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Top 100 Greatest Film Quotes - Part 3
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"Waaaarrrrrriiiorsss, come out to play-i-ay."

The Warriors
LUTHER (David Patrick Kelly) to group of WARRIORS, while clicking beer bottles together
The Warriors (1979)

- "Can you fly this plane and land it?"
- "Surely you can't be serious."
- "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."

Airplane
DR. RUMACK (Leslie Nielsen) to TED STRIKER (Robert Hays)
Airplane! (1980)


"No, I am your father."

The Empire Strikes Back
DARTH VADER (James Earl Jones) to LUKE SKYWALKER (Mark Hamill)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

"He-e-e-e-re's Johnny!"

The Shining
JACK TORRANCE (Jack Nicholson) to WENDY TORRANCE (Shelley Duvall)
The Shining (1980)

"No - wire - hangers. What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you - no wire hangers EVER! I work and work 'til I'm half-dead, and I hear people saying 'She's getting old.' And what do I get? A daughter who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her as she cares about me. What's wire hangers doing in this closet? ANSWER ME! I buy you beautiful dresses, and you treat them like they were some dish-rag. You do! $300 dollar dress on a wire hanger! We'll see how many you've got hidden in here. We'll see. Get out of that bed. All of this is coming out. Out! Out! Out. Out. Out. You've got any more? We're gonna see how many wire hangers you've got in your closet. Wire hangers! Why? Why? Christina, get out of that bed. Get out of that bed. You live in the most beautiful house in Brentwood [picks up hanger and begins to beat Christina] and you don't care if your clothes are stretched back from wire hangers. And your room looks like a two-dollar-a-week priced room in some two-bit backstreet town in Oklahoma. Get up. Get up. Clean up this mess."

Mommie Dearest (short) Mommie Dearest (extended)
JOAN CRAWFORD (Faye Dunaway) to young CHRISTINA CRAWFORD (Mara Hobel)
Mommie Dearest (1981)


"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"

Raiders of the Lost Ark
INDIANA JONES (Harrison Ford)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die."

Blade Runner
ROY BATTY (Rutger Hauer)
Blade Runner (1982)

"E.T. phone home."

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. (Voice of Pat Welsh) Pointing Toward Window
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

"They're here!"

Poltergeist
CAROL ANNE FREELING (Heather O'Rourke) to PARENTS
Poltergeist (1982)

"Say 'hello' to my little friend!"

Scarface
TONY MONTANA (Al Pacino)
Scarface (1983)

"Go ahead, make my day."

Sudden Impact
LT. "DIRTY" HARRY CALLAHAN (Clint Eastwood) to CROOK
Sudden Impact (1983)

"He slimed me."

Ghostbusters
DR. PETER VENKMAN (Bill Murray)
Ghostbusters (1984)

"I'll be back."

The Terminator
THE TERMINATOR (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to DESK SERGEANT (Bruce M. Kerner)
The Terminator (1984)

- "Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?"
- "These go to eleven."

This is Spinal Tap (short) This is Spinal Tap (long)
NIGEL TUFNEL (Christopher Guest) to MARTY DIBERGI (Rob Reiner)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

- "Hey, Doc. We better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88."
- "Roads? Where we're going we don't need - roads."

Back to the Future
DR. EMMETT BROWN (Christopher Lloyd) with MARTY McFLY (Michael J. Fox)
Back to the Future (1985)

"Get away from her, you BITCH!"

Aliens
ELLEN RIPLEY (Sigourney Weaver) to ALIEN
Aliens (1986)

"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
FERRIS BUELLER (Matthew Broderick)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

"Be afraid. Be very afraid."

The Fly
VERONICA QUAIFE (Geena Davis) to SETH BRUNDLE (Jeff Goldblum)
The Fly (1986)

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

THE WRITER (Richard Dreyfuss) Typing on Computer Screen (no audio file)
Stand By Me (1986)


- "I feel the need..."
- "...the need for speed!" (in unison)

Top Gun
MAVERICK (Tom Cruise) to GOOSE (Anthony Edwards)
Top Gun (1986)

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."

Dirty Dancing
JOHNNY CASTLE (Patrick Swayze) about BABY HOUSEMAN (Jennifer Grey)
Dirty Dancing (1987)

"Goooood morning, Vietnam!"

Good Morning, Vietnam
ADRIAN CRONAUER (Robin Williams) on the radio
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"

The Princess Bride
INIGO MONTOYA (Mandy Patinkin) to COUNT TYRONE RUGEN (Christopher Guest)
The Princess Bride (1987)

"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms - greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge - has marked the upward surge of mankind. And Greed - you mark my words - will not only save Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much."

Wall Street (short) Wall Street (extended)
GORDON GEKKO (Michael Douglas) to ATTENDEES at Teldar Paper Stockholder's Meeting
Wall Street (1987)

- "Was always kinda partial to Roy Rogers actually. I really like those sequined shirts."
- "Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?"
- "Yippie ki-yay, motherf--ker."

Die Hard
JOHN MCCLANE (Bruce Willis) to HANS GRUBER (Alan Rickman)
Die Hard (1988)



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