Although I've been to New Orleans a handful of times, I still always think of Angel Heart as New Orleans. Yeah, yeah, I know The Big Easy is the easy choice (and who doesn't love Ellen Barkin?), but it's just a bit sanitized for my taste. Also high on my list of favorites are Pretty Baby, Cat People and Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.

Please tell us your favorite New Orleans movie in the comments.

here's a good list of films set in Louisiana (strangely missing Cat People and Jezebel) from LSU. Last updated in 2004, so it doesn't include Runaway Jury or The Skeleton Key.

here's a great post on bad movies set in New Orleans.