# greatest entrances in movie history **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469 "2019-03-24T21:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/101 "2019-03-26T22:41:17Z")
One of the strongest entrances I have ever witnessed on film was R. Lee Ermy’s portrayal of Sgt. Gunnery Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket”. He quickly establishes who is the alpha male in the room and just doesn’t let up. ---
**Author:** ![flip-68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@flip-68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flip-68)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/102 "2019-03-30T13:26:50Z")
Tom Cruise in Magnolia [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bbanWHx5AFQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Magnolia | Tom Cruise | Frank T.J. Mackie | Respect The Cock Tame The Cunt Scene [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbanWHx5AFQ) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/103 "2019-04-01T23:59:05Z")
Mongo in Blazing Saddles ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/104 "2019-04-02T01:04:35Z")
Seriously? It has GOT to be Bad Nun returns from _Black Narcissus._ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q-mvlVeEy9Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Best entrance ever (Black Narcissus)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mvlVeEy9Y) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/105 "2019-04-02T01:07:27Z")
Sorry, better video here: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCdUU8j8UV8) ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/106 "2019-04-02T03:26:04Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood. Not one great entrance, two. (Just watched it.) YEEESSSS !!! Three, actually, and although his second entrance when he crashes the Normans’ banquet with a dead deer slung around his shoulders was memorable enough, my all-time favorite is right after the ambush in the Greenwood (cue the brilliant Korngold score here) when he gazes down on a defeated and furious Guy of Gisbourne and a stunned but intrigued Lady Marian and in a wonderful combination of “F\*\*\* YOU, Dude” and “Oh you kid!” bows and delivers my favorite line in the entire film, “Welcome to Sherwood, My Lady!” Brash, flirtatious and simply irresistable. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/107 "2019-04-02T03:28:47Z")
Can we count TV shows? Martin Sheen’s [entrance](https://youtu.be/CTG5p4wEAAM) in the first episode of _The West Wing_ was pretty damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/108 "2019-04-02T03:39:47Z")
How about the entrance which is also an exit? I nominate the arrival/departure of Tuco in _The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FyEXkTmcjHg/hqdefault.jpg "Intro Scene - Tuco Escapes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyEXkTmcjHg) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/109 "2019-04-02T04:03:12Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > How about the entrance which is also an exit? I nominate the arrival/departure of Tuco in _The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly_. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FyEXkTmcjHg](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FyEXkTmcjHg) Oh, bravo. A wonderful scene from a wonderful movie. ---
**Author:** ![caffeinatedgeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@caffeinatedgeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caffeinatedgeek)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/110 "2019-04-02T05:42:44Z")
I believe Meryl Streep still deserve even an honorable mention on her entrance as Miranda Priestley because of the fear of the employees scrambling in the office and the anticipation of the audience watching. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/111 "2019-04-02T20:04:40Z")
I don’t know about the greatest, but I always thought Rachel Ward as Meggie Cleary coming down the stairs for her grandmother’s birthday party stunning. Especially Father Ralph’s reaction, as he realizes the little girl he loved as his own has grown into a beautiful young woman. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/112 "2019-04-04T13:39:56Z")
James Coburn in the Magnificent Seven ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/113 "2019-04-05T04:15:27Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > How about the entrance which is also an exit? I nominate the arrival/departure of Tuco in _The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly_. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FyEXkTmcjHg](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FyEXkTmcjHg) I’ll go with [entrance/exit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpb2-ZOzc_o) of the well girl in _The Ring._ Ole smoothie [Frank Booth.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRLZtvbg5P8) Best [wheelchair intro](https://youtu.be/2yfXgu37iyI?t=100) by Dr. Strangelove. [First appearance](https://youtu.be/7-zjovFQUko?t=1037) by spooky black widow Christina Hasslag in The 4th Man. Ed Harris [goes for a coffee](https://youtu.be/C0_dzMNfofg?t=19) in History of Violence. ("_JOEY"_) Spooky woodsman in [_Rituals_](https://youtu.be/pO-g3LXd54I?t=5666) Onstage naked blonde temptress in _Clockwork Orange_. Members of Talking Heads appearing one at a time in _Stop Making Sense._ (awesomely cool) Robert Duval [making himself at home](https://youtu.be/vZ32rTzmVXM?t=29) in _Apocalypse Now_. (crummy video quaiity) (and technically, he does appear earlier, in the helicopter, playing his reel to reel tape of _Flight of the Valkyries_.) Peter O’Toole was mentioned earlier, but not sure if his [holy appearance](https://youtu.be/O1X1JYe7TBc?t=1183) in _The Ruling Class_ was. [Sleazeball producer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-vmdBKX40I) in _Boogie Nights_. [Hoochy koochie dancer](https://youtu.be/A0D4fHieW8o?t=54) in Metropolis. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/114 "2019-04-05T08:32:28Z")
First sight of Conan in Conan the Barbarian - we see the child Conan enslaved, sent north and chained to the Wheel of Pain, where he spends years building muscle.and then eventually Arnie raises he head and stares grimly into the camera [https://youtu.be/z5KYZ74OAak?t=144](https://youtu.be/z5KYZ74OAak?t=144) ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/115 "2019-04-05T17:49:13Z")
[Over here,](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=873256&page=2) **control-z** [chimes in](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21570696&postcount=80) wrt favorite action or fight scene. I don’t know if this quite fits the OP’s criteria, but that one scene is the _first time_, in multiple movies, that we ever get to see _why_ Darth Vader is so feared. In a way, we were _re_introduced to an iconic character. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/116 "2019-04-05T19:28:51Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I just watched a longer version of the clip, and never realized that Dracula’s castle was [infested with armadillos (1:45)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjDfOAhtWwo)! From [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629421&highlight=armadillo): > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > > > Well, they keep getting out of the cask they were kept in… > > > > That would be the _cask of Armadillo_. > > I was going to compliment you on your choice of username and your Saberhagen reference, but instead I shall merely mention that you have to sleep\* sometime.\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/117 "2019-04-05T20:18:58Z")
I don’t know if it qualifies for “greatest”, but [Rose stepping out of the car in _Titanic_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87msT910q8Q) definitely is in the running for “loveliest”. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/118 "2019-04-05T23:25:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Best [wheelchair intro](https://youtu.be/2yfXgu37iyI?t=100) by Dr. Strangelove. Since you brought up _Dr. Strangelove_, I must point out it also has one of the greatest character **exits** in movie history. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTaSJk0n\_Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTaSJk0n_Y) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/119 "2019-04-06T04:34:25Z")
Roman Polanski in “Chinatown:” [“Hold it there, kitty cat!”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPakQ7hH6I) ---
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Michael Biehn in planet terror. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469.md?page=7)