Top 10 2000s Movie Scenes That We Will Never Forget

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Decades later, these scenes remain unforgettable. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most memorable movie moments of the aughts.

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00:00I'm gonna make this pencil disappear.

00:04Welcome to Miz Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most memorable movie

00:10moments of the aughts.

00:12Watch out, as some of these moments are spoilers.

00:15I waited for you for 7 years, and now it's too late.

00:22Number 10, I wish I knew how to quit you.

00:25Brokeback Mountain.

00:27I'll tell you this, I can't quit this one.

00:29And I can't get the time off.

00:32How can a line be so heartbreaking and so beautiful at the same time?

00:37Brokeback Mountain took the world by storm in 2005, and is regarded as a major achievement

00:43for queer cinema, as Jack and Ennis, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger have tremendous

00:48chemistry, culminating in this beautiful scene toward the end of the film.

00:53Why don't you just let me be, huh?

00:57It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this.

00:59On the pair's last trip together, Ennis tries to end things with Jack.

01:04As the two argue about their relationship, Jack utters a devastating line about wishing

01:09he could leave Ennis behind, but not being able to.

01:13After everything they've been through, it's a crushing thing to hear, delivered wonderfully

01:17by Gyllenhaal.

01:19I wish I knew how to quit you.

01:23Then why don't you?

01:25Number 9, Rain Scene, Pride and Prejudice

01:29Miss Elizabeth, I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer.

01:33Yes, the Hanflex moment in this Jane Austen adaptation is an awakening of sorts for many

01:39of us, but Mr Darcy's first proposal scene in Pride and Prejudice is an electrically

01:45charged chemistry fest we'll never forget.

01:48Are you laughing at me?

01:50No.

01:50Are you rejecting me?

01:51I'm sure that the feelings which, as you've told me, have hindered your regard will help

01:54you in overcoming it.

01:55As rain pours down from above, Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, quite poorly in some spots,

02:02but most ardently in others.

02:04At this point in the movie, Elizabeth is aware of Darcy's attempts to keep Mr Bingley and

02:09her sister Jane apart.

02:11She refuses and the scene erupts.

02:14Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your circumstances?

02:17And those are the words of a gentleman.

02:20From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the

02:24feelings of others made me realise that you were the last man in the world I could ever

02:28be prevailed upon to marry.

02:30Darcy and Elizabeth duke it out, their remarks growing more cutting by the second, but as

02:35they get meaner and meaner, their chemistry gets hotter and hotter.

02:40Forgive me, madam, for taking up so much of your time.

02:44Even Darcy and Elizabeth's fights are relationship goals.

02:49Number 8.

02:50Perm Maintenance.

02:51Legally Blonde.

02:57From the moment Elle Woods walks into the courtroom sporting that bright pink suit,

03:01we knew we were in for an iconic moment.

03:04But Elle's time in the spotlight doesn't start off so bright.

03:07She struggles to question Chutney at first, unable to find any holes in her story as a

03:13witness to the murder of her father.

03:15Thankfully, that same day, she entered the Beta Delta Pi wet t-shirt contest where she

03:19was completely hosed down from head to toe.

03:21Objection.

03:22Why is this relevant?

03:24Oh, I have a point, I promise.

03:26Then make it.

03:27But then hair care knowledge saves the day.

03:30If you're a child of the 2000s, we're willing to bet that you have a lot of quotes from

03:35Legally Blonde down pat, but this one is the film's peak.

03:40Isn't it the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance that you're forbidden to wet

03:43your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm, at the risk of deactivating the ammonium

03:47thioglycolate?

03:50Yes.

03:51Elle's speech about perm maintenance is eminently quotable, and Reese Witherspoon's

03:56performance is unforgettable.

03:58The rules of hair care are simple and finite.

04:00Any Cosmo girl would have known.

04:02Number 7.

04:03Duel.

04:03Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

04:10While there are many martial arts sequences that blow us away in Ang Lee's Crouching

04:15Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this one stands above the rest.

04:19The scene involves a showdown between Yu Xiulian and Zhen Yu, with Zhen wielding the fabled

04:25sword Green Destiny.

04:26This destroys any weapon Xiulian wields against her.

04:31Actors Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Zi give stunning performances, and Yuan Wuping's fight

04:37choreography is perfectly executed and captured.

04:40The gravity-defying stance, epic swordplay, and stunning performance make this film a

04:45must-see.

04:46Number 6.

04:47The Mirror.

04:48In this film, Yu Xiulian and Zhang Zi are seen in the mirror as a pair of lovers, but

04:53the mirror is actually a mirror.

04:55While there are many martial arts sequences that blow us away in Ang Lee's Crouching

04:59Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this one stands above the rest.

