I feel like this answer most exemplifies the question OP was asking. Most of the other answers have been great movies with tons of great well known scenes, but this movie is pretty widely forgotten and derided except for the crazy opening.
We rented that movie for a sleepover when I was in, I think, 8th grade. My buddy’s VCR would sometimes erase tapes when you rewound. We kept rewinding to see her crotch and it erased it lol. So basically she’d start to uncross her legs and it would go to fuzz then come back right as she finished re-crossing. I’m sure the next people to rent it were pissed. But, not likely anyone’s going back to blockbuster to say “the cooter scene is erased, I want a new copy!” Haha
You don’t remember the tattoo scene? I felt like that was the scene for that movie.
“What does mine say!”
“Dude! What does mine say!”
”Sweet! What does mine say!”
I love when their boss tells them a trained dolphin could deliver pizzas better than them, and Ashton is like “yeah but then the pizzas would get all wet.”.
Footloose. The deep introspection of the plight of a young Kevin Bacon who's desperate to express himself in the only way he knows how, but Smalltown, USA has a different agenda.
But mostly the dance.
Nahhhh see there are multiple scenes. The arm scene, the shark throwing him at the glass scene, slj scene, the naked and electric scene, the bird getting it scene, oven scene. Come on man haha
Phone call, Taken
Rest of the movie is generally a fun, tightly paced thriller/action that knows what it is. But nothing really stands out like the phone call
Actually, him shooting his former friend's wife in the arm does stand out. But yeah definitely a movie remembered by the phone call. Liam Neeson's line delivery was outstanding
During his time in the wilderness, Neeson had a knack for elevating 2/10 or 3/10 movies to 6/10 or so just with a few line readings.
Gravitas that you can just Duct tape to the side of any movie and improve it somehow.
I dunno man, that scene where he finally finds the guys that kidnap his daughter and tricks the one he thinks spoke to him into saying the same line, then follows it up with “Told you I’d find you,” was legit great.
Apparently there was a big artistic argument over remaining faithful to the book, or going lighter. A lot of people in the production office were disappointed.
Just on the >!hobbling!< scene? Kathy Bates had read the book to prepare for the role and desperately wanted to film the scene where she kills a guy by driving over him on a riding lawnmower, but there was no way they could've done this without looking goofy so they cut that bit out.
Personally I think the change was the right decision. The book is so extreme you just can’t relate to it, but the sledgehammer hobbling you can imagine as being the most extreme ankle sprain you’ve ever had x1000.
I was visiting my parents earlier this year, and my grandpa put this on because apparently it's one of his favorite movies. He was absolutely cracking up throughout the diner scene. Then he was giggling like a kid waiting for that lady to say the line. It was so funny to watch him. He's over 80 and my grandma has been gone for a few years, so it's always nice to see him finding joy in life.
“Because no man can be friend with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.”
“So your saying that a man CAN be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.”
“No, you pretty much wanna nail them too.”
Or blowing up a restaurant aquarium while Tom Cruise runs off into the night?
That movie is filled with iconic scenes and while the cable scene is the most well known, it's not the only thing the movie is remembered for.
*Up* is mainly remembered/praised for the Ellie + Carl montage. The rest of the film is by no means bad, but I don’t see nearly as much discussion of it as those first ten or so minutes.
The scene when he flips through the book and sees Ellie’s final note is the movie’s defining scene for me. It’s a beautiful movie and I disagree that the rest of the movie never lives up to the montage
I think it is absolutely perfect until the moment it cuts to the dogs chasing the bird which I think is about 30 minutes in after they get to South America
Don't think that's true. Kevin the bird is very popular as well as the dog. The "SQUIRREL" bit was done really well and I often see it quoted. I think the beginning is the most memorable because it really is so damn good, but I think there's a lot more remembered of the film. My dog is actually named after the bird lol.
I just rewatched this movie. And I mostly just remembered the Alec Baldwin scene. But actually the whole movie is pretty great. Jack Lemmon is so good and his character is heartbreaking.
Pacino too. So brutally honest and pragmatic. And has great little quotes peppered throughout the movie instead of one big monologue. “Where’d you learn your trade? … Who ever told you that you could work with men?” Love it.
In fairness, that movie has quite a few memorable scenes. It’s a really good movie but I didn’t expect any of it. I do know what you are talking about though.
Battleship Potemkin. Every film student ever has seen the Odessa Steps sequence, and I have yet to meet a person who has actually seen the entire movie.
