Century City is a 176-acre commercial and residential district in western Los Angeles, California. It is bounded by Westwood on the northwest, West Los Angeles on the southwest, Beverlywood on the southeast, and the city of Beverly Hills on the northeast. Its major thoroughfares are Santa Monica, Olympic, and Pico Boulevards (its northern boundary, central artery, and southern boundary, respectively).

The high-rise buildings along Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood appear to blend in with those of Century City when seen at a distance, although they are separated by over three-fourths of a mile.

Once a backlot of 20th Century Fox, which still has its headquarters in the area, the studio sold the land to developers after spending vast sums of money on the costly production of the Elizabeth Taylor vehicle Cleopatra. Century City was developed as a master-planned commercial district in the 1960s. Its gleaming high_rises stand in stark contrast to the small apartment buildings and single_family detached homes in the lower_density neighborhoods surrounding it, and were some of the first skyscrapers built in Los Angeles after the lifting of earthquake_related height restrictions in the early 1960s.

Century City is an important business center, and many law firms and executives__particularly those with ties to the film, television, and music industries__have offices there. Its Westfield_owned shopping mall is one of the major retail centers in Los Angeles.