If you happened to attend college in the years between 2003 and, oh, 2019, you've heard your fair share of Old School quotes. The 'ogres are like onions' scene really is funnier than you probably remember, with Eddie Murphy and Myers' cheeky tête-à-tête, definitely teaching kids (and probably adults, too) a handy metaphor for social penetration theory. Insane, right?! Anyway, Shrek: In 2019, the animation looks terrifyingly deranged-no one needs to see every pore of a fleshy green ogre-but Mike Myers, bless his heart, gives a laudable vocal performance in a Scottish accent for 90 minutes, taking over for the departed Chris Farley, who was originally going to be Shrek.

(It was usurped by Shrek 2, which another DWA film has yet to top.) Believe it or not, Shrek premiered at Cannes in 2001, where it competed for the prestigious Palme d'Or alongside Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge and David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. Despite its slow decline into the maw of internet depravity, the first Shrek was a genuine big deal for DreamWorks Animation as its fifth production and highest-grossing to that point. So while we probably could have filled this list entirely with lines from Mean Girls and Anchorman, we had to make some tough choices.ĪLSO READ: 'Looks Like Meat's Back on the Menu, Boys!': Three Orc Actors Discuss the 'Lord of the Rings' Trilogy's Goofiest Quote Universal Pictures

There is a virtually limitless amount of excellent filmmaking and screenwriting happening around the globe, from Mexico to South Korea and everywhere in between, so consider 'greatest' as modified with 'mostly American, English-speaking, Western cinema.' And one procedural note: We decided to limit any given movie (including individual films of a franchise) to one quote maximum. We're an American site with English-speaking readers, writers, and editors. (Ever hear the one about sand from Star Wars?) All of these 100 selections have made us cry, laugh, or nod in solidarity, and they frequently pop unbidden into our heads.īefore we get to the list, we have to acknowledge our inherent limitations. Some are so silly we've developed a deep affection for them. Others we included simply because they astonished us in some way: the perfect punchline, the gut-dropping reveal, the brilliantly written axioms. Not every entry on this list has become a meme, though some certainly earn their spots because of that. We thought (and fought) through what moments had lodged themselves into our brains and stuck there. We here at Thrillist Entertainment have made an effort to canonize the movie quotes of the modern era, starting with the year 2000 and running through today. 'She doesn't even go here' is an easy way to vent your frustration with an interloper. The 'sunken place' is not just a dream state where an evil white psychiatrist traps her daughter's black boyfriend, it's a metaphor for race in America. These days, one way to mark a movie's cultural impact is whether a part of the script has gone viral. AFI's 100 Years.100 Quotes remains the bible, reminding us that, yes, 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn' is pretty significant.

'Here's looking at you, kid.' 'Open the pod bay doors, please, Hal.' 'I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.' The history of cinema is littered with lines of dialogue that transcend context, but for the most part, what are considered the Great Movie Quotes are vintage in nature.

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