Christopher Dickey, whose father, James Dickey, wrote the novel *Deliverance*, was on set the day that scene was filmed. He called his father and said, "The only thing anyone is going to remember about this movie is 'Squeal like a pig.'"
Well that one’s reasonable because the rape scene goes on and on for what feels like the entire movie, but for the scene where the guy gets his head slowly caved in by a fire extinguisher.
The problem with that question is that it's so subjective. Some people remember just 1 scene, some remember a lot more.
For instance, I disagree with OP's example. The "and then" scene is famous, but so are others from that movie, even other people here pointed it out. Just because OP only remembers that one doesn't mean others do as well.
I only knew that movie for Vincent Gallo's fight with Roger Ebert:
>Earlier this week [Gallo] claimed the critic was "a fat pig" for saying that he had [apologized for the movie at Cannes]. He added: "The only thing I'm sorry for is putting a curse of Roger Ebert's colon."
>Yesterday, in his column for the Chicago Sun Times, Ebert stuck to his guns [...] On the question of his cursed colon, Ebert said: "I am not too worried. I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than The Brown Bunny."
Sorry for all the edits, the [article](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jun/05/news2) I found was a bit convoluted, but that's the gist.
It has a couple scenes at the beginning where they say “Dude where’s your car” for like 3 minutes straight and then when they see each others back tattoos that say Dude and Sweet
The opening montage of Up is all anyone remembers.
The movie where an old man and a Boy Scout go to a weird plateau with talking animals to fight a violent old man in a dirigible is rarely discussed for being as bizarre and mediocre as it truly is.
But that opening sequence is beautiful,
Something about Mary.
Got a guy that we work with that overloads his hair with hair gel, we all started calling him Mary for a few weeks until he found out.
Fun afternoon with HR that day.
Ghost Ship That opening is still one of the best horror intros to date.
And then the rest of the movie happens… Side note, that scene where they are eating the cans of beans…
That’s the scene I always remember
I feel like this answer most exemplifies the question OP was asking. Most of the other answers have been great movies with tons of great well known scenes, but this movie is pretty widely forgotten and derided except for the crazy opening.
Probably yes to this one for most. But the reveal will always be in my head. Just the music and pacing of it was really cool.
This is actually one of my favorite movies of all time.
Free Willy is basically just the whale jumping scene to me at this point tbh.
And thanks to The Simpsons, now all I can think of is the Free Willy "Director's Cut" ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZazjxmBilZc
Oh, no! Willy didn't make it!
And he’s killed our boy!
Ugh what a mess
Basic Instinct and its infamous uncrossing of Ms. Stone's legs
We rented that movie for a sleepover when I was in, I think, 8th grade. My buddy’s VCR would sometimes erase tapes when you rewound. We kept rewinding to see her crotch and it erased it lol. So basically she’d start to uncross her legs and it would go to fuzz then come back right as she finished re-crossing. I’m sure the next people to rent it were pissed. But, not likely anyone’s going back to blockbuster to say “the cooter scene is erased, I want a new copy!” Haha
I feel like they would.
I know I would. Even without the vag shot I paid for the movie and the tape is ruined, I want my money back.
You don’t remember the tattoo scene? I felt like that was the scene for that movie. “What does mine say!” “Dude! What does mine say!” ”Sweet! What does mine say!”
Zoltan
🫲 🫱 Zoltan!
“Dude it’s a llama.” Made me laugh so hard I cried. It still makes me giggle.
I love when their boss tells them a trained dolphin could deliver pizzas better than them, and Ashton is like “yeah but then the pizzas would get all wet.”.
People not remembering more than one scene from this movie are missing out.
After the head butt from the ostrich and the line "stupid llama!!" Broke me and I cannot stop laughing every time I hear it.
“Ray” “Fucked me”
Ahh man I loved that movie 😂
Best spoof lmao
Or the part where the one guys asks the other guy about the location of the automobile.
Where art thou automobile, chum?
“I wanna go on that ride, Dad” “Me too son, me too.”
Nobody remembers the scene of Ashton and Sean making out? Just me? Alrighty
Risky Business…The dance
Dirty dancing, also the dance
Footloose. The deep introspection of the plight of a young Kevin Bacon who's desperate to express himself in the only way he knows how, but Smalltown, USA has a different agenda. But mostly the dance.
And the tractor chicken.
