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"Say It To Me Now" (Opening Sequence), Once

Guy (Glen Hansard), a busker, gets robbed. At night, Girl (Markéta Irglová) approaches him about his music.

A Friendship, Jules and Jim

Jules (Oskar Werner), an Austrian, and Jim (Henri Serre), a Frenchman, become fast friends in Paris.

A Robot That Can Love, A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Cybertronics presents the idea of a robot child that will have the capacity for love and dreaming.

A Well Paid Job (Opening Sequence), Taste of Cherry

Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) drives around Tehran looking for someone to do a job for him for a large amount of money.

Accessory to Murder, Menace II Society

Caine (Tyrin Turner) and O-Dog (Larenz Tate) shop at a liquor store, but tensions rise when they're followed by the employees

Are You Watching Closely?, The Prestige

John Cutter outlines the three stages of a magic trick to a young girl while Angier drowns in a water tank in front of Borden.

Consolidated Life (Opening Sequence), The Apartment

CC Baxter (Jack Lemmon) introduces his company and the current predicament with his living situation.

Dawn, 2001: A Space Odyssey

The sun rises over the earth and the moon.

Deserted Rome, Il Sorpasso

Bruno searches for a payphone in Rome, which has been emptied of inhabitants by the Ferragosto holiday.

Dinner Party, Schindler's List

Oskar Schindler demonstrates his social prowess.

Discovering Acrophobia , Vertigo

Chasing a criminal over San Franciscan rooftops, detective Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) slips and, hanging from a gutter, watches as his fellow policeman dies trying to save him.

Good Morning, City Lights

After speeches commemorating a new monument to "Peace and Prosperity," the veil reveals the Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) asleep.

Hwaseong 1986 (Opening Sequence), Memories of Murder

Park Doo-man (Song Kang-ho) reports to the crime scene of a murder victim.

I Know What It Is To Forget, Hiroshima Mon Amour

A woman (Emmanuelle Riva) and a man (Eiji Okada) discuss modern Hiroshima.

Initial Spread, Contagion

Several people around the world develop serious symptoms from an unknown illness, including Beth Emhoff.

Legionnaires, Beau Travail

Soldiers in the French Foreign Legion stationed in Djibouti stand in the sun as an endurance test.

Leon's Replicant Test, Blade Runner

The police test Leon while looking for replicants at the Tyrell headquarters.

Love: The Transition From Gangster to Human, Satya

This scene is a montage that isolates Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi) and Vidya (Urmila Matondkar) and further establishes their intimacy, showing that Satya is not just a rugged, tough gang member, but complex and emotional as well. This intimacy exposes viewers to his true feelings and makes him more human, as opposed to a hypermasculine criminal.

Marcello Calms the Bully Dog, Dogman

At a dog grooming shop, we are introduced to Marcello, who is attempting to give an aggressive dog a bath.

Micah and Jo Wake Up Together, Medicine for Melancholy

After an apparent one-night stand, Micah (Wyatt Cenac) and Jo (Tracey Heggins) quietly observe each other while getting ready to leave their host (John Thurgood)'s now largely empty loft apartment. The party host invites them to stay for breakfast on their way out but they leave anyway.

Never New (Opening Sequence), Inside Llewyn Davis

Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) plays at The Gaslight Cafe one night in 1961.

Nuclear Reactor Hack, Blackhat

A Nuclear Power Plant in China is hacked resulting in a massive meltdown.

One Little Girl, The Matrix

Trinity battles policemen and agents as she attempts to flee the Matrix

Opening and Interviews, Climax

Opening credits and interviews with the dancers in the film.

Opening Credits and Sequence, Chinatown

A woman (Dianne Ladd) asks private investigator, J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson), to look into her husband, Hollis Mulwray, who she believes is having an affair.

Opening Credits and Sequence, Tokyo Story

Opening credits and establishing shots of Onomichi.

Opening Credits and Sequence, Unforgiven

At Greely's Saloon and Brothel in Big Whiskey Wyoming, two men, Quick Mike (David Mucci) and Davey Bunting (Rob Campbell), cut the face of Delilah, a prostitute (Anna Thomson). The Town Sheriff, Little Bill (Gene Hackman), lets the perpetrators off easy. Taking justice into their own hands, Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher) and the other prostitutes place a bounty on their heads.

