Top 30 Most Satisfying Movie Moments Ever
The moments we were all waiting for! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at scenes from cinema history that flooded our brains with dopamine.
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00:00 "They're gone. They're all gone."
00:04 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at scenes from cinema history that flooded our brains with dopamine.
00:10 These movie moments were so satisfying, we watched these movies over and over again.
00:15 "I can't let him go, I can't. There must be some way to bring him back."
00:23 Number 30, The Braces Come Off, Forrest Gump.
00:28 Forrest Gump is an Oscar-winning film featuring an Oscar-winning iconic performance.
00:33 Forrest's life is a complete retrospective of late 20th century American history.
00:38 He was at one crossroads of history after another, and yet a generation later,
00:42 there is one thing everyone remembers about Forrest Gump. He ran.
00:47 "Run! Run, Forrest!"
00:50 Early on in the film, Forrest remembers the moment when a group of tormentors forced him to run.
00:56 Young Forrest's legs are by this point fully healed.
00:59 He sheds his magic shoes and spends the next few decades running.
01:03 After being forced to watch Forrest get made fun of for his physical disability,
01:17 the audience shares directly in his triumphant first run.
01:21 "Now you wouldn't believe it if I told you."
01:25 "But I can run like the wind blows."
01:27 Number 29, Big Mistake, Pretty Woman.
01:31 On its face, Pretty Woman is a simple boy-meets-girl story with a rags-to-riches twist.
01:36 "I wanna find Beverly Hills, can you give me directions?"
01:38 "Sure, for five bucks."
01:40 On a deeper level, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere ushered in the 90s with a rom-com about gender and class.
01:46 She's a call girl from Hollywood Boulevard.
01:49 He's a corporate raider living in the rarefied air of Beverly Hills who has hired her on a long-term basis.
01:54 Her entrance to his world forced her to endure significant culture shock.
01:59 The worst took the form of a trip to a couture shop on Rodeo Drive.
02:03 The clerks treated her like low-class trash.
02:06 "You're obviously in the wrong place. Please leave."
02:10 She later returns, having been outfitted in a new expensive look,
02:14 to embarrass them for their rudeness and snobbery.
02:17 "You work on commission, right?"
02:18 "Uh, yes. Big mistake."
02:21 #28. Hoist the Colors – Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End
02:26 The ending of the second Pirates of the Caribbean film, Dead Man's Chest, was rough.
02:31 The Caribbean's most feared ship, the Black Pearl, had been destroyed.
02:35 Her captain, Jack Sparrow, eaten.
02:37 The British East India Company, led by a ruthless lord, had won.
02:41 They controlled the Dead Man's Chest, enslaving the immortal Captain Davy Jones.
02:46 #29. The Seven Seas – The Seven Seas Were All But Conquered
02:53 With him at their beck and call, the Seven Seas were all but conquered.
02:57 The sequel, at World's End, had an equally dark start.
03:00 The company had captured and killed most pirates, forcing the last to the gallows.
03:05 #The bound her in her bones
03:12 The seas be ours and fight the powers
03:20 But those pirates had hope.
03:22 They sang "Hoist the Colors" on their way to the noose.
03:25 A hint that perhaps all was darkest before the dawn.
03:29 "They've started to sing, sir. Finally."
03:36 #27. POTUS Speech – Independence Day
03:40 Independence Day has everything.
03:42 From highs, lows, tons of action and comedy, it's stuffed to the gills with feel-good moments.
03:48 Randy Quaid's Russell lived through those highs and lows on a smaller scale.
03:52 He spent his life cursed with the disbelief of his neighbors and friends.
03:56 But he's ultimately proven right and goes down getting a bit of sweet, sweet revenge.
04:01 "Hello, boys! I'm back!"
04:13 Nothing, however, compares to the speech given by Bill Pullman's President Thomas Whitmore.
04:18 "It's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom."
04:25 The world has taken a beating.
