History SignatureScene / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': "Welcome, to Jurassic Park!" Grant tears off his sunglasses in abject amazement at something he sees when the Jeep stops. He puts his hand on a distracted Ellie's head to turn it so that she can see what he sees. The scene builds in an anticipation as she ''also'' rips off her sunglasses in the same level of astonishment. What could they be looking at? Finally, the camera moves for a truly [[TheReveal grand reveal]] of an absolutely enormous brachiosaurus as the main theme begins to swell. The scene remains iconic because this is the first time the ''audience'' also sees the dinosaurs for the first time, so the intended reaction is for us to feel what Grant and Ellie are feeling at the same time. It's capped off by Malcolms's [[MemeticMutation memetic exclamation]]: "You did it! You crazy son of a bitch, you did it!"

** The now iconic scene of Eddie falling in Toon Town. Why is it so iconic? It features the first, and probably only time that the two most famous Cartoon Characters in history, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, to share a scene together.

* ''Film/TheWindInTheWillows1996'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TbgMUx9OA Secret of Survival]], being an incredibly catchy VillainSong that also stands out for being a dark scene in a otherwise light hearted film.
* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': Dorothy opening the door and stepping into the technicolor land of Oz, the first major use of Color in film history.

** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'':
*** Indy and Short Round nearly being crushed by a DescendingCeiling with spikes sticking out of it, including reaching back into the room at the last moment to grab his hat.
*** Mola Ram ripping a man's heart out with his bare hands.
*** The sequence where the characters escape the Thuggee mine in [[RollercoasterMine high-speed minecarts]].

*** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': The swordsman in Cairo performing a flourishing sword gesture and challenging Indy, which he responds to by [[CombatPragmatist shooting him the chest and moving on]]. The shooting the swordsman almost didn't make it into the film, and only happened because Harrison Ford was sick and suggested "just shoot the guy".
%%Zero Context Example*** The opening of the Ark of the Covenant and how it melts the Nazis' faces off.
%%** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'':
%%Zero Context Example*** Indy and Short Round nearly being crushed by a DescendingCeiling with spikes sticking out of it, including reaching back into the room at the last moment to grab his hat.
%%Zero Context Example*** Mola Ram ripping a man's heart out with his bare hands.
%%Zero Context Example*** The sequence where the characters escape the Thuggee mine in [[RollercoasterMine high-speed minecarts]].

%%* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'':
%%** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'':
%%Zero Context Example*** Indy switching a gold idol for a bag of sand of the same weight, and shortly afterwards outrunning a rolling boulder temple trap.
* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': The swordsman in Cairo performing a flourishing sword gesture and challenging Indy, which he responds to by [[CombatPragmatist shooting him the chest and moving on]]. The shooting the swordsman almost didn't make it into the film, and only happened because Harrison Ford was sick and suggested "just shoot the guy".

%%** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'':

%%Zero Context Example*** Indy and Elsa having to work out which of the many chalices in the final temple room is the real Holy Grail.

* ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'': The marathon where the athletes run in slow-motion to Vangelis' score has become so iconic that [[ParodiesOfFire it inspired many parodies]].

%%Zero Context Example*** The swordsman in Cairo performing a flourishing sword gesture and challenging Indy, which he responds to by [[CombatPragmatist shooting him the chest and moving on]].

** Two scenes that became StockParodies, Alex dropping a bucket of water on herself during "She's a Dream", and the one where [[SweaterGirl she's only in a sweatshirt]] (it's even the movie's poster).

* ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'' has several:
** The infamous scene where a man's [[YourHeadASplode head is burst open like a watermelon]] by one of the Gang of Four.
** The scene in which [[spoiler:the Warden turns into a monstrous mutant and is subsequently fed into his own meatgrinder by Ricky]].
** To a lesser extent, the scene in which [[spoiler:Oscar's younger brother has half his face sliced off with a straight razor.]]

