First piece of advice if you find yourself in a movie that destroys San Francisco: Get to the Transamerica Pyramid or Bernal Heights as fast as you can.

Hollywood has thrown all manner of tidal waves, monster attacks, spaceship crash landings and hyperintelligent ape takeovers at the city — nearly a movie per year in the 21st century has featured San Francisco under attack. So we’re building a survival guide, mapping out all the damage in the history of cinematic Barbary Coast destruction.

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