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Film Title
(Year and Director) Scriptwriter(s) and Original or Adapted Source Material
Memorable Line of Dialogue
(Performer/Film Character)
101
Notorious
(1946; dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Written by Ben Hecht "I'm a fatheaded guy, full of
pain. It tore me up not having you."
— Cary Grant as T. R. Devlin
100
Memento
(2000; dir. Christopher Nolan)
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, based on the short story "Memento Mori" by
Jonathan Nolan
"Just because there are things I don't remember, doesn't mean my actions are
meaningless. The whole world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes,
does it?"
— Guy Pearce as Leonard
99
The Wild Bunch
(1969; dir. Sam Peckinpah)
Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah, story by Walon Green and Roy
Sickner "When you side with a man, you stay with him. And if you can't do that,
you're like some animal. You're finished. We're finished. All of us."
— William Holden as Pike Bishop
98
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940; dir. John Ford) Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson, based on the novel by
John Steinbeck "We are the people that live."
— Jane Darwell as Ma Joad
97
The Searchers
(1956; dir. John Ford) Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, based on the novel by Alan
Le May "That'll be the day."
— John Wayne as Ethan Edwards
96
The Hustler
(1961; dir. Robert Rossen) Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen, based
on the novel by Walter Tevis "Admit it. I'm the best you ever seen, Fats. I'm the
best there is. And even if you beat me, I'm still the best."
— Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson
95
Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986; dir. Woody Allen) Written by Woody Allen "I had a great evening; it was
like the Nuremberg Trials."
— Woody Allen as Mickey Sachs
94
Patton
(1970; dir. Franklin J. Schaffner) Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford
Coppola and Edmund H. North, based on "A Soldier's Story" by Omar H. Bradley
and "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago "We're not just going to
shoot the bastards. We're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease
the treads on our tanks."
— George C. Scott as General George S. Patton
93
Do The Right Thing
(1989; dir. Spike Lee) Written by Spike Lee "Who told you to step on my
sneakers? Who told you to walk on my side of the block? Who told you to be in
my neighborhood?"
— Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin' Out
92
Psycho
(1960; dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Screenplay by Joseph Stefano, based on the novel by
Robert Bloch "Mother… What is the phrase? She isn't herself today."
— Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
91
The Verdict
(1982; dir. Sidney Lumet) Screenplay by David Mamet, based on the novel by
Barry Reed "I changed my life today. What did you do?"
— Paul Newman as Frank Galvin
90
Sideways
(2004; dir. Alexander Payne) Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, based
on the novel by Rex Pickett "Come on, man…. Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf.
You can't kill yourself before you're even published."
— Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond
89
Forrest Gump
(1994; dir. Robert Zemeckis) Screenplay by Eric Roth, based on the novel by
Winston Groom "Mama always said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates. You never
know what you're going to get.'"
— Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
88
Field of Dreams
(1988; dir. Phil Alden Robinson) Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson, based on the
book by W.P. Kinsella "Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta): "Is this heaven?" Ray
Kinsella (Kevin Costner): "No, it's Iowa."
87
8 1/2
(1963; dir. Federico Fellini) Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio
Flaiano, Brunello Rondi. Story by Fellini, Flaiano "Happiness consists of being
able to tell the truth without hurting anyone."
— Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi
86
Harold and Maude
(1971; dir. Hal Ashby) Written by Colin Higgins
"I haven't lived… But I've died a few times."
— Bud Cort as Harold Chasen
85
La Grande Illusion
(1937; dir. Jean Renoir) Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak "The theater is
too deep for me. I prefer bicycling."
— Jean Gabin as Lieutenant Maréchal
84
The Princess Bride
(1987; dir. Rob Reiner) Screenplay by William Goldman, based on his novel "My
name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"
— Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya
83
Rear Window
(1954; dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Screenplay by John Michael Hayes, based on the
short story by Cornell Woolrich
"She's too perfect, she's too talented, she's too beautiful, she's too sophisticated,
she's too everything but what I want."
— James Stewart as L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies
82
Cool Hand Luke
(1967; dir. Stuart Rosenberg) Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson, based
on the novel by Donn Pearce "I can eat fifty eggs."
— Paul Newman as Luke Jackson
81
Being There
(1979; dir. Hal Ashby) Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski, inspired by the novel by
Jerzy Kosinski "There will be growth in the spring."
— Peter Sellers as Chance
80
Witness
(1985; dir. Peter Weir) Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley, story by
William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace
"Listen, lady, you take my picture and I'm going to rip off your brassiere and
strangle you with it."
— Harrison Ford as John Book
79
The Producers
(1968; dir. Mel Brooks) Written by Mel Brooks "How could this happen? I was so
careful. I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast. Where did I
go right?"
— Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock
78
Rocky
(1976; dir. John G. Avildsen) Written by Sylvester Stallone "Adrian!"
—Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa
77
Adaptation
(2002; dir. Spike Jonze) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman,
based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean "Coffee would help me
think…. Coffee and a muffin."
— Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman
76
Raging Bull
(1980; dir. Martin Scorsese) Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin,
based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage "You
win, you win. You lose, you still win."
— Joe 75

