25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes in Films

[t3hwasabi]

Wow, the drill instructor's improv is pretty amazing.

[musicdork4ever]

hahaha Heath Ledger is so funny!

[GGGiL00]

great list man

[77jcrox]

I'm not questioning the veracity of this list, I'm just wondering how you know these are unscripted? Great top 25 btw

[WakeTheBeast666]

HEEEEEERES JOHNNY

"AHH I HATE THAT SHOW"

[07foxmulder]

you should have put the "we landed on the moon" line from dumb n dumber in the list. either way, thanks for making this!

[TehKittles]

Where's almost every scene from Goodfellas?

[momansour78]

usual suspects line up... in english please :)))

[SoylentBacon]

Neat. I only knew about the Full Metal Jacket one from the commentary.

[banq0o]

great upload, respect! 8-)

[vault101guy]

#20 should be the best scene

[electricity95]

you can see at around 0:32 Jeff Daniels almost cracks up

[voodoomelons]

Hoffman, and the lads in The Usual Suspects steal the show.

[WhatIAm99]

Anyone else notice number nine was titled 'The Shinning"? "Shh! You wanna get sued?"

[WhatIAm99]

@WhatIAm99 Or seven, sorry

[ILNT165]

I thought that the in the dark knight, the explosion went wrong and that when he got scared, it was legit scared?

[Rymaster2010]

A clockwork orange ftw!

[ChrisCantHaveItAll]

im surprised some of these lines were unscripted

[Mjbrooks194]

R Lee Ermey used to be a drill sergeant so he was already good at screaming the insults.

[LantzG]

@Mjbrooks194 I'd like to point out that he was NOT a drill sergeant. He was a drill instructor. Drill sergeants are in the army.

[TheReal7Bit]

You forgot Daryl Hannahs Freakout in Kill Bill Vol. 2 when she loses her second eye. That was unscripted and brilliant too!

[SeeParney]

this is so awesome!

[cappie2000]

My #1 winner: Rutger Hauer's character Batty, on the rooftop, in the rain, saying: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.".. one of the most moving moments in movie-scifi I've ever seen.. incredible, and to think that it wasn't even scripted.. the man is an artist!

[rikirudee]

Very fun to watch, good list!

[dmg8787]

HERES JONNY was unscripted?!

[lokeydaniel]

pUL nEWMAN to his murdering son. "i curse the day you were born" from ROAD TO PERDITIN

[lilsangy]

22 was from knocked up not 40 year old virgin

[pushtree]

about the casablanca line, it was scripted as "here's looking at you." Humphery Bogart added

"kid" making the line unforgettable.

[Finky27]

Good one

[MsBlackdeath13]

must .. have .. more.. freaking awesome video!!

[SurfieInACT]

Amazing. Thanks for putting that together. I think it would of been pretty scary with R Lee Emery all up in my grill, I would of been too shit-scarred to laugh! LoL

[troodon9999]

@SurfieInACT His very presence in the movie is unscripted lol... Kubrik originally brought him on as a military consultant. When he was coaching the actor originally cast to be the drill instructor, Kubrik liked Ermey's performance so much he cast him instead. (Ermey was in fact in the Marine Corps, but he was never a drill instructor.)

[GeneralRushHour]

Last scene i don´t think i could hold in the laugh :)

[Shukini]

Its Michael Madsen, not Madisen

[petrietri]

You forgot the scene in Raiders of the lost arc when Indie shoots the guy with the sword

[troodon9999]

@petrietri I guess that didn't qualify since this list is all about unscripted DIALOGUE. But as unscripted scenes go, that should be up there.

[vulcancritic]

Amazing! How can you tell they are all improvised?

[TheIncrediblyamazing]

Personally I think the shooting the cat scene from Boondock Saints..

[zerotankor]

Holy fuck, I can only imagine how hard it would be to hold character in any of these situations...

[ericli51]

Aw, I thought you were going to mention Gary Oldman's improvisation in Leon, where he starts talking about Beethoven.

[RightWingAviator]

has anyone recognised the similarities between Halo and Aliens including the quote from 19?

[husayn1972]

@RightWingAviator Yeah. The black Sergeant was pretty much taken straight out of Aliens. They even chew the same cigar and speak similar!

