Someone Asked “What Is The Greatest Single Movie Scene Ever Filmed?” And 29 Shared Their Opinions
There are so many movies being created right now that it’s certain they can’t all be good. You may find that the dialogue is lacking, the characters aren’t relatable or the effects are very obvious. The mistakes are distracting and you can’t fully immerse yourself into the story. But some movies are so good that you can’t forget about them as they touched something in your heart.
Usually good movies draw us in from start to finish but they still have scenes that stand out more than others. People on Reddit shared those scenes that they liked because of the emotional impact, the special effects or how well the actors played their role when janearcade asked “What is the greatest single movie scene ever filmed?”
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The opening scene of Up. That montage of a life together was pure poetry.
Mistersinister1 added:
F**k you it brought me to tears as a grown a** man, I looked over and my gf was balling her eyes out.
Beach scene is Saving Private Ryan
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My uncle, now gone, asked me to see this with him. He served in WWII, and was one of the men landing on Omaha Beach. The first bullet, he took my hand. By the 3rd, he was squeezing it so hard I thought every bone was going to break. By the 5th bullet, a tear down his cheek. By the 10th he was openly weeping. This man who loved and laughed hard, but never ever cried. I knew he was flashing back, so I simply rested my other hand on his arm. When the full scene ended, he whispered in my ear "It's like they looked inside my brain and put my memories up there." That scene was literally that authentic. My uncle was the only one of his entire platoon that made it off the beach. Miraculously no outward injuries save a few scratches. The mental and emotional injuries devastated him to his last breath.
The sword fight between Inigo Montoya and The Man in Black.
The end of Shawshank redemption was pretty good
When the T Rex showed up in Jurassic Park
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I never noticed until recently but there is no music whatsoever during that scene. 99.9% of films would force in a score to up the tension or pop in a few stingers to make sure the audience is perked up. Nope, not the JP paddock scene. The rain served as the score and the scene was 1000x better without background music.
It's when Dorothy steps out of the house into Technicolor and into a new world. It changed film.
The emotional aspect is unreal. That scene is forever engraved.
When I was young we had black and white tv then color. But being color blind in one eye I only see shades of black and white really. The other eye gets color. At dusk and dawn unless I concentrate on say a tree or house and what the color is of it I can't see color in those moments. So watching this I just was like it's a black and white movie. Then the color comes in and it was flabbergasting to my brain. I still can't explain that single moment but I never realized the color tv was in color. Like I knew my colors and crayons and toys but that as a kid of like 7-8 it smashed me. It wasn't till about 8-9 that the eye doctor realized I didn't see color from my left eye. Hope this makes sense.
For me its the scene where Forest Gump meets his son. I love that movie. I was a 90s kid and for some reason Gump taught me a lot about the world I didn't understand. He was like this slow witted observer of all the biggest events that changed American history from the 50s through the 80s. All the time we see him as stumbling through life getting constantly lucky, but always driven by his love of friends and family, and Jenny. It never even occurred that he might be self aware. Then in the final act he finds Jenny in her apartment and she tells him they have a son together.
"Is he...like me?"
The realization that he understood his place in the world the entire time, and still managed to be the person he is, it wrecked me. That film is deeply sentimental for me for other reasons but when I think about the first time I saw that scene and how deeply it affected me, I haven't had such an emotional experience from many other scenes. It won best picture that year for a reason. It really is a fantastic bit of story telling.
In Forrest Gump, the scene that affected me the most was when Jenny was throwing the rocks at her old childhood home and Forrest states, "Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks." Me and my childhood in a nutshell! My second favorite one was the one where he meets his son.
The opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark set the bar awfully high
Forty years later and it has lost NONE of it's luster. Watched it recently and it was still as heart pounding as it was on my first viewing! Brilliant!
The charge of the Rohirrim. Still gives me chills.
“Arise, arise, riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!”
The scene in Schindler’s List when the Nazis are rounding up Jews in the multi-story building to a frenetic piano soundtrack, and then it shows Nazis playing the same piano in one of the rooms, laughing and dancing. The joy and fun the Nazis are having compared to the panic of the innocents... Spielberg is a master
Truman finally realizing his reality and trying to escape it.
