Skandies 2018

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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 Extracting the bullet Game Night 169 / 16
2 Trio at the farm Burning 108 / 11
3 Break dance Suspiria 106 / 10
4 From student protest to hospital Roma 86 / 7
5 Chuck Norris The Green Fog 78 / 7
6 Breaking the waves Roma 75 / 7
7 Katabasis The House That Jack Built 68 / 5
8 Screaming bear Annihilation 67 / 6
9 Madam Gervaise Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc 67 / 5
10 Magical Mystery Tour First Reformed 63 / 6
11 "Çurly Joe" The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 61 / 5
12 Rooftop venting Support the Girls 59 / 6
13 "Shallow" (onstage) A Star Is Born 56 / 6
14 OCD cleanup/The heavens part The House That Jack Built 50 / 5
15 The accident Hereditary 44 / 5
16 "Rock Around the Clock" Cold War 40 / 3
17 Toller meets with Michael First Reformed 36 / 5
18 Lighthouse twins Annihilation 36 / 4
19 Bathroom brawl Mission: Impossible—Fallout 35 / 4
20 The big corporate performance Dim the Fluorescents 35 / 3
21 Gemini 8 in trouble First Man 33 / 3
22 Truth or Dare Eighth Grade 33 / 2
23 Bathroom breakdown Mandy 32 / 4
24 First man First Man 32 / 3
25 Cresting wave PROTOTYPE 32 / 2
26 Closing credits Let the Sunshine In 30 / 4
27 Just an ordinary day (opening titles) The Commuter 30 / 3
  Pop-up book tour of London Paddington 2 30 / 3
29 Dual family meeting If Beale Street Could Talk 30 / 2
30 Hammer time You Were Never Really Here 29 / 3
31 Final scene First Reformed 28 / 3
32 On Edward Campion Classical Period 27 / 1
33 Coda BlacKkKlansman 25 / 2
  Frame 24 24 Frames 25 / 2
  Kwame Ture speech BlacKkKlansman 25 / 2
  Racing through NYC Ready Player One 25 / 2
37 Dance, dance, no revolution The Favourite 24 / 3
38 Gaining access (2nd Incident) The House That Jack Built 23 / 2
39 The Overlook Hotel Ready Player One 21 / 3
40 A wild party at Lift's mansion Sorry to Bother You 20 / 3
  Mandy and Jeremiah Mandy 20 / 3
42 "At least now it's over" Private Life 20 / 2
  Family dinner Hereditary 20 / 2
  Through a forest fire The Road Movie 20 / 2
  "Total Eclipse of the Heart" The Strangers: Prey at Night 20 / 2
46 Truth serum Ant-Man and The Wasp 20 / 1
47 Dinner with dad / "Orinoco Flow" Eighth Grade 17 / 2
48 "Eat me alive"/punk alien cannibal song How to Talk to Girls at Parties 17 / 1
49 Ritual combat Black Panther 16 / 2
  The Committee arrives in Stalin's room The Death of Stalin 16 / 2
51 Daniel's monologue If Beale Street Could Talk 15 / 1
  Shootout Hold the Dark 15 / 1
53 An apology Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 14 / 1
54 The ambush Zama 13 / 2
55 Sex in the grass Destination Wedding 13 / 1
56 Areum turns the corner The Day After 12 / 1
  Asking for a donation Private Life 12 / 1
  Evelyn gets unpleasant Classical Period 12 / 1
  First scene of intimacy between Anne and Sarah The Favourite 12 / 1
  Rebellion at Double Whammies Support the Girls 12 / 1
  STEM's first ride Upgrade 12 / 1
  White people in the park Life and Nothing More 12 / 1
63 Dance recital [Sara's demise] Suspiria 11 / 1
64 Baby vs. raccoon Incredibles 2 10 / 1
  Ben is back Ben Is Back 10 / 1
  Blown away Avengers | Infinity War 10 / 1
  Brooks is rescued from the bar Game Night 10 / 1
  Bus argument Gabriel and the Mountain 10 / 1
  Camera as metronome Let the Corpses Tan 10 / 1
  Casino Black Panther 10 / 1
  Claire takes a photo Claire's Camera 10 / 1
  Closing shootout: Segment 1 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 10 / 1
  David leafs through the Taubes folder Notes on an Appearance 10 / 1
