There are few plot inclusions more exhilarating than an honest to goodness barn-burning shootout. Whether they take place on urban city streets or in the Old West, these deadly firefights always make our hearts beat just a little bit faster. From Brian DePalma to Sam Peckinpah, some of the best directors in the business have taken on the challenge of orchestrating a symphony of gun play. At times the result has been a beautifying production of mayhem and death. Although the list is debatable to be sure, after much discussion around the office, here is RELATIVTY OnLine’s top movie shootouts of all time.
- 1. Heat – robbery scene
- 2. The Untouchables - train station scene
- 3. Hard Boiled – opening sequence
- 4. The Matrix – lobby sequence
- 5. Open Range – final showdown
- 6. The Wild Bunch – final scene
- 7. The Killer – apartment sequence
- 8. Scarface – final shootout
- 9. Tombstone - gunfight at the OK Corral
- 10. The Professional – final shootout
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Totally awesome list! Heat is for sure the number shoot out of all time, but the best guy in a shoot out of all time is Tony Montanna, Hands down. You’re missing the Terminator II shootout at Cyberdyne, by the way.
Heat is all power, but the Untouchables sequence is like an opera. Should have been number one. The gunfight at the OK Corral is the best real life shoot out of all time and Costner’s “Wyatt Earp” is twice the movie “Tombstone” ever will be. Its a far superior movie in every way.
The final gunfight in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a highpoint in cinema even though only 3 shots are fired!