# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published September 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-movie-scene-at-a-famous-landmark*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Colosseum – The Way of the Dragon** — score 1000/1000
   Bruce Lee fights Chuck Norris inside the Roman arena in 1972.
2. **Burj Khalifa – Ghost Protocol** — score 926/1000
   Tom Cruise climbs the outside of the world's tallest building in the 2011 sequel.
3. **Rocky Steps – Rocky** — score 882/1000
   Sylvester Stallone runs up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps and raises his fists.
4. **Alcatraz – The Rock** — score 741/1000
   Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage break back into the island prison in 1996.
5. **Stonehenge – This Is Spinal Tap** — score 529/1000
   The 1984 mockumentary's stage Stonehenge arrives 18 inches tall instead of 18 feet.
6. **Empire State Building – Sleepless in Seattle** — score 529/1000
   Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan finally meet on the observation deck in 1993.
7. **Statue of Liberty – Planet of the Apes** — score 433/1000
   Charlton Heston finds the half-buried statue on the beach in the 1968 twist ending.
8. **Petra – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade** — score 433/1000
   The Treasury's facade becomes the entrance to the Grail temple in 1989.
9. **Trevi Fountain – La Dolce Vita** — score 433/1000
   Anita Ekberg wades into the Roman fountain at night in Fellini's 1960 film.
10. **Mount Rushmore – North by Northwest** — score 433/1000
   Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint dangle from the presidents' faces in Hitchcock's 1959 chase.
11. **Golden Gate Bridge – Vertigo** — score 317/1000
   Kim Novak jumps into the bay at Fort Point beneath the bridge in Hitchcock's 1958 thriller.
12. **Empire State Building – King Kong** — score 317/1000
   The 1933 ape climbs the new skyscraper and swats at biplanes from the top.
13. **Angkor – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider** — score 317/1000
   Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft explores the tree-strangled temples of Angkor in 2001.
14. **Eiffel Tower – A View to a Kill** — score 317/1000
   Grace Jones parachutes off the tower with Roger Moore chasing her in 1985.
15. **Mouth of Truth – Roman Holiday** — score 317/1000
   Gregory Peck pretends to lose his hand in the stone mouth and scares Audrey Hepburn.
16. **Pyramids of Giza – The Spy Who Loved Me** — score 317/1000
   Roger Moore's Bond stalks a killer through the sound-and-light show at Giza in 1977.
17. **Big Ben – Peter Pan** — score 0/1000
   Disney's Peter and the Darling children fly past the clock tower on the way to Neverland.
18. **Devils Tower – Close Encounters** — score 0/1000
   Spielberg's 1977 visitors land behind the Wyoming butte that Richard Dreyfuss keeps sculpting.

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