# Most quotable movies of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931 "2011-03-25T04:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/1 "2011-03-25T04:30:52Z")
What’s the most quotable movie of all time? The movie that has delivered up the most commonly recognized quotes? My nominee - **The Big Lebowski**. Just _endlessly_ fucking quotable. More quotable than _Hamlet_. Other movies in the running: **Pulp Fiction The Godfather Office Space** What else? ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/2 "2011-03-25T04:31:46Z")
Monty Python’s The Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/3 "2011-03-25T04:33:31Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Monty Python’s The Holy Grail +1 ---
**Author:** ![Sakuma\_Drops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sakuma\_Drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sakuma_Drops)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/4 "2011-03-25T04:37:35Z")
_This Is Spinal Tap._ I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard some “goes to eleven” reference 😃 _Ghostbusters_. “Ray…if someone asks you if you’re a god, you say _YES!_” _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off._ “Anyone?” ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/5 "2011-03-25T04:43:44Z")
+2 Record equalling thread win ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/6 "2011-03-25T04:45:23Z")
_Fletch_ ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/7 "2011-03-25T04:50:06Z")
Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/8 "2011-03-25T04:50:32Z")
“… You’re Fucked” - Trains Planes and Automobiles ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/9 "2011-03-25T04:54:23Z")
\*Airplane! Caddyshack \* ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/10 "2011-03-25T04:57:16Z")
_The Princess Bride_ ---
**Author:** ![spymaniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@spymaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spymaniac)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/11 "2011-03-25T05:13:54Z")
Withnail + I Dazed and Confused Nuts In May ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/12 "2011-03-25T05:15:27Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Monty Python’s The Holy Grail +3 I should have thought of this myself. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/13 "2011-03-25T05:23:31Z")
_Mean Girls_ ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/14 "2011-03-25T05:26:06Z")
Young Frankensteen “Walk this way…” “Sedagive?!?!” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/15 "2011-03-25T05:33:14Z")
For the win – _Predator_. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/16 "2011-03-25T05:41:58Z")
I’m going to go with Anchorman. “I’m just going to be upfront: I want to be on you.” “I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.” “It smells like bigfoot’s dick” “It works 60% of the time every time.” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/17 "2011-03-25T05:45:50Z")
“I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal.” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/18 "2011-03-25T05:46:40Z")
_Army of Darkness_, for the win. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/19 "2011-03-25T05:47:46Z")
“I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit…its the only way to be sure” “Game Over man, Game Over!” “They mostly come at night…mostly” Aliens soooo belongs on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931/20 "2011-03-25T05:53:37Z")
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