The house from the 2007 action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, can be found in Pasadena, California. The same house was featured in the film “Yours, Mine & Ours.”
LOCATION: 1565 San Pasqual St, Pasadena, CA 91106
The 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine” was primarily filmed in Southern California. In the film, this hotel, supposedly located in Scottsdale, Arizona, is where Richard Hoover, played by Greg Kinnear, comes to confront Stan Grossman, played by Bryan Cranston. The real hotel is actually located in Valencia, California. The same hotel appeared in the films “Twilight” and “Magnolia” (interiors only), as well as numerous TV shows, including “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “CSI: New York,” “NCIS,” “Big Love,” “Las Vegas,” The Unit,” “Make It or Break It” and more.
LOCATION: 24500 Town Center Dr, Valencia, CA 91355
This Volkswagen van was one of five used in the film. It can be found on display at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.
LOCATION: Peterson Automotive Museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
The murder house from season 1 of the TV series “American Horror Story” can be found in Los Angeles, California. The house attracts such a high volume of fans from the show that when it was sold in 2015, the new owners, who claimed they were unaware of the home’s connection to the show, sued the previous owners and their realtor for allegedly failing to divulge the house’s pop culture notoriety and the influx of visitors it would attract.
LOCATION: 1120 Westchester Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Briarcliff Manor, one of the main locations of Season 2, “Asylum,” can be found in Santa Ana, California. The same building has appeared in the films “Legally Blonde” and “Catch Me If You Can.”
LOCATION: 211 W Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92701
On the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, you can find these props and costumes from the film “Gravity.” First is one of the original capsules used in the film.
Here is one of the light boxes from the film, which was used to perfectly simulate light, shadow and reflection in a way unobtainable via traditional green screen.
LOCATION: 4000 Warner Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505
The original “Saved By the Bell” show taped at Sunset-Gower Studios in Hollywood, California. Those sets are long since gone, but that didn’t stop the next best thing from happening; a full blown, pop-up restaurant, inspired by the show. Recreating many of the classic sets, Saved By the Max was created with participation and support from NBC and first opened in Chicago, Illinois (1941 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622), where it ran for a year, before relocating to Los Angeles, California, where it is also currently slated to run for one year.
LOCATION: 7100 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046
The restaurant is well designed, capturing many of the little details of The Max. It is a full service restaurant, serving burgers, shakes and many other foods. Occasionally cast members from the show even make appearances.
Not an actual, functioning door. In fact, even the window is not real.
The classic jukebox from the show.
And of course the arcade machines.
A DJ station for KKTY Bayside.
Some oversized heads of the cast for visitors to use for photo ops.
A look at the kitchen.
The merch area, where you can buy hoodies, t-shirts, slap bracelets and more.
Visitors can also choose to dine in Mr. Belding’s office.
Sections of the restaurant even tried to recreate portions of Bayside High.
Here we see the lockers of all of the cast. Zack, Slater, Kelly, Screech, Jessie, Lisa and even Tori.
There’s even a “Belding stinks” sticker on the bathroom door, a nice touch.
Some props and merchandise from the original show, including menus for The Max, dolls, the Saved By the Bell board game, a copy of the Bayside Breeze newspaper and much more.
There are a few locations in the real world that were used for the show, but these were limited to the TV movies, which came after the original show and could no longer utilize the former sets. In “Saved By the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas,” this Pacific Palisades home is shown the be the house of Zack Morris. Throughout the main run of the show, Zack’s house was always a set. This same house was also seen in the films “Bye Bye Love” and “Ghost In The Machine.”
LOCATION: 510 Frontera Dr, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
There is also a shot in the movie showing Palisades High School as the famous Bayside High School. This is the only time, aside from a couple establishing shots during Season 1, an exterior high school shot was ever used. Again, in the original show, it was always a set. The same school was used in the original 1976 “Carrie,” “Spawn of the Slithis” the 2003 remake of “Freaky Friday” and many more films. The school was destroyed by a wildfire in 2025.
LOCATION: 15777 Bowdoin St, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
For those wondering, the Malibu Sands Resort was filmed at the Annenberg Community Beach House at 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica, CA 90402. It has since been heavily remodeled and looks nothing like it did on the show.
