You're known as the movie expert among your friends, who rely on you for recommendations and opinions on the latest releases. You have an encyclopedic knowledge of classic movie scenes and talented actors and actresses and can tell which movie was made by which director based on just a couple of movie lines. And you know what? It's those unforgettable movie dialogues, those perfectly delivered moments of cinematic brilliance, that make all those hours spent watching movies so worthwhile!
You know that feeling when a movie line hits you like a ton of bricks? Yeah, that's what we're talking about. Maybe it made you laugh so hard that you snorted soda out of your nose, or perhaps it had you sobbing into your popcorn like a baby. Whatever the reaction, these memorable film lines have a sneaky way of worming themselves into our hearts and minds, only to be blurted out in random moments and, very often, at the most inopportune times (see your cousin's wedding speech for reference).
In the spirit of celebrating these brilliantly timed quotes from movies, we're taking a walk down memory lane and inviting you to stroll along with us. Side by side, we'll rediscover those laugh-out-loud moments, the tearjerkers that left us reaching for tissues, the legendary catchphrases, and even the occasional facepalm-worthy lines that we just can't help but love. It's impossible to say which movie quotes take the podium; there are so many good ones! But we've compiled a list of the most iconic movie quotes of all time and let the Bored Panda community cast their votes, so you can be confident that these selections are truly remarkable. Enjoy reminiscing about these memorable lines, and share your personal favorites with us! You know, just in case we forgot some authentic gems.
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“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” — The Princess Bride (1987)
“May the Force be with you.” — Star Wars (1977)
“Yippie-ki-yay, motherf—er!” — Die Hard (1988)
"one day a kid was playing cowboy and said yippee ki yay, so I naturally finished the quote. Now he knows a new word." -unknown
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” — The Wizard of Oz (1939)
I've been feeling this way about our entire country for quite a while. (USA)
I dunno, our country is starting to feel a lot like Kansas.
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“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” — Gone with the Wind (1939)
“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” — Back to the Future (1985)
“My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” — Forrest Gump (1994)
“Bond. James Bond.” — Dr. No (1963)
I had Bond's first car, and it wasn't the Aston Martin. It was the Sunbeam Alpine.
“My precious.” — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
“Hasta la vista, baby.” — Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
“Good morning, Vietnam!” — Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
“There’s no place like home.” — The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The same thing we do every night pinky, try to take over the world ~pinky and the brain
“I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” — Airplane (1980)
“The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.” — Fight Club (1999)
“It’s alive! It’s alive!” — Frankenstein (1931)
“Mama says, ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’” — Forrest Gump (1994)
“I am your father.” — Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” — Star Wars (1977)
“Elementary, my dear Watson.” — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
This one doesn't have Robert Downey Jr. Right. If so i never knew others existed.
“Say ‘hello’ to my little friend!” — Scarface (1983)
“E.T. phone home.” — E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” — It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
“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 (1991)
“If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.” — Taken (2008)
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” — Gladiator (2000)
“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?” — Dirty Harry (1971)
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." - Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca is a permanent fixture in this house...my kids could quote the actors from the time they could talk....ok,a slight exaggeration !
"Go ahead, make my day." - Sudden Impact (1983)
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." - Dead Poets Society (1989)
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." - The Usual Suspects (1995)
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." - Apocalypse Now (1979)
"Here's looking at you, kid." - Casablanca (1942)
Round up the usual suspects...Louis,this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship...play it ! (often misquoted)
"These go to eleven." - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
"I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." - Notting Hill (1999)
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." - The Godfather (1972)
"They call it a Royale with cheese." - Pulp Fiction (1994)
"Well, nobody's perfect." - Some Like It Hot (1959)
"There's no crying in baseball!" - A League of Their Own (1992)
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape." - Planet of the Apes (1968)
"I feel the need - the need for speed!" - Top Gun (1986)
"You’re killin’ me, Smalls." - The Sandlot (1993)
"What we've got here is failure to communicate." - Cool Hand Luke (1967)
"You is kind. You is smart. You is important." - The Help (2011)
"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" - Braveheart (1995)
"Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Have I remembered this line wrong all these years? I thought it was "Mirror Mirror on the wall" Am I the only one?
"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." - When Harry Met Sally (1989)
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." - To Have and Have Not (1945)
"A martini. Shaken, not stirred." - Goldfinger (1964)
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." - Animal Crackers (1930)
"I wish I knew how to quit you." - Brokeback Mountain 2005
"Soylent Green is people!" - Soylent Green (1973)
There is a nutritient company actually named "Soylent" (producing their proteins mainly from soy and lentils) that really sells a product named "Soylent Green". While they play around with the concept (slogans like "it's delicious, people", they describe it as "as good as humanly possible"), they obviously felt the need to explicitely print on the packaging that the product (some kind of protein bar) does NOT contain people.
"Chewie, we're home." - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
"After all, tomorrow is another day!" - Gone with the Wind (1939)
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" - The Graduate (1967)
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Actually,they must have borrowed that line from E M Forster....Where Angels Fear To Tread.
