Numerous iconic films have been shot in France, spanning from classic French cinema to major Hollywood productions. Key examples include Amélie (Paris), Breathless (Paris), The French Connection (Marseille), Chocolat (Dordogne/Côte-d’Or), Taxi (Marseille), and Ratatouille (animated Paris). Other notable films include The Bourne Identity, Inception, and Marie Antoinette.
Abbesses Metro Station
Abbesses is a famous, historic Paris Métro station on Line 12 in Montmartre, renowned as the deepest station in the network at roughly 36 meters below ground.
Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe has appeared in The Day of the Jackal, Ronin, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Taken, Mission: Impossible – Fallout and Blindspot.
Bistrot La Renaissance
Bistrot La Renaissance is in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Le Mouton enragé (1974), Le Sang des autres (1984), My New Partner (1984) and Animal (2005).
Catacombs of Paris
The Catacombs of Paris have appeared in As Above, So Below (2014) and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023–).
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is a building complex in Paris, France. The Centre Pompidou served as a primary filming location for the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker.
Deauville Beach Cabins
The Deauville beach cabins have appeared in both A Man and a Woman and Sentimental Value.
Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis
Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis is in Triple Cross, The Night of the Generals, Army of Shadows, The Seventh Company Has Been Found, L’Affaire Dominici and more.
Grande Arche
Grande Arche has appeared in Until the End of the World, The Bourne Identity, Girlhood, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and The Great Arch.
Jim Morrison’s Grave
Jim Morrison’s Grave appears in The Doors (1991) and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023–). Both productions use the real grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery.
La Pallice
La Pallice is the commercial deep-water port of La Rochelle, France used for filming location for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Das Boot.
Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel is in Pauline at the Beach, Mindwalk, Armageddon, Une semaine sur deux, To the Wonder, The Package and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.
Montmajour Abbey
Montmajour Abbey has appeared in The Lion in Winter (1968), Mystère (2007), Inquisitio (2012) and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023–).
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, an American military cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, appears in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach is the Allied code name for a stretch of the Normandy coast between Vierville-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer in Calvados, France. The name was assigned in…
Pont d’Iéna Stairs
Pont d’Iéna Stairs appears in A View to a Kill (1985). The stairway is used as part of one of the film’s best-known Paris action sequences.
Pont du Gard
Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge crossing the Gardon River near Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. Built around AD 50 during the reign of…
Statue of Liberty in Paris
Statue of Liberty in Paris appears in Frantic (1988), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), Lost in Paris (2016), and The Fall (2006).
Tunnel de l’Ave-Maria
Tunnel de l'Ave-Maria has appeared in Coincoin et les Z'inhumains (2018) and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023–).