Five Greatest Movie Scenes...

[SaveElmer]

Mine:

1. "Last of the Mohicans" - Final 10 minutes, chase through the mountains

2. "Patton" - George C. Scott is reading the prayer given him by a priest praying for fair weather

3. "Glory" - as the 51st Massachusetts marches onto the beaches of Morris Island, and the white regiments cheer them.

4. "Plane of the Apes" - CHarlton Heston speaks for the first time

and a weird one I always find very funny

5. "L.A. Story" - Brunch at the restaurant

[Arkham House]

1. Mine:

1. The last scene in "Casablanca"--"round up the usual suspects"...

2. "Gotta Dance", from "Singin' in the Rain"

3. The mirror scene in "Duck Soup"

4. The fake orgasm in "When Harry Met Sally"

5. "I coulda been a contender"...Brando and Steiger, "On the Waterfront"...

[Wetzelbill]

2. ok lets see

In no order:

1. "Dersu Uzala" Dersu saves his life and the Captain's by building a little hut out of grass and making a fire so they don't freeze to death.

2. "Goodfellas" The Joe Pesci "Am I a clown, do I amuse you?" scene.

3. "The Seventh Seal" the ending

4. "The Godfather" the sequence toward the end when Michael's nephew is being baptized juxtaposed with the murders of all Corleone rivals.

5. "Giant" when Bick fights the racist cook in the restaurant.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Your #4 is an all-time great

With the latin baptism over it all...

[Wetzelbill]

33. oh yeah definitely a chilling scene

the juxtaposition of religion and violence is just brilliant.

[begin_within]

38. Speaking of juxtapositions, "Roger and Me" used one effectively at the end

where the CEO of General Motors was giving his Christmas speech, that was used as a voice-over for footage of people being kicked out of their houses because they lost their jobs at GM. That was an outstanding use of juxtaposition.

[Wetzelbill]

86. yes that is a good one

it blew me away when I first saw it.

[DS1]

3. hmmm, now for the superficial

5. Anaconda - Jon Voight gets vomited out of a giant snake in order to make room for J Lo

4. Basic Instinct - That scene

3. Me, Myself & Irene - First freakout sequence

2. Terminator 2 - T2000 stands up out of floor, becomes twin

1. Ronin - Ambush

[NewJeffCT]

5. How about...

In addition to your #4 -

When Uma Thurman's top opened up in "Dangerous Liaisons"

The scene where Judge Rheinhold fantasizes about Phoebe Cates in "Fast Times at Ridgement High"

Jamie Lee Curtis exposes herself in "Trading Places"

And - because I was the right age at the time - Princess Leia in her brass bikini in "Return of the Jedi"

[Coventina]

42. That scene from "Fast Times" was a real watershed for me.

Maybe it was the age I saw it, but it was really an eye-opener for me about male sexuality.

Plus, it's darn funny and Phoebe Cates is HOT!!!

[Ava]

6. the best me, myself, and irene scene is the one with the cow

i laughed till i cried when irene ran up and kicked the cow. :rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

32. nothing wrong with superficial

:)

[hfojvt]

57. I would prefer the bar scene in Terminator 1

2. Lobby shooting spree to helicopter crash in The Matrix

3. the final 15 minutes of the Iron Giant

4. Charlie's death scene in Taps

5. Billy Jack in "this idiotic little moment of yours"

[MountainLaurel]

82. Airplane: Mrs. Cleaver talking jive

2: Carrie: after the pig blood, while she destroys the high school gym and the people in it.

3: Star Wars: the bar scene

4: History of the World, Part I: Madeline Kahn choosing the soldiers as they stand there without pants, and the Inquisition number

5: St. Elmo's Fire: Demi Moore sitting in the empty room with the curtains blowing

[mduffy31]

95. Jive talking was the best

Especially now that i am older I understand what she is saying. Other good scenes from that movie:

1. Captain Oveur: "Have you seen a grown man naked"
2. Everytime Ted tells their story the other commits suicide.
3. "Don't call me Shirley"
4. The Shit gonna hit the fan...and then it does. Nothing funnier to an 8 year old.

[NewJeffCT]

7. I think the opener in "Patton" was great

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. "

All the cursing was groundbreaking at the time, too.

[Hugin]

21. I used to hum that tune as I was wiping out the ants in my kitchen.

Doo-do-do... Doo-do-do... Dah dah dit dah.

[NewJeffCT]

8. The opener of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

with Indy getting the idol, only to lose it in the end to Belloque.

[Ava]

9. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was the only Indiana Jones movie that i saw

but i didn't like it at all. maybe i should watch it again and see what i think now. :shrug:

[NewJeffCT]

11. One of my all-time favorites

but, some people I respect didn't like it that much, either.

So, don't feel obligated to watch it on my part. The movie reinvigorated the action drama, however.

[Hugin]

10. When Riddick breaks the blade in the Necromonger's head.

All time best send-off of a guy who deserved it.

I'll have to think about the others for awhile.

I did like the "We've got our best men on it." scene from
"Raiders of the Lost Ark."

"Tremors II - Aftershocks" is loaded with them as well.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I'm coming in bits & pieces here - the death of Kong

The original King Kong, not the '76 or '05 versions. You felt sorry for Kong up there being slowly killed by the airplanes.