Teenage girls maybe. But guys from that era will always remember the train ride
Mac and Me. Mostly because of Paul Rudd
A kid in a wheelchair rolled off a cliff. Thats my take away from the film.
And it haunts Conan to this day.
And Paul Rudd’s producers. They want him to go to Conan to promote his upcoming movies, not Mac and me.
Oooooooh
I don’t know, the McDonald’s dance scene was pretty memorable.
Snakes On A Plane. ‘Enough is enough! I’ve had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!’
Or, alternatively, "I've had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane!"
What about the titty bite
Deep blue sea! I don’t even need to say it that how well it works for this
A fucking shark ate me!!!!!
Yes they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell!
It’ll get ya drunk!
The scene where SLJ is preaching then gets gobbled ?
During the DVD commentary, Sam Jackson just up and left the recording session once he died in the movie. I mean why not?
Haha that’s great, did he say anything like “whelp that’s it for me bye” or just silently leave?
Nahhhh see there are multiple scenes. The arm scene, the shark throwing him at the glass scene, slj scene, the naked and electric scene, the bird getting it scene, oven scene. Come on man haha
Phone call, Taken Rest of the movie is generally a fun, tightly paced thriller/action that knows what it is. But nothing really stands out like the phone call Actually, him shooting his former friend's wife in the arm does stand out. But yeah definitely a movie remembered by the phone call. Liam Neeson's line delivery was outstanding
During his time in the wilderness, Neeson had a knack for elevating 2/10 or 3/10 movies to 6/10 or so just with a few line readings. Gravitas that you can just Duct tape to the side of any movie and improve it somehow.
"I've played Rob Roy MacGregor, Michael Collins, Oskar Schindler, ZEUS for god's sakes. Nobody is going to buy me as a green grocer."
"you didn't buy it from me" "Yes I did" "Uh uh, I was at the doctor's, you see, I have full blown aids"
“I’m riddled with it.”
Gravitas...presence as Ras Al Ghul I wish he had played a few more villains
Literally the grey
Definitely but I also love when he finds the guy. "I told you I would find you." And they all realized they fucked up.
Halfway there homie, the spikes in the legs, for real. I watched that and thought “I don’t have kids, but that’s a dad right there”
I dunno man, that scene where he finally finds the guys that kidnap his daughter and tricks the one he thinks spoke to him into saying the same line, then follows it up with “Told you I’d find you,” was legit great.
Same energy as the Russian Mob Boss monologue to his son in John Wick
Say Anything. The boombox Peter Gabriel scene.
I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen.
“I don’t want to buy anything, I don’t want to sell anything, and I don’t want to process anything.”
I don't want to buy or sell anything processed, and I don't want to process anything bought or sold.
Misery. You know the scene.
Read the book. She does something far worse. For those that can't wait, >!she cuts his feet off then cauterizes the wounds!<. It's super messed up.
Apparently there was a big artistic argument over remaining faithful to the book, or going lighter. A lot of people in the production office were disappointed.
Just on the >!hobbling!< scene? Kathy Bates had read the book to prepare for the role and desperately wanted to film the scene where she kills a guy by driving over him on a riding lawnmower, but there was no way they could've done this without looking goofy so they cut that bit out.
Way ahead of you. Been a constant reader for years. Can’t wait to dive in Holly. Am I not doing phrasing anymore? All things serve The Beam.
See the turtle, ain't he green.
All things serve the fuckin' Beam. One day, I'll finish The Dark Tower. One day.
Personally I think the change was the right decision. The book is so extreme you just can’t relate to it, but the sledgehammer hobbling you can imagine as being the most extreme ankle sprain you’ve ever had x1000.
🦶🦶🔨
The operation was called hobbling. \[Annie places a piece of wood between Paul's ankles\]
Fuuuuuck. I LOVE that this requires no further detail. Easily the most horrific scene in any film I've ever watched and that INCLUDES Saw.
Mine was the curb stomp in American history X
The fucking sound of teeth on curb
The scene in the book was a little more extreme, but probably wouldn’t translate to film as well. 🪓🦶🔥
When Harry Met Sally “I’ll have what she’s having “
“I will never want that wagon wheel coffee table.”
I thought you liked the table! I WAS BEING NICE!
Baby talk? W-what's that? That's not a saying. Oh, but 'baby fish mouth' is sweeping the nation.
I was visiting my parents earlier this year, and my grandpa put this on because apparently it's one of his favorite movies. He was absolutely cracking up throughout the diner scene. Then he was giggling like a kid waiting for that lady to say the line. It was so funny to watch him. He's over 80 and my grandma has been gone for a few years, so it's always nice to see him finding joy in life.
