footage of the Tropicana and McCarran Airport.
1992    Twogether
Very brief footage of the Desert Inn.
1992    Universal Soldier
Scenes from Hoover Dam.
1993    To Be The Best
Various Las Vegas scenes.
1993    Reckless Kelly
Brief footage filmed in Las Vegas.
1993    Midnight Witness
Brief footage of Las Vegas
1993    Indecent Proposal
Many scenes from Las Vegas, highlights from the Las Vegas Hilton.
1993    Best of the Best 2
Filmed in Las Vegas, Mr. Las Vegas, Wayne Newton, plays the manager of an underground no rules fight coliseum in Las Vegas.
1993    Stakeout
Various scenes set in Las Vegas, including glimpses of the Plaza.  Cast includes Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez Rosie O'Donnell.  Sequel to Stakeout.
1993    Father Hood
A scenes are filmed in Las Vegas with highlights at the Horseshow, Hoover Dam and the Valley of Fire.
1993    Huck and the King of Hearts
Several scenes shot in Las Vegas.

[afriend]

Here is the rest of the list of Las Vegas films from 1994 to 2001.

1994    Sword of Honor
Filmed in and around Las Vegas, with brief footage of the Continental.
1994    Star Trek: Generations
Scenes from the Valley of Fire State Park outside Las Vegas and Lake Mead area.
1994    Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas
Brief scenes from Las Vegas, highlights at the Stardust.
1994    The Road Killers
Filmed mostly in the desert surrounding Las Vegas.
1994    Night of the Running Man
Partially filmed in Las Vegas, highlights of Fremont Street from the Plaza restaurant.  Cast includes Wayne Newton.
1994    I Love Trouble
Several minutes of this movie was filmed in Las Vegas.  Stars Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte.
1994    Hard Vice
Scenes from Arizona Charlie's and the Maxim.  This movie was also called Vegas Vice.
1994    8 Seconds
A rodeo movie filmed around the National Finals Rodeo in the Thomas and Mack Center at UNLV.
1994    Destination Vegas
Much of the movie is filmed throughout Las Vegas.
1994    Desert Steel
Off-road racing movie filmed in the desert around southern Nevada.
1994    City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
End of the movie is filmed in Las Vegas.
1995    Bodily Harm
Filmed entirely in Las Vegas.
1995    The Burger and the King: The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley
An interesting BBC documentary/comedy about the unusual eating habits of Elvis contains various scenes from around Las Vegas.
1995    Casino
Filmed in Las Vegas, this movie depicts the so-called mobster years of Las Vegas.  Nicholas Pileggi wrote this American classic.  The movie even has a small role for the now current Las Vegas mayor, Oscar Goodman.
1995   Deadly Currency
Brief scenes about Las Vegas casinos.
1995    Beyond Desire
Scenes from the Casino sign graveyard and Hoover Dam power plant.  Glimpses of the LaConcha, Vacation Village and Riviera.
1995    Destiny Turns on the Radio
Filmed in Las Vegas.
1995    Funny Bones
About 15% of this movie is filmed around Las Vegas, highlights from the Las
Vegas Hilton.  Stars Jerry Lewis and support roles by several Las Vegas showroom dancers.
1995    Get Shorty
Brief scenes around Las Vegas.
1995    Heat
Brief scenes filmed in Las Vegas.  Stars Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro.
(Same name as the Heat movie of 1987)
1995    Heatseeker
This futurist movie set in the year 2010 has the opening filmed in Las Vegas.
1995    I Shot a Man in Vegas
Filmed in Las Vegas with highlights of the local desert.
1995    Leaving Las Vegas
Filmed in Las Vegas and surrounding area.  Stars Nicolas Cage.
1995    Leprechaun 3
Scenes from Las Vegas.
1995    Showgirls
Scenes from Las Vegas, mainly at the Stardust.
1995    Stripshow
Brief scenes from Club Paradise, a Las Vegas strip club.  Most of the footage is filmed in the desert around Las Vegas and Death Valley.
1995    Sugartime
Many scenes from around Las Vegas.
1995    To the Limit
Footage of Las Vegas, with highlights of Arizona Charlie's and the Hoover Dam.
1995    Tyson
A made for cable TV movie with a few fight scenes from Las Vegas.
1995    Virtual Combat
This movie is also called Grid Runners.  Scenes from Hoover Dam and various casinos.  Cast includes Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Rip Taylor.
1996    The Winner
Filmed in Las Vegas and surrounding area with numerous local shots.  Even a scene at the Liberace Museum.
1996    Wedding Bell Blues
Filmed in Las Vegas with highlights of the Debbie Reynolds Casino and the Continental.  Scenes from Debbie Reynold's nightclub act, including the Las Vegas most famous Lounge legend, Cook E. Jarr.
1996    Vegas and the Mob
A movie or just an A&E documentary, either way, great shots of Las Vegas and surrounding area.
1996    Vampirella
A made for cable TV movie. Filmed partially in Las Vegas, Bally's casino, Purgatory, Nevada and Hoover Dam.  Cast includes Roger Daltrey.
1996    That Thing You Do!
Extremely brief scene from Las Vegas wedding chapel.
1996    Synthetic Pleasures
Various scenes shot in Las Vegas, with highlights of the Luxor and the Little White Chapel.
1996    Swingers
About 25% of this movie if filmed in Las Vegas, with highlights from the Stardust and Fremont.
1996    Sgt. Bilko
Segments of the movie are set at the Mirage.
1996    Mars Attacks!
Large amount of Las Vegas footage with brief footage of Pahrump, Luxor, Lamdmark implosion.  Star studded movie contains Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Jim Brown Tom Jones.
