The American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles, California conducted their eighth polling, 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes highlighting "America's Greatest Quotes in the Movies." AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes revealed the 100 greatest movie quotes in American films, as chosen by leaders of the entertainment community, in a three-hour television event, that aired on the CBS Television Network in June 2005. A ballot was distributed in 2004 with 400 Nominated Quotes from Films to a jury of 1,500 leaders from the film community, including filmmakers, actors, historians, scholars, journalists and industry types. Voters could submit up to five write-in choices not included among the 400 nominees.

Judging Criteria for Selection of 100 Greatest Movie Quotes (and Top 10):

• Movie Quote - A statement, phrase or brief exchange of dialogue spoken in an American film. [AFI defined an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. Additionally, only Movie Quotes from feature-length American films released before January 1, 2004 were considered. AFI defined a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that was typically over 60 minutes in length.]
  
• Cultural Impact - Movie Quotes that viewers used in their own lives and situations; circulating through popular culture, and becoming part of the national lexicon.
  
• Legacy - Movie Quotes that viewers used to evoke the memory of a treasured film, thus ensuring and enlivening its historical legacy.
  

  NOT ELIGIBLE: Lyrics from songs.

Top 10 Greatest American Movie Quotes: These are the top 10 Greatest American Movie Quotes, revealed in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes in mid-2005, from a winning list of 100 quotes. Eligible feature-length American films had to have been released before January 1, 2004. See more details about the 100 Greatest Film Quotes further below.

See also the Top 10 Most Famous Movie Quotes according to the Guinness Book of Film, and the Top 10 Best Movie Lines Ever according to Odeon Cinemas, and the Top 10 Best Comedy Lines From Classic Films according to TCM.

1. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
(Clark Gable (as Rhett Butler), in Gone With the Wind (1939))
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2. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
(Marlon Brando (as Don Vito Corleone), in The Godfather (1972))
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3. "You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
(Marlon Brando (as Terry Malloy), in On The Waterfront (1954))
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4. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
(Judy Garland (as Dorothy Gale), in The Wizard of Oz (1939))
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5. "Here's looking at you, kid."
(Humphrey Bogart (as Rick Blaine), in Casablanca (1942))
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6. "Go ahead, make my day."
(Clint Eastwood (as 'Dirty' Harry Callahan), in Sudden Impact (1983))
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7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."
(Gloria Swanson (as Norma Desmond), in Sunset Boulevard (1950))
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8. "May the Force be with you."
(Harrison Ford (as Han Solo), in Star Wars (1977))
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9. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
(Bette Davis (as Margo Channing), in All About Eve (1950))
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10. "You talkin' to me?"
(Robert De Niro (as Travis Bickle), in Taxi Driver (1976))
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See # 11-20 below

Additional Facts (and Commentary) about the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes Chosen:

Casablanca (1942) had the most quotes (6) in the top 100:

• "Here's looking at you, kid." (# 5) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." (# 20) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'" (# 28) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Round up the usual suspects." (# 32) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "We'll always have Paris." (# 43) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." (# 67) -- Play clip (excerpt):

The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Gone With the Wind (1939) were the second most quoted films, with 3 on the top 100 list:

• "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." (# 4) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "There's no place like home." (# 23) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" (# 99) -- Play clip (excerpt):
  
  
• "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." (# 1) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "After all, tomorrow is another day!" (# 31) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." (# 59) -- Play clip (excerpt):

The earliest film quote in the top 100 was from The Jazz Singer (1927):

• "Wait a minute, wait a minute - you ain't heard nothin' yet..." (# 71) -- Play clip (excerpt):

The most recent quote in the top 100 was from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002):

• "My precious." (# 85) -- Play clip (excerpt):

The most recent quote in the top 10 was from Sudden Impact (1983):

• "Go ahead, make my day." (# 6) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Many actors have spoken the familiar introductory line in numerous official James Bond films:

• "...Bond, James Bond." (# 22), from Dr. No (1962) -- Play clip (excerpt): (short) (extended)

Only one of the 100 quotes (# 79) was actually a two-line conversation between two different actors:

• - "Surely, you can't be serious."
  - "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."
  Ted Striker (Robert Hays) to Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen) in Airplane! (1980) -- Play clip (excerpt):

The four briefest quotes (of only one word, or a repeated single word) were the following:

• "Rosebud." (# 17), from Citizen Kane (1941) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Plastics." (# 42), from The Graduate (1967) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Toga! Toga!" (# 82), from (National Lampoon's) Animal House (1978) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Attica! Attica!" (# 86), from Dog Day Afternoon (1975) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Eleven quotes from ten films released since 1990 made the top 100 list:

