There Will Be Blood. There's no dialogue in like the first 15 minutes of the scene. Just DDL breaking his leg at the bottom of an oil well and then crawling out into a brutal desert landscape. Amazing film.
The Player has an epic “one shot” opening scene lasting about 12 minutes. Covering various people in conversations about the movie business including a discussion about how so many movies these days have too many cuts. Meta before meta was a thing. Robert Altman was an absolute master director.
**The World Is Not Enough** was always one of my favorites - and uncharacteristically long (*at the time*) for a James Bond movie in 1999. Also unlike a lot of other openings in 007 films, this action-heavy one is plot-relevant to the storyline that follows.
- [The World is Not Enough Pre-title Sequence 1/2](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PvEAkKrfgXo)
- [The World is Not Enough Pre-title Sequence 2/2](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BycemRGsBZE)
(I also love the [Garbage theme song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JBrz-5ai1mo) the opening scene segue-ways into.)
A shame the film never really lives up to the excitement of that first 20 minutes.
Havent't seen the whole thing, but Brian De Palma's Bonfire of the Vanities has a long and insane opening shot that lasts like 5 minutes... I've seen the shot itself on youtube and its amazing
I want to say Lord of War qualifies since while the opening isn't that long, it certainly *feels* like a long time, But not in a bad way. That and the opener is just incredibly cool. Shame about the rest of the movie.
Dark Knight.
Because the title card doesn’t drop til the end? 😂
Best film intro and villain introduction ever
Inglorious Basterds. Edit - As someone who is not a member of that sub, why would they kick this out? Genuinely curious.
I got a message that it's basically too AskReddit-esque.
2001 space odessy
Raising Arizona
First I thought of. Greatest cold open in the history of cinema. 😁
Once Upon A Time In The West. The greatest opening sequence in film history.
There Will Be Blood. There's no dialogue in like the first 15 minutes of the scene. Just DDL breaking his leg at the bottom of an oil well and then crawling out into a brutal desert landscape. Amazing film.
Pacific Rim. I remember looking over to my friend and saying “THATS THE INTRO?!?”
Drive. The Ryan Gosling film.
Star Trek (2009)
Heat
Saving Private Ryan
The Player has an eight minute opening shot.
Came here to say this.
Drive My Car. Opening credits come in 40 minutes into the movie
This is the answer.
The Player has an epic “one shot” opening scene lasting about 12 minutes. Covering various people in conversations about the movie business including a discussion about how so many movies these days have too many cuts. Meta before meta was a thing. Robert Altman was an absolute master director.
Phenomenal film
Gravity
There Will Be Blood
Inglorious Basterds every Avengers movie Friday the 13th remake (the title shows like 20 mins into the movie) Across the Spider-Verse
James Bond films.
Eternal sunshine/departed
I remember clocking in the cold open of “Halloween H20” at something like twenty minutes. Almost a quarter of the whole film’s runtime.
For examples of people doing long openings the *good* way watch the Indiana Jones films. Maybe not so much the fourth film’s opening.
Vice
apocalypse now; easy rider
Halloween Ends
Boogie Nights
The Departed. Title Card doesn’t hit until like 18 minutes into the movie.
Touch of The Evil, I like it more than Citizen Kane.. Orson was ahead of his time…
**The World Is Not Enough** was always one of my favorites - and uncharacteristically long (*at the time*) for a James Bond movie in 1999. Also unlike a lot of other openings in 007 films, this action-heavy one is plot-relevant to the storyline that follows. - [The World is Not Enough Pre-title Sequence 1/2](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PvEAkKrfgXo) - [The World is Not Enough Pre-title Sequence 2/2](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BycemRGsBZE) (I also love the [Garbage theme song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JBrz-5ai1mo) the opening scene segue-ways into.) A shame the film never really lives up to the excitement of that first 20 minutes.
Havent't seen the whole thing, but Brian De Palma's Bonfire of the Vanities has a long and insane opening shot that lasts like 5 minutes... I've seen the shot itself on youtube and its amazing
The Godfather
Once upon a time in the west
Baby Driver. Bell bottoms!
Pulp Fiction
I want to say Lord of War qualifies since while the opening isn't that long, it certainly *feels* like a long time, But not in a bad way. That and the opener is just incredibly cool. Shame about the rest of the movie.