Fontainebleau Miami Beach is a landmark hotel at 4441 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, opened in 1954 and designed by Morris Lapidus in the Miami Modern style. With its sweeping curved façade, grand public spaces, and long association with celebrity culture, it became one of the most recognisable resort hotels in Florida and one of the best-known screen locations in Miami Beach.
Fontainebleau Miami Beach appears in A Hole in the Head (1959), The Bellboy (1960), Goldfinger (1964), Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988), The Bodyguard (1992), and Scarface (1983). Of these, The Bellboy (1960), Goldfinger (1964), and The Bodyguard (1992) are among the clearest and most closely associated with the hotel.
In The Bellboy (1960), Fontainebleau Miami Beach is the main setting of the film. Jerry Lewis plays Stanley, a silent bellboy working at the hotel, and the film uses the lobby, guest areas, and wider resort environment throughout. More than simply appearing in the background, the hotel functions as the film’s central location.
In Goldfinger (1964), Fontainebleau Miami Beach is used as James Bond’s Miami hotel. It appears in the sweeping aerial shot after the opening credits, and it is also the hotel where Jill Masterson is murdered by Oddjob. The hotel is one of the defining Miami locations in the film.
In Scarface (1983), Fontainebleau Miami Beach appears in the scene where Manny flirts with a woman and gets slapped. The hotel is not the main setting of the film, but it is used as part of its upscale Miami backdrop.
In The Bodyguard (1992), Fontainebleau Miami Beach is used for the benefit concert scene where Rachel Marron performs “I Will Always Love You.” The hotel’s stage and resort setting are directly tied to one of the film’s best-known musical moments.
In Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988), Fontainebleau Miami Beach is one of the film’s primary hotel settings, with many scenes shot there as the characters stay at the resort during the story.
In A Hole in the Head (1959), the Fontainebleau pool is shown during the party scene attended by Tony Manetta. This makes it one of the earliest major feature films to use the hotel.
Goldfinger
Goldfinger was shot across England, the United States and Switzerland, with Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire serving as the main production base.
Scarface
Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, with Al Pacino starring as Tony Montana.
The Bellboy
The Bellboy is closely tied to the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, where it was filmed while Jerry Lewis was performing at the hotel’s nightclub.
The Carlyle
The Carlyle has appeared in several productions, including Scarface (1983), Miami Vice, The Birdcage, Pronto, Random Hearts and Bad Boys II.
Colony Hotel
Colony Hotel has appeared in productions including Miami Rhapsody, Dexter and Bad Boys for Life. It is also strongly connected to the Scarface.
CVS Miama Beach
In Scarface (1983), 728 Ocean Drive is used for the Sun Ray Apartments, now a CVS, where Tony Montana and Manny Ribera go to make a drug deal.
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens has appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Miami Rhapsody, Any Given Sunday, Bad Boys II, Iron Man 3 and Miami Vice.
Swifty Laundromat
In Striptease, Swifty Laundromat is used for one of the scenes showing Erin Grant’s everyday life away from the club world that dominates much of the film.
Caribbean Club
Caribbean Club is best known for its connection to "Key Largo" (1948). Decades later, the bar also appeared in "Bloodline" (2015–2017).
The Moorings Village
The Moorings Village is best known as the Rayburn family inn in "Bloodline" (2015–2017). The Netflix series was filmed largely in the Upper Florida Keys.
The Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea
The Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea is best known to film fans from Licence to Kill, where it appears during the opening section of the James Bond film.
The Ernest Hemingway Home
The Ernest Hemingway Home has appeared in films including "Licence to Kill" (1989) and "The Leisure Seeker" (2017).
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