And this scene in A Clockwork Orange is probably the most disturbing recasting of a classic pop song in the history of cinema. Singin’ in the Rain is the greatest musical ever made. best-pop-songs-in-movies-clockwork-orange-billboard-650.As with much of The Silence of the Lambs, it seems all too believable.
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The Silence of the Lambs is full of terrifying moments, but there’s something unforgettably eerie about this woman singing along to Tom Petty’s “American Girl” without a care in the world - just moments before she’s violently abducted by Buffalo Bill. best-pop-songs-in-movies-silemnce-of-the-lambs-billboard-650.It would be impossible for this list to be complete without the indelible scene of Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) holding up his boombox outside his lady’s house in Say Anything… Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” will forever be associated with this scene of sweet determination. Image Credit: Couresty Everett Collection best-pop-songs-in-movies-say-anything-billboard-450.It encapsulates ’80s youth on film: irreverent, spunky, yet safe and familiar at the same time. Wearing only socks and underwear, Tom Cruise slides into a room lip-syncing Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock and Roll” while his parents are out of town. Image Credit: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett CollectionĮven if you’ve never seen Risky Business, you know this scene - it’s part of pop culture’s collective consciousness. risky-business-tom-cruise-billboard-650.
He brings Saturday Night Fever star John Travolta back to the dancefloor to shake and shimmy with Uma Thurman to Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell.” They earned that trophy, no question about it. Quentin Tarantino has given us too many pop song moments in movies to include on this list, but his most iconic is in Pulp Fiction. Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection best-pop-songs-in-movies-pulp-fiction-billboard-650.As Brian pulls up beside him for one last ride, Charlie Puth - whose vocals are featured on the track - croons, “We’ve come a long way from where we began and I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.” It’s a poignant send-off. Dom (Vin Diesel) and the rest of the crew watch Brian and his family from a distance, realizing their partner-in-crime belongs at home now. But Wiz Khalifa’s ‘’See You Again” provides the perfect tone for the closing moments of Walker’s Furious story. paul-walker-when-i-see-you-again-furious-7-tribute-song-billboard-650įurious 7Paul Walker’s death in 2013 led to a reworking of the Furious 7 script - and we may never know what the filmmakers originally intended for Walker’s Brian O’Connor.And yes, Winona Ryder and Patrick Swayze pop up more than once on this list. We have, however, included karaoke scenes. Before we start, a word on our criteria: We excluded musicals, concert films and fictional live performances (i.e., someone playing onstage in the world of the film). We’ve rounded up our 31 favorite examples in film, covering everything from horror to comedy to romance to action to art film.
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A perfectly selected pop song can transform a movie scene from great to classic.
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