Top 10 Movie Comeback Lines

you play ball like a girl these characters just aren't gonna take it anymore ye pieces of shit like you for breakfast you read pieces of shit for breakfast no welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 movie comeback lines I am McLovin no you're not no one's McLovin McLovin 'he's never existing cuz that's a made-up dumb fairytale menu for this list we've taken witty responses from live-action films that are quotable or memorable in some way or come during a pivotal scene in the movie you expect me to talk Mr Bond I expect you to die as you might have guessed these scenes must involve two people so solo comebacks don't count sorry taxi driver you're talking to me number 10 mistaken for a man aliens the Alien franchise already had one strong female character in the form of Ellen Ripley get away from her you bitch for the follow-up director James Cameron gives us another with the introduction of Vasquez a colonial Marine who doesn't take any crap from anybody alright we've got seven canisters of seeing twenty said we roll them in their nerve gas the whole nest as her first line of dialogue we get this little gem that perfectly sets up the character and paints a picture of what kind of woman Vasquez is hey Vasquez have you ever been mistaken for a man no have you oh yeah she's a badass he just too bad number nine two horses too many once upon a time in the west if the movie death wish taught us anything it's that Charles Bronson is a guy who has no problem messing up a couple of thugs and when you're getting hassled by hooligans it's always satisfying to put the fear of God in them before gunning them down Ronson's gun-slinging protagonist harmonica does just that when faced with a few cocky henchmen in this classic western flick looks like we shot one of ours he wrote to too many it's a chilling scene that leaves us a little dare we say horse number eight go piss your pants Greg super bad time College rolls around I'll be like the Iron Chef a pound advised everyone knows High School's tough especially when you want to make it into higher social circles she's proved me at the party and she's gonna be drunk and she likes me at least a little enough to get with me Jonah Hill is one such student and he doesn't take too kindly when his plans for getting laid are interrupted by another classmate what mostly every word Elgin points calm down Greg its soccer it's soccer you man hey Greg once you go piss your pants again it's just one of many funny lines in a coming-of-age tale that appeals to the awkward nerd in all of us the glove ahend nice after all we can't help but root for Steph Evan and Fogle as they get into misadventure after misadventure on their quest to provide a big end of summer party with its essential ingredient booze these eyes are crying these eyes have seen a lot of love for the never gonna see another one like I have with you number seven your opinion man The Big Lebowski you got the wrong guy I'm the dude man the wisdom dispensed by the dude has had such an impact on pop culture it inspired its own religion and philosophy Judaism that or his dude nasur Deuter or you know el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing so it's not shocking that he appears on this list with a deceptively simple comeback I see you rolling away to the semi the O's Wilma Lila and me we're gonna of you all when a rival bowling team starts harassing him and his buddies Jeff Bridges delivers one of the most articulate and intellectually stimulating replies ever put to film yeah well you know that's just like your opinion man that response is very much in keeping with the dudes chilled out vibe he has no desire to get overly worked up about anything not even a guy peeing on his rug their rug really tied the room together did it not today number six yippee-kay-yay die hard I thought I told all of you I want a radio silence until further down he's sorry Hans I didn't get that message it's always a big moment when the hero and the villain first meet face to face in a film who are you then just a fly in the ointment Hans monkey in a wrench but for NYPD Officer John McClane his first interaction with his antagonist comes over a walkie-talkie yeah I'm still here unless you won't open a front door for me the baddie in question German terrorist Hans Gruber has taken a group of people which just happens to include McLane's wife hostage in Nakatomi Plaza Los Angeles you're amazing you figured this all out already the to dish out some harsh fighting words before the infinitely quotable comeback leaps out and stops the German thief in his tracks do you really think you have a chance against us mr. cowboy you'd become a mother number 5 GB peepee the Avengers you have no idea what you're dealing with uh Shakespeare in the Park no superhero team is perfect and with so many of Marvel's elite in one place there are bound to be a few clashes and inflated egos flying around the room I saw humans were more evolved than this excuse me can we come to your planet and blow stuff up of course whenever Tony Stark the weapons tech mastermind behind the Iron Man suit is in a room there's gonna be an excessive amount of ego your laboratory experiment Rogers everything special about