The 2003 romantic comedy “Love Actually” was filmed in London, England. The famous scene where Mark, played by Andrew Lincoln, holds cue cards declaring his love for Juliet, played by Keira Knightley, can be found in Notting Hill. The location attracts many visitors.
LOCATION: 27 St Lukes Mews, London W11 1DF, UK
The Roland Emmerich disaster film “2012” was filmed in numerous locations, including Canada, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. The home of Jackson Curtis, played by John Cusack, can be found in Manhattan Beach, with the streets in front splitting open in the film.
LOCATION: 4420 The Strand, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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The 2015 Cameron Crowe film “Aloha,” starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone, was filmed in Hawaii. Much of the film, however, was shot around military bases inaccessible to the general public. One such example is when, early in the film, Gilcrest, played by Cooper, arrives in Hawaii at Hickam Field Base Operations, 800 Hangar Ave, Honolulu, HI 96818.
The Royal Aloha Hotel, where Gilcrest and Ng, played by Stone, stay was filmed at The Breakers Hotel in Waikiki. This is just off the main strip of Waikiki and the hotel is marked with no trespassing signs, so this is as close as we got.
LOCATION: 250 Beach Walk, Honolulu, HI 96815
Gilcrest and Ng are seen driving down Kalākaua Ave in Waikiki, passing Kaʻiulani Ave.
LOCATION: Kalākaua Ave / Kaʻiulani Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815
The house where Woody and Tracy, played by John Krasinski and Rachel McAdams, live is part of Hickam Field’s Fort Kamehameha housing development. It was originally built for Navy housing, but abandoned by 2008. The area remains military owned and closed to the general public. The house can be found at 22 Worchester Ave, Honolulu, HI 96818 (GPS coordinates: 21°19’20.6″N, 157°57’41.6″W).
King Kanahele’s house can be found at Waikupanaha St, Waimanalo, HI 96795 (GPS coordinates: 21°20’21.3″N, 157°44’49.5″W).
The area where Tracy gets food from a food truck with her son is just a parking lot. This is what the area looks like now.
LOCATION: N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96817 (GPS coordinates: 21°19’04.2″N, 157°52’43.5″W)
As they leave, a Global One truck passes in front of them. The buildings seen in the background align with what is seen in the film.
The holiday party scenes were filmed at the Historic Hickam Officers’ Club, 2000 Signer Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96818. This is another military location closed to the general public.
Ng and Gilcrest go on a date in the Chinatown neighborhood of Holonulu.
LOCATION: N King St / Kekaulike St, Honolulu, HI 96817
Ng can be seen jogging at Freedom Tower, 800-898 Manzelman Cir, Honolulu, HI 96818. This is part of Hickam Air Force Base and not open to the general public.
Ng confronts Gilcrest at the Waioli Kitchen & Bake Shop. Ng first enters from this area.
LOCATION: 2950 Manoa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822
The two sit in this area, although the tables aren’t laid out the same way as seen in the film.
Ng is seen leaving from this area.
The two argue in the parking lot, with Ng driving away in this area.
Late in the film, Ng and Gilcrest, rushing to a black ops outpost, drive through this intersection.
LOCATION: N Pauahi St / Maunakea St, Honolulu, HI 96817
The are seen exiting a vehicle to a back room of the command center, which is actually just a grocery store.
LOCATION: 915 Kekaulike St, Honolulu, HI 96817
While never seen from this angle in the film, here is the general area they enter.
Gilcrest stands outside and watches Grace’s dance class.
LOCATION: 1159 Nuuanu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96817
Special thanks to Reel News Hawaii for finding many of these locations.
To see our “Aloha” location page, click here.
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The 1991 film “Judgment Night,” starring Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff and Denis Leary, was shot around Southern California and Chicago. The home of Frank Wyatt, played by Estevez, can be found in South Pasadena.
LOCATION: 1922 La France Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030
The 2012 Rian Johnson film “Looper,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, was shot around New Orleans, Louisiana, with additional filming in Shanghai, China. The electrical plant seen throughout the film was shot at the Market Street Power Plant in New Orleans. The building has sat vacant since the 1970s, but it is now fenced off and access is prohibited to the public.
