There are some movie quotes that every film buff should just instinctively know. Iโm not talking about your obvious lines. You know. Your Titanics, your Jerry McGuires, your When Harry Met Sallys, your Godfathers, or your Shawshank Redemptions. Iโm talking about your lesser cited works in pop culture, or at least lesser cited these days.
Take a look below to see how well you really know your films.
โOnly one thing counts in this life- get them to sign the line that is dotted.โ
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Dir. James Foley.
Starring: Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin.
โIโm the guy that does his job. You must be the other guy.โ
The Departed (2006)
Dir. Martin Scorsese.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin.
โNow go home and get your fucking shine box.โ
Goodfellas (1990)
Dir. Martin Scorsese.
Starring: Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco.
โThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didnโt exist.โ
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Dir. Bryan Singer.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Benicio del Toro, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin.
โDonโt point that gun at him, heโs an unpaid intern.โ
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Dir. Wes Anderson,
Starring: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Willem Defoe, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum.
โNothing is written.โ
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Dir. David Lean.
Starring: Peter OโToole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn.
โIโm in lesbians with you.โ
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
Dir. Edgar Wright.
Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick, Kieran Culkin.
โI couldโve had class. I couldโve been a contenderโฆ couldโve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.โ
On The Waterfront (1954)
Dir. Elia Kazan.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb.
โLeave my kids fucking out of it! What have they done? You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!โ
In Bruges (2008)
Dir. Martin McDonagh.
Starring: Collin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Posey.
โYou gotta be a wolf to catch a wolf.โ
Training Day (2001)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes.
โYou donโt get it, do you? This isnโt โgood cop, bad cop.โ This is fag and New Yorker. Youโre in a lot of trouble.โ
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Dir. Shane Black.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan.
โIโm your Huckleberry.โ
Tombstone (1993)
Dir. George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliot, Bill Paxton.
โTry getting a reservation at Dorsia now, you fucking stupid bastard!โ
American Psycho (2000)
Dir. Mary Harron.
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Defoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny.
โNot my fucking tempo!โ
Whiplash (2014)
Dir. Damien Chazelle.
Starring: Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser.
โOf all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.โ
(Note: OK so admittedly this is an obvious one, but itโs too good to give a miss.)
Casablanca (1942)
Dir. Michael Curtiz.
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Paul Henreid.
