15 Film Locations That Are Used Over And OverSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 1 Sept 2020 15 Film Locations That Are Used Over And Over Batman Begins, Eyes Wide Shut, and A Spice Girls music video were all filmed at the same place?! by Isabel DalyBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 Getty Images Located in County Clare, this iconic cliffside is one of Ireland's most popular tourist attractions. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the scene where Dumbledore and Harry retrieve the locket was filmed at the Cliffs of Moher Warner Bros. In The Princess Bride the Cliffs of Moher became the Cliffs of Insanity 20th Century Studios And in the romantic comedy Leap Year the sunset proposal scene happens on the iconic Irish cliffside Universal Pictures 2 The WB Torrance High School, located in southern Los Angeles, has been used Bradbury House is used in the final scene of 500 Days of Summer when Tom meets Autumn. Searchlight Pictures You can also spot the Bradbury building as is filmed at Bradbury House Warner Bros. 7 Stocknshares / Getty Images Hatfield House is perhaps most famous for being the place where Queen Elizabeth I spent most of her childhood. Currently, it is owned by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, but this English mansion is open to the public. The castle serves as the main interior and exterior location in The Favourite Searchlight Pictures The Jonas Brothers music video for Sucker was also filmed at Hatfield House Patriot Studios Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2 filmed in the Hatfield House library the same library where Rachel Wiesz chucks books at Emma Stone s head Paramount Pictures 8 jmv / Via Flickr: jmv The British Columbia Institute of Technology Aerospace campus is located near the Vancouver International Airport. Students can learn everything from aircraft maintenance and design to commercial pilot training at this Canadian college. The campus can be seen as the research facility in Rise of the Planet of the Apes 20th Century Studios This Means War uses the campus as CIA headquarters 20th Century Studios And in The Cabin in The Woods the BCIT Aerospace campus becomes the headquarters of a secret government organisation dedicated to preventing the apocalypse through ritual human sacrifice Lionsgate Films 9 Getty Images Located in Malibu, Point Dume State Beach is a convenient filming location for many LA productions. American movies and TV shows often film beach scenes at Point Dume. The desert island from the pilot episode of I Dream of Jeannie was actually just Point Dume State Beach NBC The dramatic twist ending of Planet of the Apes was shot at Point Dume 20th Century Studios Tony Stark s mansion in Iron Man was edited onto the onto the Point Dum cliffside Paramount Pictures 10 Justin Sullivan / Via Getty Images The ornamented granite blocks of this LA mansion, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, has inspired filmmakers for decades. This unusual American house, with its distinctive Mayan-inspired architecture, had its break out role in the 1959 horror movie House On Haunted Hill. It's been consistently used as a film location ever since. The LA mansion was used to portray Thomas Griffin s Hong Kong penthouse in Rush Hour New Line Cinema In the second season Buffy the Vampire Slayer Ennis House becomes Angel s lair The WB Ennis House was used as the exterior for Deckard s apartment in Blade Runner and the studio made a matching interior set on a sound stage Warner Bros. 11 Getty Images Aït Benhaddou is a ksar – or fortified city –located in Morocco. Historically, the village was a midway point on a caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech. Several families still live in the ksar, but most local residents live in modern dwellings nearby the historic landmark. The ksar became the city of Yunkai in Game of Thrones HBO In Gladiator Aït Benhaddou became the city of Zucchabar AKA where Maximus is sold as a gladiator Universal Pictures In Prince of Persia The Sands of Time the Moroccan village is used to portray ancient Persia Disney 12 Christopher Ewen Crosby / Via Getty Images Despite their name, the Alabama Hills are actually located in California. They became a popular filming location for Westerns in the '50s, but you can still spot the hills in more modern movies. Django Unchained uses the Alabama Hills to portray the Texas wilderness The Weinstein Company When Tony Stark goes to Afghanistan in Iron Man he actually just went to the Alabama Hills Paramount Pictures You can briefly spot the Alabama Hills in Firefly as Serenity takes off from a border planet Fox 13 Getty Images Established in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada's top research university. The campus has appeared in a wide variety of films, usually portraying an American college. In Mean Girls you can see the University of Toronto in the background after the Mathletes win the state championship Paramount Pictures In Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle the University of Toronto became Princeton New Line Cinema All of the Culver University scenes in The Incredible Hulk were filmed at the University of Toronto Universal Pictures 14 Michel Alexandre Salim / Via Flickr: misheru Fun fact: F. Scott Fitzgerald used this Long Island mansion as inspiration for Gatsby's mansion in The Great Gatsby. Once the country home of investment banker Otto Kah, Oheka Castle is now a luxury hotel and popular wedding destination – Kevin Jonas got married here! In Citizen Kane Oheka Castle was used as the exterior for Xanadu Charles Foster Kane s mansion RKO pictures In the second season of Succession Oheka Castle appears as a Bulgarian mansion the Roys use for vacations HBO Taylor Swift shot the music video for Blank Space at the Long Island mansion Republic Records 15 Peter O'Connor / Via Flickr: anemoneprojectors Built for the Rothschild family in 1854, Mentmore Towers is located in Buckinghamshire, England. The Jacobethan building is currently unoccupied. In Eyes Wide Shut the exterior of Mentmore Towers was used to portray the country mansion where Nick stumbles upon a disturbing ritual Warner Bros. You can spot the mansion as Wayne Manor in Batman Begins the first instalment of Christopher Nolan s Dark Knight trilogy Warner Bros. True Spice Girl fans will recognise Mentmore Towers from the iconic Goodbye music video Ocean View Studios Did we miss any popular filming locations Let us know in the comments below Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink TV and MoviesGet all the best moments in pop culture & entertainment delivered to your inbox.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.