26) I See Now (City Light, 1931, dir. Charlie Chaplin)
City Lights is so simple and perfect. This final scene showcases the fact that, while Chaplin is remembered as a great comedian, he also could tell a story of great emotional depth.
27) Who's The Commanding Officer? (Apocalypse Now, 1979, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
This is the scene in the film that truly sums up the insanity of war for me. It is the last American outpost in Vietnam and it is a waking nightmare.
28) Forget it Donny, You're Out of Your Element (The Big Lebowski, 1998, dir. The Coen Brothers)
Walter Sobchek is one of the great American fictional characters. There's not much more than that.
29) Ministry of Information (Brazil, 1984, dir. Terry Gilliam)
A wordless scene that conveys all the information we need to know about this bureaucracy through the camera lens. Plus the late composer Michael Kamen inventively uses typewriters as an instrument in the score.
30) Zoe and the Spider (The Sweet Hereafter, 1998, dir. Atom Egoyan)
From a criminally underrated film, this scene features Ian Holm telling his daughter's childhood friend about an incident from the girl's life that metaphorically corresponds to the drug addiction he is trying to save her from now. Beautifully told.
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