Top 10 Best Downton Abbey Moments 

Cora's firing the nanny for calling Sybbie a "cross-breed" should have been on the list!

My favorite moment is when Isobel Crawley and Lady Violet storm Lord Merton's house to rescue him from his evil sons and Isobel's like, "I intend to marry him!"

I guess my favourite moment ever is when Tom forces Mary to realize that she's so bitter about her own life that she's destroying Edith's and everyone else's to avoid her own unhappiness. The climax is reached when he shouts her in anger: "You're a coward, Mary! Like all bullies you're a coward!".

I personally loved the scene where Thomas was playing with George. It showed a complete different side of the usually mean character. :)

I'm still not over Matthews death. ITS BEEN 3 YEARS.

For me it was always the Sybil and Branson scenes that touched me. They were my favorite ship afterall. The amount of manly tears I shed was enough to create a small pond when Lady Sybill died :(

thomas' suicide attempt is missing. that was really shocking and emotional and I was sobbing all the way through. He too is a fan favourite, looking past his flaws.

Any moment with Anna and Bates makes my heart sing

I think that Edith calling Mary a bitch should've been here as well, as well as Thomas' suicide attempt and Edith finally getting her happy ending.

any scene with Sybill and Branson make my top ten.

Sybill's death was so terrible :( I cried for hours

I loved when the dowager countess gave the old man the award for the best flowers. It wasn't a that big oment like the ones on that list but it was very beautiful

This list is missing all the conversations with the dowager.

Mary's haircut should've been an honorable mention, too, like Sybil's dress. It's a turning point in the modernity and feminism of the era.

Sybil's death was honestly so traumatic, and then Matthews death literally a few episodes after!!! Jfc. Season 3 killed me.

WHERE IS THE DOWAGER COUNTESS?!?!?!?!?!? SHE HAS HAD THE BEST MOMENTS IN THE WHOLE SERIES

I think that the moment where sybill decides to run away with Branson should have been at least a honorable mention. It was so lovely and Branson's:"Its enough that I can Kiss you..." maked me so freaking happy *-*

I loved the moment when Mrs. Hughes gave Carson the photo of his old girlfriend to remind him of the passionate young man he once was. So touching.

Mary and Matthew's engagement was always gonna be number 1 ! Iconic!

When Thomas tried to commit suicide, that was fkn intense holy

Downton Abbey needs a Top 50

Maynot one of the best but Anna's dance scene in a Christmas special episode. She learnt it from Rose. And everyone watches her while dancing. And Bates looks at her so lovingly. Absolutely loved that scene .

best moment for me was when Anna’s water broke and Mary started helping her undress and Anna told her it wasn’t right and Mary said “what does that matter now?” it was just perfect.

I love the scene, when Matthew is standing for the first time again and everyone is just so happy.

My favorite has to be when Matthew and Mary are dancing and he kisses her and then Lavinia walks in on them! :)

my personal favorite moment was when Mr.Bates came home on Christmas and surprises Anna. This might be just because I love Bates and Anna's relationship, but this scene always brings me smiles and joy, no matter how much I watch it.

I think Robert's burst ulcer scene and Cora telling him "we won't let this be it" should have made the list. Wow! So powerful and moving! All that the two of them had gone through over many years of marriage - death of their youngest, death of their son-in-law, temptation to go all the way with unfaithfulness, etc. Their marriage bond was strong throughout and in spite of all the storms, heartaches, and even good times, and this scene really showed it. Edith calling Mary a bitch should've been here as well and Edith finally getting her happy ending (Wow! What an absolutely gorgeous dress!!!!! I think it was the most beautiful I have ever seen!!!) I also think any of the very special and toughing moments between Lady Mary and Carson should have been included.

My favorite moment was the fight between Mary and Edith in the last season- where Edith screams, 'You're a BITCH!' at Mary- so long coming!

Where's Edith's long anticipated explosive brutally honest telling off at Mary during the final season I can say that I have waited for that powerful moment the whole series!!!!

While I adore the show, after Sybil and Matthew died the fizz sort of went out of it for me. the first 3 seasons are my favourite, particularly Season2 as it so heartwarming - it's about family, romance and hope.