[Hugin]

13. It's funny, the scene from the '76 Kong which sticks in my mind...

Is when "The Statuesque Blonde" character is wandering around on the
deck because the rest of the crew is watching "Deep Throat" and she'd
already seen it.

[kwassa]

70. That was Jessica Lange

before she became known as a good actress.

[rug]

35. The pilot is the director of the original.

The gunner is the producer.

[barb162]

14. Yul Brynner in any movie

he was too much!

[Hugin]

16. Yeah, Yul was something else.

:thumbsup:

[tjdee]

39. I thought I was the only one that loved Yul!

:loveya:

[anarch]

79. the scene in "The Ultimate Warrior", where Yul

HACKS OFF HIS OWN ARM in order to kill off the bad guy.

and just to add four more:

- the end of Blade Runner

- the end of Runaway Train, with Jon Voight

- the scene in First Blood where Rambo breaks out of jail

- the end of Unforgiven

[caty]

15. "An Affair to Remember"

When Nickie (Cary Grant) realizes that Terry (Deborah Kerr) is the lady in the wheelchair who bought his painting.

[barb162]

17. yeah, that's a tearjerker scene

[MassLiberal]

62. Yes!

I love that whole movie.

[YankeyMCC]

18. 1. LoTR: Return of the King - After being coronated Aragon approaches Frod

2. Casablanca: When Ungate hands Rick the letters of transit for safe-keeping. Here we see all the complexities of Rick's character although you don't quiet understand it until the movie has played through.

3. The Day the Earth Stood Still: When Klaatu is standing among the crowd around his space ship and listening to what the people are saying about what's happening. You see the fears, the ignorance and the knife edge of possibility, which course will Earth take?

4. Forbidden Planet: Morbius' tour of the Krell complex

5. The Great Escape: Hilts confronts the commandant after being captured at the end of the movie and being escorted to the cooler once again.

PS: Doesn't seem right that I'm not including a couple possibilit

PPS: These are listed just by order of thinking of them not an indication of which is greater than which.

[barb162]

22. LOTR when we first see Rivendell; I thought it looked so

damned wondrous and impossibly beautiful

and yeah, when we first see the Krell machinery. Awesome

[ChoralScholar]

52. I do like that LOTR scene.

Where he says 'You bow to no one', and everyone bows to the hobbits.

Also a little earlier when they remove the veil from Arwen.. I think that would be a good spot for an Aerosmith song. :)

I just say that to make my wife mad.

[Hugin]

19. This wouldn't be the DU Lounge if no one mentioned "Dr. Strangelove"...

There are so many in that movie.

"No fighting in the War Room!"

"That stuff'd make for a great weekend in Vegas!"

"Now we've had a little accident with the bomb... One of our guys,
well, he went a little crazy." "Now there's no reason to talk like
that..."

[Catchawave]

20. Godfather, when Michael comes back

from the bathroom and whacks those guys in the restaurant. For his "family's honor" of course :)

[sarge43]

31. Godfather II

The final scene, the closeup on Michael's empty eyes. The man has betrayed and lost everything.

[Catchawave]

87. No offense to *Michael*

but I see it in Bush's eyes too.

[Ekirh]

23. Five of my favorites

In no order

1. The Godfather with the baptism and the murders happening at the same time . . . just excellent

2. A Clockwork orange. . the gang fight with the classic music playing as it happens . . great

3. Se7en . . Victor (How I remember the name) showing he is still alive "shudders"

4. The Seventh Seal: Death cutting the tree where the actor is hiding. . .

5. Twelve Monkeys: The Ending . . .

[sarge43]

101. Among the many

The setup scene and the race in Ben Hur

Vito stalking Fenucci across the tenement roofs, GII

The Shining: The slow pan thru the ballroom to the close up on Nicholson's face as he's going barking mad

The aerial scenes and the background music, The Blue Max

All the scenes with Marvin and the dying boy in The Big Red One

[Broken_Hero]

24. okay...

1. Superman saving Lois, Helicopter scene, Superman the Movie

2. The whole, basic training part of Full Metal Jacket. R. Lee Ermy, that man, packed so much profanity, and shit talking into fourty minutes, i had to give him a nod, for effort...

3. Hey Paul, CATCH!!!...American Psycho, when Batman axes, Paul Allen...

4. Hyperdermic Needle scene in Pulp Fiction...

5. The end of Good the bad and the ugly, graveyard gunfight/stand off....

These are not in order, they are the ones that first popped into my head...:)

[Wetzelbill]

34. those are all good

I love that scene at the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Those intense closeups are great.

American Psycho.. I met the woman who cowrote the script with the director, Guinevere Turner. I went to a movie premiere for a short film I worked on in Seattle and ended up having a couple drinks with her. BS'ed about film etc. Pretty fun.

R. Lee Ermey's introduction in that film is great. One of the most intense and funniest scenes in film history.

[Kire]

48. R Lee Ermy was in American Psycho?

I haven't seen it since it was in theaters, but you'd think I'd remember that. Was he screaming at people?

[Wetzelbill]

85. no in Full Metal Jacket

I was referring to one of his other picks.

