20 Best Movies Moments Of 2017

There’s many a breath-taking scene in Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk, from the eerie abandoned streets of the French town and the sight of Allied troops lined up on the beaches observing the age-old British art of queuing like sitting ducks to Tom Hardy’s fighter pilot Farrier watching his Spitfire burn just before he’s captured by German soldiers.

They’re all pretty harrowing scenes befitting of a wartime drama but one of Dunkirk’s most beautiful scenes – and a much more hopeful one at that – is the arrival of the fleet of small boats headed from the relative safety of good old Blighty’s shores to risk their lives for their fellow countrymen.

A look of pure patriotic pride crosses Commander Bolton’s (Kenneth Branagh) face as the stranded soldiers cheer with joy and relief in a heroic and iconic moment in British history brought respectfully and beautifully to the big screen.