  Death of Beria The Death of Stalin 10 / 1
  Dive bar (Harvey Wallbanger & Yolanda) Game Night 10 / 1
  Documenting the folk musicians Cold War 10 / 1
  Drunken family meal A Ciambra 10 / 1
  Escape history The Old Man & the Gun 10 / 1
  Exploding gold Let the Corpses Tan 10 / 1
  Frame 5 24 Frames 10 / 1
  Frank Lloyd Wright Classical Period 10 / 1
  Fried chicken Green Book 10 / 1
  Funeral song Vox Lux 10 / 1
  Gemini 8 launch First Man 10 / 1
  Glowing teacher walking in the park Mrs. Hyde 10 / 1
  Gun show Widows 10 / 1
  "Hail, Paimon!" Hereditary 10 / 1
  Hat keepaway Western 10 / 1
  Helicopter chase Mission: Impossible—Fallout 10 / 1
  Hockey practice The Death of Stalin 10 / 1
  Initial end credits Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 10 / 1
  Interview and post-interview with the patricide 12 Days 10 / 1
  "I've Never Been to Me" You Were Never Really Here 10 / 1
  Jump from plane Mission: Impossible—Fallout 10 / 1
  Kitchen quarrel with parents The Cage Fighter 10 / 1
  La Marseillaise This Is Our Land 10 / 1
  Llama Zama 10 / 1
  Looking for Ben's lost cat Burning 10 / 1
  "Making Love out of Nothing at All" The Strangers: Prey at Night 10 / 1
  Mansion party The Mule 10 / 1
  Mark's murder Thoroughbreds 10 / 1
  Marriage proposal Distant Constellation 10 / 1
  Meinhard drawn into the injured boy's family Western 10 / 1
  Midway reset Happy as Lazzaro 10 / 1
  Mulligan's car ride Widows 10 / 1
  “Nowhere to Go but Up” Mary Poppins Returns 10 / 1
  Office interview Infinite Football 10 / 1
  Podcasters visit Michael Halloween 10 / 1
  Poetry party Dovlatov 10 / 1
  Porch discussion Classical Period 10 / 1
  Prison break Paddington 2 10 / 1
  Sarah's "great jape" with the gun The Favourite 10 / 1
  Sharon's trip to Puerto Rico If Beale Street Could Talk 10 / 1
  Smoke in the trees Hale County This Morning, This Evening 10 / 1
  "The Cover Is Not the Book" Mary Poppins Returns 10 / 1
  The flaming Scorpion Bowl Blindspotting 10 / 1
  The girl gets rattled (Indian fight) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 10 / 1
  "Think of someone who helped you..." Won't You Be My Neighbor? 10 / 1
  Waiting for launch First Man 10 / 1
  Where's my dick? The Wild Boys 10 / 1
121 Marriage proposal The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 9 / 1
  Poetic confrontation with cop Blindspotting 9 / 1
123 Prologue Searching 8 / 1
  "Two Hearts" Cold War 8 / 1
125 Final climb Free Solo 7 / 1
  Reconciliation with aunt Lean On Pete 7 / 1
  Spooked Lean On Pete 7 / 1
  "This Old Heart Of Mine" Bad Times at the El Royale 7 / 1
129 Egg toss Game Night 6 / 1
  Frame 12 24 Frames 6 / 1
  Snapchat era discussions Eighth Grade 6 / 1
  ...Un...animously The Death of Stalin 6 / 1
133 "Add It Up" Milla 5 / 1
  A lesson in Euclidean geometry Mrs. Hyde 5 / 1
  "A Place Called Slaughter Race" Ralph Breaks the Internet 5 / 1
  Baby Jack Black The House With a Clock in Its Walls 5 / 1
  Birth A Quiet Place 5 / 1
  Cave surgery Revenge 5 / 1
  Chicken nugget date Eighth Grade 5 / 1
  Disco night BlacKkKlansman 5 / 1
  Eulogy Monrovia, Indiana 5 / 1
  "First time?" The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 5 / 1
  Heavy winds Deadpool 2 5 / 1
  Josie dissipates Annihilation 5 / 1
  Lunch with the daughter Vox Lux 5 / 1
  Rachel on Rachel spit play Disobedience 5 / 1
  Rap battle Widows 5 / 1
  Spider-Ham's Origin Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 5 / 1
  Thanksgiving Private Life 5 / 1
  The bank Happy as Lazzaro 5 / 1
  “The Place Where Lost Things Go” Mary Poppins Returns 5 / 1
  Thor meets the Guardians Avengers | Infinity War 5 / 1