you me one bottle one of the funniest instances of Starks personality getting the better of him is when he verbally spars with Steve Rogers also known as Captain America whose personal ideals lead him to constantly butt heads with the billionaire Bret big man in a suit of armor take that off what are you genius billionaire playboy philanthropist number four how do you like them apples Good Will Hunting I'm well Scylla just goes to show that background doesn't mean a damn thing when trying to impress the ladies yeah I know I kind of got that impression played by Matt Damon will hunting is an impoverished South Bostonian janitor who also has an uncanny ability for solving graduate-level mathematical equations and a certain rough-around-the-edges Irish charm about him you're gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us you have any thoughts of your own on this matter coming from a poor neighborhood also means that will doesn't play nice with the Ivy Leaguers but you just said your thing you come into a buy you read some obscure passage and then pretend you pawned it off as your own is your own idea just to impress him girls he can't help rubbing it in when a beautiful woman chooses poor and charming over rich and snooty do you like apples yeah how do you like their Mac number three mr. Tibbs in the heat of the night special fingers I want to count all team while visiting his mother in Sparta Mississippi Virgil Tibbs is initially arrested due to the presumptions of a racist Police Chief Bill Gillespie why don't you tell me how you killed mr. Coburn I promise you you're gonna feel a whole lot better when it's revealed the Tibbs is actually Philadelphia's number-one homicide detective I just what you do with a little Pennsylvania and a kind of money I'm a police officer Gillespie reluctantly recruits Tibbs to help him solve the very murder he had earlier arrested him for well I know I just thought maybe uh maybe what Mantegna than this one you'd think Gillespie would chill out on his racism after being made to eat such a large piece of humble pie but he persists in being a nuisance and when he goes too far we were pretty sure yourself ain't you Virgil Virgil that's a funny name for boy that comes from Philadelphia what did they call you up there Virgil lets him know just exactly who he's dealing with they call me mr. Tibbs number two you can't handle the truth a few good men defense calls Colonel Nathan Jessup of course Jack Nicholson was gonna make it onto this list out of all his iconic and memorable lines and movies this one has managed to rise above the rest and get stuck in our collective cultural memory you snotty little bastard as Colonel jessep Nicholson maintains a wall of moral authority throughout a few good men blocking out Tom Cruise's accusations that he ordered the murder of a fellow marine now are these really the questions that I was called here to answer and when pushed to the brink on the witness stand he delivers what is now considered a classic movie line I'll answer the question you want answers I think I'm entitled you want the truth you can't handle the truth before we unveil our number-one pick here are a few honorable mentions you know what it is you know how I know cuz I went to the salon with her and I got my asshole bleached too and I love my new asshole surely you can't be serious I am serious and don't call me Shirley you're Norma Desmond used to be in silent pictures used to be big I am big it's the pictures that got small have you lost your mind No you've lost your balls number one frankly my dear gone with the wind are you doing I'm leaving you my dear voted the top movie line ever by the American Film Institute it's the classic quote that almost wasn't hey please take me with you through with everything here tired of wasting his breath on Scarlett O'Hara Rhett Butler finally gives up on their turbulent relationship you know what I'm talking about I only know that I love you that's your misfortune Scarlett tries to gain his sympathy frantically demanding why should I go what do I do Rhett responds thusly frankly my dear I don't give a damn previous to this film the word dam was banned by the Motion Picture Association z' production code but a month and a half before the release the code was amended to allow the word if it's use was deemed essential the past can be corrected we're glad someone had the foresight to see how crucial it was to this brilliant comeback securing its place in our number one spot after all do you agree with our list Lord you can imagine where it goes from here which comeback line blew you away you order the Code Red I did the job did you order the Cobra god damn right I did for more top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com yippee-ki-yay mother

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Keywords: movies, films, comeback lines, movie comeback lines, insults, movie insults, Gone with the Wind, A Few Good Men, In the Heat of the Night, Good Will Hunting, The Avengers, Die Hard, The Big Lebowski, Superbad, Once Upon a Time in the West, Aliens, Film (Media Genre), Scenes

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Length: 11min 38sec (698 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 07 2014