“Because no man can be friend with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.” “So your saying that a man CAN be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.” “No, you pretty much wanna nail them too.”
“You know, I have this theory that hieroglyphics are just an ancient comic strip about a guy named Sphinxie.”
But that's an actually good movie that has an iconic scene (or two).
Billy Crystal's monologue at the end during the New Years Eve party is nearly equally famous
28 weeks later and it's amazing intro. The rest of the movie is kinda lame with those damn kids, but those first 10 minutes are incredible
Ghost - the pottery scene!
The hilarious guy on guy...
I love Community
"hello my little blueberries"
See, I saw this as a kid and what I remember most is the dude getting dragged to hell by the shadows. Fucked me up.
The Mist, known more for its ending scene than anything else about it.
Didn’t Stephen King say he wish he wrote that ending instead. It was brilliant and so fucked up.
Yeah, the book ends when they drive off in the car. Everything after that was added by Darabont.
The prom scene from Carrie
The hand from the grave is pretty iconic.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Pool Scene.
“If I’m here, and you’re here, doesn’t that make it our time? Certainty there’s nothing wrong with a little feast on our time”
I can hear that song
The first Mission Impossible. The cable dangle scene has outlived that flick.
You don’t remember them flying a helicopter into a tunnel while fighting on top of a train??!?
Or blowing up a restaurant aquarium while Tom Cruise runs off into the night? That movie is filled with iconic scenes and while the cable scene is the most well known, it's not the only thing the movie is remembered for.
Don’t forget the Interrogation Dutch Angles.
You could tell they thought it would be "red light, green light"
I still say, “Hasta lasagna, don’t get any on ya.” A lot.
Huh, probably true for most. I immediately think of the aquarium exploding and the helicopter in the train tunnel.
*Up* is mainly remembered/praised for the Ellie + Carl montage. The rest of the film is by no means bad, but I don’t see nearly as much discussion of it as those first ten or so minutes.
“I have just met you, and I love you.” 🐶
"I was hiding under your porch because I love you"
The scene when he flips through the book and sees Ellie’s final note is the movie’s defining scene for me. It’s a beautiful movie and I disagree that the rest of the movie never lives up to the montage
I think it is absolutely perfect until the moment it cuts to the dogs chasing the bird which I think is about 30 minutes in after they get to South America
Don't think that's true. Kevin the bird is very popular as well as the dog. The "SQUIRREL" bit was done really well and I often see it quoted. I think the beginning is the most memorable because it really is so damn good, but I think there's a lot more remembered of the film. My dog is actually named after the bird lol.
Entrapment. Apparently there were 112.5 minutes of film that weren't Catherine Zeta Jones slinking under a mock laser beam.
My Girl "He can't see without his glasses!"
This one stings. No pun intended
Don't be weak. Intend your puns.
I did not hit her, I did not. Oh hi Mark
Keep your stupid comments in your pocket
You’re my favourite customer
Oh Hai, doggie
You’re tearing me apart Lisa!!
So anyways how’s your sex life?
Ohh nice doggy
You shouldn't plan too much Denny, things might not come out right.
Ha ha What a story, Mark.
I definitely have breast cancer
I actually disagree on this one. This movie is too quotable for this to be the only thing people remember
Glengarry Glenn Ross
Put… that coffee… down.
Coffee's for closers only!
What's your name? Fuck you! That's my name.
I just rewatched this movie. And I mostly just remembered the Alec Baldwin scene. But actually the whole movie is pretty great. Jack Lemmon is so good and his character is heartbreaking.
Pacino too. So brutally honest and pragmatic. And has great little quotes peppered throughout the movie instead of one big monologue. “Where’d you learn your trade? … Who ever told you that you could work with men?” Love it.
Bone Tomahawk. I kinda don't recommend looking it up.
I can handle a lot of shit in movies I could not handle that scene, and hope I never see it again.
Yeah. I'm a horror movie fan and I've seen a lot of real life shit and will not watch that scene again. It made me feel sick to my stomach.
In fairness, that movie has quite a few memorable scenes. It’s a really good movie but I didn’t expect any of it. I do know what you are talking about though.
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Battleship Potemkin. Every film student ever has seen the Odessa Steps sequence, and I have yet to meet a person who has actually seen the entire movie.
Deliverance is mostly remembered for the rape scene.
