Top 10 Movie Scenes of All Time

1. Statue of Liberty- Planet of the Apes (1968): The film is about the world turned upside down. It fits 1968 very well. The last scene is mind blowing. Dr. Zeus was correct. Taylor would not like what he found. The movie is especially disconcerting because movie goers were used to Charlton Heston coming out on top. Here, he’s trapped with no way out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31QUOUxqz2M

2. D-Day Invasion- Saving Private Ryan (1998): I was shell shocked after this half hour. Actual Normandy survivors authenticated its accuracy.

3. La Marseillaise- Casablanca (1942): This was filmed during World War II and after the fall of Paris. The emotions are genuine making this an extremely powerful scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KL76edqCKc

4. Stuff that dreams are made of- Maltese Falcon (1941): The best scene in the best film of the Noir genre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp7130Bjec4

5. Russian Roulette- The Deer Hunter (1978): Another Vietnam movie. If you want to know the American psyche right after Vietnam, watch this film. This particular scene is the most intense in movie history courtesy Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqakCa-MysE

6. I love the smell of napalm in the morning-Apocalypse Now (1979): This scene served as an analogy for American involvement in Vietnam. Cowboys in helicopters mindlessly blowing stuff up while concentrating on surfing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWDCX1Bdw

7. Chariots- Ben Hur (1959): First Century Nascar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQvpJsTvxU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKnFLPV2yDY&feature=fvw

8. Stirling Speech- Braveheart (1995): The battle scene was completely wrong due to budgetary constraints, but Mel gives the greatest movie speech of all time. It has since been parodied and copied to the hilt. The best knock off starred Bob Newhart as Braveheart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70csu2Z51sM

9. Horses Head- Godfather(1972): Frank Sinatra gets to star in From Here to Eternity...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkwYuT0hA_8

10. My name is Gladiator- Gladiator (2000): The wronged general travels to Rome as a slave and faces down the emperor in public. Great tension between Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvAbGbFYAuk