The car-chase-on-ice sequence is a stand-out moment in this Bond adventure, as drivers tussle with their vehicles on the frozen Jökulsárlón lake. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Director Darren Aronofsky on location near the southern town of Vík, an area which features heavily in the biblical epic, including the basalt columns of Reynisdrangar and the Dyrhólaey arch. Photograph: Niko Tavernise/Paramount Pictures Corporation and Regency Engtertainment (USA), Inc
In the film directed by and starring Ben Stiller, the town of Höfn stands in for Greenland, but a short drive west along Route 1 takes you close to Kálfafellsdalur and Fjallsárlón, a valley and a lake, that stood in for Afghanistan and the Himalayas respectively. The epic skateboarding section was filmed at Seyðisfjörður, in the Eastfjords. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar/20th Century Fox
Director Christopher Nolan filmed on the glacier at Skaftafell national park and Svinafellsjökull for his upcoming movie, returning to the location having used it for a pivotal fight sequence in Batman Begins (2005). Photograph: PR
This dramatic waterfall at Skógafoss, only a few hundred metres from Route 1, was used in sequences set in the mythical home of the gods, Asgard. Photograph: RTH Sigurdsson
Clint Eastwood’s second world war film included a 21-day shoot along the Reykjanes peninsula: its black sand beaches stood in for Japan’s Iwo Jima. Photograph: Warner Bros
The series uses Iceland for its 'north of the wall' sequences and Lake Mývatn featured in the Kissed by Fire episode in its third season. The Traveling Viking runs Game of Thrones tours, pictured. Grjótagjá, a lava cave with geothermal waters, is nearby and was also used as a location in this episode. Photograph: PR