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When he's on the boat in the storm, and you can really see that he'd rather die trying than give up...it always has such an impact on me.
Binary sunset in A New Hope
That always made me wonder about the orbit of Tatooine. Edited to correct my spelling
The USS Indianapolis monologue from Jaws. Robert Shaw's delivery is just chilling.
"So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway... we delivered the bomb.” Chilling!
The lobby shootout in The Matrix. It's so well edited and the visual effects are amazing
RL_Meeseeks added:
The ticket guy at the theater told me AFTER I bought a ticket for a different movie that it had started 20 minutes before (I was 15). He told me just to go to whatever other movie I wanted that was starting soon.
I went into The Matrix with absolutely zero idea what it was about. I only knew it was rated R.
MIND BLOWN
The opening scene of Inglorious Bastards
IChristoph Waltz is absolutely amazing in this movie, right down to the way he moves and the facial expressions he makes. He was so good it's almost hard not to hate him, and to separate the actor from the role. Actually, the whole cast did an incredible job.
Call it predictable but Roy Batty final monolog in Blade Runner. Hard to do better than that IMO.
Was it really thought predictable when it was released 40 years ago? I didn't think so ... I found it incredibly powerful then and still do whenever I watch it.
The night vision sequence in Silence of the Lambs is great suspense.
This scene made me sweat every time I was in full dark for months after watching the movie for the first time as a teen. Just thinking about it now and all the hair on the back of my neck is standing 🫣
No matter how insufferable I find Tom Cruise, watching him question Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men is mesmerizing every time I watch it.
Goodfellas "You're a funny guy". You could cut that tension. Greats scene.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: the showdown at the Sad Hill cemetery.
The final scene of Last of the Mohicans.
Love the score for this film and for me the most powerful piece - both visually and aurally - is Alice's response to the demise of Uncas. In fact the whole promontory part prior to the end is a masterpiece of music and sound sublimely combined.
The baptism scene in The Godfather. Michael not only renounced Satan but he also settled all the family business that day
A giant worm breaks into Reba's basement and then the camera pans over to the wall of guns. :)
This is one of the best campy movies ever! Michael Gross absolutely MADE that movie! "Broke into the wrong goddamned rec room!" Also, shout-out to the scene in the sequel where he's in said rec room, on the phone, and the camera pans to a giant taxidermied Graboid mounted on his wall 🤣🤣🤣
Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in True Romance.
The discussion of different types of lies, then the fish tank... brilliant
HEAT. The bank shootout. It’s the best gun battle in Hollywood
Close tie between the “I could have saved more” speech in Schindlers List and the Moto Moto introduction in Madagascar 2
Wall-E when we see how humans are in the future, so obsessed with the latest trend, not looking up from screens, lack of physical action......or maybe that was my journey in to town last week.
This should be so much higher. Absolutely gut-kicking.
Load More Replies... From "the full Monty", when all the guys are standing the unemployment line, and their rehearsal song comes on the muzak, and they do the routine. Very funny.
One of my favourite scenes is when they're stuck in the canal and the guy walks past "Alright?" "Aye, not so bad"
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Not very many older movies on this list. Most are within the last 30 years. I'm pretty sure the demographics of BP are 90-95% under 50.
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When the Nazis opened the ark in Raiders of the Lost Ark! Freaked me out at 6 years old!
I was 11. So of course I thought it was awesome!!!
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Idk, but the clock tower scene in back to the future will always get me, it’s just so good!
When Hiccup found Toothless tied up and shot down in the forest and preceded to cut him loose in HTTYD. One of my all time favorite movies for sure
Jason And The Argonauts. The skeletons scene. That scream they emit as they charge. Sent a chill down my spine as a child, still does now.
Ray Harryhausen's best work, he was such a gem for the industry. Just rewatched parts of it yesterday (the scene with Talos [the statue] is also great).
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I’m deeply offended that the “leap of faith” scene from Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse isn’t on here. Say what you will, but I think that’s an amazing movie, and nobody can deny how amazing that scene was.
