I Am Legend

Manhattan gets quarantined to try to stop the spread of some crazy vampire virus but of course that doesn't work and the virus spreads turning most of humanity into blood-thirsty aggressive animals. Will Smith again tries to save the day conducting experiments in his fortified Washington Square Park Home. (credit: IMDB)

Cloverfield

A gigantic monster lands in the waters off Coney Island and then wreaks havoc on the city -- decapitating Lady Liberty, sending violent spider like mini-monsters into the subways and splitting the Brooklyn Bridge in half. Survivors end up running all over the city eventually trying to find shelter in Central Park (yea, that's smart). Cloverfield (credit: IMDB)

Planet Of The Apes

When astronaut Charlton Heston hurtles into space, he lands on what he thinks is a planet overrun by sentient apes. Humans are treated like cattle. Only at the end does he realize the horrid truth: he was on Staten Island all along. (credit: IMDB)

Independence Day

It's 1996 and aliens are out to get us, obviously. Super mega spaceships invade the skies, block out all the sunlight, and then pretty much destroy everything in sight. Luckily, the human race has Will Smith to save all of creation but not before those darn aliens send a huge fire ball through Manhattan destroying the Empire State Building along with a fleet of yellow cabs. Independence Day (credit: IMDB)

Ghostbusters

Three hapless pseudo-scientists get in over their heads quickly when they decide to tangle with the supernatural. Leave it to Dan Aykroyd to come up with the true face of New York's destruction: the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. (credit: IMDB)

Deep Impact

In Deep Impact, parts of a comet crash into the Atlantic Ocean creating a megatsunami which of course slams into New York City. Can't we catch a break? (credit: Paramount Pictures/IMDB)

Day After Tomorrow

We should've listened to Al Gore. Day After Tomorrow takes the Mother Nature approach to world destruction and thanks to the effects of global warming the weather goes haywire and then ushers in the new ice age. A massive tidal wave hits New York City wiping out the Statue of Liberty, forcing people to jump out of their cars and running for their lives and sending water down into the subway tunnels. Jake Gyllenhaal and friends survive the deep freeze by hiding out in the New York PUblic Library burning books and eating vending machine snacks to stay alive. Day After Tomorrow (credit: Twentieth Century Fox/IMDB)

Armageddon

A meteor shower rains down on New York City destroying cabs and the Chrysler Building as a world-ending asteroid barrels towards Earth. (credit: Touchstone/IMDB)