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Greatest Movie Lines
Written by Eric, Patrick, Scott
First Posted: April 2nd, 2005
Clark Gable gets one of the greatest exit lines in all of history in Gone with the Wind.
Movie lines come and movie lines go. In order to be called a true classic a line of dialogue has to become a part of everyday speech and stand the test of time. Therefore every quote on Three Movie Buffs' list of the all time greatest movie lines is at least twenty years old. These aren't speeches we're talking about either, but short one or two sentence lines that are instantly recognizable and iconic.
15) "You talkin' to me?" Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)
14) "Say hello to my little friend!" Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (1983)
13) "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950)
12) "Made it ma! Top of the World!" James Cagney as Cody Jarrett in White Heat (1949)
11) "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10) "You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender." Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954)
9) "I'll be back." Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator in The Terminator (1984)
8) "E.T. Phone Home." Pat Welsh, the voice of E.T., in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
7) "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942)
6) "Go ahead, make my day." Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan in Sudden Impact (1983)
5) "I'm going to make him an offer, he can't refuse." Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in The Godfather (1972)
4) "Remember, the Force will be with you always." Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars (1977)
3) "Here's Looking at you kid." Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942)
2) "There's no place like home." Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
1) "Frankly My Dear, I don't give a damn." Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind (1939)