# Best I'm-gonna-die-and-I-know-it moment and/or words in movies
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [March 7, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251 "2025-03-07T16:09:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/1 "2025-03-07T16:09:44Z")
Saw a similar thread at another site and had to see what you guys come up with. Also not sure if we should try to guess or just tell. Not telling is only fun if people can guess. I think mine are easy enough. Oh wait, there’s that spoiler thingy! Best of both worlds!
The one that immediately popped into my head (and from memory, so probably not exact): Do you still execute people in New York. No? Shame.
The Taking of Pelham 123 1974
You always were an asshole, Goreman.
Aliens
Clever girl!
Jurassic Park
Hey, the spoilers only have the name of the movie. I’d have to do actual research to add the character names. Except the first one. That one I remember.
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/2 "2025-03-07T16:27:49Z")
“For England, James?”
GoldenEye
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### Author:  [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/3 "2025-03-07T16:30:51Z")
> 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 Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/4 "2025-03-07T16:34:38Z")
“Rollo Tomassi.”
L.A. Confidential
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/5 "2025-03-07T16:40:07Z")
Easy, peasy Blade Runner I think even people who haven’t seen it know it.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/6 "2025-03-07T16:41:35Z")
“Don’t you want to hear my last words?”
HEIST
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### Author:  [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/7 "2025-03-07T16:43:26Z")
Gary Oldman’s character in Leon:
> **[✂️ This is a gift from Matilda](https://www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx7kaXGGQ0CEhYT45H-LnC1oPW79nyRTEa?app=desktop&si=1BgqAzW_zPBpUOJ-)**
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> 15 seconds · Clipped by Gareth Morgan · Original video "Léon The Professional: A Gift From Mathilda (Gary Oldman, Jean Reno 4K HD Clip)" by Scene City
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/8 "2025-03-07T16:45:10Z")
Robert Ryan as Hans Ehrengard in _The Professionals_ (1966):“God almighty, I’ve known heat before, but this is… I hate the desert. It’s got no… pity.” (_passes out_)
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/9 "2025-03-07T16:48:49Z")
No words. Just this character’s face. And I can’t remember his name at all. And since no words, I’ll tell the movie: Speed.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/10 "2025-03-07T16:53:52Z")
“With the things I’ve done in my life I know I’m going to burn in hell . So I sure as shit ain’t afraid to burn here on earth.”
Vince Vaughn in Anchorman 2 with a surprisingly badass line.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/11 "2025-03-07T16:58:23Z")
I think the scene at the beginning of the new Star Trek reboot, with Kirk’s father (played by Chris Hemsworth) naming Kirk right before he knows he’s going to die is pretty touching.
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/12 "2025-03-07T17:07:28Z")
“It was… fun. Oh my…”
Star Trek Generations
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### Author:  [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/13 "2025-03-07T17:21:25Z")
Jeff Daniels?
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/14 "2025-03-07T17:22:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Clever girl!
Originally in Jurassic Park, but this is also the line in the movie, “Momentum”, starring Olga Kurylenko. Just before he was blown away by the police, the villain realized that she had hidden the much sought after Flash Drive right on his person.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/15 "2025-03-07T17:29:44Z")
“Damn, this is funny.”
Doc Holiday in “Tombstone”.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/16 "2025-03-07T17:53:40Z")
That is the actor’s name. Still don’t know the character’s name.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/17 "2025-03-07T17:55:08Z")
Facing a firing squad. “Shoot straight, you bastards! Don’t make a mess of it!”
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/18 "2025-03-07T17:56:31Z")
“Bye, everybody!”
Dr. Nick Riviera, _The Simpsons Movie_
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/19 "2025-03-07T18:00:21Z")
"I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck. "
Anne Boleyn, before her execution on The Tudors. The real Anne reportedly actually said this. Gives me chills
Another one that veers slightly from the OP: " I know. In Hell"
The title character is apprehended for murder. The cop says “you’re gonna burn for this” and Johnny Angel replies with the above quote. And then he _does_.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251/20 "2025-03-07T18:10:51Z")
“Arrogant ass, you’ve killed _us_!”
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