[Kire]

88. sorry

it was a reply to a reply to a reply, sorry

[Kire]

46. I forgot about the hypodermic needle scene.

I said it was the diner scene in my other post. Yours is better, but I'll leave mine up so as not to be too repetitive.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

25. 1) "True Romance" -- Hopper & Walken

2) Annie Hall - The opening monologue
3) Blue Velvet - "In Dreams"
4) Audition - "Kiri, kiri, kiri, ..."
5) Muppets Take Manhattan - The musical at the end (especially the wedding)

(probably not my greatest ever, but the best I can think of without staying up ridiculously late)

[Broken_Hero]

26. damn.

i totally spaced out that scene in True Romance, that scene was amazing...

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

28. Right back atcha with "Full Metal Jacket" - R Lee Ermey is a legend

[Kire]

51. You're an eggplant.

You're a cantaloupe.

[LouisianaLiberal]

27. Mine:

1) La Dolce Vita - the final scene

2) Seven Samurai - the final battle scene

3) 2001 - the bone turns into an orbiting weapon

4) The Bicycle Thief - the last few minutes

Man, this is hard.

5) The Seventh Seal - the chess scenes.

[Southsideirish]

29. "Chinatown" - the final scene in the fleeing car when the deputy shoots

Faye Dunaway and John Houston runs over to her and says "OH LORD!" and grabs his "grand daughter." One of the saddest and most powerful scenes I've ever witnessed. What a great movie.

[begin_within]

40. Here's an interesting story about that scene

In 2004 they had a 30th anniversary seminar about the film in L.A. and showed the film, and had a live discussion which included Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and Robert Towne and maybe a couple of others. John Huston wasn't there obviously and Roman Polanski still hasn't returned from his 30-year vacation. Anyway, the L.A. times had a couple of articles about it including an interview with Robert Towne. He said originally he had a standard Hollywood-style ending, where the bad guys get caught and thrown in jail, the good people survive in general good triumphs over evil. Roman Polansky convinced him to change the ending in that scene, to what it is in the film. He says that ending, which is disturbing and unexpected, is what gives the film a boost in its stature among screenplays. Instead of a standard Hollywood-style story it becomes more of a European art-house film because of the way it ends.

[ratzworth]

30. 1. The tornado scene & when Dorothy opens her front door....

2. In Close Encounters Of the Third Kind, when the huge spaceship covers the earth for the first time.

3. Ripley and Jonesy in the Escape Pod/Capsule--before you know if they are really safe or not.

4. In The Usual Suspects, when Verbal Kint starts to walk normal at the end.

5. In Primal Fear, when Aaron and Richard Gere are left alone in the cell at the very end.

6. In The Bridge Over the River Kwai, when Col. Saito throws a fit and says "I hate the British! You are defeated but you have no shame. You are stubborn but you have no pride. You endure but you have no courage. I hate the British!" (And also when the train finally crosses the bridge, and when Alex Guinness is finally released from 'the box' and his men all run to him.)


7. The card game on the train in The Sting.

8. When Ashley comes home from the war and Melanie runs to him for the first time. (And Scarlett and Rhett in the library at the first, and seeing the entire tableaux of wounded men laid out at the train depot.)

9. In Rebecca, when Maxim reveals Rebecca is still 'down there'.

10. Bette Davis on the beach with her sister...'you mean, all this time, we could've been friends?', in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?

[yvr girl]

36. In no particular order

1. The opening scene from "Saving Private Ryan"

2. The Scene at the airport from "Casablanca"

3. Meg Ryan faking it in "When Harry Met Sally"

4. The big dance number from "An American in Paris"

5. I can't pick!!!

[begin_within]

37. Here are mine

"East of Eden" where James Dean asks Jo Van Fleet for the money
"Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill" the luncheon scene
"Five Easy Pieces" where they pick up the 2 female hitchhikers
"Psycho" where Norman and Marion have sandwiches in the office
"Contact" where she walks over the bridge to the machine and looks down at the water

[Coventina]

41. 1. "Brokeback Mountain", Ennis finds the shirts in Jack's closet

2. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring: Boromir's Death Scene.

3. Bridge on the River Kwai: When Col. Nicholson emerges from "the box": a victory that sows the seeds of defeat.

4. The Scarlet Pimpernel: Any time Leslie Howard looks at Merle Oberon with intense longing, despair, and hatred.

5. Sleeping Beauty: Princess Aurora and Prince Philip dance together in the woods.


Mixed bag, but I make no apologies.

[Coventina]

43. I have to put in a comedy scene: Some Like It Hot

"What are you going to do on your honeymoon?"

"We're going to MEXICO!!!" (Shakes maracas)

:rofl:

[AmandaRuth]

44. heres mine

Spinal Tap - When the boys are trying to sing Heartbreak Hotel at Elvis's grave.

