Alien Contamination
(aka Contamination) (1980)
First minute,
1 minute,
3 minutes,
1 hour 21 minutes
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
10 minutes
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
2 minutes,
44 minutes
Defiance (1980)
34 minutes,
55 minutes,
twice at 56 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2)
The Dogs of War (1980)
11 minutes
Dressed to Kill (1980)
23 minutes. The restaurant scene beginning at 1 hour 30 minutes was filmed at Windows on the World, the restaurant near the top of the north tower. Visible out the window is the south tower.
Eaten Alive (1980)
10 minutes,
12 minutes,
46 minutes
The Exterminator (1980)
7 minutes,
1 hour 34 minutes,
three shots during the end credits (Shot 1,
Shot 2,
Shot 3)
Gloria (1980)
2 minutes,
3 minutes
The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Opening minute
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
14 minutes,
39 minutes,
Shot 3 (time uncertain)
Lightning Over Water (1980)
Opening shot (The same shot is at 3 minutes), 39 minutes, 40 minutes, 49 minutes, 59 minutes,
1 hour 8 minutes, 1 hour 22 minutes, 1 hour 24 minutes
1 hour 27 minutes (the closing shot)
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Maniac (1980)
1 hour 12 minutes
Raise the Titanic (1980)
1 hour 20 minutes
Roadie (1980)
1 hour 18 minutes
Stir Crazy (1980)
Opening shot
Superman II (1980)
5 minutes, 1 hour 34 minutes, 1 hour 54 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Tribute (1980)
11 minutes,
twice at 52 minutes (in focus and out of focus)
American Pop (1981)
1 hour 23 minutes
Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
1 minute, 44 minutes, several shots between 51-56 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, Shot 4)
Downtown 81 (1981)
43 minutes
Escape From New York (1981)
This movie takes place in 1997, when the island of Manhattan is a prison. Snake Plissken lands a glider on top of the World Trade Center to rescue the President. The towers are seen at 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 11 minutes, 25-27 minutes (landing on the roof), 1 hour 3 minutes, 1 hour 19 minutes.
Green Ice (1981)
1 hour 45 minutes
(mostly obscured by low clouds, but just barely visible)
Heavy Metal (1981)
6 minutes
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
9 minutes
Modern Problems (1981)
19 minutes
Nighthawks (1981)
1 hour 28 minutes
Paternity (1981)
Opening minute,
31-33 minutes
A Policewoman in New York (1981)
Opening minute,
2 minutes,
3 minutes,
13 minutes,
1 hour 5 minutes
Rollover (1981)
7 minutes, 58 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)
Senior Trip (1981)
14 minutes (Shot 1
Shot 2,
Shot 3),
41 minutes (also see video clip below),
57 minutes,
1 hour 1 minute,
1 hour 22 minutes,
1 hour 29 minutes,
1 hour 33 minutes
They All Laughed
(1981)
1 minute,
31 minutes,
1 hour 14 minutes
Wolfen (1981)
Three times in the first minute (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3), 5 minutes, 13 minutes, 45 minutes, 54 minutes, 1 hour 10 minutes, and 1 hour 48 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Author! Author! (1982)
1 hour 25 minutes
Basket Case (1982)
12 minutes
Bronx Warriors (1982)
1 minute,
twice at 7 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
twice at 8 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
10 minutes,
37 minutes,
38 minutes,
42 minutes,
1 hour 25 minutes
I, the Jury (1982)
Opening shot
Manhattan Baby (1982)
1 hour 26 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Mazes and Monsters (1982)
1 hour 28 minutes (two wide shots - Shot 1,
Shot 2),
Robbie's friends arriving
and in the lobby,
1 hour 29 minutes on the observation floor (Shot 1,
Shot 2)
and more in the lobby,
1 hour 32 minutes on the roof (Shot 1,
Shot 2,
Shot 3)
The New York Ripper (1982)
Opening shot,
7 minutes,
9 minutes
Night Shift (1982)
4 minutes
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
Opening shot,
32 minutes,
54 minutes
Six Weeks (1982)
1 hour 15 minutes
The Soldier (1982)
1 hour 22 minutes
Wrong is Right (1982)
2 minutes, 50 minutes, 1 hour 48 minutes, several shots between 1 hour 50-53 minutes on the observation deck at the top of the south tower, as two suitcases containing A-bombs are hanging from a pole (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3)
Born in Flames (1983)
Three times in the opening minute (Shot 1
Shot 2,
Shot 3),
37 minutes,
1 hour 14 minutes,
1 hour 16 minutes
(closing shot where a bomb is set off at the top of the north tower)
Bronx Warriors 2 (1983)
47 minutes
Exposed (1983)
30 minutes,
32 minutes
The Hunger (1983)
7 minutes
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
During the opening credits (on a postcard)
Rage of Angels (1983)
minutes,
59 minutes
Staying Alive (1983)
51 minutes
Superman III (1983)
1 hour 33 minutes
The Survivors (1983)
Opening Shot
Terms of Endearment (1983)
1 hour and 40 minutes
Trading Places (1983)
1 hour 40 minutes (Towers
and plaza),
1 hour 41 minutes (Towers
and ground level
in front of Tower 2)
Two of a Kind (1983)
55 minutes
Vigilante (1983)
Several shots between 44-47 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)
Alphabet City (1984)
31 minutes
Beat Street (1984)
53 minutes
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
39 minutes
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
6 minutes, 7 minutes, 1 hour 30 minutes
C.H.U.D. (1984)
You'll have to sit through almost the entire length of this AWFUL movie. The WTC towers appear right near the end at 1 hour and 22 minutes into the movie.
