100 Greatest Movie Insults

Henry Hanrahan compiled this composite on a 10 minute Youtube (w/salty language) video

Here a cheat sheet for the movie list.

Without the cheat sheet, I recognized many of the films, but far from all of them.

Caddyshack and The Breakfast Club have two insults apiece. Caddyshack’s insults were from the same scene, and the same character.

I am not much of a movie buff, so I really can’t think of any that should be on the list.

Before even looking at your links to see if they’re there, I’ll mention a few that popped into my mind when I read your title.

The old Marlon Brando movie One Eyed Jacks which he directed (his only such) and acted in, has quite a few:

“Git up, you big tub of guts.”
“Why you gob of spit.”
“You mention her name one more time and I’m gonna tear your arms out.” (Not so much an insult as just a great line.)

The amazing thing about the movie was that it was made so early in the 60’s that it preceded the relaxation of the language rules where real cussing and foul language could be used with relative impunity. These were pretty harsh for that time.

James Dean had a nice one in Giant: “I’m a rich one, Bick. I’m a rich boy. I’m gonna have more money than you ever thought you’d have. You and all the rest of you stinkin’ sons of Benedict.”

There are some good ones, but only about half of them seem to be insults. The rest seem to be variations on “fuck you” which, to me, isn’t an insult.

These were not part of the video.
and I agree with Turek, some of them are definitely not insults.

They left out Sam Kinison in Back to School.

Now Foghorn Leghorn, there’s a guy who knew how to hurl an insult. These clips are from cinematic shorts, so I think they count. :slight_smile:

“Your mother mates out of season.” - Alien Nation
“Heather, you are such a pillowcase!” - Heathers

First one I thought of. He really seems to care.

“I’ll be sober tomorrow. You’ll be crazy all your life.”–W.C. Fields, It’s a Gift

I’m surprised that neither Samuel L. or Robert DeNiro made the cut, not to mention Clancy Brown from Shawshank: “What is your malfunction, you fat barrel of monkey spunk?”, or “You’re gonna look real funny sucking my dick with no teeth.”

In Coal Miner’s Daughter, Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn has this little mild exchange with Doo’s Floozy

Floozy: Just who do you think you’re talking to?
Loretta, in that awesome mountain drawl : “Well, *I *don’t know who you are, but I know WHAT you are!”

Nice.

First omission that came to my mind was when Bill Murray deadpans to the mayor about the EPA guy, “Yes it’s true… this man has no dick.”

I didn’t bother staying too long – they weren’t really all that funny or epic, just name calling. I’ve heard the same things by eight year olds on playgrounds.

I much prefer the insults that sneak up on you:

“Why don’t you go home to your wife? Better yet, why don’t I go home to your wife and, outside of the improvement, she’ll never notice the difference.”

“I see you bending over a stove. Only I don’t see the stove.”

“Remember. We’re fighting for this woman’s honor, which is probably more than she ever did.”

That one’s in there.

I searched through the cheat sheet with the find function and didn’t see Ghostbusters. My mistake.

I was fully expecting the entire 10 minutes to solely be Full Metal Jacket clips.

Said by the right person and phrased as a question, the kindest words uttered.

“Pretty big talk for a one-eyed fat man!”

Full Metal Jacket should cover the entire list.

A lot of those came from In The Loop, which is awesome.

That reel definitely brings back some memories. Ghostbusters, The Sandlot, Anchorman. Oh, beautiful Anchorman.

‘‘Why don’t you go back to your home on Whore Island?’’