List of landmark destruction scenes

*This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources*.

This page lists all known destruction scenes of world landmarks in film. All entries in this list are used in the "All World Landmarks Destruction" video.

## The rules

1. The said landmark must be the focus of the scene.
2. Only destruction scenes shown on-screen are counted.

## United States

### Statue of Liberty

* *Deluge* (1933)
* *The Last War* (1961)
* *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985)
* *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987)
* *Deep Impact* (1998)
* *Aftershock: Earthquake in New York* (1999)
* *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004)
* *Category 7: The End of the World* (2005)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005)
* *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006)
* *Cloverfield* (2008)
* *Aftermath: Population Zero* (2008)
* *NYC: Tornado Terror* (2008)

### Empire State Building

* *Deluge* (1933)
* *The Giant Claw* (1957)
* *Independence Day* (1996)
* *Knowing* (2009)

### Chrysler Building

* *Godzilla* (1998)
* *Deep Impact* (1998)
* *Armageddon* (1998)
* *Knowing* (2009)

### Grand Central Terminal

* *Deluge* (1933)
* *Armageddon* (1998)
* *Knowing* (2009)

### World Trade Center (1973-2001)

* *Meteor* (1979)
* *Deep Impact* (1998)
* *Armageddon* (1998)

### Brooklyn Bridge

* *Godzilla* (1998)
* *Deep Impact* (1998)
* *I Am Legend* (2007)
* *Cloverfield* (2008)

### Times Square

* *When Worlds Collide* (1951)
* *Deep Impact* (1998)
* *Category 7: The End of the World* (2005)
* *Watchmen* (2009)
* *Knowing* (2009)
* *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009)

### White House

* *Independence Day* (1996)
* *Category 7: The End of the World* (2005)
* *2012* (2009)
* *Olympus Has Fallen* (2013)

### United States Capitol

* *Independence Day* (1996)
* *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007)
* *White House Down* (2013)

### Washington Monument

* *Mars Attacks!* (1996)
* *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006)
* *2012* (2009)
* *Olympus Has Fallen* (2013)
* *Pixels* (2015)

### Gateway Arch

* *Supernova* (2005)
* *Category 6: Day of Destruction* (2004)

### Mount Rushmore

* *Superman II* (1980)
* *Mars Attacks!* (1996)
* *Team America: World Police* (2004)
* *Category 7: The End of the World* (2005)
* *10.5 Apocalypse* (2006)
* *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009)

### Las Vegas Strip

* *Mars Attacks!* (1996)
* *Category 6: Day of Destruction* (2004)
* *10.5 Apocalypse* (2006)
* *2012* (2009)

### Hoover Dam

* *Superman* (1978)
* *10.5: Apocalypse* (2006)
* *Aftermath: Population Zero* (2008)
* *San Andreas* (2015)

### Hollywood Sign

* *Superman* (1978)
* *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004)
* *10.5: Apocalypse* (2006)
* *L.A. Apocalypse* (2014)
* *San Andreas* (2015)
* *Despicable Me 3* (2017)

### U.S. Bank Tower

* *Independence Day* (1996)
* *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004)
* *10.5: Apocalypse* (2006)
* *2012* (2009)
* *San Andreas* (2015)

### Golden Gate Bridge

* *It Came from Beneath the Sea* (1955)
* *Battle in Outer Space* (1959)
* *The Core* (2003)
* *10.5* (2004)
* *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006)
* *Monsters vs. Aliens* (2009)
* *Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus* (2009)
* *Meteor Storm* (2010)
* *Pacific Rim* (2013)
* *Godzilla* (2014)
* *San Andreas* (2015)
* *Terminator: Genisys* (2015)

## Australia

### Sydney Tower

* *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004)
* *Supernova* (2005)

### Sydney Opera House

* *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004)
* *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016)

## Japan

### Tokyo Tower

* *Mothra* (1961)
* *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964)
* *Gamera* (1965)
* *King Kong Escapes* (1967)
* *Gamera: Guardian of the Universe* (1995)
* *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003)
* *Always: Sunset on Third Street 2* (2007)
* *Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo* (2012)

## China

### Great Wall of China

* *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005)
* *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009)

## India

### Taj Mahal

* *Mars Attacks!* (1996)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005)
* *Supernova* (2005)
* *Pixels* (2015)

## Russia

### St. Basil's Cathedral

* *The Last War* (1961)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005)
* *Geostorm* (2017)

### Spasskaya Tower

* *The Last War* (1961)
* *Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol* (2011)

## United Arab Emirates

### Burj Khalifa

* *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016)
* *Geostorm* (2017)

## Egypt

### Great Pyramid of Giza

* *Team America: World Police* (2004)
* *Category 7: The End of the World* (2005)
* *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009)
* *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017)

### Great Sphinx of Giza

* *Team America: World Police* (2004)
* *Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark* (2014)

## Italy

### Colosseum

* *The Core* (2003)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005)

## France

### Eiffel Tower

* *Mars Attacks!* (1996)
* *Armageddon* (1998)
* *Team America: World Police* (2004)
* *Category 7: The End of the World* (2005)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005)
* *Aftermath: Population Zero* (2008)
* *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra* (2009)
* *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009)

### Arc de Triomphe

* *The Last War* (1961)
* *Destroy All Monsters* (1968)
* *Team America: World Police* (2004)
* *Category 7: The End of the World* (2005)

## United Kingdom

### Big Ben/Elizabeth Tower

* *Gorgo* (1961)
* *Mars Attacks!* (1996)
* *Team America: World Police* (2004)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (2005)
* *V for Vendetta* (2005)
* *Flood* (2007)
* *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013)

### Tower Bridge

* *Gorgo* (1961)
* *The Last War* (1961)
* *Flood* (2007)
* *The 5th Wave* (2016)
* *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016)