17 Most Popular American Movie Quotes

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Welcome to American Films and Quotes by EnglishClass101.com!
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Hi Everyone!
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I’m Alisha.
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Want to know a FAST, FUN way to improve your English?
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Learn quotes from famous English movies!
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This is an easy way to learn tons of new phrases, words and grammar points.
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In this lesson, we will discuss some of the best U.S. movies from the previous century.
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I will also give you quotes from each film that you can memorize to practice pronunciation.
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So, Let’s go to the movies!
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Number one: Citizen Kane This famous American drama was released in
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1941.
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It is an epic tale of Charles Foster Kane’s rise from rags to riches through the abuse
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of power and love.
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The most famous quote from the film is definitely Kane’s deathbed utterance, which is only
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one word: “Rosebud”.
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Watch it yourself to learn the mystery behind this word!
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Number two: E.T.
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The Extra Terrestrial The Eighties brought an unforgettable U.S.
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blockbuster, this time in the science fiction genre.
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E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial was directed by Steven Spielberg and won many Oscars.
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It tells the tender story of a cross-species friendship between a wrinkled, knee-high alien,
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and Elliot, a lonely 10-year-old boy.
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Just before he leaves for his home planet, E.T. taps Elliot on the chest with a glowing
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forefinger, and says: "I'll be right here."
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Number three: Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind is another epic tale that
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depicts the southern U.S. state of Georgia during the Civil War and the Reconstruction
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period.
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It was adopted from Pulitzer-winner Margaret Mitchell's novel of the same name.
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Its most famous quote comes from the lips of Rhett, Scarlett’s betrayed lover.
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Scarlett asks Rhett what she will do without him, and Rhett famously replies,
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"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
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Number four: Jaws Another Spielberg success, super-scary Jaws
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topped nearly every U.S. movie list in 1975.
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It was based on a novel by Peter Benchley, which relates the hunt of an enormous killer
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shark with a taste for human blood.
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When seeing the monster for the first time, main character Sheriff Brody famously says:
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“You’re gonna need a bigger boat”.
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Talk about understatements!
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If you have a taste for scary, this is one of the top U.S. movies to watch in the thriller
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genre.
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Number five: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs In 1937, Oscar winner Walt Disney animated
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the famous fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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The story itself needs no introduction, as most of you probably know it from childhood.
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One of its most famous quotes comes from the lips of surly, pessimistic Grumpy, as he grumbles
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about Snow White joining the Seven Dwarf family: “Pretty soon she'll be tying your beards
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up in pink ribbons and spraying you down with that stuff called, uh, perfoom”.
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An all-time classic for young and old.
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Number six: Star Wars (A New Hope) Star Wars (A New Hope) is one of six films
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released in the 1977 Star Wars saga, brainchild of screenwriter and director George Lucas.
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This U.S. movie series is still one of the most enduring hits of all time.
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Basically, the film tells the tale of rebels and freedom fighters against the oppressive
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Galactic Empire.
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Its most famous quote is without a doubt, “May the Force be with you”.
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Number seven: The Godfather The Godfather was an epic story about the
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rise of a mafia crime family, the Corleones, and specifically the rise of Michael Corleone.
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It’s brutal, bloody and was a fantastic box office hit that led to another two Godfather
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movies.
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This Godfather is replete with quotable lines, but a lesser known, excellent one comes from
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the character Calo, who states: “In Sicily, women are more dangerous than
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shotguns”.
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True, that.
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Number eight: The Sound of Music Who doesn’t don’t know the evergreen The
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Sound of Music with its wonderful score!
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This American musical film, set in Austria at the start of World War II, tells the true
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story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, and beautiful singer-nun-turned-nanny Maria,.
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Obviously, Maria succeeds in winning the heart of her employer, Captain von Trapp.
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He also gets the credit for one of the film’s most memorable quotes, addressing Maria:
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“You brought music back into the house.
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I had forgotten.”
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Number nine: The Wizard of Oz Another film that still enchants children
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and adults alike is the iconic 1939 The Wizard of Oz.
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It is choc-full of colorful characters such as witches, lions, scarecrows, and, of course,
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a Kansas farm girl called Dorothy.
