LA Movie Locations From the 2000s

In the movie, the house address is 1327 and it's the place where much of the action movie's romance and bromance took place. Filming took place inside and outside the house and the surrounding Echo Park hills were perfect for many of the chase scenes. Fans make pilgrimages to this location on a regular basis, perhaps even more so after Paul Walker's untimely death. Apparently, Vin Diesel's character was ...

Seth, Evan, and McLovin make it to their final destination - to meet their girlfriends. But, there are no happy endings here. No legendary romance but plenty of cops! While you're in the area make the most of your time by seeing the Hammer Museum or the Getty (you'll need parking reservations for the Getty).

This jazz club first opened in 1949. Always a fixture in Hermosa Beach, it is now internationally famous, the place where a struggling musician tries to get his big break in L.A. The club's exterior and interior were both used in the hit film which won seven Golden Globes. It's open Monday through Friday from 5 PM to 2 AM, weekends from 11 AM to 2 AM. Check the website for events and shows. (Submitted by...

You won't find the Vin Diesel look-alike who goes by the name of Dominic Toretto, but rather a small convenience store called Bob's Market. While crustless tuna sandwiches aren't served here, you'll be able to pick up some pre-packaged snacks and alcohol. The store is open daily from 9 to 5. (Photo by Kimberly Martinez)

Netflix's "Bird Box" starring Sandra Bullock has set off an epidemic of Instagram and Facebook memes. The truly creepy and disturbing post-apocalyptic film took place in a gorgeous house located in the suburbs. The exterior of the Monrovia Craftsman home was built in the early 1900s and used in the film to portray the initial hideout of a group of survivors. It has drawn people from all over the country....

McLovin illegally tries to buy alcohol in this liquor store and gets knocked out cold! It's located in real life on a main thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley. Victory Blvd. is one of the most popular routes stretching from West Hills to Griffith Park, almost 25 miles. 

When filmmakers need to shoot a desert scene out in the middle of nowhere, they go to Club Ed or Four Aces—two remote movie sets way the hell out in the scorching Mojave desert. Club Ed supplies a ready-to-shoot motel with pool, diner, and gas station. It was all originally built for Eye of the Storm starring Dennis Hopper and has since been used for Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects, Nothing to Lose, and...

Like the Club ed movie set nearby, the Four Aces offers ready-made sets for filmmakers/photographers in need of a middle-of-nowhere motel, ‘50s diner, Western Honkey Tonk bar, and gas station. Shot here: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video and Lenny Kravtiz’s “American Woman” video, among others.

Ally and her father, Lorenzo, are from New York and they settle into this unassuming house while he drives a limo around Los Angeles. If you're an L.A. native, you might recognize many of the other filming locations in the movie. 

Calabasas, always an upscale enclave of L.A., has had its share of celebrities and being in the spotlight. This city once again gets silver screen status as the home of Bradley Cooper's character in this film also starring Lady Gaga. Warner Brothers was on location for about 15 days. Coincidentally, the architect, Douglas Rucker, also designed Jack's house in the 1976 version of the film.

Donnie Darko lives the idyllic life of an angsty American teen but his bliss comes to a weird end when he meets a giant talking rabbit named Frank. This white, plantation-style house in an affluent area of Long Beach is the setting for Donnie in the days before he suffers an existential crisis. Not coincidentally, another film location, the residence of Jim Cunningham, is just down the street. This is a ...