The ending scene of "The Usual Suspects".

My favorite is the scene from John Carpenter's The Thing where the upside down head with crab legs scuttles into view and the man says, "You got to be fucking kidding"

Unforgiven: The scene where the whore tell him Ned's been killed but Little Bill, and he then takes a drink.

My #2 scene would be a short while later when he walks in to the bar to kill Little Bill: 'Yeah, I've killed women & children. I've killed just about everything that walked or crawled at one time or another. And now I'm gonna kill you Little Bill.'

Scary scary!

There are a couple for me.

<b>Henry and June</b>: Where June and Anais are dancing, and June tells her: "I've the the foulest things, the vilest things, but I've done them superbly."

<b>Waiting for Guffman</b>: When Corky goes off on the city council. "You're just bastard people," and "I'm gonna go home and bite my pillow."

<b>Rope</b>: The entire movie done as one cut; it's one of my favorites.

<b>Breakfast at Tiffany's</b>: The day they spend doing things they've never done before.

<b>Saving Private Ryan</b>: At the end, when the present day Ryan tells his wife: "Tell me I'm a good man..." Man, that gets me weepy every time.

<b>Amelie</b>: Finding out who the photobooth mystery man is.

begining of the original American Pie...American Beauty where he opens her shirt...and any scene in Rain Man

i am tooo many...those are what i can think of atm lol

A BRONX TALE

A bunch of bikers refuse to leave Chazz Palminterri's bar when he asks them to leave for being rude. Chazz calmly walks to the entrance door and locks it, locking everyone inside. Then he turns to the group of bikers, all by himself, and says "Now yous CAN'T leave."

The look on the biker's faces is pure terror. They suddenly realize that this guy is a huge badass and has way more balls than they do.

Goodfellas: where they are all playing poker and Pesci starts making fun of Spider (the slave/server) and Spider says, "Go fuck yourself."

To which Deniro and Liotta start razzing Pesci, then Pesci blows Spider away.

Deniro gets all pissy and tells Pesci it's his problem. To which Pesci says, "It ain't like I never dug a hole before..."

Annie Hall: Woody and Annie (Diane Keaton) are walking down the street talking about why she needs to smoke pot before sex and Woody starts asking people passing by the street.
Old Couple in reply: we use a vibrating egg.

Gunnery Sgt. Hartman making fun of the men in Full Metal Jacket. Some of my favorite quotes come from that scene, i.e. "I didn't know they stacked shit that high" and "grabasstic pieces of amphibian shit"

carlito's way -- shoot-out in grand central. if you havent seen it, go rent it. its unreal.

also, the end of city lights. words can't dop it justice (and for good reason).

Clerks - "DONT suck any dick on the way through the parkinglot. HEY GET BACK HERE!"

Ditto here Cobalt. Gary Oldman is also one of my fav actors and he is so brilliantly sinister in Leon. Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Oldman, and Allieo all worked so well together, it is a true masterpiece.

One of my fav scenes is when he waits for Matilda (Portman) in the toilets of his DEA building when she follows him with a big bag of take-out food filled with guns intending to kill him. Naturally, he is too smart for her and knows he's being followed. She is walking towards the end of the stalls (the last door is closed), but suddenly the door to the toilets slams shut revealing him standing behind the door. She almosts jumps out of her skin and then realises how much trouble she really is in. He tries to guess the contents of the bag ("...Thai maybe? I got it! <i>Italian</i> food!"). He then questions her about the "chef" who prepared the food, and finds out it was just her who had come to kill him. Classic line: "What piece of filthy shit did I do know?"

plains, trains and automobiles - when the cop asks john candy if his car is safe to drive

Big Lebowski, "No hostage, no money, those are the fucking RULES!!"
Clockwork Orange. "Singing in the Rain"
Blade Runner, the "Time to Die", and, just because it's one of the greatest lines ever "It's too bad she wont' live, but then again, who does?"

Se7en - The Scene in the Desert
Goodfellas - The Scene where Henry is being followed by the helicopter
Pulp Fiction - The Scene in the Basement of the Pawn Shop
Pulp Fiction - The Scene where Jules is reciting the bible before killing a man
Pulp Fiction - The Scene where Vincent Vega accidently shot that kid in the head when they hit a bump in the road.
Bonnie and Clyde - Any scene
Saving Private Ryan - The opening scene at Omaha beach.
Requiem for a Dream - Any scene
Heat - Any scene
Snatch - Any scene
Swordfish - The scene with the hostage, the bomb vest, the ball bearings, and the sweet 360 degree explosion.
Goodfellas - The scene at the bar where some guy is busting Pesci's balls in front of his lady friend, where he later comes back and beats the shit out of him.
Reservoir Dogs - The scene with the cop held hostage, and Vic Vega aka Mr. Blonde cuts off his ear
Reservoir Dogs - The scene where Tarantino (Mr. Brown) is saying what "Like a Virgin" by Madonna is about.
Reservoir Dogs - The scene where Buscemi (Mr. Pink) is asking why he has to be Mr. Pink.

