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Greatest Last Lines in Movie History


I nominate this one. Can anyone else think of any others?


"Madness. Madness..."

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I have to go now...I'm having an old friend for dinner.

Silence of the Lambs

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"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)

C.C. Baxter: You hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you.
Fran Kubelik: Shut up and deal. (The Apartment)

"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." (Annie Hall)

"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. A seat by the window, please." (Almost Famous)

You met me at a very strange time in my life. (Fight Club)

"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)

"The unknown future rolls t'wards us. I face it for the first time with a sense of hope. Because if a machine - a Terminator - can learn the value of human life... maybe we can, too." Terminator 2: Judgment Day

"Does she know her daugher is still alive?" Kill Bill Vol. 1

"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)

"Let's go." (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest)

"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)

Butch Cassidy: Hey, wait a minute.
Sundance Kid: What?
Butch Cassidy: You didn't see Lefors out there, did you?
Sundance Kid: Lefors? No.
Butch Cassidy: Oh, good. For a moment there I thought we were in trouble.
(Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

"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)


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

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forgot this one:

"Hi Brigman"
"Hi Mrs. Brigman"

(The Abyss)

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"Say hello to my lil' friend" - Scarface
"I fear my mask of sanity is about to slip" - American Psycho
"I know what you're thinking, "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question - 'Do I feel lucky?', well, do ya, punk?" - Dirty Harry

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Lots of good ones listed, a few more here:



“There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.”

- The Naked City



"Always the same. People come. People go. Nothing ever happens."

- Grand Hotel


"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

- Wargames


"Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."

- A Star is Born


"You’ve got to tell them soylent green is people. We’ve got to stop them somehow.”

- Soylent Green


"Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know the secret. You want to be fooled."

- The Prestige


"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

-Little Caesar


"So what's in the bag?"

- Lola Rennt


"Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever.”

- The Birth of a Nation


"Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you."

- The Day the Earth Stood Still


"He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?"
"Goodbye Tanya."
"Adios."

- A Touch of Evil


"In all my life, nothing ever quite matched the perfect joy of that moment. My school lay in ruins, and the river beckoned with the promise of stolen days."

- Hope and Glory


"Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell you: Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from you."
"Closer than that, Walter."
"I love you, too."

- Double Indemnity


"They died saving my life."

- The Edge


"The matador.. the matador.. me.. me.."

- Failsafe


“You remind me of a man.”
“What man?”
“The man with the power.”
“What power?”
“The power of hoodoo.”
“Who do?”
“You do.”
“Do what?”
“Remind me of a man.”
“What man?”
“The man with the power.”
“What power?”
“Give up?”
“Give up. Let's go.”

- The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer


"Why don't we just wait here for a little while.. see what happens."

- The Thing


“He finally got to the top of the world. And it blew right up in his face."

- White Heat


"For all the things you've done, JJ, I know I should hate you. But I don't. I pity you."

- The Sweet Smell of Success










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Famous last lines:

Titanic: "Look out for that frickin' iceberg!!"

Fried Green Tomatoes: "This movie couldda used a few dudes in it."

Diner: "Ok, Mickey, you can take a shower now."

State of Grace: "You guys need some target practice."

Officer and a Gentleman: "Is there a dumpster where I can dump this skank?"

English Patient: "Ok, wake up and go home."

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not last lines, but great lines just the same:

from bridge..............."what have i done"

from magnificent 7........"if god didn't want them sheared he wouldn't have made them sheep"

from treasure of sierra madre..."badges?..we don't need no stinking badges"

from big sleep........"you now how to wistle right? just put your lips together and blow"

from the sting....."i said place it on lucky dan"


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Annie Hall: "We all need the eggs."

Hannah and Her Sisters: "Micky? I'm pregnant."

Enter the Dragon: "You have offended my family, and you have offended a Shaolin temple."

Real Genius:

"Do you think it's getting weird around here?
"Absolutely."
"I didn't notice."
"I like it."

Saving Private Ryan

"Tell me I have led a good life."
"What?"
"Tell me I'm a good man."
"You ARE."





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from big sleep........"you now how to wistle right? just put your lips together and blow

That's actually from "To Have and Have Not." Both, of course, are films staring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

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What about the usual suspects: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didnt exist, and like that.. hes gone.. Classic!

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Mr. Rusk, you're not wearing your tie. -Frenzy-

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'He used to be a big shot ' (The Roaring Twenties)

'Can This be the end of Rico?' (Little Caesar)

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The Lives Of Others
"I think it's for me."

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Preacher? Preacher? We love you Preacher... I love you!... Good-bye! (Pale Rider)

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madness madnes, really cracks me up...kinda of like covers the sadness of the situation.

maybe the last line in fargo also pretty cool. can't remeber it though

oh! the departed too...something like *beep* rat!

when the lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window - Julie Andrews, the sound of music

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Memento: Now where was I?

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Soylent Green is People!

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I´d sign this one.


"He say you Blade Runner." "Tell him I´m eating."

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"Beep boop bee-eep woo!" - R2-D2, Star Wars

___________________
...I was cured, all right.

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"All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."

Say, there's a NEW Mexico

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Random Harvest:

"Smithy.."
"Paula!!"

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From Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

"Laugh a-while-a you can, Monkey-boy!"

“President's calling, Buckaroo.” “President of what?"

The corporal wants to now if the alien situation is resolved or if they should just go ahead and blow up Russia?
Buckaroo says
"Yes on one. No on two."

Buckaroo finds out Professor Hikita has been shanghaied (kidnapped) and he responds
"Aw, the deuce you say..." Perfect deadpan delivery. who else could be Buckaroo but Peter Weller?

Emilio Lizardo:
Shut up, John Big-Booty, you coward... you the weakest (veakest) individual I ever know!

One of the aliens John Parker arrives at the Buckaroo/Hong Kong Cavaliers compound, & he walks up to the gate in his pink jacket, some drug addled guy off camera says
"Nice jacket, man..."

And of course all the more serious lines quoted by other posters.


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I agree with verdun2 - on both counts:
1. Most of the preceding offered quotes weren't last lines anyway.
2. Without actually quoting it, (to avoid spoiling it for the 3 people in the world who have not yet seen Some Like It Hot), Joe E Brown's unforgettable delivery of Osgood Fielding III's serene 3-word response to "Daphne"'s final revelations as to why their relationship was doomed makes a perfectly absurd and endlessly quotable ending. (And can anyone confirm if it was an improvised ending? I seem to remember reading that somewhere.)

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