Favorite Films set in San Francisco
 

The Maltese Falcon
Vertigo
Dark Passage
Dirty Harry
The Conversation
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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The Graduate
Escape from Alcatraz

I also love Herbie Rides Again and the music video to We Built this City.

When I first saw the subject line I thought of Vertigo. Great movie.

Bullitt

So I Married an Axe Murderer.

Where was the Birds filmed?

Exterior shots were in SF and Bodega Bay and a few other places in NoCal.

As a local, Vertigo is my favorite. Good local exterior shots and always lots of parking. Sort of like a dream SF.

Basic Instinct
Play it Again Sam

The Birds is one of my least favorite Hitchcock movies. It's closer to today's non-thinking action flicks than to the psychological mystery/thrillers he made. Not to mention it's just hokey. Flocks of seagulls don't attack people. Maybe that's the point and I just never got that movie. The special effects for the time are very impressive, though.