High Noon
(1952; dir. Fred Zinnemann) Screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on short story
"The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham
"You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can
come back and shoot at you again….. And in the end you wind up dying all alone
on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."
— Lon Chaney as Martin Howe

74

Being John Malkovich

(1999; dir. Spike Jonze) Written by Charlie Kaufman "Do you know what a
metaphysical can of worms this portal is?"
— John Cusack as Craig Schwartz

73

Amadeus
(1984; dir. Milos Forman) Screenplay by Peter Shaffer, based on his play "Forgive
me, majesty. I am a vulgar man. But I assure you my music is not."
— Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

72

Thelma & Louise

(1991; dir. Ridley Scott) Written by Callie Khouri "You get what you settle for."
— Susan Sarandon as Louise Sawyer

71

The Lion in Winter

(1968; dir. Anthony Harvey) Screenplay by James Goldman, based on the play by
James Goldman "I've snapped and plotted all my life. There's no other way to be
alive, king, and fifty all at once."
— Peter O'Toole as Henry II

70

The African Queen

(1951; dir. John Huston) Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston, based on the
novel by C.S. Forester "Well I ain't sorry for you no more, you crazy, psalm-
singing, skinny old maid!"
— Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut

69

Dog Day Afternoon

(1975; dir. Sidney Lumet) Screenplay by Frank Pierson, based on a magazine
article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore "Attica! Attica!"
— Al Pacino as Sonny

68

Star Wars
(1977; dir. George Lucas)
Written by George Lucas "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
— James Earl Jones (voice) as Darth Vader

67

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

(1982; dir. Steven Spielberg) Written by Melissa Mathison "E.T. phone home."
— E.T.

66

Jerry Maguire
(1996; dir. Cameron Crowe) Written by Cameron Crowe "Show me the money!"
— Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire

65

Singin’ in the Rain

(1952; dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly) Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty
Comden & Adolph Green, based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb
Brown "Well, if it isn't Ethel Barrymore."
— Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood
 64

Terms of Endearment
(1983; dir. James L. Brooks) Screenplay by James L. Brooks, based on the novel by
Larry McMurtry "My daughter is in pain. Can't you understand that? Give my
daughter the shot!"
— Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway

63

Jaws
(1975; dir. Steven Spielberg) Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb,
based on the novel by Peter Benchley "You’re gonna need a bigger boat."
— Roy Scheider as Chief Brody

62

Moonstruck
(1987; dir. Norman Jewison) Written by John Patrick Shanley "Snap out of it!"
— Cher as Loretta Castorini

61

The Silence of the Lambs

(1991; dir. Jonathan Demme) Screenplay by Ted Tally, based on the novel by
Thomas Harris "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."
— Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

