If you love movies, and you love San Francisco, you're bound to love this -- a listing of filming locations of movies shot in San Francisco from 1924 - 2010. You'll find the titles, locations, fun facts, names of the director, writer, actors, and studio for most of these films.

Alcatraz Island was a military fort before it became a prison.

With 23 miles of ladders and 300,000 rivets in each tower, the Golden Gate Bridge was the world's longest span when it opened in 1937.

Lombard Street between Hyde and Leavenworth
22nd Avenue & Balboa Street (Richmond District)
Victor's Restaurant, The Westin St. Francis Hotel (335 Powell Street)
Spring Valley School (1451 Jackson Street)
International Studies Academy (993 Vermont Street, Potrero Hill)
766 Vallejo Street at Stockton Street (North Beach)
Fomer Hall of Justice (750 Kearny Street at Washington)
Cable Car Signal Box (California Street at Powell Street)

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
God is a Communist?* (show me heart universe)
St. Peter & Paul's Church (666 Filbert Street, Washington Square)
Coffee Dan's (O'Farrell Street at Powell)
Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason Street, Nob Hill)
Burritt Alley (Off Bush Street, between Powell and Stockton Streets)
Belgravia Apartments (795 Sutter Street at Jones)
The Malloch Apartment Building (1360 Montgomery Street)
Steinhart Aquarium (California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park)
Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel (1 Nob Hill Circle)
Southern Pacific Memorial Hospital (1400 Fell Street)
Market & Steuart Streets (Financial District)
Chambord Apartments (1298 Sacramento Street at Jones)
Westin St. Francis Hotel (335 Powell Street)
The Tamalpias Building (1201 Greenwich Street at Hyde)
Brocklebank Apartments (1000 Mason Street)
Spreckles Mansion (2080 Washington Street, Pacific Heights)
Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel (1 Nob Hill Circle, Nob Hill)
War Memorial Opera House (401 Van Ness Avenue)
California Palace of the Legion of Honor (34th Avenue & Clement, Lincoln Park)
Conservatory of Flowers (Golden Gate Park)
Ernie's Restaurant (847 Montgomery Street)
Fort Point (Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Mission Delores (3321 16th Street, Mision District)
Mission San Juan Bautista (2nd & Mariposa Streets)
Park Hill Sanatorium (351 Buena Vista Avenue East)
San Francisco Drydock (20th and Illinois Streets)
Grace Cathedral Episcopal Church (1100 California Street)
On Board the SS President Cleveland, docked at Pier 50
The Sea Captain's Chest (Fisherman's Wharf)
Wells Fargo Bank (1 California Street, Financial District)
George Washington High School (600 32nd Avenue )
Roaring Twenties Nightclub (555 Broadway at Columbus)
Sheraton Palace Hotel (2 Montgomery Street, Financial District)
Mel's Drive-In (Corner South Van Ness & Mission St.)
Mark Hopkins Hotel (999 California Street)
Mansell & University Streets (Vistacon Valley)
Larkin & Francisco Streets (Russian Hill)
Larkin & Chestnut Streets (Russian Hill)
Kennedy Hotel (226 Embarcadero at Howard Street)
Intersection of York & Peralta (Bernal Heights)
Columbus & Lombard Streets (North Beach)
Japanese Tea Garden, Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park
Bayshore Blvd near Cesar Chavez (Bayview)
SF General Hospital Center (1001 Potrero Avenue, Potrero Hill)
California Hall (625 Polk Street, Van Ness/Civic Center)
Dante Building (1606 Stockton Street at Union)
Holiday Inn Select Downtown Hotel (750 Kearney Street)
Bank of America Building (555 California Street)
San Francisco Hilton (333 O'Farrell Street)
Westin St. Francis Hotel (335 Powell Street, Union Square)
The Music Concourse (Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Golden Gate Park)
Mel's Drive-In (Corner of Van Ness & Mission Street, Mission District)
Vermont Street between 20th and 22nd Streets
Cost Plus World Market (2552 Taylor Street)
Pacific Heights Towers (2200 Sacramento Street, Pacific Heights)
Lefty O' Doul Drawbridge/ 3rd Street Bridge (3rd Street, China Basin)
280 Freeway at Pennsylvania and Mariposa Streets
2190 Washington Street (Pacific Heights)
TransAmerica Pyramid (600 Montgomery Street)
