Ben-Hur/Awesome


 * The Chariot race between Judah and Messala. Expertly staged with every edit, every stunt, every close-up detailing the hatred and bloodlust the two characters have against each other. Still considered the greatest action sequence in film history.
 * A more low-key example would be the scene where Judah and Messala toss spears at a rafter beam and nail it.
 * Judah's dramatic boast, "I told you I would return," and his demanding of Messala to find his family or else. This man has just come back from a certifiable death sentence - he shouldn't have even survived the trek to the boat! - so if he swears vengeance on you, not even the whole Roman Empire can help you (especially when he comes back the favored son of a Roman superior).
 * The 'Miracle' sequence, right after Christ's death on the cross: