The Most Common Movie Misquotes 🎬 ...

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Dirty Harry

Misquoted line: “Do you feel lucky, punk?” Real line: “Being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?

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Wall Street

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Star Wars Episode IV: the Empire Strikes Back

Misquoted line: “Luke, I am your father.” Real line: “No, I am your father.”

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Apocalypse Now

Misquoted line: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning; smells like victory!” Real line: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know, that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smells like victory."

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The Graduate

Misquoted line: “Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?” Real line: “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?”

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Casablanca

Misquoted line: “Play it again, Sam.” Real line: "You played it for her, you can play it for me ... If she can stand it, I can. Play it!"

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Field of Dreams

Misquoted line: “If you build it, they will come.” Real line: “If you build it, he will come.”

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Misquoted line: “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” Real line: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!”

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White Heat

Misquoted line: “Top of the world, ma!” Real line: “Made it, Ma. Top of the world!”

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Sons of the Desert

Misquoted line: “Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten us into!” Real line: “Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"

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Jaws

Misquoted line: “We’re gonna need a bigger boat!” Real line: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat!”

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Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home

Misquoted line: “Beam me up, Scotty!” Real line: “Scotty, beam us up.”

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All about Eve

Misquoted line: “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” Real line: “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!”

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She Done Him Wrong

Misquoted line: “Why don’t you come up and see me sometime.” Real line: “Why don't you come up sometime and see me? I'm home every evening.”

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… and Justice for All

Misquoted line: “I’m out of order? You’re out of order! This whole courtroom’s out of order!” Real line: “You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!”

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The Silence of the Lambs

Misquoted line: “Hello, Clarice…” Real line: “Good evening, Clarice…”

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The Wizard of Oz

Misquoted line: “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore, Toto.” Real line: “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

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Apollo 13

Misquoted line: “Houston, we have a problem.” Real line: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem.”

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Aliens

Misquoted line: “Stay away from her, you bitch!” Real line: “Get away from her, you bitch!”

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Mommie Dearest

Misquoted line: “No more wire hangers!” Real line: “No wire hangers! No wire hangers ever!”

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Sunset Boulevard

Misquoted line: “I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille.” Real line: “All right, Mr. DeMille. I’m ready for my close up.”

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Planet of the Apes

Misquoted line: Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!” Real line: “Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!”

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Titanic

Misquoted line: “I’m king of the world!” Real line: “I’m the king of the world!”

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King Kong

Misquoted: “T’was Beauty that killed the Beast.” Real line: “Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.”

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Misquoted: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Real line: Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? **

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