04:27 Most of its greatest cities had been destroyed.
04:31 But his stirring, exultant words rallied all of Earth's survivors in one last, ultimately successful attempt to fight back.
04:37 It's a moment that captures 90s popcorn goodness in all its cheesy glory.
04:42 "Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"
04:50 #26. Molly Kills Bellatrix – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
04:55 Though Voldemort is the big bad in the Harry Potter franchise, Bellatrix Lestrange is arguably more despised.
05:02 She represents the ultimate end of his vision for the world -- unrestrained bigotry, sadism, and violence.
05:08 "I want to go see Xenophelius Lovegood."
05:11 "Sorry?"
05:14 "See this? It's a letter Dumbledore wrote to Grindelwald."
05:18 Over the course of the last few films, she takes out several of Harry's loved ones.
05:22 She used the killing curse on Harry's godfather Sirius, and took out Dobby with a wicked-looking knife.
05:28 Tonks fell to her wand at the Battle of Hogwarts.
05:30 But when she goes for the Weasley children, the world collectively had enough.
05:35 "You're not my daughter, you bitch!"
05:38 Our retribution took the form of unassuming housewife Molly Weasley.
05:42 When her cubs are threatened, she goes full Mama Bear and shoots out the most satisfying spell of the entire franchise.
05:50 [Gunshots]
05:52 [Groaning]
05:55 [Explosion]
05:57 Number 25. He Won't Even Know Your Name.
06:00 Pan's Labyrinth.
06:01 Pan's Labyrinth is the most tragic and poignant film of Guillermo del Toro's career.
06:06 It's a tragic, magical realist tale set against the backdrop of the fascist-francoist period in Spain.
06:12 It follows the imagined journey of Ofelia, the unhappy stepdaughter of a fascist Captain Vidal.
06:18 [Speaking Spanish]
06:21 Vidal is absolutely ruthless in his hunt for Republican rebels.
06:25 He terrorizes the populace, torturing and killing on a whim.
06:29 He believes in his cause, and will do anything to further it.
06:32 Ofelia's mother dies giving birth to her brother, whom she kidnaps in an attempted escape.
06:37 [Speaking Spanish]
06:42 Vidal shoots her, and is immediately confronted by the rebels.
06:46 Knowing his fate, he hands over his son.
06:49 But after his crimes, they are unwilling to show him an ounce of kindness.
06:53 [Speaking Spanish]
06:56 Number 24. Say Hello to My Little Friend.
06:59 Scarface.
07:00 Audiences tend to side with protagonists who reflect their morals and beliefs.
07:05 In the absence of that, in say, a gangster movie, audiences will respond to a lead who is competent and confident.
07:11 So long, pal. Have a good trip.
07:13 Tony Montana, by every objective measure, is a monster.
07:17 He is a ruthless killer, a ladder climber,
07:20 and more than happy to sacrifice everyone and everything he loves on his way to the top.
07:25 He gets there earning the ire of powerful enemies who ultimately come to kill him.
07:29 His fate is sealed, but he refuses to go down without a fight.
07:33 Say hello to my little friend!
07:35 At the climax of Scarface, he dies taking down an entire squad of goons
07:40 in a bloody, drug-fueled blaze of glory.
07:43 [Speaking Spanish]
07:45 Number 23. Rocky proves himself.
07:48 Rocky.
07:49 America was introduced to Rocky Balboa at rock bottom.
07:52 He's a washed-up journeyman boxer forced into backbreaking and sometimes unsavory labor to make ends meet.
07:58 You ever think about retiring?
08:01 No.
08:02 You think about it.
08:03 In a stroke of fate, Rocky is offered and agrees to a title shot against the world champion, Apollo Creed.
08:09 Apollo Creed meets the Italian Stallion.
08:13 [Laughs]
08:15 Sounds like a damn monster movie.
08:17 He spends the next few weeks training for the fight of his life, a complete underdog.
