100 Greatest Quotes in Movies (2024)

1. RHETT BUTLER (Clark Gable): "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
GONE WITH THE WIND, MGM, 1939
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2. VITO CORLEONE (Marlon Brando): "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
THE GODFATHER, Paramount, 1972
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3. TERRY MALLOY (Marlon Brando): "You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
ON THE WATERFRONT, Columbia, 1954
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4. DOROTHY GALE (Judy Garland): "Toto, I've (got) a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
THE WIZARD OF OZ, MGM, 1939
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5. RICK BLAINE (Humphrey Bogart): "Here's looking at you, kid."
CASABLANCA, Warner Bros., 1942
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6. HARRY CALLAHAN (Clint Eastwood): "Go ahead, make my day."
SUDDEN IMPACT, Warner Bros., 1983
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7. NORMA DESMOND (Gloria Swanson): "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
SUNSET BOULEVARD, Paramount, 1950
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8. HAN SOLO (Harrison Ford): "May the Force be with you."
(Variation spoken by Obi Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness): "The Force will be with you always.")
STAR WARS, Twentieth Century Fox, 1977
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9. MARGO CHANNING (Bette Davis): "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
ALL ABOUT EVE, Twentieth Century Fox, 1950
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10. TRAVIS BICKLE (Robert DeNiro): "You talkin' to me?"
TAXI DRIVER, Columbia, 1976
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11. CAPTAIN (Strother Martin): "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
COOL HAND LUKE, Warner Bros., 1967
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12. LT. COL. BILL KILGORE (Robert Duvall): "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
APOCALYPSE NOW, United Artists, 1979
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13. OLIVER BARRETT IV (Ryan O'Neal): "Love means never having to say you're sorry."
LOVE STORY, Paramount, 1970
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14. SAM SPADE (Humphrey Bogart): "(What is it?)" "The stuff that dreams are made of."
THE MALTESE FALCON, Warner Bros., 1941
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15. E.T. (voice of Joe Welsh): "E.T. phone home."
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, Universal, 1982
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16. VIRGIL TIBBS (Sidney Poitier): "They call me Mister Tibbs!"
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, United Artists, 1967
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17. CHARLES FOSTER KANE (Orson Welles): "Rosebud."
CITIZEN KANE, RKO, 1941
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18. ARTHUR 'CODY' JARRETT (James Cagney): "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"
WHITE HEAT, Warner Bros., 1949
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19. HOWARD BEALE (Peter Finch): "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
NETWORK, United Artists, 1976
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20. RICK BLAINE (Humphrey Bogart): "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
CASABLANCA, Warner Bros., 1942
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21. DR. HANNIBAL LECTER (Anthony Hopkins): "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, Orion, 1991
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22. JAMES BOND (Sean Connery): "Bond. James Bond."
DR. NO, United Artists, 1962
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23. DOROTHY GALE (Judy Garland): "There's no place like home."
THE WIZARD OF OZ, MGM, 1939
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24. NORMA DESMOND (Gloria Swanson): "I am big! It's the pictures that got small."
SUNSET BOULEVARD, Paramount, 1950
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25. ROD TIDWELL (Cuba Gooding, Jr.): "Show me the money!" (also said by character Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire))
JERRY MAGUIRE, TriStar, 1996
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51. HARRY CALLAHAN (Clint Eastwood): "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
DIRTY HARRY, Warner Bros., 1971
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52. DOROTHY BOYD (Renee Zellweger): "You had me at 'hello.'"
JERRY MAGUIRE, TriStar, 1996
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53. CAPT. JEFFREY T. SPAULDING (Groucho Marx): "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."
ANIMAL CRACKERS, Paramount, 1930
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54. JIMMY DUGAN (Tom Hanks): "There's no crying in baseball!"
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, Columbia, 1992
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55. ANNIE HALL (Diane Keaton): "La-dee-da, la-dee-da."
ANNIE HALL, United Artists, 1977
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56. NORMAN BATES (Anthony Perkins): "(Well), A boy's best friend is his mother."
PSYCHO, Paramount, 1960
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57. GORDON GEKKO (Michael Douglas): "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."
WALL STREET, Twentieth Century Fox, 1987
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58. MICHAEL CORLEONE (Al Pacino): "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
THE GODFATHER: PART II, Paramount, 1974
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59. SCARLETT O'HARA (Vivien Leigh): "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."
GONE WITH THE WIND, MGM, 1939
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60. OLIVER (Oliver Hardy): "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"
SONS OF THE DESERT, MGM, 1933
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61. TONY MONTANA (Al Pacino): "Say 'hello' to my little friend!"
SCARFACE, Universal, 1983
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62. ROSA MOLINE (Bette Davis): "What a dump."
