Erotic firefighter choreography!

Finalists: "On the Town" a fantasy during rehearsal in Maestro, the desert dance sequence in Carmen 

Semi Finalists: "Ven a Mi" (love Rossy dePalma) in Carmen, "A World of Your Own" from Wonka, "I'm Here" from The Color Purple; "Hell, No" from The Color Purple; Finally, and somewhat shamefully "Kiss the Girl" is the only moment wherein The Little Mermaid begins to capture the magic of the animated film (even if only through copying the original - le sigh).

...with the knowledge that it would be cheating to ay "any scene from" two Taylors: Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music or Taylor Swift the eras tour.

Note: * If a musical number is part of another scene category, like openings or endings or whatnot, it goes there instead.

 One of those comic setpieces with a dramatic undertow. He's a diamond in the rough.

 Bella's ecstatic spontaneity whenever a physical impulse strikes.

Finalists: Bowser's ode to "Peaches" in Super Mario Bros; K-pop band in the house? It's Joyride's "WAP" security check

Semi Finalists: A lacerating karaoke prompt -- 'I love you... you pay my rent' in Saltburn; inept dance audition in Joyland; Karaoke night in Fallen Leaves; A group singalong in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to "What's Going On?", Jeff listens to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in Bottoms

Note: * If a musical number is part of another scene category, like openings or endings or whatnot, it goes there instead.

 Train / Cliff

 Spider Society chase.

Finalists: Rome car chase in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt 1; Brawl in Florida in The Killer as our unnamed protagonist battles to the death with "The Brute"; Failure at Ogasawara Island in Godzilla Minus One

Semi Finalists: "Metal!"... Nimona helps Ballister escape, The parade sequence in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the first fight 'in character' for Cassandro, Rescue of Supergirl in The Flash

LA CHIMERA

Carol Duarte & Josh O'Connor

ELEMENTAL
Ember & Wade

JOYLAND
Ali Junejo & Alina Khan

MAESTRO
Carey Mulligan & Bradley Cooper

POOR THINGS
Emma Stone & Ramy Youssef

 A sign language kiss

 Not so incompatible after all

 A starry bedroom, stars still in his eyes

Finalists:  Subway entrance makeout between Virginie Efira & Roschdy Zem  in Other People's Children, Havana Liu & Ayo Edebiri experiment n Bottoms,

Semi-Finalists: Carmen and Aidan are in this together, Margaret's innocent first kiss via Spin the Bottle in Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, An awkward kiss for two lonely souls in Fallen Leaves, "I can't do this" rejection in Cassandro, A dangerous rehearsal kiss in Chevalier, "my wife" a post wedding kiss for Priscilla

 Emotionally resistant but physically willing

 An imbalanced quickie

 the furious jumping montage

 The infamous masturbatory 'bathtub scene'

Finalists: lap dance foreplay in Magic Mike's Last Dance, A confession of love in Other People's Children, post breakup experiment in Mutt 

Semi Finalists: Forest '69 in Will O' the Wisp, Twin seductions - sister and brother in Saltburn, backseat consummation in Of An Age, the passion with Carmen

 'an imaginary drama created expressively for this broadcast'

 The origin of Barbie

 A life-changing phone call

 'What's their story? From across the room

Finalists A sniper's attack in To Catch a Killer, A death in a dressing room in Madeleine Collins, A twist on the classic sex comedy opening: virgins with a plan in Bottoms, Technical issues or fleeing your duties -- no matter a monster strikes in Godzilla Minus One

Semi Finalists: "Are you alone?" tv dinner in Robot Dreams, Uncle Haider as a playful ghost before duty calls in Joyland, A tribal meeting and the discovery of oil in Killers of the Flower Moon

 Radio Show

 Old memories and new partners.

 A new cook. An empty house

Finalists: Saltburn's naked vicious ownership of "Murder on the Dance Floor", Barbie - Gynecologist; Alcarras - the trees come down

Semi Finalists: "Camp Isn't Home (It Kinda Is)" What a show they put on at Theater Camp, Years later, perspectives shifting in Of an Age, the horrifying ritual continues in Talk To Me, the museum in The Zone of Interest

Best Credit Sequence / Title Design

(end credits)

Stitched scenes from the movie

(end credits)

Illustrated pop-up book

(opening needlepoint, closing squares, and interstitials)

 elegant mysterious black and white... plus the stitched illustrations at the beginning.

(opening & closing credits)

 cheeky 12 step room posters and volunteer sheets

(end credits)

 a movie that never stops innovating

Finalists: 65 the earth evolving (end credits), Infinity Pool (descending multiples, closing credit), the gothic blood-red indulgence of Saltburn (opening credits),

Semi-Finalists: May December bold outline with that score (opening and closing), Asteroid City (all credits. bold flat memorable), Anatomy of a Fall family photos (opening), 'celebrate the rejects' with animated collages (end credits) for Nimona 

ANATOMY OF A FALL
Brutal marital battle

ASTEROID CITY
Window flirtation

ASTEROID CITY
Alien visit

Finalists: Taste of Things the wedding, May December makeup in the mirror, Maestro Thanksgiving Day Parade; Any of those titular Robot Dreams 

Semi-Finalists: To Catch a Killer 's mall massacre; a conversation between siblings in a parked car in Mutt; Felicia's confession in Maestro; Building the house in Eight Mountains; Rebecca's arrival in Eileen; A marriage interrupted in Poor Things; a horrific accident in Ferrari