Maps of Movies

Heat (1995)

Where Heat says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Every place in Heat is Los Angeles itself, no stand-in city, and several of the spots, from a restaurant to a drive-in, have since been demolished or remodeled.

Scenes and places

The armored-car ambush (1995)

The crew rams an armored truck as it comes out from under a freeway in daylight, and the job turns bloody.

Set in Venice Blvd near the Convention Center — Where the crew hits an armored truck in daylight. Google Maps · Apple Maps

West of downtown Los Angeles, beside the Convention Center, whose car park is visible in the scene and still stands.

Filmed at Venice Blvd / Convention Center Dr — The truck is hit as it comes out from under the freeway; the Convention Center car park is in the background. Coordinates are the Convention Center building, not the exact corner. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: West of downtown, next to the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The bookstore meeting (1995)

McCauley meets a graphic designer in a bookstore while buying a book about metals.

Set in A bookstore on the Third Street Promenade — McCauley meets a graphic designer while buying a book about metals. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Santa Monica's pedestrian shopping street; the shopfronts used were remodeled afterward.

Filmed at Third Street Promenade, 1254 and 1457, Santa Monica — The bookstore (1254) and the meeting (1457) were filmed on this pedestrian street; both buildings have since been remodeled. Coordinates are the Promenade, not the shopfronts. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Pedestrian shopping street in Santa Monica.

The diner where the crew recruits a cook (1995)

The crew recruits a short-order cook who has been flipping burgers for a living.

Set in A short-order cook's diner — The crew approaches a cook who has been flipping burgers. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A restaurant on Riverside Drive that has operated since 1949 and has changed little.

Filmed at Bob's Big Boy, 4211 W Riverside Dr, Burbank — The restaurant says several key scenes of Heat were shot here; BFI notes the back lot looks like modernist architecture. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Open since 1949 on Riverside Drive.

The freeway chase (1995)

Hanna and his team tail the crew by car and helicopter, lose them, then find them again.

Set in Freeways near Inglewood — Hanna and his team tail the crew by car and helicopter. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Freeway interchange in the Inglewood area.

Filmed at I-110 and Century Freeway (I-105), Inglewood — The chase was filmed on the I-110 and I-105 freeways; the coordinates come from the GPS point given on the location list. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Public freeways; do not stop on them.

The coffee shop face-to-face (1995)

The cop and the thief sit across a table and talk frankly about their lives and where the job has led them.

Set in A diner across a table — The cop and the thief sit down and talk frankly about their lives. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Opened in 1987 and closed in 2014 over rent; the Knockout mural remains above the bar.

Filmed at Kate Mantilini, 9101 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills — Filmed here. The restaurant closed in 2014. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: The restaurant no longer operates.

The downtown bank job (1995)

The crew walks into a bank in broad daylight, ties up the guards and takes the vault.

Set in A downtown bank — The crew walks into a bank in broad daylight, ties up the guards and takes the vault. Google Maps · Apple Maps

444 S Flower is now the Citigroup Center; the interior was a different, real bank building.

Filmed at Citigroup Center, 444 S Flower St — Exterior of the bank. Exterior filming was limited to weekends. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Downtown Los Angeles, 444 S Flower Street.

Filmed at Real bank interior, around 350 S Grand Ave — Interiors were shot inside a real bank, a different building from the exterior. Coordinates are Two California Plaza at 350 S Grand, which is the address one source gives. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Filmed at Redondo Beach station, Redondo Beach — A man steps off a train in the dark Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 10006 Rose Hills Rd, Whittier — Explosives purchase Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Western Ave and Pico Blvd, Los Angeles — Waingro joins the crew outside a Mexican restaurant Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Hope St near W 5th St, Los Angeles — The downtown gunfight and escape attempt Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 333 S Spring St, Los Angeles — McCauley meets Nate in a parking structure Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 26940 Malibu Cove Colony Dr, Malibu — McCauley's beachfront house Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Factory Place, Los Angeles — The metals depository Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 1219 Dodds Cir, City Terrace — Trejo's house Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Via de las Olas, Pacific Palisades — McCauley and Eady talk on a coastal road Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles — Waingro's hotel near the airport Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Los Angeles International Airport — The airport sequence Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Johnie's Broiler, 7447 Firestone Blvd, Downey — The crew regroups at a diner Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at St. Mary Medical Center, 1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach — The ambulance from a working emergency room Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Sixth Street Residence, Santa Monica — Hanna's house Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Centinela Drive-In, Fox Hills — The bond exchange in an overgrown drive-in Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Wilmington, Los Angeles — Hanna visits an informant in a yard of rusted vehicles Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at La Brea, Los Angeles — A late-night basement club Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 9th St area, downtown Los Angeles — The chase spills into a supermarket lot Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Neil McCauley — A disciplined career thief who leads a crew of professionals.
• Vincent Hanna — An LAPD robbery-homicide detective hunting the crew.
• Eady — A graphic designer McCauley meets in a bookstore.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Heat coffee-shop scene really filmed?
• Where was the Heat bank heist filmed?
• Where was the Heat armored-truck ambush filmed?