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Top 25 movie lines of all time
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No. 25
"A boy's best friend is his mother"
Anthony Perkins
"Psycho" (1960)
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No. 24
"Surely you can't be serious." "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."
Robert Hays & Leslie Nielsen
"Airplane!" (1980)
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No. 23
"I'll be back" /"Hasta la vista baby"
Arnold Swarzenegger
"The Terminator" (1984) /"T2: Judgment Day" (1991)
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No. 22
"If you build it, he will come"
Phil Alden Robinson
"Field of Dreams" (1989)
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No. 21
"I love the smell of Napalm in the morning."
Robert Duvall
"Apocalypse Now" (1979)
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No. 20
"Rosebud"
Orson Welles
"Citizen Kane" (1941)
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No. 19
"Bond, James Bond" /"A martini, shaken not stirred"
Sean Connery
"Dr. No" (1962) /"Goldfinger" (1964)
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No. 18
"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!"
Dustin Hoffman
"Midnight Cowboy" (1969)
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No. 17
"Here's Johnny!"
Jack Nicholson
"The Shining" (1980)
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No. 16
"What we've got here is a failure to communicate."
Strother Martin
"Cool Hand Luke" (1967)
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No. 15 "My precious!!"
Andy Serkis
"The Lord of the Rings" (2001-2003)
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No. 14
"May the force be with you" /"I am your father"
Harrison Ford & James Earl Jones
"Star Wars" (1977) /"The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)
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No. 13
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!"
Peter Finch
"Network" (1976)
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No. 12
"Alright, Mr. Demille, I'm ready for my close-up."
Gloria Swanson
"Sunset Blvd." (1950)
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No. 11
"You can't handle the truth!"
Jack Nicholson
"A Few Good Men" (1992)
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No. 10
"You talkin' to me?"
Robert DeNiro
"Taxi Driver" (1976)
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No. 9
"I'll have what she's having"
Estelle Reiner
"When Harry Met Sally" (1989)
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No. 8
"Do you feel lucky, punk?" /"Go ahead, make my day"
Clint Eastwood
"Dirty Harry" (1971) /"Sudden Impact" (1983)
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No. 7
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
Bette Davis
"All About Eve" (1950)
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No. 6
"You're gonna need a bigger boat"
Roy Scheider
"Jaws" (1975)
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No. 5
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" /"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" /"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"
Marlon Brando & Al Pacino
"The Godfather Trilogy" (1972-1990)
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No. 4
"I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" /"There's no place like home"
Judy Garland
"The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
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No. 3
"You don't understand! I coulda had class! I coulda been a contender!"
Marlon Brandon
"On the Waterfront" (1954)
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No. 2
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" /"Tomorrow is another day"
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh
"Gone With the Wind" (1939)
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No. 1
"Here's lookin' at you kid" /"Play it Sam" /"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" /"Round up the usual suspects" /"We'll always have Paris" /"Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman & Claude Rains
"Casablanca" (1942)
Finding great movie lines is like shooting Luca Brasi fish in a barrel. The problem becomes not what you’re going to include, but which great lines are you going to cut? Check out the top picks from WTOP’s Jason Fraley.