Greatest Scene

Tawfee

One of the great scenes is from Hitchcock's The Birds:Tippy Hedren's character, Melanie, is waiting outside the school. To the sound of the children singing inside the school, Melanie sits on a bench beside the playground and lights up a cigarette. The camera cuts from her to the jungle gym behind her in the playground where a single crowe sits. The camera cuts back to Melanie who is waiting impatiently for the singing to stop so she can bring Cathy home from the school. Camera cuts back to the jungle gym where now there are four crowes, back to Melanie, & back again where another crowe has landed. Back again to melanie who now notices one bird high in the air swooping down, she tracks its flight nervously until it alights on the jungle gym which is she is startled to see is now swarming with crowes. She stands up in shock & rushes back in panic to the school. it's a really great scene, couldn't find the whole thing on Youtube though...

Ann22

The scene with the first sighting of the T-Rex in 'Jurrassic Park'.
Agreeing with earlier posters ...The 'freedom' speech in 'Braveheart'- 'We're gonna need a bigger boat' and Quint's speech from 'Jaws'.
Schindler's speech to his jews at the end of 'Schindler's List' when he announces the end of the war.. and the one when the gun doesn't fire when the Nazi officer is trying to shoot the wee man who was making the hinges...two of many memorable and true scenes from the film.

robby^5

Pacino and DeNiro in the coffee shop scene in Heat, absolutely fantastic.

Speedboy

TheManWho wrote: »

The Omaha landings in Saving Private Ryan.

The scene in Saving Private Ryan where the mother collapses at her front door when army officers come to tell her that her three sons have been killed in action. No words but the images are so sad.

MelonieHead

I always liked the Head In A Vice scene from Casino.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66JLspp9oC8

Along with the Bury Him While He's Still Breathing one

And, of course, the Say "What?" Again scene from Pulp Fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snW3cM1KipQ

bnt

Spirited Away has many scenes that have my jaw dropping, including the "Stink Monster Cleanup":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkHJVC5rC3Y

The look on Chihiro's face at 1:22 is priceless. :eek:

drakeduckerson

In Sunshine when Cillian Murphy's character is trying to get to the mammoth warhead at the end. You find yourself shouting along with him as he struggles to get there in time. Great scene.

GenghisCon

MayoForSam wrote: »

Quote: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die".

Classic.

Apparently "tears in the rain" was ad libbed by Hauer. Really humanized the character.

One of my recent favorite scenes is from Beowulf. This scene provides a lovely bridge for the first and second section of the film and adds more (much needed) depth to the character.

Story to tell

For more classic fare I always Kenneths Brannagh's Shakespeare and Henry V is a great introduction to the bard.

Speech on the eve of Battle

major bill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ4bNTU965E

cannot believe no one included this. its the duel scene in once upon a time in the west.


others as already mentioned, duel scene in good bad ugly, promentory in last of mohecians,funny how scene in goodfellas, this is sparta and ending in 300. 12 angry men(original) has some good scenes, galipoli scene where they are on the boat approching beach(music is adagio in g minor) some scenes in shindlers list(girl with red coat) too many to mention.

0ubliette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue8VS-bcj88

Classic scene from a classic movie

For ages my fav scene was the opening fight scene in X2. But I've grown alittle tired of it now..

The opening robbery scene in the dark knight, however, never gets old.

The cinema scene in public enemies, where the screen tells them to look left and right.

ehhhh..... thinking...

in rock'n'rolla where theyre getting chased by those foreign freaks for ages and they eventually give up.

the scene in the breakfast club were theyre all talking about their lives and how they got into detention.

in the green mile at delacroix's execution and the evil guard immediately regrets what he's done.

in the matrix when neo decides he has to fight mr smith.

battlestar galactica (most recent tv series), the finale of the first season, where boomer attempts to assassinate adama.

ok, not necessarily the whole scene, but just the part in prince caspian where peter is distraught about leaving his men (slash animals?) to die behind the gates of the castle and edmund flies over the scene and then exits with peter.

Happynappy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuULcVaMTf0

Happynappy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dm9rN6oTs

3nero

My fave has to be Buddy's death in the movie Christine

it's so satisfying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5N3fKVz-Z4

and not the greatest scene ever but the one that always makes me shiver is from Final destination 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppSjvBFOAyk

the sounds the skidding trucks make at 0.33 and 0.57 are the most realistic of any movie ever made.
I used to drive trucks and have had the misfortune of hearing my truck make those exact sounds. Once you hear them you are no longer in control:eek:

also the opening scene from 28 days later where Cillian Murphy's character walks through an empty london is very spooky.

and last but not least is from Slumdog Millionare when the brother shots himself. If you saw it you know what i mean