"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make." - Dracula (1931)
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." - Casablanca (1942)
"I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight." - The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." - Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Cecil B DeMille,much against his will...couldn´t have Moses,in The war of Roses.
"Snap out of it!" - Moonstruck (1987)
"Rosebud." - Citizen Kane (1941)
"If you build it, he will come." - Field of Dreams (1989)
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!" - Network (1976)
"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" - Auntie Mame (1958)
AH ! The Auntie Mame books...I never saw a film...also by Patrick Dennis, Little Me...was hilarious..
"Striker: Surely you can't be serious." - Airplane! (1980)
"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda have been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." - On the Waterfront (1954)
"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
My favorite parody of this is, "Badgers! Badgers! We don need no stinking badgers. UHF
"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 (1980)
"Love means never having to say you're sorry." - Love Story (1970)
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." - Wall Street (1987)
And then you have "greed is the root of all evil" basically everywhere else
"Toga! Toga!" - National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
"Who's on first." - The Naughty Nineties (1945)
"Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL." - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stop, Dave. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it.
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" - Network (1976)
"Stella! Hey, Stella!" - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
"Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time goes By.'" - Casablanca (1942)
Play it again, Sam is the title of a Woody Allen movie. Bogart did NOT say the above phrase. Just like Sherlock Holmes only said Elementary in the movies, not the books.
"Attica! Attica!" - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
A great film. I met Al Pacino just after this was released. He was very sweet and shy. He is also by best fiend's cousin, but she has never met him. I tease her about that.
"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!" - On Golden Pond (1981)
"Shane. Shane. Come back!" - Shane (1953)
"What a dump." - Beyond the Forest (1949)
"Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've t to come back a star!" - 42nd Street (1933)
"Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." - All American (1940)
"My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Jimmy Cagney started out as a song and dance man. Later he became known as a gangster.
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." -The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." - The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
now go away or I will taunt you a second time.
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WHY IS THE MOST ICONIC QUOTE EVER NOT HERE? "Yer a wizard Harry."
“This is the day you will always remember, as the day you almost caught, Captain Jack Sparrow!” or “I wash my hands of this weirdness!” - from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Elwood: There are 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. - The Blues Brothers (1980)
why sin't there more MP holy Grail quotes? "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?' Go away or I shall taunt you a second time." "I fart in your General direction." "One day son all this will be yours. What the curtains?" "Huge . . . tracts of land." "Tis only a flesh wound."
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy. Or just about any line from Life of Brian.
Omgosh I just was showing my daughters this scene this past week
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Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... People will come Ray. People will most definitely come.
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure" or "That's it man, game over man, game over!" . Aliens
Hello Friends ! I'm your Vita-Meata- Vegamen girl. Are you tired and restless ? Do you pop out at parties ? Are you un poopular. Well are you ? Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy original show.
Was it just me or did you all read those in the character voices they were originally delivered in?
I still think "it puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets those again" every time I put on cream or lotion
I say to my kids "it brushes its teeth or it gets the hose again". They lol.
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My two: "It's not a too-mor" - Kindergarten Cop and "If you only do what you can do you will never be more than you are now." - Master Shifu, Kung Fu Panda 3
Oh, and "Boys have a penis, girls have a vigina." - Kindergarten Cop.
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Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! (not the exact quote, but it's what everyone thinks the quote is) - Treasure of the Sierra Madre
You get nothing! You lose! Good Day Sir!!! -Willow Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
"I'm Here To Kick A*s And Chew Bubblegum, And I'm All Out Of Bubblegum" They Live (1988)
"They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!" IT, 1990
Heres one "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" -ferris bueller
I have had it with these motha fu**in snakes on this motha Fu**in plane. - Samuel L. Jackson, Snakes on a Plane
Ugg flipping idiot~Napoleon Dynamite These are my stretchy pants~Nacho Libre
'Eat the food, Tina!' ....as Neapoleon is throwing casserole in her face w a spoon.... We say this when my kids say they 'not feelin' it' about the home prepared dinner and want pizza......🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies... There should have also been "Apes Storng Together" Ceaser, planet of the apes (insert year). Or that one dam scene from, I think national lampoons vacation. I didn't watch the movie i was just shown that part. Or "yeah oo, ah, that's how it always starts, next thing you know there's running and screaming" Jurassic Park 2 (at least i think it is 2, it may be 3, not entirely sure). Or "well of course i know him, he's me" Obi-Wan, Star Wars A New Hope.
"Brave Sir Robin ran away (No!) Bravely ran away away (I didn't!)" - The Holy Grail.
"Don't touch me there" - Amazon Women on the Moon (Son of the Invisible Man)
"Luther said I could learn something from you... I already know how to drink" - The Sting.
It's too bad she won't live, but then again, who does? - Gaff in Bladerunner.
