"It Left Me In Absolute Awe": 15 Movie Scenes That Folks Believe Are Among The Best Ever Filmed

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Note: This post contains a scene involving suicide. 

A couple of weeks ago, we shared the movie scenes that Redditors believe are utterly perfect. The film enthusiasts in the BuzzFeed comment section chimed in with their own suggestions. Here are 15 of their nominations for the "Best Movie Scene Ever" crown.

Responses may have been edited for length and/or clarity. 

1.When Aragorn told the hobbits this in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

"my friends, you bow to no one"

2."Where’s the opening to The Lion King? Just so abrupt but then mellows up and builds up again and is beautiful."

—sr4

—sr4

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3."The final scene in It's A Wonderful Life. The sheer joy that George Bailey experiences when he realizes his mouth is bleeding."

"my mouth is bleeding, bert! zuzu's petals...there they are! bert whaddaya know about that? Merry christmas!"

4."In Casablanca, when the Germans are singing and then Rick gives a discreet nod to his band to play the French anthem at Laszlo's request, and the singing drowns out the Germans. I could watch that scene on repeat!"

"play la marseillaise. play it!" while the germans look back angrily
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5."The first time Chris goes to the sunken place in Get Out. A masterpiece."

chris falling into darkness and then sitting with tears streaming down his eyes wh

6."The swimming scene in Moonlight. Also, I love at the very end of the film when they show an image that appeared earlier in the film: Chiron (as a small boy) looks from the ocean and glances over his shoulder at the audience. Such a glorious film."

as they're in the water: "let your head rest in my hand. relax, i got you i promise, i'm not going to let you go. hey man i got you"

7."The leap of faith from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."

spider-man falling

8."How about that highway dance sequence in La La Land? It left me in absolute awe."

dancers dancing in the middle of stopped traffic

9."The first dinner scene in Little Miss Sunshine. The family dynamics, and how they are just tired and busy, so they eat on paper plates. And how the mom slams the box of frozen fudge bars on the table. It’s one of the realest, most honest scenes, and I love it."

notepad says i hate everyone and someone asks, what about your family and the notepad is shown again

10."Oh, c'mon. The baptism scene in The Godfather. It is the best sequence ever filmed."

the baptism happening and then it cuts to a frame of someone dead in bed

11."Julianne Moore did a movie called Still Alice where she plays a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's. There is a scene where she finds a recording she made to herself when she could still think straight in which she leaves instructions on how to commit suicide so her family doesn't have to deal with it. She watches and runs up to get the pills but each time, by the time she gets there, she's forgotten what she was doing. If you've ever seen someone go through that, it will break your heart."

"you know the alzheimers...you could see it as tragic but your life has been anything but tragic
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12."Call Me by Your Name has, I think, two perfect scenes. When Elio's father gives that brilliant monologue, and when Elio is staring into the fire as the credits role and he quietly cries."

elio crying
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13."The scene in Interstellar when they realize they lost decades of time on the ocean planet."

dad watching video of his son saying he's met another girl and he thinks she's the one

14."'The Tale of the Three Brothers' in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part Two."

three figures against a dark backdrop of the deadly hallows

15."Miranda Priestly’s 'Stuff' speech and the whole styling session in The Devil Wears Prada."

"it's kind of comical that you think you've made a choice that exempts your from the fashion industry when in fact you're wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room"