Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan92
you talkin' to me?!
I'd say that one
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Even just isolating
Taxi Driver, I think the scene with De Niro talking to the Secret Service agent is better than the "You talkin' to me?" scene, as are both the scene with Scorsese in the cab as well as the shootout at the end.
Some of my personal contenders:
Peter Lorre's "trial" in
M
The dinner scene towards the end of
Alice Adams
Katharine Hepburn's performance at the end of
Stage Door
James Cagney going to the chair at the end of
Angels With Dirty Faces
Charles Laughton being whipped in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
James Stewart's drunk pop-in on Cary Grant in
The Philadelphia Story
Katharine Hepburn trying to make breakfast for Spencer Tracy at the end of
Woman of the Year
The dream sequence in
Spellbound
Spencer Tracy confronting Katharine Hepburn with a gun in
Adam's Rib
Marlon Brando's "I could've been a contender" speech in
On the Waterfront
When Raymond Burr catches Grace Kelly in his apartment in
Rear Window
The "resurrection," let's say (
) from
Diabolique
When E.G. Marshall changes his verdict in
12 Angry Men
The end of
Vertigo
The end of
Suddenly, Last Summer
The chariot race in
Ben-Hur
The "I'm Spartacus" scene in
Spartacus
Janet Leigh's dinner with Anthony Perkins, Perkins' interrogation by Martin Balsam, and the end of
Psycho
The end of
Dr. Strangelove
Mako's death scene in
The Sand Pebbles
When HAL wouldn't let Keir Dullea back in in
2001: A Space Odyssey
The duel between Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda towards the end of
Once Upon a Time in the West
The opening scene of
Patton
The opening of and the "Singin' in the Rain" rape scene in
A Clockwork Orange
The end of
Straw Dogs
The restaurant shooting in
The Godfather (Like that one,
Hug Dog 
)
The end of
The Day of the Jackal
The after-the-party scene in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (If you've seen it, you know it)
The duel between Ryan O'Neal and Leon Vitali towards the end of
Barry Lyndon
The Vietnam scene in
The Deer Hunter
The scene where John Hurt gives birth in
Alien
Pretty much all of
Raging Bull, particularly De Niro's slaughter at the hands of Sugar Ray and when he goes off on Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty.
The opening of
Full M(e)tal Jacket
When Stallone snares the entire sheriff's squad in the woods towards the beginning of
First Blood
Pacino's last stand in
Scarface
The club shootout in
The Terminator
The alien ambush in
Aliens
The end of
Angel Heart
Ed Harris' descent in
The Abyss
Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta's "funny" conversation in
Goodfellas
Michael Madsen having fun in
Reservoir Dogs
Christian Slater's confrontation with Gary Oldman as well as the scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper from
True Romance
The shootout in
Heat
The end of
The Usual Suspects
The scene where Dustin Hoffman breaks Terry Kinney on the stand in
Sleepers
The costume party scene in
Eyes Wide Shut
The scene at Fever in
Collateral