jupiter mission and beyond the infinite, from 2001 space odysey
american psycho: when he drags the body to a taxi cab and that guy asks "where did you get that overnight bag?", "John-paul gotiay", or however u spell it.
get shorty: dennis farina in the limo, the limo driver says, "you know, they say the fog is the reason we have such beautiful sunsets", "well who the fuck wants to see em".
Snatch: dennis farina hangs up the phone and flys to england, and says sit down you big bald fuck or something , the scene is all of 5 or 6 seconds.
zoolander: too many to mention.
fear and loathing in las vegas: oh my god, way too many to mention.

Anything from "Pulp Fiction".
Richard Dreyfus and his son in " Mr. Hollands Opus".
When Michael Caine canes, no pun intended, Steve Martin in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels".
Tiger in jungle in "Appocolypse Now".
Anything with Jon Favro and Vince Vaughn.
Well, if I have to I have to , toilet scene in "Dumb and Dumber".
Car burning in "Trains, Planes and Automobiles".
Bar scenes in "Mean Streets"
Robert Deniro , "you talking to me" , in "Taxi Driver".
Joe Pesci, "I amuse you", in "Goodfellows"
Willem Defoe in "Wild at Heart".
"In Dreams" scene in "Blue Velvet"

That's just a few. How about somebody starting a thread about the hardest scenes to make yourself watch, like :
Choosing which child to save in "Sophie's Choice".
Russian roulette in "The Deer Hunter"
Cutting off ear in "Reservoir Dogs"
Shower chainsaw in "Scarface"

Dumb and Dumber - The scene where Jim Carrey hits Jeff Daniels in the back of the legs with his cane. Oh so damn funny...

A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) - The Dr. Know scene!

From Dusk Til' Dawn - The Salma Hayek stripper scene.

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - The Salma Hayek stripper scene :thumbsup:

Favourite scene
 

Swordfish: When John Travolta pulls out his M-60 from the back of his car and starts shooting. GREAT!

I figured someone would beat me to it, but I love that scene. I was just trying to decide the other day which scene is funnier: Jesus bowling, or Micheal Bolton beating up the printer in Office Space.

It's a toss up.

Oh, I thought of another couple of scenes:

Goodfellas: I can't believe no one mentioned the "Layla" scene after Morty gets killed. Great camera, great music, excellent scene. Oh, the scene when Henry first takes Karen on a date, and they enter the restaurant from the service entrance; one continuous shot.

Tombstone: The river battle scene. You know,when Wyatt is down by the creek, walking on water.

Hackers: The wholly improbable "flying through a database" scenes. They're just used as transition shots, but they make me grin everytime.

Ghost in the Shell: The scene in the museum (or whatever) when Bateau stops the tank and rescues the Major.

I'm sure there are more, but those are the major ones that come to mind right now.

Equilibrium: The final scence as John Preston storms through huge numbers of people with incredible gunplay and grace.

Return of the King: The charge of the Rohirrim.

Return of the Jedi: The flight of the Millenium Falcon from the exploding Death Star II.

Snatch: Vinnie Jones points out to three would be robbers that a Desert Eagle beats a replica pistol everytime.

Fifth Element: Gary Oldman demonstrates his funky new weapon.

Attack of the Clones: Yoda proves once and for all that size matters not.

I LOVED that sceen!

Patriot-In the last battle where the militia is retreating from the British and Mel Gibbson grabs the American flag and starts running towards the British and they all followed him. He then proceded to whoop that guy ass too (it was pretty cool how he ducked the blow that would have killed him, and turned around shoving the bayonet into the guys throat.) I just loved that whole battle, and found it very patriotic.

We Were Soldiers-When Mel Gibbson leads the charge up the mountain and when he comes over the hill the crosshairs of that staitioned machine gun were on his face, and then the helicopters annailated the whole camp, thought it was pretty awe striking and powerful.

The Matrix-When Neo first dodges the bullets of the agent, showing his true powers, and then Tritity comes and puts a bullet in the agents head form behind...so great. Oh and also when Neo and Trinity walk through the metal detectors and Neo opens his jacket, and the whole gun fight that followed was amazing.

Spoiler warning for most of these, as should be expected in this thread.

A couple other people already said it, but hands down for me is the suicide scene in The Royal Tenenbaums with Needle In the Hay playing in the background. Perfect.

Second is also from Royal Tenenbaums, the scene with Richie and Margot in the tent, when she asks if it was her fault and if he'd ever do it again. Damn i love that movie.

