Maps of Movies

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Where The Matrix Resurrections says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The simulated San Francisco of the Matrix is mostly real San Francisco, with the hotel street, the warehouse and the theater built or found in Germany

Scenes and places

Bugs steps into the old Matrix loop (2021)

Bugs finds a stretch of the Matrix that keeps replaying old code. She follows it into a street and onto a roof, where a program that looks like Morpheus is waiting.

Set in The Heart O' the City Hotel street (a Modal) — A simulated street inside the Matrix, built from old code that replays the moment Trinity first found Neo.

A made-up city block; the film calls it a Modal, a private simulation.

Filmed at Metropolitan Backlot, Studio Babelsberg (Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany) — The hotel street of the opening Modal was built on this backlot; the coordinates are for the whole studio, not the backlot itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Merchants Exchange Building, 465 California St (Financial District, San Francisco, United States) — The rooftop of the same simulated sequence was filmed on top of this building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Deus Machina and the game that is his own life (2021)

Thomas Anderson is the star designer of a game that is built on memories he cannot place. His business partner pushes him to make a new one, while he keeps dreaming of a woman from the coffee shop.

Set in Deus Machina headquarters, San Francisco — The game company of Thomas Anderson, creator of the video game series The Matrix.

A 38-floor tower completed in 1979 in the Financial District.

Filmed at One Front Street (Financial District, San Francisco, United States) — Skyline of the Financial District used for the Deus Machina offices; one source calls this match likely rather than certain. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Simulatte coffee shop (2021)

Thomas orders at the counter and ends up talking with Tiffany, who is passing the time between school runs. The talk drifts from therapy to motorcycles, and both feel they have met before.

Set in Simulatte Café — A coffee shop where Thomas Anderson regularly meets Tiffany, a married mother with no memory of her past.

A juice bar on the ground floor of the Russ Building, an office tower on Montgomery Street.

Filmed at Joe & The Juice, Russ Building, 235 Montgomery St (Financial District, San Francisco, United States) — The street-level juice bar used as the Simulatte Café. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The rooftop where he tries to fly (2021)

Shaken after a session with his analyst, Thomas climbs to a roof and steps to the edge, wanting to fly. Bugs appears next to him and tells him she saw him do it once before.

Set in A rooftop in the city — A roof where Thomas Anderson stands at the edge, as he once did in the past his analyst describes.

A glass-clad office tower from 1968, 26 stories high.

Filmed at 425 California Street (Financial District, San Francisco, United States) — Rooftop of a 26-story glass-covered office tower in the Financial District. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The warehouse fight against the Exiles (2021)

Neo and the crew are attacked by Smith and a band of old programs. As his powers come back, Neo fights alongside the crew.

Set in A warehouse inside the Matrix — A warehouse where Neo and the Mnemosyne crew fight Agent Smith and other exiled programs.

A power station built in 1909 and shut in 1994, beside the Teltow Canal.

Filmed at Energy Museum Berlin (former Steglitz power station) (Steglitz, Berlin, Germany) — The warehouse fight, and the tram depot beside it used as Tiffany's motorcycle workshop, were filmed at this museum complex. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The chase through San Francisco and the tower top (2021)

With Tiffany back on side, the crew races out through streets full of bot programs and helicopters. The last two to leave end up cornered on a roof high above the city.

Set in City streets and a skyscraper roof — Streets and a rooftop inside the Matrix where Neo, Trinity and the crew run out of room.

A tall office tower in the Financial District.

Filmed at 44 Montgomery Street (Financial District, San Francisco, United States) — Top of the building used for the last rooftop scene; actors jumped from the roof on cables. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome St (Financial District, San Francisco, United States) — Bugs and Morpheus escape through a window Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Moka Efti building, Studio Babelsberg (Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany) — The key shop and the cinema outside Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Former Theater Karlshorst (Kulturhaus Karlshorst) (Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany) — The theater where they try to wake Thomas Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Rakotzbrücke, Kromlau (Saxony, Kromlau, Germany) — The tatami training set (inspiration) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Neo / Thomas Anderson — A famous game designer in San Francisco who cannot tell memories from dreams.
• Trinity / Tiffany — A married mother he meets at the coffee shop, who has no recollection of her past.
• Bugs — A young hacker who finds the old Matrix code and sets out to free Morpheus and Neo.

Questions answered on the map

• Where in San Francisco is the Matrix's coffee shop?
• Which tower did the stars jump from?