20 Movies Moments That CAME OUT OF NOWHERE

Generally speaking, a great movie moment will be accompanied by other great movie moments

because it's rare for a filmmaker to strike gold in just a single sequence, all while

the rest of the film is just sort of… there. Y'know, it's just… there

But, there are absolutely times where a movie stumbles upon a single nugget of cinematic

gold among all the other detritus, and sure as hell wants you to know about it

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Murphy Gets Taken Apart Robocop 2014 2014's Robocop remake was largely dismissed by critics and fans of Paul Verhoeven's 1987

masterpiece because it just felt like a toothless rehash that lacked the satirical bite of its

predecessor while heavily toning down the violence, as per its restrictive PG-13 rating

And yeah, the fact this happened like twice in the space of a single year, with Verhoeven's

Total Recall also getting the remake treatment, it's just beyond me. But there is a single scene that actually builds on the existential terror of the original

concept, when the newly rebuilt Alex Murphy, here played by Joel Kinnaman, wakes up in

the lab of Robocop creator Dr. Dennett Norton, played by Gary Oldman

Murphy's robotic chassis is promptly disassembled right in front of him, revealing that his

only original body parts which survived the car bombing are his head, lungs, heart and hand

As you can understand, Murphy is incredibly disturbed by this revelation, and to make

it even more unsettling for the audience to sit through, his organs are on full display throughout

Between all of this and Murphy's request for euthanasia being swiftly denied by Norton

The scene hammers home the viscerally horrifying nature of Murphy's resurrection, arguably

even more effectively than Behoven's original. Arguably, the emphasis there is on arguably because the original film is a masterpiece

and the 2014 one isn't, but it's a good scene. Karen opens the Joni Mitchell CD, Love Actually

Generally speaking, whatever adversity the characters in a Christmas movie go through

there's usually a heartwarming and uplifting ending. It is Christmas, after all

However, there are exceptions to the rule. The majority of Love Actually's intertwining stories have this kind of happy conclusion

But not all of them. Chiwetel Ejiofor's Peter has his wife and best friend fall in love behind his back

while Emma Thompson's Karen finds out that her husband, played by Alan Rickman, has been cheating on her

It is the latter that is the worst of these. As the movie shows the exact moment, she finds out the truth

Earlier, when Karen finds the expensive gold necklace Harry bought in his pocket

she naturally believes it's her Christmas present. When the big day comes and she opens her gift

though, he has given her a Joni Mitchell CD. The incredibly expensive necklace obviously went to

somebody else. As heartbreaking as that moment was, it's arguably outdone when Karen confronts

her husband. Tears streaming down her face, she essentially tells him she is going to carry on

for the kids' sakes, even knowing that her life would be a little bit worse, before greeting her

children with the biggest smile after their nativity play. It's a happy facade, and Emma

Thompson's performance is so excellent that you can still see the pain hiding behind it

The eel scene, a cure for wellness. Whenever a film is branded as a psychological horror

it tends to put an audience on their guard for a disturbing experience. A cure for wellness

deliver just that and a little more to boot. The main character, Lockhart, is a young executive

who is sent to a wellness center in the Swiss Alps to retrieve his company's CEO

There, he discovers that the center isn't quite what it seems, and becomes entangled in the unpleasant machinations of Dr. Heinrich Vollmer

Although the movie's tone is suitably creepy throughout, it takes a sharp veer into disturbing territory where Lockhart discovers the true nature of the center

medical experiments regarding eels that live in the local aquifer. Jason Isaacs delivers a brilliant monologue as he straps Lockhart to a device

which enables him to pump eels directly into the young man's body, an act which produces a

life-giving essence that he uses to maintain an unnaturally long lifespan. And it's enough to

make almost anyone recoil in horror. The split-screen tracking shot. The Green Hornet

Remember when Hollywood tried to make the Green Hornet a thing again, but with

Seth Rogen in the lead? I do, and yeah, let's just say that attempts were made

Despite the occasional highlight performance-wise, the film came and went in a flash and was swiftly

forgotten. Largely because it watered down the personality of the source material into a

generically glossy early 2010s action film. There is one scene which is anything but

generically glossy, and that's a mesmerizing mid-film sequence where villain Benjamin Chudnowski

a wasted Kristoff Waltz, instructs his network of goons to hunt down the Green Hornet

The scene begins as a tracking shot following one henchman talking to several associates

but as they walk their separate ways, the screen suddenly starts dividing into boxes as it continues

tracking each character, and splits into further boxes as more and more goons are introduced