[shiftthebackofmyeyes]

Why does the music sound like its from there will be blood, but then no quote from it!? I drink your milkshake! Should have been here

[cenmuarakarang]

jesus christ that robin williams with his farting wife soo fucking funny lolololo

[webaward]

the usual suspects?? i dont remember that scene hmmmnnnn

[metro95]

The warriors was scripted... if you look up the script and screen play it's in both. You can even hear the director tell him to start saying it in the original copies

[hoosierteacher]

@metro95 With respect, you are right, but to a point. You are correct that the line was scripted. However, the actor came up with the bottle idea and it was left it in the movie. Source - director's commentary on the DVD. The improvisation is the bottles, not the words as you correctly point out.

[finalman25]

first one is so funnyyyy lmfaoo

[toyftw]

shoulda put emile hirsch for the girl next door when he dropped the cigar in the strip club

[3Axy10Est13]

I couldnt imagine A Clockwork Orange without "Singin in the Rain" or The Shining without "Heres Johnny!" and the most famous line ever "You Talkin To Me?" Thanks to all these genious actors

[Aurongel]

Great video, Blade Runner's got to be my favorite one of the 25 here. Also, "WAAARIOOORS COME OUT TO PLAY-I-AEEE!" is pretty amazing.

[3Axy10Est13]

@Aurongel I Could not Imagine Blade Runner without the line "Like Tears...in the rain"

[keyto808]

84 people are from Texas

[satierfleafar]

Do you suck cocks:

- Sir, yes, sir!

[algol291]

Matt Damon is over rated. Sorry to his fans.

"How you like d'em apples?" (good line though)

[dalektaliban]

that taxi driver ignored the signs and got humilited infront of millions lol

[algol291]

I like Rutger Haur, and I'm sure he's a pretty smart dude, but there's no way he improved the piece of poetry his character used in 'Bladerunner'.

[beanchuuu]

@algol291 More information about the background of this scene can be found by looking up "Tears In Rain Soliloquy." I tried to directly link it in this comment, but apparently YouTube won't let me post links.

Or, if you can find the "4-Disc Limited Edition DVD," there's a lot of great commentary which goes into that scene, as well as the entire film.

[algol291]

@beanchuuu well, if what you're saying is true, I no longer like Rutger Hauer, I now love the man.

That is the best improve ever. To come with that off the top of your head, you gotta feel pretty comfortable with your surroundings, or feel as if you're in deep threat.

[hhaidar90]

I CANNOT BELIEVE "SINGING IN THE RAIN" WAS NOT PART OF THE SCRIPT!!!!!!!!!!!

[hhaidar90]

I CANNOT BELIEVE "HERE'S JOHNNY" WAS IMPROVISED! JACK NICHOLSON IS KING!

[hillger]

@TheTdogg313 No it is Knocked Up when they go to Vegas.

[TheTdogg313]

@joshgaje No it is 40 year old virgin. Paul Rudd and Seth rogan were both in it

[joshgaje]

22 isnt 40 year old virgin... Its knocked up

[jasonsitu]

And that's why good actors are so well paid.

[FireflyFanatic3]

it's kinda funny cos a lot of these are really famous!! :)

[XmodERsX]

Awsome

[rabidrabbitshuggers]

84 people don't look like steers to me, so that pretty much narrows it down.

[AdamTAnders]

You should add that Stanley Kubrick had to stop filming to ask R. Lee Ermey what a reach around is. :D

[Abbytater]

@AdamTAnders It's okay, he probably would have filmed the scene another ten times anyway. At least.

[Markb2477]

@AdamTAnders Also that he was not even suppose to be in the movie. He was hired to teach a actor how to play the part of a drill instructor. Be he was so good at it they hired him for the part. And that in real life he was a gunnery sgt in the marines

[masterbassist93]

Great unscripted moment in the graduate, dustin hoffman grabs anne bankroff's tit and she starts doing this thing with her dress. as she did this, he was about to start laughing and went to the corner of the room and started banging his head in the corner

[Muz33kful]

I would burst out laughing hahaha

[ricarleite]

Mein Furher, I can walk WAS on the script. The scene kept on going, with a pie fight after that, but it was cut. Here's Johnny was written on spot, but not really improvisation. The Midnight Cowboy "I'm walking here" WAS scripted, it is a common myth this line was improvised due to a taxi coming through.

[ofnumbers]

Fuck Caddyshack

[chosenone173]

wow this was awsome! pls make another vid to show the 50 best unscripted scenes!

[miggytime85]

Thts not 40 year old virgin Thts knocked up. Thts the scene wen they go to Vegas and their on mushrooms and go see the show nd freak out.

