Open set hours
Montmartre, Paris
Café des 2 Moulins
The corner café in Montmartre where Amélie Poulain served coffee and quietly rearranged other people’s lives.
Shot here: Amélie (2001)
48.8849° N / 2.3334° E
City guide · France
Paris
The city of light, and of countless love stories on film.
5 locations2 films
Paris on screen
Paris has been filmed since the very beginning of cinema. Amélie made Montmartre a storybook, and Midnight in Paris made the whole city a time machine.
Locations are spread across the city, but the Métro makes them easy to connect.
Suggested scene walk
From the Left Bank to Montmartre
Begin at the Musée Rodin, cross to the Latin Quarter for Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, then head north to Canal Saint-Martin and up the hill to Montmartre.
5 stops · 5.3 mi between them
Every location in Paris
Public space
10th arrondissement, Paris
Canal Saint-Martin
The tree-lined canal of iron footbridges and locks where Amélie skipped stones on the water.
Shot here: Amélie (2001)
48.8718° N / 2.3657° E
Public space
Montmartre, Paris
Square Louise-Michel
The terraced gardens below Sacré-Cœur, where Amélie leads Nino on a treasure hunt of blue arrows.
Shot here: Amélie (2001)
48.8847° N / 2.3431° E
Public space
Latin Quarter, Paris
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont steps
The church steps where Gil sits as the bells strike midnight and a vintage Peugeot carries him into the 1920s.
Shot here: Midnight in Paris (2011)
48.8465° N / 2.3481° E
Ticket or tour required
7th arrondissement, Paris
Musée Rodin
The sculptor’s mansion and rose garden where a museum guide politely corrects Gil’s know-it-all friend.
Shot here: Midnight in Paris (2011)
48.8553° N / 2.3158° E