What are Your Choices for the Best Most Memorable Moments and Scenes in all of Cinema ?

My favorite movie of all times is The Passion of the Christ (2004). My favorite scene is when Mary runs towards Jesus, with a montage showing she doing the same thing years ago. Jesus then says: "Look, Mother: I make all things new." Then, he finds strenght to lift the cross and walk to his own death.
I got the chills just for writing this.
 
Three scenes from Gladiator:
-Commodus killing his father
-Maximus revealing to Commodus that the former is alive
-Commodus taunting Maximus during their next meeting

I chose these because imo they're more intense than the fighting, and also because Phoenix is such a phenomenal actor.
 
Vince W said:
All these and...

The chest bursting scene in Alien. Unforgettable.
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There was a similar bursting scene at the end of Humanoids from the Deep!

Foxbat said:
One scene that I like is the end of The Day The Earth Caught Fire. Newspaper workers wait to find out which headline to print. One says ’Earth Saved’ and the other ‘Earth Doomed’.
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This reminds me of Crack in the World, when they are carefully placing an A-bomb in a volcano, in hopes of stopping the crack from spreading, & the guy's rope snaps after contact with a sharp edge and he falls into the volcano; a woman screams.
 
Matchu said:
This one, of course:


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And nominate Harder They Come, Knife Fight - but not family friendly

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Foreign language choice:

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Ive never seen Barry Lyndon nor have I read Thackery's novel That is quite and impressive scene though. I may check this film out at some point.:)
 
Guttersnipe said:
Three scenes from Gladiator:
-Commodus killing his father
-Maximus revealing to Commodus that the former is alive
-Commodus taunting Maximus during their next meeting

I chose these because imo they're more intense than the fighting, and also because Phoenix is such a phenomenal actor.
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Alot of great scenes in that film. :cool:
 
The climatic battle in both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
 
Timebender said:
I think the ending of Infinity War will be the kind of cinematic cultural touchstone that comes along once or twice in a generation.
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Absolutely. :)

It was cool seeing all the heroes from all the films , it was truly an epic for the ages. :)
 
I have so many!

"Toss me" scene from LOTR because it is absolutely hilarious and shows that Gimli is willing to give up his pride to save Middle Earth, which is so sweet.

The scene where Lennie gets shot in Of Mice and Men because it is HEARTBREAKING and shows that George actually cares.

The "gizzard" scene in Owls of Ga'hoole. I love the soundtrack and the animation... It's beautiful.

When all the paladins go crazy when Ezor and Zethrid threaten to hurt Pidge in Voltron: Legendary Defender!

Any fight scene that is realistic and perfectly choerographed (mostly LOTR, scenes in the ATLA universe, Rise of the Guardians...)

Do I even need to explain Hiccup and Toothless in HTTYD?

Basically, any scene/character (Tulio and Miguel from The Road to El Dorado) that generate a genuine emotional response from me goes down in my list as memorable
 
War of the Worlds 1953. The opening narration by Sir Cedric Harwicke and his narration thought the film . It gave this film some a wonderful added dimension. Great actor with a great dramatic speaking voice. Also, in that film The first battle with the Martian machines.:cool:(y)
 
The sound of the Martian machines as the rising note throbbing gives way to the scree of the death ray - still ranks as one of my favourite SF moments.
 
For me the closing scene from Charly where the woman who fell in love with Charly and offered to stay with him while he regressed, watches him happily playing with children on a teeter totter and she's filled with great sadness at what could have been. -- Based on Flowers for Algernon
(start at about minute 142)
 
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