Most powerful scenes in Films

Restaurant scene in Groundhog Day, for me

I nearly had an "early death from w#nking" last night watching YouPorn

A woman in a wheelchair doing a striptease. It took over twenty minutes for her to finally get down to knickers and for that twenty minutes, 3 pints of my blood was pumping round my flesh crane like a Subaru flying round Brands Hatch. I got well lightheaded.

I was tempted to slap a Bag for Life over my head and go for the golden Strangle-Death-W#nk but then I thought about the irony of having the said bag over my head and went all floppy. What a waste of a half hour!

Oh all right then. The pi$$ed Prince of Denmark soliloquy from Hamlet that Withnail delivers at the end of the film, to an audience of manky wolves in London Zoo is pretty good.

When the Siamese cat fought off the Grizzly in Disney's "The Incredible Journey" while the labrador and bull mastiff just watched.

russian roulette scene in the deerhunter...still brings me out in sweats

scene in ofotcn where Nurse Ratched says "You know Billy, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this."

Scarface, shower, chainsaw.

The execution scene in Dead Man Walking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dMhnsatKrM

Little Fish

Armageddon - where Brucie chats to his daughter one last time before riding the lightning.

Can feel a tear in my eye as I type

The end of 7even, with the box, totally shocking.  Won't spoil for those who haven't seen.

^ Ooh yeah, good shout. The dead baby gets me every time.

Just watched that scene in Dead Man Walking. Sigourney Weaver has let herself go a bit.

Toy Story 3, when both the human and the toys realise that it's time to let go and move on. I sat watching it in the cinema with my kids and was glad of the 3D specs and darkness, as it masked the rheumy look I suddenly developed in my eyes.

"I'll miss you most of all scarecrow!"

Bit insensitive IMO.

Ending of Terminator 2 when Arnie lowers himself into the hot stuff.

An absolutely epic scene backed up by some of the best music in film history.

Tear in my eye just typing this.

the ending of "requiem for a dream" when they cut through the scenes showing all the main characters using a fantastic score.

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Ending of gay porn flick Sperminator 2 when Arnie lowers himself into the hot stuff.

An absolutely epic scene backed up by some of the best music in film history.

Tear in my eye just typing this. 

[:(]

"Luke, I am your father"

When Katie Bates breaks james canns ankles in Misery

Or when Robert di niro appears on that boat in Cape fear.

Both give me sleepless nights

For sleepless nights, nothing, but nothing, beats the final scene in ´Spoorloos´ Still gives me shivers, after 20-odd years!

I would have been sure by now someone would have mentioned the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan, where they are landing on the beach. Very intense!

and toy story 3 as desmond says

A SHOCKING OMISSION AND ENF OF FRED


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kTQFyMRSXk

When Kaiser Soze (?) shot his kids in the Usual Suspects.  That f*cked me up for days

9 1/2 weeks, Kimmy stripping to leave your hat on

Restaurant scene in Groundhog Day, for me

Restaurant scene in Groundhog Day, for me

Psychic
I didn't know Sigourney Weaver was in Dead Man Walking.

Psychic
I didn't know Sigourney Weaver was in Dead Man Walking.

1. the scene in godfather part 2 where michael confronts fredo, youre not a brother to me fredo, etc, astonishing tour de force by both actors.

2. the scene in alien where tom skerrit chases the alien down the tunnels- a masterpiece of suspense. or the same film where the alien bursts out of john hurts stomach.

3. psycho the shower scene.

4. the subway fight scene in the matrix.

5. scene in the apartment when shirley mcclaine runs to john lemmons apartment.

6. gone with the wind final scene.

7. the birds, also by the master hitchcock, the outside the school scene.

8. deer hunter the russian roulette scene.

