Best and Worst Lines in Movie History

[CineMaven]

Cary Grant just seems like he was such a good sport to work with

A truly splendid performer. He had so much fun, we can't help but enjoy it. "You remind me of a man!"

"...THE MAN WITH THE POWER."

Barry the Paper Boy ( Barry Gordon ) upon seeing Jerri Jordan ( Jayne Mansfield ): "If that's a girl, then I don't know what my sister is!"-- THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT

HA...Finally! I can appreciate Berry Gordy Barry Gordon.

[ChiO]

Debby Marsh (Gloria Grahame): The main thing is to have the money. I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.
-- THE BIG HEAT

[CineMaven]

"IN A LONELY PLACE"

Mmmmm...the masseuse as Iago.



"Some day you'll find out who your friend is." -

[ChiO]

Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks): You see it's time for you to go home - to your lives and your children. It's time for me to be dead for a little while. And then live again. I give you the Tralfamadorian greeting: Hello. Farewell. Hello. Farewell. Eternally connected, eternally embracing. Hello. Farewell.

-- SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

[JackFavell]

'Doc' Daneeka: There's a CATCH.
Yossarian: A catch?
'Doc' Daneeka: Sure. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat isn't really crazy, so I can't ground him.
Yossarian: Ok, let me see if I've got this straight. In order to be grounded, I've got to be crazy. And I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I'm not crazy anymore, and I have to keep flying.
'Doc' Daneeka: You got it, that's Catch-22.
Yossarian: Whoo... That's some catch, that Catch-22.
'Doc' Daneeka: It's the best there is.

Jack Gilford and Alan Arkin - CATCH-22

[ChiO]

Orson Welles: I started at the top and have been working my way down ever since.

-- F FOR FAKE

[CineMaven]

Ooooh, that Catch 22 is some Catch-22!!

For me, with these three lines it's not WHAT they say, but the WAY they say it. And I've gotta tell ya, I literally WAIT to hear them say:

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“But ya are, Blanche! Ya ARE in that chair!”

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“You shut up. I’ll tell her what’s good for her to know and that’s all. As for the rest of it, I’m handling it. And that means I’m handling it.”

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“This is my room and I did not invite you in.”

Insane, cool and frigid. Ahhhhhhh! The Movies!

[ChiO]

Sergeant Zack (Gene Evans): If you die, I'll kill yuh!

-- THE STEEL HELMET

[CineMaven]

BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH...



“I did something wrong...once.”

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...HE KINDLY STOPPED FOR ME.



“I never drink...wine.”

Aaaaahhhhh! Don't you love those pregnant...pauses?

[Rita Hayworth]

"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."
- MAXIMUS (Russell Crowe) in Gladiator (2000)


This is a mouthful and one of the best and memorable lines in that movie.


THE MOVIE: Pearl Harbor (2001)
The most funniest and most moronic lines in Hollywood History ... and the one's of the worst ...


Rafe: “You’re so beautiful it hurts.”
Evelyn: “It’s your nose that hurts.”
Rafe: “I think it’s my heart.”

[MissGoddess]

"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."
- MAXIMUS (Russell Crowe) in Gladiator (2000)


This is a mouthful and one of the best and memorable lines in that movie.

Oh, Maximus! Sigh. That scene gets me every time.

[JackFavell]

I didn't know what time it was. I didn't have a watch. They don't make that kind of time in watches, anyway.


- Dick Powell, Murder, My Sweet

[MissGoddess]

that movie is one feature length example of unforgettable line after line. chandler really opened my eyes to what you could do with words and somehow this is the movie version of his work that captures his way with dialogue best.

[JackFavell]

I agree! I could have picked almost any line from the film and it would have been a "best' line.

[RedRiver]

chandler really opened my eyes to what you could do with words and somehow this is the movie version of his work that captures his way with dialogue best.

I absolutely agree. The man twisted a phrase into something almost musical. MURDER, MY SWEET is my favorite as well. I'll always wonder how much he contributed to DOUBLE INDEMNITY, the best spoken movie I've ever seen. What was Chandler? What was Wilder? Even James M. Cain. We'll probably never know!