# Greatest Iconic Film images of the 20th century! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036 "2006-06-17T04:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/61 "2006-06-22T17:55:23Z")
I don’t know if it’s iconic or not, but no scene has ever resonated as much with me as Michael giving Fredo the kiss on New Year’s Eve. “You broke my heart.” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/62 "2006-06-22T23:28:05Z")
Orson Welles in _The Third Man_, when the light from a window above falls across his face and he smirks charmingly at Joseph Cotten, who has just realized that Harry Lime is alive John Wayne in _The Searchers_, trying to avoid telling the young guy exactly what had happened to the dead Lucy: “Don’t ever ask me! As long as you live, don’t you ever ask me!” Alec Guinness in _The Bridge on the River Kwai_, at the end, coming to the realization that his bridgebuilding zeal has been helping the enemy: “What have I done?” ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/63 "2006-06-23T17:19:12Z")
The infamous shot of Robert Blake from **In Cold Blood** with the patterns of the rain running down the window, thrown onto his face. It was not planned, and came up once they set the shot up. Beautiful sad image, tells the tale. ---
**Author:** ![ululate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/59ef9b/32.png) [@ululate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ululate)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/64 "2006-06-23T18:13:51Z")
[QUOTE=dasgupta] Colonel Saito smacking Colonel Nicholson with the Geneva Convention pamphlet, and the British troops getting ready to riot; from _The Bridge on the River Kwai_. You could also add any shot of the titular bridge, specifically it being destroyed and “What have I done?”. [/QUOTE] No offense, but I’d give it to the British troops whistling as they march. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/65 "2006-06-23T18:43:44Z")
The Leloo turns ‘pure evil’ into a second moon (our moon in the background…evidence of a previous attack, perhaps?) _The Fifth Element_ Leloo’s (and the audience’s) first exposure to Future New York The Robot as a gun pointed at the boy in _The Iron Giant_ it looks very Anime, jarring considering the timeframe and setting of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/66 "2006-06-23T20:00:28Z")
Wasn’t the Statue of Liberty buried or knocked over in the wasteland in **Planet of the Apes**? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/67 "2006-06-24T03:55:38Z")
Another John Wayne moment…his opening scene in “ **Stagecoach** ”–saddle in one hand and twirling Winchester in the other. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036/68 "2006-06-24T04:34:10Z")
Easy Rider When The Guy pulls up and fires the shotgun at the end. Gladiator when the air fills with fire arrows Taxi Driver when the camera zooms up to Travis Bickle and he has a mohawk The pig squeel scene in Deliverance [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-iconic-film-images-of-the-20th-century/361036.md?page=3)