Opening Credits and Sequence, Persepolis

Instead of boarding her flight to Tehran, Marjane ("Marji") (Chiara Mastroianni) reflects on her youth in Iran. Living with her mom (Catherine Deneuve), dad (Simon Abkarian), and grandmother (Danielle Darrieux), young Marji (Gabrielle Lopes) witnesses the start of the Iranian Revolution.

Opening Scene, Cheyenne Autumn

The opening sequence of the film, narrated by James Stewart, depicts life on the Cheyenne reservation in 1964.

Opening Sequence, The Exorcist

An archaeologist finds a figurine while excavating ancient grounds.

Opening Sequence, Carrie

Carrie menstruates for the first time.

Opening Sequence, Candyman

The film opens on the city of Chicago.

Opening Sequence, Minority Report

Acting on information from the Precognitives, Chief Anderton of the Precrime Program prevents the homicide of an unfaithful wife by her husband.

Opening Sequence, The Conversation

Harry tracks a couple through San Francisco's Union Square.

Opening Sequence, Psycho

Marion and Sam get dressed.

Opening Sequence, Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary and Guy move into their new home.

Opening Sequence, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Flashes of a crime scene along with a police report.

Opening Sequence, A Nightmare on Elm Street

Tina has her first dream about Freddy Krueger.

Opening Sequence, BlacKkKlansman

The famous scene from Gone with the Wind, in which Scarlett O’Hara searches for Dr. Meade among the dead and dying in the Atlanta train yard, segues to Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard’s tirade against Black Americans.

Opening Sequence, Breathless

Michel steals a car with the help of a female accomplice and then shoots a police officer to evade arrest.

Opening Sequence, Moonrise Kingdom

A symphonic record plays as the Bishop family starts their day on New Penzance Island.

Opening Sequence, Frances Ha

An introduction to the character Frances Ha and snippets from a day in her life

Opening Sequence, Mulholland Drive

An unidentified woman in a limousine escapes the threatening men driving her unharmed after the car is involved in a collision.

Opening Sequence, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

A group of young adults in Ferrara come together to play tennis in the walled garden of the wealthy Finzi-Contini family, leading Micòl Finzi-Contini (Dominique Sanda) to reconnect with her childhood friend Giorgio (Lino Capolicchio)

Opening Sequence, Sleep Dealer

Memo (Luis Fernando Peña) describes node work at the sleep dealers.

Opening Sequence, Godzilla

Two freighters and a fishing boat are destroyed near Odo Island.

Opening Sequence, The Martian

After a dust storm on Mars forces a crew of astronauts to evacuate, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is injured and presumed to be dead.

Opening Sequence, Jurassic Park

A velociraptor kills a worker at Isla Nublar.

Opening Sequence, The Congress

Actress Robin Wright (Robin Wright) has a conversation with her agent Al (Harvey Keitel).

Opening Sequence, The Truman Show

Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) unknowingly stars in a television show created by Christof (Ed Harris).

Opening Sequence, Solaris

Psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) spends time on Earth before going to the Solaris space station.

Opening Sequence, The Man Who Fell to Earth

An alien falls to Earth and takes the appearance of a human named Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie).

Opening Sequence, Pumzi

35 years after The Water War, the Maitu community lives in contained cities and dreams are prohibited.

Opening Sequence, Brazil

Jill Layton (Kim Greist) sees her downstairs neighbor Archibald Buttle (Brian Miller) get wrongfully arrested as a result of a mistaken identity.

Opening Sequence, Jobs

Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introduces the iPod at an Apple town hall meeting.

Opening Sequence, Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

A caribou ghost unwraps plastic fencing around a tree.

Opening Sequence, File Under Miscellaneous

A Mi’kmaq man arrives at a hospital to undergo a surgical procedure to become white.

Opening Sequence, Cosmic Slop

Aliens named the Space Traders visit Earth and offer abundant resources in exchange for the entire population of Black Americans.

Opening Sequence, Wakening

Weesageechak (Sarah Podemski) hides from the authorities.

Opening Sequence, Alphaville

Secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) arrives at the futuristic city of Alphaville.

Opening Sequence , In the Mood for Love

The Chans and the Chows move into their new Hong Kong apartments, becoming neighbors.

Opening Sequence, Sound of Metal

Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed) and his partner Lou (Olivia Cooke) play at one of their concert tours.