• "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." (# 21), from The Silence of the Lambs (1991) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Show me the money!" (# 25), from Jerry Maguire (1996) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "You had me at 'hello'." (# 52), from Jerry Maguire (1996) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "You can't handle the truth!" (# 29), from A Few Good Men (1992) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "My mama always said, 'Life is (was) like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get'." (# 40), from Forrest Gump (1994) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "I see dead people." (# 44), from The Sixth Sense (1999) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Houston, we have a problem." (# 50), from Apollo 13 (1995) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "There's no crying in baseball!" (# 54), from A League of Their Own (1992) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Hasta la vista, baby." (# 76), from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "My precious." (# 85), from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "I'm the king of the world!" (# 100), from Titanic (1997) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Humphrey Bogart had the most quotes (5) on the top 100 list, four from Casablanca (1942):

• "Here's looking at you, kid." (# 5) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "(What is it?)" "The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of." (# 14), from The Maltese Falcon (1941) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." (# 20) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "We'll always have Paris." (# 43) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." (# 67) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Three actors had 3 quotes in the top 100 list:

Marlon Brando:

• "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (# 2), from The Godfather (1972) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." (# 3), from On The Waterfront (1954) -- Play clip (excerpt): (extended)
• "Stella! Hey, Stella!" (# 45), from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Tom Hanks:

• "My mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get'." (# 40), from Forrest Gump (1994) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Houston we have a problem." (# 50), from Apollo 13 (1995) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "There's no crying in baseball!" (# 54), from A League of Their Own (1992) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Al Pacino:

• "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." (# 58), from The Godfather, Part II (1974) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Say 'hello' to my little friend." (# 61), from Scarface (1983) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Attica! Attica!" (# 86), from Dog Day Afternoon (1975) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Two actresses had 3 quotes in the top 100 list:

Bette Davis:

• "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." (# 9), from All About Eve (1950) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." (# 46), from Now, Voyager (1942) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "What a dump!" (# 62), from Beyond the Forest (1949) -- Play clip (excerpt):

Vivien Leigh:

• "After all, tomorrow is another day!" (# 31), from Gone With the Wind (1939) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." (# 59), from Gone With the Wind (1939) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." (# 75), from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) -- Play clip (excerpt):

The second Top 10 Greatest American Movie Quotes (# 11-20) were the following:

• "What we've got here is (a) failure to communicate." (# 11), from Cool Hand Luke (1967) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." (# 12), from Apocalypse Now (1979) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Love means never having to say you're sorry." (# 13), from Love Story (1970) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of." (# 14), from The Maltese Falcon (1941) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "E.T. Phone home." (# 15), from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "They call me Mister Tibbs!" (# 16), from In the Heat of the Night (1967) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Rosebud." (# 17), from Citizen Kane (1941) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" (# 18), from White Heat (1949) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!" (# 19), from Network (1976) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." (# 20), from Casablanca (1942) -- Play clip (excerpt):

One of the most popular quotes of all-time only made # 33:

• "I'll have what she's having." (# 33), from When Harry Met Sally... (1989) -- Play clips: (short) (extended)

Three quotes were incorrectly cited by AFI:

• "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." (# 4) from The Wizard of Oz (1939) -- Play clip (excerpt):
  (AFI added the word "got")
• "Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" (# 66) from Planet of the Apes (1968) -- Play clip (excerpt):
  (AFI used the word "Get" instead of "Take")
• "I'm the king of the world!" (# 100) from Titanic (1997) -- Play clip (excerpt):
  (AFI left off the first "the")

Many critics commented that four real-life quotes shouldn't have been counted:

• "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." (# 38), Lou Gehrig's farewell speech from The Pride of the Yankees (1942) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "Houston, we have a problem." (# 50), from Apollo 13 (1995) -- Play clip (excerpt): (The real historical quote was: "Houston, we've had a problem")
• "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got, and win just one for The Gipper." (# 89), a pep talk in a Notre Dame game against Army, from Knute Rockne: All-American (1940) -- Play clip (excerpt):
• "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." (# 97), from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - George M. Cohan's trademark curtain speech - Play clip (excerpt):
  

Silent films were ignored, although there could be some inter-titles that were worthy of choice.

Short, simple catchphrases, one-word quotes (often repeated), and quips were over-emphasized, rather than actual monologues/speeches, words of true wit, or conversational dialogues.

Note: The films that are marked with a yellow star are the films that "The Greatest Films" site has selected as the 100 Greatest Films