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02 - 'I remember Paris perfectly. The Germans wore grey, you wore blue.'
Casablanca. 'We'll always have Paris.'
03 - 'That wasn't flying! That was falling with style!'
Toy Story. Tim Allen's finest moment.
04 - 'A census taker once tried to test me.'
The Silence of the Lambs. 'I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti.'
05 - 'They're heeeere.'
Poltergeist, spoken by the most famous little girl in the movies who never grew up.
06 - 'I know Kung Fu?'
The Matrix, an intriguing new way to make movies.
07 - 'My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.'
National Lampoon's Animal House. Is there a student in the world who hasn't seen this? And followed its advice...
08 - 'I hate Illinois Nazis.'
The Blues Brothers. Unique. Source of many potential movie quotes too.
09 - 'Which one of you nuts has got any guts?'
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I guess that got answered at the end of the film.
10 - 'I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five?'
Dirty Harry. 'Do you feel lucky, punk?'
11 - 'There is a leopard on your roof and it's my leopard and I have to get it and to get it I have to sing.'
Bringing Up Baby. Not that many films about leopards...
12 - 'Yeah, I called her up. She gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know. I wasn't really paying attention.'
Dumb and Dumber. Very dumb. Great quote, though.
13 - 'We would have injected vitamin C if only that had made it illegal.'
Trainspotting: the European philosophy of the 1990s.
14 - 'I'll have what she's having.'
When Harry Met Sally. Right after the fake orgasm in the restaurant.
15 - 'I hope you washed your ass this morning. It's about to be kissed by a king.'
Braveheart, setting the scene for every political film to follow.
16 - 'By the authority vested in me by Kaiser Wilhelm II, I pronounce you husband and wife. Proceed with the execution.'
The African Queen. I've still not seen but I loved the quote.
17 - 'He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!'
Monty Python's Life of Brian. One of the funniest films of all time. 'I'm Brian and so is my wife!'
18 - 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning.'
Apocalypse Now! Not a patch on the book, but still stunning.
19 - 'Oh no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.'
King Kong. This still stands up on its own over 70 years later.
20 - 'I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies.'
Gone with the Wind. 'Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.'
21 - 'When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it.'
The Maltese Falcon. Even if it wasn't Bogart it would still sound like him.
22 - 'Get away from her, you bitch!'
Aliens, one of the few sequels to be anywhere near the quality of the original.
23 - 'Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!'
Dr Strangelove, in my humble opinion, the funniest film of all time.
24 - 'You're going to need a bigger boat.'
Jaws, but they made do with the one they had.
25 - 'If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour...'
Back to the Future. His calculations were correct. And I want a flying DeLorean!
26 - 'What is it that's not exactly water and it ain't exactly earth?'
Blazing Saddles. 'Quicksand!'
27 - 'Death by stereo!'
The Lost Boys, bringing vampire slayage into the modern era just in time for Buffy.
28 - 'The Defense Department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid.'
Top Gun, in a display of stunning honesty.
29 - 'Shall we play a game?'
Wargames. The most fun way to learn about mutually assured destruction.
30 - 'I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.'
2001: A Space Odyssey, by my namesake Hal.
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