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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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