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The movie is filled with homegrown truths, and a lesser known one comes from the Cowardly
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Lion, who says: “What makes a King out of a slave?
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Courage!”
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Number ten: Ben-Hur Ben-Hur is a multiple Academy Award winning,
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epic film directed by William Wyler, which is the third film version of Lew Wallace's
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1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
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The story is about a Jewish prince who battles the Roman empire in the time of Christ.
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One of the wiser quotes from the film comes from Messala, who tells his friend Ben-Hur:
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“It's an insane world, but in it there's one sanity, the loyalty of old friends”.
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Number eleven: Casablanca Casablanca was released in 1942 and directed
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by Michael Curtiz.
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It’s a classic World War II story that centers on the life of a cynical nightclub owner,
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Rick Blaine, and the self-sacrificing choices he must make for love.
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It also sports one of the most famous movie quotes of all time, which was derived from
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a quintessentially American toast.
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The toast originated from an 1884 novel that was written by an anonymous author, and Blaine
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uses it when he toasts Ilsa with: “Here’s looking at you, kid”.
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Number twelve: Forrest Gump Forrest Gump is an award-winning 1994 American
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comedy-drama film based on a novel of the same name by Winston Groom.
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It centres around the main character’s life journey as he meets important people and experiences
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historic events.
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Anyone who doesn’t know Forrest Gump’s famous saying:
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“My momma always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates.
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You never know what you're gonna get’”, has probably been living on a different planet
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all this time.
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A hugely popular, gentle, heartwarming watch.
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Number thirteen: The Matrix Ah, The Matrix!
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This movie managed to gain a cult following, and inspired many copycats with its novel
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treatment of special effects.
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Released in 1999, this science fiction film shows a future with an alternate reality controlled
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by machines, and attempts by humans to escape into actual reality.
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The film was the basis for a series of Matrix movies, video games, and other paraphernalia
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Zen-like soundbites abound, like this one from the deep-voiced Morpheus talking to Neo,
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the main character: “...you are a slave, Neo.
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Like everyone else, you were born into bondage...
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Into a prison that you cannot taste, or see, or touch.
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A prison for your mind.”
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Number fourteen: Rebel Without a Cause Rebel Without a Cause was directed by Nicholas
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Ray in 1955, and tells the story of a rebellious teenager played by James Dean.
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It was an attempt to portray the moral decay of American youth, and critique parental styles.
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The main star, James Dean, died tragically in a car accident a month before the movie
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premiered.
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Prophetically, his troubled teenage character Jim Stark says about his situation with his
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parents: “I don't know what to do anymore.
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Except maybe die”.
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Number fifteen: Singin' in the Rain The wildly famous 1952 musical comedy, starring
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Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, depicted the early Hollywood industry during its transition
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from silent movies to "talkies."
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Says Cosmo Brown in a bleak comment about “talkies”:
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“Talking pictures, that means I'm out of a job.
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At last I can start suffering and write that symphony”.
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Gene Kelly's performance in "Singing in the Rain", is still considered one of the best
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dance scenes in movie history.
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Number sixteen: The Shawshank Redemption This inspiring and moving American drama was
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released in 1994 and is based on a Stephen King novella called "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank
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Redemption."
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It follows the story of a fictional prison and inmate Andy Dufresne, who was imprisoned
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for a murder he didn’t commit.
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Andy overcomes many obstacles in prison, famously deciding that:
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“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really.
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Get busy living or get busy dying”.
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This is the type of move you’ll want to watch more than once.
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Number seventeen: Psycho Psycho is a yet another Alfred Hitchcock thriller,
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this time starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins.
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The film, which was released in 1960, follows the story of a female motel guest and its
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manager, who turns out to be a deeply disturbed killer.
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The movie's graphic shower scene is considered to be the one of the most memorable in cinematic
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history.
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Norman Bates, the infamous killer, chillingly says:
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“We all go a little mad sometimes.”
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Watch what is considered to be one of Hitchcock’s best films to see just how mad Bates got.
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So, how did you like this list?
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Did we miss any of your favorites?
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