Best opening movie scenes?

There are some great ways to open movies, these are my favorites though.

1. Once Upon a time in the west

2. Intermission- Right in the face!

3. Happiness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDEjQp6q_pQ

Really sets the tone for the rest of the film. Hilarious too.

4. Halloween

5. Gangs of new york- Such a ridiculous and brutal fight scene.

6. Apocalypse now

7. Touch of evil

8. The Player- great single shot.

9. Blade Runner

10. Raiders of the lost ark

11. 8 1/2

12. Lord of war

13. Ghost ship- Horrible film, but my god what a great opening scene.

14. Running Scared- Great close combat shootout. Brutal film and very underrated too, paul walker was great in it.

15. Trainspotting

16. A Clockwork orange

17. Citizen kane

18. The Seventh seal

19. Way of the gun- Underrated film, very fun and has another punching in the face like Intermission. Funny how I have two favorite opening scenes that end with a girl being punched in the face.

20. Jaws

21. Memento

22. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

23. South Park: Bigger longer and uncut

24. Aguirre: The Wrath of god

25. Cube

26. Munich

27. Seven samurai

28. Amores Perros

29. Hard Boiled- John woo's classic.

30. Harold and Maude- Suicide is hilarious

31. A Serious Man- Such a contrast to the rest of the film

32. Blue Velvet

33. 12 Monkeys

34. 28 weeks later- Shame the rest of the film wasnt as good as the opening.

35. Amelie

36. In The loop

37. Raising Arizona

38. Gladiator

39. Patton

40. Four weddings and a funeral

Trainspotting has a rocking good introduction.

We Were Soldiers and Gladiator spring to mind.

I can't believe no one has mentioned Saving Private Ryan.

saving private ryan

I can't believe no one has mentioned Saving Private Ryan.

PBSnipes

haha I just posted that! Kind of :evil: I didn't look at that first bytheways

Zombieland

terminator 2 was the first thing i thought of

Leon is a good one. And The Blade Runner also.

EDIT: And Lawrence of Arabia. That prologue is excellent.

The Phantom Menace had a pretty good opening scene in my opinion. xTheExploited

Saving Private Ryan.

Star Wars Episode III was pretty freaking BA, but I must also consider that I was 14 when I saw it for the first time. :P

The Dark Knight

I really liked the opening of 500 Days of Summer too.

Raging Bull.Brutal_Elitegs

Star Wars Episode III was pretty freaking BA, but I must also consider that I was 14 when I saw it for the first time. :P

The Dark Knight

I really liked the opening of 500 Days of Summer too.

[QUOTE="Brutal_Elitegs"]Raging Bull.sammyjenkis898

Raging Bull.Brutal_Elitegs

RocknRolla

Jackie Brown (best opening credits)

The Matrix Reloaded

Rocky IV (only because it was the ending of Rocky III)

Rocky Balboa

Aladdin

Chronicles of Riddick

Star Trek (one of the best intros/movies of 2009)

How High

Pineapple Express ("You've got to rock down to... Electric Avenue... and then we take it higher!")

I can't believe no one has mentioned Saving Private Ryan.

PBSnipes

I thought that D Day scene was tecnically the second scene though.

28 Weeks Later

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Final Destination 2

Ghost Ship (2002)

Kung Fu Hustle

Saving Private Ryan

Star wars episode 3.

Stringerboy

In recent memory, Inglourious Basterds. The whole farm scene

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Saving Private Ryan.

I thought that D Day scene was tecnically the second scene though.

[QUOTE="Brutal_Elitegs"]Raging Bull.sammyjenkis898

That scene alone made me seriously consider The Sopranos as a better show than The Wire.Brutal_Elitegs

[QUOTE="Brutal_Elitegs"] That scene alone made me seriously consider The Sopranos as a better show than The Wire.sammyjenkis898

Terminator 2

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Transporter

I can't believe no one has mentioned Saving Private Ryan.

PBSnipes

Definitely Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Star Wars Episode III