I was wondering what scene was the best for me so I could post it, but I don't think I need to anymore, this, 100% I LOVE it. When I get happy or excited it builds up in my chest, but my chest was hurting that day and that scene was a struggle to stay calm lol
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The movie theater scene in Donnie Darko before he sets the pedo house on fire, where we meet Frank. Or, the airport scene in Casablanca. The motorcycle ride in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The sled in Citizen Kane. The pool scene in Showgirls. When we meet Sugar Kane at the train in Some Like it Hot. The Ferris Wheel scene in The Third Man or the opening scene of Touch of Evil. So so many good ones across time & genres.
There are so many that touched me on a deep, soul-felt, level! What Dreams May come, has several!
For me by far ( Lord of the rings, last Ride on Helms deep " now for wrath, now for ruim and for the red dawn. FORTH EOLINDAS!!! " frikking love that scene.
Yes. Correct answer. Also in rogue one the end scene where earth Vader just decimates all the rebels. That gave me chills
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Sam Jackson's monologue in Pulp Fiction. The Skyscraper scene in Fight Club. Ewen McGregor's opening monologue of Trainspotting. The final scene of Se7en. Marlon Brando's monologue in Apocalypse Now. The last scene of Taxi Driver. Harvey Keitel's breakdown in Bad Lieutenant. Robert Blake's "Call me" scene in Lost Highway. The final scene of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Danny riding through the hallways in The Shining.
Went the day Well 1942 film Uk. The scene were the woman picks up a hand grenade thrown into a room of children and leaves the room shutting the door behind here.
And then you hear the sound of the grenade exploding on the other side of the door.
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Final scene in Easy Rider. Have never been able to watch that movie again.
MCU dump incoming The Creation of the Mark 1 armor and Tony's escape. Tony shutting down Stark Industries' Weapons department permanently. Tony testing the Pure Ti version of the Mark 2. Tony's attack on Gulmira. Tiny walking away after blowing up a tank . Pepper steals the data of the Iron Monger Suit. Pepper coming face -to- face with the Iron Monger Suit. Tony revealing that he is Iron Man to the media. ( Haven't watched the Incredible Hulk yet) Steve Rogers removing the pins to drop the pole and get the Flag. Steve dropping himself onto the dummy grenade while the other Soldiers took cover for their lives. Steve's transformation. Steve single handedly storming the Hydra base to retrieve his comrades. The Train fight. Final fight Steve wakes up 70 years later. Steve's strength training scene. The Helicarrier takes to the air. Steve, Tony and Nat defeat Loki. Thor vs. Tony and Steve. The Tension between the Avengers. Hawkeye and Co. Storm the Helicarrier to rescue Loki.
There's a shitload more and I can't write everything...
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The final scene in Gladiator... his death... walking through his Gallician weath fields... touch the grains... seeing hiswife and children. maximus-ac...3269d6.jpg 
The score then is just beautiful, I used to listen to the whole soundtrack on repeat. Also the famous, “are you not entertained” scene!
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Don't know if anyone else thinks its a good movie but I really love Romeo & Juliet (1996) with Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The scene at the gas/petrol station between the Capulet's and Montague's, meeting at the party, the wedding, the final scene - EVERYTHING. LOVE IT!
Mercutio's speech as he's dying. It really stuck with me more than other versions I've seen. The whole thing though, the visuals, the music used. And the little details, like the courier being called Posthaste, brilliant
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If anyone hasn't seen the Tony Jaa movie "The Protector", it has an amazing fight scene that's all done in one take with one camera, as he's fighting his way up the interior of a building. Sooo many great fight scenes in that movie, and they get increasingly more brutal from start to finish, since he starts out just trying to defend himself without causing extensive injury to his assailants, but, as things progress, he starts to DESTROY any bad guy who gets in his way (most notably in the final 2 fight scenes). Probably my favorite martial arts movie of all time.
Thank you so much for this comment, I saw this movie years ago but coud never figure out what it was called so I could watch again. It's amazing!!!!
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The “He’s Not The Messiah! He’s A Very Naughty Boy!” scene in "The Life of Brian", a film that is more historically accurate than most films about Jesus.
When the General walks in to the dining room at the end of White Christmas and see his former soldiers there. And can we not forget when Miguel sings Remember Me to Coco? The dust motes swirling in the sun? The wrinkles so realistic, you think you can touch them?
