Your all-time favorite opening scene from a film

[caj]

We can debate on what the best opening scene is from a film but what is your personal favorite? What opening scene got you the most excited about watching the rest of the film?

[thwhtGuardian]

The opening to 2001 is a favorite of mine.

[Bunch of Coconuts]

We can debate on what the best opening scene is from a film but what is your personal favorite? What opening scene got you the most excited about watching the rest of the film?

Kill Bill vol 1.

My brother and I were bored one day and decided to head to Wal-Mart to pick out a random movie. Found Kill Bill and picked it out. Knew nothing about Kill Bill, but knew I liked a few previous Tarantino films. We got home, and after Bill attempts to blow out the Bride's brains, he and I looked at each other and said, "What the ****?!"

Still a favorite of mine. We patiently waited for the 2nd to release in theaters.

[James Cameron]

Raiders of the Lost Ark

[caj]

Scream

Killing off Drew Berrymore the way they did is still the best scene in that entire franchise IMO.

[Kirby101]

2001 and Raiders are great choices. But how about Star Wars ANH?

For Kubrick, as much as 2001 is my favorite movie, I'd go with Clockwork Orange.

[Kirby101]

Other great openings,
Citizen Kaine
The Searchers
Patton

[LifeIsILL]

The Villainness

Although the rest of the movie was pretty awful

[Android 17]

X2

The sequence with Nightcrawler kicking the Secret Service’s ass lives rent free in my mind.

[j9ac9k]

X2

The sequence with Nightcrawler kicking the Secret Service’s ass lives rent free in my mind.

Good one. The opening for the first movie with kid Magneto in a concentration camp was a powerful way to start the X-Men movies. It hovers over the entire franchise as a reminder of what the series is about.

[Kirby101]

Touch of Evil

[K7P5V]

Definitely, my choice would be...

The Castle of Cagliostro
(ルパン三世 カリオストロの城)

[BeastieRunner]

Top Gun.

I refused to go to bed till my parents pooped in the VHS and played the opening for a time.

Haha!

[DanMad1977]

Conan the Barbarian

Gives me the chills. The horror feels real, the menace is there and absolutely no hope for the villagers. Everything done with real actors, a real place and props, so no cgi. And when the head of Conans mother fell to the ground you can feel the pain of Conan. The Narrator (in my language) has a tremendous voice, too.

[JBatmanFan05]

Blue Velvet (1986) has one of my favorite opening scenes. Hazy dream-like American dream style imagery then to dark and sinister imagery.