stock up on the canned goods and find
yourself a bomb shelter welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten city
destruction scenes in movies
stay off upper floors and evacuate the
streets in the areas under attack get to
an underground shelter impossible
do not drive in your vehicles when King
Ghidorah is in your area for this list
we’ve chosen the most epic most
explosive and most destructive scenes in
film that have reduced our favorite
cities both real and fictional to rubble
surprise eggs
also you can expect some spoilers ahead
so spoiler alert Krypton can live again
on earth number 10
metropolis Man of Steel
the latest stream of Hollywood
blockbusters are basically just vehicles
for third-act destruction frenzies and
this is no exception
the Big Blue Boy Scout faces a faction
of evildoers from his native Krypton who
are out to conquer earth but what
happens to us
based on these greetings they won’t pay
us the best way to do this seems to be
by leveling every inch of habitable city
and restarting from scratch with help
from some fancy alien machine
sure that machine would have destroyed
everything in its path but Supes
skyscraper destroying duel against Zod
beat it to the punch
number nine the Las Vegas Strip Mars
Attacks mr. president they have our
planet surrounded with thousands of
warships do we know their warships
aliens are added again in this b-movie
style flick what do they want to
exterminate all humans of course they
attempt this by systematically
destroying every famous landmark in
spectacular fashion
when such casualty is the Las Vegas
Strip the destruction here is both
impressive and purposely schlocky in an
effort to emulate alien invasion movies
from the 50s and 60s
when alien life entered our world it was
from deep beneath the Pacific Ocean
number eight Hong Kong Pacific Rim
portal between dimensions the breach in
a shocking twist aliens are now coming
from underneath our oceans as opposed to
from the blackness beyond the baddies
aren’t the brainy type and instead
content themselves with destroying all
of civilization by basically stepping on
it
the Hong Kong battle concludes exactly
how you’d expect a fight between giant
monsters and giant robots to end
not too well for Hong Kong number seven
New York cloverfield after word of a
possible earthquake in lower Manhattan
the found-footage format is considered
by a lot of filmmakers to be an easy
workaround but it is nonetheless
effective in this film about a giant
monster coming from the ocean depths to
wreak havoc on New York
the scenes are that much more intense
and dramatic because the footage is
shaky and real New York takes quite a
beating and not for the first time the
Statue of Liberty becomes collateral
damage
number six
San Francisco star trek into darkness
even in a utopian future Earth’s major
cities still aren’t safe from outer
space incursions this time the crew of
the enterprise and a familiar foe they
picked up on their travels accidentally
crash an enormous warship into the heart
of San Francisco
collateral damage ensues but the crew
only has eyes for Conn which leads to
even more destruction
number five
Tokyo Godzilla
this big green body is an early adopter
in the area of citywide carnage
almost exclusively attacking Tokyo the
king of Monsters has a penchant for
spewing Jets of radiation and knocking
down skyscrapers with a single swipe
the effects are low-budget but remain
nonetheless charming and iconic to this
day that was a remote possibility that
the comment was on a path that could
bring it into direct contact with the
earth number four all cities deep impact
the comment we discovered is the size of
New York City from the north side of
Central Park to the battery never to be
outdone by ocean-dwelling monsters are
colonizing alien overlords the
universe’s own drifting mountains of
space garbage also take their toll on
planet Earth
the worldwide chaos and deep impact is
effective and frightening because there
isn’t any alien consciousness behind it
it’s just complete happenstance that a
comment enters our orbit and leads to
the destruction of our cities
also expect another guest appearance by
Lady Liberty number three New York the
day after tomorrow
when it was popular to blame climate
change for our eventual destruction this
movie was right there at the forefront
shifting weather patterns are
responsible for a whole bucketful of
city leveling cataclysms
are you getting this on camera that this
tornado just came in a race New York is
impressively flooded by a monumental
tsunami which washes away everything in
its path and no city destruction scene
is complete without well you guessed it
number two Los Angeles 2012
what is it with nature trying to one-up
itself in this scene all of la is
cracked and shaken by a monstrous
earthquake that is literally swallowing
most of the city
fortunately with a little skill and a
ridiculous amount of luck John Cusack
and his limo are able to avoid most of
the destruction before we unleash our
top pick on an unsuspecting population
here are a few honorable mentions
number one Washington DC independence
day aliens again who does thought but
this time they’re out to send a little
message
the White House along with most of
Washington DC is taken out with the
liberal use of dr. evil style lasers
fire floods impressively through the
streets as people scramble away in
terror
luckily the American spirit is just too
strong to beat you agree with our list
what’s your favorite City Destruction
scene
for more epic top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
