the stakes are not an option
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down the top 10 continuous
movie scenes just to be clear we’re
focusing on the incredible and
well-executed scenes from film that are
done in one uninterrupted shot as in not
a single cut takes place well as far as
we can tell
number ten tricycle The Shining getting
things moving are the two uninterrupted
steady shots from Stanley Kubrick’s
horror masterpiece that followed Danny
as he explores the vast empty spaces of
the Overlook Hotel
building a sense of suspense the lack of
cuts works to instill a sense of dread
that the next corner could hold
something terrifying not to mention the
feeling that he’s being followed the
atmosphere is punctuated by the sound of
the big wheel trike as it rolls from
bare floors to carpet number nine
hallway scuffle old boy
Oh
in this original adaptation of the South
Korean mystery thriller the story
follows a man who has been locked up in
a hotel room for 15 years without
knowing why when his search for answers
leads to a confrontation against a mob
in a hallway the camera takes a profile
view of the agonising won against many
brawl
until finally and painstakingly reaching
its climax number eight nightclub and
double-murder Boogie Nights lovely way
black this statement making technique
was attempted by director Paul Thomas
Anderson’s team for the very first shot
in the film depicting the nightclub of
the 1970s this three-minute scene worked
to introduce us to Burt Reynolds his
porn director as he enters the club
before following the owner working the
floor and connecting back to Reynolds
and his soon to be star Mark Wahlberg
think that’s a crazy cinematic feat of
timing in fuse well check out the film’s
second attempt as it follows william h
Macy on New Year’s Eve uh hey Kurt
he’s on what no no internet kappa – okay
as he navigates a house party to find
his cheating wife for snapping and going
for a double murder and suicide number
seven staircase fight the protector aka
Tom Yum Goong action teens are tricky
enough but imagine having a prolonged
action sequence take the fight up a
series of staircases without being able
to make a single mistake
here tony jaa takes on countless stunt
actors in search of his stolen baby
elephants this scene is so intense that
we can’t help but feel for the cameraman
who’s struggling to keep up and keep on
time we’ll take this over shaky cam any
day number 6 car attack children of men
easily the most memorable scene from
this dystopian flick this all in one
shot featured an attack on a moving car
carrying the film’s protagonist created
with a specially designed car mounted
camera capable of 360 degree movements
this ambush shot in one take creates a
tense scene that makes the viewer feel
like passengers in the car themselves
incredibly the take took 12 days to
stage and execute and only the last take
was used which was almost interrupted by
the director thankfully the crew ignored
his call to cut and blood hit the lens
number five Hospital shootout
hard-boiled thanks to the choreographic
efforts of action director John Woo this
is considered one of the best action
sequences ever filmed in it two cops
take two floors of a hospital packed
with bad guys in only one take that’s a
whole lot of gunplay special effects and
timing involved all to take the audience
from the hallway to the elevator and up
to a completely different floor if
there’s any cheap it’s the use of
slow-motion to help us catch our breath
video games can only aspire to be this
frantic and well-organized what’s most
impressive is that this was all
accomplished in a single tape
number four the Copacabana Goodfellas
what are you doing you’re leaving your
car what is the car considered one of
the most famous continuous shots ever
this one is from the martin scorsese
crime classic every time you do a scene
referred to as the Copa sequence
cinematographer Michael Ball house
painstakingly followed Ray Liotta and
Lorraine Bracco into the legendary
nightclub from the back door all the way
to their seats
versus this one is reported to have
required eight takes to nail and
effectively depicts the level of power
and access the crime world can open up
to you what do you do what what do you
do I’m a construction price number three
the bomb touch of evil talked about an
explosive opening to a film that blew
audiences away this shot from Orson
Welles is film noir classic is
considered one of the greatest examples
of an uninterrupted shot in cinematic
history as it follows a car planted with
a bomb it not only introduced the
protagonist but demonstrated that there
was more than one way to tell a story
and create a sense of fluid storytelling
do you realize I haven’t kissed you over
an hour
number two real-time wrote open next up
is this Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece the
first of his films in Technicolor one
that was ambitious enough to take place
in real time I’ll open these all right
this was accomplished by having it made
up completely from eight to ten minute
takes with a story centered on two
killers having strangled a classmate
I was sure she’d notice notice what a
rough of course fan we’ve got died why
why yes why it’s only a piece of rope
fill up an ordinary household article
why hide it the tense thriller focused
on them having hid the body in their
apartment and having invited friends and
family over just to see how good of a
job they had done but I can help you’re
gonna die Brandon both of you you’re
gonna die before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions hi
I don’t know wait Liam that Lear man
yeah sure it’s a rover he’s extra cheese
I don’t care I don’t care I’m not gonna
eat it that was an extraordinary shot
the hell was that never heard of it
I’m Julian temple it’s an English what
you’re talking about a mirror
no grenades huh no grenades be crashing
again back to your husband
Neal prepped good to go sir just loading
her up number one entire film Russian
arc Rostov ichika
so then wizard which occurred now we cut
to the greatest example of non
interrupted filmmaking
there is no standout scene here rather
the entire 96-minute historical drama
was shot without the camera ever cutting
mama ah mom that’s right it was crafted
with the use of a Steadicam navigating
33 rooms of the Winter Palace of the
Russian state Hermitage Museum centered
on a ghost drifting through the location
his journey takes us on a guided tour
through history
in total it took three takes to
accomplish while being limited by the
100 minute hard drive they were
capturing it on the cheat here is that
the sound was modified after the fact
has that allowed for some degree of
error and the ability to edit out the
crews cursing married to produce
not to proceed
did you agree with our list which
continuous movie scene impressed you the
most for more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com Jimmy two times who got
that nickname because he said everything
twice late but I will get the papers get
the paper mache
