1. Reservoir Dogs Torture Cop Scene (Sorry for quality):
This scene holds the personification of evil of this film= Mr. Blonde. He is a crazy sadistic chill killer. He also finds it amusing to beat and torture cops. This is the scene this movie is known for and my personal favorite clip.
2. Good, Bad, and Ugly Final Duel Scene ***SPOILER ALERT***:
This is what Sergio Leone is known for: great cinematography, long scenes with little dialogue, and huge close-ups. This is his most-well-known scene. It is my favorite scene from any western and is a must-see for all film and western lovers. This scene is when the three decide to duel over the gold hidden in the mass cemetary, and only one can have or can they? It is a gripping scene full of suspense, amazing shots, and a great ending to a great film.
3. Boogie Nights Pool Party
This is not the full, complete scene, but it is most of it. This is one of the most well-executed scenes of all time. Just think about this scene, it one full non-stop scene. Everyone had to start and stop at certain times. The camera follows character's conversations throughout the party, and there is no stopping of any kind. The Writer/Director (Paul Thomas Anderson) is nothing short of a genius. PTA is a master of his craft. His filmography includes Hard-Eight/Sydney, Punch-Drunk-Love, Magnolia, and There Will Be Blood. His upcoming movies include The Master starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and an adaption of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice. I can't wait for his next movies!
4. The French Connection Car Chase:
This scene is known as one of if not the greatest car chase of all time. It has Gene Hackman rolling through New York chasing a speeding subway train with a suspect in a large heroin smuggling operation driving it. Right now Detective Popeye Doyle (Hackman), has been chasing these people for weeks, slowly becoming obbssessed with catching the smart leader (Fernando Rey). This scene is known for having 5 great stunts:
- Doyle is sideswiped by a car in an intersection
- Doyle's car is clipped by a truck with a Drive Carefully bumper sticker.
- Doyle narrowly misses a woman with a baby stroller and crashes into a pile of garbage.
- Doyle's vision is blocked by a tractor trailer which forces him into a steel fence.
- Doyle must go against traffic to get back on a parallel path with the train. Intercut with these car scenes underneath the elevated train is additional footage (shots facing the car, not from the driver's perspective) that was shot in Bushwick, Brooklyn, particularly when Doyle misses a moving truck and slams into a steel fence.
5. The Godfather Part II Kiss of Death Scene:
Dear God, the sincerity in this scene. The buildup. The pure wonder of it. Micheal Corleone (Al Pacino,I honestly don't like Al Pacino a whole lot, but in The Godfather I and II, he is no less than amazing) gives his brother the sign that he knows he was responsible for trying to get him killed. He was scared, and Freido understands what this means for him. Michael's heart was broken.
6. Almost Famous Tiny Dancer Scene:
After all they have been through, after crashing a high school party and tripping completely, the band stays together. They have been through so much, and at a moment of great desperation, only one thing can save them, and that is the the power of a great song. And that song is Elton John's Tiny Dancer.
7. Shawshank Redemption Mozart Scene:
After writing a letter a week for six years to the state for funds to build a prison library, prisoner Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) gets what he wants and more. In the box he receives is a record of Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro'. He plays it on the speaker of the prison, and for the briefest of moments, he makes every inmate of Shawshank free. He understands the consequences, and he takes them willingly and wholeheartedly.
8. Amadeus Writing Funeral Mass with Salieri:
The greatest movie of the 80's best scene is this right here. With Mozart (Tom Hulce) fervently working for a funeral mass commanded to him by a mysterious figure, this scene portrays how Mozart thought and worked in his head and how gifted he really was. But little does he know the man behind it is the man right in front of him. Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) is working with the boy-genius to finish his last work. And even when watching the boy descend into death and darkness, Salieri sits there in his usual style, making the afflicted man compose literally his heart out.
9. The Graduate End Scene ***SPOILER ALERT***:
One of the greatest endings of all time is right here in The Graduate. After realizing that he loves her, Dustin Hoffman runs to Katherine Ross to get her before she gets married. When it appears he is too late, he starts banging on the window and shouting "Elaine!! Elaine!". She runs after him, and together run from her parents onto a bus. This end scene is one that you think is full of happiness, but in the end when she looks at him with love on her face, he doesn't respond. This tells us that they realize what they have just done, and they know it will be hard to stay together, but they will still try their best.
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl CPT. Jack Sparrow Sinking Boat Entrance
Possibly the greatest entrance by any movie character of all time, and the best scene in the Pirates franchise. The first time we see Sparrow is right here, on top of a sinking boat with the wind blowing in his face. The score also helps the greatest of this scene. So badass, so deserving, such a great entrance for such a great character.
11. Ferris Bueller's Day Off Parade Scene
This scene is the coolest scene in the coolest movie. Yes, When we see him up on that stage singing, we want to BE him. He is so cool, so awesome, so envied.
12. No Country For Old Men Coin-Toss Scene
The personification of evil in Coen Brother's masterpiece No Country For Old Men. This is the greatest scene, and shows the twisted evil and moral compass of a man on a warpath and with no signs of stopping for any reason except for the chance for the flip of a coin to decide one's fate.
