Top 10 Opening Shots of All Time

The first moments of a movie can set the tone, grab your attention, and let you know a movie is worthwhile. Here are our Top 10 Opening Shots in History! Subscribe: What did you think of the list? Do you disagree with any of our picks? Feel like we left out or mis-represented any of the films? What do you think are the best movie openings? Has the opening of a movie ever made you stop watching? What other topics would you like to see us cover in future editions of CineFix Movie Lists? Let us know in the comments! THE LIST Symmetry - The Searchers (1956) Pushing through the doorway into the wild, capturing the frontier man as he approaches from afar. Beautiful - Raging Bull (1980) The operatic shadowboxing of a hooded pugilist, bouncing in slow motion, glowing in the occasional snap of a flashbulb, completely at home in the ring. Beautiful - Apocalypse Now (1979) A different kind of operatic violence in its serene ballet of smoke, fire, and helicopters. In Media Res - Star Wars: A
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