way too many different pockets with different vibes and their own internal cultures. I don't think there's been one move that you could say has captured LA.

you got your hood movies, like Boyz, Menace, Baby Boy

East LA stuff like American Me, Blood in Bood out, Boulevard Nights

More centered stuff like The Wood, and Dope (Ingewood, Ladera) or Mi Vida Loca, and Quinenera and brush on Gentrification of Echo Park a bit

Drive around crime stuff like Training Day or Harsh Times, End of Watch..

Swingers captured the experience pretty good of a sizable swath of people who came to LA to work in Hollywood

Boogie Nights covered the valley porn scene

Lords of Dogwtown tried to capture the grittiness of 70s venice but failed to match the documentary.

then you got your LA Noir stuff (La Confidential Leboswki,China Town)

then you got try too hard movies that think they break down LA (Crash, Grand Canyon) and i guess for some it feels dead on. Short Cuts did a pretty good job though.

Ikemoses mentioned They Live once as a pretty good commentary on the divide of los angeles

Shit, i remember watching the party in Super Bad and thought how dead on it was of a Vallley party. but even in the valley you could break it down to who knows how many parts

So yeah.. White Men Can't Jump. I'm going with that lol