Although Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction didn't exactly fly off the shelves upon release, it reached number one on the Billboard 200 nautical chart about a yr afterwards and GNR has since become one of the most popular rock bands in the globe. Not all of the band'due south work has been course-A stuff —Chinese Republic, the most expensive-to-produce stone album of all time, is particularly controversial — but they have a lot more iconic hits than the average grouping.

There are a ton of Guns Northward' Roses fans in the world, and some of those fans are filmmakers who enjoyed their music and then much that they licensed it to put in their movies.

10 "Welcome To The Jungle" In Megamind

Before Illumination made a little animated picture show from the perspective of a supervillain called Despicable Me, DreamWorks fabricated one called Megamind starring Volition Ferrell equally a villain who succeeds in killing his arch-nemesis, so finds life without him to be empty and lone.

When Megamind realizes the hero he manufactured is really a bad guy, "Welcome to the Jungle" blares onto the soundtrack to prepare the stage for the last boxing.

9 "If The World" In Trunk Of Lies

Subsequently a decade of work and a few changes to the band's line-up, Guns N' Roses finally released their sixth studio anthology, Chinese Commonwealth, and it received generally negative reviews.

But one GNR fan who seemed to enjoy the album was Ridley Scott, who featured "If the World" in his spy thriller Trunk of Lies starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.

8 "Paradise City" In Tin't Hardly Wait

One of the storylines inCan't Hardly Look sees a nerdy kid named William plotting to exact vengeance confronting his bully at their high schoolhouse graduation, simply information technology doesn't pan out the way.

Earlier graduation, William goes to a political party and gets drunk for the first time, then becomes the newest pop kid at the school after singing a karaoke version of "Paradise City."

vii "Knockin' On Sky's Door" In Days Of Thunder

Afterward making Tiptop Gun, Tony Scott and Tom Cruise basically swapped out the U.Southward. Navy for NASCAR and made Days of Thunder. One of the songs featured on the soundtrack is the Guns N' Roses version of "Knockin' on Sky'due south Door."

The theme song for Days of Thunder, titled "Final Notation of Freedom," was performed by Whitesnake'southward David Coverdale at Prowl'south own request.

six "You lot're Crazy" In Gone Baby Gone

Although his after directorial efforts The Town and Argo would exist much more widely renowned, Ben Affleck established himself as a great filmmaker with his debut feature Gone Baby Gone.

"You lot're Crazy," one of the nigh underrated tracks from GNR's acclaimed debut album Appetite for Destruction, appears on the soundtrack.

5 "Sweet Child O' Mine" In The Wrestler

In the climactic scene of Darren Aronofsky'southward cerebral sports drama The Wrestler, Randy has to choose between going back in the ring and sticking with the personal connections he's forged throughout the moving-picture show.

Despite his worsening wellness issues and the take a chance of losing Pam and his few non-estranged family members, Randy takes to the ring ane final time. His archway music "Sweet Child O' Mine" has a forlorn quality in the context.

4 "Live And Let Die" In Grosse Pointe Blank

Of form, "Alive and Let Die" isn't a Guns North' Roses original. It was written by Paul McCartney and performed past Wings as the theme vocal for the James Bond movie of the same name starring Roger Moore as 007.

But the GNR embrace was brilliantly used in the John Cusack-starring Grosse Pointe Blank. This version of the song set the perfect tone for a darkly comic Bond-type hitman actioner.

3 "Welcome To The Jungle" In Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle

Naturally, a movie with Welcome to the Jungle every bit a subtitle was going to include "Welcome to the Jungle" at some betoken in its soundtrack. It plays at a crucial indicate in the Jumanji reboot as it heads into the climactic sequence.

Due to the risk of tarnishing the legacy of Robin Williams, this movie was initially controversial when it was announced. Thankfully, it was handled with care and concluded up being a lot better than anybody expected it to exist.

2 "You Could Exist Mine" In Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Guns N' Roses had recorded "Y'all Could Be Mine" for Use Your Illusion II, just it ended upward getting its initial release as a single to necktie in with the release of Terminator two: Judgment Day.

The vocal plays a pretty major role in the movie as John Connor's favorite song. He blasts it out of a stereo as he rides his dirt wheel around town. Plus, Arnold Schwarzenegger made a fun cameo appearance in the music video.

1 "Sweet Kid O' Mine" In Step Brothers

Brennan'due south biological blood brother Derek gets a hysterical introduction in Pace Brothers. On the style to take dinner with the family, Derek sings an a cappella version of "Sugariness Kid O' Mine" with his married woman and kids in the car.

When his wife Alice is singing, he incessantly criticizes her performance, then promises to save it with a solo and gets so swept upward in it that he swerves into oncoming traffic.

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