From Casablanca to There Will Be Blood, Close-Up Culture list our 25 favourite final lines in film history.
25. “Now, where was I?” – Leonard Shelby, Memento (2000)
24. “I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.” – Red, The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
23. “Shut the door.” – Irene Menéndez Hastings, The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
22. “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” – Lawrence Walsh, Chinatown (1974)
21. “Mein Führer! I can walk!” – Dr. Strangelove, Dr. Strangelove (1964)
20. “Nothing will die.” – Mrs. Merrick, The Elephant Man (1980)
19. “Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.” – Detective Somerset, Se7en (1995)
18. “That’s it. That’s good. That’s how it should be.” – Alma, Persona (1966)
17. “I used to hate the water.” / “I can’t imagine why.” – Martin Brody & Matt Hooper, Jaws (1975)
16. “I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner.” – Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
15. “You met me at a very strange time in my life.” – The Narrator, Fight Club (1999)
14. “I’m finished.” – Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood (2007)
13. “…I feel I am old too.” – Yang-Yang, Yi Yi (2000)
12. “Fuck.” – Alice Harford, Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
11. “I felt it. Perfect. It was perfect.” – Nina Sayers, Black Swan (2010)
10. “That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.” – Arthur Hoggett, Babe (1995)
9. “Shut up and deal.” – Fran Kubelik, The Apartment (1960)
8. “Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” – Carl Denham, King Kong (1933)
7. “Well, nobody’s perfect.” – Osgood Fielding III, Some Like It Hot (1959)
6. “The stuff that dreams are made of.” – Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon (1941)
5. “The horror… the horror.” – Colonel Kurtz, Apocalypse Now (1979)
4. “Why don’t we just… wait here for a little while… see what happens?” – R.J. MacReady, The Thing (1982)
3. “After all, tomorrow is another day!” – Scarlett O’Hara, Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” – Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard (1950)
1. “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” – Rick Blaine, Casablanca (1942)
