Favorite Movie Quotes
Movie (and TV show) quotes that stuck with me or were just too funny or too wholesome to not write down somewhere.
my IMDb rating system:
1* waste of time (no aesthetic or cultural value)
2* regret watching it
3* hardly entertaining (a drag to watch)
4* not recommendable
5* ok (not worth watching twice)
6* entertaining (good for movie nights with friends)
7* good (satisfactory, worth watching twice)
8* inspiring (extremely entertaining)
9* visually & thematically overwhelming
10* Masterpiece (all time favorite)
If I'm undecided on my votes I'll always choose the lower rating.
*note that this is my subjective evaluation scale.
my IMDb rating system:
1* waste of time (no aesthetic or cultural value)
2* regret watching it
3* hardly entertaining (a drag to watch)
4* not recommendable
5* ok (not worth watching twice)
6* entertaining (good for movie nights with friends)
7* good (satisfactory, worth watching twice)
8* inspiring (extremely entertaining)
9* visually & thematically overwhelming
10* Masterpiece (all time favorite)
If I'm undecided on my votes I'll always choose the lower rating.
*note that this is my subjective evaluation scale.
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- DirectorFrank MillerStarsGabriel MachtSamuel L. JacksonScarlett JohanssonRookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.The Spirit:
Dental and Nazi... Great.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya GashûinWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.カルシファー:
うまっ。
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Brett:
What?
- DirectorKazuaki KiriyaStarsYûsuke IseyaKumiko AsôAkira TeraoLive-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.Casshern (German dub):
Hoffnung. Das sind die Kinder von Luna und mir.
- DirectorTom TykwerLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsTom HanksHalle BerryHugh GrantAn exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.Adam Ewing:
What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?
- DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto SanderAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.Mr. Falk:
"Life. If I didn't have it, I would miss it," said the general to a whore.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAnna KarinaGraziella GalvaniPierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.Marianne (translation from French):
"It's gotta look real. This isn't a movie."
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsCharles AznavourMarie DuboisNicole BergerA pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.(translation from French)
Woman:Why are you staring at my chest all the time?
Man:Because I'm a medical student.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsFrances McDormandWoody HarrelsonSam RockwellA mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.Dixon:
You can't say 'torturing niggers' anymore! It's 'torturing colored people' now.
- DirectorTetsuo ShinoharaStarsEnnosuke Ichikawa IVAoi MorikawaKiichi NakaiHow about conducting battle, but with flowers in lieu of weapons? There were monks who did ikebana, or Japanese flower arrangement, following a war. There was once an actually famous monk in Kyoto, Japan circa 1594 with exemplary ikebana skills. A shogun, or lord, invites him to do ikebana for him. Responding to the request the monk goes to Gifu castle, but a below average performance leads to shogun's wrath.お館様(織田信長):
武人たるもの、茶と花を!人の心を大事にせよ。 それこそが上に立つ者の道じゃ。
- DirectorJoseph PellingBecky SloanStarsJoseph PellingBecky SloanBaker TerryThree puppets known as Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck learn about creativity from a talking sketchbook.Notebook:
Green is not a creative colour.
- DirectorJoseph PellingBecky SloanStarsBaker TerryBecky SloanJoseph PellingNow that Duck is gone as well, Yellow Guy is being tortured and mocked by a lamp who is trying to teach him about dreams. Meanwhile, Red Guy discovers the truth about their show.Yellow Guy:
You!? You made me die!
- DirectorJoseph PellingBecky SloanStarsBaker TerryBecky SloanRoyngttWith Red Guy gone, Yellow Guy and Duck are feeling that something is wrong when a group of food starts teaching misinformation about dieting and a mysterious phone call keeps interrupting their "lesson".Rapping Fridge:
Everything tastes great Maybe we should wait Before we put it on the plate Or it could be too late...
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsTom WaitsJohn LurieRoberto BenigniTwo men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.Bobbie:
My mama used to say that America is a big meltin' pot. Because she used to say when you bring it to the boil, all the scum rises to the top.
- DirectorAdam ElliotStarsToni CollettePhilip Seymour HoffmanEric BanaIn 1976 Melbourne, a lonely 8-year-old girl strikes up a correspondence with an unlikely pen pal: a severely obese 44-year-old New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.Max:
.גײ געזונטערהײט
- DirectorRichard AyoadeStarsCraig RobertsSally HawkinsPaddy Considine15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.Oliver Tate:
Every night I come to the same place and wait until the sky catches up with my mood.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.Allison:
Why are you being so nice to me?
Claire:Cause you're letting me?
- DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsDeepa SahiIla ArunRaju BarotA planned social gathering is held to commemorate Divakar Barve for the award he receive pertaining his contributions to Indian Arts and films. The social event is greeted by some important public personalities of the community all expect Amrit; an activist. But the atmosphere of the event will come to a drastic change upon the arrival of Avinash.(translation from Hindi)
Mrs. Rane:I feel so guilty.
The poet Diwakar:That's the price we pay for being aware.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsFritz LangAlfreda KlebingerManfred EllingerA documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.Herrin:
Ich liebe meinen Ehesklaven abgöttisch
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.John:
You see, people are frightened by what they don't understand.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsDwayne JohnsonSarah Michelle GellarSeann William ScottDuring a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.Boxer Santaros to Serpentine:
The fourth dimension will collapse upon itself. You stupid bitch.
- DirectorSacha GervasiStarsRobb ReinerSteve 'Lips' KudlowTiziana ArrigoniSince 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.Steve "Lips" Kudlow:
[T]he most valuable things in life is your relationships, the people that you know, the places you've been and the experiences you've had.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAlain ChabatJonathan LambertÉlodie BouchezA wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.Klaus:
It is indeed an eczema attack. But on the inside. On the inside of your head.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsSheryl LeeRay WiseMädchen AmickLaura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.Donna:
If I had a nickle for every cigarette your mom smokes, I'd be dead.
- DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsChanning TatumJonah HillIce CubeAfter making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.Jenko:
Dude, I'm so sorry for being a homophone.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerFred AstaireAfter a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.?:
The trouble with you is you want a simple answer. But there isn't any.
- DirectorDalibor BaricStarsRakan RushaidatAna VilenicaFrano MaskovicMartin is on the run because he tried to fight the system. Sara is a conceptual artist. Together they join a revolutionary commune in the countryside, with the police on their trail.(translation from Croatian)
?:This can hardly be called sky. I call it a big atmospheric misunderstanding.
- DirectorLouis C.K.StarsLouis C.K.Chloë Grace MoretzRose ByrneWhen a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to handle the situation.Leslie Goodwin:
What a thing... to be loved by a girl and then rejected by the woman she becomes. It's truly beautiful. Like a truffle.
- DirectorScott SandersStarsMichael Jai WhiteArsenio HallTommy DavidsonBlack Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.?:
How did you know??
?:Donuts don't wear alligator shoes.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob BalabanA psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.?:
Ever since we dispensed with God we have nothing but ourselves to explain this meaningless horror of life.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna HamiltonIn a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.?:
If I think I float and you think I float, then it happens.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsRoddy PiperKeith DavidMeg FosterThey influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.Nada:
I.I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum.
II.Life's a bitch. And she's back in heat
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsLogan LermanEmma WatsonEzra MillerCharlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.Charlie:
He runs out of things to keep him numb.
- DirectorMary HarronStarsChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh LucasA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.I.
Guy in a club toilet stall:Can you keep it down? I'm trying to do drugs.
II.
Patrick Bateman:I have to return some videotapes.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsGreta GerwigMickey SumnerAdam DriverA New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.Sophie:
And then I miscarried, which was cool.
- DirectorJohannes HartmannSandro KlopfsteinStarsAlice LucyMax RüdlingerCasper Van DienSwiss mountain girl Heidi is abducted by brutal government troops and must defend herself and fight a war against a cheese-fueled machinery of hate.Heidi:
Rest in Cheese, bitch!
- DirectorStephen SandovalStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioFry and Bender compete to see who can get the most fans on their Twitter-like application on their new eyePhones, not knowing that it's actually part of Mom's evil conspiracy to unleash a new virus on people's brains.Philip J. Fry:
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn GetzA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.Seth Brundle:
Drink deep, or taste not the plasma spring.
- DirectorCrystal ChesneyStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioProfessor invents a device that creates two half-sized duplicates of any object. Bender uses this device to create copies of himself, so he doesn't have to work, but things quickly get out of control.Hermes Conrad (drunk):
You wanna see a picture of my boy?
Dr. John A. Zoidberg (drunk):That's your penis.
Hermes Conrad (still drunk):That's my boy.
- DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.Alexander Supertramp (note in book):
HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED
- 2018–202111mTV-149.2 (255)TV EpisodeDirectorMarty SchousboeStarsJoe PeraJo FirestoneGene KellyJoe explores his complex relationship with jack o' lanterns, and takes his viewers on a fall drive in the Upper Peninsula.Joe Pera:
And just like that, I can feel my soul grow back.