Almost Famous - The lead singer declares himself a God on the roof at some house at some party they went to in the middle of nowhere

Some like it hot - The train scene, party at Marilyn's place

Dazed and Confused - a personal one, at the end of the kegger scene, when the 2 girls fall down from drinking all night, and the camera pulls back and you can see the whole scene, The first move that really showed what it was like growing up in the seventies in a small town- I graduated in 1976, and we called them Keggers, not beer busts

A night at the Opera - the final scene at the opera's opening night with the onstage chaos, and Take Me Out to the Ballgame

[Kire]

45. Holly Golightly and her cat at the end of Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Diner scene in Pulp Fiction - The wallet that says Bad Motherfucker

When Burt Reynolds says: "I got a feeling that behind those jeans is something wonderful just waiting to get out." in Boogie Nights.

When Elvis and JFK read the dirty hieroglyphics on the shithouse wall: "Cleopatra does the nasty."

and

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters

no particular order

[Rabrrrrrr]

47. The orgy scene and battle from "Conan the Barbarian"

2. Citizen Kane's destruction of the bedroom.

3. When Kirk, in Star Trek II, says "I don't believe in the no win scenario. Spock, it's been two hours.... I don't like to lose."

4. Lawrence of Arabia, the coming of the Omar Sharif character out of the distance and the dust as Lawrence looks on. One of the most amazing shots in all of moviedom.

5. When Denny Glover says "Free South Africa, you dumb son of a bitch!!" in Die Hard II, and then Joe Pesci says, "Yeah, you dumb son of a bitch" to the South African consulate asshole.

[Broken_Hero]

65. sorry...

but your 5 is off. He didn't do that in Die Hard II, neither of them were in Die Hard II. I am sure you meant to say Lethal Weapon II...:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

71. That's it, Lethal Weapon II

I get those movies confused all the time.

[Broken_Hero]

72. No prob...:) n/t

[nytemare]

49. Ok, here it goes!

Chief running away from the asylum in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Hannibal Lecter's phone conversation with Agent Starling at the end of "Silence of the Lambs" (having an old friend for dinner)

When the shrink realizes he is a ghost in "Sixth Sense"

George Baily running through the streets yelling "Merry Christmas Bedford Falls, Meeerrrrrrrrrrrrry Chriisssssssstmas" in "It's a Wonderful Life".

Laurel and Hardy trying to push a piano up a tall set of stairs in "The Musical Box"

The end speech in "The Great Dictator", where the tramp takes the place of the Dictator.


Ok, so that is six.

:shrug:

[Giant Robot]

50. Just got one to add before I start to repeat

The opening scene from Star Wars: A New Hope, with the star destroyer coming in over your head. WOW. My six year old mind was blown then.

[NNadir]

53. My #1: Gregory Peck's Summation in "To Kill A Mockingbird."

"Restore this man to his Family!" he says. I cry every time.

My #2: John Huston admitting to Jack Nicholson that he had in fact fathered a child with his daughter in Chinatown. I get chills every time.

My #3: Bill Murray driving with the two drunks in Groundhog Day and telling them "I don't have to play by their rules any more!" I laugh every time.

[sarge43]

102. And the other scene in Mockingbird

"Stand up, Jean Louise. Your father is passing."

[ChoralScholar]

54. I like these scenes:

(please note, I didn't put a great deal of thought into these)

1. Independence Day - "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!..."

2. What Women Want - The split second Mel Gibson lapses into the Martin Riggs character when talking to his daughter's boyfriend.

3. Legally Blonde - Reese Witherspoon's final cross examination

4. American Wedding - the dance scene with Seann W. Scott in the gay bar.

5. The American President - "...my name is Andrew Shepherd and I AM the president"

[long_green]

55. Here are mine:

well, some of mine:

The "what have the Romans done for us?" scene in "Life of Brian."

The cantina scene in "Star Wars."

The opening shot in "Touch of Evil."

The Donald Sutherland scene in "JFK."

and a sleeper...the battle for Little Round Top in "Gettysburg." That's the only time that movie really rings true.

oh, and in "It Happened One Night," the scene where Gable freaks out the salesman by pretending to be a murderous gangster.

[Downtown Hound]

56. A lot of great ones have been said already

So here's some that haven't:

1.) Jaws-the opening scene where the girl becomes dinner for the shark. I think that scene forever changed the way people felt about swimming in the ocean.

2.) V for Vendetta-this may sound extravagant to some of you, but the climactic scene where the police are approached by a gigantic sea of protesters is one of the most powerful scenes in a movie that I've seen in a long time.

3.) Platoon-the scene where the U.S. soldiers carry the Vietnamese children away in their arms while their village burns and explodes in the background.

4.) Schindler's List-the end where Schindler breaks down sobbing saying that he could have gotten more out but didn't because of all the money he wasted on his playboy lifestyle.

5.) Apocalypse Now-The helicopter raid on the village while "Ride of the Valkyries" blares from the speakers.

[bmbmd]

58. I'll give it a go-

"Nobody's perfect"-Some Like It Hot

"Don Corleone" as the door closes at the end of Godfather.

"Is that hair gel?" Something about Mary

"Stand up, boy-your father is passing" To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is I-Barabbas" Barabbas

[sweetheart]

59. Dr Zhivago

When he walks in to the library to see laura's eyes.

