Greatest Opening Scenes in Cinema

Greatest Opening Scenes in Cinema (June 2017)

There are some films that have memorable opening scenes. Some of them are unforgettable. This is a list of some of the greatest. It only includes films that I had seen up to that point. There is a second list eventually on the way as well. That is why movies like Touch of Evil aren't on here. 

70. Back to the Future

69. Blow Up

68. Boogie Nights

67. Deadpool

66. Django

65. Contempt

64. Bird with the Crystal Plumage

63. Ghostbusters

62. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

61. Ryan’s Daughter

60. Mean Streets

59. Re- Animator

58. Nightmare on Elm Street 3

57. Bonnie and Clyde

56. Pulp Fiction

55. Aguire: the Wrath of God

54. Goodfellas

53. Dark Knight

52. Up

51. Cabaret

50. Rocky

49. Shinning

48. Fistful of Dynamite

47. French Connection

46. Black Sabbath

45. Don’t Look Now

44. Ghostbusters 2

43. Bay of Blood

42. Zombie Flesh Eaters

41. Psycho

40. Nightmare on Elm Street 2

39. Barbarella

38. Andre Rublev

37. Blood and Black Lace

36. Rear Window

35. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

34. M

33. Great Expectations

32. Terms of Endearment

31. Saving Private Ryan

30. Night of the Living Dead

29. Frankenstein

28. Basketcase

27. Saturday Night Fever

26. Good the bad and the ugly

25. Persona

24. Patton

23. Graduate

22. Raging Bull

21. Deep Red

20. Black Sunday

19. Red Dessert

18. Godfather

17. Sound of Music

16. West Side Story

15. Vertigo

14. Halloween

13. Sunset Boulevard

12. Citizen Kane

11. Raiders of the lost Ark

10. Jaws

9. 8 ½

8. Wild Bunch

7. Apocalypse Now

6. Once upon a time in the west

5. Clockwork Orange

4. Rocky Horror Picture Show

3. 2001: A Space Odyssey

2. Suspiria

1. Star Wars