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Most quotable movie ever?

posted 18 years ago by cristo111
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Well, not quite, but I'd count Josey Wales 3rd for having the best movie quotes of all time.

1st has to be "The Godfather", since many quotes from this movie have become mantras.

2nd? "Casablanca". A rare movie with a perfect script.

3rd is Josey. Although it doesn't quite have the "exalted classic" status as many other movies, and other movies may have quotes which have become more widely known, or have more poignant quotes at a dramatic moment, the sheer volume of great quotes in TOJW is simply astounding.

Honorable mentions:
"Some Like it Hot" - although not nearly as quotable, it's another rare movie with a perfect script.

"Jerry Maguire" - 3 awesome quotes: "Show me the money!", "You complete me", "You had me at hello".

What are your favorite quotable movies?

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[–] kagan-1 18 years ago

Sin city has some cool movie quotes.

[–] jacobdtober 18 years ago

buzzards gotta eat just like worms do.

dyin' aint a good way to make a livin'

we wooped 'em too, josey

seems like people you don't like don't stay around long either

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=14158447

[–] bethpage89 18 years ago

"Dying ain't much of a living....."

[–] boomsen 18 years ago

buzzards gotta eat. Same as Worms.

Dyin aint much of a livin boy.

I never paid him no mind. You were there......
I coulda missed.

Whenever I get to likin someone, they aint around long.
I noticed when you get to dislikin someone, they aint around for long neither.

There is such a thing in this country, called justice.
Well, Mr Carpetbagger, we got somethin in this territory(spits), called the Missouri boat ride.

[–] Dances_with_Weasels 18 years ago

Most quotable movie ever?

I reckon so.

Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle "Dixie"?

[–] reject_11 18 years ago

The Big lebowski.

"nobody *beep* with the jesus"

I personally wonder......

[–] kobelj 18 years ago

I know a movie that hasn't been mentioned yet....

Tombstone...

Doc Holiday alone provides numerous one liners...

Why Ike, maybe poker just isn't your game. How about a spelling contest?....

What do you think darlin, should I hate him. You don't even know him Doc....

Mattie Blaylok is her maiden name. Doc: And what a maiden she is, pure as the driven snow.

[–] Dachunde 17 years ago

Your a daisy if you do.
I'll be DAMNED. - You will indeed, if you get lucky.
I'm your Huckleberry.

'Only EFFORT, DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY, earn the right to wear the Dragon Doji.' - Oroku Saki

[–] vestdennis 12 years ago

"I came here to live with ya or die with ya"

"I just might take up tee pee living..."

[–] jonsannes 18 years ago

Princess Bride
Caddyshack

[–] spacemonkey9 18 years ago

Once Upon A Time In The West. I'm convinced that there isn't a single line of dialogue in that movie that isn't memorable or an awesome quote for one reason or another.

Last film I watched:
The 400 Blows

[–] mwebbdr98 18 years ago

One Eyed Jacks:
He didn't give me no selection

I think maybe now I could out pull you
YOu probably could, Bob get six in me by the time I get that one into you

Names Bob Emry, 'spect you've heard of me.
Nope.

They say you're lookin for Dad Longworth, they say there dirt between you.

Hey, amigo, this steak is still movin'
That's why you got a knife, friend.

Do somethin', not this old horse. Longworth's got enough shotgun down there to start a war.

Harvey Johnson's about to be a famous name around these parts. You're about to be killed by a fellow named JOhnny Rio.
That aint him.
Maybe so, but I wouldn't want to bet a handful of brains that you're right.

[–] juhon 18 years ago

"Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'."
-Shawshank Redemption, tho this has probably existed before '94 :P

"Say hello to my lil' friend!!"
-Scarface

"If it's between you, and some poor bastard whose wife you're gonna turn into a widow... brother - you are going down."
-Al Pacino in Heat, possibly the most impressing quote I've witnessed, always makes me shiver. Al Pacino is an acting God.

Lots of quotes in Godfather. They are excellent.

[–] mwebbdr98 18 years ago

'You slap me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize' Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) White Heat. Variant "You shoot me in a dream" used by Harvey Keitel in Reservoir Dogs.

I hate rude behavior in a man; won't tolerate it: Woodrow Call (Tommy Lee Jones) Lonesome Dove

I may not be rich, but by God, I aint never said a word to a pig: Jake Spoon (Robert Urich) Lonesome Dove.

LIfe's cheap up here on the Canadian and it's liable to get a lot cheaper: Blue Duck

Sounds like you got it all figured out: Boss Spearman
Yeah, right up to the point we don't get killed: Charlie Waite, Open Range

My name is Jim; but most folks call me..Jim: Blazing Saddles

[–] Phatalbert10693-1 18 years ago

How the *beep* am I funny do I amuse you?-Tommy Devito in Goodfellas

We're on a mission from God.-Elwood in The Blues Brothers

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[–] rgl-6 18 years ago

Comedy: Anchorman

"Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina." Ron Burgundy

[–] mwebbdr98 18 years ago

The Wild Bunch

They'll be waitin' for us.
I wouldn't have it any other way.

They! Who in the Hell is they!

Well, how'd you like to kiss my sister's black cat's ass?

Feathers flew like a turkey! Well, they shouldn't a run, they shouldn't a run.

Dillinger:

He said the FBI would never take him alive and I wasnt in the mood to prove him wrong.

[–] thecalhouns 18 years ago

from Josey Wales

I always wanted to take on one these PISTOL FIGHTERS THEY MAKE ALL THE FUSS ABOUT!!!!!

[–] rjfrussell 18 years ago

josey wales is a fine film, but it doesn't even have the best line of a western with eastwood in it.

that has to be tgtbatu:

when you gotta shoot, shoot, don't talk.

[–] rjfrussell 18 years ago

the most quotable movie without a doubt is Withnail and I.

Unless it is Life of Brian

[–] old-bolingbroke 18 years ago

How about The Wild Bunch - see below.

There's a thread on the WB board called 'Great line'.

It ain't like it used to be. But it'll do.