2. Equilibrium - when the polygraph goes flat, "no, not without incident."

3. Amadeus - trapped behind bars and notes, jesus laughing at him with the
voice of that petty little man... (paraphrased... a scene with salieri)

4. Dr. STrangelove - "yeaaaaaaaaaaaaahoooooooo"... "we'll meet again...some sunny day."

5. Del Norte - Ending Scene

[CBHagman]

60. Very hard to do, but in no particular order...

1. That scene in Casablanca where the Nazi officers have appropriated Sam's piano for a sing-along featuring "Die Wacht am Rhein." Seeing what is happening, Victor Lazlo, with Rick's consent, has the orchestra strike up "La Marseillaise." Gradually the restaurant guests join in the French anthem, drowning out the Germans' song.

Various members of the cast (including, ironically enough, Conrad Veidt, cast as a Nazi) had indeed fled fascist Europe, and some cried during the "Marseillaise" scene.

2. The Agincourt speech from Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (a film full of memorable scenes).

"And gentlemen in England now abed will think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks that fought with us upon St. Crispian's Day!"

3. In Bringing Up Baby, when Cary Grant, in a maribou-trimmed negligee, shouts, "I just went gay all of a sudden!"

4. The Lion in Winter, when -- oh, I can't pick just one. Too many to choose from. :shrug:

5. Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility -- same problem as #4.

[grannylib]

107. *lol* I didn't see yours until after I had posted mine, and I said almost

exactly the same thing about Lion in Winter! It's such a great flick and there's something to appreciate (particularly about the language) in each and every scene.

I love just about anything with Kathrine Hepburn anyhow, but that was just stellar.

[CBHagman]

109. I love this one in particular from The Lion in Winter.

This is more or less the quote (I don't have time to check).

Katharine Hepburn (Eleanor of Aquitaine) on her first marriage:

"I got Louis to take me on crusade. How's that for blasphemy? I dressed my maids as amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure, and I damn near died of windburn, but the troops were dazzled."

[Ekirh]

61. Already Done Five But

I felt the urge to give five more of my favorites. . . .

1. Pulp Fiction: Julius's (God I'm bad with spelling names) speech/lesson/preaching to Tim Roth's character.

2. Jaws: Quint telling his story about the USS Indianapolis.

3. Kung Fu Hustle: The Guqin Battle

4. Network: I'M MAD AS HELL!!!!

5. Spinal Tap: These to go eleven.

[mconvente]

63. In no particular order, other than when I remembered them:

1) Chief lifting up the water fountain, crashing the window, and escaping the psychiatric ward in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
2) When the kids help the "big dog" out from under the fence in "The Sandlot" - also the next scene with the supposed blind old man who turns out to be a nice guy (James Earl Jones) is excellent too.
3) Matrix lobby scene - nothing heartfelt or anything, but that scene is just frickin cool as hell
4) Ellie's meeting with her father at the end of "Contact"
5) Ending scene to Scarface - even a man as mega-powerful as Tony Montana eventually gets what's coming to him and falls from power - sorta karma-ish for shrub!

[SaveElmer]

64. Correction to my original post...54th Massachusetts...

I had a brain spasm...you'd think a History major would be more careful!!!

[CBHagman]

66. Whoops, forgot Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

The barnraising dance is amazing.

[yellowdogintexas]

67. a few of mine:

Victor Victoria when Robert Preston comes out in Julie Andrews' costume to perform the naughty lad from Seville number.

ALL the fight scenes in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and the death scene too.

The Sting, when the bad guy comes to get his money, and Newmand/Redford "kill" each other to complete the 'Sting'.

The first time Harry, Hermoine and Ron see Hogwarts ...absolutely beautiful

The blind monk scene in "Young Frankenstein"...classic

"Miracle Max" in The Princess Bride

[bastille90]

68. 5 greatest movie scenes

1. I'm Spartacus......

2. Maresi Tormei's courtroom testimony in "My Cousin Vinny"

3. Butch and Sundance trapped on top of the mountain in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

4. When the white bomber pilots ask for the black fighter pilots as escorts in "Tuskege Airmen"

5. The Dad, you want to have a catch scene from "Field of Dreams" gets me every time....

[Floogeldy]

69. When the Xenomorph popped out of that guy's chest in Alien.

And when George knocked out Bif, and then Marty came back from the future and his dad wasn't a nerd any more.

And when Eddie Murphy gave that money to Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche in Coming To America.

And when Harry said, "Okay." Oh yea, and when Harry wouldn't eat the hamburgers and opted for the fish. And when Harry didn't kill that Jacque guy who was so afraid of him. And when those bigfeets were in the scene and you didn't see them until they moved.

And when ET made the bicycles fly.

And when Arnold said, "Shut up!"

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

73. Here are mine

1. Last scene of "Casablanca."

2. Sharif Ali's (Omar Sharif's) long entrance in "Lawrence of Arabia."

3. The first meeting between Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling in "The Silence of the Lambs."

4. "What's so funny about Me?" from "Goodfellas."

5. The chase in the Vienna sewers in "The Third Man."

[Hardrada]

74. Some Favorites

The Battle on the Ice in Aleksandr Nevsky

The trainer biplane flyers realizing the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force is all around them in Tora, Tora, Tora

The Coca-Cola machine scene in Dr. Strangelove

The hokey art theater bit in Animal Crackers (an practically every scene with Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont)

The curtains rising on Springtime for Hitler and opening song in 1968 Producers

Asking Mr. Memory "What are the 39 Steps?"

