Best movie opening?

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numberwang on 15 November 2021

What is the best movie opening? I'll start with a classic:

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Veeeery slow opening, no words from the main actors, no music, lot's of ambient sounds, wide vista shots, faces like mountain ridges

Opening part I

Opening part II

Opening part III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA3rlIHLFco

https://youtu.be/QML28YQBvyc

https://youtu.be/lyuwBW9lNa8

From the 90s:

Blade (1998)

Most memorable scene from that movie. Descent into madness and hammering 90s techno rave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHBhKbF2xMA

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Signalstar on 16 November 2021

Inglourious Basterds

The Dark Knight

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Departed

La La Land

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S.Peelman on 16 November 2021

A Star Wars title crawl.

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Kristof81 on 16 November 2021

Fight Club, love the transition and foreshadowing (you can skip to 1:00 ... long opening credits)

Inglourious Basterds - one of the most iconic opening scenes in the history of cinema

28 weeks later - I don't really remember this movie, but this opening scene still haunts me. This clip is missing first 4 mins or so, which establishes a connection between John and his wife ... which makes this scene even harder to watch.

Lord of War - like above, I don't really remember the move but I vividly remember this opening scene.

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Vodacixi on 16 November 2021

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. 10-12 minutes of introduction without a single word said. And yet, it still manages to hook the viewer. A masterpiece.

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Yutilk on 16 November 2021

S.Peelman said:

A Star Wars title crawl.

Really? I found it boring literally the second time they ever did it.

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TruckOSaurus on 16 November 2021

Inglourious Basterds
A tons of James Bond openings (Tomorrow Never Dies, Golden Eye, Casino Royale, Skyfall being my favorites.)

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Jpcc86 on 16 November 2021

West Side Story

This shit gives me life.

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Yutilk on 17 November 2021

Opening to Casino is very popular oh and also Kill Bill.

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curl-6 on 17 November 2021

Star Wars: A New Hope - Leia's ship flying overhead, engaged in a furious firefight, followed by the gargantuan star destroyer that just keeps coming is still awe inspiring 55 years later.

Saving Private Ryan - The Omaha beach assault remains one of the most brilliantly intense and harrowing sequences ever committed to film.

Apocalypse Now - The living hell of the Vietnam war seen through the lens of a fever dream as This Is The End sets the tone perfectly.

Trainspotting - A barrage of pitch black wit and kinetic energy that catapults the viewer headfirst into the brilliant sage to follow.

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