60

L.A. Confidential
(1997; dir. Curtis Hanson) Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson, based
on the novel by James Ellroy
"Something has to be done, but nothing too original. Because, hey, this is
Hollywood."
— Danny De Vito as Sid Hudgens

59
 It Happened One Night
(1934; dir. Frank Capra) Screenplay by Robert Riskin, based on the story "Night
Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams "I was just wondering what makes dames like you
so dizzy."
— Clark Gable as Peter Warne

58

Ordinary People
(1980; dir. Robert Redford) Screenplay by Alvin Sargent, based on the novel by
Judith Guest "A little advice about feelings, kiddo. Don't expect it always to tickle."
— Judd Hirsch as Dr. Tyrone Berger

57

Crimes and Misdemeanors

(1989; dir. Woody Allen) Written by Woody Allen "Where I grew up in Brooklyn,
we were too unhappy to commit suicide."
— Woody Allen as Cliff Stern

56

Back to the Future

(1985; dir. Robert Zemeckis) Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale "I guess you
guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it. "
— Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly

55

Apocalypse Now
(1979; dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola,
narration by Michael Herr "The horror, the horror."
— Marlon Brando as Col. Walter Kurtz

54

Manhattan
(1979; dir. Woody Allen)
Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman "I've never had the wrong kind [of
orgasm]…My worst one was right on the money."
— Woody Allen as Isaac Davis

53

All the President’s Men

(1976; dir. Alan J. Pakula) Screenplay by William Goldman, based on the book by
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward "We're under a lot of pressure, you know. And
you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except the… first amendment to the
Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. Not that
any of that matters. But if you guys f--k up again, I'm going to get mad.
Goodnight."
— Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee

52

The Lady Eve

(1941; dir. Preston Sturges)
Screenplay by Preston Sturges, story by Monckton Hoffe "I need him like the ax
needs the turkey."
— Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Harrington

51

Broadcast News
(1987; dir. James L. Brooks) Written by James L. Brooks "It was like great sex."
— Willia

m Hurt as50

The Sixth Sense

(1999; dir. M. Night Shyamalan) Written by M. Night Shyamalan "I see dead
people."
— Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear

49

Schindler’s List
(1993; dir. Steven Spielberg) Screenplay by Steven Zaillian, based on the novel by
Thomas Keneally "I pardon you."
— Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth

48

The Bridge on the River Kwai

(1957; dir. David Lean) Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, based on
the novel by Pierre Boulle
"What have I done?"
— Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson

47

The Maltese Falcon

(1941; dir. John Huston)
Screenplay by John Huston, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
"When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it."
— Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade

46

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

(1948; dir. John Huston) Screenplay by John Huston, based on the novel by B.
Traven "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges."
— Alfonso Bedoya as Gold Hat

45

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

(1975; dir. Milos Forman) Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman,
based on the novel by Ken Kesey "Get out of my way son, you're using my oxygen.
You know what I mean?"
— Jack Nicholson as Randall Patrick Murphy

44

The Best Years of Our Lives

(1946; dir. William Wyler) Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood, based on novel
"Glory For Me" by MacKinlay Kantor "They couldn't train him to put his arms
around his girl, or to stroke her hair."
— Fredric March as Al Stephenson

43

Taxi Driver
(1976; dir. Martin Scorsese) Written by Paul Schrader "You talkin’ to me?"
— Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle

42

Raiders of the Lost Ark

(1981; dir. Steven Spielberg) Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, story by George
Lucas and Philip Kaufman "I hate snakes."
— Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

41

GoodFellas
(1990; dir. Martin Scorsese) Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese,
based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi "Never rat on your friends and
always keep your mouth shut."
— Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway

40

When Harry Met Sally…

(1989; dir. Rob Reiner)
Written by Nora Ephron "I’ll have what she’s having."
— Estelle Reiner as the woman in the deli
 39

The Sting
(1973; dir. George Roy Hill) Written by David S. Ward "No sense in being a grifter
if it's the same as being a citizen."
— Paul Newman as Henry Gondorff