The seamlessness with which these tracking shots are split apart is absolutely mind-boggling from

a technical perspective, and so its little surprise proved quite the challenge for the

film's VFX team. If you somehow manage to remember literally anything else about The

Green Hornet, well give yourself and your tack sharp memory a firm pat on the back

I'm trying to… there you go. Well done. That's kind of more of a head pat, but you deserve it

Raleigh Commits Suicide, Would You Rather As something of a stark contrast to Love Actually

Would You Rather is a grim movie from start to finish. Shepard Lambric, a man with too much money and absolutely no regard for the lives of others

brings eight strangers to his house for a demented game of Would You Rather

Each player naturally had their own reasons for playing, even after the truly horrific nature of the game was established

One of the opening tasks, for example, saw a recovering alcoholic drink a bottle of scotch for Such was the kind of money at stake Brittany Snow Iris played the game to earn money for her brother Raleigh More specifically

she played to earn money to cover his leukemia treatment, and if she won

Lambric promised to use his influence to find a bone marrow donor. In spite of having to eat meat

as a vegetarian, being submerged underwater for two minutes while the players around her died

Iris persevered with her brother in mind and ultimately won the game

Hooray! After shooting Lucas dead, she was the only survivor. However, when Iris got home at the end of the movie

the weight of her brother's condition and the feeling of being a burden had gotten the better of him

He had committed suicide. Not only had Iris lost her brother, she had gone through an excruciatingly painful experience in which she had to kill people

and was essentially tortured all for nothing. Yikes. Giving birth, Bird Box

Bird Box is a brilliantly disturbing movie on its premise alone, where the world is overrun by

unseen entities that cause anyone who looks at them to commit intensely violent acts towards

themselves and others. From the opening scene, we see Mallory with two young children attempting

to survive the apocalypse while navigating the outside world blindfolded. Most of the story is

explained through flashbacks, and we soon learn that the children were born after the entities

appeared, as the following scene depicts a pregnant Mallory being checked over by a doctor shortly

before the entities appear. Mallory soon befriends a group of other survivors, and together they

remain safe in a large house. She meets another pregnant woman, Olympia, and the two soon go into

labor together. Upon hearing the cries of the two newborn children, one of the newer additions to

their group reveals himself to be, well, completely insane, and exposes the occupants of the house to

the entity. For a sickening moment, it seems as though he will succeed in killing the infants

and it's only then that we realize just how abruptly this situation has developed

and how upsetting it truly is. That line, you know the one

Spy Kids 2, The Island of Lost Dreams. Love it or hate it, and honestly I think you may need to question your life choices

if you have the energy to hate Spy Kids. Spy Kids 2, The Island of Lost Dreams, is hardly a movie anyone expects to get deep

even with that banger title. It is a Robert Rodriguez joint after all, and we love the guy

but he mainly just focuses on doing fun stuff than anything particularly thought-provoking

And yet, the spy comedy sequel comes swinging wildly out of left field with a brilliant cameo

from Steve Buscemi as mad scientist Romero, who lets out a real noodle baker of a one-liner so

poetic you probably assume it was paraphrasing one of history's great philosophers. Romero asks

the kids, quote, do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created

here on earth? It's just beautiful. A bafflingly thought-provoking line for a family-friendly

action comedy, let alone spy kids of all things. I don't think viewers might spend the next few

minutes of the movie thinking about it than the actual plot itself, which I can't remember

really? There's monsters? And there's evil spy kids who aren't evil, but they're kind of a rival

Also, hilariously, the quote often gets passed around online without any attribution

only for folks to be left completely shocked when they find out where it really came from

Sidema Ray's Death, The Princess and the Frog The Princess and the Frog is one of the finest movies in Disney Animation's long history

With the music, the setting, and the characters all being outstanding, the latter even down to the tiniest firefly

From the moment he enters the film, Ray is an utter joy. Ray's a welcoming, happy bug who just has a knack for putting smiles on faces

Even when Anika Noni Rose's Tiana snaps at him, and tells him his beloved Evangeline is a star a million miles away

and not a firefly for him to fall in love with, he forgives her instantly despite being hurt

It's easy to see then why his death was so damn upsetting. Firstly, Rey didn't deserve to die

He just wanted Tiana and Bruno Campos' Naveen to be happy together

even though he'd only known them for a short time, and trying to help them got him killed

Secondly, this is a Disney film, the good guys aren't supposed to die. It's impossible not to well up when Ray finally succumbs to injury thanks to Keith David's Dr. Facilier