1996    The Life and Death of Sam Kinison
Documentary filmed around Las Vegas, highlights of Bally's and desert scenes towards Laughlin.
1996    Independence Day
Scenes from Las Vegas, interesting scenes from the highly restricted and famous Area 51, a government high secret installation just north of Las Vegas.
1996    The Great White Hype
Most of the movie is filmed in Las Vegas with highlights from the MGM Grand.
1986    Desert Bloom
A re-creation of Las Vegas in 1950.
1996    The Corporation
Made for cable TV, this movie is also known as Subliminal Seduction.  The opening and closing scenes are filmed at Hoover Dam with the balance of the movie set around the Riviera
1996    Bogus
Most of the movie is filmed in New Jersey with various scenes shot in Las Vegas.
1996    Feeling Minnesota
End of the movie was filmed in Las Vegas, mostly at the Stardust.
1996    Beavis and Butt-head Do America
About 15% of the movie is filmed in Las Vegas and at Hoover Dam.
1996    Black Moon Rising
This movie has a very short segment filmed on the famous Las Vegas Blvd.
1997    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Filmed almost in entirety in Las Vegas, based from the Riviera.
1997    The Bible and Gun Club
Filmed almost completely in Las Vegas, with highlights from the rooftop pool at the Plaza.
1997    Bikini Traffic School
Opening minutes of this R rated movie is filmed in Las Vegas.
1997    Blasted in Las Vegas
Las Vegas has become famous for "Implosions" and this film highlights the fall of the Hacienda, Landmark, Sands and the Dunes.
1997    Breakdown
Filmed in locations across Nevada including scenes from Nelson's Landing, near Hoover Dam".
1997    Con Air
The finale of this movie features Las Vegas and possible desert scenes in Nevada and around Wendover Utah.
1997    Dancing for Dollars:
A documentary about financial disasters surrounding performances by the Bolshoi Ballet at the Aladdin in 1996.
1997    Diva Las Vegas
A two-hour HBO film about Bette Midler performing at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.
1997    Don King: Only in America
A made for cable TV movie with brief scenes in Las Vegas and around the boxing areas of Las Vegas.
1997    Dumb Luck in Vegas
Several scenes in and around Las Vegas
1997    Fools Rush In
Filmed almost in entirety in Las Vegas, with highlights from Caesars Palace and Hoover Dam.
1997    For Which He Stands
Filmed partially in Las Vegas. Cast includes Ed McMahon as the governor of Nevada and Las Vegas lawyer Ed Bernstein as a gaming commissioner.
1997    Girls' Night
A made for TV movie, about 1/3of the movie was filmed in Las Vegas.  Highlights of the Riviera and surrounding countryside.
1997    Hard Eight
Filmed mostly in northern Nevada, actually Sparks and Reno, several scenes were shot in Las Vegas.
1997    The Last Don
Scenes from Las Vegas with highlights from the Peppermill in Reno.
1997   Love Always
Filmed partially in Las Vegas with highlights of various casinos.
1997    L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Day of the Warrior
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlights of the Maxim.
1997    Navajo Blues
Filmed mostly in Las Vegas.
1997    Sexual Roulette
Highlight scenes from the Riviera and brief other local shots.
1997    Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Various footage of Las Vegas, including Fremont Street and other scenes from the Oasis casino in Mesquite, Nevada.
1997    Vegas Vacation
Filmed mostly at the Mirage, Riviera, MGM, Hoover Dam, and downtown Las Vegas.  Other Las Vegas scenes includes the famous casino sign graveyard, and Siegfried and Roy's show.
1998    Very Bad Things
About 1/3 of this movie is filmed in Las Vegas, including footage of Red Rock Canyon.  Cast includes Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau and Christian Slater.
1998    U Turn
Very brief Las Vegas scene.
1998    Top of the World
A made for cable TV movie.  Filmed mostly in Las Vegas with scenes from Hoover Dam and Primm.
1998    The Rat Pack
A made for cable TV movie.  Scenes from the Sands, and brief Las Vegas footage.
1998    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlights from the Riviera, Horseshoe and Stardust.
1998    Money Plays
A made for cable TV movie.  Filmed in and around Las Vegas.
1998    Lethal Weapon 4
Highway chase scenes filmed in Las Vegas.
1998    Dance With Me
Filmed partially in Las Vegas, with highlights from the Monte Carlo.
1998    Illusion Infinity
Few scenes from Las Vegas and desert towards Death Valley.
1998    Mafia!
Filmed partially in Las Vegas.  Various other Nevada scenes include the Reno Peppermill, Virginia Street in Reno.
1998   Mob Law: A Film Portrait of Oscar Goodman
Footage of current mayor of Las Vegas and surrounding Las Vegas area.
1998    My Giant
Briefly filmed in Las Vegas, with highlights from Fremont Street.  Stars Billy Crystal and Steven Segal.
1998    Sparkler
Las Vegas area scenes.
1999    Siegfried and Roy: The Magic Box
This movie is a IMAX 3D movie.  Several Las Vegas scenes.
1999    Play it to the Bone
Filmed in Las Vega.
1999    Go
Filmed in Las Vega.
2000    What Planet Are You From?
Various Las Vegas scenes.
2001   The Mexican
Briefly filmed in Las Vegas.
2001   Memento
Briefly filmed in Las Vegas.
2001   America's Sweetheart
Filmed in and around Las Vegas.
2001   Rat Race
Filmed in Las Vegas and surrounding areas.