Rounding out the honorable mentions:
Fight Club - the revelation scene in the hotel room
Airplane! - all of it
Die Hard With A Vengeance - the scene when we first see Simon and learn what the hell is really going on with the dump trucks rolling in and tunneling into the safe
Bubba Ho-Tep - the long shot down the hallway with Elvis walking and JFK rolling in the wheelchair in slow motion ready to go out and kill themselves a mummy
Seven - what's in the box?
The Matrix: Reloaded - the long intercut scene with morpheus and the keymaker talking and planning while cutting between and showing the actions themselves
The Matrix: Reloaded - the opening fight scene during the meeting of the captains, best fight in the movie, followed by the smiths, introduced in ture wachowski fashion by showing them stepping on the broken glass
LA Confidential - "you knew this was a trap and you came here anyway?" "a lot of bad stuff happened here, seems like as good of a place as any for it to end" and the following showdown at the victory motel
Donnie Darko - the halloween party, also earlier stabbing frank in the eye, and while i'm at it the movie theater "why are you wearing that stupid man suit?"
Super Troopers - the meow game

Ok so that got just a little longer than I expected. And just to wrap up where I started, one more Royal Tenenbaums scene: Richie's meltdown on the tennis court.

Donnie Darko- The Smurf rant, though the whole movie is beautifully twisted.
"Donnie : First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village, but the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. That's what's so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. What's the point of living if you don't have a dick?"

Do The Right Thing-
"Mookie : Pino, fuck you, fuck your fuckin' pizza, and fuck Frank Sinatra.
Pino : Yeah? Well fuck you too, and fuck Michael Jackson."

Big vote for Clint Eastwood has so many scenes. The opening of Terminator with the machines crunching over the human skulls.

The original [I]The Getaway[U] when Steve McQueen gives the money to the old driver. I reckon it was Slim Pickens. Only watched that scene once, but it made me weep.

I think the beginning of Star Wars: ANH and Raiders of the Lost Ark simply for bringing anticipation of not just the movie, but a classic series of movies.

Other than that, bundy-the American Psycho scene where he's doing all his skin care shiat? Definitely interesting yet chilling in a way. Not to mention business cards...yikes.

Not to geek out or anything, but for some reason I always remember the part in Return of the Jedi where Darth Vader is talking to the commander in charge of death star construction:
DV-You can tell that to the emperor when he arrives.
lilman-The emperor...coming here? We shall double our efforts.
DV-I hope so, for your sake Commander. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I.
lilman-*nervous gulp*
Since I'm not that geek this probably isn't 100% accurate...but seeing the look on the Commander's face is priceless.

Ah ha! I've thought of another one, and since the thread has been revived, I can post it.

Apollo 13: The entire countdown sequence, until the Saturn V rocket actually takes off. I've actually cried watching this scene before, on multiple occassions.

Miller's Crossing--Albert Finney assassination attempt--the record player, the robe, the shattered leg bones, and the cigar.

Goodfellas--dinner with Mom. "I need to borrow this knife"

Sonny Chiba's Street Fighter, some fat henchman is attempting to rape a female co-star that Chiba is on his way to rescue, bam, Chiba breaks thru the window, kicks the guys ass, and rips out his nutsack with his bare hands, his bare damn hands, good God, it don't get better then that...

Off the top of my head:
1. Shawshank Redemption - When the govenor throws the stone through the poster on the wall and they realised he'd escaped.

2. Blade - When he kills Quinn at the end and catches his shades in mid-air.

3. Human Traffic - The spliff politics scene

Kill Bill - House of Blue Leaves fight with Crazy 88s

From the Big Lebowski- The scene in the bowling alley with Jesus. The Dude, Donnie are listening to Walter's story of how Jesus is a sex offender and then it switches to Jesus celebrating a strike then a flash back to Walter's story and then to end the scene an amazingly hilarious confrontation between Jesus the Dude and Walter. It is truley comedy at its best!!!!!!!!!

My Fair Lady - The scene where Eliza stands up to Prof. Higgins in his mother's garden

Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke. The part where Cheech gets pulled over and chong is eating all the acid and starts freaking out.

Ooooh...there's just so many to choose. I keep thinking of more:

Cool Hand Luke: I can eat 50 eggs.

Pleasantville: The scene when Bud and his girlfriend (I can't believe I can't remember her name) drive up to Lover's Lane and all the blossoms are falling off the trees. Also the scene where Big Bob gives his big speech about protecting the town in front of the bowling scores. (I know this is an homage to Patton, but I haven't seen it, so I can't comment on the real scene).

Seven- Final scene, someone asked what was in the box (don't know if that was a rhetorical question or not) but I beleive it is Brad Pitt's wife's head.

i know, I'm such a girly girl (sigh)
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Great expectations: crap movie but 2 STAND OUT scenes:
Pip (Ethan hawke) runs into the restauraunt where Estella (Gweneth Paltrow) is eating with her date and just takes her hand, weaves through the crows, out the door and kisses her in the rain...fabulous camera angles, and music and EVERYTHING.

