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Introduction: These are many of the best-known curtain call lines, fade-outs, and final words of dialogue in cinematic history - the last lingering words heard before the title "The End." In quite a few cases, the memorable final lines are also some of the greatest lines in film history. They often reveal a vital truth about the film, cap off a comedy with a punchline, or help to define what the film was all about in just a few words. The last phrases or words often help to set a mood or tone as the film concludes, or they can be great one-liners. See also Greatest Opening Lines or First Film Lines.
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Famous Last Line |
Film Title
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| “He wasn't a bad fellow, no worse than most and probably no better than some, and not a bad ball player neither when they gave him the chance, when they laid off him long enough. From here on in, I rag on nobody.” | Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) |
| “Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he
loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders quite
took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often
that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte
was both.” |
Charlotte's Web (1973) |
| “Yeah, maybe our f--king orders will come through.” | The Last Detail (1973) |
| “A man’s got to know his limitations.” | Magnum Force (1973) |
| “Sex and death. Two things that come once in a lifetime. But at least after death you’re not nauseous.” | Sleeper (1973) |
| “You can tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You’ve got to tell them soylent green is people. We’ve got to stop them somehow.” | Soylent Green (1973) |
| “You’re not gonna stick around for your share?”
“Naah. I’d only blow it.” |
The Sting (1973) |
| “Where ya headed, cowboy?” |
Blazing Saddles (1974) |
| “Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown!” “All right. Come on, clear the area. On the sidewalk. On the sidewalk, get off the street.” |
Chinatown (1974) |
| "The son of a bitch stole my watch!" | The Front Page (1974) |
| “No – oh -I don’t believe – oh – ah – oh – oh – oh, sweet mystery of life at last I found you.” | Young Frankenstein (1974) |
| “I used to hate the water.” “I can’t imagine why.” |
Jaws (1975) |
| “The, the key here, I think, is to, to not think of death as an end, but, but think of it more as a very effective way of, of cutting down on your expenses. Regarding love, huh, you know, uh, what can you say? It’s, it’s not the, the quantity of your sexual relations that count, it’s the quality. On the other hand, if the quantity drops below once every eight months, I would definitely look into it. Well, that’s about it for me, folks. Good-bye.” | Love and Death (1975) |
| "And crawling on the planet's face, some insects called the human race. Lost in time, and lost in space...and meaning." | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) |
| “Just wait till next year!” | The Bad News Bears (1976) |
| “Were we better than the Japanese or just luckier?” | Midway (1976) |
| "I don't understand, Pop. Was there a murder or wasn't there?" "Yes. Killed good weekend. Drive please!" "Ha, ha, ha... (hysterical laughter by the Maid (Nancy Walker) after removing Truman Capote mask)" |
Murder By Death (1976) |
| “This was the story of Howard Beale, the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.” | Network (1976) |
| “I reckon so. I guess we all died a little in that damn war.” | The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) |
| “Where this falls, John, put us close, and leave us there.” | Robin and Marian (1976) |
| “I love you.” | |
| “...and I thought of that old joke, you know, the, this, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, uh, my brother's crazy, he thinks he's a chicken,' and uh, the doctor says, 'Well why don't you turn him in?' And the guy says, 'I would, but I need the eggs.' Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships. You know, they're totally irrational and crazy and absurd and - but uh, I guess we keep going through it...because...most of us need the eggs.” | Annie Hall (1977) |
| “Bye.” | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) |
| “Never mind that, you're rusting my guitar.” | The Goodbye Girl (1977) |
| “Okay, I'm there.” | New York, New York (1977) |
| “Sometimes, now and then, couldn’t we just
talk?” “I tell you what. You talk. I’ll listen.” |
Oh God! (1977) |
| “Friends then.” | Saturday Night Fever (1977) |
| “No prisoners!” | National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) |
| “And I'm just telling you there's a choice to be made here.” | Coming Home (1978) |
| “This girl, she didn't know where she was goin' or what she was goin' to do. She didn't have no money on her. Maybe she'd meet up with a character. I was hopin' things would work out for her. She was a good friend of mine.” | Days of Heaven (1978) |
| “Here’s to Nick.” | The Deer Hunter (1978) |