''Her ladyship's soap'' - the cruelest episode

Missing moments: 1) Bertie shows up at the restaurant waiting for Edith and they patch things up 2) Lord Grantham's ulcer 3) The fire in Edith's room 4) Thomas's suicide attempt 5) Mary and Edith's fight where she called her a bitch 6) Edith receiving the news that she was pregnant 7) The Drew's try to kidnap Marigold 8) The guy who said he was Patrick

In the UK it wasn't so much Mathews dying that caused the outcry, but the outcry was that it happened on the Christmas Day Special, right at the end of the show. In Britian we like our Christmas Day viewing to be 'feel-good.' Everything else was turning that way, the new hier, servants getting differences sorted out etc . Mathew's sudden death spoilt Christmas day for many viewers after such a positive build up!! The screenwriter actually had to defend his decision to kill Matthew on that day, in a local paper! I noticed on the box sets, they have separated this out from the Christmas hunt......

The Kemal Pamuk scene was one of the greatest dark comedy moments in an English Drama EVER! Froggat, Dockery and McGovern deserved an award for just that few minutes of amazing acting alone! I loved watching Anna in the background trying not to look at the mother and daughter having an exchange and the threat of being "Ruined and notorious!" 😂

I think that when Edith and Mary have their cat fight in the final season. It was built up for so long and I thought that the writers were going to make me furious if I didn't get to see Edith finally tell Mary what she really is. Along with Thomas's suicide, and Isis's sad death. Who didn't shed tears for sweet Isis when she passed on?

These are AWFUL choices!!!! It says "BEST" moments, holy cow, these are all death and dying and sadness. Sheesh. TERRIBLE. Some True Best Moments: 10. Lady Grantham (Maggie Smith) and Isobel Crawley have it out. 9. Gwen's search to be secretary; and the Win when Branson & Sybil give her the news; returns married & remembers Sybil. 8. Anna brings Bates a tray of dinner after he's let go; Bates brings her a tray when he hears she's ill. 7. Edith is heralded for helping the wounded soldiers. 6. William & Matthew return to Downton after reportedly MIA. 5. Lord Grantham calls Mrs. Patmore to the study to let her know he's sending her to London to have cataracts removed; Mrs. P's reaction. 4. Bates is exonerated and reunites with Anna. 3. Any segment with Branson & Sybil . . . 2. Lord Grantham backs Mary and tells her to go to America and find her man. 1. Matthew proposed to Mary with the snow swirling about.

It's a shame that none of Thomas' storylines made it onto this list! But that moment at the end of S1 when Edith realises Mary sabotaged her relationship and Mary just raises her glass, easily my favourite moment!

I love the one with Sybills new dress, where everyone in the room is looking at her and then Tom from outside the window is like: 👀

Downton Abbey is such a fun show, this show has really good characters.

I personally like Carson's proposal better. It gave me more feels than Matthew's. I think Robert's burst ulcer scene and Cora telling him "This is not it" should've made the list.

I was floored when at that dinner Lord Grantham's ulcer burst and he upchucked blood everywhere....and the best was when he said "if this is the end, know that I have loved you very much" (not exact quote but something like that)...that really stood out to me also.

The lack of Thomas scenes disappoints me

Dan Stevens is so gorgeous. Frankly Matthew and Mary's love line was my favorite in the show. It distantly reminded me of the Pride & Prejudice line with Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. I was very disappointed when Matthew was killed off, which they had to do, because Dan Stevens decided to leave the show, sadly.

sybil and branson where my ultimate otp sybil's death still mae me cry.

Cora sacking nanny west was a great one. Mama bear comes out play and it ain't pretty.

Any Sybil and Tom moments, and Anna and Bates' marriage were my favorites. And any Dowager scenes. ❤❤❤❤

apologies for forgeting the name of the pig farmer who adopted marigold (edith's daughter), but the scene where Edith comes to their farm and takes her away from his wife. the sadness and emotion in that scene get's me every time.

