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[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Dumb and dumber

[–] bathroomconnoisseur@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Napoleon Dynamite

[–] scotts@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Well dude, we just don’t know.

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 week ago

The Princess Bride!

Any other answer is... inconceivable

[–] essell@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Monty Python Quest for the holy grail.

Every character, every scene

[–] Brave_Sir_Robin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Never seen it

I was going to say Life of Brian, also extremely quotable

[–] damdy@lemm.ee 16 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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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] christian@lemmy.ml 8 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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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 8 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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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

That would be the 1985 master piece Clue

[–] vvilld@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Communism is just a red herring!

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[–] my_iqzero@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 week ago (7 children)
[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's a vehicle with wings large enough that it can fly, but that's not important right now.

[–] jonesey71@lemmus.org 3 points 6 days ago

I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Surely you can't be serious."

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Princess bride, no question!

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 4 points 6 days ago

Inconceivable!

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 19 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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[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hot Fuzz. Hands down.

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

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[–] vvilld@lemmy.world 15 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.

[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 8 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?

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[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Ghostbusters:

  • Back off man - I’m a scientist 

  • 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

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Kung Pow Enter the fist.

My nipples look like milk duds

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 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.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 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.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 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

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • Blues Brothers
  • Any Mel Brooks movie
[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 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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[–] isyasad@lemmy.world 8 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.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In French it s between Astérix mission Cleopatre and la cité de la peur

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh really ? That's amazing :D

there is an fb group with memes from that movie with 67k people in it.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/skrybawka2/

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Old School and Office Space

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