Greatest Last Lines in Movie History

Gone With The Wind - Frankly my dear I don't give a damn.

The Bridge on the River Kwai - Madness. Madness...

To Kill a Mockingbird - He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Kramer vs. Kramer - I came here to take my son home. And I realized he already is home.

The Shawshank Redemption - I hope.

Titanic - Three years, I've thought of nothing except Titanic; but I never got it... I never let it in.

In chronological order:
City Lights: "Yes, I can see now."
King Kong: "It wasn't airplanes; it was beauty killed the beast."
Wizard of Oz: "Aunty Em, there's no place like home."
Grapes of Wrath: "That's what makes us tough. Rich fellas come up and they die and their kids ain't no good, and they die out. But we keep a-comin'. We're the people that live. They can't wipe us out. They can't lick us. And we'll go on forever, Pa 'cause we're the people."
Maltese Falcon: "It's the stuff that dreams are made of."
Casablanca: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
It's a Wonderful Life: "Attaboy Clarence."
Rashomon: "No, I'm grateful to you. Because, thanks to you, I think I will be able to keep my faith in men."
Sunset Boulevard: "All right Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.”
Streetcar Named Desire: "Hey Stella!"
Shane: "Come back Shane."
Vertigo: "God have mercy."
Some Like it Hot: "Well, nobody's perfect."
The Apartment: "Shut up and deal."
Psycho: "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly."
Dr Strangelove: "Mein Fuehrer, I can walk!"
2001: "Except for a single, very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter, the four million year old black monolith has remained completely inert, its origin and purpose still a total mystery."
A Clockwork Orange: "I was cured all right."
Chinatown: "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown" ... ignoring the background stuff.
Annie Hall: "I thought of that old joke, you know, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, uh, my brother's crazy, he thinks he's a chicken,' and the doctor says, 'Well why don't you turn him in?' And the guy says, 'I would, but I need the eggs.' Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships. You know, they're totally irrational and crazy and absurd - but uh, I guess we keep going through it...because...most of us need the eggs."
Apocalypse Now: "The horror... The horror."
ET: "I’ll be right here."
Goodfellas: "I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook."
Silence of the Lambs: "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."
Shawshank: "I hope."
The Usual Suspects: "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, he's gone."
American Beauty: "You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry: you will someday."

Two of the best final lines are:

The Heiress "Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters."

Dodsworth "Love has got to stop some place short of suicide."


"Tessie" is the Royal Rooters rally cry.
"Tessie" is the tune they always sung.

"Mediocrities everywhere... I absolve you... I absolve you... I absolve you... I absolve you... I absolve you all." (Amadeus)
Lynn Bracken: Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. Bye.
Ed Exley: Bye.(L.A. Confidential)
"Yeah. That's right." (Boogie Nights)
"I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off." (Alien)
Sarah Connor: What did he just say?
Gas Station Attendant: He said there's a storm coming in.
Sarah Connor: [sighs] I know. (The Terminator)
"It's too bad she won't live. But Then again, who does?" (Blade Runner: Diretors Cut)
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?" (Stand By Me)
Fast Eddie: Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool.
Minnesota Fats: So do you, Fast Eddie. (The Hustler)
"Son of a bitch. Stole my line." (Good Will Hunting)
"Hey... I don't have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success." (Jerry Maguire)
"Morocco. One way. sest by the window, please." (Almost Famous)
"Dances With Wolves. I am Wind In His Hair. Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that you will always be my friend?" (Dances With Wolves)
"Now we are free. I will see you again. But not yet. Not yet." (Gladiator)
"They fought like warrior poets; they fought like Scotsmen, and won their freedom." (Braveheart)
Driver: Well, sir, going home!
T.E. Lawrence: Mm?
Driver: Home, sir! (Lawrence of Arabia)
"Well, I'm back." (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
Nigel Tufnel: [on what he would do if he couldn't be a rock star] Well, I suppose I could, uh, work in a shop of some kind, or... or do, uh, freelance,uh, selling of some sort of, uh, product. You know...
Marty DiBergi: A salesman?
Nigel Tufnel: A salesman, like maybe in a, uh, haberdasher, or maybe like a, uh, um... a chapeau shop or something. You know, like, "Would you... what size do you wear, sir?" And then you answer me.
Marty DiBergi: Uh... seven and a quarter.
Nigel Tufnel: "I think we have that." See, something like that I could do.
Marty DiBergi: Yeah... you think you'd be happy doing something like-...
Nigel Tufnel: "No; we're all out. Do you wear black?" See, that sort of thing I think I could probably... muster up.
Marty DiBergi: Do you think you'd be happy doing that?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, I don't know - wh-wh-... what're the hours? (This Is Spinal Tap)
"He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Luke smile of his. He had it on his face right to the very end. Hell, if they didn't know it 'fore, they could tell right then that they weren't a-gonna beat him. That old Luke smile. Oh, Luke. He was some boy. Cool Hand Luke. Hell, he's a natural-born world-shaker." (Cool Hand Luke)

Brody: What day is this?
Hooper: It's Wednesday... eh, it's Tuesday, I think.
Brody: Think the tide's with us?
Hooper: Keep kicking.
Brody: I used to hate the water...
Hooper: I can't imagine why. (Jaws)


"Of course I'm home. I'm always home. I'm uncool." Lester Bangs, Almost Famous