It's been 30 years since Pulp Fiction gave us a big cinematic slap in the face from the get go, and to mark this anniversary Cesar and Greg give you a run down of their top five opening scenes. From animated animals in the Serengeti and picket fence American suburbia, to anxiety-fuelled Italian dreamworlds and Gotham bank heists, these scenes create the initial impact great cinema deserves.

“Any of you f*****g pigs move, and I'll execute every m***********g last one of ya!” - Honey Bunny

Links to opening scenes:

Pulp Fiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jomr9SAjcyw

Manhatten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mwZYGcbQCo

The Graduate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmAHbDSf4jQ&t=27s

The Dark Knight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLcHPsWK5xg

8 1/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TsElhgMeXE&t=7s

Once Upon a Time in the West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QML28YQBvyc

Happiness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75vymGhTKs

The Lion King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibiNy4d4gc

Trainspotting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qekXqURp-Ss&t=279s

Apocalypse Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5L617dEXlE

Blue Velvet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwuzI8Y0uW0

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