Later in the movie, he is drunk and runs to her house, stands outside and yells "i did it all for you, i did everything for you"....as the rain pours down on our poor hero....

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love actually: where Keira knightly is watching her wedding video that her husband's best friend took and comes to the realization that he was in love with her...."but you don't even LIKE me!!" His response.."call it....self defense"
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Amelie: THe whole final scene where she is baking the cake(?) and dreaming that photobooth guy is getting her groceries and surprising her, but it is only her cat moving the curtains, and then...he appears....and they kiss....ahhhh l'amour. and the little scooter jaunt through the town....sniff...i want to move to France now....

as has been said before Boondock saints, retelling of the botched heist of the mafia playing pool and introduction of El Ducce

Also, Equilibrium, really liked him beating the crap of the cycle cops with the butt of his hand guns

There are so many, but from top of my head:

Saving Private Ryan- When the wall collapses accidentaly and the Americans and German soldiers are in a standout, both pointing guns at each other, screaming for each other to drop their weapons, and then another American units comes from top and takes those Germans out in a flash.

Fight Club- When Tyler Durden is giving Jack a burn in the hand with a lye, telling him the importance of human sacrifice, pain and suffering.

I really like the party scene in Garden State. Zach Braff's character, still, while the party goes on around him... Excellent shot.

love that scene, love the whole movie.

I like the scene after the dudes car gets fucked up and they are driving with a broken windsheild, wind blowing through the dude's hair... "oye como va" playing... walter and donny are eating their hamburgers. excellent.

Harold and Kumar - when they said "they're like a lame version of us" then they get beat up

Devil's Advocate- The entire last half hour where Reves confronts Al Pacino "satan" in his New York high rise. The best Pacino performance ever.

Conan the Barbarian Coanan, what is best in life? "To crush your enemies! To see them drivien before you, and to hear the lamantation of their women!"

I remember the nudity in that movie blew me away when i was younger
:)

Also a great movie..

Oh yeah, forgot about one of the best westerns of all time. At the end of Unforgiven, when Mr. Eastwood talks downt he entire town after blasting Gean Hackman. You wish you were that hard.

I LOVE the opening scene in Ace Ventura when he is trashing the box and then delivers it to the guy; the guy says "This sounds broken", and Ace respons, "Most likely, sir". I laugh my ass off every time I see it.

Aliens: Door opens, Ripley in the forklift suit......"Get away from her you Bitch"

First one to come to mind is in Apocalypse Now when Robert Duvall strutting around on the beach they just captured, not flinching a single time as mortars land around the beach and in the water and he tells Lance he either fights or surfs.

a random few:

North By Northwest - Cary Grant & the crop duster scene

Rear Window - when Raymond Burr looks up from the phone & Jimmy Stewart realizes he's been found out

Slim Pickens in 1941, Blazing Saddles & Dr. Strangelove

Michael Caine & Robert Duvall in Secondhand Lions...

The Third Man - When Orson Welles is seen alive in the doorway for the first time.

Saving Private Ryan - Entire D-Day scene. Just unbelievable.
Predator - When they ambush the base in the jungle.
25th Hour - I have only seen the movie once, but Edward Norton goes on a rant while looking either in a mirror or in a confessional booth. He is quite pissed about everything in that scene.

When Arnold says "I eat green beret's for breakfast, and right now I'm very hungry!" in Comando

exactly. this is one of the best ever.

I'm going to forget a lot (obviously), but here are a few:

The Matrx: Neo and Trinity enter the building to rescue Morpheus. As soon as the metal detector goes off, it's gold.

I kinda hate to say it, but... Signs: The end of the movie where the kid is okay, and Mel Gibson is all amazed and all of the foreshadowing "comes together". It's borderline cheesy, but makes my heart rise up into my throat.

This Is Spinal Tap: "... but these ones go to eleven."

Love, Actually: The end scenes where everything sort of comes together. God I feel like such a sap sometimes.

Commando: Arnold impales the one bad guy on a steam pipe and lets out the best one liner of all time... "Let off some steam."

Not Another Teen Movie: Main jock guy's girlfriend tells him they're broken up, and the movie does its first parody of American Beauty. I want laugh every time I even think of it.

Speaking of which, American Beauty (well, even though every scene in the movie could be here): The last scene, where it's got an aerial shot of the city, and Kevin Spacey is doing the monologue on death.

Just to add,
Philadelphia- where Tom Hanks' character starts translating for Denzel Washington's the opera in the background... Absolutely beautiful.

Also, a new favorite,
Garden State- where Zach Braff and Natalie Portman are sitting in the bathtub together, fully clothed and dry, just talking, and Zach Braff's character says, "Who are you?" To which Natalie Portman's replies, "I'm your new friend, Sam." Quite possibly one of the most romantic situations I can think of....

