12 Monkeys (1995)

dir. Terry Gilliam

The future prison – Richmond Power Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

James Cole (Bruce Willis) emerges in the 1990s Philadelphia – City Hall (northeast corner), 1 Penn Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The police station – 200 E. Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland.

The police van in the street – N. Gay Street at N. High Street, Baltimore, Maryland

The mental asylum where Cole meets Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt) – Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Kathryn Railly’s (Madeleine Stowe) lecture – Memorial Hall, 4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built as the art gallery for the 1876 Centennial Exposition, it now houses the Please Touch Museum.

The Oasis Motel – 2000 Admiral Wilson Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey. There were plans to turn the site of the Oasis Motel into a large welcome center but no building has materialized.

The homeless enclave where Cole and Railly get attacked by bums – Metropolitan Opera House, 858 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building still stands abandoned.

The FAA headquarters – 2802 Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Cole and Railly driving through the bridge – Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The gas station – 17318 Falls Road, Upperco, Maryland.

Dr. Goines’s (Christopher Plummer) mansion exterior – The Cloisters, 10440 Falls Road, Pikesville, Maryland.

Dr. Goines’s mansion interior – 11 W. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland.

Cole and Railly waking up among the homeless – Ridgeway Library (now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts), 901 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Globe Hotel – 306 W. Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland. The old Congress Hotel, next to the site of the long gone Maryland Theatre, has been redone to become the Congress Hotel Apartments.

Railly makes a phone call – City Hall (east side), S. Juniper Street at Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cole waiting for Railly – Wanamaker’s Department Store (now Macy’s), S. Juniper Street at Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cole and Railly shopping for disguises – Wanamaker’s Department Store (now Macy’s), 1300 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jeffrey and his FAA associates let the animals out – Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Hitchcock Fest – Senator Theatre, 5904-5906 York Road, Baltimore, Maryland.

The airport exterior – BWI Airport, 7426 New Ridge Road, Hanover, Maryland

The airport interior – Grand Hall, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Market Street between 12th and 11th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Grand Hall occupies the trainshed of the former Reading Railroad terminal.

See also...

Blade Runner

Minority Report

Trading Places (1983)

dir. John Landis

Louis Winthorpe’s (Dan Aykroyd) house – 2014 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Duke & Duke bank – Wells Fargo Building, 135 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Dukes mansion – Mill Neck Manor, 40 Frost Mill Road, Mill Neck, New York.

The Heritage Club – Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) pretends to be a blind cripple – Rittenhouse Square, S. 18th Street at Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The police station – Community College of Philadelphia, 1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The bar where Billy Ray is showing off – the corner of Broadway and W. 108th Street, New York, New York. Many thanks to David Wright for pointing that out.

Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis) agrees to help Louis – Centre Square, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Clothespin sculpture is a 45-foot work of public art created by artist Claes Oldenburg in 1975. It was installed for the Bicentennial Celebration in 1976, and has remained there ever since.

Louis sees Billy Ray passing by in a limousine – Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ophelia's apartment – 1210 South Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood has since changed, and the street is barely recognizable.

The depressed Louis gets off the bus – Avenue B between E. 14th and 13th Streets, New York City, NY. Many thanks to AlphaJ for identifying this location.

The Dukes' henchman Clarence Beeks (Paul Gleason) calling from 'Washington, DC' – Centre Street near Foley Square, New York City, NY

The train leaving Washington, DC – Newark Penn Station, 1048 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey.

Arriving in Philadelphia – 30th Street Station, 3001 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Louis and Billy Ray outsmart the Dukes on the trading floor – World Trade Center, New York, New York. The original World Trade Center was destroyed in the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. The site is being rebuilt with five new skyscrapers and a memorial to the victims of the attacks.

Beeks and a gorilla are loaded onto a ship heading for Africa – Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2, New York, New York.

Louis, Billy Ray, Ophelia and Coleman vacation on a tropical beach – Davis Bay, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

See also...

A Fish Called Wanda

The Million Pound Note