# Best scene in film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 30, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452 "2024-08-30T03:32:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/41 "2024-08-30T17:23:15Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Am I the only one more impressed by Inigo dueling the Six-Fingered Man? The first part of that duel isn’t especially memorable, but you’re right: after he pulls the knife out, it’s pure gold. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/42 "2024-08-30T17:33:43Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I have a couple of favorites which aren’t dramatic moments but are perfect in their own way. > > Indiana Jones vs. the scimitar-wielding killer in _Raiders of the Lost Ark._ The backstory there, of course, was that Harrison Ford _really_ needed to use the toilet so he ad-libbed a shortcut. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/43 "2024-08-30T17:39:05Z")
BTW, my suggestion is [the barn-raising scene from _Witness_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL_X7GelX5Q). ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/44 "2024-08-30T18:00:15Z")
The hotel scene in No Country For Old Men: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zL9w-3pQb5U/maxresdefault.jpg "The Most Intense Scene in Cinema History") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL9w-3pQb5U) Also, the first coin-toss scene. Can’t choose. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BqMdQBox15s/maxresdefault.jpg "No Country For Old Men - Coin Toss Scene [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMdQBox15s) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/45 "2024-08-30T19:15:32Z")
I debated posting here but I decided to start a new thread to talk about best scenes from **television** here: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/46 "2024-08-30T20:23:01Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Same for the scene of Tuco running through the cemetery. I don’t know if it’s the best scene, but it’s the best music ever in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/47 "2024-08-30T20:41:21Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Also, and this is one few remember, the car chase scene in _To Live and Die in LA_. A sadly forgotten movie that was actually very good. The car chase scene is one of the best ever and loooong (as these things go). > > - [To Live and Die in LA](https://youtu.be/CzIju2TT95Q?t=11) Yeah, I was late to that movie, but I really liked it when I saw it. And that was one car chase I actually watched (usually they bore me). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/48 "2024-08-30T21:07:49Z")
The opening scene in Once Upon a Time in the West. The opening scene in Patton. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/49 "2024-08-30T21:14:23Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > To Live and Die in LA Just re-watched this because it’s just that good. At the end, there’s a radio voice saying something about the the 710 (I _hate_ the 710), and I swear it’s Wendy Malick’s voice. > [@veryfrank](#): > > My own picks: [Anton Walbrook’s monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZ6fnRLDLU) towards the end of _The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp_. I surprisingly loved this movie. Surprising, because I came to with no preconceptions, and it went way beyond what I might have expected. Anton Walbrook was also so much better in the British version of _Gaslight_ than Charles Boyer in the US version. Overall, I much prefer the British version. I adore _The Fisher King._ ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/50 "2024-08-30T21:30:21Z")
All of the “are you feelin’ lucky punk” scenes with a dash of “go ahead….make my day”. (And yes I’m pro-gun control) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/51 "2024-08-30T22:01:51Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > All of the “are you feelin’ lucky punk” scenes It happens early in _Dirty Harry_, so that when Harry gets in a shootout at the end, everybody is couning how many times he fires. It is five, so he has one bullet left when Scorpio reaches for his gun. But having seen the movie multiple times, Harry does not fire six times in the first gunfight, but he’s still out of bullets when he bluffs the bank robber. I don’t know if the fiilmmakers were lazy, figuring no one would bother counting shots, or if it has been edited for TV. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/52 "2024-08-30T22:24:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > Same for the scene of Tuco running through the cemetery. > > I don’t know if it’s the best scene, but it’s the best music ever in a movie. Morricone’s “Ecstasy of Gold”. I agree; it’s the best track of the best movie score ever. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/53 "2024-08-31T01:45:04Z")
I’d say any of the scenes in “Little Big Man” with Old Lodge Skins. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/54 "2024-08-31T01:56:21Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > the first time the Millennium Falcon jumps into hyperspace in _Star Wars_ (back when we just called it “Star Wars”) the entire theater let out a collective “Oooooooooooohhhhhhhh!” and applauded. That was nice but I loved the very first shot when that Imperial ship (with SO much detail) flies over the camera for what seemed like days. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/55 "2024-08-31T02:00:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Harry does not fire six times in the first gunfight, but he’s still out of bullets when he bluffs the bank robber. Maybe he had fired his pistol earlier and hadn’t bothered to reload. Also it was (is still is?) common for anyone carrying a revolver (going back to cowboys) to leave one chamber empty for the hammer to rest on safely. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/56 "2024-08-31T02:58:08Z")
The opening sequence from Contact. The car attack scene from Children of Men. The opening scene from Silverado (especially the last bit where Scott Glenn’s character opens the door and reveals that spectacular vista) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/57 "2024-08-31T03:28:19Z")
I remember a TV show where a Mafia hit man was quoted as saying the el rumble in _ **The Godfather** _ was spot on. He heard exactly the same noise inside his head whenever he was about to whack someone. One of my best scenes in film is Ilsa’s entrance in _ **Casablanca** _: A six-foot-tall Nordic goddess strides through the door on the arm of a sophisticated Continental gentleman. She and the piano player recognize each other as she silently walks past, and right away you know _we got trouble!_ ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/58 "2024-08-31T03:41:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The car attack scene from Children of Men. I think I prefer the crying scene in the refugee camp, but this is a good choice too. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/59 "2024-08-31T03:44:14Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > I loved the very first shot when that Imperial ship (with SO much detail) flies over the camera for what seemed like days. Oh, yeah! I was seeing the movie for the first time after hearing about it for weeks, and I thought I had died and gone to Heaven! 🤩 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452/60 "2024-08-31T03:50:47Z")
I saw that movie when it came out, in an older downtown theater in Washington State. I was stationed at Ft. Lewis and my parents were in town while on vacation. My dad had been stationed there in the early 50’s, during the Korean War, and had been in this theater many times. He wanted to see a movie, any movie there. So we waited in a LONG line and Dad, Mom and I saw Star Wars. Not #4, not A New Hope, **STAR WARS**. And that scene of the endless ship passing literally had my jaw dropping. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452.md?page=4)