Amazing Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers provoke a unique sense of strength, security and isolation that is hard to capture in any other form of architecture. In films, skyscrapers often symbolize money or authority.

These mammoth structures provide the perfect setting for a dramatic urban film. They can provide an arena for hostage scenes, heists, and natural disasters such as fires or earthquakes. As a symbol of strength, Skyscrapers are often destroyed in films trying to show the power of nature or an outside force. As a film cliché, older movies often start off showing the outside of a skyscraper with a voice-over, proceeding into an office of a corporate giant or crime boss.

 Skyscraper Appearances in Movies

Here is a list of major international films that feature some of the world's most renowned skyscrapers.

• Empire State Building -

Eponymous Movie (1933) - Climbed by the famous ape, King Kong
Independence Day (1996) - Destroyed by an Alien Ship
James and the Giant Peach - Made an appearance