What are some modern movies (post 2010) with scenes that will go down in history as iconic and still be discussed and referenced decades from now?

Submitted by Aquillyne t3_z6ano4 in movies

I’m just referring to iconic scenes, not necessarily whole films. Scenes like:

  • She steps from sepia into a world of colour
  • Apes go ape around a black monolith in prehistoric Africa; one thows a bone into the air and the camera follows it before smash-cutting to the future
  • The shower scene
  • Nails across a chalkboard
  • Descending on a rope into a white room where nothing must touch the floor or make a sound
  • The mug falls in slow motion toward a camera from below, and shatters; his gait transforms
  • "I am your father"
  • "You talkin' to me?"

Scenes so great or distinctive or memorable they get referenced and referred to again and again.

Do modern films still contain gems like these? What will be our references decades from now?

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DoIrllyneeda_usrname t1_iy0c86s wrote

The Sunken Place from Get Out; Joker dancing from Joker; Whiplash's ending.

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Son_of_steven19 t1_iy0k71x wrote

The entire ending of whiplash. I never felt the urge to give a film a standing ovation at home.

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clanec69 t1_iy0yiln wrote

Boy turns to see a woman hanging and recognizes his mother’s shoes.

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wpmason t1_iy0nivi wrote

The problem is that with entertainment being so readily available and fragmented, it’s becoming rarer and rarer for anything to be truly, universally iconic.

Honestly, stuff like the MCU has the widest audience base and recognition across all demographics.

We”re never going to get much stuff like you’ve referenced outside of mega-franchises anymore.

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Bobbbiiii t1_iy0zkkx wrote

Being caught in the gravity of a black hole and subsequently having to catch up on 23 years worth of video recordings where the father watches his daughter grow into a woman who resents him for leaving her.

All the while, tears streaming down his face because the emotions are so overwhelming for missing out on raising his child.

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jsakic99 t1_iy13nz9 wrote

A mother steps on an exposed nail in bare feet on the basement stairs, but cannot make any noise.

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Dazed-and-excused t1_iy1g1s1 wrote

The Avengers (2012) that scene, where they are back to back, taking stance for the battle.

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Disc81 t1_iy1yuxy wrote

"Don't cry in front of the Mexicans"

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yallscrazy t1_iy3brqh wrote

Cesar yelling his first word at Draco Malfoy.

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Ginge_6907 t1_iy0cdfh wrote

Iron Man’s snap from Endgame

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Doomer_Prep_2022 t1_iy12afc wrote

Feel like Thano’s first snap was the most memorable. People were shocked when a villain finally won.

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sgmctabnxjs t1_iy15gdq wrote

Is it, really?

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Ashamed_Ladder6161 t1_iy0thbh wrote

I can’t post 2,010 movies- I don’t know that many!

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dabellwrites t1_iy25z40 wrote

Infinity War ending. Executed wonderfully.

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stenz_himself t1_iy2s1v4 wrote

- SS-Officer drinking a glass of milk in a farm while having a friendly conversation.

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Fit-Minimum-5507 t1_iy37byu wrote

Time in a Bottle/Quicksilver scene from ‘Days of Future Past’

Dinner scene at Candies from ‘Django Unchained‘

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mv523 t1_iy49vqf wrote

Parasite will probably have a few scenes that go down in history. The entire storm sequence and the aftermath (like the scene of Ki-taek driving Mrs Park and overhearing her call the storm a "blessing in disguise") is probably going to be the most iconic imo

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sgmctabnxjs t1_iy19npk wrote

The opening scene in The Turin Horse (2011), and the scissoring scene in Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013).

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Blueflame_1 t1_iy2yj7r wrote

Marvel movies are epic ? Really? Makes me think half the posters on this sub barely watch movies...

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HEHEHO2022 t1_iy33hj6 wrote

they dont. they only watch popular films or claim they watch more films.

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iamsnarticus t1_iy0at27 wrote

The stone scene in Everything Everywhere All At Once

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Burner_acct______ t1_iy0hhku wrote

“Schmidt fucked the captains daughter!”

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Cjaylyle t1_iy16zlx wrote

John Wicks dog being killed.

The scene is executed in a pretty standard way and isn’t particularly iconic, but it IS a SCENE and it is what kickstarts the franchise and it is what you first think of when you of John Wick which is undoubtedly iconic

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nariusone t1_iy1d6hw wrote

Endgame Avengers Assemble scene.

"I am Iron Man" scene.

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No-Bench-6879 t1_iy24kwu wrote

When they release the water to the people...Fury Road..I ..love ...this ...movie ...and the Revenant ..final fight scene ..classic

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Scmods05 t1_iy11191 wrote

Ethan Hunt clinging to the side of a plane
Ethan Hunt's HELO jump
Maverick's trench run

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NonuTheGOAT t1_iy1rj9l wrote

Did you just throw Cube into a list of legendary movie moments with Taxi Driver and the rest? Or am I misremembering Indiana Jones or something else?

Either way, Cube rocks.

I feel like most of the truly memorable ones from the last 10 years are either TV, cinematic video games Marvel films.

Examples from TV:

"I am the danger! I am the one who knocks!"

"The Lannisters send their regards."

Examples from MCU:

"Hey big guy, the sun's getting real low."

"I'm with you til the end of the line."

"...oh God."

"I KNEW IT."

"I am Iron Man."

Examples from games:

"A man... chooses... a slave... obeys... OBEY!"

That moment from (og) Modern Warfare II. No, not No Russian, although also, No Russian. The Ghost moment. You know the one.

🎵 stand in front of a runaway train/just to feel alive again... 🎵

"LENNAAAAAAAYYYYYY"

The ending of Journey, maybe.

I know the question wasn't games or TV inclusive, but these moments are both cinematic and iconic, and they learnt that from movies.

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Tentaclarm t1_iy23hym wrote

Crossing the river into Mexico in RDR will probably stay at the top of my list forever.

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HarryCaulrecordedyou t1_iy0gaam wrote

If any of the scenes mentioned were iconic, you wouldn't have to name the movie when describing the scene.

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