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Top 10 Serious Slaps in Movies


Oh nothing’s more intense than a stern
slap it’s gonna be all right
it’s gonna be all right welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten serious
slaps in movies for this list we’re
taking a look at big screen scenes that
build up to a character being slapped
one or multiple times with dramatic
results one two three one two three one
two three rushing or dragging four slaps
of the laugh-out-loud variety be sure to
check out our video of the top 10
comedic slaps in movies thank you we
Malone
I’m quit put up your hand number 10
snap out of it moonstruck yeah look
that’s it is that all I’m ever gonna
have like the film itself this scene
from moonstruck strikes a strong balance
between drama and comedy last night
never happened and I’m gonna marry him
and you and I are gonna take this to
aqua practical Loretta isn’t looking for
true love but she accidentally finds it
in the arms of her fiance’s brother
Ronnie after a night of passionate
lovemaking
Loretta tries to expunge her impulsive
decision from her memory Ronnie isn’t
willing to let it go however declaring
his true feelings slapping him once then
another time for good measure
loretta delivers this classic line i’m
in love with you snap out of it
unfortunately love isn’t something you
can just slap on and off
number nine take it and like it The
Maltese Falcon get up on your feet I
took another writing from you I’m gonna
take get up and shoot it out
young Wild West maybe you better tell
him that shootin me before you get your
hands on the book ain’t gonna be bad for
business
in the 1940s no actor was more badass
than Humphrey Bogart and nowhere is that
better spotlighted then in The Maltese
Falcon come on this will put you in
solid with your boss offended by Peter
Lori’s Jule marry Astor’s Bridget gives
the little weasel and abrupt slap
mid-sentence you mean the one you
couldn’t get to pick
Joel attempts to pull a concealed weapon
on Bridget in retaliation but Bogart Sam
Spade quickly takes control of the
situation
while the several slaps that ensue are
memorable it’s the way Bogart bluntly
tells Joel to take it and like it that
makes the scene immortal when your slap
you’ll take it and like
number eight off tempo whiplash you’re
rushing here we go in whiplash band is
war and conductor Terence Fletcher is
the brutal drill sergeant not quite my
tempo it’s all good no worries here we
go when the new drummer Andrew plays off
tempo Fletcher initially acts like it’s
no biggy then unexpectedly ambushes him
with a chair
Fletcher proceeds to cruelly slap Andrew
until he can decipher the difference
between rushing and dragging why do you
suppose I just hurled a chair at your
head Neiman I don’t know true to this
defining moment establishes the
Tarrant’s will keep abusing his students
until he’s satisfied
start counting five six eight four damn
it look at me one two three four one two
three four one two three now was i
rushing or was i dragging even when they
finally play it right they’re more
likely to receive a slap in the face
than a pat on the back rushing or
dragging rushing so you do know the
difference number seven liar
From Russia With Love just do as I say
William yes James Sean Connery once
stated in an infamous interview that he
doesn’t believe there’s anything
particularly wrong about hitting a woman
James Bond apparently shares the same
philosophy given all the ladies he’s
mistreated over the years one of mr.
bonds most shocking moments occurs in
From Russia With Love
his latest love interest in this
adventure is Tatiana Romanova a Soviet
embassy clerk who either knows more than
she’s saying or is just a pawn
inspectors game James you a hottie LT
wasn’t done if you don’t tell me
as James questions her things get
physical in all the wrong ways I don’t
know what you mean
even if you kill me I can say nothing
number six evil evil the birds
in one of the most iconic sequences
Alfred Hitchcock ever put on film
Melanie Daniels finds herself in the
middle of a Birdemic
as people are pecked to death by winget
beasts
Melonie seeks refuge in a restaurant
where several judgmental eyes stare her
down looking directly at the camera a
hysterical mother steps up and blames
Melanie for bringing this misery upon
them
what are you where did you come from
Melanie instinctively slapped some sense
into her leaving everyone at a loss for
words I think you’re evil it’s a
haunting way to cap off a genuinely
disturbing scene number five
let Jesus view the Exorcist The Exorcist
has no shortage of terrifying moments
perhaps the most bone-chilling of all is
when Chris MacNeil rushes upstairs as
her possessed daughter Regan cries out
for help Chris is petrified upon
discovering her masturbating with a
crucifix blood spewing everywhere with
the room being torn apart and the Lord’s
name being condemned Chris attempts to
retrieve the cross this results in the
demon giving the frightened mother a
face full of blood and a slap across the
face as Chris Quivers in horror so does
the audience
number four slap heard around the world
in the heat of the night let me
understand is you two came here to
question me this slap from in the heat
of the night is truly historic acting as
a symbol for human rights the scene
builds up significant racial tension as
Tibbs & Gillespie arrived at a cotton
plantation littered with
african-american workers none of that –
you have Virgil
during an interrogation the racist Eddie
Endicott slaps mr. Tibbs as if he were a
slave in a change from the original
novel mr. Tibbs strikes right back
this scene demonstrates how far our
society has come but it also shows that
we still have a long way to go there’s a
time but I could have had you shot
number three she’s my sister and my
daughter Chinatown you know any good
criminal lawyers no don’t worry I can
recommend a couple they’re expensive but
you can afford it
talk about a positively uncomfortable
scene
JJ get us is on the cusp of uncovering a
huge bombshell as Chinatown draws to its
final curtain but first he needs to
force the truth out of Evelyn about
Catherine’s identity she’s my doctor
with every slap Evelyn shipped between
calling Catherine her sister and her
daughter my sister she’s my daughter my
sister my daughter when Geddes
climactically hurls her to the floor she
finally confesses that Catherine is the
product of incest suddenly seeing a man
beat a woman is the least disturbing
thing about this scarring cinematic
moment my father and I understand price
too tough for you number to bury you
underground there will be blood I have a
competition in me
I want no one else to succeed daniel
plainview is a completely unpredictable
character you never know what he’s gonna
say or how he’s going to react to a
situation I drink your milkshake
I drink it up he particularly catches
Eli Sunday off-guard and this scene from
there will be blood subsequent to a
tragedy involving Plainview son Eli asks
the oil man for his family’s $5,000 back
when do we get our money do you
aren’t you a healer and a vessel for the
Holy Spirit when are you coming over and
make my son here again can’t you do that
me plus the world is popping repressing
his own guilt playing view mercilessly
pins Eli in the oil-soaked soil letting
out all his fury with no restraint
leaving Eli humiliated he vows to bury
the false prophet underground right
after drinking his milkshake bury you on
the ground before we slap our top pick
across the face here are a few honorable
mentions listen mister
I’m getting awful tired of your summer
I’m getting tired of your gas now jerk
that pistol and go to work I said throw
down boy Oh
you’re gonna do something or just stand
there and believe her brother
your father would be ashamed of you are
you little maggot you make me wanna
vomit your goddamn communist either you
I best sound off that you love the
Virgin Mary number one you can act like
a man
The Godfather let go although the
Godfather is often classified as a mob
movie it’s truly about fathers and sons
Brotherhood and family in general spend
time with your family
sure I do what there’s a man who doesn’t
spend kind of this time that could never
be a real man the father figure of the
Corleone plan is Don Vito who can be
gentle supportive and understanding
while also being authoritative
no-nonsense
and ruthless the character is almost
perfectly summed up early on when his
godson Johnny Fontaine breaks down in
tears
Vito harshly gives Johnny a slap having
no tolerance for weaklings you can act
like a man what can I do this how you
turn down a Hollywood finocchio that
cries like a woman what can I do what
can I do
after Manning Johnny up though Vito
lovingly guarantees him that he’ll make
everything better
I wanna make him an offer again with you
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