A great movie quote can bring back an entire scene before anyone remembers the character’s name.
These 120 short lines move from instant classics to deeper cuts, with every question asking for the movie, speaker, or moment behind the words.
Movie Quotes Everyone Knows
The opening round rolls out lines with serious marquee power, while our movie trivia covers the rest of the cinematic universe.
- Which movie features “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”?
Answer: Gone with the Wind - Who says “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” in The Godfather?
Answer: Don Vito Corleone - Which movie sends Dorothy home with “There’s no place like home”?
Answer: The Wizard of Oz - Which space saga made “May the Force be with you” famous?
Answer: Star Wars - Who asks “You talkin’ to me?” in Taxi Driver?
Answer: Travis Bickle - Which film gives Rick the line “Here’s looking at you, kid”?
Answer: Casablanca - Which movie features the plea “E.T. phone home”?
Answer: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Who promises “I’ll be back” in The Terminator?
Answer: The Terminator - Which shark movie includes “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
Answer: Jaws - Which film dramatizes the message “Houston, we have a problem”?
Answer: Apollo 13 - Who whispers “I see dead people” in The Sixth Sense?
Answer: Cole Sear - Which film has Jack shout “I’m the king of the world”?
Answer: Titanic - Which movie turns “Show me the money!” into a client-agent rallying cry?
Answer: Jerry Maguire - Who says “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” in Dirty Dancing?
Answer: Johnny Castle - Which villain asks “Why so serious?” in The Dark Knight?
Answer: The Joker
Comedy Lines With Perfect Timing
Delivery is everything here, and fans who know fetch from totally buggin’ can keep laughing through our Mean Girls trivia and Clueless trivia.
- Who dismisses an idea with “As if!” in Clueless?
Answer: Cher Horowitz - Which comedy includes the warning “You can’t sit with us”?
Answer: Mean Girls - Who replies “Don’t call me Shirley” in Airplane!?
Answer: Dr. Rumack - Which comedy features “It’s just a flesh wound”?
Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Which character keeps declaring “Inconceivable!” in The Princess Bride?
Answer: Vizzini - Which movie has a teacher repeatedly call “Bueller? Bueller?”
Answer: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Who asks “What, like it’s hard?” in Legally Blonde?
Answer: Elle Woods - Which newsman signs off with “Stay classy, San Diego”?
Answer: Ron Burgundy - Which supernatural comedy celebrates with “We came, we saw, we kicked its ass”?
Answer: Ghostbusters - Which time-loop movie asks “What if there is no tomorrow”?
Answer: Groundhog Day - Which comedy campaign uses the slogan “Vote for Pedro”?
Answer: Napoleon Dynamite - Who says “Help me, I’m poor” on an airplane in Bridesmaids?
Answer: Annie Walker - Which Christmas comedy includes “You sit on a throne of lies”?
Answer: Elf - Who asks “What is this? A center for ants?” in Zoolander?
Answer: Derek Zoolander - Which movie closes a philosophy lesson with “The Dude abides”?
Answer: The Big Lebowski
Animated and Family Favorites
These lines come from toys, ogres, superheroes, and one very determined little fish.
- Who declares “To infinity and beyond!” in Toy Story?
Answer: Buzz Lightyear - Which film gives Dory the advice “Just keep swimming”?
Answer: Finding Nemo - Which animated movie celebrates “Hakuna Matata”?
Answer: The Lion King - Who sings the command “Let it go” in Frozen?
Answer: Elsa - Which ogre explains that “Ogres are like onions”?
Answer: Shrek - Which dog is distracted by shouting “Squirrel!” in Up?
Answer: Dug - Who firmly announces “No capes!” in The Incredibles?
Answer: Edna Mode - Which movie features “Put that thing back where it came from”?
Answer: Monsters, Inc. - Whose motto is “Anyone can cook” in Ratatouille?
Answer: Chef Gusteau - Who insists “The ocean chose me” in Moana?