[ShinobiGarth]

i came for R Lee Ermey and learned about a few other movies

[TheGoodCasino]

In English please?!,

[Stev6000]

can't believe the "warriors, come out to plaaaayyaay" was'nt scripted, i must revise my entire life up to this point now.

[galic131]

@Stev6000 warriooooooors,come out to plaaaaaaaayayaaayyyy

[isaachaze1]

@Stev6000 lol, that line had such a big impact on us as kids, so i know what you're sayin' :)

[Helljumper425]

For the record: R. Lee Ermey was a former drill sergeant of the United States Marine Corps.

[Shmeckeldorf]

Thank god for improvisation. Half of the lines in this MADE those movies. Like the Warriors one and "Here's Johnny", and Singing In the Rain. Without that those movies wouldn't have been as iconic.

[jonnyslipdude]

had to of been compiled by an American...

[lookabirdie]

the title says greatest unscripted scenes. most of these are lines/actions, not scenes

[schlebb1]

@lookabirdie well it wouldn't make sense to have an entire unscripted scene, otherwise the director wouldn't be filming at all. Obviously all the clips are just going to be unscripted lines and actions, what else did you expect?

[fuzzylarge]

dumb and dumber is the greatest

[XxToHellAndBackxX]

Full metal jacket bootcamp scene...best unscripted scene of all time hands down. Drill sergeants are really that good at picking on kids in the RL. My dad was an army drill sergeant, he used to tell me stories of all the shit he said to the recruits. Funny shit

[Nick86486]

matt damon's story is really funny :p

[RageGazm]

where is gandalf from the fellowship of the ring? when he hits his head on the roof of bilbo's house was not in the script but they kept filming anyway

[XMcMuffinX]

The Heath Ledger one is totally overrated.

[NAURIS707]

was that Hillary Swank @ 3:12?????

[genemeyer408]

It really is rude to fuck someone in the ass and not give them a reacharound

[ThaneKri0s]

I was told that Heath Ledger also improvised the "Look at me" scene with fake Batman, well not really improvised, he filmed the entire scene himself. Still, it was amazing.

[qlump1e]

Stanley Kubrick ftw!

[greytale]

Paul Reiser's line in Aliens is hella under-rated... thanks to Bill's "Game over" line, heheheh!

"Maybe we could build a fire... sing a couple of songs, maybe we could try THAT, hanh?!?" lol

[KwNJn1]

thanks for the upload

[whisp]

Thumbs up if you think Daniel Day Lewis speech to the town from There Will Be Blood should be on this list

[moz1983]

The Usual Suspect one is my favorite - you can see that the laughing between each suspect's line is genuine. Class film.

[MrDead67]

Ah, did Halo get the "game over" part from the movie aliens? I'm barely noticing this.

[marchesedesade89]

Here's Johnny!!! Best line ever

[Alwaysbusking]

When I saw 'Saving Private Ryan' I thought that was one of the best monologues I'd seen

[askii3]

And this is why they make the big bucks...

[theendingnote]

83 people improvised and hit the dislike button.

[ScottAdams1993]

"you talking to me?" I love DeNiro

[felixchylde]

brilliant



[vampmarine7]

i dont believe half of these were unscripted.

[tylerwylie]

Blade Runner ftw.

[joshreynor]

Game Over man Game Over!!!

[ADDMOREMAPS]

@joshreynor classic....

[aeonblue277]

No Goodfellas dinner table scene at Tommy's mother's house? Easily Top 5.

[mcnukem]

in the goodwill hunting scene, you can tell the camera man was laughing because of the camera shaking.

[WickedMo13]

A scene that doesnt deserve top 25 but is awesome , A Guide to Recognizing your Saints. Channing Tatum throws a chair threw the door window.

[YoLamoNacho]

bueller? bueller? the classroom scene was improvised how did you not put that in?!?

[paperbackzephyr]

You know, in the scene from jaws, the girl really broke her ribs getting pulled down into the water. Yeah, I say thats #1

[Jennavicia100]

well number 22 is not from 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN its from KNOCKED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CATLER89]

No ace Ventura?????

[CATLER89]

No ace Ventura??????

[milton123]

just curious, how do you know that all those things were improvised?

[lioneljessejames]

Apocalypse now!? don't know if someone's already said it but the brando/sheen scene at the end is top 5 for sure!