08:22 Along the way, he meets Adrian, a pet store employee.
08:25 Despite both being struggling, working-class Philadelphians,
08:28 the two find strength in one another and fall in love.
08:31 Rocky eventually shocks the world by taking Apollo the full 15 rounds and giving him a tough fight.
08:37 Afterwards, his eyes swollen shut, Rocky's only thought is to shout out to Adrian.
08:42 [Shouting]
08:45 Number 22. Get away from her.
08:47 Aliens.
08:48 At the end of Alien, Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley is the sole survivor of an alien attack on her crew.
08:54 But it's the sequel Aliens that cements Ellen Ripley as a true feminist hero.
08:59 She isn't forced to survive circumstance.
09:01 It's what we call a shake-and-bake colony.
09:04 How many are there?
09:06 She is an active character, making informed choices all the way through.
09:10 It's not the heavily armed Marines who save the day,
09:13 it's the woman forced into working the docks by the company who betrayed her.
09:17 [Explosion]
09:23 When she chooses to save a child from the xenomorph queen, Ripley doesn't use a bomb or a gun.
09:28 She attacks using the tools of her trade, uttering one of the most iconic lines in movie history.
09:33 Get away from her, you bitch!
09:35 Number 21. Neo takes control of the Matrix.
09:39 The Matrix.
09:40 In the Matrix, Neo's three encounters with Agent Smith are a perfect microcosm of his hero's journey.
09:45 At first, he's just Mr. Anderson, a hapless and ignorant denizen of a digital prism.
09:51 Smith can alter Neo's code and wields control over his very body.
09:55 At their second meeting, Neo is free and transformed into a proven combat expert.
10:00 [Fighting]
10:08 He even temporarily holds his own against his invincible foe.
10:11 In their final fight, Smith seemingly wins out in the end.
10:15 He catches up with Neo and shoots him in the chest.
10:17 Unfortunately for the program, Neo embraces his powers as the One,
10:22 exerting a level of control over the Matrix that even Smith can't overcome.
10:27 [Music]
10:30 "How?"
10:31 "He is the One."
10:33 [Music]
10:35 Neo doesn't just whoop Smith, he makes it look easy.
10:39 [Music]
10:44 Number 20. Godzilla's atomic kiss of death.
10:47 Godzilla.
10:48 [Music]
10:59 Although some complained about the sparsity of Godzilla moments in this 2014 reboot,
11:03 less is more in this case.
11:05 The gradual build-up to the reveal of the King of the Monsters
11:08 makes his time on screen that much sweeter.
11:10 Similarly, it makes his biggest standout moments all the more satisfying.
11:14 [Music]
11:23 When battling the Mutos in San Francisco,
11:25 Godzilla unleashes his atomic breath only a few times.
11:28 The first with a fantastic build-up to it.
11:31 However, the moment that makes our list occurs when the gigantic reptile
11:34 at last destroys one of the opposing monsters
11:37 by forcing open its mouth and breathing white-hot death down its throat.
11:41 Amazing.
11:42 [Music]
11:52 Number 19. Maximus kills Commodus.
11:55 Gladiator.
11:56 [Music]
12:05 Maximus Decimus Meridius, yes, we have to say the whole thing,
12:08 is a Roman general betrayed by Commodus.
12:11 The despicable son of the emperor, who has Maximus' whole family killed.
12:15 Forced into slavery as a gladiator,
12:17 Maximus works his way up to confronting Commodus
12:19 and eventually goes into battle in the arena with his foe.
12:22 However, despite stabbing Maximus beforehand, Maximus still manages to win.
12:27 This victory is so satisfying,
12:29 not only because the former general finally achieves his revenge,
12:32 but also because Commodus is just so dang hateable.
12:35 [Music]
12:45 And seeing Maximus reunite with his wife and son in the afterlife
12:48 gets us choked up every time.
12:50 [Music]
13:02 Number 18. Woody gets fixed up.
