Sooooo difficult, especially if one has carefully scrolled throughh three pages of well-thought-out entries. But here's one for all you cineastres (I'm afraid I'm going to have to do it in words, as I can't seem to trace a clip on the internet).
The film is the little-known 'La Maitresse' and stars the gorgeous Bulle Ogier (as a dominatrix) and Gerard Depardieu. They go for a drive in her Citroen convertible; she's sitting on his lap while he's driving. At 60mph they are fucking - and once you've watched the clip and studied the expressions on Miss Ogier's face, there is not a shred of a doubt that Depardieu is, indeed, fucking here for real! Then they crash (presuambly as they both climax) and just for a nanosecond, director Barbet Schroeder gives you a close-up of Miss Ogier's ankle, which is splashed with semen!
Animal House- Dean Wormer tells the boy who comes to his office that Fat Drunk and Stupid is no way to go thru life son. LOL
The scene in The Godfather where Al Pacino is about to kill the drug guy and the bent copper.
The scene in For A Few Dollars More where Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef blow each others hats off.
Three Colors:Blue, Juiette Binoche in the swimming pool, and also the scene where she's dragging her knuckles along a rough, stone wall. Such a gorgeous movie.
So many, both serious and silly, but the one that comes to mind is the scene in Brief Encounter, where Laura, (played by Celia Johnston) is on the train home having left her lover for good and a gossipy acquaintance gets in the carriage with her and talks incessantly, oblivious of the main character's hidden distress. The audience can hear the mindless yapping of the woman accompanying Laura's agonising private thoughts until she faints under the pressure. So beautifully and convincingly done, that it's hard to believe that it was made 70 years ago...
Titanic, the scene where Jack draws Rose in the nude. I've always thought that was one of the most erotic scenes I've ever scene.
From the same movie, the ending was powerful when the cameras panned across the aftermath. One of the most eerie scenes I've ever seen.
Steel Magnolias, after the funeral M'Lynn's friends keep asking if she's OK. She's tired of being asked and screams, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine! And she pours her heart out because she's angry that her daughter is dead and she feels guilty because as a mom, you should be the one to die first, not your child. She goes off on a rant and says, I want to hit somebody till they feel as bad as I do. It is a hard scene to watch but also one of the best ones. It gets me every time because as a mom, I understand.
In "Out of Africa", the scene where Redford takes Streep up in a plane with the lush beauty of Kenya below them and music to match. It is a two-seater and she reaches back to hold his hand as they soar through the clouds. Be still my heart.
Gone With The Wind - "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" That scene has always stayed with me because it showed how much you can go from loving someone to hating them or not giving a damn about what happens to them.
Pris' death scene in 'Blade Runner'. Anyone else notice that it was the same as Ash's death scene in 'Alien'? Both Ridley Scott films. What's with all the leg-shaking?
In "Love Actually" when Juliet is watching her wedding video and realizes Mark doesn't hate her, he's actually in love with her. Mark leaves to the emotional song "Here with me" by Dido.
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in the bikini 'slave suit'....
Marlon Brando and Elia Kazan, "I could been a contenda! Instead of a nobody. Which is what I am, Charlie. Let's face it."(On the Waterfront)
Bogart in "Cassablnca," "Of all the gin joints......" and many more!
Brynner and Kerr In "The King and I," "Shall we dance?"
Chevalier and Gingold in "Gigi," singing "I Remember It Well."
Kelly "Singing In the Rain"
I could go on for years!!!!!
