“The inferno scene in Toy Story 3 is the best depiction of hell I’ve ever seen on screen. And when salvation comes, it’s the payoff of a joke 15 years in the making. Absolute perfection.”
“The first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan.”
“Opening scene to Inglorious Basterds.
The movie is excellent, but that scene sets the bar almost too high for the rest of the film.
“The opening drill sergeant scene in Full Metal Jacket.”
“Interstellar – Cooper returns to the ship and it is revealed that several years have passed but his son continued to keep sending videos. He proceeds to watch the videos and breaks down into tears as he watches their lives pass before him.”
“The shower scene in Psycho.
It remains one of the most quintessential moments in film history for what it showed (a woman showering on camera in 1960), the shock of the main character dying 40 minutes into the movie and for making people scared to take a shower in their own home.”
“Hannibal Lecter’s escape scene in ‘The Silence of the Lambs.'”
“Apocalypse Now – The Ride of the Valkerie/Napalm in the morning scene”
Life is Beautiful – “Mama! We won!”
“The drinking scene from Jaws.”
“The scene where the soldiers and refugees stop shooting for a minute in Children of Men. Very powerful.”
“The first baptism scene at the end of ‘The Godfather’ gives me chills every time.”
“The extended scene with Willy Wonka limping his way to the factory gates to meet the kids- then the forward roll. Sublime filmmaking.”
“It’s still one of the most memorable scenes for me – when the jeeps stop in the very first Jurassic Park movie and you see the huge ass dinosaurs eating, and Alan Grant is just speechless.”
“Quentin Tarantino believes that the greatest movie scene ever filmed was the final shootout in “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” I have a hard time disagreeing with that.”
“Good Will Hunting – It’s not your fault. God that hit me hard”
“The scene when the T-rex trashes the jeep in Jurassic Park.'”
“The sword-fight between Inigo Montoya and the six-fingered man, beginning with ‘Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.’
And then everything from there until, ‘I want my father back you son of a b@tch.'”
“‘Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I’m afraid. I’m afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it.’
2001: A Space Odyssey”
“The ending scene from The Usual Suspects. It’s just so memorable and well executed.”