Even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- The Cellblock Tango from Chicago
- Jack Torrance pursuing Danny in the giant hedge maze (leading up to the final shot: a frozen Jack staring into oblivion) from The Shining
- The shopping mall chase scene from The Blues Brothers
- Joey visits the cockpit in Airplane!
- The taxi scene in The Great Muppet Caper
- The brainwashing demonstration in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Lt. Morant explains modern warfare to his court-martial board in Breaker Morant
- Roy Batty’s “tears in rain” monologue and death in Blade Runner
- The scene in the Czech movie The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (Czech: Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntag, 1992) where the main character, a country bumpkin who inherits a great deal of property, takes men from his village to a fancy restaurant to celebrate a wake for his dead goat, and the majority of them scoff at the menu, want goulash, beer or rum instead of fine dining, and generally act like boors.
Even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- The Cellblock Tango from Chicago
- Jack Torrance pursuing Danny in the giant hedge maze (leading up to the final shot: a frozen Jack staring into oblivion) from The Shining
- The shopping mall chase scene from The Blues Brothers
- Joey visits the cockpit in Airplane!
- The taxi scene in The Great Muppet Caper
- The brainwashing demonstration in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Lt. Morant explains modern warfare to his court-martial board in Breaker Morant
- Roy Batty’s “tears in rain” monologue and death in Blade Runner
- The scene in the Czech movie The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (Czech: Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntag, 1992) where the main character, a country bumpkin who inherits a great deal of property, takes men from his village to a fancy restaurant to celebrate a wake for his dead goat, and the majority of them scoff at the menu, want goulash, beer or rum instead of fine dining, and generally act like boors.
- When Dr Strange exits the supply room thru a portal, leaving Dr Palmer alone in the room. A mop handle falls to the floor, causing her to shriek and flinch, in Dr. Strange; this was actually a blooper but the director left it in.
Let’s go one more time.
Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
- Katharine Hepburn breaks the heel of her shoe in Bringing up Baby. Her shoe really did accidentally break, and she ad-libbed the whole scene; she was so funny, it made the final cut.
- Gosh-- how have I forgotten this in three of four rounds of this topic? The scene in The Awful Truth where Irene Dunne pretends to be Cary Grant’s sister. It’s the funniest thing I can think of.
- The wedding scene in The Sound of Music. Maria has come along from being an undisciplined postulant for the abbey to marrying the wealthy and handsome Captain Von Trapp - as she strides toward the altar, the soundtrack has the nuns sing the refrain of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria”, in which they initially criticized her behavior, only now to the sound of a triumphant wedding march.
Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
- Katharine Hepburn breaks the heel of her shoe in Bringing up Baby. Her shoe really did accidentally break, and she ad-libbed the whole scene; she was so funny, it made the final cut.
- Gosh-- how have I forgotten this in three of four rounds of this topic? The scene in The Awful Truth where Irene Dunne pretends to be Cary Grant’s sister. It’s the funniest thing I can think of.
- The wedding scene in The Sound of Music. Maria has come along from being an undisciplined postulant for the abbey to marrying the wealthy and handsome Captain Von Trapp - as she strides toward the altar, the soundtrack has the nuns sing the refrain of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria”, in which they initially criticized her behavior, only now to the sound of a triumphant wedding march.
- The Killer Rabbit / Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
- Katharine Hepburn breaks the heel of her shoe in Bringing up Baby. Her shoe really did accidentally break, and she ad-libbed the whole scene; she was so funny, it made the final cut.
- Gosh-- how have I forgotten this in three of four rounds of this topic? The scene in The Awful Truth where Irene Dunne pretends to be Cary Grant’s sister. It’s the funniest thing I can think of.
- The wedding scene in The Sound of Music. Maria has come along from being an undisciplined postulant for the abbey to marrying the wealthy and handsome Captain Von Trapp - as she strides toward the altar, the soundtrack has the nuns sing the refrain of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria”, in which they initially criticized her behavior, only now to the sound of a triumphant wedding march.
- The Killer Rabbit / Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Robin Hood and Little John breaking Friar Tuck and Nottingham’s citizens out of jail, and then getting away with Prince John’s gold in Disney’s Robin Hood
Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
- Katharine Hepburn breaks the heel of her shoe in Bringing up Baby. Her shoe really did accidentally break, and she ad-libbed the whole scene; she was so funny, it made the final cut.
