first we take Manhattan

In the film “The Siege”, martial law is introduced in New York and a general (Bruce Willis) becomes the master of the city - not stupid and even liberal, but who cannot help but torture the civilian population.

Thanks to Sex and the City, New York fell under the rule of horny women under 40 and in the eyes of the rest of the world finally became the new Babylon, the world capital of b...ldom.

In Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys, New York City has been devastated by an unknown disease. People went underground, and lions that escaped from the zoo multiplied above.

In Kerry Conran's Sky Captain, giant robots sent by a crazed German animal farmer take over Manhattan within minutes and steal the local power plant.

In Woody Allen's novella New York Stories, the hero's Jewish mother floats above Manhattan, discussing Woody's diet and sex life with the entire city.

In Ghostbusters, downtown New York City is invaded by a giant marshmallow man, the enemy of all things.