9. king kong (the original) kong on the empire state building scene

10. the italian job scene at the end where bus is hanging off the cliff.

the scene in the shinning where the attractive girl turns into the mutant in the bathroom.

the scene in the sting where salino is shot in the head, as she's about to kill hooker.

the scene in usual suspects where agent coulan realizes what's happened

the scene in schindler's list where the cart goes by with the red coat.

the scene in superman 2 when he crushes zods hand

russian roulette scene in deer hunter

The end of 7enen, cried buckets.

actually superman 2 is a good call. great film, terence stamp is brilliant!

also in the shining theres many powerful scenes. the one in the bathroom, or where hes chasing around the maze.

also worthy of mention is 2001 by kubrick at the beggining, with the strange object and the cavemen.

or planet of the apes the final scene, where he sees the statue of liberty buried in the sand and realises what's happened, incredibly powerful scene!

The panicing tom hanks when he thinks he has lost Wilson in Castaway.

the shining, the mens' room scene with jack torrance and delbert grady:

Grady: Did you know, Mr. Torrance, that your son is attempting to bring an outside party into this situation? Did you know that?
Jack: No.
Grady: He is, Mr. Torrance.
Jack: Who?
Grady: A nïgger.
Jack: A nïgger?
Grady: A nïgger cook.
Jack: How?
Grady: Your son has a very great talent. I don't think you are aware how great it is. That he is attempting to use that very talent against your will.
Jack: He is a very willful boy.
Grady: Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather, naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir?
Jack: It's his mother. She, uh, interferes.
Grady: Perhaps they need a good, talking to, if you don't mind my saying so? Perhaps a bit more. My girls, sir, they didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches, and tried to burn it down. But I, corrected, them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I, corrected, her, too.

the third man where the camera hones in on the orson welles character.

where eagles dare the cable car scene.

dirty harry did i shoot six bullets or was it five scene.

scene from my beautiful laundarette where the daughter throws herself in front of a train.

scene from trainspotting where begbie goes nuts in the pub.

iceberg scene from titanic. even though you know it's going to happen, its still dramatic.

final scene from vertigo.

I could go on and on, in fact I probably will [;)]

actually scatman carruthers, who played the cook in the shining, was also like nicholson, in one flew over the cuckoos nest. final scene where mcmurphy has been lobotomized and the indian chief escapes through the window is incredibly powerful.

the scene in Wall Street where larry wildman & gekko are haggling over the price of Annacott Steel. A brilliant display of controlled aggression from stamp:

I could break you, mate, in two pieces over my knees, you know it, I know it; I could buy you six times ever; I could dump the stock just to burn your arse. But I happen to want the company and I want your block of shares. I'm announcing a tender offer at 65 tomorrow, and I'm expecting your commitment.

yeah stamp is a great actor. another fantastic scene in that film is where gekko makes his famous greed is good speech.

also forgot to mention the searchers where john wayne scalps the indian chief.[:p]

Some powerful endings

The Exorcist - where the priest jumps out of the window when possessed

Million Dollar Baby - Clint giving Hilary Swank a fatal injection before walking off into the darkness

Cuckoos Nest - chief suffocating Jack with the pillow and then smashing his way to freedom

When the Siamese cat fought off the Grizzly in Disney's "The Incredible Journey" while the labrador and bull mastiff just watched, for me.

Not a film, but an episode of tales of the unexpected (The Flypaper) - The ending stayed with me for months.

also jaws "were going to need a bigger boat" is a shocking ommision, or nicholson "you can't handle the truth" courtroom scene from a few good men.

also the fugitive where tommy lee jones tracks down the harrison ford character and he jumps off the waterfall.

or rambo first blood where he escapes from the the police station.

empire strikes back "luke i am your father scene."

or same film, where princess leia, turns to hans solo played by harrison ford, and says "I love you" and ford ad libs the reply " I know"

bullit chase scene.

watership down final scene.

also the elephant man, almost every scene is dramatic and powerful but if you don't shed a tear at the end your'e not human. also by lynch, blue velvet and the scene where he sing's roy orbison's brilliant "in dreams"

i'm so good at this I really should be a film critic

Pacino going mental in the courtroom in ...And Justice For All.