Answer: Moana - Which film warns “We don’t talk about Bruno”?
Answer: Encanto - Which animated movie defines family with “Ohana means family”?
Answer: Lilo & Stitch - Which mentor reveals “There is no secret ingredient” in Kung Fu Panda?
Answer: Mr. Ping - Who pumps himself up with “I am speed” in Cars?
Answer: Lightning McQueen - Who squeals “It’s so fluffy!” in Despicable Me?
Answer: Agnes
Action, Adventure, and Science Fiction
This round has spaceships, dinosaurs, and enough dramatic entrances to rattle the popcorn.
- Which film explains its reality with “There is no spoon”?
Answer: The Matrix - Which science-fiction horror film used the tagline “In space no one can hear you scream”?
Answer: Alien - Who shouts “Get away from her, you bitch!” in Aliens?
Answer: Ellen Ripley - Which movie gives Ian Malcolm the line “Life finds a way”?
Answer: Jurassic Park - Who frequently exclaims “Great Scott!” in Back to the Future?
Answer: Doc Brown - Which action movie made “Yippee-ki-yay” John McClane’s signature phrase?
Answer: Die Hard - Who challenges a crowd with “Are you not entertained?” in Gladiator?
Answer: Maximus - Which superhero ends Avengers: Endgame with “I am Iron Man”?
Answer: Tony Stark - Which film turned “Wakanda forever!” into a salute?
Answer: Black Panther - Who blocks a Balrog with “You shall not pass!” in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring?
Answer: Gandalf - Which franchise wishes contestants luck with “May the odds be ever in your favor”?
Answer: The Hunger Games - Which film has Maverick and Goose say “I feel the need, the need for speed”?
Answer: Top Gun - Which franchise begins assignments with “Your mission, should you choose to accept it”?
Answer: Mission: Impossible - Who complains “Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?” in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Answer: Indiana Jones - Which 2002 superhero film teaches “With great power comes great responsibility”?
Answer: Spider-Man
Romance, Drama, and Big Feelings
Bring your best meaningful stare because this round has feelings in close-up.
- Which film says “Love means never having to say you’re sorry”?
Answer: Love Story - Which romantic comedy ends a diner scene with “I’ll have what she’s having”?
Answer: When Harry Met Sally... - Who says she is “just a girl, standing in front of a boy” in Notting Hill?
Answer: Anna Scott - Which film includes “I wish I knew how to quit you”?
Answer: Brokeback Mountain - Who repeatedly tells Will “It’s not your fault” in Good Will Hunting?
Answer: Sean Maguire - Which film compares life to “a box of chocolates”?
Answer: Forrest Gump - Who says “I coulda been a contender” in On the Waterfront?
Answer: Terry Malloy - Which classroom drama inspires students to say “O Captain! My Captain!”?
Answer: Dead Poets Society - Which prison drama advises “Get busy living, or get busy dying”?
Answer: The Shawshank Redemption - Who declares he is “mad as hell” in Network?
Answer: Howard Beale - Which baseball fantasy whispers “If you build it, he will come”?
Answer: Field of Dreams - Who roars “You can’t handle the truth!” in A Few Good Men?
Answer: Colonel Nathan Jessup - Who tells Ronny to “Snap out of it!” in Moonstruck?
Answer: Loretta Castorini - Which New York drama includes “I’m walkin’ here!”?
Answer: Midnight Cowboy - Who cries “Yo, Adrian!” in Rocky?
Answer: Rocky Balboa
Thrillers, Horror, and Villain Energy
The lights are low, the doors are locked, and every calm sentence is somehow suspicious.
- Which film has Hannibal Lecter recall “A census taker once tried to test me”?
Answer: The Silence of the Lambs - Who says “A boy’s best friend is his mother” in Psycho?
Answer: Norman Bates - Which hotel horror film features “Here’s Johnny!”?
