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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago

The Princess Bride!

Any other answer is... inconceivable

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Monty Python Quest for the holy grail.

Every character, every scene

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think this is the correct answer, at least in English language.

From the top of my head in roughly the right order:

Tis but a flesh wound You're father smells of elderberries We want...a shrubbery Watery tarts throwing swords at people is no basis for a government She turned me into a newt On second thoughts, it's a silly place Bravely bravely ran away You have to know these things when you're a king you know

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought the last scene was a bit of a cop out.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It took growing up to get it, but I love the scene where the peasant is explaining to King Arthur that strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is a terrible basis for a system of governance.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now, you listen here: 'e's not the Messiah, 'e's a very naughty boy! Now go away!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (5 children)

That would be the 1985 master piece Clue

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Communism is just a red herring!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I'm going home to sleep with my wife!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?!

You don't need any help from me, sir.

That's right! ...

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Surely you can't be serious."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Princess bride, no question!

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[–] MrsDoyle 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?

Aw man, I shot Marvin in the face.

You know what they call a quarter pounder in Paris?

And you will know that I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hot Fuzz. Hands down.

Everyone's got guns round here. Like who? Farmers, Farmers mums.

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[–] HexagonSun 14 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Ghostbusters:

  • Back off man - I’m a scientistΒ 

  • Listen! You smell something?

  • What about the Twinkie?

  • Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

  • Yes it’s true, this man has no dick

  • Ok, so… she’s a dog

  • When someone asks you if you’re a god, you say yes!

  • Aim for the flat top!

  • Cross the streams

…and much much more

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I collect spores, mold, and fungus.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also, dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

I'm not talking about the guys who built the fucking railroad here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That rug really brought the room together.

I see you’re not a golfer.

Mind if a do a J?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

You can guess what happens next?

He fixed the cable?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well that's just like, your opinion, man.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Kung Pow Enter the fist.

My nipples look like milk duds

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Super Troopers

From "The Snozzberries taste like Snozzberries!" to "BEARFUCKER! DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE?!" almost every line in that movie is quotable and relevant to most situations.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Aliens

There is literally no competition. Every scene has at least 1 classic line. Aliens is also the gold standard reference used by all action movies since.

It's a dry heat

Nuke it from orbit

There goes our salvage guys

You got the duty, open that bag

Mostly

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Fuckin' aye

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • Blues Brothers
  • Any Mel Brooks movie
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

I have several ol' reliables:

Grandma's Boy: "high score? What's that mean?"

Snatch: "when you're in reverse, things tend to come from behind ya."

Tombstone: "i got two guns, one for each of ya."

Big Lebowski: "he's a good man Jeffrey. And thorough."

There's more, but those are probably my most quoted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In French it s between AstΓ©rix mission Cleopatre and la citΓ© de la peur

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Old School and Office Space

[–] neidu3 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Star Wars

Any of them (except maybe the sequels)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago
  • In Bruges
  • Snatch
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, it's true. This man has no dick.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

A lot of quotes from the Batman Dark Knight have become pretty common lingo or at least widely recognized, like "not the hero we deserve but the one we need" or "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" or even "some people just want to watch the world burn" or "it's not about the money, it's about sending a message", maybe also popularizing the whole "immovable object vs unstoppable force" etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

That's a beautiful accent you have. New Jersey?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Well that’s just, like, your opinion, man.

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