Apocalypse Now. “The horror.”
Five Easy Pieces. Nicholson gets in the truck and we watch it slowly pull away
Prince of the City. The last shot of Ciello.
Cutter’s Way. A gunshot, then cut to black.
Cuckoo’s Nest. Chief running away.
I’ll think of more, but enough to start.
One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach: all the damn vampires.
Queen Christina - that long, enigmatic closeup
The Player. The end of the movie in the movie, with Julia Roberts, and the real end. “Traffic was a bitch!”
Sweet Smell of Success
Susie walking boldly into the morning sun, escaping J.J.'s grasp forever.
“Round up the usual suspects…”
“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
…
(Interesting article here: “Bogart says a line that wasn’t even in the original screenplay; Hal Wallis supposedly came up with it after filming was done and Bogart recorded it”.)
You’ll never forget the end of On The Beach.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Fuego!
You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you all to hell!
Or Kiss Me Deadly.
The breakfast scene in Big Night.
The Usual Suspects - ‘And like that … he’s gone’
The Long Good Friday. A wordless scene where you watch a whole gamut of emotions play over Bob Hoskins’ face as he realises how screwed he is.
This gets you off the hook for liking the remake of Night of the Living Dead
You were dead to me, Lazarus.
The final shot of The Third Man. Those who have seen it will know what I’m talking about.
“Hang on a minute lads, I’ve got a great idea…”
City Lights
Heartbreakingly beautiful.
Being There - Chance walks on water.
Fight Club
“You met me at a very strange time in my life” as buildings fall and Where Is My Mind plays in the background
The end of The Thing. Who is a Thing? One of them? Neither? Both? The ending conversation works for all permutations. Yeah, alright, carpenter has said what he meant. But it’s still fun to think about the others.