17 Movie Scenes That Are So Good, People Think They're The Greatest Of All Time

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

I don't know about you, but when I watch a movie scene I adore, it really stays with me. So I'm not surprised that Reddit user u/NuckinFuts_69 (oi oi) received some very, very good responses when they asked, "What's the greatest scene in film history?"

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Here are 17 of the best responses:

1. "'No, I am your father' from The Empire Strikes Back."

Lucasfilm

—u/HoopOnPoop

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Lucasfilm

2. "Emma Thompson in Love, Actually when she goes to the bedroom on Christmas Eve and listens to Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now as her heart breaks."

Universal Pictures

"It’s a beautiful piece of acting as you watch her process the knowledge that her husband has betrayed her with another woman. Every emotion moves across her face. When she smooths the blankets on the bed, that automatic performance of a mundane task in the middle of heartbreak is just so raw and real."

—u/madcats323

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Universal Pictures

3. "The end of The Breakfast Club."

Universal Pictures

—u/Iceman_420_

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Universal Pictures

4. "The church scene in Kingsman: The Secret Service."

Twentieth Century Fox

—u/ikindalold

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Twentieth Century Fox

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5. "The brachiosaurus reveal in Jurassic Park. Regardless of dated effects...the score, the reactions, the sense of wonder. Perfect scene."

Universal Pictures

—u/russ_fucking_davis

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Universal Pictures

6. "That scene in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse where Miles Morales jumps off that building and is 'rising to society.'"

Sony Pictures Entertainment

—u/Orange_Knight_King

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

7. "Clarice and Hannibal's first meeting in The Silence of the Lambs."

Orion Pictures

—u/HoopOnPoop

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Orion Pictures

8. "The three-way duel/standoff in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."

Produzioni Europee Associate

—u/HoopOnPoop

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Produzioni Europee Associate

9. "Roy Batty's death scene in Blade Runner."

Warner Bros.

—u/JimSFV

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Warner Bros.

10. "Flying past the moon in E.T."

Universal Pictures

—u/HoopOnPoop

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Universal Pictures

11. "The Black Knight scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

Python (Monty) Pictures

—u/kasakka1

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Python (Monty) Pictures

12. "In Fight Club where it's revealed that Tyler isn't real."

Fox 2000 Pictures

—u/kostya1617

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Fox 2000 Pictures

13. "I really think the scene in Casablanca where they play the anthems, but you have to have context to understand why it was SO amazing. Without context it’s still a great scene, but when you know it was filmed in 1942, before they knew the outcome of the war, and that many of the extras had actually fled France during the occupation..."

Warner Bros.

—u/MuppetManiac

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Warner Bros.

14. "Billy Elliot. The final scene. When the father gasps looking at his son for the first time on the stage performing ballet. The expression says it all."

StudioCanal

—u/raedxnasojot

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StudioCanal

15. "To me, the greatest scene in film history is the gas station scene in No Country for Old Men. I don't remember anything else about that movie, yet I will always remember this one scene."

Paramount Vantage

—u/MattinglyDineen

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Paramount Vantage

16. "Shaun of the Dead — bashing a zombie to Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now.'"

Universal Pictures

—u/bwsmlt

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Universal Pictures

17. And finally, "When you see the Statue of Liberty in Planet of the Apes."

APJAC Productions

—u/schwarzmalerin

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APJAC Productions

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.