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re: Best scenes in cinematic history

Posted on 2/20/25 at 9:20 pm to
Posted by Telecaster
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Posted by Pax Regis
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:18 pm to
Night Window scene in 1917. A breathtaking demonstration of cinematography.
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:22 pm to
Full Metal Jacket - bathroom scene Private Pyle goes nuts
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Posted by MDB
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:51 pm to
El Lawrence saves Gasim on God’s Anvil (gorgeous desert, score)

Earl the Bruce betrays William Wallace (the big reveal, tear up every time)

Forrest finds dying Bubba; Lt. Dan appears in Bayou LeBatre

“You broke my heart, Fredo”

The Twist dance scene at Jack Rabbit Slims

The dogfight scenes in The Blue Max (no CGI in the 60s)

Tristan Ludlow’s return from the sea.





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Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:05 pm to
Posted by Midget Death Squad
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:11 pm to
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The Sicilian scene in True Romance.


Came to post this. I dedicated my research paper on precisely this scene in a film class in college back in the late 90s. I won my professor over with it.
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Posted by Corso
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 3:03 am to
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Docking scene in Interstellar - music is incredibly matched


First thing that came to mind. Hans Zimmer turned that film from a good movie into just a mesmerizing experience.

It's my favorite movie of all time so I'm biased but the gas explosion in There Will Be Blood when Daniel is carrying HW away while Johnny Greenwood's odd and eerie piece builds throughout. I thought it was so weirdly mesmerizing the first time I saw it and it's still one of my favorites

1m50s

Posted by 88Wildcat
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 5:13 am to
Final showdown between Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West.

Final fight between Jackie Chan and his real life bodyguard in Drunken Master 2.

Romo Tomasi scene in L.A. Confidential.
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Posted by BigNastyTiger417
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 7:03 am to
Can’t upvote this enough
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Posted by elprez00
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 7:11 am to
Might be unpopular to put Marvel stuff here, but two always stand out to me.

In Iron Man, when Tony first uses the suit to fly back to the area that held him captive and destroy the weapons. After he leaves the cave he gets hit by the Tank round. He gets up and uses the wrist rocket. Iron Man turns around and walks it off while the tank blows up in the background. It’s perfect and everything a comic book move should be.

The next from Endgame, when Thanos is beating Thor’s arse and you see Mjolnir stirring and lifting and then it hits Thanos in the head and flys back to Cap. “I knew it.” We all did, Thor. We all did. There was an audible cheer is the theater when it happened. Still gets me every time.

Now that I think about it, there are scenes in movies that just hit harder when you get to experience them in a theater with a group of people for the first time.
Posted by udtiger
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 7:28 am to
Gandalf/Eomer arrive at Helm's Deep
Posted by nealnan8
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 7:35 am to
Apocalypse Now - Air Cav attack on Charlie's Point with Ride of The
Valkyries playing.

The Godfather - entire wedding scene.

Unforgiven - final scene when Clint Eastwood leaves Skinny's place
and slowly rides away in the rain. The definition of ominous.
Posted by Maderan
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:42 am to
Tombstone- Johnny Ringo death scene

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly- Three way standoff
Posted by Tiger Prawn
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:56 am to
Rogue One - Vader hallway scene

LOTR: Two Towers - Gandalf’s charge at Helm’s Deep

LOTR: ROTK - Ride of the Rohirrim

Endgame - Avengers assemble

Jurassic Park - T-rex escapes



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Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:59 am to
When young Vito Corleone kill Fannuci
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