But when he is reincarnated as a star and gets to spend eternity next to his beloved Evangeline

There's no stopping those tears, baby! What do you think's the saddest animation moment of all time

You let me know in the comment section down below. Baby in the Bathroom. Kingsman, The Secret Service

Kingsman is a recent example of how action and comedy can go so perfectly hand in hand

and while it's a remarkably entertaining watch, no one was quite expecting for it to be as disturbing as it was

There are a number of moments that could have been the focus for this entry, such as the scene where Gazelle slices Lancelot in half or the church massacre are particularly viable candidates

but possibly the most disturbing moment comes towards the film's climax, where Valentine's plan to turn the human race against one another begins to come to fruition

realizing the danger, Eggsy calls his mum to instruct her to lock her infant daughter in the

bathroom and throw away the key. Confused, she does as he asks and then the signal is triggered

which sends the entire human race into a violent rage. While Eggsy fights to save the world

we watch helplessly as his mother picks up a cleaver and starts to hack away at the bathroom

door with the intention of killing her young daughter, who is crying hysterically within

It's uncomfortable viewing and it came out of absolutely nowhere, even if it did make perfect

sense within the film's plot. Mickey Rourke's Monologue The Expendables When action hero team-up movie The Expendables was first announced, audiences quite understandably

assumed it would be a gleefully silly, action-packed B-movie with virtually zero desire to be taken seriously

And while it is, for the most part, a watchable throwback romp that trains its focus firmly

on the gory action, there is one scene that just comes out of nowhere and sticks out like

a very sore but still muchly appreciated thumb at the end of the day

Midway through the movie, Expendables leader Barney Ross, played by Slice Stallone, meets

up with his good bud Tool, played by Mickey Rourke, by the viscous and old mission they

both undertook in Bosnia Tool tells an absolutely haunting story where during a massacre he saw a woman on a bridge and knew she was about to jump but did nothing to help her Tool is clearly wrapped with guilt about this as he spills his guts to Barney and Rourke

who was fresh off an Oscar nomination for the wrestler, commits to the scene like he's

gooding for another nod from the Academy. It's genuinely really quite brilliant

It's an absolute masterclass from Rourke and the only scene in the movie with any dramatic

meat on it, enough that even predominantly negative reviews of the Expendables singled

it out as a clear highlight. To be clear, it doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the movie at all, but as a self-contained

monologue about guilt and inaction, it's a home run. Sean and Philip's Heart to Heart, Sean of the Dead

Egg the Wright's Cornetto trilogy made up of Sean of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's

End earned its popularity for its comedy and wacky off-the-wall premises such as Zombies

murderous cults trying to win a village contest, and aliens taking over the world

However, all three movies are peppered with emotional moments too, one of the best being a conversation between Simon Pegg's Sean and Bill Nighy's Philip in

Shaun of the Dead, both heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time

Throughout the film, Sean moans about his mum's partner Philip a lot. He's never liked him, and he's constantly telling people that he is not his actual dad

After Philip gets bitten and Sean and co are heading to the Winchester for safety

to the backdrop of Ed trying his best to hit as many zombies with the car as possible

Philip has a heart-to-heart with his stepson. It's genuinely emotional as he tells Sean that he has always loved him

and only ever wanted what was best for him, which was to grow up strong with someone to look up to

Brings a tear to your eye, man. He quietly passes away as Sean cries for both Philip and the relationship they could have had

before soon attacking the rest of the people in the car, as the normality of the film's tone is quickly restored

The Boat Ride, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is one of the most well-loved children movies ever made

Seeing impoverished Charlie Bucket win the opportunity to see the inside of Willy Wonka's

Chocolate Factory, generations of us have watched in pure joy and wonder as the eccentric chocolatier

reveals his candy land with its river of chocolate. And then comes the first mishap

Augustus Gloop, the obese German child, falls prey to his gluttony and is carried away by the

chocolate river. Wonka takes them on a lovely boat ride along the river and through a tunnel

Then we were transfixed by the surreal acid trip scene that ensued. With Wonka reciting a poem in

increasingly hysterical tones, flashes of worms crawling on an apparent corpse and a tarantula

in the background all set to a dizzying array of flashing lights, this one totally came out of

left field in more ways than one. The Guggenheim Shootout. The International

But Ewan, I hear you say. What is The International? Well, it's a perfectly watchable and yet entirely

forgettable action thriller that's actually rather light on the action for the most part

