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kubrickian80 t1_j64tt1l wrote

The entire last third of Requiem for a Dream

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-Morel t1_j64vth4 wrote

Apocalypse Now's climax comes to mind, but also this scene from maybe an hour earlier:

"I told you not to stop. Now let's go."

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sttaffy t1_j64ur3q wrote

Saving Private Ryan, when the dude isgetting stabbed really slowly.

Oskar Schindler talking about how he could have saved more

In Misery when she whacks his ankles

Final standoff in Reservoir Dogs

Dude getting his hand halfway cut off in Green Room

Nic Cage losing it in his undies in Mandy

The whole climax sequence of The Last of the Mohicans

Indigo Montoya gets his revenge in The Princess Bride

Bambi's mom getting shot / Mustafa getting killed

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OrangeHexagon237 t1_j64t4g7 wrote

Don’t know if it’s quite what you mean, but Clint Eastwood’s Changeling (2008) comes to mind. All throughout the movie you’re thinking “This can’t be a true story”, but sadly it is.

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JabroniWithAPeroni t1_j64tf8v wrote

Virgil (James Gandolfini) and Alabama's (Patricia Arquette) fight in the hotel room in True Romance.

That's a rough one.

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TrueLegateDamar t1_j64xbb4 wrote

McConaughey's final statement in A Time To Kill

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TheCosmicFailure t1_j64xy30 wrote

Officer K in BR2049. When he finds out the truth about his memories and he freaks out.

When Casey Affleck has a breakdown in the police department in Manchester By The Sea.

The baby being born in Children of Men

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wBuddha t1_j64yqt7 wrote

John McClane walking across broken glass in his bare feet.

Ear sequence in Reservoir Dogs

The looks on the various faces as the reveal happens in Festen (1998)

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Snuggle__Monster t1_j64yua7 wrote

The scene showing Andy breaking out of Shawshank. Incredible score, narration and visuals of him standing arms outstretched in the thunderstorm. I can't even imagine how great that looked watching it in theatres. I didn't get to see it until it hit On Demand PPV like 6 months later.

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al-exferguson t1_j64znkc wrote

Setsuko eating mud while hallucinating them as food in Grave of the fireflies, then never waking up again.

Also, both Seita and Setsuko overlooking the present day city with Setsuko resting her head on Seita's lap.

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JimDixon t1_j653ebh wrote

There are two movies that I stopped watching halfway through because they were too intense. I was afraid they would trigger my depression.

One was Room (2015) -- not to be confused with The Room (2003). I'm told it has a happy ending but I never got that far.

Another was Mubound (2017). It's essentially the story of a lynching, preceded by torture. The torture scene was going on too long when I stopped watching.

They are both well-made films, and I might try again someday to watch them -- if I am feeling invincible.

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RoboCreep22 t1_j655qyj wrote

The hotel room scene in Drive.

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Jagithar t1_j6580x2 wrote

That was a wild one because that level of violence was not in the movie up until that point. Very jarring but in a good way.

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MondoUnderground t1_j655sch wrote

For intensity, watch Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher. It's nothing but pure, deep anxiety from beginning to end. Kinda like Uncut Gems (in a way), but way better and much more harrowing.

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Jagithar t1_j657jfo wrote

The T-Rex Paddock breakout scene from Jurassic Park. What made the scene so intense was that this was not a movie monster out for blood; it was an unpredictable wild animal just being an animal. It also happens to be the most fearsome predator to have ever walked the earth.

They easily could have had the Rex break out, go right after the kids immediately and start causing mayhem. Instead, the Rex looks and sniffs around, investigates things, acts curious, and slowly amps up the aggression once it starts realizing that there is prey inside the vehicles. Even before chomping on the lawyer, Rex cocks it’s head like a dog and looks at him trying to figure out what it is until it finally lunged.

Traditional monsters are fairly predictable. We know they are out to kill and harm people. They’re is little to no mystery with them. But an animal like a bear? You really have no idea what it will do.

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nanotech23 t1_j65gugw wrote

The train station scene in The Elephant Man

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garrisontweed t1_j65hq13 wrote

The execution goes wrong in The Green Mile

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