We all have that one friend who will throw movie quotes at us at every appropriate and inappropriate instance. If you are that one friend in your group, you should probably consider a couple of things. When done excessively, and especially without any context, this quirk can very quickly become very annoying. You don’t want to be that person, do you?
The good thing, however, is that people actually love famous movie quotes used where they make sense and add to the conversation. So, to be able to deliver funny movie lines right at the moment when everyone will appreciate it, guess what you have to do? Yep, you got it, study your sources. It’s not enough to know the quote — you also have to know the situation it was used in in the movie and analyze what that situation had in common with the one you’re currently in. What? No one promised being a cinephile was going to be easy.
Another very important point: please don’t overexplain your references! The best quotes from movies are usually well known and recognized. So until someone actually asks for the name of the movie, don’t feel like you have to explain yourself right after quoting your favorite line.
Would love to sprinkle your dialogues with famous quotes but don’t know where to start? Scroll down for a collection of some of the best quotes moviegoers around the world find memorable and fun. Do you happen to have a favorite movie line you love to quote? The comment section is open for your input!
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"My name is Iñigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." – Iñigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
Are we sure that it's "Iñigo", and not "Inigo" in the movie/book?
Took me wayyy too long to realize it's Inigo, not Iñigo
Load More Replies...You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means
Load More Replies...I read this quote sooo often on BP. Can anyone tell me what is so special about that movie?
Tbh it's hard to explain *why* it's so great, it just is :) If you haven't seen it, I definitely recommend watching it (might be a little biased because it's a comfort movie for me and I've seen it about a million times)
Load More Replies...For such a specific quote you'd think it'd get quoted less often but nooo
"Tis But A Scratch!" – Black Knight, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
i fart in your general direction...your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberry.. silly English kuh-niguhts.
this scene has several quotable quotes such as "just a flesh wound" "I'll bite your legs off"
This comes up super often with me and my friends cause I am incredibly injury prone and often just ignore it totally
I said this a few days after cutting my thumb with an OLFA....needed stitches too.
"Inconceivable!" – The Princess Bride
"But only slightly less well know is this- never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line! Ahahaha-" *ded* (Thank you for making me a very happy nerd btw)
Load More Replies...This man doesn't understand the meaning of the word "Inconceivable".
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
"As you wish." – Westley, The Princess Bride
That day she was shocked to discover that what he was really saying was "I love you"
"I’ll be back." – The Terminator
I always fight the urge to say this at work when I go on break and often fail.
He left us, he left us... That's not what I'm going to do
"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." – Forest Gump, Forrest Gump
chocolate would be nice. my life is more like a box of unstable hand grenades
"My precious." – Gollum, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
My go-to is Gollum's "I wants it, I needs it, I must have the" whatever I happen to be looking at (usually a cat or a food item)
"I got a jar of dirt!" – Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Dude I'm gonna randomly comment this soon and everyone will be confused lol
The day before halloween i went to school dressed up as jacksparrow and had carried around me a jar of dirt... everytime i entered a class room id raise it above my head and yell I GOTTA JAR OF DIRT.. i was dissapointed in the amount who didnt get it... i had about 5 peels ask me to do the "run" too
"Oi! Fish face! Come to negociate, have you, you slimy git!" *falls down the stairs* "Well guess what I got! I got a jar of dirt, I got a jar of dirt, guess what's inside it!"
"Do or do not, there is no try." – Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
"You're going to need a bigger boat." – Chief Brody, Jaws
Sorry, but it's the shark that said “No, I am your father.” /s
Load More Replies..."Where we're going we don't need roads." – Dr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future
"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." – Rumack, Airplane!
"Bring out your dead!" – The Dead Collector, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Here’s Johnny!" – Jack Torrance, The Shining
This, the most famous line in The Shining, was adlibbed by Nicholson
"Yippie ki -yay, motherf*cker." – John McClane, Die Hard
or if it's on tv, they censor it so he says 'yippie kai yay Mister falcon '. kid you not, i laughed so hard when TBS aired Die Hard n did that
I don't even like this movie (sorry just not my taste) and even I says this
John Wayne does not ride off into the sunset with Grace Kelly in this story Mr McClane
"AAAALLLLLLLLLLLrighty then!" – Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
B-E-A-U-TIFUL and Like a Glove! are also some good ones that I use.
"You shall not pass!!" – Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Dude I'm gonna be saying this one randomly all the time, at least once a month. Thank you, Bored Panda!
The sheer amount of times i used this standing in an doorway somean wanted to go trough lol
"Ogres are like onions." – Shrek
omg this is a perfect thing to just blurt out randomly
"They're smelly and make people cry?" (I'm paraphrasing, I don't know the exact quote)
"That’s not a knife, THAT’S a knife!" – Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, Crocodile Dundee
"I made him an offer he couldn't refuse." – Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Odd that "He" is capitalised in this quote, is someone making an offer to Jesus?
"Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn." – Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind
In the book he doesn't say "my dear" it's just "Frankly, I don't give a damn."
"You are a wizard, Harry." – Hagrid, Harry Potter
"Doctors are sadists who like to play God, and watch lesser people scream." From "Juno".