13:04 Toy Story 2.
13:06 After Woody is stolen by a greedy collector named Al,
13:08 the toy cowboy is brought to Al's apartment,
13:11 where he encounters other toys from the property he's based on.
13:14 [Music]
13:21 Al also accidentally tears Woody's arm,
13:24 which was fraying, necessitating a repair.
13:26 Al calls in an elderly specialist in toy repair,
13:29 who proceeds to fix Woody and make him as good as new.
13:32 [Music]
13:40 The repairman's intricate case and his deft movements in fixing Woody up
13:44 are strangely enjoyable,
13:46 and seeing the battered toy looking renewed brings some color to our cheeks too.
13:50 [Music]
13:59 Number 17. The heist ends.
14:01 Ocean's Eleven.
14:03 The elevator won't move without authorized fingerprint identification.
14:07 Which we can't fake.
14:08 And vocal confirmation from both the security system within the Bellagio
14:12 and the vault below.
14:14 Which we won't get.
14:15 There are a lot of heist movies out there,
14:17 but Ocean's Eleven is something special.
14:19 The planning and execution of the heist are incredibly slick and funny.
14:23 What, you checked the batteries?
14:28 No. You lose focus in this game for one second.
14:32 I know, somebody gets hurt, and we're here again complaining.
14:35 Yet when everything appears to go wrong, it hits that much harder.
14:38 Naturally, in turn, when it's revealed that they've pulled it off after all,
14:41 duping the villain and making off with his money under the guise of being a SWAT response,
14:45 it had us giddy that they got away with it.
14:48 It was staged. Somebody made a duplicate of my vault.
14:52 And what we saw on the monitor wasn't actually happening.
14:57 I don't understand. What happened to all that money?
15:00 Seeing them all go their separate ways at the fountain gives us,
15:12 and Ocean's Eleven, pride in a job well done.
15:16 [Music]
15:19 Truman Burbank has lived his entire life inside a reality TV show based around him.
15:34 You ever think about that, Marlon? Like your whole life has been building towards something?
15:38 His gradual realization of this truth leads him to face his fear of water and attempt to sail away.
15:43 However, he reaches a wall with a door in it.
15:46 It's here that the show's creator speaks to him like the voice of God, trying to convince him to stay.
15:51 However, Truman replies with his catchphrase, gives a bow, and departs for freedom.
15:56 In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
16:01 The audience watching him cheers him on, and we do too.
16:04 Just watching Truman leave his existential prison after a few hours is satisfying,
16:08 so we can only imagine what it would be like after watching him for years.
16:12 [Music]
16:15 Where am I supposed to get money from?
16:30 Why?
16:31 Huh?
16:32 To a reason I ain't give you nothing? Huh?
16:36 You little play play mama ain't put something in your head.
16:40 Give me that damn money, Chiron.
16:42 Chiron is a young man who has a rough upbringing, to put it mildly.
16:45 Not only does he have to contend with his drug-addicted mother pushing him around,
16:48 he also faces bullying at school because of his homosexuality.
16:52 Now I ain't with that gay shit, but if you f*** with me,
16:55 I'll give your ass more than you can handle how you run into your crackhead ass mama.
16:58 After his best friend is pressured into participating in bullying him,
17:01 Chiron later goes to school and takes a chair to the bully responsible.
17:05 Although this is the beginning of a darker path for Chiron,
17:08 seeing him stand up for himself at last after taking so much abuse for just being who he is,
17:12 is still gratifying.
17:14 Alright, alright, stay focused.
17:16 Number 14, Rudy Gets to Play. Rudy.
17:29 This film follows the true story of Daniel Rudy Ruediger,
17:32 a young man whose lifelong dream was to play football for the University of Notre Dame.
17:37 Is this just for your father?
17:39 No. No, it's for everybody who told me that being a Notre Dame football player would be impossible.
17:45 However, Rudy faces an uphill battle, from his lack of money to his small physique.
