My list so far, which I put a fair amount of thought into. Of course, I still have a few major films left to see, including Django Unchained and Rust and Bone.



1. Pittsburgh car chase, Jack Reacher
2. "Boundaries are conventions" daydream/montage, Cloud Atlas
3. Horse race gone awry, Anna Karenina
4. Riddles in the dark, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5. Jack Bondurant is beaten by Charley Rakes, Lawless
6. Pi's stay on the carnivorous island, Life of Pi
7. Stealing from the mob card game, Killing Them Softly
8. Aaron Cross saves Dr. Marta Shearing at her home, The Bourne Legacy
9. David discovers the star map and the sleeping engineer, Prometheus
10. Underground singing during the blitz, The Deep Blue Sea

Dance scene with Sam and Patrick's living room routine - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Scene in Sam's bedroom on the night of the Christmas party - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Scene in the tunnel - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Song from the future - Sound of My Voice
Surgery scene - Prometheus
Countdown to the Hunger Games with Katniss in the tube - The Hunger Games

Alright, we have a new winner. Hands down the handshake scene from Django is this year's winner.

Haven't seen either of those films.

But Magnus, I was born in the dark!

1. Accordion- Holy Motors
2. Informal processing- The Master
3. KFC- Killer Joe
4. Batman vs. Bane- The Dark Knight Rises
5. Handshake- Django Unchained
6. Monster onslaught- The Cabin in the Woods
7. Riddles in the Dark- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
8. Tavern- Django Unchained
9. Airport climax- Argo
10. Day in the Life- Looper

1. Handshake - Django
2. Silva's entrance - Skyfall
3. Tavern - Django

KFC - Killer Joe
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Graveyard Shootout - Seven Psychopaths
Present Mutilation of Future Self - Looper
Riddles in the Dark - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
"Let it slide over you" death scene - The Grey
Final Fight Sequence - Chronicle
2 vs. Mad Dog - The Raid: Redemption
Puny God/Smash Thor - The Avengers
Monsters Unleashed - Cabin in the Woods
Silva meets Bond - Skyfall

The tsunami sequence is The Impossible was also incredibly harrowing and extremely well done.

well, ...fuck off (?!)

Add to my list the ending of Zero Dark Thirty.

Updated:



1. Audition ("The St. Valentine's Day Massacre"), Not Fade Away
2. Pittsburgh car chase, Jack Reacher
3. Horse race gone awry, Anna Karenina
4. The raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, Zero Dark Thirty
5. Jack Bondurant is beaten by Charley Rakes, Lawless
6. "Boundaries are conventions" daydream/montage, Cloud Atlas
7. Riddles in the dark, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
8. Stealing from the mob card game, Killing Them Softly
9. David discovers the star map and the sleeping engineer, Prometheus
10. Aaron Cross saves Dr. Marta Shearing at her home, The Bourne Legacy