Opening Sequence, In the Heights

Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) introduces el barrio.

Opening Sequence, The Watermelon Woman

Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye) and Tamara (Valarie Walker) record a wedding ceremony.

Opening Sequence , Killer of Sheep

A boy is yelled at by his father for failing to protect his younger brother.

Opening Sequence, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Various women (Susan Ansprach, Patricia See Gilbert) read for the role of Alice in director William Greaves' (William Greaves) new film.

Opening Sequence, The Learning Tree

Young Newt Winger (Kyle Johnson) wanders around his hometown of Cherokee Flats, Kansas.

Opening Sequence, Losing Ground

Professor Sara Rogers (Seret Scott) teaches a class on logic.

Opening Sequence, Malcolm X

Malcolm X (Denzel Washington) gives a speech.

Opening Sequence, Shadows

Ben (Ben Carruthers) goes to a party.

Opening Sequence, Cotton Comes to Harlem

Deke "Reverend" O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart) drives back into Harlem.

Opening Sequence, Landscape in the Mist

Siblings Voula (Tania Palaiologou) and Alexandros (Michalis Zeke) attempt to get on a train to Germany.

Opening Sequence, Hell-Bound Train

The hell-bound train is conducted by the Devil. The first coach is dancing and bootlegging.

Opening Sequence, The Weeping Meadow

A group of Greek refugees from Bolshevik-run Odessa, led by Spyros (Vasilis Kolovos), settle near a river.

Opening Sequence, Nostalgia

Russian writer Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky) travels with his interpreter Eugenia (Domiziana Giordano) in the Italian countryside.

Opening Sequence, Caught

Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) and her roommate Maxine (Ruth Brady) talk about finances and the future.

Opening Sequence, Letter from an Unknown Woman

Concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan) enlists his mute butler John (Art Smith) in helping him evade a duel, and sits down to read a letter from an unknown woman (Joan Fontaine).

Opening Sequence , Once Upon a Time in the West

Three gunmen (Woody Strode, Al Mulock, Jack Elam) prepare to ambush a harmonica-playing stranger (Charles Bronson).

Opening Sequence, Once Upon a Time in America

Three thugs terrorize Eve (Darlanne Fluegel) for information about Noodles' (Robert De Niro) whereabouts.

Opening Sequence, What Time Is It There?

Hsiao-kang's father (Miao Tien) passes, and Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-shiang) begins mourning.

Opening Sequence, The Story of a Three-Day Pass

Turner (Harry Baird), an American G.I. stationed in France, receives a promotion and a three-day outing pass from his captain (Hal Brav).

Opening Sequence, Old Joy

Mark (Daniel London) receives a call from his old friend Kurt (Will Oldham) for an impromptu trip to the mountains.

Opening Sequence, Wendy and Lucy

Wendy (Michelle Williams) travels up north with her dog Lucy in hopes of finding work in a cannery in Alaska.

Opening Sequence, Close-Up

Journalist Hossain Farazmand (Hossain Farazmand) tells a taxi driver (Hooshang Shamaei) about the arrest he has planned for his upcoming article.

Opening Sequence, The Wind Will Carry Us

A filmmaker posing as an engineer (Behzad Dorani) and his three-man crew travel to the remote Kurdish village of Siah Dareh.

Opening Sequence, The Earrings of Madame de...

Louise (Danielle Darrieux) searches her closet for a pair of costly heart-shaped diamond earrings.

Opening Sequence, The Ring

Katie (Amber Tamlyn) and Becca (Rachael Bella) gossip and discuss a scary story, which quickly proves to be true.

Opening Sequence, Ringu

Tomoko (Yûko Takeuchi) and Masami (Hitomi Satô) gossip and discuss a scary story, which quickly proves to be true.

Opening Sequence, Luck by Chance

Sona Mishra (Konkona Sen Sharma) is signed by producer Satish Chaudhary (Alyy Khan).

Opening Sequence, Where Is My Friend's House?

Nematzadeh (Ahmed Ahmadpour) doesn't do his homework in his notebook, and the teacher (Khodabaksh Defai) threatens to expel him if it happens again.

Opening Sequence, Zero Dark Thirty

Powerful audio from the 9/11 attack in the US introduces a scene taking place years later, involving the torture of a member of Al-Qaeda.

Opening Sequence, Ulysses' Gaze

An old assistant (Thanos Grammenos) to the Manaki brothers tells A (Harvey Keitel) about a three lost film reels.

Opening Sequence, Scream

Casey (Drew Barrymore) is home alone when she receives a phone call from an unnamed ghost face killer (Matthew Lillard).

Opening Sequence, Tangerine

Transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) meets friend fellow sex worker and friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) at a donut shop in Hollywood, where she learns that her boyfriend has been cheating on her during her stint in jail.

Opening Sequence, Chungking Express

He Qiwu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is struggling with a breakup when he first bumps into a woman in a blonde wig.

Opening Sequence, The Icicle Thief

Director Nichetti (Maurizio Nichetti) arrives at a television studio for the airing of his film "Ladri di saponette".

Opening Sequence, The Jackie Robinson Story

An offscreen narrator explains the importance of Jackie Robinson's story as a young Jackie (Howard Louis MacNeely) walks with his back turned to the camera.

Opening Sequence, The Children's Hour

Children from the Wright-Dobie School for Girls ride bikes, play outdoors, and perform in a piano recital for their parents to watch.

Opening Sequence, Avatar

Paraplegic Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) narrates the view of Pandora, an alien planet with abundant resources. The scenery changes to a futuristic Earth whose own natural resources have been depleted by climate change, war, and overpopulation.

Opening Sequence, Pulp Fiction

Before the opening credits roll, Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) and Pumpkin (Tim Roth) discuss robbery while at a diner.

Opening Sequence, Pulp Fiction

Before the opening credits roll, Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) and Pumpkin (Tim Roth) discuss robbery while at a diner.

Opening Sequence, Some Like It Hot

The police raid a speakeasy owned by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft), where jazz band players Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) work.

Opening Sequence, Carmen Jones

Cindy Lou (Olga James) visits Joe (Harry Belafonte) at his military base.

Opening Sequence, Edge of the City

Drifter Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) looks for a job at the waterfront and calls his parents.

Opening Sequence, Imitation of Life

Lora (Lana Lurner) loses her daughter Susie (Terry Burnham) at Coney Island, only to find her with Annie (Juanita Moore) and her white-passing daughter Sarah Jane (Karin Dicker).

Opening Sequence, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Newly engaged John (Sidney Poitier) and Joanna (Catherine Houghton) arrive at Joanna's hometown in San Fransisco.

Opening Sequence, The Red Ball Express

The narrator opens the film with a description of the state of the war in France during WW2.

Opening Sequence, West Side Story

The Jets, a white gang led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang led by Bernardo (George Chakiris), brawl in the streets.

Opening Sequence, The Exiles

A montage of photographs of Native Americans.

Opening Sequence, Cruising

Boaters discover dismembered body parts in the harbor.

Opening Sequence, The Living End

Jon (Craig Gilmore) gets a diagnosis at the doctor's office

Opening Sequence , Waiting to Exhale

On New Year's Eve, four women in separate households navigate relationships with the men in their lives.

Opening Sequence, Roman Holiday

Crown princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) travels on a goodwill tour to various European cities.

Opening Sequence, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

A journey to the countryside from the city.

Opening Sequence, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Marianne (Noémie Merlant) instructs her students on how to paint a portrait.

Opening Sequence, Hiroshima Mon Amour

A woman (Emmanuelle Riva) and a man (Eiji Okada) discuss the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Opening Sequence, The Grey Zone

Hoffman (David Arquette) calls for Dr. Nyiszli (Allan Corduner) to try to save another prisoner.

Opening Sequence, Sweet Smell of Success

Press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) picks up a newspaper with a column by J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster).

Opening Sequence, A Matter of Life and Death

The Earth in the Universe. British pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) radios in June (Kim Hunter), an American radio operator, before jumping out of a burning plane.

Opening Sequence, Singin' in the Rain

Don (Gene Kelly), Lina (Jean Hagen), and Cosmo (Donald O'Connor) arrive at the premiere for their newest film. Per the interviewer's (Madge Blake) request, Don recounts his and Cosmo's journey in Hollywood.

Opening Sequence, Diary of a Country Priest

The new priest of Ambricourt (Claude Laydu) writes in his diary.

Opening Sequence, 8½

Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) dreams of himself escaping from a traffic jam and flying high in the sky.

Opening Sequence, Paris, Texas

Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) wanders in the desert and collapses.