17:50 And despite making the team, he still doesn't get a chance to play during an actual game.
17:54 Eventually in the season's final game, the team is up enough and the crowd is so vocally supportive
17:59 that Rudy gets his chance to play, managing to make a tackle and being carried off the field in triumph.
18:05 Alright, go get it, kid!
18:07 If you aren't cheering "Rudy, Rudy, Rudy" by the movie's end,
18:20 you should probably check your pulse because you might be a robot.
18:24 Number 13, Chris is Hired. The Pursuit of Happiness.
18:33 It was the 25th of September. I remember that day.
18:37 Because that's the day that I found out there was only $21.33 left in my bank account.
18:44 I was broke.
18:46 Chris Gardner is a struggling salesman and a single father.
18:49 An internship at a brokerage firm has the potential to turn his life around,
18:53 but troubles with the IRS lead to his being evicted and without funds, leaving him and his son homeless.
18:59 However, Chris maintains his dogged pursuit of his internship in spite of these hardships,
19:03 using creative approaches to achieve success.
19:06 Hey.
19:08 Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something.
19:15 In one of the final scenes, he's called into what he thinks is his final interview
19:19 and is told he's been hired full-time, at last providing security for the two Gardners.
19:24 We're not crying, we swear.
19:26 Because tomorrow's going to be your first day.
19:29 If you'd like to work here as a broker.
19:32 Would you like that, Chris?
19:36 Yes, sir.
19:38 Good. We couldn't be happier.
19:42 So, welcome.
19:46 Was it as easy as it looked?
19:50 No, sir. No, sir, it wasn't.
19:52 Number 12. But they'll never take our freedom. Braveheart.
19:56 Now is our chance. Now.
19:58 If we join, we can win. If we win, well then we'll have what none of us have ever had before.
20:04 A country of our own.
20:07 When the Scottish army that's gathered at Stirling finds themselves outnumbered nearly three to one,
20:13 the nobility is ready to negotiate and the soldiers are ready to go home.
20:17 But the arrival of rebel William Wallace changes all that.
20:21 Already a legend in the eyes of many, he rallies the men with an inspiring speech,
20:25 asking whether they'll regret not fighting that day in many years' time under the yoke of the English.
20:30 Sons of Scotland, I am William Wallace.
20:35 William Wallace is seven feet tall.
20:37 Yes, I've heard.
20:39 He kills men by the hundred.
20:41 And if he were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse.
20:50 He concludes with this immortal line and proceeds to lead them on to victory.
20:55 That they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom.
21:02 There are many stirring battle speeches and this one speaks to our souls the most.
21:06 Freedom!
21:15 Number 11. Arthur Fleck becomes the Joker.
21:19 Joker.
21:20 Throughout this comic book origin story, Arthur Fleck has a rough go of it.
21:24 He loses his job, gets beaten up multiple times and gets several heartbreaking revelations about his origins.
21:30 And through it all, he can't help but laugh, even when he wants to cry.
21:42 Once he embraces the madness that his life has become, it's strangely satisfying for him and the audience.
21:47 The sky's clear and everything seems to be going his way.
21:55 Sure, his actions lead to a citywide riot, but as he stands atop a police car painting a bloody smile on his face, we kind of want to smile with him.
22:02 [Music]
22:12 Number 10. Prepare to die. The Princess Bride.
22:16 Without a word, this six-fingered man slashed him through the heart.
22:20 I love my father, so naturally I challenge his murder to a duel.
22:26 I fail.
22:29 Inigo Montoya is a master swordsman, whose father made a sword for a six-fingered man.
22:34 When the extra-digit client attempted to short his father on the price, Inigo's dad refused to hand it over, leading to his murder.
22:41 Inigo has trained for decades to become skilled enough with a blade to defeat his hated rival,
22:45 all the while planning exactly what he would say to the man who killed his father.
22:49 He gets his chance at last when he meets Count Rugen, the man with six fingers, again.
