re: What are the greatest/most epic scenes in cinematic history?

If we are talking sexiest scene I have always thought given the totality of the scene it is Joy Harmon in Cool Hand Luke

Midway (2019) - Dive Bombing scenes







The following Movie Trailer is full of Epic clips from this movie:

Midway Movie Trailer #1

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The end of the original Planet of the Apes.
The sewer chase in The Third Man.
The French national anthem in Casablanca.
The opening tracking shot in Touch of Evil.
Get away from her you bitch in Aliens.
Car chase in Bullitt.
Opening speech in Patton.
Steak scene in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
The U.S.S. Indianapolis conversation in Jaws
The dentist scene in Marathon Man.
The hospital tracking shot in Hard Boiled.
The reveal in The Usual Suspects.

Ride of the Rohirrim

Gandalf arriving at helms deep

Darth Vader hallway scene

Luke mandalorian scene

RotS obi wan vs anakin

Saving private Ryan d day

Thor in wakanda

Portal scene in endgame

Interstellar docking scene

IMO, Dorothy's appearance in Munchkinland (from the time she opens the door to her house until she leaves on the Yellow Brick Road) is the most famous scene in movie history.

You have...

1. The dramatic change from black and white to technicolor.

2. The introduction of the Wicked Witch of the West, one of the greatest villains in movie history.

3. The introduction of the Ruby Slippers, perhaps the most famous film prop of all time.

4. The line "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

5. The "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" song.

That movie is 85 years old and any random idiot on the street should be familiar with that scene.

ETA: But if you were asking about scenes with a lot of action or grandeur, I would go with Moses parting the Red Sea or the opening scene of Star Wars (or the trench run at the end).

Rudy getting carried off the field.

DeNiro and Pesci beating the shite out of Frank Vincent over the shine box comment.

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In Citizen Kane, there’s a single shot, after he’s alienated everyone who cared about him, he’s walking with a cane through his empty estate, Xanadu, and he hobbles through a long hall that is lined with mirrors- the camera sees a long reflection of reflections, all of himself, by himself. Never saw such a visual representation of loneliness in a film ever again. It was striking.

Not greatest ever but some of my personal favorite scenes are in Boogie Nights. The 79-80 New Years Party, the drug deal robbery, and the climax with the gongs.

I like Epic scenes like this one where the kill shot causes a terrorist to accidentally fire his rocket launcher killing their buddies like this one in 13 Hours.

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Le Marseille scene in Casablanca:

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That’s a good one as is when Sam plays As Time Goes By and Rick storms out of his office - that scene gave me goose bumps the first time I saw it. The final scene at the airport is another good one.