The bulk of the movie settles for brief bursts of violence while mostly focusing on its rather

ho-hum conspiracy thriller plot, but then director Tom Tyquor serves up an absolute

banger of an action set piece at the end of the second act. The scene, a gloriously well-staged

and chaotic shootout at New York's Guggenheim Museum makes the absolute most of the Guggenheim's

distinctive architectural design to ensure it sticks in your brain. But it's ultimately the

only scene in the film just about anyone remembers over 15 years after the International's release

It's such a bombastic and well-crafted sequence that it feels at the climax of the movie

but the story in fact carries on for another half hour or so, ending on a decidedly more

pared down and less memorable note. Considering how frustratingly mannered and middle of the road

the rest of the movie is, this insane action sequence feels totally at odds with the whole

enterprise, but maybe it's worth checking out for it just on its own. The scene is so good in fact

that it just kind of sticks out like a sore thumb. I can't say I endorse watching The International

but for that one scene, hey, you might find it worth a rental

Bing Bong sacrifices himself, Inside Out Disney Pixar has, for almost 30 years, perfected a balance between family-friendly storytelling

and the kind of emotional moments that could genuinely traumatize you. Neither the death of Arlo's father in The Good Dinosaur, WALL-E finally recognizing Eve

nor the opening minutes of Up would be out of place on this list

However, it's hard to look past one moment in particular from Inside Out

Oh, you know the one. The entire premise deals with different emotions and how it's okay to feel different things

But who could have seen something quite so soul-destroying coming? As Amy Poehler's joy and Phyllis Smith's sadness were running around Riley's mind

trying to get back to HQ with her core memories, they ran into Richard Kynes' Bing Bong

Riley's imaginary friend from when she was a kid. Of course, Bing Bong loved Riley and wanted what was best for her

which in one instance in the movie meant his own sacrifice. Bing Bong and Joy were stuck where memories eventually fade

and their song-powered rocket ship wasn't powerful enough to carry them both to safety

As they began to ascend out of the chasm, unbeknownst to Joy, Bing Bong jumped off to allow her to survive on her own

He knew he would be forgotten, but he made the sacrifice so that Joy could save Riley

Who knew that seeing an imaginary friend fade away into a forgotten memory could be so damn devastating

The Elevator Drive 2011's Drive is an unorthodox movie in many, many ways

For a start, its main character remains completely nameless, instead only referred to as Kid or Driver, even in the credits

Ryan Gosling is excellent in his portrayal of the Driver, suitably enigmatic and oozing charisma as he becomes entangled in a bungled heist

and attempts to evade the mafia. Drive is sleek and cool and for the most part understated

Well, that is until the elevator scene. On the run from the mobsters who are after the stolen cash that he has found himself in possession of

the driver and his neighbor get inside an elevator only to discover that a hitman has been sent to kill them and is waiting inside

Drawing Irene closer, the driver engages her in a passionate kiss, then quickly disarms the man and stomps him to death

While Drive has already displayed its fair share of violent action this scene is disturbing in its intimacy its brutality and its finality One minute three people are just sharing an elevator and the next one of them is dead with boot prints on the bloody pulp that was his skull just moments before The death of Gorr daughter Thor Love and Thunder

Taika Waititi introduced himself to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the universally beloved

Thor Ragnarok, and though there were moments of quiet emotion and poignancy, Ragnarok was a comedy

movie through and through. With Waititi's return for Thor Love and Thunder, the silliness factor

was turned up more than a few notches, unfortunately to the movie's detriment. However, right out of

the gate was a moment of pure sadness that brought forth floods of tears before the God of Thunder

even showed his face. The main villain of the film was Gore the God Butcher, played by Christian

Bale, called so because he swore to kill every living God. This was because of how he was treated

by the gods he found after his daughter had passed away. When Gore prayed for their help, but was merely laughed at and mocked, the scene itself

was truly heart-wrenching, as Gore and his daughter struggled through the desert with

no shelter from the blistering heat of the sun. Unable to continue, the poor girl went to sleep curled up with her father and never woke up

The scene immediately cut to Gore hugging her grave in a moment that no one could have been

ready for, even those who knew of the character's origins from the comics

Farewell to Leslie, Bridge to Terabithia Another family movie that threw in a scene possibly intended to scar children for life

Bridge to Terabithia is a fantasy drama about two young neighbours and their budding friendship