Stockton Tunnel (Stockton Street at Sutter Street)
Hyatt Regency Hotel (5 Embarcadero Center)
Broadway and Columbus Avenue (North Beach)
San Francisco Fire Station 38 (2150 California Street, Pacific Heights)
American Roofing Co. Building (297 Kansas Street, Potrero Hill)
Cathedral Hill Hotel (1101 Van Ness Avenue, Civic Center)
Bank of America Building (555 California Street, Financial District)
Sheraton Palace Hotel (639 Market Street)
Neiman Marcus (150 Stockton Street, Union Square)
One Embarcadero Center (Financial District)
Saks Fifth Avenue (384 Post Street, Union Square)
Hyatt Regency Hotel (5 Embarcadero Center, Financial District)
24th Street Mini Park (Mission District)
Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park
Postcard Row (Alamo Square, Hayes Valley)
Pawtrero Hill Bathhouse & Feed Co. (199 Mississippi Street)
Montgomery & Pine Streets (Financial District)
Laguna & Sacramento Streets (Pacific Heights)
Hayes Valley Care (601 Laguna Street, Hayes Valley)
Bimbo's 365 Club (1025 Columbus Avenue, North Beach)
Fiesta Laundromat (898 S. Van Ness Ave., Mission)
San Francisco Chronicle (901 Mission Street at 15th Street)
Transamerica Building (600 Montgomery Street at Clay)
Ramada Plaza Hotel Downtown (1231 Market Street, Civic Center)
Golden Gate & Steiner Streets (Hayes Valley)
Department of Public Health (101 Grove Street at Polk, Civic Center)
Fort Mason (Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Sokoji-Soto Zen Buddhist Temple (1691 Laguna Street)
Andrew S. Hallidie Plaza (Market & Powell Streets)
Asian Art Museum (200 Larkin Street, Civic Center)
Lombard & Laguna Streets (Marina District)
Lombard & Fillmore Streets (Marina District)
Lombard & Divisadero Streets (Marina District)
Lombard & Broderick Streets (Marina District)
Intersection of Fulton & 6th Streets (Chinatown)
Intersection of California & Grant Streets (Richmond District)
Old St. Mary's Church (660 California Street at Grant)
Huntington Park (California & Taylor Streets, Nob Hill)
Ghiradelli Square (900 North Point Street, Fisherman's Wharf)
Chestnut & Davisadero Streets (Marina District)
California Academy of Sciences (Golden Gate Park)
Merchant Exchange (465 California Street at Leidesdortt)
Washington Square Bar & Grill (1707 Powell)
Albert S. Samuels Clock (856 Market Street between Powell and Stockton)
San Francisco Art Institute (800 Chestnut Street)
Transbay Terminal (Mission Street at 1st Street)
22nd and Carolina Streets (Potrero Hill)
Golden Dragon Restaurant (816 Washington Street at Grant)
Li Po (916 Grant Avenue at Washington, Chinatown)
Bowles Franklin Galleries (765 Beach Street, Fisherman's Wharf)
McDonald's Restaurant (701 3rd Street, SOMA)
American Can Company (Between Illinois & Kentucky, 20th and 22nd Streets)
24th Street between Mission Street and Potrero Avenue
Burger Island (901 3rd Street, China Basin)
Taylor and Jefferson Streets (Fisherman's Wharf)
722 Steiner Street (Postcard Row, Alamo Square, Hayes Valley)
Intersection of Grant & Fresno Streets (North Beach)
Intersection of Columbus & Mason Streets
Intersection of Columbus & Kearney Streets
Bessie Charmichael Elementary School (375 Seventh Street, SOMA)
Green Valley Restaurant (510 Green Street Near Grant)
New Asia Restaurant (772 Pacific Avenue at Grant)
Nam Yuen Restaurant (740 Washington Street, Chinatown)
Pierce St. & Golden Gate Avenue (Hayes Valley)
Pierce & California Streets (Pacific Heights)
22nd Bet. Carolina & Rhode Island Streets (Potrero Hill)
Mirant Energy, LLC (1301 Illinois Street, The Dogpatch)
McAllister & Scott Streets (Hayes Valley)
KGO-TV ABC7 TV Studios (900 Front Street, Waterfront Historic District)
Eber Electronics (2355 Market Street, Castro)
Washington Street & Waverly Place (Chinatown)
Montgomery & Vallejo Streets (Telegraph Hill)
Presidio (Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
200 Block of Sansome Street (Financial District)
One Thousand Powell Apartments (1000 Powell Street)
Bank of America (38th Street at Balboa Street)
The Cannery (281 Leavenworth Street, Fisherman's Wharf)
Silver Restaurant (737 Washington Street, Chinatown)
San Francisco National Military Cemetary (Lincoln Blvd., The Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Center)
