To be with Maggie, Seth must choose between his eternal existence as an angel and becoming a mortal human, often referred to as taking the "leap of faith".

The iconic "angel gathering" scenes were filmed at Nicholas Canyon Beach west of Malibu.

This film is a remake of the 1987 German film Wings of Desire ( Der Himmel über Berlin ).

City of Angels (2024) is also a grit-noir thriller novel by Jordan Harper that portrays the darker side of Los Angeles through multiple perspectives.

The title has been used in various spinoffs of the Angel television series (a Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff set in L.A.).

Seth (Nicolas Cage), an invisible angel who guides the dead to the afterlife, falls in love with a mortal heart surgeon, Dr. Maggie Rice (Meg Ryan).