"The Exorcist." The scene where the priest arrives to the house to perform the exorcism is shot perfectly. It's haunting and sets up the mood perfectly. I feel that shot is what's lacking in (most) modern horror movies. I can't help but think a modern film would feel the need to add "something spooky," a jump scare, or some CGI spirit lurking behind the priest because a modern audience need attention EVERY TEN MINUTES or they're bored. But that ONE SCENE is more frightening than ANYTHING I've seen in modern cinema or perhaps in any horror film. Brilliant!!
The moment the Russian and Americans meet on the Red October. The expression on the face of the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man when the Ghostbusters crossed the streams. And when Brody pulls the trigger to blow up the compressed tank to destroy the shark.
For me it's a close tie between Aunt May's death in No Way Home (sorry spoiler alert) and when Andrew Garfield saves MJ later in the same movie. Both scenes make me cry, and I rarely get emotional at all.
The scene in Philadelphia where Andy's family says goodbye and when he says "I'm ready", right before Antonio Banderas grabs and kisses his hand. 😭😭😭😭😭
The original Star Wars on the big screen. First a planet, then a closer planet, then a real close planet then that Star Destroyer did the fly-over and just kept coming and coming, Mesmerizing
The curb stomp scene from American History X. I am a true crime, horror fanatic and still have never seen that full on. The whole atmosphere makes me cover my eyes. Also you have to appreciate the shower scene from Psycho. So great they made a documentary on it
No "Open the pod bay doors, HAL"? No "Rosebud"? No "Top of the World, Ma"? Nothing from "Lawrence of Arabia" or "The Maltese Falcon"?
Good one! That one definitely deserves to be in this list. For different reasons, I might even also include the scene where he's explaining why he doesn't want to work for the NSA or whatever it was because of his buddy getting shot in the a** and all that.
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The last scenes of Das Boot. Completely unexpected, completely shocking, and completely heartbreaking.
Johnny Utah walking away as Bodhi goes to catch the ultimate wave in the final scene of Point Break
Oh my god. I saw that in a movie theater, and sobbed throughout the whole scene. My date was so embarrassed he actually moved to the other side of the theater.
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In dreams - Blue Velvet, Opening sequence - Consequences of Love, Hallway battle - Oldboy.
The scene in It's a Wonderful Life where they listen to the victrola and try to talk on the phone at the same time Jimmy Stewart is grappling with wanting to love Donna Reed and wanting to leave.
NONE of the above. All just silly plots. (Amercans saving the World!) The very best as I remember was Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator" when people mistook him (as a jewing barber) for The Dictator (Hitler) and saluted him, he ducked. The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian ...
Final scene in Terminator 2 when Arnold Schwarzenegger is sinking into the molten metal giving a thumbs up. Also towards the ending of The Identical when Ray Liotta breaks down crying. I boohooed for 15 minutes after that movie was over.
Nope. Everyone is wrong, the scene in La Haine, that pans across the whole estate, as the DJ scratches up into NTM.....
All very good scenes. I would also add the final scene of Seven and the Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves from Kill Bill. For comedies: Borat fighting naked with his producer in the hotel.
Another favorite: the final scene of Motorcycle Diaries showing the beautiful faces of all the people Ernesto Guevarra met during his trip, with beautiful mandolin music (De Ushuaia a la Quiaca?) I sob every single time.
My favorite of all time is the group dance sequence in Boogie Nights, to the Commodores' Machine Gun I think? Especially between Mark Wahlberg and John C. Reilly. It's so joyful. I could watch it over and over.
The evacuation scene in Platoon where Willem Dafoe is gunned down. Every time I bawl my eyes out. Brilliant movie from beginning to end.
Jeepers Creepers after Derry finds himself down the tube to the church basement and starts looking around.
The family dinner scene in American Beauty. Don't interrupt me, honey. Perfection
The opening scene in cube, the part in The fly when he fully begins to shed and become the Fly, Goku turning super sayian the first time, literally all of spirited away. I have some more but those are the ones that came to mind
Oh and the 13th warrior at the end when bulwyf fights his last battle and Troy, when hector and achilles fight. So awesome
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"The Mission". Father Gabriel and his congregation intercut with the battle, and wth Ennio MOrricone's music.... I cry a little just thinking about it.
