Miami is a melting pot of business, culture, entertainment, tourism, giving it global city status. The tropical and urban atmosphere of Miami makes it an unrivaled champion of South Florida. The waterfront location of Miami also makes it a contender for one of the best port and resort cities in the world. The image of Miami is well popularized around the world by television shows, movies, and magazines. When Miami is mentioned, a picture forms of skyscrapers, sandy beaches with hot bodies, palm trees, resort islands, and ocean waters full of boats, cruise ships, and personal water crafts. Miami is a magnet for videos, depicting of image of wealth, fame, fashion, sex, glamour, night life, and infamous criminal world. A collection of Miami Videos ranges from historic appearances by the Beatles and Muhammad Ali to the classic movie Scarface and several TV series.

Videos of Miami have been circulating mainstream world for decades, giving the City global recognition. Miami's famous video appearances Starts with the classic 1983 Film Scarface, starring Al Pacino. Scarface has given Miami widespread exposure, where Tony Mantana (Al Pacino) plays a gangster, depicting the 1970's and 1980's era of Miami's drug world underground scene. Scarface also depicts the large local Cuban community of Miami, exposing the heavy Latino influence in the city. Whether exaggerated or not, Miami's videos of Scarface has had a profound impact on mainstream culture and has become an absolute classic movie. Ocean Drive of South Beach, Miami Beach was the location where some of Scarface videos shot, particularly, the opening chainsaw scene in the apartments. Miami Videos in Scarface has given the city an image of glamorous criminal drug world, lavish lifestyle on resort villas, hot night life scene, and of course the beach scene.

Videos of Miami have got more widespread exposure through Miami Vice, an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The show became famous for its heavy integration and use of music and visual effects to tell a story. The series Miami Vice starred Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police detectives working undercover in Miami. In keeping with the show's namesake, most episodes focus on combating drug trafficking and prostitution. Episodes more often than not end in a large gun battle, claiming the lives of several criminals before they can be apprehended. An undercurrent of cynicism and futility underlies the entire series; the detectives repeatedly reference the "whack-a-mole" nature of drug interdiction, with its parade of drug cartels to replace those that are brought to justice. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989. Miami Vice revealed to the world the city's beautiful and dynamic atmosphere, particularly in fashion, music, cars, boats, crime, beaches.

Many scenes of Miami Vice were shot in South Beach district of Miami Beach. At the time, South Beach was actually a run-down impoverished and a criminal haven, but has since become an extremely popular resort area with the hottest night life and beach scene in Miami. Today's South Beach is a whole different world than the old one shown in Miami Vice. Today, South Beach is the one of the premier location for Miami Videos, with all the hot action along Ocean Drive, Collins Avenue, Washington Avenue, Lincoln Road, Espanola Way. Lummus Park and South Pointe Park of South Beach offer spectacular opportunities for shooting Miami Videos. Lummus Park offers incredible views of crowded sandy beaches, Atlantic Ocean and an array of art deco architecture in the background. South Pointe Park offers a fantastic vantage point of downtown Miami skyline, port of Miami, upscale Fisher Island, and Key Biscayne Islands. Miami Beach is a very popular place for video shooting for television, film, music videos, and fashions hoots because of its large array of art deco architecture, a style of the 1920's and 1930's characterized by light colors and streamlined curves. In fact, Miami Beach Historic Art Deco District boasts the largest collection of art deco architecture in the world, with over 950 buildings. The sights of Miami Beach are also full of modern and contemporary towers for hotel and residential use.

The famous entertainer Jackie Gleason showed Miami Videos to the nation on his Jackie Gleason Show. The show was taped in the 1960's in what is now Jackie Gleason Theatre of the Performing Arts in Miami Beach.

The world famous pop group The Beatles popularized Miami during their 1964 visit to Miami Beach. The Beatles in Miami Beach is an absolutely classic Miami Video moment.

Additionally, another classic collection of Miami Videos includes Muhammad Ali fight February 25, 1964. On that day in Miami Beach, Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) made history by defeating Sonny Liston to become the new champion. Muhammad Ali's connection to Miami Beach also goes back to his training at the city's Fifth Street Gym. Muhammad Ali has been known to be "Made In Miami."

Videos of Miami Beach have also appeared in popular culture in 8th & Ocean, MTV's reality television show that depicts the life of young up and coming models living in the trendy South Beach district. The TV show 8th & Ocean ran in early 2006 and included ten total episodes.

The world was once again shown videos of Miami Beach when in 1997 famous fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead at his oceanfront mansion in South Beach neighborhood. Located along Ocean Drive, the Gianni Versace Mansion is now known as the Casa Casuarina, which is a small luxurious hotel that also offers public tours for a fee. The Versace Mansion at Miami Beach is one of the most notable attractions in Miami Beach, and is a site for plenty of videos and photographs.

Some of the best Miami Videos are in the area of Downtown Miami and Miami beach, separated by Biscayne Bay, Port of Miami, and connected by Julia Tuttle Causeway, Venetian Causeway, McArthur Causeway. Nearby Virginia Key and Key Biscayne offer a tranquil and paradise environment, connected to Miami's Brickell neighborhood via the Rickenbacker Causeway. Downtown Miami's skyline of modern and contemporary waterfront skyscrapers makes it one of the most recognizable images in any Miami Videos.

Videos of Miami circulate the nation by CSI: Miami, a spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes. The pilot episode was first broadcast on May 9, 2002 as an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and six seasons have been aired since. CSI: Miami currently airs on Mondays, at 10:00 p.m. on CBS. Starring actors of this Miami series include David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Jonathan Togo, Rex Linn, Eva LaRue, Megalyn Echikunwoke. Miami Beach is once again a popular place for shooting this TV series.

Videos of Miami in popular culture can be found in the 1996 comedy Film The Birdcage starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, and Christine Baranski. The film is set in South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach that revolves around a plot of a gay club and family and relationship issues.

Miami is a popular scene for music videos, as many rappers ride hot cars through the city streets and powerboats on Biscayne Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Not to mention, the hot Miami girls showing off and dancing in the music videos. The long list of rappers and other musicians showing off in Miami Videos includes Daddy Yankee, Pitbull, Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, Flo Rida, and many more.