Maps of Movies

Fight Club (1999)

Where Fight Club says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A fictional city, filmed in Los Angeles: the bar, the house, and the towers behind one of the most quoted films of the 1990s

Scenes and places

The support group in the church basement

A sleepless office worker sits in a testicular-cancer support group he does not belong to, because crying in a stranger's arms is the only thing that lets him rest. Then a woman who is also faking walks in and ruins it.

Set in Church support group (First Methodist) — The weekly meeting where the narrator hugs strangers and cries.

A church-hall meeting room where a weekly self-help group meets.

Home from the airport

Back from another trip for his job, the narrator learns that his luggage has been stopped. It is a small moment of lost control before he reaches home.

Set in Airport baggage claim — The business traveler returns from a work trip and his suitcase is flagged. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The main international airport of Los Angeles.

Filmed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) — A film-location article lists LAX among the locations used; it does not say which scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The condo on the 15th floor

The narrator comes home to find his condo gutted by an explosion. He is left with nothing but the things he owned, and nobody to call.

Set in Pearson Towers condo (fictional) — The 15th-floor condo with its catalogue furniture.

A concrete high-rise filing cabinet for widows and professionals, as the narrator calls it.

The house on Paper Street

With nowhere left to live, the narrator moves in with Tyler in a decaying house far from the city. The two start building a life with no possessions.

Set in Tyler's house on Paper Street — A run-down house at 1537 Paper Street where Tyler lives.

A derelict house standing alone on an old industrial lot.

Lou's Tavern

After the first fight outside, the group moves down to the bar basement, where men pay to hit each other. Rules are set, and the owner shows up to throw them out.

Set in Lou's Tavern — A bar whose basement becomes the first Fight Club.

A neighborhood tavern with a basement room below.

Melrose Avenue

The narrator and Marla keep crossing paths, and each meeting complicates his feelings for her and his loyalty to Tyler.

Set in A street where Marla and the narrator meet — A city street where the narrator and Marla go in and out of buildings.

A long Los Angeles street of shops and apartments.

Picking fights with strangers

Tyler hands out homework: provoke a stranger into a fight and then lose it. The narrator and the others spill into the street.

Set in A city street, fights with strangers — Members are given the assignment to start a fight with a total stranger and lose it.

Ordinary streets in the middle of a city.

The crash in the rain

On a dark, wet road the narrator finds himself in a car accident. It is the first time he has ever been in one.

Set in A rain-soaked road at night — A car veers off a dark road in the rain.

A foothill road on the northern edge of Los Angeles.

The credit-card towers

The narrator pieces together that Project Mayhem is aimed at the credit-card companies and what they know about everyone's debt.

Set in Credit-card company high-rises — Office towers of the credit-card companies, the targets of Project Mayhem. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A cluster of glass office towers in west Los Angeles.

Filmed at Century City (Century Plaza Towers) — The location manager named the Century City twin towers; the article's mention is about a bridge-building shot, so the link to this scene is inferred. The final skyline shots were composited from about 100 photos of Century City. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Ebell of Los Angeles — Listed as a location; role in the story not given Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at The Biltmore Los Angeles — Exterior Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• The Narrator — An insomniac office worker who finds relief at strangers' support groups.
• Tyler Durden — A charismatic soap salesman the narrator meets on a flight.
• Marla Singer — A fellow support-group "tourist" who starts showing up at the same meetings.