11 Movie Clips I Love Watching

Sometimes I'm in the mood for an entire movie. But sometimes I just like watching non-stop clips of really great acting or other aspects of movies.

1. "The Godfather"

It's hard to find the BEST scene in any of the "Godfather" movies. There's so many great scenes and great actors.

Other than Francis Ford Coppola, nobody wanted to hire Al Pacino for the role. But he kept insisting and history was made with this pick.

2. Quicksilver saves Magneto

Something about this scene is really beautiful. I have watched this one quite a bit.

A good superhero movie takes things to another level. This is not about a man who runs fast, but a man where nothing matters. All time moves so slowly for him that life becomes boring unless he can find meaning in it.

This scene brings that out a bit:

3. "King Richard"

It's really a shame about this Will Smith / Chris Rock thing. Chris Rock is one of the best comedians and something is wrong with Will Smith right now.

But he's a great great actor and I hope he's not "cancelled" for long.

He quite rightfully won "best actor" for King Richard:

4. "The Natural" with Robert Redford

This clip doesn't fully capture how great this movie is. But something about Robert Redford's acting is very simple and great at the same time. I love this movie even though I have zero interest in sports movies.

5. "Whiplash"

I'm realizing that none of these clips do the movie full justice. Except maybe the Quicksilver scene. I'm not even sure if I've seen that movie.

But "Whiplash" is an intense movie with Miles Teller and JK Simmons about a boy with talent and the ability to work hard at developing it. But he finds a sadistic teacher who takes more than he can give.

This is the final scene of that movie so it's worth seeing the movie first.

6. "Nobody"

If you've watched "breaking bad" or "better call saul" then Bob Odenkirk is already one of your favorite actors (not to mention, "Mr. Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show" and a bunch of others.)

But he does drama really well. This is a fight scene and it's very "modern" in how he gets seriously hurt in it (as opposed to the hero always being like Jason Bourne).

The choreography of the fight is also amazing. Plus the music is perfect. This is about a man who need to find what brings him alive.

When I showed Robyn this clip she immediately wanted to see the movie even though it was a very violent scene.

7. "8 Mile"

Of course, if you've read anything by me, you know I'm a fan of this one scene from the movie, "8 Mile". There are many great acting scenes in "8 Mile" but this is on the music side and I've watched it a billion times.

But even without the music, this is a great movie.

8. "Yesterday"

A mediocre musician wakes up in a world where nobody has ever heard of "The Beatles".

This is the scene when he realizes that nobody knows who the Beatles are.

You'll want to see this movie after you watch this.

9. Magneto in Argentina

Again, I don't even know if I've seen the movie.

But imagine having an unbearable need for an extremely dark revenge and suddenly have the power to inflict it

Michael Fassbinder is perfect for this role:

10. "Schindler's List"

Most scenes in Schindler's List make me cry and I can't watch them. This one is also horrific but there's one part of this that is the perfect example of ingenuity in a time of great stress.

11. Lawrence of Arabia

A lot of people don't like this movie. And with good reason. The movie is INTENTIONALLY boring. Because the movie itself is structured like the desert. Which makes it brilliant. Its pulls it off and is one of the best movies of all time. But without Peter O'Toole and Alex Guinness and Omar Sharif it is nothing.

Lawrence is a British soldier who has imagination and slowly is transformed into the leader that unites the disparate tribes of what becomes Saudi Arabia.

James Altucher