AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes Nominations Self Version
This list is a list of the AFI's top 100 movie quote nominations. These movies are based on versatility, iconic status, critical acclaim and cultural influence. Excluding critically mixed/panned/negative films and replaced with ones that should have been nominated with quotes. Ranked orderly, but only including movies once as some have multiple nominated quotes and number of the quotes. Total=400
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- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.5
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.." -Rhett Butler
"After all, tomorrow is another day!"-Scarlett O'Hara
"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."-Scarlett O'Hara
"Fiddle-dee-dee."-Scarlett O'Hara
"I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies."-Prissy - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.3
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
-Vito Corleone
"Leave the gun. Take the cannolis."-Pete Clemenza
"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca
Brasi sleeps with the fishes."-Pete Clemenza - DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. CobbAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.1
"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."-Terry Malloy - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.6
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."-Dorothy Gale
"There's no place like home."-Dorothy Gale
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" -Wicked Witch of the West
"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"-Dorothy Gale, Scarecrow & the Tin Man
"I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world!"-The Wicked Witch of the West
"Pay no attention to that man behind the
curtain!"-The Wizard of Oz - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.7
"Here's looking at you, kid."-Rick Blaine
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."-Rick Blaine
"Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By."-Ilsa Lund "Round up the usual suspects."-Capt. Louis Renault
"We'll always have Paris."-Rick Blaine
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."-Rick Blaine
"Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it
doesn't take much to see that the problems
of three little people don't amount to a
hill of beans in this crazy world."-Rick Blaine - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockePat HingleWhen a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.Dirty Harry
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"Go ahead, make my day."-Harry Callahan - DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.3
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."-Norma Desmond
"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."-Norma Desmond
"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces."-Norma Desmond - DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.2
"May the Force be with you."-Han Solo
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only
hope."-Princess Leia - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.1
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."-Margo Channing - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.1 *
"You talkin' to me?"-Travis Bickle - DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.1
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."-Captain - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.1
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."-Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore - DirectorArthur HillerStarsAli MacGrawRyan O'NealJohn MarleyA boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.1 *
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
-Oliver Barrett IV - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.2
"The stuff that dreams are made of."-Sam Spade
"You're good, you're very good."-Sam Spade - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.1
"E.T. phone home."-E.T. - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.1
"They call me Mister Tibbs!"-Virgil Tibbs - DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'1
"Rosebud."-Charles Foster Kane - DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'BrienA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.1
"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"-Arthur "Cody" Jarrett - DirectorSidney LumetStarsFaye DunawayWilliam HoldenPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.1
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"-Howard Beale - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.2
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." -Dr. Hannibal Lecter
"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."-Dr. Hannibal Lecter - DirectorTerence YoungStarsSean ConneryUrsula AndressBernard LeeA resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.1
"Bond. James Bond."-James Bond - DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruiseCuba Gooding Jr.Renée ZellwegerWhen a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.3 *
"Show me the money!"-Rod Tidwell
"You had me at 'hello."-Dorothy Boyd
"You complete me."-Jerry Maguire - DirectorLowell ShermanStarsMae WestCary GrantOwen MooreIn the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.1
"Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"-Lady Lou - DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia MilesA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.1
"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!"-"Ratso" Rizzo - DirectorRob ReinerStarsTom CruiseJack NicholsonDemi MooreMilitary lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.1 *
"You can't handle the truth!"-Col. Nathan R. Jessup