Skandies 2015

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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 "Speak Low" Phoenix 253 / 19
2 Donnie vs. Leo (single shot) Creed 123 / 13
3 "The Final Derrière" The Forbidden Room 105 / 10
4 Border crossing Sicario 92 / 10
5 "Diamonds" Girlhood 90 / 7
6 "I Want It That Way" Magic Mike XXL 86 / 9
7 Initial chase/into the storm Mad Max: Fury Road 79 / 6
8 Bathroom fantasy James White 67 / 6
9 Pasternak Wild Tales 56 / 6
10 When Yves met Jacques Saint Laurent 55 / 4
11 Bear attack The Revenant 53 / 6
12 "Drift Away" Ricki and The Flash 52 / 4
13 Hotel sex Anomalisa 50 / 6
14 Anniversary party 45 Years 50 / 5
  Driving to Carol's house Carol 50 / 5
16 Mrs. LeBleu's funeral Li'l Quinquin 46 / 3
17 Jakarta showdown Blackhat 44 / 3
18 Dance break Ex Machina 40 / 5
19 Crossfire at the opera Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation 40 / 4
  Explaining the rules It Follows 40 / 4
21 Cab driver seminar In Jackson Heights 38 / 4
22 Evelyn's dream The Duke of Burgundy 35 / 3
23 Charles XII has a drink A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 32 / 3
24 Betty Catroux on the dancefloor Saint Laurent 31 / 4
25 The party The Mend 31 / 3
26 The walk The Walk 30 / 3
27 Deliberating Jiovanni's probation Approaching the Elephant 30 / 2
28 Black slave barbecue A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 29 / 2
  Split screen fashion news of the world Saint Laurent 29 / 2
30 Polecat attack Mad Max: Fury Road 27 / 3
31 Memories of 1943 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 26 / 2
  Yep, bitter Mistress America 26 / 2
33 Final shootout Slow West 25 / 3
34 Meeting the lawyers Carol 25 / 2
35 Running lines in vacation house Clouds of Sils Maria 25 / 1
36 Brooke's pitch Mistress America 24 / 3
37 Fantasy football Timbuktu 21 / 3
38 Welcome to Tomorrowland Tomorrowland 21 / 2
39 Screwing with the PA The Mend 20 / 3
40 Escaping Room Room 20 / 2
  "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Anomalisa 20 / 2
  Jenga The Big Short 20 / 2
  Marty opens a bank account Buzzard 20 / 2
  Mme. Duzer's makeover Saint Laurent 20 / 2
  Showdown at Donut Time Tangerine 20 / 2
  The Book Of Climaxes The Forbidden Room 20 / 2
47 Major Warren goads General Smithers The Hateful Eight 19 / 2
48 Descending into the tunnels Sicario 18 / 2
  Final chase Mad Max: Fury Road 18 / 2
50 Dirty talk The Duke of Burgundy 17 / 2
  First tour of the gas chamber Son of Saul 17 / 2
52 Beach fantasy Mommy 16 / 1
  Naughty maid: First Sequence The Duke of Burgundy 16 / 1
  Rotoscoped adolescence Cobain: Montage of Heck 16 / 1
55 A farewell to Bing Bong Inside Out 15 / 2
  "Alto Cutelo" Horse Money 15 / 2
  Imperial temper tantrum Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 15 / 2
  Spaghetti Buzzard 15 / 2
  Thomas the Train Battle Ant-Man 15 / 2
60 Fake Lincoln letter The Hateful Eight 15 / 1
  Kate with the projector in the attic 45 Years 15 / 1
  Opening raid Sicario 15 / 1
  Wardrobe rehearsal Phoenix 15 / 1
64 Lolabelle realizes there's danger in the sky Heart of a Dog 14 / 1
  Opening Heaven Knows What 14 / 1
66 Super Bowl gambling Focus 12 / 2
67 Adi asks his mother what it's like to live in the village where her son was killed The Look of Silence 12 / 1
68 CH'TIDERMAN!!!! Li'l Quinquin 11 / 1
  Dance in the headlights L for Leisure 11 / 1
  Ending massacre Ned Rifle 11 / 1
  Romantic ending Something, Anything 11 / 1
  Treadmill bugles Buzzard 11 / 1
  Waterskiing signals L for Leisure 11 / 1
74 Abstract thought Inside Out 10 / 2
75 Accidental murder Timbuktu 10 / 1
  Aki is murdered Man From Reno 10 / 1
  A plot of land on Long Island Brooklyn 10 / 1
  Bloom Bar Beach Digging for Fire 10 / 1
  Break In/Break Out The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 10 / 1
  Canine blitzkrieg White God 10 / 1
  Carjacking Kingsman: The Secret Service 10 / 1
  Closing scene Coming Home (Zhang Yimou) 10 / 1
  Dance party Aloha 10 / 1