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center (1001 Potrero Avenue, Potrero Hill)
Mission Delores Park (Mission District) via J-Church MUNI Train
Under Highway 101 (near Potrero and Cesar Chavez Streets)
Tosca Café (242 Columbus Avenue, North Beach)
Hills Brothers Plaza (The Embarcadero at Harrison)
Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Public Health Service Hospital (Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
St. Elizabeth Apartment House (901 Powell Street at Sacramento)
St. Paul's Church (Church Street, Noe Valley)
Maritime Museum, Building 201 (Fort Mason)
Danilo's Bakery (Green Street & Bannam Place)
Aladdin Terrace (off of Taylor Street, Between Filbert and Union)
City Light Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue)
Varennes Alley between Filbert and Union
Prudente's Italian Deli (1462 Grant Ave at Union)
St. John's Presbyterian Church (25 Lake Street)
Carnelian Room, Bank of America Building (555 California Street, 53rd Floor)
Buena Vista Park (Haight Street at Buena Vista)
Bush Street (between Grant & Kearny Streets)
University of California Hastings College of the Law
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum (Golden Gate Park)
Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf (555 Northpoint Street)
War Memorial Building (401 Van Ness Avenue)
Jack Kerouac Alley between Columbus & Grant Streets
Star's Café (55 Golden Gate Avenue at Van Ness)
Japanese Tea Garden (Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park)
Pierce Street between Pacific & Green Streets
Fior d' Italia (601 Union Street at Stockton)
Belli Building (722 Montgomery Street at Washington)
Sound Factory (1st and Harrison Streets)
New Russian Hill Market (1198 Pacific Avenue at Jones)
Hills Brothers Plaza (Embarcadero at Harrison Street)
Stockton Tunnel Southern Approach Overhang (Bush & Stockton Streets, Chinatown)
Ritz-Carlton Hotel (600 Stockton Street)
Merchant Exchange Building (465 California Street)
First Bank (550 Montgomery Street at Commercial)
San Francisco Public Library Main Branch (100 Larkin Street)
Sutter-Stockton Garage (330 Sutter Street at Stockton)
North Beach Video (1398 Grant Avenue at Green)
Roof of Cable Car (California at Front Street)
Pacific Stock Exchange (301 Pine Street at Sansome)
Nina M. Designs (52 2nd Street at Jessie)
Postcard Row, Alamo Square, Hayes Valley
20th & Connecticut Streets (Potrero Hill)
Castro Theatre (429 Castro Street, The Castro)
Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens (701 Mission Street)
Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store (Washington Square)
Washington Square Park (Filbert, between Stockton and Powell)
Vaillancourt Fountain (Justin Herman Plaza)
West Chrissy Field (Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Blooms Saloon (18th Street between Missouri and Texas Streets)
Foote, Cone & Belding (733 Front Street at Pacific)
The Lexington Club (3464 19th Street at Lexington)
Royan Hotel (405 Valencia Street, Mission District)
Citicorp Center (1 Sansome Street at Sutter)
Marquee Lofts (1000 Van Ness Avenue at Alice B. Tolkas Place)
The 500 Club (500 Guerrero Street, Mission District)
Firestation #3 (Brazil Avenue and Athens Street)
Broadway Tunnel (Broadway between Powell and Larkin)
Farley's Café (1315 18th Street Near Missouri)
Broadway, Between Franklin & Laguna Streets
Building 924, Presido (Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Sacramento St., Between Pierce & Broderick Streets
Broadway Studios (435 Broadway at Montgomery Street)
South Park (Between 2nd and 3rd Streets, Brannan and Bryant Streets)
Red's Java House (Pier 30-32, The Embarcadero)
Magic Theater (Fort Mason, Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
McCovey Point, China Basin Park (24 Willy Mays Plaza)
La Bodega (1332 Grant Avenue at Vallejo)
Veterans' War Memorial Building (401 Van Ness Avenue)
The Marsh Theatre (1062 Valencia Street)
During San Francisco's Gold Rush era, the Park was part of an area designated as the "Great Sand Waste".
In 1887, the Cliff House was severely damaged when the schooner Parallel, abandoned and loaded with dynamite, ran aground on the rocks below.
