welcome to watchmojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
scenes from top gun no no man this is
not a good idea
sorry goose
but it's time to buzz the tower for this
list we're looking at the best sequences
from this 1986 classic how do you feel
about top gun does it take your breath
away or take the highway to the danger
zone let us know in the comments
number 10 buzzing the tower
it wouldn't be top gun without some hot
shot pilots and pete maverick mitchell
is one of the best all right jester see
if i give you a run for your money here
during his first training hop maverick
seeks to make a serious impression and
does so at the expense of his instructor
jester jester trails maverick for much
of the exercise seeking to get a lock
and end the simulated dogfight however
maverick employs the age-old movie
tactic of slamming on the brakes
something we'd see him do again later on
let's see what you got now jester now
with the tables turned maverick seals
the victory even if he'd get reprimanded
for his flying later
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
after he's denied a clear landing
maverick opts to take a victory lap by
buzzing the tower
[Music]
number nine you've lost that loving
feeling the night before top gun starts
some of the guys head to a bar in their
sharpest navy whites looking for a
different kind of action after meeting
the notorious iceman maverick spots
kelly mcgillis's charlie blackwood
woefully unaware she's one of his
instructors she's lost that loving
feeling
she's like no she hadn't yes she has not
lost that look because she's lost it
matt come on
i hate it when she does that together
with goose and eventually several other
navy men he serenades her with the
righteous brothers song you've lost that
loving feeling
[Music]
[Applause]
honestly with that many wingmen charlie
never really stood a chance though
maverick's further attempts at wooing
her are not nearly as successful are you
a good pilot
i can hold my own
great
then i won't have to worry about you
making your living as a singer charlie
plays the actual song at the end of the
film to reunite with maverick and cure
his blues once and for all
[Music]
i heard the best of the best we're gonna
be back here
number eight watch the birdie who's up
there
cougar and merlin and maverick and goose
top gun never explicitly says who the
other bogies are but come on it's an 80s
action movie we know it's the russians
in the opening scene african goose are
flying over the indian ocean with their
wingman cougar when they encounter enemy
jets though neither side has permission
to fire the standoff is tense as they
enter a pissing contest of sorts after
one bogey spooks cougar by locking onto
him maverick one-ups him by hovering
above him and upside down flipping him
the bird for good measure
watch the birdie
not one to pass up a polaroid moment
goose snaps a picture
number seven great balls of fire you
break my will
or what a thrill
for an 80s action movie of sorts you
wouldn't think there'd be so many
musical moments but here we are
[Music]
in this scene we see maverick and
charlie meet with goose and his wife and
kid at a bar it's a small moment but one
that makes us appreciate the little
things prior to the life-changing twists
that would come later on come to think
of it from goose's prime piano playing
abilities to his adorable kid to being
happily married to a young meg ryan how
did we not know he was doomed to die hey
[Music]
that's me honey take me to bed or lose
me forever show me the way home buddy in
any case this scene always manages to
put a smile on our face goodness
gracious
number six the need for speed i feel the
need
for speed
top gun has a plethora of memorable
lines but that one might just be the
most iconic still that clip isn't long
enough to devote a whole entry to it so
we'll be focusing on the training hop
that follows immediately after which is
thrilling in its own right good morning
gentlemen the temperature is 110 degrees
holy [ __ ] it's viper
viper's up here great
oh [ __ ]
great he's probably saying holy [ __ ]
it's maverick goose yeah i'm sure he's
saying that this time out maverick goes
all gung-ho by abandoning his wingman
hollywood to pursue his commanding
officer viper trouble is viper has him
playing directly into his hands giving
jester the opportunity to swoop in and
get a lock on maverick
maverick's dead you're out of there kid
department regrets to inform you that
your sons are dead because they were
stupid
great balls of fire it's a tough loss
for maverick but it serves as an
important lesson in teamwork and
humility
number five goose's death well it's
bottom of the ninth the score is tied
it's time for the big one
yup for this one maverick just to walk
in the park
top gun prides itself on being a fun
ride but maverick's character arc would
be nothing without the tragic death of
his partner at its center during another
training hop maverick and iceman are
going after an a4 however maverick
begins to suspect that iceman is
deliberately stalling to lower his score
in top gun jesus christ i can take a
shot right here i need another 20
seconds then i've got it impatient
maverick has iceman clear the area only
to enter a flat spin upon going through
his jet wash out of options maverick and
goose are forced to eject only goose is
inadvertently thrust into the jettisoned
canopy breaking his neck
the shot of maverick holding goose's
lifeless body in the water is
heartbreaking he was just too good for
this world
number four take my breath away the mig
has you in his gun sight what were you
thinking at this point
you don't have time to think up there
if you think
you're dead well that's a big gamble
with a 30 million dollar plane
lieutenant even though it's a pretty
major conflict of interest maverick and
charlie's courtship reaches a fever
pitch halfway into the movie lieutenant
my review of your
[Music]
peeved about her open criticism of his
flying maverick rides off in a huff
charlie heatedly gives chase breaking
more than a few traffic laws to let him
know how conflicted her love for him has
made her i see some real genius in your
flying maverick but i can't say that in
there i was afraid that everyone in that
tax trailer would see right through me
and i just don't want anyone to know
that i've fallen
the opening notes to the berlin song
take my breath away had hitherto been
played continually up to this point but
here the song plays in full as we get
one of the most iconic love scenes of
the 80s complete with silhouettes and a
lot of tongues
it's a pretty cheesy sequence but few
movies do cheese better than top gun
number three playing with the boys let's
go okay
[Music]
with all due respect to berlin between
danger zone and playing with the boys
the top gun soundtrack undoubtedly
belongs to kenny loggins the latter
comes into play in this scene where
maverick and goose face off against
iceman and his rio slider in a game of
beach volleyball
[Music]
does this scene have any bearing on the
plot no not at all in fact it's become
the butt of many jokes over the years
but we cannot help but look forward to
it every time we put the movie on heck
everyone's so sweaty all the time anyway
now they've got a reason to be plus we
don't mind getting a little female gaze
in there in such a testosterone-driven
movie play on
[Music]
number two locker room face-off
val kilmer makes this movie almost as
much as tom cruise and nowhere is that
more evident than in this scene after
maverick and goose dispatch of jester
they start wagging their tongues in the
locker room however their main rivals in
top gun iceman and slider take exception
and begin to bark back
they won two man
that's not what i heard well we did we
got gesture no no
below the hard deck does not count i
deck my ass we nailed that son of a
[ __ ] iceman who always seems to be
chewing gum gets right in maverick's
face and the two hot shot pilots face
off i don't like you because you're
dangerous that's right
nice
man
i am dangerous
they say love and hate are simply two
sides of the same coin and we can tell
there's some bromantic chemistry
bubbling under the surface here before
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number one you can be my wingman
the climactic scene of the movie sees
maverick assigned to back up iceman much
to the latter's chagrin they're accosted
by a slew of bogeys only these ones are
not nearly as friendly
[Music]
after one of their jets is shot down
maverick swoops in to offer support
things are looking bleak but maverick
refuses to leave his wingman fabric got
a mint coming around our tail we got to
get out of here
i can't leave ice he's still coming
around he's still coming around he's
gonna get behind us
i'm not leaving my wingman after iceman
shoots the bogey he's pursuing maverick
is put in another's crosshairs himself
he deftly draws it in before again
slamming on the brakes switching spots
and ending the conflict
[Applause]
[Music]
despite presumably starting world war
three spirits are high and after
learning the value of teamwork mavericks
finally earned iceman's respect you can
be my wingman anytime
[ __ ]
you can be mine
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