What are some movies with cool opening credits?

I saw Hostage, with Bruce Willis... dumb action movie, but the opening credits were pretty cool... Nice music, and great visuals.

Casino Royale, like many of the other Bond movies have great opening credits.

I actually didn't like the opening credits in Casino Royale. They weren't quite finished enough. I could see how they did each effect. It was so close to being perfect, but not quite there.

Hmmm....

The Eye does a neat thing with braille and this creepy hand shadow on cloth for all the titles. Very cool and stylish.

Any David Fincher movie (Se7en, Fight Club, Panic Room, The Game).

Casino

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY (MAYBE BEST EVER?)

Catch Me if You Can
Napolean Dynamite

Don't want to step on anyone's toes here, but being a fan of Bond opening credits I was pretty disappointed with the ones in Casino Royale. I mean... shooting hearts from the gun? Painful.

Off the top of my head:

• The remake of Dawn of the Dead
Johnny Cash was a great choice, and the 'blood splatter' title text was cool and fitting.

• Dexter
So it's not a movie but the opening credits are well shot, well scored and just deliciously twisted.

• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Great concept, perfectly executed.

• Once Upon a Time in the West
Not sure if this counts because it's more of a dedicated opening scene with credits overlayed than a credits sequence in and of itself, but its definitely an awe-inspiring piece of filmmaking.

Metal Gear Solid 3, the videogame, had a pretty cool opening sequence too.

The title sequence for Snatch is nothing short of amazing. On that same note, I remember Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels having an entertaining one as well.

Pink Panther & (Shrek ?!)

the matrix collection and star wars
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Star Wars? That movie doesn't have opening credits except for the 20th century FOX and Lucas Films logos. Unless you meant the opening crawl, but that doesn't count.

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Originally posted by Ignis et Glacies:
• Once Upon a Time in the West
Not sure if this counts because it's more of a dedicated opening scene with credits overlayed than a credits sequence in and of itself, but its definitely an awe-inspiring piece of filmmaking.

Very true, I loved it. Just saw it today, actually. Also, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, like Larry said before. That Leone, he makes a mean opening credit sequence.

EDIT: Also, the beginning of the Departed was stellar. Both the sequence of the Boston riots, as well as the first 20 mins which blew me away.

2nd EDIT: Sorry, had to squeeze this one in, The Science of Sleep. The paint swirls to go along with Stephane's dream sequence of his father was dare I say, magnifique. For anyone who saw it and speaks spanish, you ahd to laugh when he said, "Eso no es Duke Ellington, eso es un pato! Eso es un Pato Ellington!" I had to laugh out loud there. It set the tone for the entire film and was one of my favorite parts of one of my favorite films.

The 1996 version of the The Island of Dr. Moreau has some brilliant opening credits, check it out. Also I love the opening credits to "Catch Me If You Can".

Any Soderbergh film.

I'd have to agree with "Catch me if you Can" and "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly". ALso many of Hitchcock's films had cool opening titles (ie. "Pshyco")

Borat.