I'll go first, The Thing, 1982 version. Last few seconds of video has NWS audio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNyC6MQMj0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(film)
The final scene in Sleepaway Camp. The movie is so horribly bad but the twist ending makes up for it. Well, not really. NSFW http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=20047013
Kind of Cliche as "memorable scenes" go, but it's usually there for a reason..... Remember, "We'll always have Paris" http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pa-dGYjSq5k
I've got quite a few of these. Being the screenwriter I am, it's good to keep familiar with them. From Spielberg's "Munich": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7inFb_hpfgU And of course, the unforgettable, From Apocalypse Now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3Cc7wlfkI&feature=related Taken from Spike's 25th Hour, Unemployment Number: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irYInw9B9BQ Another one, which I can't find a youtube video for, is from Buffalo Soldiers, part when they're in the nightclub on X. Part of its in here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgONCTD4EPo Donnie Darko's Stupid Man Suit scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXbBlGBoUms&feature=related From Andrew Niccol's "Lord Of War": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQC3FRVnYmM Another one from Lord of War is when Uri took "Bram Bram", very good scene right there, wish I could find it. I can feel it coming in the air tonight. Miami Vice, the unforgettable scene, Particularly if viewed with the whole episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlVqZyUmPL0 Few others here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKuhanoH_ds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awskKWzjlhk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5NL910rbk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su9eNg4T798 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6csp2fZt2E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0AOPaQ8Afc&feature=related More to come
What was the movie where the girl told he boyfriend ( or husband ) she was pregnant. Right then, the guy was shown on a rocket sled on rails doing about 300 miles an hour, exploding into a brick wall! I laughed my ass off for about ten minutes after watching that scene! THAT was memorable!
Jeff Bridges delivers a good Presidential address at the end of The Contender. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKZdOc0nkwU
Miller's Crossing woods scene. So many layers of emotion and plot development for the rest of the movie. If you are a film maker, THIS is how you tell a story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hbBuhi5RLc&feature=related
Meg Ryan in the Restaurant in When HArry Met Sally Sonny Corleone Shot on the Causeway in The Godfather Sonny Corleone beating Carlo in the street in THe Godfather Gunnery Sgt. HArtman's introduction in Full Metal JAcket
Jeremiah Johnson finds Del buried up to his neck...."Tweren't Mormons". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M34O6WiP4E
Nathan Jessup. Demi Moore ruined the whole movie, but Jack salvaged two minutes of it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2F4VcBmeo
The Insider. I'd say the entire movie was a memorable scene, but pick one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjpP-XngKA
The ending of Shawshank - Red entering the real world and his quest to find his best friend Andy on the Pacific http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTZ4U1NLsNk&feature=related
Reminds me of this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hsi_NFUTuQ I need to poke around for the best scene from Shawshank...prolly not posted.
Towards the end of "Broken Arrow" (1950) (imdb) (wiki), after the attack where Sonseeahray is killed: the argument between Jefferds and Cochise. You almost never, in a film, see an argument where you can sympathize with both sides.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-Snl4a1RI Dirty Harry - Sudden Impact Harry: "We're not just gonna let you walk outta here." Bad guy: "Who is we? sucker!" Harry: "Smith and Wesson......and me" (pulls out the cannon ) Further on in the scene there is also the famous; "Go ahead make my day" line