LOCATION: 1601-1643 S Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130 (GPS coordinates: 29°55’49.7″N, 90°03’50.5″W)
The diner was built specifically for the film about 90 minutes away from New Orleans, near the intersection of Oakley Rd / Hwy 1010, Napoleonville, LA 70390 (GPS coordinates: 29°52’24.9″N, 91°00’56.4″W). It has since been demolished and is now just an empty plot of land.
Joe picks up Seth, played by Paul Dano, in front of this building. In the film, a mural is seen painted on the garage door on the right.
LOCATION: 422 Natchez St, New Orleans, LA 70130
This building served as the exterior to the La Belle Aurore club.
LOCATION: 245 S Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70112
The area to the right of the building was also seen in the film as the parking lot.
Joe’s apartment can be found in on Picayune Pl, which runs between Gravier St and Natchez St. The actual apartment space seen in the film was added by the production above the building in the center of the photo below. All of the surrounding areas are all real locations, however.
LOCATION: Picayune Pl, New Orleans, LA 70130 (GPS coordinates: 29°57’01.0″N, 90°04’06.8″W)
Picayune Pl has appeared in many other films, including “Miller’s Crossing,” “Hot Tub Time Machine 2” and “The Lovebirds.”
In one scene, Old Joe, played by Bruce Willis, can be seen firing a gun in front of this door, located just a couple doors down in the same alley.
Old Joe kills a target at this home.
LOCATION: 417 Park Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70114
The farmhouse where Sara, played by Emily Blunt, lives with her son Cid, played by Pierce Gagnon, can be found in Napoleonville, the same town where the diner was built. Unlike the diner, the farmhouse still stands today, albeit seemingly vacant.
LOCATION: Oakley Rd, Napoleonville, LA 70390 (GPS coordinates: 29°52’27.6″N, 91°00’41.3″W)
The ending of the film was shot just down the road to the right of the farmhouse (GPS coordinates: 29°52’30.7″N, 91°00’03.5″W), but the fields were fully grown during our visit, so we couldn’t match any of the images.
The 1984 film “Night of the Comet” was shot in Southern California. The theater where Reggie, played by Catherine Mary Stewart, works early in the film is the El Rey Theatre, which has also been seen in such films as “License To Drive” and “Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back.”
LOCATION: 5515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Reggie and her sister Sam, played by Kelli Maroney, live at this home in Northridge, which has since been remodeled. It was mostly seen in close-up shots of the front door.
LOCATION: 19174 Dunure Pl, Northridge, CA 91326
What is more seen more in the film and better matches up is the reverse view looking out onto the street.
Near the end of the film, Reggie takes photos in front of this building in Downtown Los Angeles. The same building can be seen in such films as “Barbie,” “Pretty Woman,” “Cutter’s Way” and “The Muppets.”
LOCATION: 333 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90071
The 1974 film Death Wish was shot in New York, Arizona and Hawaii. Early in the film, Paul Kersey, played by Charles Bronson, is seen riding in a taxi with his wife crossing the Queensboro Bridge. The bridge has been featured in countless films, such as “Manhattan,” “Home Alone 2: Lost In New York” and many more.
LOCATION: 61 Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Path, New York, NY 10044 (seen from Sutton Square / Riverview Terrace, New York, NY 10022)
The apartment of Paul Kersey can be found in Manhattan. The entrance seen in the film faces W 75th St. During our visit, it was a classic example of New York City’s heavy use of scaffolding, often obscuring views of buildings.
LOCATION: 33 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10023 (facing W 75th St)
There’s a couple famous stairs from the film. The short set of stairs where Paul Kersey is followed can be found at Riverside Park on Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10025, near W 99th St (GPS coordinates: 40°47’52.7″N, 73°58’27.7″W). The longer stairs seen near the end of the film, where Paul is confronted by three criminals, are at an entirely different location, also near Riverside Dr, about 1.5 miles away.
LOCATION: Near Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10027 (GPS coordinates: 40°48’59.9″N, 73°57’42.7″W)
These are the stairs famously depicted on many of the film’s posters, with Paul Kersey aiming his gun.
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The 1973 Robert Altman film “The Long Goodbye” was shot in Southern California and Mexico. The home of Philip Marlowe, played by Elliott Gould, can be found in Hollywood, tucked away in a neighborhood near the Hollywood Bowl.