05:04The scene involves a showdown between Yu Xiulian and Zhang Zi.

05:07This one stands above the rest.

05:09Yu Xiulian and Zhang Zi are seen in the mirror as a pair of lovers, but the mirror is actually

05:14a mirror.

05:15While there are many martial arts sequences that blow us away, Yu Xiulian and Zhang Zi

05:19are seen in the mirror as a pair of lovers.

05:22girls.

05:30After 2004, we would never hear Jingle Bell Rock the same way again.

05:35The classic Christmas tune sure got a lot less wholesome after Regina George and the

05:39rest of the Plastics performed it in Mean Girls.

05:43The costumes themselves are iconic.

05:46Sexy Santa has never been so perfectly rendered.

05:49But what makes this performance so memorable are its floors.

05:53When the CDs start skipping, Gretchen accidentally kicks the bean box into her boyfriend Jason's

05:58face.

05:59The girls are frozen on stage until KD starts a rousing rendition of the song a cappella.

06:05What a bright time, it's the right time to rock the night away.

06:13The moment is not only memorable for its humour, but also for its oddly wholesome finish.

06:345.

06:35The Whisper – Lost in Translation

06:41How many articles have been written trying to decipher what Bill Murray says to Scarlett

06:46Johansson at the end of Lost in Translation?

06:50How many YouTube videos are there where someone tries to enhance the audio if only to catch

06:55a portion of Murray's words?

06:57If that doesn't bode well for a scene's staying power, we don't know what does.

07:09Lost in Translation is a beautiful film about connection and loneliness, centering on Bob

07:14and Charlotte's brief time together in Tokyo.

07:18As the two part ways at the end, Bob whispers something unintelligible in Charlotte's

07:23ear.

07:24While we may never know what he said, it clearly affects Charlotte greatly, and sometimes

07:30not knowing is what makes a moment special.

07:384.

07:44Dumbledore vs. Voldemort – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

07:59Since the first Harry Potter novel came out in 1997, fans had been waiting for the fateful

08:05meeting between Albus Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort.

08:08When the moment finally happened in the fifth book, fans started to wonder if the filmed

08:13version would live up to the enormity of the moment, and boy did it.

08:29Michael Gambon and Ralph Fiennes give powerful performances on their own, but when they meet,

08:35the scene explodes, literally.

08:38The special effects team did a wonderful job creating the magical images of fire and

08:43water that rip from the two wands, and Gambon and Fiennes give their all to the fight, in

08:49a fitting display of the power of both wizards and the history between them.

09:053.

09:11You Shall Not Pass – The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring

09:19Is there a more quotable moment from a franchise?

09:22Luke and his father can move over.

09:25The first film in The Lord of the Rings is equal parts thrilling, beautiful, and emotional,

09:30as director Peter Jackson strives to capture J.R.R.

09:34Tolkien's epic story.

09:35But the moment where Gandalf the Grey faces off against the Balrog is a cinematic feat

09:41like no other.

09:43Buying time for the Fellowship to flee, Gandalf makes a desperate stand against the Balrog,

09:49The line was actually meant to be, you cannot pass, but actor Ian McKellen got it wrong.

10:05Well it's iconic anyway, Gandalf's plunge into the depths of the minds is heartbreaking,

10:11at least until he comes back in the next movie.

10:152.

10:16Slide Down Kiss – Spider-Man Superhero movies have gotten significantly

10:26less sexy since Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy in the early aughts.

10:32No moment captures that passion quite like this one from the very first film.

10:37After saving Mary Jane, Spider-Man, who we know is secretly her buddy Peter Parker, tries

10:42to make a quick getaway.

10:44But who could resist the promise of a kiss in the rain, especially an upside down one.

11:00This iconic kiss between Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire may be one of the most significant

11:06pop culture moments of the decade.

11:09While Dunst and Maguire say that this soaked stump wasn't all that comfortable in real

11:14life, it's perfect to us.

11:421.

11:43Why So Serious – The Dark Knight Ah, the eternal question.

11:58Why so serious?

12:00Early on in The Dark Knight, the Joker gruesomely takes over a crime boss organisation, but

12:06before he returns the favor for a failed hit, he has to monologue a little, as any

12:12good villain does.

12:13The Joker explains that his abusive father was responsible for his infamous scars, terrifying

12:19his victim to the final cut.

12:31Heath Ledger absolutely nails it.

12:34The best part is that the Joker later tells Rachel Dawes a very different origin story.

12:41This makes his mania all the freakier.

12:47While we'll never know where the madman really got those scars, this scene will haunt

12:52us for decades to come.

13:03Did we miss any scenes from the 2000s that still live rent-free in your head?

13:08Let us know in the comments below.

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