The chair scene with Matthew and the Dowager !! Unforgettably hilarious !

why is this not on your regular channel. are you saying downton Abbey is a girls show. hey men enjoy downton Abbey to you know

There are so many amazing scenes, I wouldn't attempt to rank them . . . but I think Anna and Bates scenes, several of them, should be at the top of the list. I mean, really, wasn't that relationship the center of the whole storm? And by the way, I found Edith more attractive than Mary. What about some of the hot exchanges between them? Some of them were devastating!

It says a lot that the first three seasons feature far more on this list than the last three. Seasons 4, 5 and 6 had some great moments but they didn't live up to the same standard. That said, some moments that could have been included are: 1. Bertie and Edith's fall out, reconciliation and marriage 2. Mary's haircut 3. The car racing scene 4. Rose's wedding that nearly didn't happen, thanks to her mother 5. Lord Sinderby's mistress and illegitimate son turning up in front of Lord Sinderby's family 6. Thomas's attempted suicide and subsequent recovery

best???????? really....rape is BEST?!?!?!??!?!??! change the tittle pleaseeee.... more like "memorable" moments or something like that

Did we all just forget about the Ulcer bursting scene!!!!! So much blood! It was so shocking!

My favourite scene that I watch again and again is Bates’ and Anna’s reconciliation after he finds out through Mrs Hughes what really happened. When he takes her face in his (GIGANTIC

I kinda wished Lady edith's second wedding (especially her comming of the staircase and robert's reaction to it) should be on it. I mean in season 1 she was a jelous bitter woman who was there least favorite daughter and prob would become a old maid. But by then end she was the strongest, most modern living Crawley, made Robert so proud (prob prouder then he is on Mary) and not to forget that she got married and outranked them all

Perhaps the best casting in media history. I'm watching the whole series again!

Without a doubt, Matthew's proposal in the snow is my favorite. It never denies me all the feels, even now as I watched it for the umpteenth time. Someone pass the tissue box, please!!

My favourite scene is when Sybil arrives after her and Tom flee Ireland and they reunite in the hallway

You forgot so many great moments, like when Sybil accepts to elope with Branson, Mary and Matthew's wedding, Branson and Matthew's friendship, (anything about Branson), Rose's wedding, Edith's actual wedding, Edith calling Mary a b*tch, anything about Thomas, seriously, so many moments!

Another one is definitely needed. You guys missed an awful lot of beautiful moving Thomas moments.

The show managed to give us comedy, tragedy, melodrama, bathos. roatitic sentimentality.--all acted with great skill.

love, love, LOVE that you guys did this List!

This show died when Mathew did. And then the horrible rape subplot and how Thomas was never given proper attention. Seriously not one single Thomas scene in the list? When the show brushed off Thomas suicide attempt... it just ended in a sour note. But, those first seasons and the Great War plot was some of the best television ever had.

Lady Sybil was my favorite! She seemed so kind and sweet!

I will never get over Lady Sybil's death, it's too much!!!!!

Where is Lord Grantham's burst ulcer scene?! So much mysterious buildup to such an explosive and unexpected scene.

Favourite moment was definitely when Violet and Isobel push their way into Lord Merton's house, put that little shit Larry and his wife into their places, and declare that Merton will come back with Isobel and marry her :D

Thank you for making this list. Downton abbey is the best show ever.

The death of Sybille was so heart breaking. It's definitly the best moment of the show!

Yes, thank you msmojo. I love Downton Abbey.

When Sybil's death was number 2, I thought Robert's ulcer bursting would be number one. Definitely one of the more memorable moments.

For me, the whole series is one big favorite moment! I love all the characters so much, I cried with them, I laughed, I was afraid. However, John and Anna Bates are the best couple I've ever seen! I love them❤️😪🥺

Top 10 dowager countess moments!!!

I love the show I cried at the very last episode I missed it it's one of my favorite shows

I am appalled that Thomas Barrow was not in this video. Some people are not true fans of Downton Abbey.

You need to make another list, there are sooo many more memorable, shocking and great moments

I miss this show

OMG! when Matthew died i mourned him for like a week... i miss this show :(

Sybil's death wasn't really shocking, but for me it was way more painful than Matthew's death. HOWEVER Matthew's death was so much worse for me.