  Encounter with Abe Lincoln Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story 10 / 1
  Family quarrel over autograph seekers Amy 10 / 1
  Final shot Jafar Panahi's Taxi 10 / 1
  First treatment Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story 10 / 1
  Free Bird church massacre Kingsman: The Secret Service 10 / 1
  Furiosa reunites with the Vuvalini Mad Max: Fury Road 10 / 1
  Guess who's coming to dinner? Sicario 10 / 1
  Hi, Mom! Breathe 10 / 1
  Inside Domina Magic Mike XXL 10 / 1
  Joy on QVC Joy 10 / 1
  Kaeru-kun unmasked Yakuza Apocalypse 10 / 1
  Leaving Bunzo Kumiko the Treasure Hunter 10 / 1
  Limping Lotta's A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 10 / 1
  Lucy charges Alex with harassment Approaching the Elephant 10 / 1
  Max & Furiosa vs. the Rock Riders Mad Max: Fury Road 10 / 1
  Max tries to flee the citadel Mad Max: Fury Road 10 / 1
  Mike and Zoe on the beach Magic Mike XXL 10 / 1
  Monastery Something, Anything 10 / 1
  Motorcycle tricks Heaven Knows What 10 / 1
  Opening raid The Revenant 10 / 1
  Paper Doll->Smoke Monster->Fight The Assassin 10 / 1
  Pazuzu lists his stock Sisters 10 / 1
  Poolside penis party The Overnight 10 / 1
  Runaway trailer Shaun The Sheep Movie 10 / 1
  Scheharazade (ferris wheel + palanquin back home, i.e. post-beach) Arabian Nights: Volume Three, The Enchanted One 10 / 1
  Selena Gomez explains it all to you The Big Short 10 / 1
  Shipyard Veteran 10 / 1
  Sunflower hat Aloha 10 / 1
  Sword seduction Far From the Madding Crowd 10 / 1
  Teens L for Leisure 10 / 1
  The four trials of the Red Wolves The Forbidden Room 10 / 1
  The tale of the ostler The Forbidden Room 10 / 1
  "This is our cop car!" Cop Car 10 / 1
  Two wheel drive Li'l Quinquin 10 / 1
  Under the stars Jauja 10 / 1
  Welcome to QVC Joy 10 / 1
  Welcome to your new home Crimson Peak 10 / 1
  Werewolves What We Do in the Shadows 10 / 1
  YSL introduces the fall/winter '76/'77 collection Saint Laurent 10 / 1
123 Decoupling the rig Mad Max: Fury Road 9 / 1
  Department store meeting Carol 9 / 1
  End credits Inside Out 9 / 1
  Father Mike's sermon Chi-Raq 9 / 1
  How to Take a Bath, segment one The Forbidden Room 9 / 1
  Opening sequence The New Girlfriend 9 / 1
  Playing with the masculine codes Saint Laurent 9 / 1
  Sister breaks the vase Casa Grande 9 / 1
  Soccer match The Princess of France 9 / 1
  Walk along the Hudson The Mend 9 / 1
133 Final scene Carol 8 / 1
  Galactic bureaucracy Jupiter Ascending 8 / 1
  Judging "Mistress America" Mistress America 8 / 1
  Maggot Brain Threesome Love 8 / 1
  Riley breaking down at school Inside Out 8 / 1
  Robert DeNiro moves in Joy 8 / 1
  Theeb follows brother into the desert Theeb 8 / 1
140 Disintegration Ant-Man 7 / 1
  Michael Stone meets Lisa and her friend Anomalisa 7 / 1
  "Wrecking Ball" proposal The Night Before 7 / 1
143 40th anniversary speech The Age of Adaline 6 / 1
  Splitting into two Bone Tomahawk 6 / 1
145 Adonis vs. Conlan, final round Creed 5 / 1
  Ball Cinderella 5 / 1
  Barn conversation The Hateful Eight 5 / 1
  Blood transfusion Mad Max: Fury Road 5 / 1
  Blue desert sniper shot Mad Max: Fury Road 5 / 1
  Bon Retour, Véronique Tu dors Nicole 5 / 1
  Chore chart What We Do in the Shadows 5 / 1
  First Shrinking Ant-Man 5 / 1
  "Her name starts with a D" investigation Tangerine 5 / 1
  Hulkbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron 5 / 1
  Meeting With Death #2 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 5 / 1
  Negotiating the contact Fifty Shades of Grey 5 / 1
  "Pony" in the shed Magic Mike XXL 5 / 1
  Pre-party fight The Mend 5 / 1
  Prologue It Follows 5 / 1
  Spy exchange Bridge of Spies 5 / 1
  "The Tears of the Judge" Arabian Nights: Volume Three, The Enchanted One 5 / 1
  "This is Margot Robbie in a bubble bath." The Big Short 5 / 1
  Tossing the daughters to the next building No Escape 5 / 1
  Tracy and Brian first reunite Aloha 5 / 1
  Wedding barricade Mustang 5 / 1