[Deep13]

75. "Luke, I am your father."

The match/sunrise scene in Lawrence of Arabia

I'm Spartacus!

Matrix lobby scene

Splitting of the Red Sea in Ten Commandments

[ScreamingMeemie]

76. "I Will Die for Him..." Demi Moore and her son Seventh Sign.

2. Robin Williams speaking of the man who would never see his son to grow up to be in "What Dreams May Come".

3. The last battle scene in "El Cid"

4. "Taps" when Timothy Hutton is killed.

5. Schindler's List...too many amazing scenes in that movie to just pick one.

[newportdadde]

77. My take:

Star Wars: I've got two here... from the original when Kenobi sees Lukes, smiles and lifts up his sword then vanishes as Vader cuts him down.

The entire fight between Luke and Vader in Empire Strikes Back, I love Lukes look of defiance when Vader has him pinned down and says "You are beaten don't let yourself be destoryed as Obi-wan did." Then of course the whole reveal by Vader at the end.

The Good The Bad and the Ugly: "There are two kinds of people my friend, those with guns and those who dig. You dig."

Blazing Saddles: The whole new Sherrif in town scene.

Josey Wales: "Fella has to make a living" Josey "Dying aint much of a living boy" *guys walks out then comes back. "I had to come back" Josey "I know."

[Burma Jones]

78. Some Others.....

First Scene of the 1967 Producers with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - The Witch Trial and the Taunting

You Talkin' to Me? - Taxi Driver

I Love the Smell of Napalm - Apocalypse Now

The Trial of Ciccolini/Declaration of War - Duck Soup.

The Eugene O'Neill send up from Animal Crackers

[momophile]

80. "close encounters" when ufo is in the rear-view mirror

sends tingles through me every time.

[momophile]

81. two from 'Bull Durham'

Kevin Costner's character, Crash, saying to Susan Sarandon's character, Annie,

"Well I believe in the soul... the cock...the pussy... the small of a woman's back... the hangin' curveball... high fiber... good scotch... that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent overrated crap... I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a Constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."


and when the ballplayers are having a meeting on the field trying to figure out what to buy the new couple for their wedding, how to uncurse a glove and other stuff.

[ComerPerro]

83. I love that series in Last of the Mohicans

[Crankie Avalon]

84. "Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!!!" -- The first two minutes...

..."Ladies and gentlemen, WELCOME...to violence."

"GO, BABY!!! GO!!! WAIL!!!"

[begin_within]

93. Yes that was good, but that movie pivots around the lunch scene, and the

scenes near the end where Rosie gets stabbed and Varla is in the car spinning the wheels while the guy holds the car back are also good. Really the whole movie is good but the lunch scene is my favorite.

[JohnKleeb]

89. Ok

1. Godfather- Michael Gorleone shoots Captain McCluskey and Sollonzo while at Louis's Restaurant and kills both of them. The music and the whole revenge is just beautifully done and it's Michael's IMO transition from civilian to mobster.

2. Goodfellas- When Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy get Billy Batts to Donovan's Atlantis, such an awesome scene and the music again does it again.

3. Saving Private Ryan- Captain John Miller looks at the view of Omaha Beach at the end of D-Day and the many dead.

4. Schindler's List- The ending scene where the actor for the person and the person they play lays a stone on Oskar Schindler's grave then Liam Neeson his face unseen puts a flower on it and the screen fades to black. It was so moving in fact that whole movie was moving really was touching and saddening all at once.

5. Green Mile- John Coffey's execution.

[PassingFair]

90. It's late, but, as I recall...

1) Alastair Simm as Scrooge, discovering that
he hasn't missed Christmas: "I must stand on my head!"

2) When you SEE what Sophie's choice really was.

3) Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) confronts her mother
(Kim Stanley) in "Frances"

4) Gina Rowlands screaming "You let a woman beat you!"
in "Gloria".

5) And, because I've seen both recently;
Annette Benning tying up the loose ends in "Being Julia";
and Parliament blowing up in "V for Vendetta"

[Ignacio Upton]

91. Mine:

1. Taxi Driver - "You talkin' to me? ...Here is somebody who stood up!"

2. Apocolypse Now - Playing "Satisfaction" while going up the river, symbolizes the "madness" that can engulf you in a setting like the jungles in Vietnam.

3. LOTR - The Last Battle in "Return of the King."

4. Star Wars in Empire Strikes Back - "Luke, I am your father!"

5. Shawshank Redemption - When Andy escapes from jail and take the dirty money from the warden.

[CBHagman]

92. I forgot Yankee Doodle Dandy.

There's that scene at the end where James Cagney is coming down the White House steps and suddenly breaks into a series of dance steps. It's breath-taking and apparently was totally unscripted.