** A close second is the piano duel between WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': The now iconic scene of Eddie falling in Toon Town. Why is it so iconic? It features the first, and probably only time that the two most famous Cartoon Characters in history, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, to share a scene together.

** The kitchen scene: Tim and Lex are trapped in a close-quarters game of cat-and-mouse with a pack of highly intelligent, [[ItCanThink communicative and cooperative]] raptors who are slowly but surely hunting the kids down.

* ''{{Film/Hereditary}}'': The sequence ending the first act where Peter tries to drive his anaphylactic younger sister to the hospital, only for her lean out the window for air and get abruptly decapitated by a telephone pole the car passes, followed by Peter's shocked drive home with the body and him lying awake until he hears his mother's anguished screams at the discovery in the morning.

%%Zero Context Example* ''Film/JurassicPark'': The visitors in their amazement taking in the sight of a real life ''Brachiosaurus'', as John Hammond grandly shows them the vista and an entire view of the park as he proudly welcomes them to Jurassic Park.

* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': Crissy's death at the very beginning, when she decides to go skinny dipping alone in the middle of the night, and is dragged around by an unseen shark, and finally while screaming, is dragged underwater, never to resurface again.

%%Zero Context Example* ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'': Napoleon dancing on stage to "[[Music/{{Jamiroquai}} Canned Heat]]".

%%Zero Context Example* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': Crissy's death at the very beginning, when she decides to go skinny dipping alone in the middle of the night, and is dragged around by an unseen shark, and finally while screaming, is dragged underwater, never to resurface again.

%%Zero Context Example** Bond pulling off his own SexySurfacingShot in ''Film/CasinoRoyale''.
%%Zero Context Example** Bond's HeroicSacrifice, after being infected with the nanobots that would jump from person to person until they kill Madeline and his daughter, making his entire existence a threat against them, in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.

* ''Film/{{SWAT}}'':

** ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', Bond strapped to a table with a high-powered laser coming towards him as he faux calmly asks "You expect me to talk?", and Goldfinger's iconic response, "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die."

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': The visitors in their amazement taking in the sight of a real life ''Brachiosaurus'', as John Hammond grandly shows them the vista and an entire view of the park as he proudly welcomes them to Jurassic Park.

* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'':
** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'':
*** Indy switching a gold idol for a bag of sand of the same weight, and shortly afterwards outrunning a rolling boulder temple trap.
*** The swordsman in Cairo performing a flourishing sword gesture and challenging Indy, which he responds to by [[CombatPragmatist shooting him the chest and moving on]].
*** The opening of the Ark of the Covenant and how it melts the Nazis' faces off.
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'':
*** Indy and Short Round nearly being crushed by a DescendingCeiling with spikes sticking out of it, including reaching back into the room at the last moment to grab his hat.
*** Mola Ram ripping a man's heart out with his bare hands.
*** The sequence where the characters escape the Thuggee mine in [[RollercoasterMine high-speed minecarts]].
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'':
*** Indy crossing a room with letters carved into the floor tiles, only stepping on the ones that spell out 'Jehovah'[[labelnote:*]]Some parodies include remembering that the Latin spelling of "Jehovah" has changed over time[[/labelnote]].
*** Indy taking a leap of faith onto a walkway that was carved to be invisible from where he was standing.
*** Indy and Elsa having to work out which of the many chalices in the final temple room is the real Holy Grail.

* ''Film/ThreeHundred'': The scene where Leonidas kicks a Persian messenger into a well in a show of patriotism became the best-known moment in the film as a result of its over-the-top presentation and Leonidas' hammy delivery of the line "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This! Is!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Sparta]]!''" The scene became a popular subject for parody, especially online, where it generated a popular WebAnimation/YouTubePoop meme in the form of Sparta Remixes.

*** Indy and Short Round nearly being crushed by a DescendingCeiling with spikes sticking out of it.

** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArc'':