I’m sure everyone has a favorite. The most popular is probably The Wilhelm, which was made famous, for my generation at least, in the Star Wars movies.
My personal favorite is definitely John Turturro’s blood curdler in Barton Fink, after he finds Audrey dead in his bed. That scream chills my blood every time I hear it.
The reason I was thinking about this is that in my newest issue of the Smithsonian magazine there’s a feature in there on Edvard Munch.