Dreamscape (1984)
Opening shot
Fear City (1984)
39 minutes, 43 minutes
Ghostbusters (1984)
1 hour 4 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
High Wire (1984)
Opening shot
The Killing Fields
(1984)
1 hour 22 minutes
The Lonely Guy (1984)
47 minutes
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
1 hour 14 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
New York Nights (1984)
Opening shot, 3 minutes, 14 minutes, 1 hour 41 minutes (closing shot)
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Old Enough (1984)
38 minutes
Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
2 minutes, 1 hour 23 minutes
Rhinestone (1984)
Opening minute (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
1 hour 22 minutes
Splash (1984)
4 minutes, 29 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour 4 minutes, 1 hour 11 minutes, 1 hour 12 minutes, 1 hour 26 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Supergirl (1984)
17 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
45 minutes,
1 hour 10 minutes
1 hour 38 minutes
A Chorus Line (1985)
2 minutes
Death Wish 3 (1985)
2 minutes
Krush Groove (1985)
1 hour 19 minutes
Mixed Blood (1985)
3 minutes
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
22 minutes, 2 hours 5 minutes
The Protector (1985)
5 minutes,
twice 12 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2), twice at 13 minutes
(Shot 1,
Shot),
1 hour 25 minutes
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Three times at 2 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2
Shot 3),
1 hour 2 minutes,
1 hour 3 minutes,
1 hour 7 minutes,
1 hour 11 minutes
The Statue of Liberty (1985)
36 minutes, 56 minutes
Too Scared to Scream (1985)
28 minutes,
1 hour
The Toxic Avenger (1985)
Opening minute,
41 minutes,
1 hour,
1 hour 2 minutes,
1 hour 19 minutes
Turk 182
(1985)
1 hour 15 minutes, 1 hour 16 minutes
Year of the Dragon (1985)
55 minutes,
1 hour 9 minutes,
1 hour 15 minutes,
1 hour 19 minutes,
1 hour 51 minutes
When Nature Calls (1985)
19 minutes
Breeders (1986)
Opening shot
The Children of Times Square (1986)
Opening shot,
1 minute,
1 hour 34 minutes
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
Opening shot
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Opening shot, 43 minutes, 1 hour 4 minutes and 1 hour 6 minutes
Crossroads (1986)
25 minutes
Eat and Run (1986)
4 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
F/X (1986)
Several shots at 1 hour 17 minutes (Two examples: Shot 1,
Shot 2)
Highlander (1986)
36 minutes
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
The opening shot
Legal Eagles (1986)
49 minutes, Twice at 54 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 55 minutes
The Money Pit (1986)
Three times during the opening credits (Shot 1,
Shot 2,
Shot 3),
10 minutes
Popeye Doyle (1986)
Opening shot,
2 minutes,
10 minutes,
47 minutes
Power (1986)
54 minutes
Quiet Cool (1986)
3 minutes,
5 minutes
Robot Holocaust (1986)
Opening shot, 31 minutes
Sid and Nancy (1986)
1 hour 45 minutes, 1 hour 46 minutes, 1 hour 47 minutes
Something Wild (1986)
Four times in the opening credits
(Shot 1,
Shot 2,
Shot 3,
Shot 4),
3 times between 1 hour 31-32 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2,
Shot 3)
Sorority House Massacre (1986)
11 minutes,
1 hour
An Autumn's Tale (1987)
Twice at 7 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
35 minutes,
twice at 36 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
42 minutes,
48 minutes,
1 hour 11 minutes,
1 hour 21 minutes
The Believers (1987)
40 minutes, 1 hour 7 minutes
Best Seller (1987)
30 minutes
Black Cobra (1987)
Opening shot
Critical Condition (1987)
Opening minute, 11 minutes, 38 minutes, 46 minutes, 1 hour 12 minutes
Dudes (1987)
Opening minute
Hangmen (1987)
Opening shot, 8 minutes, 10 minutes,
27 minutes, 31 minutes, 55 minutes
Hello Again (1987)
2 minutes
I Love N.Y. (1987)
Twice at 42 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
43 minutes, 1 hour 30 minutes
(during the closing credits)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987)
31 minutes,
three times at 32 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2,
Shot 3,
39 minutes
Moonstruck (1987)
44 minutes, 47 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
My Demon Lover (1987)
2 minutes
Necropolis (1987)
Three times at 7 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2,
Shot 3),
12 minutes,
1 hour 9 minutes,
1 hour 10 minutes
Nuts (1987)
42 minutes,
54 minutes,
57 minutes,
1 hour 46 minutes
Overboard (1987)
12 minutes
Police Academy 4 (1987)
Opening Shot
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1987)
21 minutes,
50 minutes,
twice at 1 hour, 39 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2)
