What is the best movie scene at a famous landmark?

A few of these were shot on location with permits and crowds, while others built their landmark on a soundstage and nobody minded.

1. 1
   Colosseum – The Way of the Dragon

   Bruce Lee fights Chuck Norris inside the Roman arena in 1972.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Burj Khalifa – Ghost Protocol

   Tom Cruise climbs the outside of the world's tallest building in the 2011 sequel.
   926pts
3. 3
   Rocky Steps – Rocky

   Sylvester Stallone runs up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps and raises his fists.
   882pts
4. 4
   Alcatraz – The Rock

   Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage break back into the island prison in 1996.
   741pts
5. 5
   Stonehenge – This Is Spinal Tap

   The 1984 mockumentary's stage Stonehenge arrives 18 inches tall instead of 18 feet.
   529pts
6. 6
   Empire State Building – Sleepless in Seattle

   Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan finally meet on the observation deck in 1993.
   529pts
7. 7
   Statue of Liberty – Planet of the Apes

   Charlton Heston finds the half-buried statue on the beach in the 1968 twist ending.
   433pts
8. 8
   Petra – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

   The Treasury's facade becomes the entrance to the Grail temple in 1989.
   433pts
9. 9
   Trevi Fountain – La Dolce Vita

   Anita Ekberg wades into the Roman fountain at night in Fellini's 1960 film.
   433pts
10. 10
    Mount Rushmore – North by Northwest

    Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint dangle from the presidents' faces in Hitchcock's 1959 chase.
    433pts
11. 11
    Golden Gate Bridge – Vertigo

    Kim Novak jumps into the bay at Fort Point beneath the bridge in Hitchcock's 1958 thriller.
    317pts
12. 12
    Empire State Building – King Kong

    The 1933 ape climbs the new skyscraper and swats at biplanes from the top.
    317pts
13. 13
    Angkor – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

    Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft explores the tree-strangled temples of Angkor in 2001.
    317pts
14. 14
    Eiffel Tower – A View to a Kill

    Grace Jones parachutes off the tower with Roger Moore chasing her in 1985.
    317pts
15. 15
    Mouth of Truth – Roman Holiday

    Gregory Peck pretends to lose his hand in the stone mouth and scares Audrey Hepburn.
    317pts
16. 16
    Pyramids of Giza – The Spy Who Loved Me

    Roger Moore's Bond stalks a killer through the sound-and-light show at Giza in 1977.
    317pts
17. 17
    Big Ben – Peter Pan

    Disney's Peter and the Darling children fly past the clock tower on the way to Neverland.
    0pts
18. 18
    Devils Tower – Close Encounters

    Spielberg's 1977 visitors land behind the Wyoming butte that Richard Dreyfuss keeps sculpting.
    0pts

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