[noonwitch]

94. The end of "The Color Purple"

1. When Shug and the people at the juke joint chime in with the church choir singing "God is Trying to Tell You Something". Shug and the band walk into the church, where Shug's preacher father (who ignores her for being a sinful woman) finally acknowleges his daugher and she embraces him. This event is witnessed in sound by Albert, who is then inspired to finally do right by Celie, and get her sister and children back from Africa to be reunited with her. It is such an amazing sequence of scenes because it captures the transformation of people, from an abusive husband to a rigid preacher. Speilberg does scenes like that so well, which leads me to:

2. "Schindler's List". The scene where the ashes are falling on the city (Prague?), the kids are playing in the ashes like it's snow, the adults are pretending it's not happening, and Schindler finally realizes just what the Nazis are up to at the camp. That's a pretty powerful scene, too.

3. "The Lion In Winter". The scene in Phillips' chamber, when he tells Henry how he slept with Richard just so he could tell Henry about it later and humiliate him, then he reveals all three of his sons in his chamber plotting with him to overthrow Henry. It's a great scene in a terrific movie. The best thing about this movie is not one particular scene, though, it's the dialogue between all the characters, especially between Henry (Peter O'Toole) and Eleanor (Katharine Hepburn).

4. The Cuban revolution in "The Godfather 2". It was pretty realistically portrayed (Michael trying to get out of the country in a hurry, while all hell is breaking loose), and coupled with Fredo's betrayal of Michael, it's really well done.

5. The accidental killing of the horse in "Animal House". From the way Belushi runs and jumps up the stairs, to the looks on everyone's faces when you hear the horse fall over dead, it's a classic.

[khashka]

96. Chinatown

"My sister, my daughter!"


To Kill a Mockingbird - the whole movie really, but when Scout firsts meet Boo and realizes this monster, this wreck of a man, loves her and saved her life.


Khash.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

97. 1. Predator - Ventura's mini-gun scenes.- guy movie bliss. Payback time.

2. Red Dawn - Paratroops landing on school-yard - RW ecstacy, but it scared the shit out of me when i was 11.

3. Big Lebowski - Shut-the-fuck-up Donny scenes that John Goodman does.

4. Tombstone - Holliday stands in for Earp to blow a hole in Ringo's skull. "You're no daisy". "Your problem was that you were just too high strung". Probably my favorite scene actually.

5. Jennifer Connelly's 2nd to last scene in Requiem for a Dream. One for the record books folks. Actually, this is my favorite scene. Lol, i know i'm sick and i need help.

[RedSpartan]

110. "It's time to let 'ol painless out the bag..."

[Democrats_win]

98. What's Up Doc where everyone at one table is leaning under the table

and the head waiter says, "What kind of wine are you serving at table one?"

2. Early scene from "Rent" where on Chrismas eve everyone is burning their eviction notices and throwing them out the windows so it looks like it's snowing fire while the cast sings "Rent."

3. "Dead Poets Society" where Robin Williams has the students play soccer while Betthoven's 9th plays in the background.

4. "The Inlaws" (the original with Peter Falk) Falk: I was in the jungle - the bush we called it - for approximately nine months...

Alan Arkin: Nine months! That must have really been something!
Falk: It was. I saw things... They have tsetse flies down there the size of eagles.

Arkin asks why they don't kill them and Falk replies they can't because of the guacamole act.

5. "Bowling for Columbine" where Michael Moore is given a rifle for depositing money in a bank. This doesn't seem like a very good idea; I could be wrong.

[Taverner]

99. "Freebird" From 'The Devil's Rejects'

The opening scene from "Harold and Maude" where Harold first kills himself to Cat Stevens

The car crash scene from 'Final Destination 2'

The lawnmower scehen from 'Dead Alive'

The final scene from 'Night of the Living Dead' where the only survivor, a black man, steps out, only to be shot by rednecks.

[Ryano42]

100. Among so many...

The Kung Fu Scene in The Matrix :) and ANY lines Morpheous says!

The opening interview in Slap Shot! :rofl: "You go to da box...and den you feel shame..."

Yes...Quint telling the USS Indianapolis story...and reading the actual accounts. :scared:

"To George Bailey...the richest man in town." :cry: :hug:

The dominos falling In V for Vendetta INSPIRING! :yourock:

[panhead1961]

103. Now For Something Completely Different

1. Mr. Creosote vomits into buckets and then explodes - Monty Python the meaning of Life

2. When Marlin is getting whacked at the same time as the Bull - Apocalypse Now
(while the end is playing)

3. Jack Nicholson doing the play by play in the Booby Hatch - One flew over the cuckoos nest

4. The fight in the cemetery with the Necronomicon - Evil Dead

5. The sound of the gun shooting the yellow lab - Old Yeller

[Twillig]

104. Dirty Harry (Eastwood) torturing (Scorpio) Andrew Robinson

in Kezar Stadium under the lights.


"Halt!"

'Scorpio'stops at midfield and turns to face Callahan.

Callahan takes aim and shoots 'Scorpio' anyway!

...

Scorpio:"I have rights...."

Callahan, clearly irked: "WHERE'S THE GIRL?"

Callahan starts stepping on 'Scorpio's' injured legs obviously repeating the question as the camera
HAULS ASS out of the stadium and out into the night.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

105. Yes

to Last of the Mohicans when Daniel Day Lewis says "I will come back for you!"

ooooohhhhh he is so pretty.


Followed by the news scene in Bruce Almighty which I can't watch without choking

[marigold20]

108. "You stay alive no matter what may occur. I will find you"

I loved that movie - the scene behind the waterfall was great.

