Skandies 2016

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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 An invitation to lunch Manchester By The Sea 209 / 17
2 "Would that it were so simple." Hail, Caesar! 167 / 13
3 Birthday party Toni Erdmann 165 / 13
4 A meeting with Dean Caudwell Indignation 132 / 12
5 "The Greatest Love of All" Toni Erdmann 105 / 10
6 Fantasy prom video ("Drive It Like You Stole It") Sing Street 75 / 8
7 Mia at Seb's La La Land 72 / 6
8 Diner reunion Moonlight 61 / 5
9 Airport brawl Captain America: Civil War 60 / 4
10 Remembering what happened Manchester By The Sea 59 / 5
11 "Emotional Rescue" A Bigger Splash 58 / 7
12 Dueling exorcisms The Wailing 56 / 6
13 Police sketches Mermaid 50 / 5
14 A trip to Livingston Certain Women 42 / 5
15 Food bank I, Daniel Blake 40 / 3
16 Menstruation dinner conversation 20th Century Women 37 / 3
17 Zev at Kurlander's house Remember 34 / 3
18 Living deliciously The Witch: A New-England Folktale 33 / 4
19 T-bone diner Hell or High Water 32 / 3
20 Caleb possessed The Witch: A New-England Folktale 28 / 3
  Quick trip to the DMV Zootopia 28 / 3
22 Struggling baby (final time) Cameraperson 28 / 2
23 Showdown with the camera Kate Plays Christine 27 / 3
24 Hatchet toddler Cameraperson 27 / 2
25 To the diner on horseback Certain Women 26 / 3
26 Airport hotel/elevator The Nice Guys 25 / 2
  Charades 10 Cloverfield Lane 25 / 2
  Dancing to Sally Jaye Too Late 25 / 2
  Inside the elephant The Brothers Grimsby 25 / 2
30 Introducing Sir James Martin Love & Friendship 24 / 2
31 Nana meets her alternate selves Wiener-Dog 23 / 2
32 "No Dames" Hail, Caesar! 21 / 3
33 Acting class Little Men 20 / 3
34 A divine roundtable Hail, Caesar! 20 / 2
  "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" La La Land 20 / 2
  Bridge dance The Fits 20 / 2
  Climactic shootout Three 20 / 2
  Cowboy party American Honey 20 / 2
  Ferreira tries to persuade Rodrigues Silence 20 / 2
  "It Could Be Him" London Road 20 / 2
  "Sabotage" dogfight Star Trek Beyond 20 / 2
  The long halftime walk in 120 fps/3D/4K Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 20 / 2
43 Art Fag vs. Black Flag 20th Century Women 20 / 1
44 First contact Arrival 19 / 2
45 Food orgy Sausage Party 18 / 2
  "You're Welcome" Moana 18 / 2
47 Rodrigues hears Kichijiro's confession for the last time Silence 17 / 2
  Trip to the emergency room Rams 17 / 2
49 Taste the Rainbow, Bitch The Love Witch 17 / 1
50 Welcome to the Astral Plane Doctor Strange 16 / 2
51 After the boxing match Cameraperson 15 / 2
  Dance party in Walmart American Honey 15 / 2
  Finding corpse, Costello-style The Nice Guys 15 / 2
  "Go West" (coda) Mountains May Depart 15 / 2
  Rodrigues' apostasy Silence 15 / 2
  Sand Job Moonlight 15 / 2
57 Heidelberg Castle Morris From America 15 / 1
  Making out while the parents play a song The Lobster 15 / 1
  Post-coital conversation Other People 15 / 1
  "What's a faggot?" Moonlight 15 / 1
61 David pretends not to care that his girlfriend murdered his brother/dog The Lobster 14 / 1
62 Xmas dinner party Elle 13 / 2
63 Split-screen phone call Everybody Wants Some!! 12 / 1
64 "Finest Girl (The Bin Laden Song)" Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 11 / 2
  Japanese visitor Paterson 11 / 2
66 Meeting with the Japanese For the Plasma 11 / 1
  Mom attends punk show 20th Century Women 11 / 1
  Pandora brings a mouse home Things to Come 11 / 1
  Summer night with Certified Copy, movie masher, and grim phone call Things to Come 11 / 1
70 "Another Day of Sun" La La Land 10 / 2
71 Amazon and Beyond The Infinite Embrace of the Serpent 10 / 1
  At the drive-in Too Late 10 / 1
  At the movies Cemetery of Splendour 10 / 1
  Birth amid bombs Allied 10 / 1
  Breakdown in the cage Silence 10 / 1
  Cancer confession in the desert Valley of Love 10 / 1
  "Cellular Material" London Road 10 / 1
  Chess hustlers The Prison in Twelve Landscapes 10 / 1
  Confession time Fences 10 / 1
  Corpse-fucking The Neon Demon 10 / 1
  Creating creation The Brand New Testament 10 / 1
  Deajeon Station Train to Busan 10 / 1
  Epilogue on the porch Hell or High Water 10 / 1
  Final bomb raid, running to the basement Under the Shadow 10 / 1
  Finale The Lobster 10 / 1
  Final landing Sully 10 / 1
  First audition La La Land 10 / 1
  First diner scene Certain Women 10 / 1
  Gerard sees Michael Valley of Love 10 / 1
  Gosling vs bathroom stall The Nice Guys 10 / 1
  Jail raid Allied 10 / 1
  Jake ends the silence vow and offers a solution Little Men 10 / 1
  Juan teaches Chyron to swim Moonlight 10 / 1
  Kitchen scene (food discovers what humans do to them) Sausage Party 10 / 1
  Mia & friends go to a Hollywood party La La Land 10 / 1
  Mic feedback Green Room 10 / 1
  Missing her son Valley of Love 10 / 1
  Opening scene Elle 10 / 1
  Paternal wisdom in the car Morris From America 10 / 1
  Possessed wedding dance Demon 10 / 1
  Pregnant sex Neon Bull 10 / 1
  Prison riot Kill Zone 2 10 / 1
  Prologue Complete Unknown 10 / 1
  Public school break-in The Other Side 10 / 1
  Robbery O.J.: Made in America 10 / 1
  Sex in the desert Allied 10 / 1
  Skyping with The Boss Snowden 10 / 1
  Sook-Hee's treeside confession The Handmaiden 10 / 1
  Sore tooth The Handmaiden 10 / 1
  Split-screen first meeting/flirtation My Golden Days 10 / 1
  Split-screen training montage Kung Fu Panda 3 10 / 1
  Sushi bar, first time Right Now, Wrong Then 10 / 1
  The brothers reunite Men Go to Battle 10 / 1
  The dog party Knight of Cups 10 / 1
  The final broadcast Christine 10 / 1
  Tractor gets itself off the truck flatbed Kaili Blues 10 / 1
  Valak painting The Conjuring 2 10 / 1
  Walking Hee-jeong home in the cold Right Now, Wrong Then 10 / 1
  Where's the car? Manchester By The Sea 10 / 1
120 Barry shows up at dinner Mia Madre 9 / 1
  Brother's video essay Louder Than Bombs 9 / 1
  Coconut pirates Moana 9 / 1
  In the park after the birthday party Toni Erdmann 9 / 1
  Secret of the top-floor apartment revealed Aquarius 9 / 1
  Sunny morning after sex Everybody Wants Some!! 9 / 1
  The world on top of ours (climax) Midnight Special 9 / 1
  Walk home after the party My Golden Days 9 / 1
128 CMZ Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 8 / 1
  "Go West" (opening) Mountains May Depart 8 / 1
  In the fog Tikkun 8 / 1
  Opening robbery Triple 9 8 / 1
  "Porsche girl" interview Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World 8 / 1
  Prologue Lights Out 8 / 1
  Self-chopping octopus Mermaid 8 / 1
  'Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart' The Lobster 8 / 1
  Suicide mom/Snow outside Cameraperson 8 / 1
137 911 call Southbound 7 / 1
  "Equal Rights" video Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 7 / 1
  Running through the traffic jam The Wave 7 / 1
  Undressing Right Now, Wrong Then 7 / 1
141 Liquor store Blue Jay 6 / 1
  Sacrifice in the woods The Witch: A New-England Folktale 6 / 1
143 Bees Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 5 / 1
  Closing dance The Fits 5 / 1
  Crashing into Pete Pete's Dragon 5 / 1
  Crocodile toilet Tikkun 5 / 1
  From the beach to the party Aquarius 5 / 1
  "I bet it tastes like strawberries" The Brothers Grimsby 5 / 1
  "I Wanna Be Like You" The Jungle Book 5 / 1
  Meeting Aunt May Captain America: Civil War 5 / 1
  Meeting Toni at the bar Toni Erdmann 5 / 1
  Montage of tragedy Cameraperson 5 / 1
  "Mordo, I am here to bargain." Doctor Strange 5 / 1
  Nadine and Darian reconcile The Edge of Seventeen 5 / 1
  Opening credits The Brothers Grimsby 5 / 1
  Opening interview I, Daniel Blake 5 / 1
  Opening scene Too Late 5 / 1
  Pianist tryouts Florence Foster Jenkins 5 / 1
  Scoping out Arlington Jackie 5 / 1
  Seizing the lawnmower's money Do Not Resist 5 / 1
  Taking down the flag O.J.: Made in America 5 / 1
  The Twelve Commandments Love & Friendship 5 / 1