Greatest Last Lines in Movie History
I nominate this one. Can anyone else think of any others?
"Madness. Madness..."
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"So do you Fast Eddie." - The Hustler
"Daddy, don't leave me! Who's going to hold your hat?" - Smokey and The Bandit
"Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight?" Mister Roberts
"I'm not a cabdriver -- I'm a coffeepot!" Arsenic and Old Lace
"My memoirs? Oh, my memoirs. My memoirs. My memoirs." Kind Hearts and Coronets (like "Positively the same dame!" from The Lady Eve, which someone posted earlier, this one is very effective in context, and I recommend watching the film to get it).
"Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars." - Now, Voyager
"I've just launched Gerald." Woman of the Year
"Be sensible, Martins."
"Haven't got a sensible name, Calloway." The Third Man
"It's all about civilization or something, a nutty kind of a book. Do you know that the guy said that machinery is going to take the place of every profession?"
"Oh, my dear, that's something you need never worry about." Dinner at Eight
"You've turned defeat into Victory." bridge on the River Kwai
share"Throw that junk."
Citizen Kane
"People all say that I've had a bad break, but today... Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
The Pride of the Yankees
"Attaboy, Clarence."
It's a Wonderful Life
"Pa's got things for you to do, and Mother wants you. (echo) I know she does. (echo) Shane. Shane! (echos) Come back!"
Shane
"I'm not even gonna swat that fly. I hope they are watching. They'll see. They'll see and they'll know and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.'"
Psycho
"I was to think of these days many times. Of Jem and Dill and Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson - and Atticus. He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning."
To Kill a Mockingbird
"Mein Fuehrer, I can walk!"
Dr. Strangelove
"You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!"
Planet of the Apes
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
Love Story
"I didn't know how long we had together. Who does?"
Blade Runner
"I find I am so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."
The Shawshank Redemption
"Ernest Hemingway once wrote: 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.' I agree with the second part."
Se7en
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, he's gone."
The Usual Suspects
"You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry: you will someday."
American Beauty
"You met me at a very strange time in my life."
Fight Club
"Now, where was I?"
Memento
Already mentioned, deserves repeat.
"You’ve got to tell them soylent green is people. We’ve got to stop them somehow.”
- Soylent Green
Best ever...
Seven Samurai (1954)
Kambei: "So. Again we are defeated. The farmers have won. Not us."
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Sykes: "Want to come along? It ain't like it used to be, but uh, it'll do."
Star Wars (1977)
Obi Wan Kenobi: "The Force will be with you, always." (no, Chewbacca's final growl doesn't count!)
Halloween (1978)
Laurie Strode: "Was it the boogeyman?"
Dr. Loomis: "As a matter of fact, it was."
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Feral Kid: "And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now, only in my memories..."
"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!"
Dr. Strangelove
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Made it, Ma! Top of the world
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