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This is a list of films that portray the destruction or vandalism of art and cultural heritage in museums and other settings.
Date | Title | Country | Notable artworks depicted as vandalized or destroyed |
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1961 | Mothra | Japan | The Tokyo Tower is destroyed |
1968 | Planet of the Apes | United States | The Statue of Liberty is found destroyed during the film's final. |
1989 | Batman | United States | Figure with Meat by Francis Bacon is spared by the Joker, but The Blue Boy and other paintings by Edgar Degas and Rembrandt are vandalized by the Joker and his goons, who splash paint across the canvasses and knock sculptures to the floor. |
1993 | Demolition Man | United States | The character played by Wesley Snipes smashes several displays in a museum, and eventually steals a firearm that was part of the museum's collection. The firearm presumably is never returned to the museum, hence it is considered to be destroyed or lost in the ensuing chaos of the events of the movie's plot. |
1996 | Independence Day | United States | The White House, the United States Capitol, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty are destroyed |
1996 | Mars Attacks! | United States | Several international landmarks are destroyed during the Martians' initial attack, including Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the moais on Easter Island, and Mount Rushmore. (Mount Rushmore is not completely destroyed; the heads of the presidents are replaced with Martian ones.) |
1997 | Bean | United Kingdom | Whistler's Mother by James Abbott McNeill Whistler is destroyed. |
1997 | Titanic | United States | The Star by Edgar Degas, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso and Water Lilies by Claude Monet went down with the RMS Titanic during the ship's sinking. Note: None of the paintings were on board the real RMS Titanic and they are preserved. |
1999 | Cradle Will Rock | United States | Man at the Crossroads by Diego Rivera (portrayed by Ruben Blades) is destroyed. |
1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | United States | San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk by Claude Monet is pushed out of its frame and treated rather roughly when it is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thomas Crown (portrayed by Pierce Brosnan). Later the painting is returned to the gallery, apparently unscathed, despite being doused with fire sprinklers. |
2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | United States | The Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap appears to suffer serious internal damage, particularly Ta Prohm. |
2002 | Frida | United States | Man at the Crossroads by Diego Rivera (portrayed by Alfred Molina) is destroyed. |
2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | United States | The Hollywood Sign and the Capitol Records Building are destroyed. |
2004 | Team America: World Police | United States | The Eiffel Tower and the Great Sphinx of Giza are destroyed |
2005 | V for Vendetta | United States | The Palace of Westminster is destroyed. |
2007 | I Am Legend | United States | The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau, The Starry Night and Road with Cypress and Star by Vincent van Gogh, United by Keith Haring, Portrait of Pardy by Amedeo Modigliani, No. 3/No. 13 by Mark Rothko and Whistler's Mother by James Abbott McNeill Whistler are all destroyed when Dr. Robert Neville's explodes in flames. |
2008 | Cloverfield | United States | The Statue of Liberty is destroyed by Clover. |
2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | United Kingdom United States | The Millennium Bridge of London is destroyed. |
2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | United States | The Golden Gate Bridge is destroyed. |
2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | United States | The Eiffel Tower is destroyed by nanomite warheads. |
2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | United States | Several artworks are stolen, and some busts are destroyed. |
2014 | Monuments Men | United States | Portrait of a Young Man by Raphael is destroyed in a fire. Note: the actual fate of this painting, stolen by the Nazis during World War II, is unknown. |
2014 | Godzilla | United States | The Golden Gate Bridge is destroyed. |
2015 | Pixels | United States | The Taj Mahal is destroyed. |
2015 | Terminator Genisys | United States | The Golden Gate Bridge is destroyed. |
2015 | San Andreas | United States | The Golden Gate Bridge is destroyed. |
2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | United States | The Sydney Opera House is destroyed. |
2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | United States | The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is destroyed. |