Favourite/Best Movie First Lines

[Britalian]

"******* God!" by Brando in Last Tango on his way to ravage Maria Schneider takes some beating.

 

[Smartalox]

"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, wneh the drugs began to take hold..." Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

 

[Jekyll]

"There's an old joke: Two elderly women are at a Catskill Mountain resort. And one of them says, 'Boy, the food in this place is really terrible.' The other one says, 'Yeah, I know. And such small portions.' Well, that's essentially how I feel about life. Full of loneliness and misery and suffering and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly. "

 

[freefinancialadvice]

I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be 'Sir!' Do you maggots understand this?"

Full Metal Jacket

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[robbie]

My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood. This is my street. This... is my life. I'm forty-two years old. In less than a year, I'll be dead. -- American Beauty

 

[breakz]

The speech at the top of Patton.

 

[w.mj]

"I believe in America."

- Godfather, pt I

 

[aportnoy]

Saigon... ****; I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle.

 

[audiophilia]

^^^

+ 1

All good, though.

 

[binge]

I forgot that I was here in a domestic capacity.
- Akeem, Coming to America

 

[xchen]

"Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-I-N-E" - The Aviator

 

[thekunk07]

roy batty's speech in bladerunner, right before he cashes in.

 

[Joffrey]

"Now take me to jail" - Henry Hill, Goodfellas

 

[TMMKC]

"Heineken? **** that ****! Pabst Blue Ribbon!" -- Frank Booth, Blue Velvet

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Some of these aren't first lines.