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101 Best Movie Quotes From Famous Hollywood Films

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A film becomes a classic when it sticks with us even years after their original release, and some of the best movie quotes become so ingrained in society that people use them colloquially — sometimes without even realizing where they're from!

Like many people, I'm a big movie lover. I love going to the movies and seeing them on the big screen or just watching movies alone in my room. Movies are such a fun escape from reality. You get to dive into someone else's world for about two hours and they almost always have a happy ending (almost). 

Good movies can even change your perspective on life or inspire you. There's really a movie out there for every type of person and any type of mood you're in.

Best Movie Quotes of All Time

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Whether you've seen most of these movies or not, you'll recognize a lot (if not all!) of the movie quotes here.

1. "Here's Johnny!" — The Shining (1980)

2. "Here's looking at you, kid." — Casablanca (1942)

3. "Hasta la vista, baby." — Terminator 2 (1991)

4. "Show me the money." — Jerry Maguire (1996)

5. "You cry a little, and then you wait for the sun to come out. It always does." — The Sound of Music (1965)

6. "May the force be with you." — Star Wars: Episode IV (1977)

7. "Nobody puts Baby in a corner." — Dirty Dancing (1987)

8. "The name's Bond... James Bond." — Thunderball (1961)

9. "You're gonna need a bigger boat." — Jaws (1975)

10. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." — The Wizard of Oz (1989)

11. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." — The Godfather (1972)

12. "Houston, we have a problem." — Apollo 13 (1995)

13. "From where I stand, the sun is shining all over the place." — Singin' in the Rain (1952)

14. "I'm also just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her." — Notting Hill (1999)

15. "Wax on. Wax off." — The Karate Kid (1984)

16. "I'm the king of the world!" — Titanic (1997)

17 "Some people can never believe in themselves until someone believes in them." — Good Will Hunting (1997)

18. "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." — The Godfather (1972)

19. "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." — Forrest Gump (1994)

20. "After all, tomorrow is another day." — Gone with the Wind (1939)

21. "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" — The Graduate (1967)

22. "There's no place like home." — The Wizard of Oz (1939)

23. "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." — Mary Poppins (1964)

24. "You talkin' to me?" — Taxi Driver (1976)

25. "There's no crying in baseball." — A League of Their Own (1992)

26. "All's fair in love and basketball baby." — Love and Basketball (2000)

27. "Love means never having to say you're sorry." (1972) — Love Story (1970)

28. "You complete me." — Jerry Maguire (1996)

29. "As if!" — Clueless (1995)

30. "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" Cinderella (1950)

27. "It's hard out here for a pimp." — Hustle & Flow (2005)

28. "You had my curiosity. But now you have my attention." — Django Unchained (2006)

29. "Now you're in the sunken place." — Get Out (2017)

30. "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" — Dirty Harry (1971)

31. "Go ahead, make my day." — Sudden Impact (1973)

32. “You don’t choose who you fall in love with, do you?" — The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

33. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." — The Godfather Part II (1974)

34. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's gonna be a bumpy night." — All About Eve (1950)

35. "Say 'hello' to my little friend." — Scarface (1983)

36. "E.T. phone home." — E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)

37. "Elementary, my dear Watson." — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

38. "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." — Casablanca (1942)

39. "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" — The Jazz Singer (1928)

40. "You're turning violet, Violet!" — Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

41. "Yo, Adrian!" — Rocky (1976)

42. "My precious." — Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

43. "I'll be back." — The Terminator (1984)

44. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" — The Wizard of Oz (1939)

45. "It's like I have ESPN or something." — Mean Girls (2004)

46. "Dude, where's my car?" — Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

47. "I want to play a game." — Saw (2004)

48. "This! Is! Sparta!" — 300 (2006)

49. "Hell is a teenage girl." — Jennifer's Body (2009)

50. “Whatever I feel like I wanna do, gosh!” — Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

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51. "To me, you are perfect." — Love Actually (2003)

52. "In moonlight, black boys look blue." — Moonlight (2016)

53. "You're a wizard, 'arry." — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

54. "I am McLovin'!" — Superbad (2007)

55. "On Wednesdays we wear pink." — Mean Girls (2004)

56. "Just keep swimming." — Finding Nemo (2003)

57. "Stupid is as stupid does." — Forrest Gump (1994)

58. "I volunteer as tribute." — The Hunger Games (2012)

59. "What is this? A center for ants?" — Zoolander (2001)

60. "Why so serious?" — The Dark Night (2008)

61. "If you're a bird, I'm a bird." — The Notebook (2004)

62. "You shall not pass!" — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

63. "Look at me. Look at me. I am the captain now." — Captain Phillips (2013)

64. "Are you not entertained?" — Gladiator (2000)

65. "Get in, loser, we're going shopping." — Mean Girls (2004)

66. "You sit on a throne of lies." — Elf (2003)

67. "Just bend and snap!" — Legally Blonde (2001)

68. "She doesn't even go here!" — Mean Girls (2004)

69. "Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking." — The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

70. "You're killing me, Smalls." — The Sandlot (1993)

71. "Oh, behave!" — Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

72. “The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.” — Fight Club (199)

73. “Some people are worth melting for.” — Frozen (2010)

74. "Hakuna matata." — The Lion King (1994)

75. "To infinity and beyond!" — Toy Story (1995)

76. "Go ahead, make my millennium." — Beetlejuice (1988)

77. "Bueller? Bueller?" — Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

78. "Tell me about it, stud." — Grease (1978)

79. "By all means, move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me." The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

80. "Great Scott!" — The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

81. "Shaken, not stirred." — Dr. No (1962)

82. “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” — Get Out (2017)

83. "I know what you are." — Twilight (2008)

84. “A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion dollars.” — The Social Network (2010)

85. "What we've got here is a failure to communicate." — Cool Hand Luke (1967)

86. "I'm walking here!" — Midnight Cowboy (1969)

87. "I'll have what she's having." — When Harry Met Sally (1989)

88. "Draw me like one of your French girls.” — Titanic (1997)

89. "Release the Kraken!" — Clash of the Titans (2010)

90. "Happy people just don't shoot their husbands. They just don't." — Legally Blonde (2001)

91. "Very nice!" — Borat (2006)

92. "Oh the weather outside is weather..." — Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

93. "Wow, you're ridiculously good looking." — Zoolander (2001)

94. "With great power comes great responsibility." — Spider-Man (2002)

95. "That is so fetch." — Mean Girls (2004)

96. "I love lamp." — Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

97. "May the odds ever be in your favor." — The Hunger Games (2012)

98. “I’ll never let go, Jack. I’ll never let go.” — Titanic (1997)

99. "I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you." — Taken (2008)

100. "Spring break forever!” — Spring Breakers (2012)

101. "Did we just become best friends?" — Step Brothers (2008)

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Lauren Margolis ​is a writer who covers astrology, pop culture and relationship topics.