Memorable opening title sequences

[The Endless]

Not many films have them these days, kind of a lost art, but i do like a good opening credit sequence. David Fincher seems to love them. A couple of my favourites.

 

[slumcat]

Modern

The Adventures Of Tintin (Williams)
Enter The Void
Spider-man (Elfman)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Elfman)

Classic

Gone With The Wind (Steiner)
Lawrence Of Arabia (Jarre)
Doctor Zhivago (Jarre)
El Cid (Rozsa)
Ben Hur (Rozsa)
A Passage To India (Jarre)
To Kill A Mockingbird (Bernstein)
Amarcord (Rota)
La Strada (Rota)
8 1/2 (Rota)
La Dolce Vita (Rota)
The 400 Blows (Constantin)
Dr. No. (Norman)
From Russia With Love (Barry)
OHMSS (Barry)
The Adventures Of Robin Hood (Korngold)
Psycho (Herrmann)
Body Heat (Herrmann)
Vertigo (Herrmann)
North By Northwest (Herrmann)
Batman (Elfman)
Superman (Williams)

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Some off the top of my head:
Se7en
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
Superman: The Movie
Superman Returns
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Gojira
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Fincher version)
Watchmen
Zombieland
Do The Right Thing
American Psycho
Memento

 

[Van Petrol]

The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

 

[jonathancrane]

Trick 'r Treat
The Shining
Halloween
Any of Tim Burton's films

 

[CGHulk]

Batman '89

 

[Gort Baringa]

Barbarella

Maybe not the best, but certainly at the time it was the most memorable!

 

[Milu]

I'm disappointed that most action films don't have opening titles anymore.

 

[Dyson]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Red Dragon.

 

[hitmanyr2k]

Spider-man 2
Superman '78
Game of Death (R.I.P John Barry)
Friday the 13th Part 4
The Incredible Hulk '08

 

[Van Petrol]

Dragnet (1987)

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

We were just talking about this film in the scores thread, but Once Upon a Time in the West. It contains probably my pick for the best opening scene in film history, which includes the credits.

If you are looking for a specific title sequence separate from the actual film, then my pick for the best goes to The Spy Who Loved Me, the best of the James Bond title sequences.

Special mention goes to the Naked Gun series. I love those opening credit sequences.

 

[Warhammer]

Good choices in this thread. I'm one of those guys that loves some good opening credits. It's refreshing these days to see one since many films opt for the title card.

 

[gwynplaine]

http://youtu.be/9WKTNwd1lB4

http://youtu.be/Yg8MqjoFvy4