The Lion King And 9 Other Movies With The Best Opening Scenes

The movie opens with the three main characters, Ray Liotta’s Henry, Joe Pesci’s Tommy and Robert De Niro’s Jimmy, in a car when a noise comes from the trunk, so they pull over to see what the problem is. Of course, this scene is replayed in full later in the movie, with full context, but as the opening scene, it sets up Ray Liotta’s character’s life in an instant. He always wanted to be a gangster and this is a slice of life as one, for better or for worse.

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