LOTR:ROTK - The lighting of the Beacons of Gonder. There's something about that scene that always makes me just stare, the idea of calling for aid by lighting the beacons in last ditch effort, amazingly put together. Bah, i think i may have to go watch it now...

Monty Pythons Holy Grail - The Holy Hand Grenade scene (the entire scene from bunny to bits) and the scene where Brian is made to write 'Romans Go Home' across the entire complex.

Star Trek First Contact - The battle with the Borg Cube right at the start. Man i love Starfleet ships of the line.

Die Hard With A Vengace - The secen where the dump trucks are entering/leaving the vaults, the music in that scene (i thinks it's the animals went into the ark, but maybe thats just different words from another version) makes me giggle in a smug way.

Star Wars:

Darth vader: Im youer father Luke
Luke: Nooooo!!!!

favourite scene in a movie will always be when the penguin tells jake and elwood to not come back until they have redeemed themselves in the "blues brothers "

House of Sand and Fog: The last ten minutes of the movie, as everything ends

Love, Actually - the scenes with Liam Neeson and his son, especially "The total agony of being in love" bits.

Counte of Monte Christo - when mercedes figures out the Count is really edmond dantes and sneaks in

Chopper - Where Chopper stabs Keithy George in the face and tells the screws that "Keithy's done himself a mischief".
Pulp Fiction - The whole "Bring out the Gimp" scene.
Apocalypse Now - Helicopter attack with Wagner playing.

Clockwork Orange- The first scene in the milk bar.
Kill Bill Vol 1- The crazy 88 fight scene.
I spit on your grave- Bath tub scene.

the sheer loveliness of the dinner at the chinese restaurant in The Fisher King

Crouching Tiger .. the scene at the end.. I would rather walk the earth as a ghost....

The loooong fight scene in They Live

Come What May in the theater in Moulin Rouge

Come with me if you want to live .. the Terminator

the climactic gunfight in Way of The Gun

just for the sheer pleasure of bittersweet teen love... the boombox serenade in the front yard scene from Say Anything.

most powerfully horrifying... the man with head on curb scene with ed norton in American History X

best use of household objects... the fight scene between roommates in 2LDK.

matt damon's speech in the Mooby boardroom from Dogma
burning of jim cunningham's house in Donnie Darko
boys' discovery scene at the end of The Virgin Suicides
when the girls are reading about their diagnoses in Girl, Interrupted
zach braff sitting on the couch at the party in Garden State
and just for the drool factor and best use of motor oil and bicycle pedals... the fight scene in The Transporter at the warehouse. yum! :thumbsup:

i love movies.

Haha, the cat scene was hilarious.

Also, at the end of The Usual Suspects, when Kevin spacey suddenly loses his clubfoot while walking...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, when it switches to Jim Carrey crying in his car after the introduction to the movie and Beck is playing on the radio...Jim Carrey rules.

I would have to go with Michael Palin as Pontius Pilate in "Life of Brian", as he describes, with a lisp, that he has a friend back in Rome named Biggus Dickus.

The dinner scene in Wedding Crashers where Vince Vaughn is getting jacked off under the table.

I've always loved the scene in Fried Green Tomatoes when Kathy Bates crashes the hell out of the VW beetle, and the the girls freaking out when the see it. "Face it lady, we're younger and faster!" ... "Face it girls, I'm older and have more insurance" HAHA classic!!

I don't know if anyone has mentioned the scene in "Big Trouble in Little China" at the start, where Wang goes to chop a beer bottle in half with a cleaver and instead it spits across the table. Where Jack (Kurt Russell) nabs it real casual like, one handed, and says

"It's all in the reflexes, Wang."

Apparently that was just one of those things, and was included in the movie because it was so totally priceless. :thumbsup:

(if he hadn't buggered his shoulder on a routine grounder throw Russel was on his way to playing 2nd base in the big leagues, or so goes the story)

the esacpe scene from shawshank redemption....
"he crawled through a mile of shit and came out clean on the other side"
what a amazing scene...sometimes i just watch the movie and skip to that scene

At the end of "The Graduate" when Dustin Hoffman madly runs upstairs into the church balcony and screams "Elaine! ELAINE!!" as he is wildly pounding on the glass and Elaine turns and looks up from up front from the pulpit of the church, -where she just about tie the knot & she tosses her flowers to her groom (while at the same time her mom "Mrs. Robison" looks up in shock & horrow)...and then Elaine runs out of the church to get to Benjamin...

Reading through the other answers my mind is mostly focused on those scends, thus, I am unable think of any but this:

In, "Fools Rush In", when the chihuahua darts out of the house, the in laws ask, "Was that a squirrel?!?"

Requiem For A Dream- the final scene where everyone has hit rock bottom and their lifes are ruined due to the drugs... its such a powerfull scene

Anything with big floppy titties.