| “[it]...was the boogey-man.” “As a matter of fact, it was.” |
Halloween (1978) |
| “This country is safe again, Superman. Thanks
to you.” “No, sir! Don’t thank me, Warden. We’re all part of the same team. Good night.” |
Superman (1978) |
| “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.” | Alien (1979) and Alien 3 (1992) |
| “The horror. The horror.” | Apocalypse Now (1979) |
| “Life is a state of mind.” | Being There (1979) |
| “Bonjour, Papa.” | Breaking Away (1979) |
| "How do I look?" "Terrific." |
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) |
| “Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people.” | Manhattan (1979) |
| “Go home! Go home! Bye-bye!” | The Muppet Movie (1979) |
| - "Except for my kid being born, this is the greatest night in the history of my life. I just wanna say one thing to my wife, who's home: 'Yo, Adrian! I did it!'" - "I love you. I love you." |
Rocky II (1979) |
| “Out there. That-a-way.” | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) |
| (after end credits) "Well, I'll give him another twenty minutes, but that's it." | Airplane! (1980) |
| “I'm a New York City girl. It's a little too quiet around here for me." | Flash Gordon (1980) |
| "But he...then he's still there." | Friday the 13th (1980) |
| "I'd like a cigarette." | Heaven's Gate (1980) |
| “Holy merde!” | Nine to Five (1980) |
| “I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss...(I'm the) boss, boss, boss, boss, boss, boss.” | Raging Bull (1980) |
| "The park Bitterman. Drive through the park. You know how I love the park!" | Arthur (1981) |
| “Even if we, the gods, are abandoned or forgotten, the stars will never fade, never. They will burn till the end of time.” | Clash of the Titans (1981) |
| “Sarah!” | The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) |
| "Paul? Paul? Paul? Where's Paul?" | Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981) |
| “What are your legs? Springs. Steel springs. What are they going to do? They're going to hurl me down the track. How fast can you run? As fast as a leopard. How fast are you going to run? As fast as a leopard. Then let's see you do it.” | Gallipoli (1981) |
| "When I finally came in, Debbie was home from work. I told her everything about my dinner with Andre." | My Dinner with Andre (1981) |
| “Wanna dance, or would you rather just suck face?” | On Golden Pond (1981) |
| "Well, I know what I've got here. Come on. I'll buy you a drink. You know, a drink?" | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
| “Gaff had been there, and let her live. Four
years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachael was special:
no termination date. I didn't know how long we had together. Who does?” “It's too bad she won't live -- but then again, who does?” (1992 Director's Cut) |
Blade Runner (1982) |
| "And now the prophecy is fulfilled. We are again one. Many ages ago, in our arrogance and delusion, we shattered the pure crystal. And our world split apart. Your courage and sacrifice have made us whole and restored the true power of the Crystal. Hold her to you. She is part of you, as we all are part of each other. Now we leave you the crystal of truth. Make your world in its light." | The Dark Crystal (1982) |
| “I’ll be right here.” | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
| “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it. Always.” (voice-over) | Gandhi (1982) |
| "Farewell, good magician. I will try to go home." | The Last Unicorn (1982) |
| “As for the Road Warrior... he lives now, only in my memory...” | The Road Warrior (1982) |
| “You okay, Jim? How do you feel?” “Young. I feel young.” (voice-over): "Space, the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission to explore strange, new worlds, to seek out new life-forms and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) |
| “Greetings, programs!” | Tron (1982) |
| “That won't be necessary. You see, Sarah, Harold, we took a secret vote. We're not leaving. We're never leaving.” | The Big Chill (1983) |
| “Look up at the stars.” | Brainstorm (1983) |
| “Rupert Pupkin, ladies and gentlemen. Let’s hear it for Rupert Pupkin. Wonderful. Rupert Pupkin, ladies and gentlemen.” | The King of Comedy (1983) |
| “Try it with your own feet.” | All of Me (1984) |
| “Mediocrities everywhere. I absolve you! I
absolve you! I absolve you! I absolve you! I absolve you all!” |
Amadeus (1984) |
| “I know the perfect place, you guys will love it. Trust me.” | Beverly Hills Cop (1984) |
| "...The thing, you see, that scared me the most during my marriage was just admitting that I was scared and letting Amy down. Well, I can't pretend anymore. I was scared s--tless to come back here. I told Joanna, and she took me in her arms and she said, 'It's OK to be scared.' I felt stronger and freer and more like a man than I've ever felt before in my life. Then we f--ked our brains out." | Crimes of Passion (1984) |
| “I LOVE THIS TOWN!” | Ghostbusters (1984) |
| “Xi was beginning to think he would never find the end of the Earth. And one day, suddenly, there it was.” | The Gods Must Be Crazy (1984) |
