Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The bad guy drinks from the wrong grail and ages 100 years in 50 seconds. When his body has faded to dust, the grail guardian comments, “He chose poorly.”
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
“Be Our Guest.”
Dead Alive/Braindead (1992)
The main character uses a lawnmower.
The Player (1992)
The opening tracking shot.
Jurassic Park (1993)
The T-rex attacks the jeeps.
The Sandlot (1993)
Squints puts the moves on the lifeguard.
Schindler’s List (1993)
Oskar Schindler watches a girl in a red coat walk through the ghetto as Nazi soldiers clean it out.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Andy plays a beautiful Mozart aria over the loudspeakers in Shawshank prison.
Apollo 13 (1995)
Ed Harris sits down.
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Verbal Kint leaves the police station.
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Ethan Hunt must steal a file from an ultra-secure CIA computer, all in complete silence.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Mike and the bots riff on their own credits.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The sniper takes out an enemy sniper. Through the sniper’s own scope. While quoting Scripture.
The Matrix (1999)
The camera swoops around Trinity in mid-kick.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Darth Maul pulls out his lightsaber.
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Buzz Lightyear lands on an alien planet and infiltrates Zurg’s lair.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi duke it out in a room full of weapons.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Boromir’s death.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Smeagol has a conversation with Gollum.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The lighting of the beacons.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Captain Jack Sparrow’s entrance.
The Incredibles (2004)
Dash discovers he can run on water.
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The chandelier rises and the opera house is transformed from old and run down to its appearance in its glory days.
Children of Men (2006)
Soldiers and terrorists alike stop fighting at the sound of a baby’s cry, the first time they’ve heard it in almost twenty years.
Enchanted (2007)
Giselle turns Central Park into the setting of a giant musical number.
The bad guy drinks from the wrong grail and ages 100 years in 50 seconds. When his body has faded to dust, the grail guardian comments, “He chose poorly.”Beauty and the Beast (1991)
“Be Our Guest.”Dead Alive/Braindead (1992)
The main character uses a lawnmower.The Player (1992)
The opening tracking shot.Jurassic Park (1993)
The T-rex attacks the jeeps.The Sandlot (1993)
Squints puts the moves on the lifeguard.Schindler’s List (1993)
Oskar Schindler watches a girl in a red coat walk through the ghetto as Nazi soldiers clean it out.The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Andy plays a beautiful Mozart aria over the loudspeakers in Shawshank prison.Apollo 13 (1995)
Ed Harris sits down.The Usual Suspects (1995)
Verbal Kint leaves the police station.Mission: Impossible (1996)
Ethan Hunt must steal a file from an ultra-secure CIA computer, all in complete silence.Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Mike and the bots riff on their own credits.Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The sniper takes out an enemy sniper. Through the sniper’s own scope. While quoting Scripture.The Matrix (1999)
The camera swoops around Trinity in mid-kick.Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Darth Maul pulls out his lightsaber.Toy Story 2 (1999)
Buzz Lightyear lands on an alien planet and infiltrates Zurg’s lair.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi duke it out in a room full of weapons.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Boromir’s death.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Smeagol has a conversation with Gollum.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The lighting of the beacons.Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Captain Jack Sparrow’s entrance.The Incredibles (2004)
Dash discovers he can run on water.The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The chandelier rises and the opera house is transformed from old and run down to its appearance in its glory days.Children of Men (2006)
Soldiers and terrorists alike stop fighting at the sound of a baby’s cry, the first time they’ve heard it in almost twenty years.Enchanted (2007)
Giselle turns Central Park into the setting of a giant musical number.
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