Both outcasts in their own respects, Jesse and Leslie create their own magical hideaway in the woods

a kingdom named Terabithia. There they spend their time exploring and imagining their adventures

and each of them learns how to deal with the difficulties they face in real life

One day, Jesse gets a phone call from his teacher, who offers him a one-on-one museum trip

Perhaps a little suspect, but that's not the disturbing part, and Jesse gladly accepts, despite having plans to play with Leslie

He returns and is told that Leslie drowned in a creek in the woods. What ensues is an absolutely heartbreaking emotional journey of a young boy

as he attempts to deal with the grief of losing his only friend and his guilt for not having been there

It's hard to watch, and even harder to understand who thought that this would be a good story to tell children

Caretaker's murder, the longest yard. Recent years have seen Adam Sandler show off his acting chops with the likes of hustle and uncut

gems, in a way far removed from his typical comedic styling. However, this was something he

already did way back in 2005 with The Longest Yard, in which he played Paul Crew, an incarcerated

former NFL quarterback forced to put together a team of convicts to play the prison guards in a

pre-season warm-up game. It's a fun movie, and Sandler puts in a strong performance, but undoubtedly

the heart and soul of both the film and the team Crew put together was Chris Rock's Caretaker

No one particularly liked Paul Crew, thanks to his history of cheating in the NFL

and so the likability factor came solely down to Caretaker. He was universally loved

which is why his death was such a hard pill to swallow. It was Crew himself who was targeted by

an inmate spy of the Wardens, but he was Caretaker who wandered into the wrong cell at the wrong time

and was killed by a radio rigged with explosives. Not only did his murder come out of nowhere

it couldn't have happened to someone less deserving. The Bug Scene, King Kong

The story of King Kong is one that everyone is familiar with, at least the part where the giant ape climbs the Empire State Building and swats around at the aircraft

2005's King Kong was an excellent retelling of that old classic, with an impressive cast and a well-written story

After reaching Skull Island, the expedition soon encounter the native tribe, who plan on sacrificing leading Lady Anne to Kong

Then they encounter several dinosaurs, and finally, after falling into a ravine, a ton of insects. But these aren't just your average mosquitoes though. These are huge dog-sized

grasshopper type beasts, intent on swarming the humans. While the crew do their best to fight off

the horde of giant bugs, colossal leeches appear and begin eating crew members whole, and then

just to top the scene off, an enormous claw appears from a crack in the cliff and snatches

a grown man away into the dark. While the Skull Island scenes of King Kong mostly played out like

horror movie, this scene arrived without warning and had her skin crawling before we even knew what

was going on. It is grim. Dominic's body is found, The Banshees of Inner Sharon

The Banshees of Inner Sharon was one of the most well-received movies of 2022

and rightly received four Oscar nominations in the acting categories. Colin Farrell

Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon were all outstanding for Martin McDonagh, but it was Barry Keoghan who gave arguably the best performance of his entire career

Even in a film as bleak as this one, his Dominic was a truly tragic character

He was beaten by his father. He was let down by Padraic, the closest thing he had to a strong male role model

and he was knocked back by Siobhan when he professed his love for her. This scene itself was tough to watch

Though she let him down as gently as she could, Dominic saw his dreams dashed

and this was the last that was seen of him on screen alive. All that was mentioned of him after was in Padraic's letter to his sister

in which he says they found the young man's body in the lake. It is a big ol' gut punch, only made worse by the realisation that Patrick's assumption that he slipped and fell

isn't as likely as him jumping in the fallout of his talk with Siobhan

Jojo discovers his mother, Jojo Rabbit. While he may be widely regarded for his eccentric style and unique, often silly humour

Taika Waititi manages to appear on this list yet again. This time it's not a villain swearing revenge on the gods of the world

but instead a small boy in Nazi Germany. If you look at Jojo Rabbit as a comedy about Jojo himself, a member of the Hitler Youth whose imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler, played by Waititi, it's bordering on ridiculous, really

However, if you look at it as a story about a German woman, Scarlett Johansson's Rosie Betzler, risking her life to give a Jewish girl sanctuary in Nazi Germany, it becomes a lot more serious

There is a good balance between these two tones throughout, but that doesn't stop one of the most harrowing images in recent cinematic memory from coming completely out of the blue

As Jojo is innocently walking through the town square, distracted by a butterfly

he suddenly and without any warning whatsoever comes across his mother hanging

The image of her shoes dangling at his head height, with her child tying her laces as she had shown him

and grasping at his mother's legs, is seared into the mind of anyone who has seen it

It was some properly devastating stuff this, and I am still not over it