100 Most Memorable Film Moments
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Originally Posted by Guardian
1: The Usual Suspects: Kujan realises that he has been conned
2: Psycho: The shower scene
3: The Third Man: Harry Lime appears
4: 2001: A Space Odyssey: From flying bone to space ship
5: Apocalypse Now: Dawn helicopter attack
6: Blade Runner: Batty's dying speech in the rain
7: The Great Escape: The Cooler King escapes on his motorbike
8: Casablanca: Rick and Ilsa part at the airport
9: Planet of the Apes: Taylor finds the Statue of Liberty
10: Some Like It Hot: 'Well, nobody's perfect'
11: Singin' In The Rain: Gene Kelly does just that - sings in the rain
12: The Deer Hunter: The prisoners play Russian roulette
13: Ben Hur: The chariot race
14: Don't Look Now: The hooded figure
15: Saving Private Ryan: The Normandy landings
16: The Birds: The crows gather on the climbing frame
17: Platoon: Sergeant Elias staggers out of the jungle
18: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: The mothership appears
19: Lawrence Of Arabia: The entrance of Sherif Ali
20: Taxi Driver: 'You talkin' to me?'
21: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: The cemetery gunfight
22: The Shawshank Redemption: The escape hole is discovered
23: Alien: The birth of the alien
24: Dirty Harry: 'Do you feel lucky punk?'
25: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Chief Bromden escapes
26: Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Indiana shoots the swordsman
27: The Full Monty: The dole queue dance
28: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid: The final, doomed shootout
29: North By Northwest: The crop-dusting plane
30: Seven: What's in the box?
31: Brief Encounter: Laura says goodbye to Alec
32: Gone With The Wind: 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn'
33: Kes: Brian Glover's football lesson
34: On The Waterfront: 'I coulda been a contender'
35: Pulp Fiction: Vincent shoots Marvin
36: The Shining: 'Heeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!'
37: True Romance: 'You're Sicilian, ha?'
38: E.T. The Extraterrestrial: E.T. and Elliot ride a bike against the moon
39: Goodfellas: 'What do you mean funny?'
40: Spartacus: 'I'm Spartacus!'
41: The Italian Job (1969): The final cliffhanger
42: The Wizard Of Oz: The journey to Oz
43: Jaws: The opening
44: Now Voyager: Two cigarettes, one light
45: Star Wars: Destruction of the Death Star
46: The Crying Game: Fergus discovers Dil's true gender
47: The Producers (1968): The chorus sing 'Springtime For Hitler'
48: When Harry Met Sally: The fake orgasm
49: A Few Good Men: 'You can't handle the truth'
50: A Matter Of Life And Death: 'There's a catch...''
51: Battleship Potemkin: A pram bounces down the Odessa steps (think: the baby carriage going down the steps in The Untouchables)
52: Bullitt: Car chase through San Francisco
53: Carrie: The horror ending
54: It's A Wonderful Life: George discovers he's still alive
55: LA Confidential: Dudley Smith shoots Jack Vincennes
56: Reservoir Dogs: Ear amputation
57: Shane: 'Shane! Come back!'
58: The Empire Strikes Back: 'I am your father'
59: The Godfather: The horse's head
60: The Railway Children: Bobbie's father walks through the steam
61: Thelma And Louise: Drive over the cliff edge
62: Trainspotting: Renton goes cold turkey
63: Witness: Dance in the farm barn
64: Manhattan: The opening sequence
65: Manon Des Sources: César discovers he has a child
66: Once Upon A Time In The West: The mystery man's flashback
67: Paris, Texas: The peepshow booth encounter
68: Play It Again Sam: Woody and the Oscar Peterson album
69: The Graduate: Sitting at the back of the bus
70: The Princess Bride: The clifftop duel
71: The Searchers: Ethan Edwards' final cut
72: There's Something About Mary: The unusual hair-gel
73: Titanic: Lovers at the ship's bow
74: Zulu: The final battle
75: Delicatessen: The bedsprings scene
76: William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet: The young lovers gaze through an aquarium
77: Scarface: 'Say hello to my leetle friend'
78: Dr Strangelove: Bomb descends to 'We'll Meet Again'
79: The Piano: Piano playing on the beach
80: Cinema Paradiso: Compilation of love scenes
81: Edward Scissorhands: Ice sculptures
82: Babette's Feast: The old general tastes the food
83: The Jungle Book: Mowgli meets Baloo
84: Henry V (Kenneth Branagh): Henry carries away his dead page
85: La Dolce Vita: The frolic in the fountain
86: Cabaret: Tomorrow belongs to them
87: Un Chien Andalou: Eye-slicing
88: Four Weddings And A Funeral: The W. H. Auden recital
89: Great Expectations: Pip meets Magwitch in the graveyard
90: Happiness: The, er, climax
91: Braveheart: The battle of Stirling Bridge
92: High Noon: Will Kane realises he is alone
93: Ice Cold In Alex: 'Four ice-cold lagers'
94: Les Diaboliques: He rises from the dead
95: Schindler's List: The girl's red coat
96: Cool Hand Luke: The egg-eating contest
97: The Thomas Crown Affair (1967): The chess game
98: Bambi: The death of Bambi's mother
99: The Sound Of Music: 'The hills are alive'
100: Heat: Neil McCauley and Vincent Hanna first meet
McCauley: Maybe we should both be doing something else pal.
Hanna: I don't know how to do anything else.
McCauley: Neither do I.
Hanna: I don't much want too either.
McCauley: Neither do I.
The Guardian.
Keep in mind that this survey compiled responses from the British public (which explains alot of the foreign films and also how popular movies get their due; yay no silent films!).
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