- Gosh-- how have I forgotten this in three of four rounds of this topic? The scene in The Awful Truth where Irene Dunne pretends to be Cary Grant’s sister. It’s the funniest thing I can think of.
- The wedding scene in The Sound of Music. Maria has come along from being an undisciplined postulant for the abbey to marrying the wealthy and handsome Captain Von Trapp - as she strides toward the altar, the soundtrack has the nuns sing the refrain of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria”, in which they initially criticized her behavior, only now to the sound of a triumphant wedding march.
- The Killer Rabbit / Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Robin Hood and Little John breaking Friar Tuck and Nottingham’s citizens out of jail, and then getting away with Prince John’s gold in Disney’s Robin Hood
- Perseus killing Medusa by using her reflection in his shield from Clash of the Titans
Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
- Katharine Hepburn breaks the heel of her shoe in Bringing up Baby. Her shoe really did accidentally break, and she ad-libbed the whole scene; she was so funny, it made the final cut.
- Gosh-- how have I forgotten this in three of four rounds of this topic? The scene in The Awful Truth where Irene Dunne pretends to be Cary Grant’s sister. It’s the funniest thing I can think of.
- The wedding scene in The Sound of Music. Maria has come along from being an undisciplined postulant for the abbey to marrying the wealthy and handsome Captain Von Trapp - as she strides toward the altar, the soundtrack has the nuns sing the refrain of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria”, in which they initially criticized her behavior, only now to the sound of a triumphant wedding march.
- The Killer Rabbit / Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Robin Hood and Little John breaking Friar Tuck and Nottingham’s citizens out of jail, and then getting away with Prince John’s gold in Disney’s Robin Hood
- Perseus killing Medusa by using her reflection in his shield from Clash of the Titans
- Henry having dinner with Mary’s family in Eraserhead
Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
- Katharine Hepburn breaks the heel of her shoe in Bringing up Baby. Her shoe really did accidentally break, and she ad-libbed the whole scene; she was so funny, it made the final cut.
- Gosh-- how have I forgotten this in three of four rounds of this topic? The scene in The Awful Truth where Irene Dunne pretends to be Cary Grant’s sister. It’s the funniest thing I can think of.
- The wedding scene in The Sound of Music. Maria has come along from being an undisciplined postulant for the abbey to marrying the wealthy and handsome Captain Von Trapp - as she strides toward the altar, the soundtrack has the nuns sing the refrain of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria”, in which they initially criticized her behavior, only now to the sound of a triumphant wedding march.
- The Killer Rabbit / Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Robin Hood and Little John breaking Friar Tuck and Nottingham’s citizens out of jail, and then getting away with Prince John’s gold in Disney’s Robin Hood
- Perseus killing Medusa by using her reflection in his shield from Clash of the Titans
- Henry having dinner with Mary’s family in Eraserhead
- Jack (Leo de Caprio) sketches Rose (Kate Winslet) in Titanic
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Yet even more great moments you can watch again and again (may have spoilers)
- Mona Lisa Vito’s expert testimony in My Cousin Vinny; she’s cute, too.
- Katharine Hepburn breaks the heel of her shoe in Bringing up Baby. Her shoe really did accidentally break, and she ad-libbed the whole scene; she was so funny, it made the final cut.
- Gosh-- how have I forgotten this in three of four rounds of this topic? The scene in The Awful Truth where Irene Dunne pretends to be Cary Grant’s sister. It’s the funniest thing I can think of.
- The wedding scene in The Sound of Music. Maria has come along from being an undisciplined postulant for the abbey to marrying the wealthy and handsome Captain Von Trapp - as she strides toward the altar, the soundtrack has the nuns sing the refrain of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria”, in which they initially criticized her behavior, only now to the sound of a triumphant wedding march.
- The Killer Rabbit / Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Robin Hood and Little John breaking Friar Tuck and Nottingham’s citizens out of jail, and then getting away with Prince John’s gold in Disney’s Robin Hood
- Perseus killing Medusa by using her reflection in his shield from Clash of the Titans
- Henry having dinner with Mary’s family in Eraserhead
- Jack (Leo de Caprio) sketches Rose (Kate Winslet) in Titanic
- Morpheus and Neo have a kung-fu fight in a training program in The Matrix
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Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
- La Bamba: La Bamba; Come On, Let’s Go; Donna; Lonely Teardrops; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Summertime Blues; Who Do You Love?
Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
- La Bamba: La Bamba; Come On, Let’s Go; Donna; Lonely Teardrops; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Summertime Blues; Who Do You Love?
- Maximum Overdrive: Hells Bells; For Those About to Rock (We Salute You); Sink the Pink; You Shook Me All Night Long
Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
- La Bamba: La Bamba; Come On, Let’s Go; Donna; Lonely Teardrops; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Summertime Blues; Who Do You Love?
- Maximum Overdrive: Hells Bells; For Those About to Rock (We Salute You); Sink the Pink; You Shook Me All Night Long
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Main Title/Klingon Battle, Leaving Drydock, The Enterprise, Ilia’s Theme
Not a great movie, but a terrific soundtrack. Here’s the last tune I mentioned - some of the most beautiful ST music ever written IMHO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj4z2Y1y2Ak
Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
- La Bamba: La Bamba; Come On, Let’s Go; Donna; Lonely Teardrops; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Summertime Blues; Who Do You Love?
- Maximum Overdrive: Hells Bells; For Those About to Rock (We Salute You); Sink the Pink; You Shook Me All Night Long
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Main Title/Klingon Battle, Leaving Drydock, The Enterprise, Ilia’s Theme
- Footloose: Footloose, Let’s Hear It For the Boy, Almost Paradise, Dancing in the Sheets, Holding On For a Hero, I’m Free
Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
- La Bamba: La Bamba; Come On, Let’s Go; Donna; Lonely Teardrops; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Summertime Blues; Who Do You Love?
- Maximum Overdrive: Hells Bells; For Those About to Rock (We Salute You); Sink the Pink; You Shook Me All Night Long
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Main Title/Klingon Battle, Leaving Drydock, The Enterprise, Ilia’s Theme
- Footloose: Footloose, Let’s Hear It For the Boy, Almost Paradise, Dancing in the Sheets, Holding On For a Hero, I’m Free
- Airport: Airport Main Title Theme; Airport Love Theme; Ada Quonsett: Stowaway; Inez’ Theme; Emergency Landing!
for the record, I consider a ‘soundtrack’ to be made up of music composed specifically for the movie – not a ‘greatest hits’ compilation like on “La Bamba” or “Max Overdrive” or “American Graffiti”
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Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
- La Bamba: La Bamba; Come On, Let’s Go; Donna; Lonely Teardrops; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Summertime Blues; Who Do You Love?
- Maximum Overdrive: Hells Bells; For Those About to Rock (We Salute You); Sink the Pink; You Shook Me All Night Long
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Main Title/Klingon Battle, Leaving Drydock, The Enterprise, Ilia’s Theme
- Footloose: Footloose, Let’s Hear It For the Boy, Almost Paradise, Dancing in the Sheets, Holding On For a Hero, I’m Free
- Airport: Airport Main Title Theme; Airport Love Theme; Ada Quonsett: Stowaway; Inez’ Theme; Emergency Landing!
- Fantasia (1940): Toccata and Fugue in D Minor; The Nutcracker Suite; The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Dance of the Hours; Night on Bald Mountain
This was a difficult choice as the sequel Fantasia 2000 included many great songs as well.
Best movie soundtracks, and some of the songs on that album
- Batman Forever: Kiss From a Rose; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; The Passenger; The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
- La Bamba: La Bamba; Come On, Let’s Go; Donna; Lonely Teardrops; Crying, Waiting, Hoping; Summertime Blues; Who Do You Love?
- Maximum Overdrive: Hells Bells; For Those About to Rock (We Salute You); Sink the Pink; You Shook Me All Night Long
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Main Title/Klingon Battle, Leaving Drydock, The Enterprise, Ilia’s Theme
- Footloose: Footloose, Let’s Hear It For the Boy, Almost Paradise, Dancing in the Sheets, Holding On For a Hero, I’m Free
- Airport: Airport Main Title Theme; Airport Love Theme; Ada Quonsett: Stowaway; Inez’ Theme; Emergency Landing!
- Fantasia (1940): Toccata and Fugue in D Minor; The Nutcracker Suite; The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Dance of the Hours; Night on Bald Mountain
- The Big Chill: I Heard It Through The Grapevine, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, A Whiter Shade of Pale, The Tracks of My Tears, The Weight, Bad Moon Rising