17. The laugh – Goodfellas (1990)
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The "Funny how?" scene by Joe Pesci in Goodfellas became so iconic because of its brilliant improvisation. Pesci wrote the tense dialogue from a real-life situation he had experienced.
The unscripted laughter and responses from the cast as Tommy DeVito (Pesci) flips from joking to menacing while questioning Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) make the scene even more unpredictable. The scene captures perfectly Tommy's volatile nature, and it leaves both characters and viewers on edge, cementing the film's legacy in cinematic history.
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