General Discussion Best Final Line in a Movie (1 Viewer)

[Adam Lenhardt]

Edgar Wright asserted “Well, I don't know, what are the hours?" from This is Spinal Tap:


Jamie Lee Curtis countered with "Nobody's perfect." from one of her father's movies, Some Like It Hot:


My vote is from Casablanca: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

What's yours?

 

[B-ROLL]

 

[Josh Dial]

From No Country for Old Men:

"Then I woke Up."

 

[Josh Dial]

From A River Runs Through It:

"I am haunted by waters."



Incidentally, the passages from the novel, No Country for Old Men, and the novella, A River Runs Through It, are two of my all time favourites.

 

[bujaki]

Paul Muni in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang:
"I steal"!

 

[TravisR]

For some reason, I've always loved "I can't imagine why." from Jaws.

 

[Malcolm R]

King Kong​

"Oh, no! It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast."​

The Silence Of The Lambs​

"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner..."​

 

[JohnRice]

Atonement:

“I gave them their happiness.”


Just one of many, but it’s the first one that came to mind.

 

[sleroi]

"Why don't we just wait here a little while... See what happens."

John Carpenter's The Thing

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

"Why don't we just wait here a little while... See what happens."

John Carpenter's The Thing

That might just be my favorite closing line, too!

 

[Walter Kittel]

Alex DeLarge: "I was cured, all right."

A Clockwork Orange

- Walter.

 

[Thomas T]

"Why, I'm not even going to swat that fly. They'll say 'look she wouldn't harm a fly'."

 

[Angelo Colombus]

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

 

[Roger Grodsky]

"Nobody's Perfect."

SOME LIKE IT HOT

 

[sleroi]

Not so much a great line as a great delivery, but the No Country For Old Men clip made me recall Tommy Lee Jones from the fugitive:

"I thought you didnt care."
"I dont... Don't tell anyone, okay?"

 

[Jeffrey D]

“I’d do it in July”- Sully.

 

[Robin9]

Paul Muni in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang:
"I steal"!

Yep, that's one of the great ones. I also love "Shut up and deal" from The Apartment.

 

[David_B_K]

"Yes, I can see now".
City Lights

 

[Keith Cobby]

I never had any friends later on like the ones i had when i was 12. Jesus, does anyone?
Stand By Me

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Atonement:

“I gave them their happiness.”


Just one of many, but it’s the first one that came to mind.

That movie comes with the greatest final line of a commentary.

At the end, Joe Wright sees the title of the movie and says "at-one-ment".

Dunno why, but that always cracked me up!