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
The Secret of My Success (1987)
17 minutes,
37 minutes,
39 minutes,
twice at 1 hour 6 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2)
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
17 minutes,
1 hour 5 minutes,
1 hour 8 minutes
The Squeeze (1987)
31 minutes, 57 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 3 minutes, 1 hour 5 minutes, 1 hour 22 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Story of a Junkie (1987)
1 hour,
1 hour 1 minute,
1 hour 14 minutes,
1 hour 15 minutes
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
12 minutes, 27 minutes,
28 minutes, 44 minutes, 52 minutes, 58 minutes, 1 hour 2 minutes, 1 hour 3 minutes
A Taxi Driver in New York (1987) (aka Un Tassinaro a New York)
22 minutes,
30 minutes,
34 minutes,
38 minutes,
39 minutes,
40 minutes,
42 minutes
Wall Street (1987)
Several shots during the opening credits (Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3,
Shot 4, Shot 5, Shot 6),
23 minutes,
1 hour 9 minutes
White Water Summer
(1987)
1 minute
Who's That Girl? (1987)
3 minutes,
12 minutes
The Big Blue (1988)
39 minutes,
1 hour 41 minutes
Big Business (1988)
25 minutes
Brain Damage (1988)
26 minutes
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Twice at 1 hour 42 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2)
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Cocktail (1988)
3 minutes, 35 minutes
Coming to America (1988)
1 hour 14 minutes
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Opening minute, 49 minutes
Gotham (1988)
1 hour 16 minutes
Imagine (1988)
1 hour 17 minutes
Maniac Cop (1988)
2 minutes, 3 minutes, 7 minutes, 1 hour 14 minutes,
1 hour 22 minutes
Married to the Mob (1988)
19 minutes, 29 minutes,
40 minutes
Memories of Me (1988)
Opening shot
A New Life (1988)
Opening minute,
1 minute,
57 minutes
(The towers are also on the poster.)
Oliver & Company (1988)
Twice in the opening minute (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
26 minutes (night into
day),
1 hour 9 minutes
Savage Attack (1988)
11 minutes
Shakedown (1988)
At 1 hour 29 minutes there is a disturbing scene of a plane going in for an emergency landing, heading straight for the WTC towers. (Shot 1, Shot 2)
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
39 minutes, 1 hour 20 minutes, 1 hour 24 minutes
Split Decisions (1988)
Opening shot
Tropical Snow (1988)
1 hour 6 minutes,
1 hour 21 minutes
White Hot (1988)
1 hour 23 minutes
Working Girl (1988)
1 minutes, 31 minutes, 1 hour 36 minutes,
1 hour 51 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Back to the Future Part 2 (1989)
At 29 minutes, Lorraine changes the Scenic Views Channel and stops
on a nighttime skyline of New York with the WTC towers.
Black Rain (1989)
1 minute
The Bronx Executioner (1989)
4 minutes
Communion (1989)
Opening shot, 1 hour 20 minutes
Cookie (1989)
Opening minute,
1 hour 22 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
The Dream Team (1989)
26 minutes (Billy claims to have been a consultant when they were built and it was his idea for two towers, not just one.)
The Experts (1989)
7 minutes
A Fool and His Money (1989)
10 minutes, 16 minutes, 1 hour 9 minutes
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Opening shot, 2 minutes, 1 hour 3 minutes
Ghostbusters II (1989)
25 minutes, 1 hour 15 minutes, 1 hour 41 minutes
January Man (1989)
5 minutes, 28 minutes,
56 minutes
Look Who's Talking (1989)
50 minutes
Lost in New York (1989)
11 minutes,
18 minutes,
36 minutes,
41 minutes (Shot 1,
Shot 2),
42 minutes
Mob War (1989)
4 minutes,
5 minutes,
9 minutes,
27 minutes,
57 minutes
1 hour 33-34 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
New York Stories (1989)
1 hour 42 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
Opening shot, 1 hour 23 minutes
Rooftops (1989)
5-8 minutes, 27 minutes, 41 minutes, 46 minutes, 58 minutes-1 hour 2 minutes, 1 hour 12 minutes, 1 hour 18-20 minutes, 1 hour 24-28 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
Sea of Love (1989)
Opening shot
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Opening shot, second shot, 49 minutes
She-Devil (1989)
56 minutes
Slaves of New York (1989)
1 hour 59 minutes
(The WTC towers are also on the poster.)
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
Opening shot,
19 minutes,
32 minutes,
47 minutes
The Toxic Avenger Part III (1989)
12 minutes, 23 minutes
True Believer (1989)
1 hour 29 minutes
True Blood (1989)
15 minutes
Vampire's Kiss (1989)
Opening shot,
15 minutes, 58 minutes, twice at 1 hour 15 minutes (Shot 1, Shot 2), 1 hour 16 minutes, 1 hour 39 minutes
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
2 minutes
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
13 minutes