Castle in the Sky: The amazing scene at the end where the castle, bared down to the huge central tree, flies away into the sky... beautiful!! See below for a not-too-good frame from the scene...
House of Flying Daggers: The superbly choreographed "Echo Game" scene at the beginning... Zhang Ziyi looks heavenly... cinematography is brilliant.. the colors, the artwork, the music, everything gelled together leading to an amazing experience... Also, the sequence in the bamboo forest... wonderful!! A movie that had absolutely nothing and yet was such a treat for the senses that I can watch in a zillion times on the big screen...
*Sholay: The Thakur family massacre scene... It was lifted directly out of once upon a time in the west, but is more memorable for me... probably because I had already seen this scene a number of times before seeing the original... also, probably because the scene in the original is right at the beginning of the movie which means that one doesn't really feel too much for the victims... in Sholay, we know Thakur enough (and there is a five minute sequence that introduces us to each of the characters enough) to make the shock of their deaths that much more... er.. shocking... Also, the unforgettable "kitne aadmi the" scene... it has now become so cliched that one doesn't realize how good it actually was... Gabbar's feet moving from one rock to another... his belt moving alongside noisily... and his henchmen in the background with terror in their eyes... as impressive an introduction to a villain as I can think of...
*White: One of the three colors trilogy of Krzysztof Kieslowski, its last scene is amazing!! the woman looking from behing her window to the man... not angry, not crying... just smiling.. indicating that they are now equal... can't really explain the beauty of this scene without completely spoiling the movie for you...
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb: The "nuclear orgasm" scene at the end... Pure Kubrick!!! Also, a lot of scenes in the war room were great!! specially the conversation with the Russian president... "Dmitri!!! ... Why do you think I', calling you? Just to say hello?...... OF COURSE Dmitri, I like to speak to you... OF COURSE I like to say hello... " Its a riot!!!
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Speaking of riot, am yet to find a scene like the mahabharata scene in this one... cracks up everyone I know every time they see it...
Alaipayuthey: the picturizations of Pachchai Nirame and Snehidhane... specially the black and blue parts of Pachchai Nirame... I bought the VHS and am very close to spoiling it because I see these songs over and over again whenever I am depressed... How can you see something so beautiful and remain depressed??
Throne of Blood: The shower of arrows.... again, Kurosawa does it like no one else... A story that has probably been adapted on screen a record number of times.. and yet, he manages to make something completely Kurosawa-esque out of it...
*Seven: The box arrives at the end - the seventh sin... this was probably the mother of all serial killer movies and is still probably the best among them... blood-curdling... also, the sloth scene... I still can't get the image out of my head...
*The Usual Suspects: Need I even say it? The scene that introduces us to Kaiser Soze.. one of the best endings for any movie....
Mr Smith Goes to Washington: The filibuster scene... A young James Stewart playing the role of an innocent american that he made his own over his amazing career... Man! What a blood rush!! A fitting end to the movie... something that raises the movie from being a very good movie to an absolute gem..
Amadeus: Salieri transcribing Mozart's composition of the requiem... I remember noticing myself breathing extremely quickly while watching this... how can you put an extended scene that shows a composer in the process of coming up with a composition at the end of a movie and make it gripping? Here, it works!! and how!!! stupendous stuff!!
*Schindler's List: Amon Goeth doing target practice from his balcony... whenever I've seen Ralph Fiennes since then, I can only think of Amon Goeth... (i hope that changes this november.. :) he is playing Voldemort in Goblet of Fire!!) And the Auschwitz shower scene... the dread and the relief that it engenders!!! Amazing movie! Great scene!!!
Thats it!! I am sure there are about a hundred more scenes that deserve to be on this list.. but the objective was not to make an exhaustive list of scenes (can anyone??), it was to just impromptu make a list and see which scenes come to the mind with 5 minutes or so... so.. here you go.....
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