Pulp Fiction (1994) – Filming Locations
Thriller, Crime, Comedy · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Where was Pulp Fiction filmed?
- Los Angeles, USA, Los Angeles – Pumpkin and Honey Bunny eat breakfast before their impulsive diner robbery that opens and closes the film. This iconic mid-century Googie-style diner was chosen by Tarantino for its quintessentially LA retro aesthetic, perfectly embodying the film's pulp-fiction-meets-modern-LA sensibility
- Los Angeles, USA, Los Angeles – Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield walk and argue through the neighborhood streets after miraculously surviving a point-blank shooting. The quiet, upscale residential streets of Hancock Park provided a deliberately mundane contrast to the explosive, surreal miracle Vincent and Jules have just survived
- Hawthorne, USA, Hawthorne – The climactic standoff between Jules, Vincent, Pumpkin, and Honey Bunny that resolves the film's framing narrative. A now-demolished roadside diner used for the film's tension-filled final sequence; Tarantino selected it for its anonymous, everyday American diner atmosphere that grounds the philosophical showdown
- Los Angeles, USA, Los Angeles – Vincent picks up Mia Wallace for their evening out, arriving at the fictional 1950s-themed restaurant Jack Rabbit Slim's. The Jack Rabbit Slim's interior was a purpose-built set, but exterior approach shots were filmed at a real Los Angeles commercial location to establish geographic authenticity
- Los Angeles, USA, Los Angeles – Jules and Vincent bring Marvin to Jimmy's suburban house after the accidental shooting, prompting Winston Wolfe's cleanup operation. A real private residence in Los Angeles was used for the 'Bonnie Situation' segment, with the nondescript suburban home reinforcing the darkly comic incongruity of the crisis being managed like a domestic chore
- Los Angeles, USA, Los Angeles – Butch Coolidge navigates streets and stays at a rundown motel after double-crossing Marsellus Wallace. Various nondescript commercial strips and motels in the San Fernando Valley area stood in for the seedy, transient underworld Butch inhabits while hiding from Marsellus