Skandies 2014

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RULES: Participants divvied up 100 points among ten "nominees" in each category, with a maximum of 30 points for any given selection and a minimum of 5 points. Results are expressed as points/votes.

Best Scene

Rank Movie Points/Votes
1 The whoring bed Nymph()maniac Vol. I 148 / 11
2 Converge But One Of My Two Eyes Goodbye to Language 106 / 8
3 Avalanche Force Majeure 101 / 11
4 The beach Under the Skin 96 / 8
5 Victim meets victim (black goo 2) Under the Skin 71 / 6
6 The classroom car Snowpiercer 65 / 7
7 Final scene The Immigrant 62 / 9
8 The deformed man Under the Skin 58 / 6
9 Wedding dance In Bloom 58 / 4
10 Into the black (the first time) Under the Skin 57 / 5
11 Final solo Whiplash 53 / 5
12 UFO interruption Force Majeure 52 / 5
13 Timur the soccer coach Two Days, One Night 48 / 4
14 Postcard/That day with the Ouija board Inherent Vice 45 / 2
15 Phone call to mom Lucy 41 / 4
16 Figure drawing Bird People 40 / 5
17 Safe challenge Dom Hemingway 40 / 4
18 Image capturing "Robin Wright" The Congress 40 / 3
19 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" The Skeleton Twins 38 / 3
20 Gao family inn/roast pork Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 38 / 2
21 Fight in the dark Snowpiercer 35 / 4
  "Time in a Bottle" X-Men: Days of Future Past 35 / 4
23 Seduction to the sounds of "Death" A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 34 / 3
24 Ice cream bars Manakamana 33 / 4
25 Packing for college Boyhood 32 / 3
26 End credits 22 Jump Street 31 / 3
27 Bar fight The Guest 30 / 3
  Cabbage Stray Dogs 30 / 3
  Dave's documentary interview Foxcatcher 30 / 3
  "I Love You All" finale Frank 30 / 3
  Shasta returns Inherent Vice 30 / 3
32 Mistaken identity pick-up Force Majeure 30 / 2
  Singing in the rain Stray Dogs 30 / 2
  Skype call Bird People 30 / 2
35 "I'll Have to Dance With Cassie" God Help the Girl 29 / 3
  Kitchen fight The Raid 2 29 / 3
37 Rembrandt restoration National Gallery 28 / 3
38 Assuming human guise Under the Skin 26 / 2
39 Red Circle shoot-out John Wick 25 / 3
  Saying goodbye to "The Cool Girl" Gone Girl 25 / 3
41 Creation Noah 25 / 2
  Prison break The Grand Budapest Hotel 25 / 2
  Rushing or dragging? Whiplash 25 / 2
44 Home invasion John Wick 24 / 2
  Speech rehearsal in helicopter Foxcatcher 24 / 2
46 Tidal wave on Miller's planet Interstellar 23 / 3
47 Flight from the banquet The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 20 / 2
  FUCK! (final scene) A Most Wanted Man 20 / 2
  "It Wasn't Me" (Final Scene) Abuse of Weakness 20 / 2
  Slo-mo centerpiece Proxy 20 / 2
51 Hammer time The Raid 2 17 / 2
52 Bedtime argument Force Majeure 16 / 2
  The Society of the Crossed Keys The Grand Budapest Hotel 16 / 2
  "You can say that again." They Came Together 16 / 2
55 Coitus interruptus / arterial spray Gone Girl 15 / 2
  Every instrument a drum Get On Up 15 / 2
  Motto panukeiku Inherent Vice 15 / 2
58 "Hooked on a Feeling" Guardians of the Galaxy 15 / 1
  Last visit from Bigfoot Inherent Vice 15 / 1
60 Do You Have a Problem With Me Foxcatcher 13 / 1
  John Wayne The Monuments Men 13 / 1
62 Car chase after Chinatown Express Nightcrawler 12 / 2
63 First party Happy Christmas 12 / 1
  Loss of innocence It Felt Like Love 12 / 1
65 Thoughts on a commuter train Bird People 11 / 1
66 Visiting Dr. Rudy Inherent Vice 10 / 2
67 14'33" Stray Dogs 10 / 1
  3-way drumming battle Whiplash 10 / 1
  4 little girls Selma 10 / 1
  Agreed? Not agreed The Grand Budapest Hotel 10 / 1
  Apes ride on San Francisco Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 10 / 1
  Auto repair shop American Sniper 10 / 1
  Baymax finds the missing microbots Big Hero 6 10 / 1
  "Because my father promised me" Interstellar 10 / 1
  Bigfoot makes sweet love to a Popsicle Inherent Vice 10 / 1
  Bloody Sunday Selma 10 / 1
  Bomb ticking down, escape blocked Night Moves 10 / 1
  Bribing the witness Child's Pose 10 / 1
  Brothers on the tarmac American Sniper 10 / 1
  Bruno presents the "Ladies of the World" The Immigrant 10 / 1
  Cat nap The Strange Little Cat 10 / 1
  Cloud ride Mood Indigo 10 / 1
  Cruising at the bar Force Majeure 10 / 1
  Doubts Stop the Pounding Heart 10 / 1
  Ebert at the stairwell Life Itself 10 / 1
  Elevator fight Captain America: The Winter Soldier 10 / 1
  Emerging from tent, divining for gold A Field in England 10 / 1
  Enigma is broken The Imitation Game 10 / 1
