20 Most Perfect Scenes In Recent Movies

And finally, we've got the musical performance from Sinners, Ryan Coogler's stunning, Oscar-winning masterpiece that's one of the most original and intelligent horror movies of all damn time. This is a scene where you instantly knew it would be remembered for years to come, and it's also a scene you probably you could forget so that you could experience it for the first time again. 

Sinners' opening narration explains that some music is so powerful it becomes transcendent, summoning spirits of the past and future. That's precisely what happens when Sammie Moore (Miles Caton) performs his blues song I Lied to You in a packed juke joint. As Sammie plays his smashing tune, spirits from all time periods appear in the joint, including modern-day rock guitarists, break-dancers and DJs. 

This is a scene where that phrase 'Absolute Cinema' was just tailor-made for it. The overwhelming combination of dazzling imagery and sound, the rich thematic symbolism, the dream-like atmosphere - this nugget of gold is an enthralling reminder of what the medium of cinema can really do. For a cinephile, to watch this moment is to remember with misty-eyed joy why they love movies so much, and the kind of stratospheric heights this art-form can reach when in the hands of the best artists.