10 Awesome Movie Scenes We Can't Stop Rewatching

6. Coffee Run - Baby Driver (2017)

Baby Driver Ansel Elgort
TriStar Pictures

Baby Driver would be any ordinary director's career best, but for Edgar Wright it's just another day at the office. Combining the director's penchant for savvy editing, deep-cut music choices, comedy-inflected action, and human-centred plots, the heist movie proves that British auteurs can make it big in Hollywood while still retaining their unique style.

On top of that, the opening titles feature one of the most meticulously choreographed takes ever brought to the big screen. Baby (Ansel Elgort), tinnitus-suffering stunt driver supreme, nips out to get the heist crew their daily dose of java, earbuds in, music cranked, and with a spring in his step. But this is no normal coffee run, as Wright captures it in one continuous, revolving long take that moves perfectly in time with the soundtrack. 

Designed to look like an everyday street in motion, Baby dodges obstacles, vehicles, and pedestrians while dancing, shuffling, moving, and grooving to Bob & Earl's "Harlem Shuffle", which itself is a refreshing choice, eschewing the better-known Rolling Stones version. Needless to say, the blocking, staging, and camera movements were meticulously planned, and the song was written into the script. And boy, is it something to behold.

 
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