Opening Sequence, The Godfather

Don Vito Coreleone (Marlon Brando) listens to requests on the day of his daughter's wedding.

Opening Sequence, Rear Window

Stuck with his leg in a cast for another week, L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies (James Stewart) watches his neighbors go about their mornings from his window.

Opening Sequence, Aftersun

Sophie (Frankie Corio) and her father Calum (Paul Mescal) go on a vacation to Turkey.

Opening Sequence, Sunset Boulevard

Joe Gillis (William Holden) begins the story of his demise.

Opening Sequence, Get Out

Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) get ready to drive up to Rose's parents' house for the weekend.

Opening Sequence, The Night of the Hunter

Serial killer and self-proclaimed preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) is on the run from the law.

Opening Sequence, The Godfather Part II

As a boy, Vito Andolini (Oreste Baldini) is run out of his hometown, Corleone, Italy, and immigrates to the United States by himself.

Opening Sequence, Handsome Antonio

Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) finds out that he must return home and find a wife.

Opening Sequence, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) return to the western town of Shinbone. Former Marshal Appleyard (Andy Devine) takes Hallie to see the cactus roses.

Opening Sequence, The Seventh Seal

After returning from the Crusades, Antonious Block (Max von Sydow) begins a game of chess with Death (Bengt Ekerot).

Opening Sequence, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

On his way home, Arash (Arash Marandi) steals a cat from a yard.

Opening Sequence, Night of the Living Dead

Barbra (Judith O'Dea) and Johnny (Russel Streiner) visit their father's grave when something goes terribly wrong.

Opening Sequence, Evil Dead II

Ash (Bruce Campbell) and his girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler) decide to stay the night in what they think is an abandoned cabin in the woods.

Opening Sequence, Poltergeist

Late at night, after the family has all fallen asleep, Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) begins talking to the television.

Opening Sequence, I Saw the TV Glow

Owen (Ian Foreman) watches a trailer for a new TV show, The Pink Opaque.

Opening Sequence, Hereditary

The Graham family prepares for a funeral.

Opening Sequence, It Follows

In this sequence, Annie Marshall (Bailey Spry) has just driven away from the imminent threat following her in her neighborhood. She seeks refuge at the beach where it appears she has not successfully escaped it after all.

Opening Sequence, Oldboy

Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) saves a man (Oh Dal-su) from committing suicide. Dae-su begins to tell this man the story of how he was kidnapped 15 years ago.

Opening Sequence, The Grapes of Wrath

After his release from jail, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) catches a ride with a truck driver (Irving Bacon) as a he attempts to go home.

Opening Sequence, The Dark Knight

The Joker (Heath Ledger) and his crew rob a bank.

Opening Sequence, The Birds

Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pretends to work at a bird shop to impress Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) who is looking for a couple of love birds.

Opening Sequence, Pink Flamingos

Edie (Edith Massey) begs Divine (Divine) to get her some eggs.

Opening Sequence, Midsommar

A painting opens up to outdoor establishing shots and Dani (Florence Pugh) makes a few phone calls.

Opening Sequence, Everything Everywhere All at Once

A stressed Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), and her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu) prepare for an event at their laundromat.

Opening Sequence, It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence (Henry Travers), an angel, reviews the key moments in George Bailey's (Bobbie Anderson) life in an effort to come to his aid in his hour of need.

Opening Sequence, It Happened One Night

Ellen "Ellie" Andrews (Claudette Colbert) and her father Alexander Andrews (Walter Connolly) argue about her upcoming marriage.

Opening Sequence, Reservoir Dogs

The assembled cast of criminals have breakfast at a diner before their heist.

Opening Sequence, Blue Velvet

Opening credits and establishing the eerie suburban setting.

Opening Sequence, TÁR

Someone is shown filming Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) on a private flight while texting about her. The opening credits roll while a shamanic melody plays in the background.

Opening Sequence, Saving Private Ryan

A veteran (Harrison Young) and his family visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

Opening Sequence, Magnolia

A narrator tells 3 stories of coincidence: a triple hanging, a scuba diver's death, and a suicide attempt.

Opening Sequence, The Red Shoes

Student composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) attends the ballet that his professor scored, only to realize that his professor plagiarized his work.

Opening Sequence, Yi Yi

The family has gathered for Ah-Di's (Hsi-Sheng Chen) wedding.

