The folks over at The Ringer recently gave us “The 25 Most Important Stunt Scenes of the 21st Century” (which video clips and anecdotes included).  It’s such a great list for me in three ways: it reminds me of movies that I’ve not scene while also reminding me of movies that I’ve seen and loved and filed away while also putting them in chronological order (which is a cool context to revisit the movies in).

I’m glad to say that I’ve seen about 15 of the 25 entries.  I remember the awe viewers had at the scenes from The Matrix Reloaded and Kill Bill Vol. 1.  I was able to see Spider-Man 2 again in the theater a while ago and still found the train scene excruciatingly moving.  It was nice seeing Baby Driver on the list along with Inception.  And I get more convinced each year that Captain America: The Winter Soldier really is the best non-Avengers movie that Marvel has made.  The elevator scene is the one that everyone remembers, but the highway scene mentioned in the article was way more ominous and effecting.

A final thought: I’m glad the list ended with the Mission: Impossible submarine scene.  It’s an amazing moment in the film.  I mean, you pretty much know Cruise’s character will make it out of there, but you just don’t know how.  Definitely one of the best action scenes of the year (and more believable than the airplane chase near the movie’s end).