Stewie: I love you | Brian: What'd you say? | Stewie: Olive juice | Brian: Olive juice? | Stewie: Olive juice you, too
"I can't believe there are no jobs in this town for guys like us. Not unless you want to work 40 hours week." "We've go no food we've got no jobs our pets heads are falling off!" " More like on in a million. . . . So you are saying there is a chance." " I want to go where the beer flows like wine and the women flock the the salmon to Capistrano." "That John Denver is full of S**T." Just when I think you can't do anything dumber you go and do something like this and. . . Totally redeem you self." Dumb and Dumber
Also left off “You never f*ck me and air away a have to drive “ Drugstore Cowboy
I think the line is ,"stay away from her, you b***h" This is film class, right?
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This is a wonderful walk down memory Lane and a great quick reference movie guide when you don't know what to watch. Even the comments here prove the list could go out to infinity.
I expected to not know most of these, and I haven’t seen most of the movies but I knew pretty much every one.
Some were definitely deserving but overall I'm little disappointed by this list.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
now go away or I will taunt you a second time.
Load More Replies... WHY IS THE MOST ICONIC QUOTE EVER NOT HERE? "Yer a wizard Harry."
“This is the day you will always remember, as the day you almost caught, Captain Jack Sparrow!” or “I wash my hands of this weirdness!” - from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Elwood: There are 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. - The Blues Brothers (1980)
why sin't there more MP holy Grail quotes? "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?' Go away or I shall taunt you a second time." "I fart in your General direction." "One day son all this will be yours. What the curtains?" "Huge . . . tracts of land." "Tis only a flesh wound."
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy. Or just about any line from Life of Brian.
Omgosh I just was showing my daughters this scene this past week
Load More Replies... Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... People will come Ray. People will most definitely come.
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure" or "That's it man, game over man, game over!" . Aliens
Hello Friends ! I'm your Vita-Meata- Vegamen girl. Are you tired and restless ? Do you pop out at parties ? Are you un poopular. Well are you ? Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy original show.
Was it just me or did you all read those in the character voices they were originally delivered in?
I still think "it puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets those again" every time I put on cream or lotion
I say to my kids "it brushes its teeth or it gets the hose again". They lol.
Load More Replies... My two: "It's not a too-mor" - Kindergarten Cop and "If you only do what you can do you will never be more than you are now." - Master Shifu, Kung Fu Panda 3
Oh, and "Boys have a penis, girls have a vigina." - Kindergarten Cop.
Load More Replies... Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! (not the exact quote, but it's what everyone thinks the quote is) - Treasure of the Sierra Madre
You get nothing! You lose! Good Day Sir!!! -Willow Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
"I'm Here To Kick A*s And Chew Bubblegum, And I'm All Out Of Bubblegum" They Live (1988)
"They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!" IT, 1990
Heres one "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" -ferris bueller
I have had it with these motha fu**in snakes on this motha Fu**in plane. - Samuel L. Jackson, Snakes on a Plane
Ugg flipping idiot~Napoleon Dynamite These are my stretchy pants~Nacho Libre
'Eat the food, Tina!' ....as Neapoleon is throwing casserole in her face w a spoon.... We say this when my kids say they 'not feelin' it' about the home prepared dinner and want pizza......🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies... There should have also been "Apes Storng Together" Ceaser, planet of the apes (insert year). Or that one dam scene from, I think national lampoons vacation. I didn't watch the movie i was just shown that part. Or "yeah oo, ah, that's how it always starts, next thing you know there's running and screaming" Jurassic Park 2 (at least i think it is 2, it may be 3, not entirely sure). Or "well of course i know him, he's me" Obi-Wan, Star Wars A New Hope.
"Brave Sir Robin ran away (No!) Bravely ran away away (I didn't!)" - The Holy Grail.
"Don't touch me there" - Amazon Women on the Moon (Son of the Invisible Man)
"Luther said I could learn something from you... I already know how to drink" - The Sting.
It's too bad she won't live, but then again, who does? - Gaff in Bladerunner.
Stewie: I love you | Brian: What'd you say? | Stewie: Olive juice | Brian: Olive juice? | Stewie: Olive juice you, too
"I can't believe there are no jobs in this town for guys like us. Not unless you want to work 40 hours week." "We've go no food we've got no jobs our pets heads are falling off!" " More like on in a million. . . . So you are saying there is a chance." " I want to go where the beer flows like wine and the women flock the the salmon to Capistrano." "That John Denver is full of S**T." Just when I think you can't do anything dumber you go and do something like this and. . . Totally redeem you self." Dumb and Dumber
Also left off “You never f*ck me and air away a have to drive “ Drugstore Cowboy
I think the line is ,"stay away from her, you b***h" This is film class, right?
Load More Replies... This is a wonderful walk down memory Lane and a great quick reference movie guide when you don't know what to watch. Even the comments here prove the list could go out to infinity.
I expected to not know most of these, and I haven’t seen most of the movies but I knew pretty much every one.
Some were definitely deserving but overall I'm little disappointed by this list.