In the 1985 film “Teen Wolf,” Scott, played by Michael J. Fox, lives at this South Pasadena home. Ironically, the same house was seen in another 1980s Michael J. Fox film, “Back To The Future,” where it served as the house of Marty’s mother, Lorainne.
LOCATION: 1727 Bushnell Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030
The party house, seen briefly in the film, is located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles. The same house can be seen in “A Star Is Born” and the TV series “This Is Us.” Directly next door is also the house of Chloë Grace Moretz’s character in “(500) Days Of Summer.”
LOCATION: 5223 Shearin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90041
Scott’s high school is the John Burroughs Middle School. The same school was used in many films, such as “Pleasantville,” “Pretty In Pink,” “Never Been Kissed” and “Waiting For Guffman.”
LOCATION: 600 S McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90005
The Fisher & Sons funeral home from the TV series “Six Feet Under” can be found in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
LOCATION: 2302 W 25th St, Los Angeles, CA 90018
Located blocks from the famous Haight-Ashbury intersection of San Francisco sits one of the most famous houses in the city, most commonly known as the Grateful Dead house. First used by the band’s management, who also managed the house, they slowly started inviting members of the band to live at the house. The Grateful Dead resided there from 1965 until 1968, including the famous “Summer of Love.” There are many famous tales of the Dead at this house, such as member Bob Weir getting in trouble with the police for tossing water balloons from the roof. One of the most famous photos of the band was also taken by Rolling Stone Magazine on the front stairs of the house. Today it remains a major tourist destination, attracting dozens of daily visitors as an important piece of San Francisco history.
LOCATION: 710 Ashbury St, San Francisco, CA 94117
The 1989 horror film “Puppet Master” was largely filmed at the Castle Green Apartments in Pasadena, California. Castle Green has been featured in countless films, such as “True Romance,” “The Sting,” “Wild At Heart,” “The Little Rascals,” “Deja Vu,” “Sneakers,” “Bugsy,” “The Last Samurai” and many more.
LOCATION: 99 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
Many people have taken tours of the Hollywood film studios, such as Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, etc. However, many other countries offer tours around their studios and backlots as well. Here we’ll take a look at Namyangju Film Studio in South Korea, located in Gyeonggi-do, about an hour outside of Seoul.
LOCATION: Namyangju Film Studio, 138, Bukhangang-ro 855beon-gil, Joan-myeon, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
The road to the studio. You can find bus rides from Seoul that will take you straight to the studio.
Inside this building is the studio and several exhibits. You can go above this building to the outdoor grounds where many sets stand.
The reverse view from atop of the same building, which is pretty spectacular. As you can see, the studio is tucked away in the Korean countryside, far away from the city lights.
One of the most internationally famous films to shoot at the studio was Chan-Wook Park’s “Joint Security Area.”
The production built an entire, full scale recreation of the Joint Security Area, a highly militarized section of the border between North and South Korea, intended to hold discussions between the two sides. Obviously filming a movie in the real J.S.A. would not be possible. Even though the Chan-Wook Park film was completed decades ago, to this day, the set on Namyangji remains the go-to spot for pretty much all South Korean productions looking to film scenes set in the J.S.A. We did a separate article on this particular set here.
A tank and some military vehicles from the 2015 film “The Long Way Home” (a.k.a. “Seoboojeonsun”).
A full scale ship from the 2014 film “Pirates” (a.k.a. “Hae-jeok: Ba-da-ro gan san-jeok”).
There is also a set for an entire old, traditional Korean village at the studio, but it was being used for filming the day of our visit, so unfortunately our views of this area were limited.
Some train cars.
Some interesting paintings along the walls as you head into the interior portions of the studio.
This contraption was sitting outside of the studio.
A rope bridge in front of a blue screen, where visitors can simulate crossing a treacherous passing.
Some film costumes. The military costumes to the left are from the 2007 film “May 18” (a.k.a. “Hwa-ryeo-han-hyoo-ga”), while the costume on the right is from the 2007 film “Hanbando.”
Some excellent models and miniatures.
This photo does not do justice to how beautiful and intricate this miniature shipwrecked city is.
The prop room.
Some props and costumes from old Korean films.
Some old Korean awards and honors.
If you’re a film lover and find yourself in South Korea, it’s worth taking a visit out to Namyangji Film Studio. We of course realize most people reading this will likely never make it out there, so we hope this post is the next best thing.
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