Bars From the Movies You Can Visit in Real Life

Fodor's Travel: The Blind Donkey, with a menu of whiskeys, craft cocktails, and beer, was seen in La La Land (2016). The reserve list of whiskeys is what draws locals—and La La Land fans, of course. Read more.

Fodor's Travel: Although this dive bar is in Koreatown, it appears in the Roman Polanski-directed film Chinatown (1974) as The Brown Derby, a since-shuttered bar. Pro tip: order the Korean deep-fried chicken. Read more.

Fodor's Travel: To reach this glass-walled lounge in South Tyrol—in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, and open since 2013, at an altitude of 10,000 feet—you have to board a ski lift, but it’s worth the trek. Read more.

Fodor's Travel: In the cult classic Lost in Translation (2003), Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson strike up a friendship as two foreigners in bustling Tokyo. This includes talking over drinks at New York Bar. Read more.

Fodor's Travel: In Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011), Gil—played by Owen Wilson—is magically transported to the 1920s. But romantic interest, Adriana, longs for the 1890s, so they drop by Maxim’s in Paris. Read more.

Fodor's Travel: This old-school, major-dive bar—where PBR is de rigueur—appeared in The Godfather: Part II (1974), as the backdrop for a gunfight. Happy-hour specials and daytime hours make this a neighborhood spot. Read more.

Fodor's Travel: Before Ben Affleck’s and Matt Damon’s careers exploded, they starred in collegiate drama Good Will Hunting (1997). This wood-paneled bar with an Irish bent is where the characters hang after class. Read more.

Fodor's Travel: Behind the final scene in Trading Places (1983), starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, is Renaissance Carambola Beach Resort & Spa’s Flamboyant Beach Bar along Davis Bay.

Fodor's Travel: In The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Tom Ripley—played by Matt Damon—sits down at this café in busy St. Mark’s Square with Marg (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Herbert (James Rebhorn). Read more.