The movie "Life" the whole movie. The movie "Get Out" when his gf is looking for the keys and he realizes she is in on it. Paid in Full when Rico killed Mitch. "The Hate U Give". "Four Brothers" when they all sit back and realize their mom is gone and they cry to "I wish it would rain"
The Green Mile, John Coffey's execution. I hadn't seen the movie in 20 years and even though I knew it was coming I still bawled like a baby.
Every single scene in the LOTR trilogy. Hands down best movies ever made.
Calvin Candy cuts his hand at the table scene - Django. Strudel scene - Inglorious Bastards.
"Street Fighter" (1994) - The scene in which Colonel Guile (Claude van Damme) gives the speech to the soldiers. Some say it's cheesy, but I think it doesn't need to hide behind Bill Pullman's speech in "Independence Day"
Black Panther (2018), the entirety of T’Challa and Killmonger’s fight towards the end. If animated TV shows were included, I would argue Zane’s death and the lead up to it in LEGO Ninjago: Rebooted is a strong competitor.
Casablanca - The scene when the refugees in Rick's where the refugees start singing La Marseillaise to drown out the Nazis. So many of the actors (and the director) were actually Europeans who had fled to America because of the Nazis, which just makes it all the more moving because that moment of defiance was reality for them.
Wall-E when we see how humans are in the future, so obsessed with the latest trend, not looking up from screens, lack of physical action......or maybe that was my journey in to town last week.
This should be so much higher. Absolutely gut-kicking.
Load More Replies... From "the full Monty", when all the guys are standing the unemployment line, and their rehearsal song comes on the muzak, and they do the routine. Very funny.
One of my favourite scenes is when they're stuck in the canal and the guy walks past "Alright?" "Aye, not so bad"
Load More Replies... Not very many older movies on this list. Most are within the last 30 years. I'm pretty sure the demographics of BP are 90-95% under 50.
Load More Replies... When the Nazis opened the ark in Raiders of the Lost Ark! Freaked me out at 6 years old!
I was 11. So of course I thought it was awesome!!!
Load More Replies... Idk, but the clock tower scene in back to the future will always get me, it’s just so good!
When Hiccup found Toothless tied up and shot down in the forest and preceded to cut him loose in HTTYD. One of my all time favorite movies for sure
Jason And The Argonauts. The skeletons scene. That scream they emit as they charge. Sent a chill down my spine as a child, still does now.
Ray Harryhausen's best work, he was such a gem for the industry. Just rewatched parts of it yesterday (the scene with Talos [the statue] is also great).
Load More Replies... I’m deeply offended that the “leap of faith” scene from Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse isn’t on here. Say what you will, but I think that’s an amazing movie, and nobody can deny how amazing that scene was.
I was wondering what scene was the best for me so I could post it, but I don't think I need to anymore, this, 100% I LOVE it. When I get happy or excited it builds up in my chest, but my chest was hurting that day and that scene was a struggle to stay calm lol
Load More Replies... The movie theater scene in Donnie Darko before he sets the pedo house on fire, where we meet Frank. Or, the airport scene in Casablanca. The motorcycle ride in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The sled in Citizen Kane. The pool scene in Showgirls. When we meet Sugar Kane at the train in Some Like it Hot. The Ferris Wheel scene in The Third Man or the opening scene of Touch of Evil. So so many good ones across time & genres.
There are so many that touched me on a deep, soul-felt, level! What Dreams May come, has several!
For me by far ( Lord of the rings, last Ride on Helms deep " now for wrath, now for ruim and for the red dawn. FORTH EOLINDAS!!! " frikking love that scene.
Yes. Correct answer. Also in rogue one the end scene where earth Vader just decimates all the rebels. That gave me chills
Load More Replies... Sam Jackson's monologue in Pulp Fiction. The Skyscraper scene in Fight Club. Ewen McGregor's opening monologue of Trainspotting. The final scene of Se7en. Marlon Brando's monologue in Apocalypse Now. The last scene of Taxi Driver. Harvey Keitel's breakdown in Bad Lieutenant. Robert Blake's "Call me" scene in Lost Highway. The final scene of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Danny riding through the hallways in The Shining.
Went the day Well 1942 film Uk. The scene were the woman picks up a hand grenade thrown into a room of children and leaves the room shutting the door behind here.