[WickedMo13]

@lioneljessejames Completely agree. Plus all of Dennis Hopper stuff was all improvised. Just watch Heart of Darkness.

[starwarsROXmy]

GIVE ME THE FUCKIGN KERFYDS OLPGFKWGH

[gtrmu]

In a way you could argue that it was unscripted because it did differ from the script. Granted not 100% totally improvised once camera's were rolling, but not in the original script. I think it's a double edged sword.

[Writersblock39]

I was hoping kevin bacon kicking the bucket through the window in stir of echoes would be on here.

[Tatersalad5906]

Fuck ya clock work orange is a great movie!

[gtrmu]

Ok, I get it. Stop ragging on me!

[godofimagination]

Could you do a sequel?

[MattLikesToComment]

Can you believe that? All of cinema's most famous quotes are IMPROV???

Mind=Blown.

[bulmeruk]

Heath's scene at 1:15, you've spelt 'stopping' wrong :) Great video, love it.

[13Danjiri]

Robin Williams is amazing.

[freeman759477]

22 is not 40 year old virgin!!

[the80sfanaddict]

40 Year Old Virgin? I'm pretty sure that's Knocked Up...

[glwakeboardking]

@the80sfanaddict nope its 40 yov

[zack399]

@the80sfanaddict no its 40 year old virgin, seth rogan and paul rudd werent just in knocked up together

[jackpackage4]

@the80sfanaddict no it was, paul rudd and seth rogen were both in 40 year old virgin as well and that was the scene when they were driving to the club towards the end i believe.

[masterbassist93]

@the80sfanaddict nope, 40 yr old virgin

[ZenoEvil]

Long Live R.Lee Ermey

[arabiannights100]

"You're part eggplant. You're a cantaloupe." and the cuckoo clock scene...

[iwannabfamous1]

Michael Weatherly sent us here! :)

[23Tiva]

I am here for michael.. ^^

[diddymuck]

Belushi's cafeteria behavior in Animal House was extemporaneous, including the "zit" scene. The other actors were legitimately responding in disgust.

[MrTheJHat]

Actually, The Dark Knight was from 2008.

[junkers1337]

Notice how all the movies were before 2000.

[geeblanco]

Great effort!! R. Lee Ermey's Drill instructor is one of my favourite performances of all time.

[Danshro]

steers an queers lol

[Danshro]

:52 they both did the exact same scene in 40 yr old virgin

[HawkeyeDrifter]

You left out the scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off where his friend was on the phone with the dean. That whole scene was improvised.

[louthleviathan]

You left out Quint's speech in Jaws about the USS Indianapolis. That whole monologue was improvised.

[CEDB1221]

@louthleviathan thats an old wives tale... the speech went through 3 drafts, including one that Robert Shaw did, before it was filmed... but it defo was scripted

[louthleviathan]

@CEDB1221 oh right. I had read that the scene was scripted but Shaw wrote it himself, and the finer points improvised.

[01AlPal01]

if i was any of the actors in the drill sergeant scenes of full metal jacket i would have cracked up at everything he said

[TEQTONYK]

The Usual Suspects one cracks me up every time. Just so unexpected.

[k0tz45]

god damn heath ledger was an amazing actor ):

[scrotumwarz]

I still get chills from Roy Batty's "Like tears in the rain" scene. Truly one of the most beautiful moments in cinema history.

[DapperA]

And what about the cuckoo clock scene from The Third Man?

[xoiuvwnigv]

haha 1:30 epic voice crack

[Soxfan111111]

Do I amuse you? Am I a clown?

[43labontepetty]

holy dog shit private

[JIR2148]

I haven't seen 23rd Scene in over 12 years. That made me crack and it also made my day. :)

[lovinggggtheLIFE]

what's that actor called in any movie he's in, he dies. i want to say john bushetti. or something that sounds like that...

[JunkYardDog175]

Also in Gladiator in the first battle, Russel Crowe wasnt supposed to kill that guy. The extra said "wait I'm not supposed to die yet" and the Crowe killed him.

[berryhill88]

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: How tall are you, private? Private Cowboy: Sir, five-foot-nine, sir. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked shit that high!

[yarbas89]

its knocked up, not 40 year old virgin.

[gtrmu]

How could you not put in Indiana Jones shooting the bad guy with the sword from the first Indiana Jones movie?

[Panjertastic]

@gtrmu Because it was in the revised script, it was not improvised.