The Barbary Coast was a red-light district that was largely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Though some of the establishments were rebuilt after the earthquake, an anti-vice campaign put the establisments out of business.
Before opening in 1936, the bridge was blessed by Cardinal Secretary of State Eugene Cardinal Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII.
The Steinhart Aquarium is home to over 38,000 animals, which represent more than 900 species.
The Playland amusement park wehre "Hall of Mirrors" sequence at the end of the movie was filmed has since been destroyed. However, relics from the park are now housed at the nearby Cliff House.
The Mandarin Theatre was renamed the Sun Sing Theatre in 1949. It closed 1986.
The Top of the Mark lounge and restaurant at the top of the hotel was formerly a penthouse suite.
During the Civil War, pro-Union rallies were held in the Square, and thus the area was called "Union Square".
SF Cable Cars are the only moving National Historical Landmark.
The hotel was originally supposed to be named the Crocker Hotel, after Charles Founder the railroad magnate who founded it. However, the hotel took the name the St. Francis after one of the earliest Gold Rush hotels.
Largely untouched by the 1906 earthquake, Telegraph Hill has the most pre-1870 buildings in the city.
Lombard Street is not actually the crookedest in SF. That honor goes to Potrero Hill's Vermont Street between 22nd and 23rd.
In 1945 the United Nations had its first conference at The War Memorial Opera House.
Tennis courts now sit on the site; in the movie the structure was Carlota Valdes' home.
Built in 1924, the Legion of Honor is a 3/4 replica of the Parisian Palais de la Legion d'Honneur.
The Conservatory, unveiled in 1879, is the oldest public conservatory in the Western Hemisphere.
Mission Delores' official name is Mission San Francisco de Asis. It is the oldest building in San Francisco, built in 1791, and has survived two major earthquakes.
This location is now a condominium complex.
Then Vice President Richard Nixon threw out the first pitch when Candlestick openend in 1960. On August 29, 1966, The Beatles played their last concert for paying fans at Candlestick Park.
The hotel was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire, had to be rebuilt, and was reopened in 1909.
The pet shop featured in the film does not exist, but was based on the now-closed Robison's House of Pets formerly located on Maiden Lane.
This restaurant location was demolished; however another Mel's was reopened in 1986 on 3355 Geary Blvd.
SFO has a museum dedicated to aviation history.
Before the 1906 earthquake, the land on which Marina Green sits was a tidal marsh, and rubble from the earthquake was dumped on the site. However, the site was filled in to provide land for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition.
Hotel was destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Corporate headquarters for the Gap reside at the location today.
The crookedest street in San Fransisco is actually Potrero Hill's Vermont Street between 20th St & 22nd St.
Embarcadero Freeway, which was featured in the film was demolished in 1989 because of structural damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake)
The Japanese Hagiwara family invented "Chinese" fortune cookies in the tea-garden
SF General Hospital is the only Level I Trauma Center serving San Francisco and northern San Mateo County.
McClaren Park is the 2nd largest park in San Francisco, after Golden Gate Park.
The cross sits at the highest point in San Francisco (938 feet). This version of the cross was erected in 1934.Though in Dirty Harry the cross is lit at night, the City stopped this practice in 1990.
The stadium was demolished and completely rebuilt after sustaining damages in the 1898 Loma Prieta earthquake.
In 1847 the first public school in California was erected on what would become Portsmouth Square.
The two land plots that comprise the Park were used as a Jewish cemetary until 1894 when San Francisco prohibited all burials within city limits.The graves were moved to Colma, CA.
The park was originally a rock quarry and served as a campground for many survivors of the 1906 earthquake. The site was converted to a park in 1910.
Located at one end of Fisherman's Wharf, Aquatic Park was built as part of FDR's Works Progress Administration Project.
This is SF's only drawbridge, and was named after Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul, a local baseball hero.
A partially-above ground parking structure near the building made it necessary for architects to make the Alcoa Building's diagonal bracing visible, instead of placing it inside and drastically reducing the amount usable interior space.
The 2nd highest point in SF after Mt. Davidson, Twin Peaks sit at the geographic center of SF. The native Ohlone people called the area "called the area “Los Pechos de la Chola” or "Breasts of the Indian Maiden," but in the 19th Century when America took over the area, it was renamed "Twin Peaks".
The Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi from 1972-1974, until it was surpassed by Los Angeles' Aon Center.
Opened in 1914, the Stockton Tunnel was built to provide North Beach residents access to the thriving downtown area.