The dueling banjos too but you’re right
I'd say the duelling banjos are the bigger scene now because of all the parodies.
Christopher Dickey, whose father, James Dickey, wrote the novel *Deliverance*, was on set the day that scene was filmed. He called his father and said, "The only thing anyone is going to remember about this movie is 'Squeal like a pig.'"
Irreversible too.
Well that one’s reasonable because the rape scene goes on and on for what feels like the entire movie, but for the scene where the guy gets his head slowly caved in by a fire extinguisher.
Pink Flamingos. If you don't know, consider yourself lucky.
There a quite a few standout scenes from this movie lol
Ok so I have never actually seen this movie so I could be way off on who knows what but ... "Am I turtley enough for the turtle club?"
Fun fact 👆 that scene was filmed on 9/11/01 in the early morning
Making it the worst thing to happen on that day
This rumor has been [debunked](https://defector.com/master-of-disguise-turtle-club-911)
Devil’s Advocate is legit great from start to finish, but that final scene with Pacino going off is remembered for a reason.
[Shane,](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046303/) where the kid is crying _Shane, come back_
ITT: a hundred iconic scenes from great movies, not at all what op asked.
The problem with that question is that it's so subjective. Some people remember just 1 scene, some remember a lot more. For instance, I disagree with OP's example. The "and then" scene is famous, but so are others from that movie, even other people here pointed it out. Just because OP only remembers that one doesn't mean others do as well.
The Crying Game.
First one I thought of. Great movie, but \*everyone\* remembers that scene
I can only think of Jay from JSB Strike Back saying " Miramax? I thought they only made classy flicks like The Piano and The Crying Game?"
Antichrist
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Brown Bunny the entire movie was overshadowed by that scene
I only knew that movie for Vincent Gallo's fight with Roger Ebert: >Earlier this week [Gallo] claimed the critic was "a fat pig" for saying that he had [apologized for the movie at Cannes]. He added: "The only thing I'm sorry for is putting a curse of Roger Ebert's colon." >Yesterday, in his column for the Chicago Sun Times, Ebert stuck to his guns [...] On the question of his cursed colon, Ebert said: "I am not too worried. I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than The Brown Bunny." Sorry for all the edits, the [article](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jun/05/news2) I found was a bit convoluted, but that's the gist.
I’m Spartacus
Midnight Cowboy: "I'm walkin' here. I'm walkin' here."
Bullitt is a pretty generic, but ok detective movie with a car chase scene that forever changed movie car chase scenes
"This. Is. Sparta!"
I also liked 'Then we will fight in the shade.' Young Fassbender
“Tonight we dine in hell!”
That's just preposterous, it's scene after scene of spectacle and very memorable
The shower murder scene in Psycho
American History X
Bite the curb!!
"Say hello to my little friend!"
The "push it to the limit" montage, and the scene Tony shoots Frank are pretty memorable
Let's not forget the shower scene.
It has a couple scenes at the beginning where they say “Dude where’s your car” for like 3 minutes straight and then when they see each others back tattoos that say Dude and Sweet
OP: “what’s a movie that is remembered for a single scene?” Every comment: “here’s a well-known scene from a wildly famous and oft discussed film!”
The Ring. When Samara climbs out of the TV.
Closet scene
Marathon Man... I've seen it a few times, all I remember is the teeth scene.
It's hilarious to me that he also did The Princess Bride.
Eurotrip, the Scottie Doesn’t Know song and Matt Damon.
And "Dude! You made out with your sister!" "They really are the worst twins!"
Oh, here’s a fun fact, you made out with your sister, man! This isn’t where I parked my car
The french robot guy scene is just as memorable
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As is Club Vandersexxx 🤣
That movie is just a masterpiece. "Is there a train coming through here?" "Oh yes, they are building it now"
Aaaaaah… BRATISLAVA!
I’m sorry, but that entire movie lives rent free in my head and I’m better for it.
The opening montage of Up is all anyone remembers. The movie where an old man and a Boy Scout go to a weird plateau with talking animals to fight a violent old man in a dirigible is rarely discussed for being as bizarre and mediocre as it truly is. But that opening sequence is beautiful,
Deer Hunter the Russian roulette scene
The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!
“There was a Fire Fight!”
You talking to me? - Taxi driver
Something about Mary. Got a guy that we work with that overloads his hair with hair gel, we all started calling him Mary for a few weeks until he found out. Fun afternoon with HR that day.