The Greatest Opening Movie Scenes (19 pics)

1

Scream. When the "star" of the movie is murdered, epic

2

Terminator 2

3

Up - first 10 mins

4

Children of men. Almost jumped out of my seat.

5

The Matrix.
That trinity scene really kicked things off

6

Super Troopers. I’ve seen the opening hundreds of times, and the rest of the move maybe 5.

7

The Godfather
“I believe in America.”

8

The Dark Knight bank heist scene

9

The Lion King, it always gives me goosebumps.

10

Baby Driver

11

Wall-E is a masterpiece start to finish, but the world building they do in the opening while establishing the character and overall tone is just incredible.

12

Raiders of the Lost Ark. It sets the tone for the film, it has more than one twist, and is just generally entertaining. It's a little slow for the first two minutes but worth the watch.

13

Goodfellas. Brutally shooting and stabbing the guy in the trunk and then smash cutting to the gangster monologue perfectly sets the tone of the film

14

If we're counting the first thing the audience sees, the opening credits to Lord of War tells its own story in a low key horrifying way.

15

28 weeks later

16

Raising Arizona is pretty great

17

It's been a while so I'm not sure if it is actually the opening scene or just very early in the movie, but the storming the beach scene in saving private Ryan is outstanding.