Probably the most famous, yet also the most widely misattributed shot on this list: sometimes called The Jaws Effect, but also well-known for its use in Martin Scorseses Goodfellas, this is another of Alfred Hitchcocks major contributions to the art of cinema. Seen in the film as Scottie (James Stewart) is crippled by acrophobia when climbing the stairs inside the Mission San Juan Bautista tower, the shot was achieved by tracking the camera backwards whilst simultaneously zooming in, creating a vertiginous sensation of falling. Hitchcocks production team used a scale model to achieve this dolly effect, which is possibly why some consider the use of the technique in Jaws as more definitive. But it was undoubtedly Vertigo that got there first.