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down the top 10 continuous
movie scenes just to be clear we’re
focusing on the incredible and
well-executed scenes from film that are
done in one uninterrupted shot as in not
a single cut takes place well as far as
we can tell
number ten tricycle The Shining getting
things moving are the two uninterrupted
steady shots from Stanley Kubrick’s
horror masterpiece that followed Danny
as he explores the vast empty spaces of
the Overlook Hotel
building a sense of suspense the lack of
cuts works to instill a sense of dread
that the next corner could hold
something terrifying not to mention the
feeling that he’s being followed the
atmosphere is punctuated by the sound of
the big wheel trike as it rolls from
bare floors to carpet number nine
hallway scuffle old boy
Oh
in this original adaptation of the South
Korean mystery thriller the story
follows a man who has been locked up in
a hotel room for 15 years without
knowing why when his search for answers
leads to a confrontation against a mob
in a hallway the camera takes a profile
view of the agonising won against many
brawl
until finally and painstakingly reaching
its climax number eight nightclub and
double-murder Boogie Nights lovely way
black this statement making technique
was attempted by director Paul Thomas
Anderson’s team for the very first shot
in the film depicting the nightclub of
the 1970s this three-minute scene worked
to introduce us to Burt Reynolds his
porn director as he enters the club
before following the owner working the
floor and connecting back to Reynolds
and his soon to be star Mark Wahlberg
think that’s a crazy cinematic feat of
timing in fuse well check out the film’s
second attempt as it follows william h
Macy on New Year’s Eve uh hey Kurt
he’s on what no no internet kappa – okay
as he navigates a house party to find
his cheating wife for snapping and going
for a double murder and suicide number
seven staircase fight the protector aka
Tom Yum Goong action teens are tricky
enough but imagine having a prolonged
action sequence take the fight up a
series of staircases without being able
to make a single mistake
here tony jaa takes on countless stunt
actors in search of his stolen baby
elephants this scene is so intense that
we can’t help but feel for the cameraman
who’s struggling to keep up and keep on
time we’ll take this over shaky cam any
day number 6 car attack children of men
easily the most memorable scene from
this dystopian flick this all in one
shot featured an attack on a moving car
carrying the film’s protagonist created
with a specially designed car mounted
camera capable of 360 degree movements
this ambush shot in one take creates a
tense scene that makes the viewer feel
like passengers in the car themselves
incredibly the take took 12 days to
stage and execute and only the last take
was used which was almost interrupted by
the director thankfully the crew ignored
his call to cut and blood hit the lens
number five Hospital shootout
hard-boiled thanks to the choreographic
efforts of action director John Woo this
is considered one of the best action
sequences ever filmed in it two cops
take two floors of a hospital packed
with bad guys in only one take that’s a
whole lot of gunplay special effects and
timing involved all to take the audience
from the hallway to the elevator and up
to a completely different floor if
there’s any cheap it’s the use of
slow-motion to help us catch our breath
video games can only aspire to be this
frantic and well-organized what’s most
impressive is that this was all
accomplished in a single tape
number four the Copacabana Goodfellas
what are you doing you’re leaving your
car what is the car considered one of
the most famous continuous shots ever
this one is from the martin scorsese
crime classic every time you do a scene
referred to as the Copa sequence
cinematographer Michael Ball house
painstakingly followed Ray Liotta and
Lorraine Bracco into the legendary
nightclub from the back door all the way
to their seats
versus this one is reported to have
required eight takes to nail and
effectively depicts the level of power
and access the crime world can open up
to you what do you do what what do you
do I’m a construction price number three
the bomb touch of evil talked about an
explosive opening to a film that blew
audiences away this shot from Orson
Welles is film noir classic is
considered one of the greatest examples
of an uninterrupted shot in cinematic
history as it follows a car planted with
a bomb it not only introduced the
protagonist but demonstrated that there
was more than one way to tell a story
and create a sense of fluid storytelling
do you realize I haven’t kissed you over
an hour
number two real-time wrote open next up
is this Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece the
first of his films in Technicolor one
that was ambitious enough to take place
in real time I’ll open these all right
this was accomplished by having it made
up completely from eight to ten minute
takes with a story centered on two
killers having strangled a classmate
I was sure she’d notice notice what a
rough of course fan we’ve got died why
why yes why it’s only a piece of rope
fill up an ordinary household article
why hide it the tense thriller focused
on them having hid the body in their
apartment and having invited friends and
family over just to see how good of a
job they had done but I can help you’re
gonna die Brandon both of you you’re
gonna die before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions hi
I don’t know wait Liam that Lear man
yeah sure it’s a rover he’s extra cheese
I don’t care I don’t care I’m not gonna
eat it that was an extraordinary shot
the hell was that never heard of it
I’m Julian temple it’s an English what
you’re talking about a mirror
no grenades huh no grenades be crashing
again back to your husband
Neal prepped good to go sir just loading
her up number one entire film Russian
arc Rostov ichika
so then wizard which occurred now we cut
to the greatest example of non
interrupted filmmaking
there is no standout scene here rather
the entire 96-minute historical drama
was shot without the camera ever cutting
mama ah mom that’s right it was crafted
with the use of a Steadicam navigating
33 rooms of the Winter Palace of the
Russian state Hermitage Museum centered
on a ghost drifting through the location
his journey takes us on a guided tour
through history
in total it took three takes to
accomplish while being limited by the
100 minute hard drive they were
capturing it on the cheat here is that
the sound was modified after the fact
has that allowed for some degree of
error and the ability to edit out the
crews cursing married to produce
not to proceed
did you agree with our list which
continuous movie scene impressed you the
most for more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com Jimmy two times who got
that nickname because he said everything
twice late but I will get the papers get
the paper mache
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