22:56 Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
23:02 What follows is an epic duel, in which Inigo repeats his mantra of revenge.
23:06 And, when he has Rugen at his mercy begging for his life, Inigo tells him he wants his father back before exacting his revenge.
23:13 We were not prepared for how awesome this moment is.
23:16 Anything you want.
23:18 I want my father back, you son of a bitch.
23:23 Number 9. What happens at the cinema in Glorious Bastards?
23:27 As perversely satisfying as the alternate history fight at the end of director Quentin Tarantino's other film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is,
23:44 or the eventual comeuppance of Nazi Jew hunter Hans Lande in this movie is,
23:48 there's just no beating the death of one of the most hated men in history.
23:52 Fabelhaft, mein lieber. Fabelhaft. Is your bester friend is here.
24:00 In Glorious Bastards follows two separate plots to kill the Nazi leadership at a film premiere.
24:04 Our expectation is that they'll both fail, given that history played out differently.
24:08 However, the surprise of seeing the bastards burst in on Adolf Hitler's balcony during a fire
24:13 and gun him down until there's almost nothing left of the mass murderer is matched only by how enjoyable it is to see it happen.
24:21 Number 8. George punches Biff. Back to the future.
24:24 I needed that car in a war night, Dad. I mean, do you have any idea how important this was to me? Do you have any clue?
24:30 I know, and all I can say is I'm... I'm sorry.
24:34 George McFly is a weak-willed pushover of a man when we first meet him.
24:39 Both in 1985 and in 1955, George is walked all over by Biff Tannen,
24:44 whose bullying may not be the most creative, but it still keeps George under heel and leads his son Marty not to respect him.
24:50 Hello? Hello? Anybody home? Huh? Stink McFly?
24:55 However, Marty's trip to the past gives George a friend,
24:58 and also inspires him to stand up to his bully when Biff attempts to assault his future wife.
25:03 Watching George knock Biff out is one of the best and most fist-pumping scenes where a bully gets what's coming to them.
25:09 Take that, butthead.
25:19 Number 7. The Verbal Twist - The Usual Suspects
25:22 The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
25:29 This crime movie is largely told by physically disabled con artist Verbal Kint,
25:33 who recounts the events that led him and his compatriots to a drug deal gone wrong,
25:37 of which Verbal and a badly burned man are the only survivors.
25:41 Verbal's story involves him and his gang being hired by the mysterious Kaiser Soze, a legendary criminal.
25:46 Soze looks over the faces of his family, then he showed these men of Will what Will really was.
25:55 Although the police conclude that Soze was the gang's leader,
25:58 the detective Dave Kuyon notices certain details in Verbal's story in words scattered around his own office,
26:03 revealing Verbal was lying.
26:05 There was a lawyer.
26:06 What lawyer, Verbal?
26:07 I am Mr. Kobayashi.
26:08 Kobayashi, Kobayashi, tell me every last detail.
26:12 I work for Kaiser Soze.
26:13 Convince me, convince me.
26:15 The survivor's description also reveals that Verbal is Kaiser Soze.
26:19 Like any good puzzle, once you realize how everything fits together,
26:22 the experience is a rush and this is one of the greatest.
26:26 After that, my guess is you'll never hear from him again.
26:30 When a seaside community swimmers are menaced by a huge great white shark,
26:37 three men set out to hunt down the fish.
26:39 You're gonna need a bigger boat.
26:41 The trio encounters plenty of difficulty in killing the beast,
26:44 not the least of which is the fact that one of them ends up being eaten by it.
26:48 But with their boat sinking, the last man standing Brody,
26:51 armed with a spear and a gun, faces the shark alone.
26:54 After jamming a scuba tank in its mouth and stabbing it,
27:01 Brody manages to fire at the tank,
27:03 blowing it and the shark into pieces
27:05 and causing him to burst into ecstatic laughter at his foe being vanquished.