Not a film, but an episode of tales of the unexpected (The Flypaper) - The ending stayed with me for months.

great shout, I've still got a recording of that, the most sinister and disturbing episode ever made imo

The last half hour of Goodfellas as it all starts to unravel is a masterclass in building tension. But the sheer claustrophobia of the scene where DeNiro meets up with Lorraine Bracco for a drop off and then tells her to go a few doors down and take a nice dress. The tension as she tries to decide what to do as DeNiro is giving her that smile, you're willing her to keep walking, you just know she shouldn't go through that door. Thankfully she has been infected by enough of her husband, Liottas, paranoia to eventually give it a swerve. I'm clammy thinking about it.

When they peed on The Dude's rug, it really tied the room together. He was traumatised by the incident.

Cuckoos Nest - chief suffocating Jack with the pillow and then smashing his way to freedom

wins every time

Planet of the Apes, the end, riding along the beach...

Just noticed Little Fish is on Film4 tonight 22:45

the french connection when he's chasing the train in his car always looks good, also the second film where he's running along the harbour then shoots charnier at the end.

helicopter scene in apocolypse now.

american werewolf in london transformation scene.

final scene at the end of blade runner where the rutdger hauer cyborg dies.

lord of the rings balrog vs gandalf fight scene.

final scene of the good the bad the ugly.

american gangster where the denzel washington character shoots fellow gangster in the street.

godfather part 1 italian resturant scene.

spartucus i'm spartucus! scene.

lost highway - lynch ... mystery man scene is pretty damn fine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQwwM3dgedY

I find the last scene of Schindler's List very moving, where he drops the ring that has been gifted to him and has to be helped to his car.

shawshank redemption when red and andy are reunited at the end!

startrek 2 wrath of khan - when spock dies saving the ship

Mr Badger's suggestion of the Wall Street Gecko/Wildman one is quite excellent.

Any number of scenes from that film are awesome, and Gecko's speech to the Teldar paper meeting is quite superb. "Greed...is good"

Another Wall Street classis is when Gecko is on his massive mobile phone to Bud Fox, whilst walking along the beach. "I'm going to make you rich Bud Fox".

In fact....I'm off to watch it again.

Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock: Billy! Let's finish the game.
Young Guns 2

I am not much of a film buff, but the blo0died hand from out of the grave gives me the creeps every time despite knowing it coming.

In Carrie.

The Sixth Sense when it turns out Bruce Willis was dead

Also every time I see Von Ryan's Express I'm gutted when Sinatra doesn't reach the train.

Firing Squad scene in 'The Victors' its in the snow to the background
sound of Have yourself a merry little christmas.

there is also a firing squad scene in Paths of Glory which is probably
Kirk Douglas's finest performance.

Sica - Firing Squad scenes......

The one in Breaker Morant will live with me forever.

It's a wonderful life when that bloke was going to kill himself and he wished he'd never been born and then a trainee angel came to save his life by making him see how it affected those around him had he never been born.

get me a drink........ Some things are even too good for Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxNXtjGY_Us

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https://youtu.be/WbliHNs4q14?t=212

For me.

The scene at the end of The Mist, where he shoots his son, the two old folk and the woman

Only for the mist to clear a few moments later and the military drive past, with the woman and her kids on the back of a wagon, the same woman no one would help at the start

Great ending

Also Pulp Fiction apartment scene

'But Marsellus Wallace don't like to be f****d by any except Mrs Wallace'

The Italian job,

Where the Italian gangster bulldozes two E-Type Jaguars and an Aston Martin DB4 makes me cry every time



The greatest and most powerful scene in cinematic history though in my opinion is when they sing La Marseillaise in Casablanca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-E2H1ChJM

One of the reasons I have since found out after watching it is that many of the extra's in this film were French Refugee's who had escaped the Nazi's after the fall of France and they were not acting! Their true feelings were caught in time on film, truly beautiful.

Jaws kid on the air baed eaten alive, the blood fountain, the oscar winning music playing and the resulting brody reaction camera zoom...