  Exhibition (Constable, red paint) Mr. Turner 10 / 1
  Finger food Cheap Thrills 10 / 1
  First attack A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 10 / 1
  Girlfight Zero Motivation 10 / 1
  Hat delivery The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears 10 / 1
  "Hate the Sport!" We Are the Best! 10 / 1
  Hate the Sport Live in Concert We Are the Best! 10 / 1
  History of the mirror Oculus 10 / 1
  Hit on Rita's brother Salvo 10 / 1
  Ice Cube at the buffet 22 Jump Street 10 / 1
  Jimmy recalls a lost love Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian 10 / 1
  Journey No. 10 (musicians) Manakamana 10 / 1
  Keaton meets Norton Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 10 / 1
  Laura behind the walls The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears 10 / 1
  Louis and Nina's date Nightcrawler 10 / 1
  Lou makes his list of demands Nightcrawler 10 / 1
  Mansplaining guitar We Are the Best! 10 / 1
  Mark and David spar Foxcatcher 10 / 1
  Meanwhile, Ashley... Listen Up Philip 10 / 1
  Meeting Frank onstage Frank 10 / 1
  "Musician Please Take Heed" God Help the Girl 10 / 1
  Nightclubbing Under the Skin 10 / 1
  Opening birthday presents Boyhood 10 / 1
  Opening confession Calvary 10 / 1
  Opening number God Help the Girl 10 / 1
  Opening scene - flight from posse Borgman 10 / 1
  Opening walk Inherent Vice 10 / 1
  Photo lab Boyhood 10 / 1
  Picketing the statue Happy Valley 10 / 1
  Pompeii The Trip to Italy 10 / 1
  Real life The Lego Movie 10 / 1
  Reconnecting the lander to the damaged space ship Interstellar 10 / 1
  Rescue in the rain Stray Dogs 10 / 1
  Roger Ebert's death Life Itself 10 / 1
  Santa Rock We Are the Best! 10 / 1
  Shark-punching Unbroken 10 / 1
  Shootout and funeral The Rover 10 / 1
  Showering off Gone Girl 10 / 1
  The aunt's [SPOILER] Ida 10 / 1
  The big interview Gone Girl 10 / 1
  The book came back The Babadook 10 / 1
  The first time Sam and Mike talk on the roof Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 10 / 1
  The haunted house The Guest 10 / 1
  The Most Likable Song Frank 10 / 1
  The second time Sam and Mike talk on the roof Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 10 / 1
  "The tip of the spear," third iteration Edge of Tomorrow 10 / 1
  The wedding Mood Indigo 10 / 1
  "Think of me as falling out a window forever" Le Week-end 10 / 1
  "This was very disrespectful" A Most Violent Year 10 / 1
  Time lapse credits The Boxtrolls 10 / 1
  Trapped at the cinema The Strange Little Cat 10 / 1
  Winter Games chase The Grand Budapest Hotel 10 / 1
  Years of video messages Interstellar 10 / 1
142 Alice being interviewed Still Alice 9 / 1
  Broken nose Foxcatcher 9 / 1
  The drowning Stranger by the Lake 9 / 1
145 After the last date, walk to the subway Love Is Strange 8 / 1
  Ambushing Nick Fury (Car Chase) Captain America: The Winter Soldier 8 / 1
  Amy watches TV Gone Girl 8 / 1
  Around the house and past the stairwell (slo-mo night) Actress 8 / 1
  Drunk Chekhov Leviathan 8 / 1
  Getting hit on by a friend's dad Palo Alto 8 / 1
  Lesbian party See You Next Tuesday 8 / 1
  Office hours Listen Up Philip 8 / 1
  Shoot out Salvo 8 / 1
  Unfair mother Still Alice 8 / 1
155 Final scene Two Days, One Night 7 / 1
  Fried chicken Beyond the Lights 7 / 1
  Murder/aftermath Butter on the Latch 7 / 1
  "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" (a drink with Mick) Wolf Creek 2 7 / 1
159 Museum chase The Grand Budapest Hotel 6 / 1
  Times Square jaunt Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 6 / 1
161 Chick magnet massage Inherent Vice 5 / 1
  Confession to sister Blue Ruin 5 / 1
  Dancing with the black balloon A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 5 / 1
  Google search: "orgasm no penis" Moebius 5 / 1
  "Horror House" as symphony Nightcrawler 5 / 1
  King takes a knee Selma 5 / 1
  Nick Cave driving Kylie Minogue 20,000 Days on Earth 5 / 1
  "Oh." John Wick 5 / 1
  Opening credits Godzilla 5 / 1
  Opening shot Norte, the End of History 5 / 1
  Opening (spinning lovers) Only Lovers Left Alive 5 / 1
  Piano cocktail Mood Indigo 5 / 1
  "Pretty Girl Rock" The Rover 5 / 1
  Reflection on leadership, abandoned church The Overnighters 5 / 1
  Snowfall in alley Nymph()maniac Vol. II 5 / 1
  Tent long take Willow Creek 5 / 1
  The prism Mr. Turner 5 / 1
  "We are Groot" Guardians of the Galaxy 5 / 1
  Yasmine Hamdan sings Only Lovers Left Alive 5 / 1