“Plastics.” The Graduate, 1967

“We'll always have Paris.” Casablanca, 1942

“I see dead people.” The Sixth Sense, 1999
Fun fact: When Haley Joel Osmet says this line the camera goes to Bruce Willis's face. This is a cinematic clue that Bruce Willis's character is dead.

“Stella! Hey, Stella!” A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951

“Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.” Now, Voyager, 1942

“Shane. Shane. Come back!” Shane, 1953

“Well, nobody's perfect.” Some Like It Hot, 1959

“It's alive! It's alive!” Frankenstein, 1931
Fun fact: The original line was "It's alive! It's alive! In the name of God! Now I know what it's like to be God!"​​​ Censors cut Dr. Frankenstein's full line because it was considered sacrilege.

“Houston, we have a problem.” Apollo 13, 1995

“You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?” Dirty Harry, 1971

“You had me at ‘hello.’” Jerry Maguire, 1996

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.” Animal Crackers, 1930

“There's no crying in baseball!” A League of Their Own, 1992

“La-dee-da, la-dee-da.” Annie Hall, 1977

“A boy's best friend is his mother.” Psycho, 1960

“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” Wall Street, 1987

“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” The Godfather II, 1974

“As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.” Gone With the Wind, 1939

“Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!” Sons of the Desert, 1933

“Say “hello” to my little friend!” Scarface, 1983

“What a dump.” Beyond the Forest, 1949

“Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?” The Graduate, 1967

“Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" Dr. Strangelove, 1964

“Elementary, my dear Watson.” The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1929
Fun fact: Sherlock Holmes never says this iconic quote in any of the books the character is based off of.

“Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.” Planet of the Apes, 1968

“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” Casablanca, 1942

“Here's Johnny!” The Shining, 1980

“They're here!” Poltergeist, 1982

“Is it safe?” Marathon Man, 1976

“Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!” The Jazz Singer, 1927

“No wire hangers, ever!” Mommie Dearest, 1981

“Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?” Little Caesar, 1930

“Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.” Chinatown, 1974

“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951

“Hasta la vista, baby.” Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991​​​​​

“Soylent Green is people!” Soylent Green, 1973

“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968

Striker: Surely you can't be serious.

“Yo, Adrian!” Rocky, 1976