Stylish moments in Hollywood movies

If you ask me, one of the most memorable – and stylish – scenes in a local movie is the hospital scene in Jeffrey Jeturian’s directorial debut, Sana Pag-ibig Na, showing Nida Blanca as the widow cuddling the newly-born baby of her husband’s mistress (Angel Aquino), gently giving Angel baby-care tips.

There are many more but I reserve them for a later listing. Meanwhile, here are some of "The 100 Stylish Moments" in Hollywood movies, culled from a recent issue of the US magazine Movieline:

• James Stewart grabs and kisses Kim Novak on the shore of Monterey Bay as waves crash behind them in Vertigo.

• Audrey Hepburn eats a pastry in front of the window of Tiffany’s in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

• Antonio Banderas cuts off Catherie Zeta-Jones’ dress with a sword in The Mask of Zorro.

• Nicole Kidman descends from a swing as she sings Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend above a sea of men in Moulin Rouge.

• Robert De Niro shadow-boxes in slow motion during the opening of Raging Bull.

• Russell Crowe shows Jennifer Connelly the stars in A Beautiful Mind.

• The waves crash on Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr as they writhe on the sand in From Here to Eternity.

• A mirrored bathroom door closes slowly to reveal that Tom Hanks has indeed shot Daniel Craig in the head in Road to Perdition.

• Dustin Hoffman drives across a Bay Area bridge in his red convertible as Simon and Gurfinkel play on the soundtrack in The Graduate.

• Brad Pitt struts up to Geena Davis for the first time in his worn jeans and cowboy hat in Thelma & Louise.

• Julia Roberts makes out with Richard Gere as she sits atop a piano in Pretty Woman.

• Mena Suvari opens up the jacket of her cheerleader outfit and rose petals come flying out in American Beauty.

• Maggie Cheung passes Tony Leung on a staircase in a gorgeous cheongsam dress as she goes to pick up noodles in In The Mood for Love.

• Olivia Newton-John, in a black spandex cat suit, takes a drag of her cigarette, then puts it out with one of her high heels in Grease.

• John Travolta walks down the street while the Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive plays on the soundtrack in Saturday Night Live.

• Zhang Ziyi dives off a bridge in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

• Brad Pitt watches statues come to life in a New Orleans cemetery as he sees the world for the first time through vampire eyes in Interview with the Vampire.

• Madonna throws money at a crowd of poor Argentinians in Evita.

• Johnny Depp walks through an airport with blond hair, aviator shades, an all-white suit and a suitcase full of cocaine in Blow.

• Kevin Spacey loses his limp and transforms into Keyser Soze as he walks down the street in The Usual Suspects.

• Brandon Lee rises from the grave in The Crow.

• Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter hold hands as they watch the skyscrapers outside, explode and collapse in Fight Club.

• Winona Ryder, in her party gown, dances in the snow created from Johnny Depp’s ice sculpting in Edward Scissorheads.

• A tux-wearing Tom Cruise leaves two fawning women behind to ascend the white-lit staircase at a Christmas party in Eyes Wide Shut.

• Reese Witherspoon rides up the train station escalator, then sees Ryan Phillippe waiting for her at the top in Cruel Intentions.

• Drew Barrymore enters Dougray Scott’s lavish ball in a dress with translucent blue wings in Ever After.

• Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke dance into adulthood in Miss Havisham’s rundown mansion in Great Expectations.

• A blind Al Pacino dances the tango with Gabrielle Anwar in Scent of a Woman.

• Dustin Hoffman says to a half-clad Anne Bancroft, "Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me, aren’t you?" in The Graduate.

• James Dean rubs a milk bottle on his face in Rebel Without a Cause.

• Leonardo DiCaprio, in a tuxedo, waits for Kate Winslet as she descends a staircase in Titanic.

• Marlon Brando sits behind his mahogany desk and says, "I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse," in The Godfather.

• The last scene in Chinatown, where Jack Nicholson sees a dead Faye Dunaway slumped inside a car, and Joe Mantell tells him, "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown."

• Jennifer Lopez strips down to her caramel-colored lingerie for George Clooney in Out of Sight.

• Michelle Pfeiffer – in her latex Catwoman outfit – straddles Batman, then licks his face in Batman Returns.

• Ursula Andress parades around in front of Sean Connery on a tropical beach in a belted bikini in Dr. No.

• Richard Gere drives up the California coast in his convertible in American Gigolo.

• Grace Kelly shows up at James Stewart’s apartment in an expensive evening dress with take-out lobster in Rear Window.

• Bo Derek runs on the beach in 10.

• Juliette Binoche swims through a light-blue pool in Blue.

• Judy Garland clicks her ruby red heels together in The Wizard of Oz.

• A sword slowly rises out of a lake in Excalibur.

(Do Funfare readers have their own lists? Send them to me.)