It's hard to recover from a boring or sloppy opening scene, so many filmmakers hyper-fixate on making a good impression. As such, it's no surprise that mainstream movies are filled to the brim with iconic openers.

Redditor u/Umair-Hussain wanted to know which movies had the best opening scenes of all times, and the r/movies subreddit was quick to fill the thread with thousands of strong opinions.

What's your all-time favorite opening scene in a movie?
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To help save you some time, we selected a handful of the very best examples, and even embedded the scenes for you. But if your favorite didn't make the cut, feel free to give it some love in the comments.

The opening to 'The Matrix' still makes our mouths drop

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You immediately understand what kind of guy Indiana Jones is

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Complete and utter terror right out of the gate

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Nightcrawler infiltrating the White House works so well

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The quiet evil is so unnerving from Waltz

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So much media is still caught up trying to copy the start of 'Heat'

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They built a better Bond

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Lookin' pretty good, fella

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Via u/Umair-Hussain.

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