[Curious]

You forgot my favorite:

Girls Gone Wild, Las Vegas!

[Lulz]

One of my favorites:

[SIDEWINDER]

Gee thanks, that's quite a list. I didn't see the television show Vega$ with Robert Urich. Plenty of late seventies-early eighties film in that show. There was recently a movie on the life of the Binnion son who was murdered.

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      I am trying to think of a movie that had a great location scene looking East from the strip and Flamingo, which was all open desert. I believe the two main charaters were going  to drag race out Flamingo. My best recollection is  "Palm Springs Weekend" 1963. Troy Donahue and Robert Conrad. I think Connie Stevens was the girl.

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1971    Diamonds Are Forever
James Bond movie filmed in and around Las Vegas.  Highlights of the Las Vegas Hilton, Circus Circus, The Mint, and the Tropicana.  Stars Sean Connery and Jimmy Dean make this Las Vegas casino tycoon, Willard Whyte, somewhat believable.
 
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1996    Mars Attacks!
Large amount of Las Vegas footage with brief footage of Pahrump, Luxor, Lamdmark implosion.  Star studded movie contains Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Jim Brown Tom Jones.

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1997    Vegas Vacation
Filmed mostly at the Mirage, Riviera, MGM, Hoover Dam, and downtown Las Vegas.  Other Las Vegas scenes includes the famous casino sign graveyard, and Siegfried and Roy's show.
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Three of my favorite movies!

Jill St. John in Diamonds Are Forever may be the hottest red-head ever! Especially in that skimpy bikini! But to think, in real life she slept with Henry Kissinger... YUCK!

One reason Pahrump was chosen as the landing site for the Martians in Mars Attacks! was supposedly that Jack Nicholson (who BTW played dual roles in the film as the U.S. President and a sleazy hotel/casino developer) was a frequent visitor to the Chicken Ranch and thus familiar with the area. Whether or not that's true, he certainly was the Charlie Sheen of his era.

In National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation, my favorite scene (other than cousin Vicky's pole & cage dancing and the eye candy-filled pool scenes) was when Eddie took Clark to the "local's casino" and they had such off-beat table games as "Guess Which Hand?", "War", and "Pick a Number". Also, when I took a real-life "damn (Hoover) Dam" tour a couple years later, our guide actually mentioned the movie, and that we needn't worry - there really aren't any doors that open directly onto the face of the dam itself.

Best regards,
Speed Racer

Edited by author to combine responses to both lists.

[Mikey]

"Pay it Forward" 2000, filmed in and around Las Vegas, a lot of it was shot on Fremont St, and in the Golden Gate Hotel/Casino.

[afriend]

      I am trying to think of a movie that had a great location scene looking East from the strip and Flamingo, which was all open desert. I believe the two main charaters were going  to drag race out Flamingo. My best recollection is  "Palm Springs Weekend" 1963. Troy Donahue and Robert Conrad. I think Connie Stevens was the girl.

This should bring back the memories some more.   

afriend

[Napolean]

1985     Fever Pitch
Most of this movie was filmed in Las Vegas, a lot of interior casino shots. Ryan O'Neal stars in this movie.

God, that was one of the WORST movies I have ever seen in my life!!!!!! One of the few I have walked out on.

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[afriend]

God, that was one of the WORST movies I have ever seen in my life!!!!!! One of the few I have walked out on.

N

I just post them... not rate them!   

[Napolean]

God, that was one of the WORST movies I have ever seen in my life!!!!!! One of the few I have walked out on.

N

I just post them... not rate them!   

Duly noted, but that was still one BAAAAAD fucking movie!!!!