BEYOND THE FOREST, Warner Bros., 1949
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63. BENJAMIN BRADDOCK (Dustin Hoffman): "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"
THE GRADUATE, Embassy Pictures, 1967
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64. PRESIDENT MERKIN MUFFLEY (Peter Sellers): "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
DR. STRANGELOVE, Columbia, 1964
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65. SHERLOCK HOLMES (Basil Rathbone): "Elementary, my dear Watson."
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Twentieth Century Fox, 1939
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66. GEORGE TAYLOR (Charlton Heston): "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
PLANET OF THE APES, Twentieth Century Fox, 1968
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67. RICK BLAINE (Humphrey Bogart): "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
CASABLANCA, Warner Bros., 1942
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68. JACK TORRANCE (Jack Nicholson): "Here's Johnny!"
THE SHINING, Warner Bros., 1980
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69. CAROL ANNE FREELING (Heather O'Rourke): "They're here!"
POLTERGEIST, MGM, 1982
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70. DR. CHRISTIAN SZELL (Laurence Olivier): "Is it safe?"
MARATHON MAN, Paramount, 1976
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71. JAKIE RABINOWITZ/JACK ROBIN (Al Jolson): "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"
THE JAZZ SINGER, Warner Bros., 1927
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72. JOAN CRAWFORD (Faye Dunaway): "No wire hangers, ever!"
MOMMIE DEAREST, Paramount, 1981
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73. CESARE ENRICO 'RICO' BANDELLO (Edward G. Robinson): "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
LITTLE CAESAR, First National, 1930
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74. WALSH (Joe Mantell): "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
CHINATOWN, Paramount, 1974
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75. BLANCHE DUBOIS (Vivien Leigh): "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Warner Bros., 1951
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76. THE TERMINATOR (Arnold Schwarzenegger): "Hasta la vista, baby."
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, TriStar, 1991
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77. DET. ROBERT THORN (Charlton Heston): "Soylent Green is people!"
SOYLENT GREEN, MGM, 1973
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78. DAVE BOWMAN (Keir Dullea): "Open the pod bay doors, (please) HAL."
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, MGM, 1968
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79. TED STRIKER (Robert Hays): "Surely you can't be serious."
DR. RUMACK (Leslie Nielsen): "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
AIRPLANE!, Paramount, 1980
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80. ROCKY BALBOA (Sylvester Stallone): "Yo, Adrian!"
ROCKY, United Artists, 1976
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81. FANNY BRICE (Barbra Streisand): "Hello, gorgeous."
FUNNY GIRL, Columbia, 1968
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82. JOHN 'BLUTO' BLUTARSKY (John Belushi): "Toga! Toga!"
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE, Universal, 1978
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83. COUNT DRACULA (Bela Lugosi): "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make."
DRACULA, Universal, 1931
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84. CARL DENHAM (Robert Armstrong): "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast."
KING KONG, RKO, 1933
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85. GOLLUM (Andy Serkis): "My precious."
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, New Line Cinema, 2002
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86. SONNY WORTZIK (Al Pacino): "Attica! Attica!"
DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Warner Bros., 1975
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87. JULIAN MARSH (Warner Baxter): "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!"
42ND STREET, Warner Bros., 1933
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88. ETHEL THAYER (Katharine Hepburn): "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!"
ON GOLDEN POND, Universal, 1981
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89. KNUTE ROCKNE (Pat O'Brien): "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper."
KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN, Warner Bros., 1940
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90. JAMES BOND (Sean Connery): "A martini. Shaken, not stirred."
GOLDFINGER, United Artists, 1964
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91. DEXTER (Bud Abbott): "Who's on first."
THE NAUGHTY NINETIES, Universal, 1945
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92. CARL SPACKLER (Bill Murray): "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!"
CADDYSHACK, Orion, 1980
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93. MAME DENNIS (Rosalind Russell): "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
AUNTIE MAME, Warner Bros., 1958
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94. LT. PETE 'MAVERICK' MITCHELL (Tom Cruise): "I feel the need..."
LT. PETE 'MAVERICK' MITCHELL/ LT. NICK 'GOOSE' BRADSHAW (Anthony Edwards): "...the need for speed!"
TOP GUN, Paramount, 1986
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95. JOHN KEATING (Robin Williams): "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
DEAD POETS SOCIETY, Touchstone, 1989
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96. LORETTA CASTORINI (Cher): "Snap out of it!"
MOONSTRUCK, MGM, 1987
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97. GEORGE M. COHAN (James Cagney): "(Ladies and Gentlemen), My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you."
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, Warner Bros., 1942
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98. JOHNNY CASTLE (Patrick Swayze): "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
DIRTY DANCING, Artisan, 1987
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99. THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST (Margaret Hamilton): "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"
THE WIZARD OF OZ, MGM, 1939
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100. JACK DAWSON (Leonardo DiCaprio): "I'm (the) king of the world!"
TITANIC, Paramount/Twentieth Century Fox, 1997
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