And then you hear the sound of the grenade exploding on the other side of the door.
Load More Replies... Final scene in Easy Rider. Have never been able to watch that movie again.
MCU dump incoming The Creation of the Mark 1 armor and Tony's escape. Tony shutting down Stark Industries' Weapons department permanently. Tony testing the Pure Ti version of the Mark 2. Tony's attack on Gulmira. Tiny walking away after blowing up a tank . Pepper steals the data of the Iron Monger Suit. Pepper coming face -to- face with the Iron Monger Suit. Tony revealing that he is Iron Man to the media. ( Haven't watched the Incredible Hulk yet) Steve Rogers removing the pins to drop the pole and get the Flag. Steve dropping himself onto the dummy grenade while the other Soldiers took cover for their lives. Steve's transformation. Steve single handedly storming the Hydra base to retrieve his comrades. The Train fight. Final fight Steve wakes up 70 years later. Steve's strength training scene. The Helicarrier takes to the air. Steve, Tony and Nat defeat Loki. Thor vs. Tony and Steve. The Tension between the Avengers. Hawkeye and Co. Storm the Helicarrier to rescue Loki.
There's a shitload more and I can't write everything...
Load More Replies... The final scene in Gladiator... his death... walking through his Gallician weath fields... touch the grains... seeing hiswife and children. maximus-ac...3269d6.jpg
The score then is just beautiful, I used to listen to the whole soundtrack on repeat. Also the famous, “are you not entertained” scene!
Load More Replies... Don't know if anyone else thinks its a good movie but I really love Romeo & Juliet (1996) with Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The scene at the gas/petrol station between the Capulet's and Montague's, meeting at the party, the wedding, the final scene - EVERYTHING. LOVE IT!
Mercutio's speech as he's dying. It really stuck with me more than other versions I've seen. The whole thing though, the visuals, the music used. And the little details, like the courier being called Posthaste, brilliant
Load More Replies... If anyone hasn't seen the Tony Jaa movie "The Protector", it has an amazing fight scene that's all done in one take with one camera, as he's fighting his way up the interior of a building. Sooo many great fight scenes in that movie, and they get increasingly more brutal from start to finish, since he starts out just trying to defend himself without causing extensive injury to his assailants, but, as things progress, he starts to DESTROY any bad guy who gets in his way (most notably in the final 2 fight scenes). Probably my favorite martial arts movie of all time.
Thank you so much for this comment, I saw this movie years ago but coud never figure out what it was called so I could watch again. It's amazing!!!!
Load More Replies... The “He’s Not The Messiah! He’s A Very Naughty Boy!” scene in "The Life of Brian", a film that is more historically accurate than most films about Jesus.
When the General walks in to the dining room at the end of White Christmas and see his former soldiers there. And can we not forget when Miguel sings Remember Me to Coco? The dust motes swirling in the sun? The wrinkles so realistic, you think you can touch them?
"The Exorcist." The scene where the priest arrives to the house to perform the exorcism is shot perfectly. It's haunting and sets up the mood perfectly. I feel that shot is what's lacking in (most) modern horror movies. I can't help but think a modern film would feel the need to add "something spooky," a jump scare, or some CGI spirit lurking behind the priest because a modern audience need attention EVERY TEN MINUTES or they're bored. But that ONE SCENE is more frightening than ANYTHING I've seen in modern cinema or perhaps in any horror film. Brilliant!!
The moment the Russian and Americans meet on the Red October. The expression on the face of the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man when the Ghostbusters crossed the streams. And when Brody pulls the trigger to blow up the compressed tank to destroy the shark.
For me it's a close tie between Aunt May's death in No Way Home (sorry spoiler alert) and when Andrew Garfield saves MJ later in the same movie. Both scenes make me cry, and I rarely get emotional at all.
The scene in Philadelphia where Andy's family says goodbye and when he says "I'm ready", right before Antonio Banderas grabs and kisses his hand. 😭😭😭😭😭
The original Star Wars on the big screen. First a planet, then a closer planet, then a real close planet then that Star Destroyer did the fly-over and just kept coming and coming, Mesmerizing
The curb stomp scene from American History X. I am a true crime, horror fanatic and still have never seen that full on. The whole atmosphere makes me cover my eyes. Also you have to appreciate the shower scene from Psycho. So great they made a documentary on it
No "Open the pod bay doors, HAL"? No "Rosebud"? No "Top of the World, Ma"? Nothing from "Lawrence of Arabia" or "The Maltese Falcon"?
