Los Angeles Hotels in the Movies: Making the Big Screen

"Lights! Camera! Action!" Hollywood directors have shot blockbuster movies in locations all over Los Angeles, but few can compare to iconic Los Angeles hotels. In addition to top-notch amenities, these hotels offer movie trivia and a thrilling connection to your favorite movies. Some movies feature the hotels themselves, while others adapt them to give the film a certain look only these hotels can offer. Although they tower in grandeur, these movie-friendly locations offer a wide range of atmospheres, from the classic interior of the Millennium Biltmore to the sleek and futuristic Westin Bonaventure. As a guest, you might find the pleasant surprise of being on set or seeing a celebrity filming at hotels in Los Angeles. Check out and check into these famous hotels and see why Hollywood keeps calling.

The landmark Millennium Biltmore continues to be a go-to location for Hollywood directors and TV series like Mad Men. Watch for that lovable team of paranormal detectives getting chased down the Biltmore’s Main Galleria in Ghostbusters (1984).

• The Soloist (2009)
  
• Wedding Crashers (2005)
• Rumor Has It (2005)
• Criminal (2004)
• Daredevil (2004)

• House of Sand and Fog (2003)
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• Independence Day (1996)
• In the Line of Fire (1993)
• The Bodyguard (1992)
• Pretty in Pink (1986)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Splash (1984)
• Rocky III (1982)
• The Sting (1973)
• Vertigo (1958)

Easily recognized by its cylindrical mirrored towers, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites has been a favorite of Hollywood directors who love to showcase its futuristic elegance. Cases in point: Escape from LA (1996), the 1995 virtual reality flick Strange Days, Alien Nation (1988), as well as sci-fi series like Logan's Run and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger riding a horse into a Bonaventure elevator in a spectacular chase scene from James Cameron's True Lies (1994).

• Hancock (2008)
  
• Mission Impossible III (2006)
  
• Wonderland (2003)
• Heat (1995)
• Forget Paris (1995)
• Nick of Time (1995)
• In the Line of Fire (1993)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• Rain Main (1988)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Blue Thunder (1983)

For decades, the Hollywood Roosevelt has been a home away from home for the rich and famous. And, naturally, a hotel on Hollywood Boulevard is going to be a star in its own right. See if you can recognize the Roosevelt’s hallways in Catch Me If You Can (2002).

• Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
• Mighty Joe Young (1998)
• Internal Affairs (1990)
• The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

The famed "Pink Palace" has starred in a number of Hollywood films, such as the film adaption of Neil Simon's California Suite (1978), which tells four separate stories of guests staying in one of the hotel's suites. The all-star cast includes Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Richard Pryor, and (in an Oscar-winning performance) Maggie Smith.

• Anywhere But Here (1999)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• American Gigolo (1980)
• Shampoo (1975)
• The Way We Were (1973)
• Move Over, Darling (1963)
• The Harder They Fall (1956)
• The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)