Ted 2 - the sperm bank mishap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER6BpmtBLkk

the rebirth of spinal tap

The opening sequence in Up.

There`s a scene in the middle of The Bridge of Terabithia that hits you like a sledgehammer. It`s an otherwise fairly mundane kids movie but I won`t give it away.

The 1st 15 mins of Inglorius Bastards when The Jewhunter is sat drinking milk whilst the children are hiding under the floorboards , the tension and suspence on the farmers face whilst he is interagated is unreal

The denouement to Manon Des Sources when Cesar, who's nephew had just killed hiimself in shame, is told that the hunchback whom he drove to death by his greed, was the son he had always wanted, and that Manon was therefore his grandaughter.

The denouement to The Great Escape where the escapees, having being rounded up by the SS and the Gestapo, are told to get out of the lorries and stretch their legs.  Big X, Richard Attenborough and Gordon Jackson are reminiscing, when they hear the sounds of the machine guns loading, and it dawns on them that they are about to be shot.

Sorry to spoil the ending of Jean De Florette/Manon Des Sources but you were never going to watch it.

The  "NELL" Scene ,in the series The Haunting of Hill house , I was speechless at the end of the episode ..

Series well worth a watch , if you Like Ghost Movies etc  9/10

The killing of Luca Brasi , The Godfather .

Clarice Starling interviewing Hannibal Lector.

Some great Scenes in Joker that stick in the memory.

Slippy

I wont argue with the father beans scene but its overused nowadays, when I first watched it though it was brilliant

But this scene in the sequel to that is just plain weird and makes me feel a slight unease personally, Hannibal feeding Paul his own brain

https://youtu.be/ibfBDKiw1ac

Its a powerful scene personally in that it gets its desired effect

Walken and Hopper's pivotal scene in True Romance always worth a revisit...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3yon2GyoiM

Arnie bench pressing over 400pounds in the film Pumping Iron.

GF.

Tommy De Vito asking Henry Hill how he's funny. Simply chilling. I almost lose control of my bladder every time I see it - and I've seen it a lot of times. Unscripted apparently. Suggested by JP to Scorcese and he went with it.

Jimmy Conway drawing on a cig at the bar, eying up the bad guy, with Sunshine Of Your Love, belting out on the soundtrack.

The last half hour of Goodfellas as it all starts to unravel is a masterclass in building tension. But the sheer claustrophobia of the scene where DeNiro meets up with Lorraine Bracco for a drop off and then tells her to go a few doors down and take a nice dress. The tension as she tries to decide what to do as DeNiro is giving her that smile, you're willing her to keep walking, you just know she shouldn't go through that door. Thankfully she has been infected by enough of her husband, Liottas, paranoia to eventually give it a swerve. I'm clammy thinking about it.

I have watched the film many times and - for me - the glitch is when the narrator expresses his relief after (he is told) Moby (?) is spared his life. Because his pov is from speaking in the future. So when they kill him later that night, it is a surprise, but not a satisfying one.
It makes the viewer doubt the narrator.

The closing cemetary scene in Schindler's List where the holocaust survivors place stones on Oscar Schindler's gravestone .

Bambi's mum getting shot.

Unforgiven

Little Bill: “I don’t deserve to die like this.”

Clint: “Deserves got nothing to do with it.”

planes trains and automobiles

when steve martyn realises john candy doesn't have a wife and goes back to station for him

top movie

Zulu

when Hooky gets his eye on the brandy in the medicine cabinet

the place is burning down, Zulus are trying to kill them, and his mate informs him it's a court marshal offence to drink the brandy

smash the top of the bottle, let's not worry about any shards of glass, straight down the hatch

That is a great scene Steerforth.  The most memorable one in Goodfellas for me

Made me think of the memorable psycho scene in Full Metal Jacket.  The "this is my rifle" scene from Private Pyle

This is pretty powerful from Cabaret.

Tomorrow belongs to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUctFu46_c

More from the Fatherland, with the Battle of the Bulge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDkdc246QQ

They could certainly do passion those Nazis.