Hotels.com selects Top 10 hotels made famous by the movies

Picking up on Hollywood’s fascination with hotels throughout the years, Hotels.com, the hotel experts, lifts the clapper board on ten hotels around the world that have been made famous by films. 
Hotels have been used in scenes of love, conspiracy, heartache and even murder and will continue to play an important part in film history. The versatility of hotels enables the creation of a specific world, era, mood or atmosphere for any particular film genre.

Here's the full top10 list of movie-star hotels:

1. Taj Lake Palace Hotel, Udaipur, India, 5*. Film: Octopussy starring Roger Moore as James Bond
2. The Lanesborough, a St. Regis Hotel, London, United Kingdom, 5*. Film: Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
3. Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Miami Beach, USA, 4.5*. Films include: Goldfinger starring Sean Connery; Scarface starring Al Pacino; The Bodyguard starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston
4. Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, USA, 5 *. Films include: Rocky 3 starring Sylvester Stallone; Ghostbusters starring Bill Murray and Dan Akroyd; Independence Day starring Will Smith; Wedding Crashers starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan;
5. Hotel Del Coronado – A KSL Luxury Resort, San Diego, USA, 4*. Film: Some Like It Hot starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis
6. Historic Lake Lure Inn, North Carolina, USA, 3*. Film: Dirty Dancing starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey
7. InterContinental Le Grand, Paris, France, 4*. Film: Frantic starring Harrison Ford
8. The Fairmont Royal York, Toronto, Canada, 4*. Films include: Serendipity starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale; Cinderella Man starring Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger
9. The Westin Grand Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 5*. Film: The Bourne Supremacy starring Matt Damon
10. The Savoy, London, United Kingdom, 5*. Films include: Notting Hill starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant; The French Lieutenant’s Woman starring Jeremy Irons and Merryl Streep; Entrapment starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones
    

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