Answer: The Shining - Who asks about the most someone has ever lost on a coin toss in No Country for Old Men?
Answer: Anton Chigurh - Which crime film says “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled” was convincing the world he did not exist?
Answer: The Usual Suspects - Which slasher opens a phone game with “What’s your favorite scary movie?”
Answer: Scream - Which 1978 film includes the warning “The boogeyman is coming”?
Answer: Halloween - Who insists “I’m your number one fan” in Misery?
Answer: Annie Wilkes - Which thriller has Detective Mills demand “What’s in the box?”
Answer: Se7en - Which film has Max Cady taunt “Come out, come out, wherever you are”?
Answer: Cape Fear - Who warns “I won’t be ignored, Dan” in Fatal Attraction?
Answer: Alex Forrest - Which film sends Chris to “the sunken place”?
Answer: Get Out - Who quietly explains “We’re Americans” in Us?
Answer: Red - Which puzzle-box thriller observes “We all lie to ourselves to be happy”?
Answer: Memento - Which horror franchise begins its deadly tests with “I want to play a game”?
Answer: Saw
Golden-Age and Classic-Cinema Lines
Black-and-white or Technicolor, these lines have had decades to settle into movie history.
- Who says “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up” in Sunset Boulevard?
Answer: Norma Desmond - Which musical calls the rain “a glorious feeling”?
Answer: Singin’ in the Rain - Which comedy ends with “Nobody’s perfect”?
Answer: Some Like It Hot - Which film reduces a newspaper magnate’s mystery to “Rosebud”?
Answer: Citizen Kane - Who warns “Fasten your seatbelts” in All About Eve?
Answer: Margo Channing - Which play-to-film classic includes “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”?
Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire - Which prison film explains “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate”?
Answer: Cool Hand Luke - Which satire protests “You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room”?
Answer: Dr. Strangelove - Who tells Dave “I’m afraid I can’t do that” in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Answer: HAL 9000 - Which film offers Benjamin one career word: “Plastics”?
Answer: The Graduate - Who says “Say hello to my little friend!” in Scarface?
Answer: Tony Montana - Which gangster film turns the word “funny” into a tense interrogation?
Answer: Goodfellas - Which noir ends with “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown”?
Answer: Chinatown - Which romantic comedy closes a card game with “Shut up and deal”?
Answer: The Apartment - Who insists “There’s no crying in baseball!” in A League of Their Own?
Answer: Jimmy Dugan
Movie-Quote Deep Cuts
The final reel rewards anyone who remembers the line that happens just before everyone else quotes the famous one.
- Who chants “Warriors, come out to play” in The Warriors?
Answer: Luther - Which crime drama says “The action is the juice”?
Answer: Heat - Who politely says she does not agree “one hundred percent” in Fargo?
Answer: Marge Gunderson - Which film signs off with “Good afternoon, good evening, and good night”?
Answer: The Truman Show - Who triumphantly shouts “I drink your milkshake!” in There Will Be Blood?
Answer: Daniel Plainview - Which sequel teaches “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”?
Answer: The Godfather Part II - Which tech drama says, “If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you’d have invented Facebook”?
Answer: The Social Network - Which film’s first rule is that you do not talk about its secret club?
Answer: Fight Club - Who explains “A queen is never late” in The Princess Diaries?
Answer: Queen Clarisse Renaldi - Which fashion comedy lets Miranda Priestly end decisions with “That’s all”?
Answer: The Devil Wears Prada - Who asks “Honest to blog?” in Juno?
Answer: Juno MacGuff - Which film tells a child “You is kind. You is smart. You is important”?
Answer: The Help - Which romance argues “It wasn’t over. It still isn’t over”?
Answer: The Notebook - Who asks “Do you guys ever think about dying?” in Barbie?
Answer: Barbie - Which action film gives Nux the cry “What a lovely day!”?
Answer: Mad Max: Fury Road
Sources and Further Reading
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Library of Congress National Film Registry
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