"The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is... 42." – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I just say 42 when someone asks me a question I don't know the answer to :p
What is six times nine? No I'm not kidding the next line is "I've always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe"
Load More Replies..."Keep the change you filthy animal." – Home Alone
When I get my first retail job I hope to hear someone say this to me
Fun fact: the movie Kevin is watching isn't real, the clips were made just for Home Alone.
WHERE - IS - MY - SUPER SUIT? – Lucius, The Incredibles
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick as*... and I'm all out of bubblegum." – Nada, They Live
"May the force be with you." – Star Wars
"The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club." – Tyler Durden, Fight Club
"Uh... did you say 'yutes'?" – Judge Chamberlain Haller, My Cousin Vinny
"P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney." – Dory, Finding Nemo
"Why… so… serious?" – Joker, The Dark Knight
I can make this pencil disappear.... TADA!
Load More Replies..."Bueller?" – Economics Teacher, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"I missed the part where that's my problem." – Peter Parker, Spider-Man
"This is Sparta!" – King Leonidas, 300
"WILSONNNNN!" – Chuck Noland, Cast Away
"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." – Dr. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs"
"It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again." Is the one that comes to mind for me.
"YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!" – Col. Jessup, A Few Good Men
"In the morning, I’m making waffles!" – Donkey, Shrek
Don't you need hands to make waffles? And this is all ignoring the fact that waffles didn't exist in the middle ages.
"Say hello to my little friend!" – Tony Montana, Scarface
"English, motherf*cker. Do you speak it?" – Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." – Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
"...We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses." – Elwood, The Blue Brothers
"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball." – Patches O'Houlihan, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
"Wrong Leveeerrr!" – Yzma, The Emperor's New Groove
The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison. That poison?
In my family it is acceptable to change the subject when on the verge of an argument with "did you see that sky today? Talk about blue!" And to exit a conversation with "my spinach puffs!"
"That rug really tied the room together." – Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion man. (I use this one too much 😂) Also use "Shut the fůck up donny" and noone is ever named Donny
"Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a s**t about the rules?!"
Do you feel lucky, punk?" – Harry, Dirty Harry
“No, I am your father.” – Darth Vader, Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back
This one is so often misquoted by people saying, "Luke, I am your father."
That's a bit of a Mandela effect tbh, lotta people genuinely think that's what was said in the movie
Load More Replies..."Go ahead. Make my day." – Harry Callahan, Sudden Impact
I prefer the Dirty Harry line of "Did he fire five or six? But that's not what you should be asking. You should be asking"Do I feel lucky?" Well do ya, Punk!?"
"Whats in the box?" – David Mills, Se7en
Every time we get an order and literally NO ONE has gotten the reference
Professor Albus Dumbledore: "After all this time?"
Professor Severus Snape: "Always." – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
"You talkin' to ME?!" – Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
"There's a snake in my boot!" – Sheriff Woody, Toy Story
omg next time I have a conversation, I'm saying that. But not while I'm wearing boots
"Mr. Anderson..." – The Matrix
Okay story time. I used to work with a guy named Bob Anderson. He was older than me probably my folks age (I was mid 20s he was 50 maybe 60ish). Nice guy very quiet. Any time I'd have to talk to him I'd start the conversation "Mr. Anderson" in my best Agent Smith imitation. One day.. we'd worked together for months if not a year but one day I start out "Mr Anderson" and he just looks at me and says "My name is Neo!" I was laughing so hard I had to walk away. It was classic he'd clearly been saving that up and kudos to him.
"It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again." – Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb, The Silence of the Lambs
"She doesn’t even go here." – Damian Leigh, Mean Girls
"I don't like sand; it's coarse, rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere." – Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
"Remember, remember the 5th November." – V, V for Vendetta
"Get to the chopper!" – Dutch, Predator
"Jack, wake up." – Rose, Titanic
The titanic ending pissed me off when I saw it as a kid JUST SHARE THE DAMN DOOR!!
The door was going to sink with both of them on it, that's why he got off. Why do people forget this part?
Load More Replies..."Just the one swan actually." – Hot Fuzz
"Did you touch my drumset?!" – Dale Doback, Step Brothers
My friend who works at a music shop uses this any time they see fit, only recently did I watch the movie and finally get the quote
I want him found now! Not tomorrow, not after breakfast, NOW! This is one big damn conspiracy & everyone is in on it. Warden Norton The Shashank Redemption. Now here we are the fate of the planet is in the hands of a bunch of retards I wouldn't trust with a potato gun. General Kimse Armageddon.
My partner and I drop the odd lines in to conversation now and again. It also happens with "Good Moaning" from Allo Allo as well as "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once"
I want him found now! Not tomorrow, not after breakfast, NOW! This is one big damn conspiracy & everyone is in on it. Warden Norton The Shashank Redemption. Now here we are the fate of the planet is in the hands of a bunch of retards I wouldn't trust with a potato gun. General Kimse Armageddon.
My partner and I drop the odd lines in to conversation now and again. It also happens with "Good Moaning" from Allo Allo as well as "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once"
