From Kurosawa to to Kubrick what scenes, techniques, ideas do you love? Anyone wish to share their sources of inspiration? It all hopefully will find a home here.
One scene in particular I remember is from
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is the unintentional, but all the more epic ending when he flees into the darkness proclaiming, "I'll steal!" It truly shows the hollowness of the law. Lol @ the irony of a truly honorable and prominent figure being for into degeneracy BY the law. Another is the quality of focus in Welles's
Citizen Kane (which I think I might watch again ....)

Also, I love how well all of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey was choreographed with the musical score. Most particularly the space station scene using
An der schönen blauen Donau is my favorite.
Starts at ~8:00