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Poll: Roger Ebert's 20 Favorite 'Best Picture' Moments ...

From the compilation of "100 Great Movie Moments" by Roger Ebert, 20 come from Best Picture winners.

This poll doesn't ask which of these Best Picture winners but which of these 20 scenes (either recognizable from a description or a defining quote) picked by the late critic is your favorite?

Discuss here

Results of 3,749 votes:

  1. 1.

    The Godfather (1972)

     
    "My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse"
  2. 2.

    Rocky (1976)

     
    Rocky Balboa running up the steps and throwing his hands into the air, with all of Philadelphia at his feet
  3. 3.

    The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

     
    Hannibal Lecter smiling at Clarice

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