I'm easy. :D

pulpfiction - the coffee scene with Jimmy. i have it on mp3... "did you see a sign in front of my house that said dead nigga storage?"

I agree with Kramus in regards to Big Trouble in Little China.
But I'd have to go with the whole "If we're not back by morning.... call the President." speech. It would be followed up closely by the start of the fight at Lo-Pans wedding, when Jack fires his machine gun into the air and the falling rubble knocks him out.

Ahh slapstick... makes me chuckle everytime.

I replied to this a long time a long time ago, but I have some more to add, some of which have already been said by other people.

Spoiler warnings for all, movie titles in bold so you can glance at any to avoid.

Collateral - the scene with the coyotes crossing the street with Audioslave - Shadow on the Sun softly coming in to the background. The expressions on their faces are perfect as is their silence throught this and the next minute or so. I often put the DVD in just to watch this one scene.

Apollo 13 - the countdown and launch, very powerful scene, another that I can watch indpendent of the rest of the film. Even with a few (small) parts of the special effects starting to show their time, the way it is filmed is perfect. I love the "go / no-go" check in mission control right beforehand just as much also.

Garden State - the party scene where he just sits there while everything else is going on around him.
The Great Escape - When they found Tom, also when they line everyone up in the field near the end
The Godfather - When Michael is planning out the killing of the police captain in the family office. It shows him starting to take on the mantle of his old man despite his brother technically being in charge of everything. Also, when Don Corleone finally asks the undertaker for his favor.
Closer - the scene in the strip club. And not just because its Natalie Portman stripping (doesn't hurt), but the dialogue and acting is perfect for that scene, especially after you see the end of the film
Bad Santa - "I beat the shit out of some kids today ... It made me feel good about myself." Also, the "fuck me Santa!" scene.
Children of Dune - eh, its a miniseries, but close enough. The ending of part one (which covered the Dune: Messiah book) with the montage showing the settling of the affairs with the song in the background (Inama Shurif). Also, the scene in part 3 where he finally gets a chance to talk to his father while sitting on the dune
Return of the King - as someone else said, the lighting of the beacons scene. beautifully made.
The Two Towers - When Treebeard sees the destruction and yells out and all the other Ents come out of the forest for their last march and the assault on Isengard. The music there is perfect as well.
Leon: The Professional - also one someone else said, when Gary Oldman asks for everyone and, when questioned about it, screams "EVVVERRRYYYYONNNNNEEE!" Immediately followed by the countless police cars screaming in from every direction.

Damn I have a lot of favorite scenes.

<B>Terminator 2: Judgment Day</B> - The beginning of T2 when the terminator is walking down the hall towards John Connor with T-1000 on the other side of him. John doesn't know which way to go. The terminator takes a pump action shotgun out of the roses box he had, steps on the roses as they fall to the floor and protects John as T-1000 begins to shoot at him. The T-1000 theme playing during that scene is basically what I think of when I remember that incredible movie.

<B>Matrix Reloaded</B> - The scene starting with the balcony scene (Neo fighting the Merovingian's protectors) all the way through the end of the highway scene. That might be the best action scene in any movie I've ever seen.

<B>Matrix Revolutions</B> - When the Hammer hovercraft is flying through the maintenance ducts with hundreds of sentinels trying to stop it, finally bursting through the dock doors and EMP'ing thousands of remaining sentinels attacking Zion.

<B>Heat</B> - The shootout after they rob the bank at the end.

<B>Ronin</B> - When DeNiro and Reno's characters shoot the car carrying the briefcase with a grenade launcher. The following car chase is incredible too.

<B>Return of the King</B> - When King Aragorn is thanking the hobbits for their trek to destroy the ring at the Huge White City® (never read the books) in front of the massive audience.

<B>Collateral</B> - When Max is talking to Vincent's boss and completely fakes being a hitman to gain respect.

<B>Sin City</B> - The scene when the cops first try to capture Marv for supposedly killing Goldie. Basically any scene involving Dwight (Clive Owen).

<B>Closer</B> - Any scene with Clive Owen's character. I've seen him in two movies and he's already one of my favorite actors.

<B>Spiderman 2</B> - When Peter Parker and Octavius are talking about science at his house. This entire scene is incredible because it shows how alike both characters are when not in their "superhero" form.

<B>Spiderman 2</B> - When Parker (in the Spidey suit with no mask) rescues Mary Jane from the falling wall at the end. Instead of making it a cheesy rescue with big muscles, Parker simply says, "This is really heavy."