Opening Sequence, A Woman Under the Influence

Opening credits and Nick's workplace.

Opening Sequence, The Sound of Music

Maria (Julie Andrews) sings "The Sound of Music," and the opening credits roll.

Opening Sequence, The Best Years of Our Lives

3 American soldiers--Al Stephenson (Fredric March), Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), and Homer Parrish (Harold Russell)--seek to return home after World War 2.

Opening Sequence, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro), and Delmar O'Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson) escape from a Mississippi chain gang in search of Everett's buried treasure. They encounter a blind seer (Lee Weaver).

Opening Sequence, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Senator Joe Payne (Claude Rains) and Governor Hopper (Guy Kibbee) work with Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold) to find a new senator.

Opening Sequence, Petite Maman

Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) says goodbye to the women of the nursing home before her mother Marion (Nina Meurisse) and her leave.

Opening Sequence, Inglourious Basterds

Opening credits and Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) arrives to a farm.

Opening Sequence, Melancholia

The opening sequence features many different vague visuals including the planets of Earth and Melancholia colliding.

Opening Sequence, The Worst Person in the World

Julie (Renate Reinsve), a medical student in Oslo, realizes she isn't living the life she wants and flits through a series of majors and relationships. She then meets Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie), a comic book artist, at a party.

Opening Sequence, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) treks through the Peruvian wilderness in search of a lost idol.

Opening Sequence, A Streetcar Named Desire

Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) arrives in New Orleans to stay with her sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), and brother-in-law, Stanley (Marlon Brando).

Opening Sequence, The Phantom of the Opera

At the Paris Opera House, a production of Faust is underway

Opening Sequence, There Will Be Blood

Daniel (Daniel Day-Lewis) mines for silver and injures himself.

Opening Sequence, Stranger Than Paradise

Eva (Eszter Balint) gets off her plane, and Willie (John Lurie) answers a phone call.

Opening Sequence, Nashville

Opening credits and Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson) records a song while Opal (Geraldine Chaplin) prepares to write about it.

Opening Sequence, The Hurt Locker

A bomb disposal squad attempts to safely defuse a live explosive.

Opening Sequence, Easy Rider

Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) buy cocaine in Mexico and smuggle it into the US.

Opening Sequence, Lawrence of Arabia

T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) dies in a motorcycle accident.

Opening Sequence, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Opening credits, then Jeanne has a visitor.

Opening Sequence, The Yearling

Penny (Gregory Peck) explains how he chose to settle in Lake George. Later, Ora (Jane Wyman) calls for Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.) to return from the woods.

Opening Sequence, Faces

Richard Forst (John Marley) has a meeting at work.

Opening Sequence, PlayTime

A group of American tourists arrive at the Paris airport.

Opening Sequence, Anatomy of a Fall

Zoé (Camille Rutherford) interviews Sandra (Sandra Hüller).

Opening Sequence, Volver

Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and Soledad (Lola Dueñas) return to their hometown with Raimunda's daughter Paula (Yohana Cobo) to visit their mother's grave and their elderly aunt (Chus Lampreave).

Opening Sequence, Sense and Sensibility

When Mr. Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson) dies, his wife (Gemma Jones) and daughters Elinor (Emma Thompson), Marianne (Kate Winslet), and Margaret (Myriam Francois) lose their home to his son, John (James Fleet), from another marriage. Mr. Dashwood tells John to look out for his girls, but John's wife, Fanny (Harriet Walter), is less generous. Fanny's brother, Edward (Hugh Grant), comes to visit.

Opening Sequence, Perfect Blue

The J-pop group CHAM performs at a convention. Mima (Junko Iwao), one of the group members, announces her departure from the group to pursue acting.

Opening Sequence, The Battle of Algiers

An informant tells the French Army the spot where Ali la Pointe (Brahim Hadjadj) is hiding. Opening credits roll.

Opening Sequence, Princess Mononoke

Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) kills a demon to protect his village.

Opening Sequence, Turning Red

Mei (Rosalie Chiang) introduces the audience to her life, including her life at school and her duties at the temple.

Opening Sequence (Part 1), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

A prologue: the narrator (Cate Blanchett) explains the creation and distribution of the rings and the destruction and war the Master Ring has brought upon Middle-earth. After the war, the Ring is found by Gollum (Andy Serkis) and then Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm).