Hey! Since I’ve turned a certain age today, I thought I’d list my current top 27 films (liable to change and/or switch around), with a couple of quotes from each (WordPress doesn’t let me do single spaces between entries, so… you’ll have to deal with looking at plenty of doubles). But if you’re a fan of few words, then you can check out a list with no quotes on my letterbox account, a link to which is sitting at the end of the post.
Also, one rule: only one film from one franchise. No going over the limit. Apart from, uh…entries 1 and 2. Consistency, guys. ^_^
27 Manon Des Sources
‘Destiny does not exist’
‘I’ll die because I no longer want to live’
26 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
‘My diving bell has dragged you down to the bottom of the sea, with me’
‘Hold fast to the human inside of you, and you’ll survive’
25 Under the Skin
‘Yeah? Why here?’
‘This isn’t Tesco’s, is it?’
24 The Other Guys
‘Did someone call 91 HOLY SHIT’
‘Aim for the bushes’
23 Elf
‘I’m sorry I ruined your lives, and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR’
‘He’s an angry elf’
22 You Were Never Really Here
*Angst stare*
‘It’s a beautiful day’
21 The Raid
‘Pulling a trigger is like ordering a takeout’
‘If I’m mad, I will enrage
20 Children of Men
‘As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in’
‘Pull my finger’
19 Starman
‘You are at your very best when things are worst’
‘Tell me again how to say goodbye’
18 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
‘Mmm, juicy fruit’
‘Hit me’
17 Withnail and I
‘A coward you are Withnail, an expert on bulls you are not!’ (?)
‘Yet again that oaf has destroyed my day’
16 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
‘…There’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo…and it’s worth fighting for’
‘They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard’
15 In Bruges
‘YOU’RE A FUCKING INANIMATE OBJECT’
‘You use this word, alcoves?’
14 The Fifth Element
RR: ‘CORBIN…DALLAS’
L: ‘MULTIPASS’
13 LA Confidential
‘Rolo Tomassi’
‘Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a road trip to Arizona’
12 Inception
‘You’re waiting for a train’
‘Come back…so we can be young men together again’
11 First Man
*Angst stare*
‘I’m sorry, is there a question?’
10 The Princess Bride
‘INCONCEIVABLE’
*Tumbling down steep hill* ‘As you wiiiish’
9 Oppenheimer
‘A pillar of fire’
‘I believe we did’
8 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Control: ‘Smiley is SUSPICIOUS, Percy’
Smiley: ‘It was the WAR, Connie’
7 Silent Running
‘There is no more beauty, and there’s no more imagination’
‘But they’re not replacable!’
6 The Shawshank Redemption
‘I nearly soiled myself’
‘Truth is, I don’t want to know’
5 Drive
*Angst stare*
‘I drive’
4 Arrival
Louise: ‘Despite knowing the journey, and where it leads, I embrace it, and I welcome every moment of it’
Louise: ‘I forgot how good it felt to be held by you’
3 The Dark Knight
Joker: ‘I believe…whatever doesn’t kill you… makes you…stranger’
Joker: ‘I’m like a dog chasing a car. I wouldn’t know what to do with it if I just…caught it’ (Check this quote for accuracy’
2 Blade Runner
‘Pris…’
‘Time to die’
1 Blade Runner 2049
K: ‘To be born is to have a soul, I guess’
K: ‘All the best memories are hers’
Here’s the Letterbox link: