Best "Famous" Scene from a Movie

[HannibalGuy]

Is it the resteraunt scene from The Godfather or the lesbo scene from Caligula? I like the beaver scene in Basic Instinct. What do you like the best?

[thingsgoinon]

I suppose inherintley any of this could be considered "SPOILER" ridden:

The scene from The Warriors where Luther is goin "Warriors, come out and plaaaayyy" always sticks in my mind.

Dawn of the Dead when Wooley blows the guys head off(I was a 15 year old kid seeing this movie in it's first theatrical run)

The dinner scene in Hannibal. Say what you want, but visually that scene is one of the creepiest horror movie scenes ever.Not because of the gross factor, but the expression on Ray Liota's face while it's all going on.

The two little ghost girls from Kubrik's Shining.

Kennedy's head exploding in the Zapruder film.

The scene in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn where the little girl gets her flowers at graduation.

[ColinM]

The horsehead scene in The Godfather

[Scarface98.9]

the ending to Michael's "vacation" in The Godfather

The dinner scene in Hannibal

the "destroying everything in the room" scene in Citizen Kane

[arto_j]

The orgasm scene in the café in When Harry Met Sally.

[MixMasterMoose]

The Shawshank Redemption

Andy standing in the rain

[Ghostface 2000]

Dinner scene in Hannibal.

[James Logan]

The RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK opening in the booby-trapped Peruvian temple

Dinner scene in HANNIBAL

[Big Screen Fan]

Shower scene in Psycho

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0054215/1

[bankholdup]

The horse head scene in The Godfather is definately one of the best.

"You Talkin' To Me?" scene in Taxi Driver is great also.

[ColinM]

I haven't even seen Pscyho and I love the shower scene. I've seen the scene and it's excellent.

[Professor Falk]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by thingsgoinon:

The scene from The Warriors where Luther is goin "Warriors, come out and plaaaayyy" always sticks in my mind.

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My friends know to keep empty bottles away from me if they don't want to see re-enactments of that scene http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif I love the subsequent scene on the beach, when all the gangs close in on them and Luther starts whining and sniveling "Noooo...it wasn't ussss...it was theemmmmm..." A great, underrated film. Walter Hill is money in the bank.

Tops among all, for me, is the aformentioned restaurant scene from The Godfather: Michael's eventful dinner w/ McCluskey ("How's the Eye-talian food in this place?")and Solozzo.
("Let's get somebody good, and I mean real good to set this up. I don't want my Brother comin' outta there with jus' his dick in his hand..." - Sonny.)

[Lady Summerisle]

the bar scene
NEAR DARK

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
"I love you... let me eat your brains..."

THE REANIMATOR
Head gives head.

[A Canadian ThereWolf]

The "Tiny Dancer" bus scene in Almost Famous.

The "What do you mean I'm funny?!?" scene from GoodFellas.

The "Behind The Bomb" shot from Pearl Harbor.

The "I am your Father!" line from The Empire Strikes Back.

[sanshodayu]

Some scenes from classics that i think are famous enough:
Omar Sharif's entrance in Lawrence of Arabia
The party on the train in Some Like it Hot.
The crop-dusting and Mount Rushmore scenes in North by North West(i love every moment in the film).
The ending of The Searchers- though "Let's go home,Debbie" affects me more.
King Kong atop the Empire State Building.
Or what about:
The Russian roulette in The Deer Hunter(criticised for racism,but it does make an impact)
Dennis Hopper's splendidly terrifying psycho -"Mummy,Mummy,baby wants to f***" (excuse my Welsh!)- and the "In Dreams" sequence in Blue Velvet.
"Heeeere's Johnny"(The Shining),though Red Rum and other moments scared me more.
Like A Canadian Therewolf,i enjoy the Funny how? scene in Goodfellas.
Deliverance has its moments,too.
The Gershwin opening of Manhattan.

[The Other]

The "Plastic Bag" scene in AMERICAN BEAUTY

[notchreturns]

"You talkin to me?" in Taxi Driver
"You can't handle the truth!" in A Few Good Men
"My momma always said life is like a box of chocaltes..." in Forrest Gump
"Redrum" in The Shining
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning" in Apocalypse Now
The finger to finger touch in E.T.
When Clarice first meets Dr.Lector in Silence Of The Lambs
Russian Roulette scene in The Deer Hunter
Empty times square in Vanilla Sky
D-Day scene in Saving Private Ryan
"I see dead people" in The Sixth Sense
Jules bible monologe in Pulp Fiction
"Smile you son of a bitch!" in Jaws
Turning the head 360 degress in The Exorcist


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[A Canadian ThereWolf]

The scene in A Beautiful Mind, where Nash's doctor tells him "You can't reason your way out of this." And Nash responds "Why not? Why can't I?!?"

The "Stuck In The Middle With You" torture scene in Reservoir Dogs.

The torturing scenes with music by Ludwig Van in A Clockwork Orange.

The "I want you to hit me as hard as you can!" scene in Fight Club.

The weird "baby" at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

"We'll Meet Again" playing during the destructive images at the end of Dr. Strangelove Or: how I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Bomb.

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[The Other]

In Forrest Gump when Young Forrest breaks out of his leg braces and Young Jenny's all like "Run Forrest! Run!" It was just on HBO today and reminded me how much I love this film.

[jlovborg]

The last scene of The 400 Blows
The frog scene in Magnolia

[Hannibal21]

"You talkin' to me?" - Taxi Driver

Horse head scene in The Godfather

"Play it, Sam." - Casablanca

T-Rex attacking the kids in the car in Jurassic Park

The shower scene in Psycho

[mrdeeds]

Originally posted by Lady Summerisle


THE REANIMATOR
Head gives head.

This would be my choice. Good ol' Barbara Crampton and David Gale's.... er head :cool:

[A Canadian ThereWolf]

The "Are you mad? I am your daughter!" scene from The Others.

The dish breaking scene from In The Bedroom. Where Sissy Spacek yells "Everything!"

The chariot race in Ben Hur.

Gandalf yelling "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!" to the Balrog in The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.

The "Bohemian Rhapsody" scene in Wayne's World.

The wodd chipper scene in Fargo.

[Annie Hall]

-"Roxanne" in Moulin Rouge
-Rain scene in Shawshank Redemption
-Baptism scene in The Godfather
-Final scene in the Godfather Part II
-Cheerleading scene in American Beauty
-"In Your Eyes" scene in Say Anything
-"Show me the money" scene in Jery Maguire
-Tiny Dancer scene in Almost Famous
-Bohemian Rhapsody scene in Wayne's World

[CheekyShepherd]

http://www.robbecker.net/linopics/thumbs/shawshankrub.jpg

You know what scene I mean ;)


Runners up:

Quint's USS Indianapolis dialogue in Jaws
The opening sequence of Raiders Of The Lost Ark

[WaLkEnSAnGeL]

scene in silence of the lambs when hannibal is first seen in his cell

the end of Titanic " i'll never let go jack"

in Carrie- after she gets pigsblood dumped on her

poltergiest- when carol anne says "there heeeeeeere"

wizard of oz- "theres no place like home theres no place.."

its a wonderful life- " everytime a bell rings an angel gets its wings"

pulp fiction- chris walkens "watch" scene

jurassic park- the lawyer getting eaten

edward scissorhands- cutting the bushes

[Rated R]

Goodfellas - "What makes me so fuckin' funny?"

Taxi Driver - "You Talkin To Me?"

The Untouchables - Baseball bat scene

Big Lebowski - Just Dropped In Dream Sequence

Miller's Crossing - Albert Finney surviving an attack on his home

Reservoir Dogs - "Stuck in the middle with you"

Matrix - Gunfight in Lobby

HEAT - Gunfight in the street

Bringing Out The Dead - Ambulance flips over