# What movies have you memorized most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224 "2007-10-10T16:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/61 "2007-10-11T09:08:05Z")
**Major League** ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/62 "2007-10-11T09:38:05Z")
Kudos for the first person who posts which movie I quoted. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/63 "2007-10-11T09:41:36Z")
[QUOTE=Ukulele Ike] Within the past few months, I have fallen competely in love with \*Withnail and I \* (1986): “We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!” “Right, here’s the plan. First, we go in there and get wrecked, then we eat a pork pie, then we drop some Surmontil-50’s each. That way we’ll miss out on Monday and come up smiling Tuesday morning.” “I have a heart condition. If you hit me, it’s murder…my wife is having a BABY!” “I must say, that represents a level of hypocrisy in you that I’d previously suspected, but not noticed due to highly evasive skills.” “A pair of quadruple whiskies and another pair of pints…” [/QUOTE] Great film, and the only one I think I could say I’ve ever memorised - I reckon I could write down the script with a fair deal of accuracy. So many favourite lines… “Are you the farmer?.. we’ve gone on holiday by mistake!” “Put on the gloves. Don’t attempt anything without the gloves!” ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/64 "2007-10-11T10:52:03Z")
_Apocalypse Now_ & _Goldfinger_ would be the two I could most easily recite. But throw in my two boys and we’ll give you a pretty good run on every episode of _Futurama_… mm ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/65 "2007-10-11T12:08:41Z")
**Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?** I can literally dictate all of Barbara Harris’ lines (I had a bit of fixation). Now I think about it I could recite her lines from **Plaza Suite** too\*. Along less creepy lines **Aliens** should this have the record for quotable lines? **Mystery Men** “We’ve got a blind date with destiny - and it looks like she’s ordered the lobster” **The Incredibles** getting there through sheer repitition. _No Capes!_ \*and other movies too embarrasing to mention. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/66 "2007-10-11T12:45:20Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] \*\*It’s a Wonderful Life \*\* (like **The Wizard of the Oz** , due to its frequent TV broadcasts) [/QUOTE] Oh yeah, I forgot this one! “I wish I had a million dollars … HOT DOG!” ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/67 "2007-10-11T13:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439633&page=1&pp=50), regarding probably my all-time favorite film, got me to thinking about other movies I can quote from to the extent of annoying family and friends. So, which movies are you constantly quoting from? And relatedly, which movies have you seen the most times? I have seen **Blazing Saddles** and **Airplane!** easily over 30 times each, and I can just about recite each movie from beginning to end. In a close third place would be **The Blues Brothers**. What are yours? [/QUOTE] Holy Grail Young Frankenstein Princess Bride My Cousin Vinnie (in fact I referred to something in lab yesterday as being “dead on hmmm accurate”) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/68 "2007-10-11T13:47:23Z")
Nobody has mentioned _Ghostbusters_? I watched that movie 10,000 times when I was a kid, now whenever I see it I feel like I’ve got déjá vu. I also know most of _Evita_ from memory, and am prone to burst into song… So what are my chances of honest advances? I’d say low Better to win by admitting my sin Than to lose with a halo And collectively, my husband and I corner the market on _Futurama_ quotes. … If anyone needs me, I’ll be in my Angry Dome! _shakes fist_ ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/69 "2007-10-11T14:07:09Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Kudos for the first person who posts which movie I quoted. 🙂 [/QUOTE] _The Court Jester_ (1955), starring Danny Kaye. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/70 "2007-10-11T14:14:40Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] _The Court Jester_ (1955), starring Danny Kaye. [/QUOTE] They _broke_ the chalice from the palace! And replaced it with a flagon. With a figure of a dragon. (Close enough?) ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/71 "2007-10-11T14:39:47Z")
Steel Magnolias Pulp Fiction The Breakfast Club The Last Unicorn Labyrinth ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/72 "2007-10-11T17:58:48Z")
Holy Grail (“How do you know he’s the king?” “He’s the only one 'asn’t got shit all over 'im…”) Star Wars (“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy…”) Young Frankenstein (“_Taffeta_, darling!”) Arthur (“She’d have to be a pretty _big_ woman.”) Animal House (“_Germans_?” “Forget it, he’s rolling.”) Spartacus (“Privately, I don’t believe in the gods, and neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all…”) History of the World Part I (“Pipe the shit _out_ of your house!”) Withnail & I (“We are slowly drifting into the arena of the unwell.”) The Wicker Man (“I assure you, we don’t commit _murder_ up here. We’re a deeply religious people.”) Diner (“Sinatra or Mathis?” “Presley.”) ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/73 "2007-10-11T18:25:42Z")
Mine would have to be: Blues Brothers Big Trouble in Little China Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior The Great Santini Ghostbusters ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/74 "2007-10-11T19:25:11Z")
The Princess Bride (along with everyone else in their 30’s.) Sabrina My Fair Lady How to Steal a Million (yeah, I got a thing for Audrey.) Notting Hill and about 3 dozen children’s movies memorized through sheer repition as they play in the background of my life. Disney and dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/75 "2007-10-11T23:13:38Z")
There are lots of movies we frequently quote: **Caddyshack** , **Wizard of Oz** , **The Sound of Music** , **Singin’ in the Rain** , **Ferris Bueller** , \*\*Adventures in Babysitting \*\* (don’t ask). And I could recite lengthy passages from any of them. But the top movie on my list is **Animal House**. My kid won’t watch it with us anymore because we know the movie too well. During the weekly grocery shop, my husband routinely pulls out a cucumber and tells me “Mine’s bigger than that.” \*\*Animal House \*\* provides us with daily conversational fodder. We debate the best line, the best scene, the best visual moment . . . Best line, by the way, is “Sophomore dies in kiln explosion?” ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/76 "2007-10-11T23:46:43Z")
The Breakfast Club The Blues Brothers Singing in the Rain Guys & Dolls ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/77 "2007-10-11T23:57:51Z")
Clerks. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/78 "2007-10-12T00:22:16Z")
Forgot one…Office Space (Clerks reminded me). ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/79 "2007-10-12T00:27:02Z")
**Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory** It’s been my “when I get sick” movie since before I was in elementary school. I can say all of the lines and sing all of the songs from start to finish. It wasn’t until I got into high school that my parents replaced the taped-off-the-Disney Channel version with a real tape (pre-DVD era) as a birthday or Christmas present. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224/80 "2007-10-12T00:53:38Z")
Groundhog Day. I have watched it over and over again to the point that watching it now is like reciting a mantra, which I suppose is ironic considering what the film is about. But it’s a great and under-appreciated film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-memorized-most/422224.md?page=5)