Best Film opening scenes

[Blf]

The Warriors. Wonder wheel lights and the subways with the gangs assembling. Love it.

 

[allied_assault]

What about
An American Werewolf in London
Great opening sequence.

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Once Upon a Time in The West, waiting for Charles Bronson (Harmonica) at the Train Station

Longest opening credit sequence in cinema. The scene introducing Henry Fonda is outstanding too.

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Bladerunner

 

[Peppery_John]

The funniest opening sequence...

 

[Zoophonic]

Longest opening credit sequence in cinema. The scene introducing Henry Fonda is outstanding too.

It is a great opening but it isn’t the longest by some way. Some films don’t even have opening credits like Apocolypse Now.

Give us credits: why do so many films now take 40 minutes to start?

The titles often don’t come up till well into the movie on screen – sometimes it’s a device to flag structural oddness ahead

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rauko]

2001 for me ..

 

[r00fie1]

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning:

“Don’t let the bast*rds grind you down. What I want is a good time. All the rest is propaganda.”

 

[the_dormouse]

The man from Hong Kong

 

[GibbosEmpire]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Billy Elliott

 

[GibbosEmpire]

Trainspotting

 

[Stocktonian]

Blade - Wesley snipes in the night club with a proper good dance tune thrown in

 

[Scrote]

The fake ads at the start of Tropic Thunder

 

[boroboy6872]

Halloween the original

 

[Ipad1977]

Pulp fiction.

Next.

Hell yes, I was going to post this, but checked the thread first to see if it had been mentioned already?

Predictably it had. Well done Sir!

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

Bladerunner

As long as its the directors cut!

 

[Juninhoburger]

Blade - Wesley snipes in the night club with a proper good dance tune thrown in

New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

 

[Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants]

Are you recommending it? Jonny.

Yeah, it’s the Roman/Germanic tribes story.

 

[S7DiscoDown]

Scream. Use the most well known actress for all the promos and press then... Well you know.

I'm not sure it's a spoiler. It came out in 96

 

[Jonathan]

There Will Be Blood, or When a Stranger Calls