38

American Beauty
(1999; dir. Sam Mendes) Written by Alan Ball "I’m just an ordinary guy with
nothing to lose."
— Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham

37

The Philadelphia Story

(1940; dir. George Cukor) Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart, based on the play
by Philip Barry "I'm going crazy. I'm standing here, solidly on my own two hands
and going crazy."
— Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord

36

Midnight Cowboy
(1969; dir. John Schlesinger) Screenplay by Waldo Salt, based on the novel by
James Leo Herlihy "I’m walkin’ here!"
— Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo

35

The Usual Suspects

(1995; dir. Bryan Singer) Written by Christopher McQuarrie "The greatest trick the
devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist."
— Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint

34
The Sweet Smell of Success
(1957; dir. Alexander Mackendrick) Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest
Lehman, from a novelette by Ernest Lehman "Watch me run a 50-yard dash with
my legs cut off!"
— Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco

33

The Third Man

(1949; dir. Carol Reed) Screenplay by Graham Greene, story by Graham Greene,
based on the short story by Graham Greene "In Italy for 30 years under the
Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced
Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had
brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that
produce? The cuckoo clock!"
— Orson Welles as Harry Lime

32

Fargo
(1996; dir. Joel Coen) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen "I'm not sure I agree
with you a hundred percent on your police work there, Lou.''
— Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson

31

His Girl Friday

(1940: dir. Howard Hawks) Screenplay by Charles Lederer, based on the play "The
Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur "Who’s going to read the second
paragraph?"
— Cary Grant as Walter Burns

30

Unforgiven
(1992: dir. Clint Eastwood) Written by David Webb Peoples "It's a hell of a thing
killin' a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."
— Clint Eastwood as Bill Munny

29

Sullivan’s Travels
(1941; dir. Preston Sturges) Written by Preston Sturges "There's always a girl in
the picture. What's the matter? Don't you go to the movies?"
— Joel McCrea as John L. Sullivan

28

Shakespeare In Love
(1998; dir. John Madden) Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard "Romeo
and Juliet. Just a suggestion."
— Ben Affleck as Ned Alleyn

27

Groundhog Day
(1993; dir. Harold Ramis) Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, story by
Danny Rubin "What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today."
— Bill Murray as Phil Connors

26

Double Indemnity
(1944; dir. Billy Wilder) Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, based
on the novel by James M. Cain "Do I laugh now or wait until it gets funny?"
— Fred MacMurray a25

The Wizard of Oz
(1939; dir. Victor Fleming) Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and
Edgar Allan Woolf, adaptation by Noel Langley, based on the novel by L. Frank
Baum "Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore."
— Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale

24
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(2004; dir. Michel Gondry) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, story by Charlie
Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth Joel Barish (Jim Carrey): "Is there any
risk of brain damage?" Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson): "Well, technically, the
procedure itself is brain damage, but on par with a night of heavy drinking.
Nothing you’ll miss."

23

Gone With the Wind

(1939; dir. Victor Fleming) Screenplay by Sidney Howard, based on the novel by
Margaret Mitchell "You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows
how."
— Clark Gable as Rhett Butler

22

The Shawshank Redemption

(1994; dir. Frank Darabont) Screenplay by Frank Darabont, based on the short
story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King "Get busy
living, or get busy dying."
— Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne

21

North by Northwest
(1959; dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Written by Ernest Lehman "I’ve got a job, a secretary,
a mother, two ex-wives, and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don’t
intend to disappoint them all by getting myself ‘slightly’ killed."
— Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill

20

It’s a Wonderful Life

(1946; dir. Frank Capra) Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett & Frank
Capra, based on the short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern,
contributions to the screenplay by Michael Wilson and Jo Swerling
"Big—see! I don’t want one for one night. I want something for a thousand and
one nights, with plenty of room for labels from Italy and Baghdad, Samarkand . . .
a great big one!"
— Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey

19

To Kill A Mockingbird
(1962; dir. Robert Mulligan) Screenplay by Horton Foote, based on the novel by
Harper Lee "There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em
all away from you. That’s never possible."
— Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch

18

On the Waterfront
(1954; dir. Elia Kazan) Screen story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg, based on
"Crime on the Waterfront" articles by Malcolm Johnson "You want to know
what’s wrong with our waterfront? It’s love of a lousy buck. It’s making love of a
buck — the cushy job — more important than the love of man. It’s forgetting that
every fellow down here is your brother in Christ."
— Karl Malden as Father Barry

17

Tootsie
(1982; dir. Sydney Pollack) Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal, story
by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart "Look, you don’t know me from Adam, but I
was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man.
Know what I mean?"
— Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey

16

Pulp Fiction
(1994; dir. Quentin Tarantino) Written by Quentin Tarantino, stories by Quentin
Tarantino & Roger Avary "I ain’t through with you by a damn sight. I’m gonna git
medieval on your ass."
— Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace

15

The Apartment
(1960; dir. Billy Wilder) Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond "I guess that’s the
way it crumbles—cookie-wise."
— Jack Lemmon as C.C. Baxter

14

Lawrence of Arabia
(1962; dir. David Lean) Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson, based on
the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence
Jackson Bentley (Arthur Kennedy): "What attracts you personally to the desert?"
T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole): "It’s clean."

13

The Graduate
(1967; dir. Mike Nichols) Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, based
on the novel by Charles Webb "I want to say one word to you. Just one word . . .
Plastics."
— Walter Brooke as Mr. McGuire

12

Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick) Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and
Terry Southern "Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the War Room!"
— Peter Sellers as Pres. Merkin Muffley

11

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

(1969; dir. George Roy Hill) Written by William Goldman Sundance Kid (Robert
Redford): "I can’t swim." Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman): "Why, you crazy—the
fall'll probably kill you."

10

The Godfather Part II

(1974; dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario
Puzo, based on Mario Puzo’s novel "The Godfather" "I know it was you, Fredo.
You broke my heart. You broke my heart."
— Al Pacino as Michael Corleone

Some Like It Hot

(1959; dir. Billy Wilder) Screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond, based on
"Fanfare of Love", a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan
"Nobody’s perfect."
— Joe E. Brown as Osgood Fielding

Network
(1976; dir. Sidney Lumet) Written by Paddy Chayefsky "I’m as mad as hell, and I’m
not going to take this anymore!"
— Peter Finch as Howard Beale

Sunset Boulevard
(1950; dir. Billy Wilder) Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M.
Marshman Jr. Joe Gillis (William Holden): "You’re Norma Desmond. You used to
be in silent pictures. You used to be big." Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson): "I
am big. It’s the pictures that got small."

Annie Hall
(1977; dir. Woody Allen) Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman "A
relationship, I think, is—is like a shark, you know? It has to constantly move
forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark."
— Woody Allen as Alvy Singer

All About Eve

(1950; dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on
"The Wisdom of Eve", a short story and radio play by Mary Orr "Fasten your seat
belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night."
— Bette Davis as Margo Channing

Citizen Kane
(1941; dir. Orson Welles) Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles "Mr.
Kane was a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it. Maybe Rosebud
was something he couldn’t get or something he lost. Anyway, it wouldn’t have
explained anything. I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life."
— William Alland as Jerry Thompson

Chinatown
(1974; dir. Roman Polanski) Written by Robert Towne "Course I’m respectable.
I’m old. Politicians, public buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last
long enough."
— John Huston as Noah Cross

The Godfather
(1972; dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford
Coppola, based on the novel by Mario Puzo "Luca Brasi held a gun to his head,
and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the
contract."
— Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
 1

Casablanca
(1942; dir. Michael Curtiz) Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard
Koch, based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick’s" by Murray Burnett and Joan
Alison "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she had to walk into
mine."
— Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaines Walter Neff Tom GrunickPesci as Joey La
Motta