Best scenes in films

jonnyburgo

This is just perfect, Travis Bickle watching people in love dancing whilst he is so alone and filled with pain. Apparently the Jackson Browne song was put over American bandstand footage, the lone pair of shoes on the dancefloor echo Bickles loneliness perfectly.

De Niro's best performance by far, its in how he does so much in this scene by doing very little.

RandallFlagg

The Godfather II when Senator Geary visits Michael Corleone's home to attempt to squeeze him for the casino gaming license.

'Senator you can have my answer now if you like....my offer is this...nothing'

holnrew

All that other acting talent and Alec Baldwin owns that room.

axisus

I'm not posting clips, but a couple of favourites are:

Green card: The brilliant scene at the piano

Scent of a woman: Tango scene

Back to the future: Marty's dad punching Biff

Spinal tap: Stonehenge

PolarityMan

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe"

tone1

Dancing carrier bag from 'American Beauty'




Other notable highlights for me are...

Cool hand Luke ..50 boiled egg eating scene

Shawshank Redemption...where he plays the record over loudspeaker

Blazing Saddles..Farting Scene

BigBearKris

"Godfather" and "Taxi Driver" are absolutely up there - Pacino and DeNiro performances are an absolute classics. I'll dig up something from "Heat" too as they're great in that one.

I really liked the final scene from "Captain Phillips" - I've never seen a shock being acted that well in the movie before. Whole movie, not the best but few brilliant scenes there.

breakstuff

Absolute corker....

SimonC

The russian roulette scenes from "The Deerhunter"

DeNiro again, almost unbearable tension.

earwighoney

My calls are

1) The Marco Polo scene in Days and Nights in the Forest

2) The stairs scene in Nosferatu

3) Underwater scene in L'Atalante 

4) Opening scene of Sunset Boulevard

5) Behind the building scene in Mulholland Drive

6) Driving Jump cuts in A Bout de Souffle 

boogieman

I was going to post the "I amuse you?" scene from Goodfellas too. Brilliant stuff.

Ripley hiding from the alien in the escape pod in the first Alien film.

The bit in 2001 where the bone flying up in the air from the monkey scene gradually morphs into the space station.

Chalky

So many to choose so I'm going to go lateral.

Brigham City. A crime movie made mainly by Mormons, many amateurs, in which the Mormon faith is a key part of the story. Budget was $900,000. Put you off yet? Last full scene, which is essential to the story, is played out without a word being spoken. And is all the more powerful for it.

LastMantra

breakstuff said:

Absolute corker....

Watched this again the other night. So many awesome scenes. The bit where they go into the nightclub through the kitchen works wonderfully. 

Gassage

The train fight in from Russia With Love.

Imitated many times, never equalled.

TheBlueWolf

This scene from The Green Mile

PolarityMan

The car scene from children of men

west

"is this your pen ? "

"ah juicy fruit "

"we need a bigger boat "

DarnWeight

"I knew these people..."

Neil

This surreal musical clip from Blue Velvet.

I love the dream like quality  in David Lynch's  films and coupled with Roy Orbison's In Dreams it is incredibly effective.

The reactive acting  from Dennis Hopper is just brilliant.

Babones

I've always found this one amusing.

snakemanStoo

The mall scene in Blues Brothers.