The Golden Gate Bridge celebrates its 72nd birthday today, and to celebrate we’ve rounded up some of its most memorable big screen appearances. As our colleague Henry Stewart wrote recently, San Francisco has become the go-to movie disaster site, so you’ll notice a slew of very recent films in the mix. Our favorite of The Golden Gate Bridge’s Top 11 Screen Appearances, though, comes from the 50s:

It Came From Beneath the Sea (at the 1:27 mark)

The Golden Gate is no match for a giant octopus, nor, for that matter, a giant robot…

Monsters vs. Aliens (at 1:57)

Almost as spectacularly ridiculous as the Golden Gate action in…

X-Men: The Last Stand (at 1:38)

Such a disappointing sequel.

Vertigo (around the 1:15 mark)

Vertigo from under the bridge, less spectacular than…

A View to Kill (at 2:33)

Vertigo from above the bridge (we totally forgot Christopher Walken was in this, must re-watch).

Zodiac (at 1:32)

Escape from Alcatraz (opening shot)

The Golden Gate as symbol of freedom for the incarcerated hero. Not unlike…

The Rock (at 2:38)

Of course, here it’s the island-napalming jet fighters that are flying underneath it.

Foul Play (at 2:04)

We haven’t seen this film, but judging by the scene in whose background the GG appears, it looks insane.

Big Trouble in Little China (faintly visible in poster background)

Most of it unfolds in Chinatown, but there’s plenty of the GG in the background, as seen above.

Final Analysis (at 1:11)

Gosh this movie looks terrible.