There are so many movies being created right now that it’s certain they can’t all be good. You may find that the dialogue is lacking, the characters aren’t relatable or the effects are very obvious. The mistakes are distracting and you can’t fully immerse yourself into the story. But some movies are so good that you can’t forget about them as they touched something in your heart.

Usually good movies draw us in from start to finish but they still have scenes that stand out more than others. People on Reddit shared those scenes that they liked because of the emotional impact, the special effects or how well the actors played their role when janearcade asked “What is the greatest single movie scene ever filmed?”

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#1 The Opening Scene Of Up (2009)

The opening scene of Up. That montage of a life together was pure poetry.

Mistersinister1 added:

F**k you it brought me to tears as a grown a** man, I looked over and my gf was balling her eyes out.

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#2 Beach Scene In Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Beach scene is Saving Private Ryan

samgamgeerules added:

My uncle, now gone, asked me to see this with him. He served in WWII, and was one of the men landing on Omaha Beach. The first bullet, he took my hand. By the 3rd, he was squeezing it so hard I thought every bone was going to break. By the 5th bullet, a tear down his cheek. By the 10th he was openly weeping. This man who loved and laughed hard, but never ever cried. I knew he was flashing back, so I simply rested my other hand on his arm. When the full scene ended, he whispered in my ear "It's like they looked inside my brain and put my memories up there." That scene was literally that authentic. My uncle was the only one of his entire platoon that made it off the beach. Miraculously no outward injuries save a few scratches. The mental and emotional injuries devastated him to his last breath.

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#3 The Sword Fight Between Inigo Montoya And The Man In Black In The Princess Bride (1987)

The sword fight between Inigo Montoya and The Man in Black.

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#4 The End Of Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The end of Shawshank redemption was pretty good

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#5 When The T-Rex Showed Up In Jurassic Park (1993)

When the T Rex showed up in Jurassic Park

Woperelli87 added:

I never noticed until recently but there is no music whatsoever during that scene. 99.9% of films would force in a score to up the tension or pop in a few stingers to make sure the audience is perked up. Nope, not the JP paddock scene. The rain served as the score and the scene was 1000x better without background music.

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#6 When Dorothy Steps Out Of The House Into Technicolor And Into A New World In The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

It's when Dorothy steps out of the house into Technicolor and into a new world. It changed film.
The emotional aspect is unreal. That scene is forever engraved.

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#7 The Charge Of The Rohirrim In Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2004)

The charge of the Rohirrim. Still gives me chills.

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#8 The Opening Of Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

The opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark set the bar awfully high

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#9 The Original Chestburst Scene From Alien (1979)

The original chestburst scene from Alien

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#10 The Scene Where Forrest Gump Meets His Son In Forrest Gump (1994)

For me its the scene where Forest Gump meets his son. I love that movie. I was a 90s kid and for some reason Gump taught me a lot about the world I didn't understand. He was like this slow witted observer of all the biggest events that changed American history from the 50s through the 80s. All the time we see him as stumbling through life getting constantly lucky, but always driven by his love of friends and family, and Jenny. It never even occurred that he might be self aware. Then in the final act he finds Jenny in her apartment and she tells him they have a son together.

"Is he...like me?"

The realization that he understood his place in the world the entire time, and still managed to be the person he is, it wrecked me. That film is deeply sentimental for me for other reasons but when I think about the first time I saw that scene and how deeply it affected me, I haven't had such an emotional experience from many other scenes. It won best picture that year for a reason. It really is a fantastic bit of story telling.

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#11 Truman Finally Realizing His Reality And Trying To Escape It In The Truman Show (1998)

Truman finally realizing his reality and trying to escape it.

MargotFenring added:

When he's on the boat in the storm, and you can really see that he'd rather die trying than give up...it always has such an impact on me.

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#12 Jews Being Rounded Up By Nazis To A Piano Soundtrack That The Nazis Are Playing In Schindler’s List (1993)

The scene in Schindler’s List when the Nazis are rounding up Jews in the multi-story building to a frenetic piano soundtrack, and then it shows Nazis playing the same piano in one of the rooms, laughing and dancing. The joy and fun the Nazis are having compared to the panic of the innocents... Spielberg is a master

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#13 The Lobby Shootout In The Matrix (1999)

The lobby shootout in The Matrix. It's so well edited and the visual effects are amazing

RL_Meeseeks added:

The ticket guy at the theater told me AFTER I bought a ticket for a different movie that it had started 20 minutes before (I was 15). He told me just to go to whatever other movie I wanted that was starting soon.

I went into The Matrix with absolutely zero idea what it was about. I only knew it was rated R.

MIND BLOWN

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#14 The Opening Scene Of Inglorious Bastards (2009)

The opening scene of Inglorious Bastards

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#15 Roy Batty Final Monolog In Blade Runner (1982)

Call it predictable but Roy Batty final monolog in Blade Runner. Hard to do better than that IMO.

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#16 The U.S.S. Indianapolis Monologue From Jaws (1975)

The USS Indianapolis monologue from Jaws. Robert Shaw's delivery is just chilling.

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#17 The Night Vision Sequence In Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

The night vision sequence in Silence of the Lambs is great suspense.

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#18 Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee Questioning Colonel Nathan R. Jessup In A Few Good Men (1992)

No matter how insufferable I find Tom Cruise, watching him question Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men is mesmerizing every time I watch it.

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#19 Binary Sunset In Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Binary sunset in A New Hope

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#20 "You're A Funny Guy" Scene In Goodfellas (1990)

Goodfellas "You're a funny guy". You could cut that tension. Greats scene.

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#21 The Showdown At The Sad Hill Cemetery In The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: the showdown at the Sad Hill cemetery.

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#22 The Final Scene Of Last Of The Mohicans (1992)

The final scene of Last of the Mohicans.

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#23 Christopher Walken And Dennis Hopper In True Romance (1993)

Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in True Romance.

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#24 A Giant Worm Breaking Into A Basement And The Camera Then Being Directed To The Wall Of Guns In Tremors (1990)

A giant worm breaks into Reba's basement and then the camera pans over to the wall of guns. :)

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#25 The Baptism Scene In The Godfather (1972)

The baptism scene in The Godfather. Michael not only renounced Satan but he also settled all the family business that day

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#26 The Beginning Of Full Metal Jacket (2020)

Full Metal Jacket. In the beginning.

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#27 When Lane Meyer Skis The K12 In Better Off Dead (1985)

When Lane Meyer skis the K12.

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#28 The Bank Shootout In Heat (1995)

HEAT. The bank shootout. It’s the best gun battle in Hollywood

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#29 The "I Could Have Saved More" Speech In Schindlers List (1993) Or The Moto Moto Introduction In Madagascar 2 (2008)

Close tie between the “I could have saved more” speech in Schindlers List and the Moto Moto introduction in Madagascar 2

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