LOCATION: 2178 High Tower Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90068
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The 1998 John Frankenheimer film “Ronin” was shot in France, with scenes taking place both in Paris and in the South of France. In the opening shot of film, The Basilica of Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre (The Sacred Heart of Montmartre) can be seen. The church is a major tourist attraction overlooking the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. It also appears in such films as “Amélie” and “John Wick: Chapter 4.”
LOCATION: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France
The location of the bar from the opening is a clever mixture of location filming and a recreated set. All of the interiors, as well as most of the close-up shots of the entrance were recreated at Studios L’Éclair (8 Av. de Lattre de Tassigny, 93800 Épinay-sur-Seine, France). The backgrounds and most of the stair shots were all on location. You scarcely see the real building in the film. If you watch closely, you can see the shots seamlessly switch from location to set as people pass through the frame. The real building has since been completely demolished and a new building stands in its place, but the stairs, which are the same ones seen in the film, remain unchanged. This area is also located in Montmartre, where much of “Amélie” was filmed. You can actually find one of the major locations from “Amélie,” the market where she shops throughout the film, about a block away.
LOCATION: 2 Rue Drevet, 75018, Paris, France
Sam, played by Robert De Niro, is seen descending these stairs. Director John Frankenheimer for a time lived in Montmartre and used these stairs often, deciding to feature them in the film. The stairs typically have quite a lot of pedestrian traffic, so getting images without crowds of people in the way proved challenging.
Sam stops in front of this door and hides in the shadows as he carefully assesses the situation at the bar below.
He is seen looking down the stairs from this spot.
Later Sam is seen going behind the stairs from this area as he makes his way to the back of the bar. Both the base of the stairs, as well as the entire rear area of the bar, were all set recreations.
The weapons deal scenes were filmed at Pont Alexandre III. Another famous area of Paris, it has appeared in many films, such as “Midnight In Paris,” “Le Samouraï,” “A View to a Kill,” “Paris, Je T’aime,” “Holy Motors,” “The Smell of Us” and many more.
LOCATION: Pont Alexandre III, 75008, Paris, France (GPS coordinates: 48°51’51.3″N, 2°18’45.8″E)
This reverse shot can be seen in the film, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance.
The deal is set to take place in this area underneath the bridge.
The deal turns out to be an ambush.
The film then shifts to the South of France for many scenes. Sam and Deirdre, played by Natascha McElhone, are seen entering this hotel in Cannes. This is the same town where the famous film festival takes place, with the iconic Grand Auditorium theater located almost right across the street, toward the left from this perspective.
LOCATION: 10 Bd de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France
Sam and his team set up an ambush on a convoy in the town of La Turbie. The convoy can be seen approaching from here.
LOCATION: Av. du Général de Gaulle / Rte du Mont-Agel, 06320 La Turbie, France (GPS coordinates: 43°44’47.2″N, 7°24’02.9″E)
Vincent, played by Jean Reno, positions himself in this area. There is no traffic light here, unlike as depicted in the film.
LOCATION: Av. de la Victoire / Pl. Detras, 06320 La Turbie, France (GPS coordinates: 43°44’43.7″N, 7°24’00.2″E)
Sam positions himself across the street in this area.
Sam fires a bazooka on the lead car from this view.
Sam waits to meet a contact along the waterfront of the scenic Villefranche-sur-Mer.
LOCATION: 7 Quai de l’Amiral Courbet, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Sam watches his contact approach his vehicle from here.
Later in the film, a car chase takes place through the streets of Paris. Deirdre is seen driving down the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, a bridge that crosses the Seine and features a long pedestrian passage down the center, car lanes to the left and right and a train rail above. It has been featured in many films, such as “Last Tango In Paris,” “Inception,” “The Conformist,” “Elevator to the Gallows,” “Forget Paris,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and more.
LOCATION: Pont de Bir-Hakeim, 75015 Paris, France
To see our “Ronin” location page, click here.
The 1993 John Singleton film “Poetic Justice,” starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur, was filmed in Los Angeles. Lucky, played Shakur, visits the apartment of his daughter Keisha, who lives with her mother Angel. The apartment can be found in Mid City, just off the 10 freeway.
LOCATION: 2211 Genesee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90016
The home of Justice, played by Jackson, can be found in the West Adams neighborhood.
LOCATION: 2516 4th Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90018
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