Scenes that make you "Hold Your Breath"

The title might seem a little vague, but what it means is what scenes in movies are really intense with drama/action/or whatever that just makes you glued to the screen and "hold your breath" until it's over.

For me one scene that comes to my mind is from the Abyss.

When ED HARRIS has to revive Mastrantonio. It's an intense scene and everytime I watch it, I'm breathless.

Another movie that makes me "hold my breath", and also cringe is from Requiem for a Dream, when Leto is shooting up in the car, his arm is all black and gross.....just thinking about it make me cringe.

Yours?

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Literally the whole of Panic Room.

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For me, the ending of Planes, Trains & Automobiles. When Steve Martin asks John Candy why he's still at the train station. I tear up everytime if I don't hold my breath.

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The "Straighten out the rug" scene in Top Secret. For some reason everytime this scene is on everyone in the house has to watch it. Me included.

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A couple of scenes in Crash did this. Namely the ones where someone is about to get shot.

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I know exactlly what you're talking about I was like But oh so good.

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Yeah, they hit you with one scene like that, release the tension and bring your heart rate back up again by following it right up with another scene of that nature.

Erm... certain parts of Predator

King Kong (2005) had more than a few.

The Piano - when Neill gets jiggy with an implement.

La Pianiste - the ending scene

Two that come to mind.

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What if you're just standing next to a piano?
Can you breathe then?

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Cary Grant driving the car in North by Northwest.

Jimmy Stewart waiting for the bad guy in Rear Window.

The adrenaline scene in Pulp Fiction.

The bath tub scene in Diabolique

The bar room scene at the end in Unforgiven

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any scene when someone goes under water eg What Lies Beneath

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The scene where missiles are fired at Helen, Violet & Dash's jet in The Incredibles is astoundingly intense.

Requiem for a Dream - Shock treatment

Mulholland Drive - Final Scene

The Abyss - The scene that Usual mentioned, as well as the dark decent scene....

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The bit in Cube where the trap is activated by sound and they have to cross it silently.

Ditto on the scenes from The Abyss and Rear Window… and no matter how many times I see it, the orphanage scene in Mighty Joe Young (1949)…

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most breath taking scene i ever saw was in "saw", lol. when he goes so insane he starts to cut off his own leg, very graphic and gruesom all contributing to the very genious of the movie. i love saw and cube and all that **** bitch, wrekonize.

The opening scene in "Cliffhanger"

"SAW"--all of it.
"SAW II"--all of it.

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