yourself a bomb shelter welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten city
destruction scenes in movies
stay off upper floors and evacuate the
streets in the areas under attack get to
an underground shelter impossible
do not drive in your vehicles when King
Ghidorah is in your area for this list
we’ve chosen the most epic most
explosive and most destructive scenes in
film that have reduced our favorite
cities both real and fictional to rubble
surprise eggs
also you can expect some spoilers ahead
so spoiler alert Krypton can live again
on earth number 10
metropolis Man of Steel
the latest stream of Hollywood
blockbusters are basically just vehicles
for third-act destruction frenzies and
this is no exception
the Big Blue Boy Scout faces a faction
of evildoers from his native Krypton who
are out to conquer earth but what
happens to us
based on these greetings they won’t pay
us the best way to do this seems to be
by leveling every inch of habitable city
and restarting from scratch with help
from some fancy alien machine
sure that machine would have destroyed
everything in its path but Supes
skyscraper destroying duel against Zod
beat it to the punch
number nine the Las Vegas Strip Mars
Attacks mr. president they have our
planet surrounded with thousands of
warships do we know their warships
aliens are added again in this b-movie
style flick what do they want to
exterminate all humans of course they
attempt this by systematically
destroying every famous landmark in
spectacular fashion
when such casualty is the Las Vegas
Strip the destruction here is both
impressive and purposely schlocky in an
effort to emulate alien invasion movies
from the 50s and 60s
when alien life entered our world it was
from deep beneath the Pacific Ocean
number eight Hong Kong Pacific Rim
portal between dimensions the breach in
a shocking twist aliens are now coming
from underneath our oceans as opposed to
from the blackness beyond the baddies
aren’t the brainy type and instead
content themselves with destroying all
of civilization by basically stepping on
it
the Hong Kong battle concludes exactly
how you’d expect a fight between giant
monsters and giant robots to end
not too well for Hong Kong number seven
New York cloverfield after word of a
possible earthquake in lower Manhattan
the found-footage format is considered
by a lot of filmmakers to be an easy
workaround but it is nonetheless
effective in this film about a giant
monster coming from the ocean depths to
wreak havoc on New York
the scenes are that much more intense
and dramatic because the footage is
shaky and real New York takes quite a
beating and not for the first time the
Statue of Liberty becomes collateral
damage
number six
San Francisco star trek into darkness
even in a utopian future Earth’s major
cities still aren’t safe from outer
space incursions this time the crew of
the enterprise and a familiar foe they
picked up on their travels accidentally
crash an enormous warship into the heart
of San Francisco
collateral damage ensues but the crew
only has eyes for Conn which leads to
even more destruction
number five
Tokyo Godzilla
this big green body is an early adopter
in the area of citywide carnage
almost exclusively attacking Tokyo the
king of Monsters has a penchant for
spewing Jets of radiation and knocking
down skyscrapers with a single swipe
the effects are low-budget but remain
nonetheless charming and iconic to this
day that was a remote possibility that
the comment was on a path that could
bring it into direct contact with the
earth number four all cities deep impact
the comment we discovered is the size of
New York City from the north side of
Central Park to the battery never to be
outdone by ocean-dwelling monsters are
colonizing alien overlords the
universe’s own drifting mountains of
space garbage also take their toll on
planet Earth
the worldwide chaos and deep impact is
effective and frightening because there
isn’t any alien consciousness behind it
it’s just complete happenstance that a
comment enters our orbit and leads to
the destruction of our cities
also expect another guest appearance by
Lady Liberty number three New York the
day after tomorrow
when it was popular to blame climate
change for our eventual destruction this
movie was right there at the forefront
shifting weather patterns are
responsible for a whole bucketful of
city leveling cataclysms
are you getting this on camera that this
tornado just came in a race New York is
impressively flooded by a monumental
tsunami which washes away everything in
its path and no city destruction scene
is complete without well you guessed it
number two Los Angeles 2012
what is it with nature trying to one-up
itself in this scene all of la is
cracked and shaken by a monstrous
earthquake that is literally swallowing
most of the city
fortunately with a little skill and a
ridiculous amount of luck John Cusack
and his limo are able to avoid most of
the destruction before we unleash our
top pick on an unsuspecting population
here are a few honorable mentions
number one Washington DC independence
day aliens again who does thought but
this time they’re out to send a little
message
the White House along with most of
Washington DC is taken out with the
liberal use of dr. evil style lasers
fire floods impressively through the
streets as people scramble away in
terror
luckily the American spirit is just too
strong to beat you agree with our list
what’s your favorite City Destruction
scene
for more epic top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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