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• • ThrashGordon

    Mar 18th 2009, 2:25

    You like, totally missed Bufallo Soldiers.

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  • HAL9000

    Mar 18th 2009, 15:48

    Lest we forget Fight Club?

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  • Neil1972

    Mar 19th 2009, 9:29

    The Godfather - "I believe in America...." The Wild Bunch - ants, scorpions, bank robbers, the temperance union, 10-minute shoot-out. Apocalypse Now - helicopters, explosions, The Doors, "Saigon, s**t I'm still only in Saigon."

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  • johnnysam

    Mar 19th 2009, 12:14

    ....uhm, you forgot "The Sound Of Music." Best opening ever....still gives me goose bumps!

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  • DJFOX2000

    Mar 19th 2009, 13:44

    Quantum of Solace's opening is conceptually brilliant- throwing the viewer straight into the action and while many of the stunts are very impressive the overall sequences is nothing but a failure. Filmed in a succession of super extreme shakycam closes up, edited in a mad stroboscopic fashion- it throws the primary rule of any action sequences- "geography" out of the window. At points you have no idea who is chasing who, and you quickly stop caring- its like watch a film is fast forward. It takes everything that progressively became wrong with the Bourne Films and takes it the next level!

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  • DJFOX2000

    Mar 19th 2009, 13:45

    Talk about omissions from the list- where's the opening to "Once Upon a Time in the West"? Surely that deserved a mention?

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  • Repoboom

    Mar 19th 2009, 14:25

    Those are some pretty cool openings and though there are so many great ones I will have to suggest an amazing one you missed. Raising Arizona Has one of the greatest openings in movies.It is informative and hilarious

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  • johandav

    Mar 19th 2009, 16:33

    There's another one that should have gotten a mention. I'll give you a hint . . . "Rosebud". The death of the title character and then that great newsreel.

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  • tacs3

    Mar 19th 2009, 17:42

    The Coen Bros' "Raising Arizona" and "Shoot to Kill" (yeah, that Sidney Poitier thriller) still stick to my ribs after all these years.

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  • mattrix33

    Mar 19th 2009, 17:47

    Snyder`s Dawn of the Dead remake has the best opening to a film in ages.

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  • Buried At Sea

    Mar 19th 2009, 20:40

    you should clearly extended this to 50 best. Rules of Attraction? Shaun of the Dead? WATCHMEN!!!!

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  • Apathygrrl

    Mar 19th 2009, 21:09

    I want to put in a nomintion for Ginger Snaps! Best... School... Project... EVAR! If you haven't seen it, do it!

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  • Brendan519

    Mar 19th 2009, 22:33

    I know it's a TV show, not a movie.... but how about the opening sequence of LOST's pilot? The plane crash scene is so terrifying, so jarring, and Shannon's (Maggie Grace) screams perfect the atmosphere of terror and helplessness.

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  • hemicuda1982

    Mar 20th 2009, 0:14

    Let's see... The opening credits of 'Watchmen' holds more of a storyline than the entire 'Matrix' trilogy. 'Dr. Strangelove.' 'Children of Men.' 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.' 'Super Troopers.' All brilliant, memorable, and thoroughly good opening credit sequences. None made this list, but a mostly still-shot of Scarlett Jo's rear does... Don't get me wrong, its a wonderful rear, but not at the expense of movies that earned their right to such a list.

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  • SusanC

    Mar 20th 2009, 0:51

    Another vote here for the awesome opening sequence of "Once Upon a Time in The West": "Looks like we're one horse shy." "No, looks like you brought two too many." (Boom! Boom! Boom!)

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  • IGPNicki

    Mar 20th 2009, 6:03

    Goodfellas is your number one movie moment? Really?? Personally, I would've liked to have seen Contact on the list, or Watchmen- both of which had brilliant opening sequences. http://www.igp-scifi.com

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  • ThrashGordon

    Mar 20th 2009, 15:03

    haha ooops, got that scene confused, ignore my post, Its been a while since I've seen that film!! Was referring to the tank scene fiy, which is not the opening scene... or anywhere near it. :(

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  • ld13james

    Mar 24th 2009, 15:16

    raging bull

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  • red157

    Mar 27th 2009, 23:46

    I'm sure I'll want to say Watchmen once I've actually seen it (God bless being 17 when cinema's suddenly decide to ask for your age) but I'd like to suggest a truly c**p film which is nevertheless worthy of addition. Final Destination 2. In any of the subsequent 80+ minutes and all the deaths included, it doesn't even come close to raising anything approaching excitement (In other words, it's awful), but the opening is still terrific.

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  • joehelms

    Apr 9th 2009, 21:52

    Did not care for Quantum - but Thunderball - my deepest condolences on your loss..

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  • Agent69

    Nov 26th 2009, 17:41

    The Dark Knight over Raiders? and no Godfather. Ridiculous. TDK fanboyism is really irritating.

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  • ColouredPurple

    Dec 21st 2009, 19:01

    As long as Goodfella is number 1 I can't complain. Bes. into. Ever! Up has a very good into though too

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