27:09 It's a thrilling sequence and the crescendo of the whole film.
27:14 "Smile, you son of a..."
27:16 Although there are plenty of gratifying moments in this adventure franchise,
27:28 such as Indy cutting the rope bridge in Temple of Doom,
27:31 there's just something extra rewarding about a good ending.
27:34 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade sees Indy and his father battle Nazis
27:37 in a race to find the Holy Grail.
27:40 [Gun cocks]
27:41 After nearly dying in pursuit of the Grail,
27:47 Indy and his father, as well as their friends,
27:49 make it out of the Grail's resting place alive and a little wiser.
27:53 "You have chosen wisely."
27:57 After some hilarious revelations about Indiana's name,
28:00 the quartet rides off into the sunset towards further adventure,
28:03 as that iconic theme plays.
28:05 With an ending as perfect as this,
28:07 is it any wonder people were upset when they made more movies?
28:10 "What are you waiting for?"
28:23 "Just let it go!"
28:27 Frodo and Sam have reached Mount Doom,
28:29 and rather than destroy it as intended,
28:31 Frodo gives in to temptation and puts the ring on.
28:34 Even as the last of the heroes mount an attack
28:37 to give him the chance to drop it into the fires.
28:39 Strangely, the world is saved when the sneaky and pathetic golem
28:42 bites off Frodo's finger and falls to his death with the ring,
28:45 destroying Sauron once and for all
28:47 and bringing his forces to their knees.
28:49 These epic fantasy films are truly massive,
28:57 so there are plenty of great moments throughout,
28:59 but the nine or so hours they comprise all lead up to this moment,
29:03 which helps make it one of the most cathartic ever.
29:06 While it was tempting to discuss Iron Man's snap-hurt around the world
29:32 from the same film,
29:33 this moment a little earlier in the movie was much more satisfying.
29:37 "What did you do?"
29:38 "I went for the head."
29:41 After Thanos has come to the future
29:43 and beaten several of the remaining Avengers in battle,
29:46 only Captain America is left standing against him and his armies.
29:49 However, a call from Cap's friend Sam heralds not only his return,
29:53 but also many of the other characters killed by Thanos with his snap years earlier.
29:57 Seeing all of the MCU's heroes in one place is fantastic,
30:00 and the cherry on top is Cap finally saying that iconic line.
30:04 "Avengers!"
30:09 "Assemble."
30:16 No matter how many times we see it, we still get chills.
30:19 It may have been the movie that started the whole Star Wars franchise,
30:29 but this film also contains one of the sci-fi fantasy franchise's most enjoyable moments.
30:34 Sure, there are plenty of others,
30:35 Vader tearing through a hallway of rebel soldiers for one,
30:38 but this one set the bar.
30:40 The final battle at the Death Star sees a ragtag fleet of pilots making a trench run
30:44 in an attempt to blow up the huge superweapon.
30:47 The tension builds masterfully,
30:49 and Luke lets himself go to the Force,
30:51 until he makes that fateful shot that destroys the massive battle station.
30:55 "Use the Force, Luke."
30:58 "Let go."
31:00 Basically, this is a great movie moment.
31:05 One in a million.
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31:33 Andy Dufresne is a possibly innocent man in prison for killing his wife and her lover.
31:48 Over 20 years, Andy suffers many trials in prison,
31:52 from assaults by fellow inmates to being used to launder money for the warden.
31:56 He maintains hope through things like his friendship with fellow inmate Red,
31:59 his passion for rocks, and his pin-up girl posters.
32:02 However, near the conclusion, Andy's discovered missing from a cell.
32:06 It's soon revealed that Andy used a small rock hammer to tunnel out of his cell,
32:10 which he hid with a poster and crawled through the sewage pipe to freedom during a storm.
32:20 This scene is like a heist reveal, redemption story,
32:23 and the sweet release of freedom all rolled into one.
32:26 It's the ultimate catharsis.
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