Railroad tycoons like Leland Stanford (founder of Stanford University) lived in Nob Hill at the turn of the 20th Century. The 1906 earthquake completely destroeyd Nob Hill, with the exception of the wall that surrounded the mansions of Stanford and his neighbor Mark Hopkins.
In the film the City of Paris Department Store is featured. That establishment was located where Neiman Marcus stnads today
The San Francisco Zodiac Killer of the late 1960s sent his notes and letters to the Chronicle's offices.
Constructed in 1864 as a coastal defense site, Fort Mason went on to serve as an army post for more than 100 years.
United Nations Plaza was built in 1975 and across its walkways are white lines into which the preamble to the preamble of the UN charter is carved.
The Dalai Lama opened an exhibition on Wisdom and Compassion at the museum in 1991.
The mansion of Arabella Huntington, widow of railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington, was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Mrs. Huntington the donated the land on which the park now stands to the city.
In 1893, chocolatier Domingo Ghiradelli bought an entire city block to house the headquarters of Ghiradelli Chocolates.
Founded in 1853, 3 years after California joined the United States, the Academy was originally named the California Academy of Natural Sciences and was the first institution of its kind in the United States.
One of the country's earliest bookstores, City Lights was founded by, and still owned by beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The bookstore was often frequented by Beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
Built in 1939, the Terminal linked San Francisco, the East Bay, and Sacramento by rail for the first time.
Mt. Davidson is highest point in San Francisco (938 feet).
Suppsedly, the Cow Palace's name derives from a newspaper editorial in which the writer wonders whether the soon-to-be-built structure for livestock was a "palace for cows".
From 1910-1920 the Castro was called "Little Scandinavia" because of its high concentration of residents of Scandinavian ancestry.
Embarcadero Freeway, which was featured in the film, was demolished in 1989 because of structural damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake)
In 1776, Spain made the Presido a fortified area. The area was then given to Mexico, but then given to the US in 1848. The 1994 demilitarization of the area in 1994 marked the end of its 219 years of military use.
Washington Square Park is not actually a square, as it has 5 sides. North Beach is not a beach. The statue in the Park is Ben Franklin, not George Washington.
Chrissy Field was originally an airfield for the Presidio Army Base.
Prudente's Italian Deli, which has since closed, is called "Meats of the World" in the film.
The paper is called the San Francisco Globe in the movie.
Established in 1867, Buena Vista Park is the oldest official park in San Francisco.
Designed in 1970, the Chinatown Gate (aka the Dragon Gate) is based on ceremonial gates found in Chinese villages.
The City of Paris department store previously occupied the space that now houses Neiman Marcus. City of Paris' original rotunda and glass dome were incorporated into Neiman Marcus' design.
Ross Alley is the oldest alley in San Francisco.
Washington Square Park is not actually a square, as it has 5 sides. North Beach is not a beach.
This location is called the "Café Blue Eyes" in the film.
From 1986-1990, the north end of Baker Beach was home to the Burning Man festival.
On Jan. 25, 1878, the King Philip ship crashed in Ocean Beach. Occassionally, the ship's wreckage may be found on the beach-- most recently it was seen in 2007.
Garage roof serves as a heliport in the movie
The video store has since moved to an adjacent location.
The original Castro Theatre was built in 1910, a few doors down from the current theatre. The original theatre was converted into retail space, and the current theatre was built in the 1920s.
Installed in 1975, the Vaillancourt Fountain is officially titled, "Québec Libre!". The night before the sculpture's inauguration, artist Armand Vaillancourt inscribed "Québec libre!" in red letters on the sculpture. The next day when he noticed that the note had been erased, Vaillancourt jumped on the statue to reinscribe his message.
Supposedly, Mikhail S. Gorbachev has said that his favorite part of visiting America was touring Fisherman's Wharf.
This movie was the first to film in the revamped Chrissy Field Picnic Area.
The land on which the park stands was a cemetary until the late 1860s.
The building is called "Jabe & Dunne Advertising Agency" in the movie.
The Musee Mechanique, which Julie Andrews' character visits in the movie, was at the time housed under the Cliff House.
Francis Ford Coppola allegedly wrote large portions of "The Godfather" trilogy in Café Trieste.
Mildred Lewis and Colin Higgins Productions
Attaboy Films, For Whom Productions, Home Box Office (HBO)
Umarji Anuradha, Jayendra, Aarthi Sriram, & Suba