The 10 Movies With the Best Opening Scenes According to the Cinemaholic

"Your opening is everything. Set the tone, mood, score and visual language. Establish characters, themes, ideas and relationships. Most importantly of all: Bridge the gap across the silver screen to your audience and immediately draw them into the world you wish to craft. Movie openers can range from patiently paced monologues to exhilarating action sequences. Indeed opening so strong can in some cases hinder your film as a whole: Build up the audience's expectation with an incredible first scene and then shatter their hopes as the rest of the flick fails to live up to its promise. That's why, whilst writing this list, I tried to take into account movies whose openings served them well in the long run, rather than facilitated them fizzling out by the half-way point. With that said, here is the list of top movie opening scenes ever." - thecinemaholic.com