I'm sure I'll think of more later. :)

-Lasereth

Boondock Saints - "And there was a FIRE FIGHT!"
Boondock Saints - When Smecker turns on his classical music while going through the first crime scene with the Russians. Particularly, when the camera follows Smecker down the alley as his hands 'conduct' the music on the cd player as he walks. Perfect.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - When Arnold has the minigun in the Cyberdyne building. The way that scene is built up isn't 'macho.' It's just one of those 'I didn't want to shoot this thing but you are leaving me no choice. Run and hide.' things. It's also perfect.
X-Men 2 - Nightcrawler in the first 5 minutes in the White House. BEAUTIFULLY choreographed, beautifully ORCHESTRATED, perfect special effects. When I saw that in the theater I knew this movie was going to kick ass from then on.
War of the Worlds - When the tripods first come out of the ground in that first scene in Boston. Cutting through buildings and vaporizing humans like it's nothing. That whole scene I just didn't know what to do. Amazing.
The Blues Brothers - I could go on and on for this movie. It's my favorite movie of all time. My extreme favorites: "This place has everything!" Car chase in the mall. Also "The use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues brothers has been approved." Those two massive car chases in that part of the movie are just comical and perfect. The entire Ray Charles scene with the "I'll even throw in the black keys for free" line is one of my favorites too.
Return of the Jedi - the epic lightsaber battle between Luke and Darth Vader. Mark Hamill seriously looks like he is pissed at Darth Vader like he killed his dog. The way he swings that lightsaber when he cuts off Vader's hand looks like there was a behind-the-scene grudge.
The Matrix - Minigun on the helicopter scene. I almost soiled myself in the theater when that puppy came hovering down with Neo on mounted on the minigun. Agent Smith: "Noooo."
The Matrix Reloaded - Agent Johnson jumping from one car onto the other car to get to the Cadillac Trinity, the Keymaker and Morpheus were in. My mouth drops every single fucking time I see that scene. That car gets fucking mashed into the ground. I skip to this part every once in a while to get a fix.
Leon (The Professional) - "EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!" Gary Oldman is a fucking psycho.
The Two Towers - Helm's Deep scene. "LEGOLAS BRING HIM DOWN!" Orc guy runs into the dynamite bridge and lights it. One of the best explosions in cinematic history. I don't care if it was in the book, that scene is a favorite.
Ronin - Sean Bean's shortlived performance. "'BOUT GOT TURNED INTO A BIT OF RASPBERRY JAM BACK THERE YEAH!" Also, the car chases in this movie put all others to shame. And DeNiro getting out of that Mercedes with the grenade launcher like he was spreading mayo onto a sandwich for his kid.
Heat - bank shootout scene. This scene seriously gives me the creeps for how accurate (or at least how I think a real shoot out would be) it is. Val Kilmer fucking OWNS in this scene.
The Matrix - When Neo finds himself in the Real World in the body harvest area. The camera pans up from the columns of human cells with the electricity reverberating up and down the columns, the epic music blasting. Brings a tear to me eye.
Army of Darkness - When Ash climbs out of the pit in the beginning. "Who wants to have a little." The first time I saw that scene I seriously started tearing up I was laughing so hard. The ending scene of the theatrical release (the unlimited ammo shotgun and "Hail to the King, baby." line) is one of my favorites also.
Men in Black - In the morgue. "Notice anything weird?" "Nope." "Doctor the organs are missing." "Well yeah I mean wherever they are, they are intact, there's no pieces. Wherever they are they're whole....."


WOW I could go on and on

More from me...

The Princess Bride Grandpa saying "As you Wish" at the end ... it is worth noting that my wife said that to me in her vows.


T2: Judgment Day When John says the cops are here.. how many... "all of them I think"

LOTR Fellowship of The Ring contains probably my favorite moment ever in cinema.... Gandalf the Grey standing his ground against the Balrog and yelling.. "You shall not PASS!!!" goose bumps for meesa. I also like the next few minutes.. highlights include gandalfs last (live) words in the film "fly you fools", and Boromir's expression and inflection of "for pity's sake."

One of my favorite scenes is from "Steel Magnolias", the cemetary scene where Sally Field starts "WHY?WHY?" (gets me every time!)

And National Lampoons Vacation (the first one). When the family wants to go home after dopping off the dead aunt and Chevy Chase insists they are all going to have some Fucking Fun!-- great movie

Gotta agree with you on this one.

Just after watching some films:

Taxi Driver - Pow/You talking to me/Marty in the back of Travis' cab with the revolver.

Platoon - When Chris walks into the tent with all the potheads, and they are all smoking weed, playing around, listening to mo'town, then across the tent he sees Elias in a hammock eating a banana, Elias then gives him a sly wave of the hand. He later uses his M16 as an improvised pipe to get Chris stoned. This is immediately contrasted by the scene with the other platoon guys, generally being lame, drinking hard liquor and listening to country music.

Apocalypse Now - "Shit... I'm still in Saigon", and the whole spaz out in the room complete with punching the mirror. Whats even cooler is how Martin Sheen was actually in a drunken stupour for the entire scene.

Dr Strangelove - Muffley's improvised phone call to the Sovier Premier.

