Top 25 Seventeen-word Movie Quotes
In celebration of IMDb’s 34th anniversary on October 17 (fitting, since 34 is double 17!), we’re bringing back the traditional "top number-word quote" poll after a two-year break. As the title says, this time, it's all about the top 25 classic seventeen-word movie quotes.
Which of these classic seventeen-word quotes do you find the most memorable?
After voting, you can discuss the list here.
PS: Fun fact—October 17 marks IMDb’s birthday, and the date 17/10/2024 adds up to 17 (1+7+1+2+2+4)
Which of these classic seventeen-word quotes do you find the most memorable?
After voting, you can discuss the list here.
PS: Fun fact—October 17 marks IMDb’s birthday, and the date 17/10/2024 adds up to 17 (1+7+1+2+2+4)
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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco."Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
- DirectorLloyd BaconWilliam K. HowardStarsPat O'BrienGale PageRonald ReaganThe story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne."Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper."
- DirectorHarold BeckerStarsAlec BaldwinNicole KidmanBill PullmanA tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches art, Andy's a college dean. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor."You ask me if I have a God complex. Let me tell you something. I am God."
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperIngrid BergmanAkim TamiroffDuring the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge."I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?"
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsNorma ShearerJoan CrawfordRosalind RussellA study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women."There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society -- outside of a kennel."
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAsa ButterfieldChloë Grace MoretzChristopher LeeIn 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton."If you’ve ever wondered where your dreams come from, you look around - this is where they’re made."
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery."Eliza. Stop! Stop your wailin'. You let yourself be overcome by sorrow, you will drown in it."
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsJim CarreyRenée ZellwegerAnthony AndersonA nice-guy cop with Dissociative Identity Disorder must protect a woman on the run from a corrupt ex-boyfriend and his associates."He may have advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage. But he is a very gentle person!"
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn WrayA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror."And our bodies are earth. And our thoughts are clay. And we sleep and eat with death."
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsMeryl StreepNicole KidmanJulianne MooreThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives."Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. It's contrast."
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyFredric MarchGene KellyBased on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution."I am more interested in the 'Rock of Ages' than I am in the age of rocks."
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTom EwellEvelyn KeyesWhen his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor."When it's hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the icebox!"
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGreta GarboRobert TaylorLionel BarrymoreA Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail."Never be jealous again. Never doubt that I love you more than the world. More than myself."
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsRami MalekLucy BoyntonGwilym LeeWith his impeccable vocal abilities, Freddie Mercury and his rock band, Queen, achieve superstardom. However, amidst his skyrocketing success, he grapples with his ego, sexuality and a fatal illness."Mmm. They say money can’t buy happiness, darlings! But it does allow you to give it away!"
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it."Do not speak to me of rules. This is war! This is not a game of cricket!"
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintHarry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts."Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god."I was going to the worst place in the world, and I didn't even know it yet."
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and his love, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead."This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!"
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsWill FerrellMark WahlbergDerek JeterTwo mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned."At age eleven, I audited my parents. Believe me, there were some discrepancies, and I was grounded.”
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.“How did we end up here? This place is horrible. Smells like balls. We don’t belong here.”
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsMatt DamonJessica ChastainKristen WiigAn astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.“I don’t want to come off as arrogant here, but I’m the greatest botanist on this planet.”
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsAlex HonnoldTommy CaldwellJimmy ChinAlex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.“Anyone can be happy and cosy. Nothing good happens in the world by being happy and cosy.”
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron."I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone"
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJames CagneyHorst BuchholzPamela TiffinIn West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.“Any world that can produce the Taj Mahal, William Shakespeare, and Stripe toothpaste can’t be all bad.”
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyIngrid BergmanHenry TraversAt a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building."If any of you are ever in trouble, no matter what, you just dial 'O' for O'Malley."