[grannylib]

106. Here're mine in no particular order:

Rebecca - the scene where Maxim tells the young Wife-who-remains-Nameless that he killed Wife #1 (Rebecca)

Star Wars - the original - toss-up between barroom scene and the jumps to hyperspace (which had me on my seat cheering about the first 158 times I saw it)

On Golden Pond - the final moments where The Old Poop almost dies; runner-up where The Old Poop calls the operator to have her call him to see if his phone still works. "My number? It's got a NINE in it. You have a BOOK don't you? Look it up and let's give it a try, shall we?"

The Lion in Winter - all of it. Can't possibly pick a favorite scene. Although I must say it made me terribly fond of the phrase 'walking pustule.' Reminds me of the Imbecile in the WH.

RHPS - from the moment Brad and Janet arrive over at the Frankenstein place, up to Frank doing "Sweet Transvestite."

[Bombero1956]

111. my five

1. The "Putting on the Ritz" number in Young Frankenstein

2. the shower scene in Psycho

3. Robert Duval's "I love the smell of napalm in the morning speech" in Apocalypse Now

4. the you can't handle the truth speech in For a Few Good Men.

5. the scene in The Untouchables where Al Capone whacks one of his men with a bat at the dinner table

[NewJeffCT]

113. I love those last 2 scenes

Nicholson was great, and Cruise played a good Cruise in that movie. And, I've always been fascinated by courtroom dramas, both on the big screen and the little.

[CBHagman]

112. LOL, grannylib!

"The Lion in Winter - all of it. Can't possibly pick a favorite scene. Although I must say it made me terribly fond of the phrase 'walking pustule.' Reminds me of the Imbecile in the WH."

:rofl:

[JackDragna]

114. Here's mine.

1. The Godfather - when Michael Corleone shoots Chief McClusky and Virgil Solozzo. You could just see the switch in Pacino's eyes from sympathetic character to cold-hearted bastard. Brilliant.

2. 2001, A Space Oddysey: "My God, It's Full of Stars"

3. The General: Buster Keaton leaping from car to car. Sheer genius.

4. Pulp Fiction: Vincent Vega about to administer adrenaline to Wallace's wife. The tension could absolutely cut a knife.

5. Dr. Strangelove: General Ripper talking to Peter Sellers, who realizes the world is doomed.

[GalleryGod]

115. The Airport Scene in Casablanca

The Epstein brothers were geniuses !:applause: :popcorn: :applause:

[donheld]

116. Brokeback Mountain - When Jake and Heath first reunite

That kiss is one I will never forget! It wasn't really just a kiss it was devouring. So delightful!

[phrenzy]

117. Some Covered Already..

But to this day, I get chills EVERY TIME I see:

1.) RETURN OF THE JEDI - When the conflicted Vader, faced with his son screaming in agony pleading for help manages to finally overcome the 'dark side' and destroy the emperor.

2.) RESERVOIR DOGS - Mr. White's cop torture punctuated by Tim Roth blowing him away and revealing that he is a cop.

3.) TITANIC - (sorry) When Kate Winslet jumps back on to the ship (the start of my sobbing)

4.) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - The end when the Nazi's finally open the arc, and all hell breaks loose (literally)

5.) ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST - Yes, when Chief smashes the window with the fountain. So cathartic.

[cleofus1]

118. jon voight's

death scene at the end of the champ...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

119. Mine...(no order)

1. Apocalypse Now: When it all climaxes into Kurtz being killed.

2. Better Than Chocolate: The "painting" scene. If you saw the movie, you'll know. If not, I don't want to get this locked down.

3. Princess Bride: When Wesley is falling down the hill and yells, "as you wish" and the princess throws herself down the hill after him.

4. Clerks: "I'm not even supposed to be here today." Sums up so many of my days at work.

5. Enter the Dragon: The mirror scene.

[LanternWaste]

120. Off the top of my head...

Off the top of my head and in no particular order...

1. Godfather-- When Michael shoots McCluskey and the Turk. There's a shot of Michael's eyes darting back and forth just prior to pulling his gun.

2. Princess Bride-- (just one?) The sword fight between Wesely and Indigo (best choreographed sword play I've ever seen on film)

3. Henry V (1989 production)-- Kenneth Brannagh's Agincourt soliloquy.

4. Opening sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

5. The shower sequence in Schindler's List.

These aren't necessarily what I consider the *greatest*, but my favorites (a difference my friends I make).

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

121. Was "Plane of the Apes" the prequel to "Snakes on a Plane"?

[terrya]

122. My humble submissions:

1) The "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! speech from "Network"

2) Gene Kelly dancing to the title song from "Singin' in the Rain", 5 of the most gloriously joyful minutes ever captured on film

3) The very last scene from "Some Like It Hot". The PERFECT ending to a great film

4) Katharine Hepuburn's "We are the origin of war" scene from "The Lion in Winter"

5) Cliched, but...the shower scene from "Psycho". It's absolutely the perfect suspense moment...the set-up, the surprise, the magnificent music Bernard Herrmann wrote.

[arwalden]

124. Excellent Choices!

[arwalden]

123. Kathy Bates' Death Scene In "Misery"