The BEST Opening Scenes in Movies

[AaronJ]

Apocalypse Now

I saw it in the theater with my dad when I was 10. From that introduction I was already completely engrossed and curious and excited. I had absolutely NO idea what I was going to see.

Plus ... The Doors.

[Deathbymonkeys]

For me it's Revenge of the Sith. Love that opening music and beautiful shot of the cruiser and the ships flying over.


I also adore Two Towers and the opening shot of the Balrog fight.

[BD-T]

Some of my favorites:

Boogie Nights. Amazing opening with that long tracking shot and the great music has your attention immediately. And you get introduced to all the characters in a matter of 10 minutes.

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie). Just beautiful. With all the facts, visual cues, emotions, and the wonderful score by Yann Tiersen.

Kokuhaku (Confessions). A teacher is starting to talk. A lot of noise is made by the students which are handed out their milk (which plays a important role). Slowly the story changes tone and slowly it gets quiet. The story gets more serious and haunting. And it gets absolutely still. Then the teacher says something to the students which i don't want to spoiler, and all hell breaks loose.

Melancholia. With the music and the slowmotion filmed with the Phantom camera. Incredible opening. Same goes for Antichrist.

Moulin Rouge! Great opening where you are told how it's going to end right away and then you get sucked into bohemium Paris in a visually stunning way.

[Coenskubrick]

A Serious Man.

[recS-12]

Contact- Never felt our planet was so insignificant until I saw this scene
Bram Stoker's Dracula- Sets the backstory immediately & grabs a hold of you
Kill Bill- My heart pounded out of my chest
The Lion King- Absolutely Perfect

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by L.J.

Like the opening for Saving Private Ryan. See Ryan as a

[Show spoiler]older gentleman then a close up of his eyes which switch to Hanks eyes.

Says a lot about the movie your fixin to watch with that opening.

This scene is one of the reasons why Private Ryan is a dumb movie. The whole bookend scenes make no sense the way they are filmed. Starting on the old man's face and dissolving to D-Day gives the impression that the character is remembering what happened. But he wasn't there. The movie is being shown through the eyes of someone who did not witness 75% of the events. It was Spielberg being sentimental as usual despite it making no sense.

[UltraMario9]

Watchmen
Blade Runner
Superman: The Movie
Temple of Doom
The Dark Knight
Drive
Casino Royale
The Road Warrior
Mad Max: Fury Road
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Inglorious Basterds

[imsounoriginal]

Two Towers is my favorite opening scene ever.

[BladeRunner2007]

The opening scene in SPECTRE is amazing.

[mreagan88]

Belly

Belly (1998) Intro HD - YouTube

Menace II Society

Menace II Society - Liquor Store Robbery - YouTube

[Astro Zombie]

Thunderball; Bond fights a guy in drag at a funeral and then flies away on a jetpack. Beautiful.

[Ultra_Violence]

Originally Posted by mreagan88

Belly

I'll testify to that. That whole film is gorgeous.

[Chaotic]

Terminator 2

[chad_1138]

It Follows

[Chaotic]

Drag Me to Hell

[hamchuck1]

Devil's Rejects

[obscurelabel]

Just remembered another one - The Naked Kiss. WOW

[notops]

Strange Days
Wings of Desire
Hard Boiled
Star Trek (2009)
Quantum of Solace

[VictoryAtNight]

Transformers Movie Intro - 1986 - YouTube

Unicron devouring a planet with no hesitation or remorse. Baddest intro and rock song.

[BagheeraMcGee]

I love a lot of the ones already listed, but I'm surprised to be adding one that I figured would be here: Thief.

Michael Mann's direction + Tangerine Dream's music +

[Show spoiler]James Caan breaking into a safe

= Awesome.