| “Nothing to forgive, Sydney, nothing.” | The Killing Fields (1984) |
| “Way back, way, way, way back, up high into the right field. That ball is still going. It’s way back, high up in there. He did it. Hobbs did it.” | The Natural (1984) |
| “I love you.” | Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) |
| “I even read one of your books.” “Then you know how they all end.” |
Romancing the Stone (1984) |
| - "Jim. Your name is Jim." - "Yes." |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) |
| - “What did he just say?” - “He said there's a storm coming in.” - “I know.” |
The Terminator (1984) |
| - “Do you think you'd be happy doing that?” - “Well, I don't know. What are the hours?” |
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) |
| “Someday the children of the new sun will meet the children of the old. I think they will be our friends. You can tell your children of the day when everyone looked up and realized that we were only tenants of this world. We have been given a new lease -- and a warning -- from the landlord.” | 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) |
| “Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.” | Back to the Future (1985) |
| “Still, in all, every night we does the tell
so that we 'member who we was and where we came from. But most of all we
'members the man who finded us, him that came the salvage, and we lights
the city not just for him but for all of 'em that are still out there, 'cause
we knows there'll come a night when they sees the distant light and they'll
be comin home.” |
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) |
| "I'm sixty." | Murphy's Romance (1985) |
| “Denys would like that. I must remember to tell him.” | Out of Africa (1985) |
| - "Let's go? Don't you wanna see the rest of the movie?" - "I don't have to see it, Dottie. I lived it." |
Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985) |
| “Good-bye, Bountiful. Bye.” | The Trip to Bountiful (1985) |
| “You be careful out among them English.” | Witness (1985) |
| “Sleep tight.” “Affirmative.” |
Aliens (1986) |
| “It’s a strange world, isn’t it?” | Blue Velvet (1986) |
| “Do you think that we could find a place where we can meet, not in silence and not in sound?” | Children of a Lesser God (1986) |
| “What makes you so sure?” “Hey… I’m back!” |
The Color of Money (1986) |
| "You're still here? It's over! Go home. Go!" | Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) |
| “Mickey...I'm pregnant.” | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
| "You're the last person I ever thought would come through for me." | Nothing in Common (1986) |
| "There are times since when I’ve felt like a child born of those two fathers. But be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again, to teach others what we know, and to try with what’s left of our lives to find a goodness and meaning to this life.” | Platoon (1986) |
| “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?” | Stand By Me (1986) |
| "All right, Mr. Sulu. Let's see what she's got." | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) |
| "Here I am, Frankie. I finally made it." | 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) |
| “I'm so happy that I am alive, in one piece and short. I'm in a world of shit, yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid.” | Full Metal Jacket (1987) |
| “Oh, these are special. They're ruby slippers, Adrian. Put these on and say there's no place like home, there's no place like home, and you can be there. Ha, ha, ha, I hope, I hope we all could.” | Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) |
| “I’m too old for this.” | Lethal Weapon (1987) |
| “One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.” | The Lost Boys (1987) |
| “Alla famiglia! Salud!” (“To family!”) |
Moonstruck (1987) |
| "Grandpa, maybe you could come over and read it again to me tomorrow." "As you wish." |
The Princess Bride (1987) |
| “I never forgot that New Year's Eve, when Aunt Bea awakened me to watch 1944 come in. And I've never forgotten any of those people, or any of the voices we used to hear on the radio. Although the truth is, with the passing of each New Year's Eve, those voices do seem to grow dimmer and dimmer.” | Radio Days (1987) |
| "If not Arizona, then a land not too far away . . . where all parents are strong and wise and capable, and all children are happy and beloved. I don't know. Maybe it was Utah." | Raising Arizona (1987) |
| “Nice shooting, son. What's your name?” “Murphy.” |
Robocop (1987) |
| "Locked. Awh! Thank God I have the key." | Roxanne (1987) |
| “They say they're going to repeal Prohibition.
What will you do then?” “I think I'll have a drink.” |
The Untouchables (1987) |
| "...What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! How like an angel in apprehension, how like a God! The beauty of the world, paragon of animals! And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me: no, nor women neither. Nor women neither" | Withnail & I (1987) |
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