6) Stuck In The Middle With You – Reservoir Dogs (1991)
This is the one scene that nobody has forgotten since they first saw it almost twenty years ago. After throwing a cop named Marvin in the trunk of his car and bringing him back to the warehouse, psychopathic ex-con Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) is left alone with the poor bastard and proceeds to torture him. Just for the sake of it.
Not one to do such things without the accompaniment of good music, he tunes in the radio and finds Stealers Wheel classic “Stuck In The Middle With You” is playing. Creepily jovial about the whole affair, Mr. Blonde dances about for a second before taking out a razor and hacking off Marvin’s ear. We then follow Mr. Blonde outside in one wonderful take as he goes to his car and removes a can of petrol. Back inside, he pours it on Marvin and lights a match. “Have some fire, scarecrow,” he deadpans, but it’s too late… Mr. Orange blasts the son of a bitch dead, leaving Marvin wondering what the hell is going on. Genius.