My Top Ten Movie Scenes
These are my top movie scenes of all time, in no particular order. WARNING: If you haven’t seen these movies, the clips and text might contain spoilers.
1. Glory
My favorite scene from this movie is when Morgan Freeman’s character stops Denzel Washington’s and Andre Braugher’s characters from fighting in camp. He gives a speech explaining what the Civil War was really about. The look on Washington’s face after getting slapped is priceless.
2. Unforgiven
When Clint Eastwood’s character enters the saloon looking for Gene Hackman’s character after he finds out Hackman killed Morgan Freeman. Many people consider Unforgiven the perfect Western. I would have to agree (although I have not seen a lot of the movies from pre-1970s).
Although a killer of women and children, Eastwood does have a code and only kills who needs to be killed in the end.
3. Tombstone
There are several great scenes in this movie, but I really liked how Kurt Russell roughed up Billy Bob Thorton’s character in the [name] saloon near the beginning of the movie. He showed Thorton how a real man is supposed to treat others.
4. Gladiator
There are too many good scenes in this movie. I chose this scene when Russel Crowe’s character reveals to everyone who he really is.
5. The Master
I haven’t seen the whole movie in one sitting, but this scene of Philip Seymour Hoffman and a man who believes he’s a charlatan is riveting. PSH is one of the best actors of our time, and sadly he has left us too early.
This over-the-top movie by Quentin Tarantino has some of the best scenes based on language of any movie I’ve seen. Christoph Waltz is a genius with language. But my favorite scene of the movie is when the spies end up in a French bar full of Nazis.
7. Rudy
This is an oldie, but goodie. For anyone who had everyone tell them they couldn’t achieve a dream, tell them about Rudy. In this scene, Charles S. Dutton’s groundskeeper character convinces Sean Astin to go back and play.
8. Stallone
Sylvester Stallone’s character tells his son how to succeed in life. This speech has affected a lot of people. Stallone basically tells his son stop blaming other people and to take responsibility for his own success and failure.Li
Gregory Peck’s lawyer character fails in getting his black client acquitted of a sex-related crime. While he is walking out of the courtroom, all of the black observers stand up as a sign of respect.
This is another good movie based on race relations. I chose this scene because it showed how the government was willing to play hardball to find out who killed the 3 students from the North.