Good one! That one definitely deserves to be in this list. For different reasons, I might even also include the scene where he's explaining why he doesn't want to work for the NSA or whatever it was because of his buddy getting shot in the a** and all that.
Load More Replies... The last scenes of Das Boot. Completely unexpected, completely shocking, and completely heartbreaking.
Johnny Utah walking away as Bodhi goes to catch the ultimate wave in the final scene of Point Break
Oh my god. I saw that in a movie theater, and sobbed throughout the whole scene. My date was so embarrassed he actually moved to the other side of the theater.
Load More Replies... In dreams - Blue Velvet, Opening sequence - Consequences of Love, Hallway battle - Oldboy.
The scene in It's a Wonderful Life where they listen to the victrola and try to talk on the phone at the same time Jimmy Stewart is grappling with wanting to love Donna Reed and wanting to leave.
NONE of the above. All just silly plots. (Amercans saving the World!) The very best as I remember was Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator" when people mistook him (as a jewing barber) for The Dictator (Hitler) and saluted him, he ducked. The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian ...
Final scene in Terminator 2 when Arnold Schwarzenegger is sinking into the molten metal giving a thumbs up. Also towards the ending of The Identical when Ray Liotta breaks down crying. I boohooed for 15 minutes after that movie was over.
Nope. Everyone is wrong, the scene in La Haine, that pans across the whole estate, as the DJ scratches up into NTM.....
All very good scenes. I would also add the final scene of Seven and the Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves from Kill Bill. For comedies: Borat fighting naked with his producer in the hotel.
Another favorite: the final scene of Motorcycle Diaries showing the beautiful faces of all the people Ernesto Guevarra met during his trip, with beautiful mandolin music (De Ushuaia a la Quiaca?) I sob every single time.
My favorite of all time is the group dance sequence in Boogie Nights, to the Commodores' Machine Gun I think? Especially between Mark Wahlberg and John C. Reilly. It's so joyful. I could watch it over and over.
The evacuation scene in Platoon where Willem Dafoe is gunned down. Every time I bawl my eyes out. Brilliant movie from beginning to end.
Jeepers Creepers after Derry finds himself down the tube to the church basement and starts looking around.
The family dinner scene in American Beauty. Don't interrupt me, honey. Perfection
The opening scene in cube, the part in The fly when he fully begins to shed and become the Fly, Goku turning super sayian the first time, literally all of spirited away. I have some more but those are the ones that came to mind
Oh and the 13th warrior at the end when bulwyf fights his last battle and Troy, when hector and achilles fight. So awesome
Load More Replies... "The Mission". Father Gabriel and his congregation intercut with the battle, and wth Ennio MOrricone's music.... I cry a little just thinking about it.
The movie "Life" the whole movie. The movie "Get Out" when his gf is looking for the keys and he realizes she is in on it. Paid in Full when Rico killed Mitch. "The Hate U Give". "Four Brothers" when they all sit back and realize their mom is gone and they cry to "I wish it would rain"
The Green Mile, John Coffey's execution. I hadn't seen the movie in 20 years and even though I knew it was coming I still bawled like a baby.
Every single scene in the LOTR trilogy. Hands down best movies ever made.
Calvin Candy cuts his hand at the table scene - Django. Strudel scene - Inglorious Bastards.
"Street Fighter" (1994) - The scene in which Colonel Guile (Claude van Damme) gives the speech to the soldiers. Some say it's cheesy, but I think it doesn't need to hide behind Bill Pullman's speech in "Independence Day"
Black Panther (2018), the entirety of T’Challa and Killmonger’s fight towards the end. If animated TV shows were included, I would argue Zane’s death and the lead up to it in LEGO Ninjago: Rebooted is a strong competitor.
Casablanca - The scene when the refugees in Rick's where the refugees start singing La Marseillaise to drown out the Nazis. So many of the actors (and the director) were actually Europeans who had fled to America because of the Nazis, which just makes it all the more moving because that moment of defiance was reality for them.
