From life lessons that bear repeating to meme-ified lines that have become part of our cultural lexicon, these hilarious movie one-liners are sure to crack you up. And when you want to impress your friends with your movie knowledge, check out these 30 Movie Facts That Will Blow Your Mind.
1 | "She doesn't even go here!"
Mean Girls (2004)
-Damian (Daniel Franzese) calling out an overly-enthusiastic speaker at an anti-bullying assembly.
2 | "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
The Princess Bride (1987)
-Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) to Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) after he utters "inconceivable" one too many times.
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3 | "Our love is god. Let's go get a slushie."
Heathers (1988)
-JD (Christian Slater) to Veronica (Winona Ryder) after picking her up from a bad date.
4 | "These go to 11."
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
-Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) to explaining what makes Spinal Tap's amps so special to Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner).
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5 | "This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."
The Big Lebowski (1998)
-Walter (John Goodman) to Smokey (Jimmie Dale Gilmore) when he steps over the line while bowling.
6 | "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
-President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) when a tussle breaks out.
7 | "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
-The Insulting Frenchman (John Cleese) to King Arthur (Graham Chapman) when he and his knights arrive at the castle.
8 | "There are only three ages for women in Hollywood: babe, district attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy."
The First Wives Club (1996)
-Elise (Goldie Hawn) to Dr. Morris Packman (Rob Reiner) when he denies her more fillers.
9 | "Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness."
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
-Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as he escapes a hallucination in which he's surrounded by versions of himself.
10 | "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
Airplane (1980)
-Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen) dismissing Ted Striker (Robert Hays) after he says, "Surely, you can't be serious."
11 | "There are 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
The Blues Brothers (1980)
-Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) to Jake (John Belushi) as they try to make it to their gig on time.
"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."
Spaceballs (1987)
-Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) explaining his relationship—or lack thereof—to Lone Starr (Bill Pullman).
13 | "Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass Hysteria!"
Ghostbusters (1984)
-Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) trying to explain what will happen to New York if an ancient evil makes its way out of a recently-discovered gateway to another dimension.
14 | "The plot thickens, as they say. Why, by the way? Is it a soup metaphor?"
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
-Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) to Zero (Tony Revolori) as they investigate a series of mysterious happenings in and around the hotel.
15 | "There's only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."
Goldmember (2002)
-Nigel Powers (Michael Caine) during a tense meeting with his arch-rival, Goldmember (Mike Myers).
16 | "Sell crazy someplace else. We're all stocked up here."
As Good As it Gets (1997)
-Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) to Nora (Lupe Ontiveros) after she asks him to walk an injured neighbor's dog.
17 | "What is this? A center for ants?
Zoolander (2001)
-Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) to Mugatu (Will Ferrell) upon seeing a scale model of the literacy center named after him.
18 | "McLovin? What kind of stupid name is that, Fogell? What, are you trying to be an Irish R&B singer?"
Superbad (2007)
-Evan (Michael Cera) to Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) on his choice of name on his fake I.D.
19 | "You taste like a burger. I don't like you anymore."
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
-Andy (Paul Rudd) ending his summer romance with Lindsay (Elizabeth Banks).
20 | "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
-Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner) explaining her unfairly-earned reputation to Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins).
21 | "Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?"
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
-Royal Tenenbaums (Gene Hackman) to Ari (Grant Rosenmeyer) and Uzi (Jonah Meyerson) after he's been banned from seeing his family.
22 | "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage."
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
-Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) to Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) on how he's aged.
23 | "Why don't you make like a tree, and get out of here?"
Back to the Future (1985)
-Biff (Thomas F. Wilson) to George McFly (Crispin Glover) in the diner.
24 | "I'm glad he's single, because I'm going to climb that like a tree."
Bridesmaids (2011)
-Megan (Melissa McCarthy) to Annie (Kristen Wiig) after meeting a tall man at a party.
25 | "Marriage is like an unfunny, tense version of Everybody Loves Raymond. But it doesn't last 22 minutes, it lasts forever."
Knocked Up (2007)
-Pete (Paul Rudd) to Ben (Seth Rogen) on the joys of married life.
26 | "This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather."
Groundhog Day (1993)
-Phil Connors (Bill Murray) conveying his excitement about Punxsutawney Phil's forecast.
27 | "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life."
Animal House (1978)
-Dean Wormer (John Vernon) to Flounder (Stephen Furst) upon reviewing his grades.
28 | "I hope that someday you'll know the indescribable joy of having children and of paying someone else to raise them."
The Addams Family (1993)
-Gomez Addams (Raul Julia) to Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) on the joys of parenthood.
29 | "So you see, my son, there is a very fine line between love and nausea."
Coming to America (1988)
-King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones), to his son, Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy), on life's greatest lessons.
30 | "We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about."
Best in Show (2000)
-Sherri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge) to interviewer on her relationship with her much-older husband.
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