The 50 Best Movie Moments of 2023 (Part 3)
/Film Weekly
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4.4 • 942 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
On the January 18, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editors Jacob Hall, BJ Colangelo, Brad Oman, editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista, and staff writer Ryan Scott to finalize the 50 best movie moments of 2023.
Opening Banter:
In Our Feature Presentation:
- Let the games conclude!
Here's the full list (spoilers for this episode, if you haven't listened yet):
- Theater Camp - The Final Song
- Nimona - “I see you, Nimona.”
- The Iron Claw - Kerry Meets His Brothers in the Afterlife
- Air - Sonny Vaccaro’s Pitch Monologue to Michael Jordan
- Past Lives - The Ending
- The Zone of Interest - The Ending
- Bottoms - Fighting the Football Team
- When Evil Lurks - The Dog Attack
- Down Low - The Dance Scene
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - The Bard Spell Breaks
- Eileen - The Twist is Revealed
- Oppenheimer - The Trinity Test
- Barbie - What Was I Made For
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - The “No Diggity” Montage
- Killers of the Flower Moon - The Radio Show Ending
- Anatomy of a Fall - The Flashback Argument
- The Pope’s Exorcist – Russell Crowe on the Scooter
- May December - Joe Smokes With His Son on the Roof
- John Wick: Chapter 4 - The Stairs Fight
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - No Sleep Til Brooklyn
- No Hard Feelings - Percy Sings “Maneater”
- Chevalier - The Opening Violin Battle
- Napoleon - Cannonballs Through the Ice
- M3GAN - The Dance Attack
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Lucy Gray Sings at the Reaping
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline - They Blow Up a Pipeline
- Poor Things - Bella and Duncan Hit the Dance Floor
- All of Us Strangers - The Diner Scene
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One - Climbing Through the Train
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret - Mom Cries About Her Parents
- The Boy and the Heron – The World Collapses
- Ferrari - The Fatal Car Crash
- The Holdovers – The City Montage
- The Killer - The Botched Assassination
- Saltburn - The Bathtub Scene
- Asteroid City – The Actor and the Actress Talk
- BlackBerry - Glenn Howerton Loses His Shit
- Creed III - The Final Boxing Match in the Empty Stadium
- Knock at the Cabin - Oh Shit, It’s Real
- Skinamarink – The Phone Jumpscare
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Gwen and Her Dad
- The Blackening - Turning the Gun the Right Way
- Godzilla Minus One - Godzilla’s Big Attack on Japan
- Godzilla Minus One - The Boats Assemble and the Godzilla Theme Kicks In
- Barbie - I’m Just Ken
- Fast X - Jason Momoa Paints A Corpse’s Toenails
- Oppenheimer - The Ending
- Killers of the Flower Moon – Lily Gladstone Asks Leo to Listen
- American Fiction - Monk Confronts Sintara Golden About Her Book
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Miles’ Big Escape
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