7. The Departed - Rat Scene
The awkward moment when... you think Jack Nicholson knows you're the rat! The Departed is a wonderful film by Martin Scorsese with some fantastic performances. The awkward moment however, comes when Costello's (Jack Nicholson) suspicions about Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) are at their highest. He brings Costigan in to discuss things... When we see the strange rat-infested sketch Nicholson is drawing along with his creepy rat impression, we are instantly freaked out and are holding our breaths along with Costigan as we wait to see if Costello really does know or not. "I got this rat, this gnawing, cheese-eating fucking rat and it brings up questions..." Thankfully he doesn't and lets Costigan go with the scene becoming quite funny at the end but we still are genuinely afraid of Costello.