# Favorite scenes from movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841 "2014-01-27T13:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/21 "2014-01-27T18:19:44Z")
[Bullitt - Steve McQueen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lbs_nYW3-o) Try to imagine this without that music! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/22 "2014-01-27T18:26:21Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Burt Lancaster. It was Burt Lancaster in _ **The Train** _, not Burt Reynolds. Whoa, can’t believe I typed “Reynolds”. Sorry, brain dead today. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/23 "2014-01-27T18:28:28Z")
When Truman starts to question his environment, (the revolving door scene, right after the “cast” of the show all stop in their tracts, and put their hands over their ears when there’s a high pitch noise in their ear pieces), in **The Truman Show**. I love the music. I rewind that scene over and over when I watch the film… Great acting. When the moon turns into a search light in **The Truman Show**. When Truman’s boat runs into ‘the sky’ in **The Truman Show**. When Charlie Kaufman, (played by Nicolas Cage), is nervous with the woman sitting across from him, and starts thinking about what she’s thinking. Listing all his faults in his head, in **Adaptation**. When Barry Egan starts to cry after realizing that his plan to get frequent-flyer miles to meet the love of his life in Hawaii wont work out. He breaks down for a short time, but picks himself up, and goes to Hawaii anyway, in **Punch-Drunk Love**. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/24 "2014-01-27T18:35:05Z")
The opening scene in _ **Once Upon a Time in the West** _. It’s even better if you watch it in German: \* “Haben Sie ein Pferd für mich?” “Nein. Wir haben nur drei. Ein zu wenig.” “Nein. Zwei zu viel!”\* ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/25 "2014-01-27T18:49:50Z")
“The In-Laws” (the original with Peter Falk and Adam Arkin, not the poor remake) scene where they were getting off the plane in Tijuara, and Falk’s character kept yelling “Serpentine” and Arkin’s. [Serpentine Shel!l](http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/465903/In-Laws-The-Movie-Clip-Serpentine-.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/26 "2014-01-27T19:47:31Z")
John Wayne finds Maureen O’Hara at his house in **The Quiet Man** and kisses her properly. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/27 "2014-01-27T20:17:44Z")
Peter O’Toole [blows out a match.](http://vimeo.com/52693433) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/28 "2014-01-27T20:30:40Z")
Sharif Ali riding out of the desert in _Lawrence of Arabia._ The mob ‘fight’/show opening scene/swinging from the balcony ending to _My Favorite Year._ _Puttin’ on the Ritz_ from _Young Frankenstein._ ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/29 "2014-01-27T20:38:34Z")
[The China-man is not the issue!](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-KDCB4t2thbm7u/the_big_lebowski_1998_bowling_buddies/) ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/30 "2014-01-27T20:41:33Z")
That part in the olden-days version of “A Christmas Carol” when Scrooge (Alastair Sim) wakes up on Christmas morning and looks in the mirror - if you look in the mirror behind him you can see a stagehand come around the curtain, realize he’s accidentally in the shot and go back behind the curtain. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/31 "2014-01-27T20:45:26Z")
“If they move, kill 'em!” from _The Wild Bunch_. The bone in the air turning into the space shuttle in _2001: A Space Odyssey_. The breakfast scene from _Citizen Kane_. Harry Lime’s face being illuminated after the cat has found him in _The Third Man_. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/32 "2014-01-27T20:54:13Z")
Use enough dynamite there Butch? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/33 "2014-01-27T20:57:36Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “If they move, kill 'em!” from _The Wild Bunch_. On the flip side: [William Holden & Kim Novak Dancing in the Movie Picnic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBoMIi8bYc) ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/34 "2014-01-27T21:22:17Z")
So many to choose from… Jaws - Quint’s speech about the USS Indianapolis. The Empire Strikes Back - Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father. Fight Club - His name is Robert Paulson Kill Bill Vol II : Bill’s speech about Superman being his favorite super hero. No Country For Old Men : The clerk in the store…“call it…” A View To A Kill : Zorin’s blimp meeting…“does anyone else wanna drop out?” The Dark Knight : EVERY SCENE WITH THE JOKER. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/35 "2014-01-27T21:59:56Z")
There are many scenes in _Boogie Nights_ that I can watch over and over (the long take set to The Emotions’ “Best of My Love” that introduces a lot of the cast at the beginning of the movie; the other long take set to Three Dog Night’s “Mama Told Me Not to Come” that introduces the rest of the cast later in the movie; the scene set to Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl” toward the end of the movie), but I think my favorite is the scene set to Sniff ‘N the Tears’ “Driver’s Seat.” It starts down low by introducing Floyd Gondoli, played by Philip Baker Hall, and moves up to the entrance of Todd Parker, played by Thomas Jane, who crashes through a gate accompanied by the incongruous but wonderful sound of screeching tires. The scene’s on YouTube; there’s some naughty language and other NSFW content so I won’t link to it, but searching “Boogie Nights” and “Driver’s Seat” will bring it right up. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/36 "2014-01-27T22:05:29Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > [The China-man is not the issue!](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-KDCB4t2thbm7u/the_big_lebowski_1998_bowling_buddies/) Dude, Asian-American, please. Pretty much every single close-up on Cary Grant’s face from _ **Arsenic and Old Lace** _, not to mention when he’s describing the play to Officer whatzit and “I’M THE SON OF A SEA-COOK!” _ **The Hudsucker Proxy** _: Mailroom scene; diner scene (That gag’s so old it’s got whiskas on it!). _ **Brazil** _: Harry Tuttle, Heating Engineer _ **Tombstone** _: Pretty much everything w/ Doc Holliday, but I’ll single out him twirling his tin cup. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/37 "2014-01-27T22:10:34Z")
“I can eat 50 eggs,” from _Cool Hand Luke_. > [@](#): > > Tombstone: Pretty much everything w/ Doc Holliday, but I’ll single out him twirling his tin cup. And when Powers Boothe says to Kurt Russell as they are leaving town in a wagon, “Bye.” ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/38 "2014-01-27T22:36:19Z")
**Animal House** - The Toga Party with Otis Day and the Knights **The Graduate** - The scene where Ben breaks up the wedding;" ELAINE!" **Blow** - At the end where George (Depp) in prison, imagines his daughter is visiting him. **The Odd Couple** - Felix turns maudlin and ruins Oscar’s planned fun-night with the “coo-coo” Pigeon sisters. **Goldfinger** - Gert Frobe (Goldfinger) loses his last fight with 007 and gets sucked out the jet window. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/39 "2014-01-28T09:41:08Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > When Truman starts to question his environment, (the revolving door scene, right after the “cast” of the show all stop in their tracts, and put their hands over their ears when there’s a high pitch noise in their ear pieces), in **The Truman Show**. I love the music. I rewind that scene over and over when I watch the film… Great acting. > > When the moon turns into a search light in **The Truman Show**. > > When Truman’s boat runs into ‘the sky’ in **The Truman Show**. Gonna go out on a limb here and say you kinda liked The Truman Show… > [@](#): > > 1. Five Easy Pieces - Jack Nicholson ordering a chicken salad sandwich Dear god I forgot this scene :smack: > [@](#): > > Gandalf faces off with the balrog, And this! “Thall…Shall Not…PASS!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841/40 "2014-01-28T10:37:27Z")
Predator (1987)—_“CONTACT!”_ Any of my other choices would just be personal, sentimental picks. But _this_ is the one that’s a true cinematic classic. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-from-movies/679841.md?page=3)