[SMARTY]

Off the top of my head there are two:
‘Saving Private Ryan’ when the Ryan brothers’ Mother sees the car pull up and officers/pastor get out. She’s on the porch and kind of in silhouette. No dialog here. She slowly and methodically sits herself down on the porch anticipating the worst. Very sad.

Also, ‘On the Waterfront’ at the very end. There’s not much dialog here. The dock boss gets the tag line and I think it’s: ‘Let’s go to work!’ The camera switches to Brando. He just nods and walks into work. Very strong.

Also in the same film, Rod Steiger was probably his career best as Brando’s brother. The scene in the car sort of defined the movie for me.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Another vote for the "telegraph" scene in "Saving Private Ryan". I have one of those telegraphs from ww2 with my grandpa's name on it.

"The Blindside"...When the family opens up it's home to Michael when he had no one else. I been in Michael's shoes and a family do the same for me.