You can't restrict it to just 10… there are so many great moments in Downton!

There are honestly too many good moments to cut it down to just 10. There are many moments that others have brought up which deserved a mention. I mean, the Dowager Countess' one-liners alone deserve a mention! I came to Downton Abbey late. I streamed it through my Amazon Prime membership a few years behind the broadcast. I didn't read anything about the series. I wanted to watch it completely fresh. Like many others, the death of Sybil was horrifying. That was just gut-wrenching! I really liked her character. But the moment I will never forget is Matthew driving down that country road so happy after his son's birth, and the camera cutting away to show that oncoming truck. I just started crying out, "No, no, no!" I knew what was coming. And when it showed him bleeding out, I just bawled and bawled and bawled. I don't think I've ever been that devastated by a character's death in my life! I LOVED Matthew! He was such a great character! I then went and read articles about how fans had reacted to that event, and was glad to read that I was certainly not alone in my response. I love the show as a whole, but it just wasn't the same after he was gone. Seasons 1-3 will always be my favorite due to Matthew's presence. And Mary was so much more likable when she was with Matthew. He brought out the best in her. None of the love interests that followed could hold a candle to Matthew! And I have to agree that all the bad situations that kept hitting Mr. Bates and Anna just got to the point of being torture for torture's sake. Seriously, cut them some slack! And Anna's rape can't just be looked at as an isolated incident. The rape of female characters has become a way-too-frequently-used plot device for mostly-male TV writers. It's a major problem. It's a way to knock female characters down when the male writers think they've become a) too happy, b) too independent, c) too big for their britches. In this instance is was just gratuitous torture for Downton Abbey's hard luck cases.

Oh, come on. So much you overlooked! Edith's wedding to Lord Hexham shouldn't be out of this list. Matthew getting up for the first time and walking after his injury was epic. That amazing scene when Ethel watches her boy go away is simply perfect, even though it's so perfectly sad. Thomas, in a way, IS Downton Abbey and didn't get mentioned (in my mind, if there was a narrator in this story, Thomas would be one option and Branson would be the other). But even the small moments in this show were out of this world. I mean, Mary coming down the stairs in her wedding dress while her two fathers watch her. Gwen getting a job and jumping around with Sybil and Branson on the episode with the cricket match. Lady Violet announcing the best bloom of the season. Isobel and Lord Merton getting married. Mr. Molesley becoming a teacher. Thomas saving little Sybil from that monster of a nanny and playing with master George. Lady Sybil's cake. Branson dancing with Lady Violet. Lord Grantham taking Isis to his bed and falling in love with his new puppy. Mr. Bates taking a tray to Anna because she's sick. The memorial for Mrs. Patmore's nephew. Lady Violet's memories from her trip to Russia. Rose dancing with the Prince of Wales on her ball and getting her father in law's admiration. I could be here for days.

My favorite was the birth of Bates and Anna's baby. I wish this story could continue!

My favorite scene is when Mr. Crawely runs to stops the car to bring Mr. Bates back on staff when he realizes his mistake. How can this scene be missed?!

One of my favorites. I LOVED this show.

Anna´s and Mr Bates´s story was so full of sadness.

This show is so freaking good man.

Thank you MsMojo, love the show xx

Anna's miscarriage(s?) in the final season were offscreen but every bit as devastating as Cora's miscarriage in the 1st.

my favourite tv series.......

Omg! Thank you for posting this!

Thank you so much for doing this!!!!!!

I miss downton abbey so much ♡ ♡ ♡

Edith's wedding dress was much prettier than Mary's.

SYBIL!! OH SYBIL!!! BRING HER BACK!!!!.... i still haven't gotten over it

I agree with number one!! hands down!

Love Downton Abbey, is one of my favorities series

When O'Brian caused the loss of the potential heir and when Matthew died , I was crushed. Not as much as when Lady Mary died though. That was the saddest moment on the show to me.

Thomas' homosexuality was another important subject

Excellent show! So sad it's over!