Too many to list, most of them already have been but it's too hard to quote them all. Some highlights:

Pulp Fiction - Vincent with his finger on the trigger in the car, when I first saw the movie as a person who has been around guns for a large portion of his life I saw that and immediately thought "That is such a stupid idea, if Jules goes over a bump he'll probably-" (cut to 5 minutes of laughter)

Fight Club - where Norton fights his Boss.

The Usual Suspects - The ending where the detective puts it all together too late. (Also a great idea to pull if you're in a situation where you have to lie...but that's another story)

Saving Private Ryan - The first 30 minutes.

American History X - The basketball scene, it cemented in everyone's mind why Derek Vinyard was a hero to the neo-nazi's.

Braveheart - All the battle scenes...with a 750 of Jameson...45 minutes before English class...

<B>Saving Private Ryan</B> - The first D-Day invasion of course, but especially the end battle against the tanks trying to cross the bridge.

<B>Collateral</B> - The club Fever shootout.

<B>8-Mile</B> - The end flow scene when B-Rabbit completely bashes himself to ruin his opponent's chance.

-Lasereth

"Love Actually"-the wedding song being played by audience members

"Princess Bride"-when Wesley rolls down the hill saying "As you wish" and then the princess goes after him

"Dogma"-Mooby slaughter scene

"Joy Luck Club"-last 15 mintues when family is reunited

The Boondock Saints - The scene where DeFoe is reciting the final gunfight scene between the brothers and their dad set to classical music.

Gladiator.

At the end, when the people standing in the coleseum are told to 'honour him' and the group circles Maximus and carries him out.

American Beauty

The part where Lester (Spacey) drives his remote control car into his wife's leg when she goes to ask him about the new car he bought. And he says that it is a 1970 pontiac firebird, the car he always wanted, raises his fist in the air in triumph and simply says, "I rule".

Pulp Fiction -- my fav movie and full of great moments, best being the interaction between Vincent and Jules..

Fargo -- "so I assume that was your accomplice in the wood chipper"

Saving Private Ryan -- The D-Day invasion was breathtaking, the ending at the graveyard had me crying like a school girl...

Alien -- chest-burster scene

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This scene is a wonderful scene to a great movie. His rage and his mental state dwelling to one explosive fight with the pimps. At the beginning of this scene when he first shoots Harvey Keitel and just sits on the stoop for a while always makes me wonder what is going on in his mind whether he is preparing himself for the fight or wondering what to do next or if he is realizing what he has gotten himself into.

GO BUY TAXI DRIVER

when Salma Hayek has thhe guy drink whiskey from her foot in From Dusk Till Dawn..i would love to be the guy..lol or to look likeher myself!!! its a very sexy scene i think :) :p

BTW..."The sleeper must awaken"

Yeah, I agree with that one, right after Paul drinks the water of Life. sends shivers up my spine every time.
BUT the hands down best ending to a movie is the end of HEAT when Pacino is holding DeNiro's hand as he dies. And the score is great too!

Almost all the ones that have come to mind have been covered to this point, but I didn't see this one:

ROUNDERS--The two poker scenes, especially the last one where Matt Damon's character says "I can bust you up all night" to Teddy KGB.

JcS

Ack! How could I forget the Tears in the Rain speech by Baty??? I love that scene.

The last ten minutes of "The Last of the Mohicans" (with Daniel Day Lewis). Between the beautiful and majestic mountains, the music with the heartbeat pulse, the chase, the dramatic fight for life and love, and the fights to the death -- it's a perfect cinematic climax. I sat watching it for the 20th time with goosebumps all over again.

Pulp Fiction - Samuel L. Jackson reciting ezekiel.
Good the Bad the Ugly - The standoff at the end.
Memento - the very last scene ("Now where was I...")

Raiders of the Lost Ark: When Indiana Jones is confronted by the swordsman in the market in Cairo, and he casually draws his pistol and shoots the guy.

The Boondock Saints: The bar fight scene.

Black Hawk Down: The two man rescue team, where the two soldiers try to defend the Black Hawk helicopter that had been shot down.

Army Of Darkness: Ash vs. Evil Ash, "Good...bad...I'm the guy with the gun."

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie: The fight between Spike Spiegel and Elektra, when Spike uses the broom as a weapon.

The Big Lebowski: At the end when Walter tries to scatter Donny's ashes into the sea, but the wind blows the ashes back into The Dude's face.

Saving Private Ryan: During the battle at the end, when Private Jackson (the sniper) was reciting religious verses while gunning down German soldiers.

Reservoir Dogs: Mr. Blonde and the ear.

de Niro (bad guy) and Pacino (detective) in 'Heat', when they finally meet face to face in a diner after Pacino has spent most of the movie tracking down de Niro. Awesome acting and presence from two of the greatest. I don't think I've seen a better scene.