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The top 100 movie number quotes

May 21, 2007, 06:00 AM | by Annie Barrett

Categories: Film

In response to the American Film Institute's yearly "100 ____" compilations (Laughs, Thrills, Quotes, etc.) — and in wry anticipation of AFI's annual June special — one enterprising YouTuber named "AlonzoMosleyFBI" put together this terrific countdown of clips from familiar films with snippets of dialogue mentioning every number from 100 down to 1. My personal fave was No. 31 because it had nothing to do with the rest of the movie and yet was amazing. Drinking game: Take a sip each time someone says a number. Wait, don't. According to the timestamp next to my byline, it's currently 6 a.m. on a Monday.

Suma Frazier Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:59 PM EST

"...97" - Blade Runner

"Dock bay 94" - Star Wars

"....on the run for 90 minutes" - The Fugitive

"88 miles per hour" - Back to the future

"84 years" - Titanic

"82,82,82" - Rain man

"I died on Episode 81" - Galaxy Quest

"Ae you kidding ? Page 73..." - The jerk

"72 inches" - Raiders of the lost ark

" i'm just 60" - Gone with the wind

" 67 i think" - the king and i

"p sherman 42..." Finding nemo

"...40 years...." - superman

"38..." - Aliens

"37 hour day" - Men in black

"44 magnum" - dirty harry

"someone saw a cockroach on 12" - Ghostbusters

"These go to 11" - This is spinal tap

"...19 years" - Shawshank redemption

"you realise you made yourself 68?" - breakfast club

"they hit him with 5 shots" - the godfather

"24 hours " - escape from new york

"one ring to rule them all" - Lord of the rings

"98..." - Dead Poets society

Suma Frazier Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:59 PM EST


"...97" - Blade Runner

"Dock bay 94" - Star Wars

"....on the run for 90 minutes" - The Fugitive

"88 miles per hour" - Back to the future

"84 years" - Titanic

"82,82,82" - Rain man

"I died on Episode 81" - Galaxy Quest

"Ae you kidding ? Page 73..." - The jerk

"72 inches" - Raiders of the lost ark

" i'm just 60" - Gone with the wind

" 67 i think" - the king and i

"p sherman 42..." Finding nemo

"...40 years...." - superman

"38..." - Aliens

"37 hour day" - Men in black

"44 magnum" - dirty harry

"someone saw a cockroach on 12" - Ghostbusters

"These go to 11" - This is spinal tap

"...19 years" - Shawshank redemption

"you realise you made yourself 68?" - breakfast club

"they hit him with 5 shots" - the godfather

"24 hours " - escape from new york

"one ring to rule them all" - Lord of the rings

"98..." - Dead Poets society

Ron Mexico Tue, May 22, 2007 at 08:39 AM EST

Johnny Dangerously, anyone? My mother hung me on a hook once...ONCE!

Jakeem Tue, May 22, 2007 at 06:11 AM EST

Wasn't the Bronson clip from "Once Upon a Time in the West"?

mikey Mon, May 21, 2007 at 05:26 PM EST

A few more additions/corrections to Tre's list:
84 - Titanic (?)
75 - The Hustler
74 - Ed Wood (?)
61 - Singles
58 - Goldfinger
55 - Blues Brothers
45 - On The Waterfront (?)
21 - The Lion in Winter
16 - The Natural
2 - Isn't The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I don't know which movie it is, but I'm pretty sure the actor is Charles Bronson who wasn't in TGTBATU.

Tre Letraj Mon, May 21, 2007 at 05:08 PM EST

Yep, I missed that one. Should have been obvious! :-)

Tre Letraj Mon, May 21, 2007 at 05:07 PM EST

It was easy. Never seen it :-)

Schaefer Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:53 PM EST

Great job on the list but how could you get all of those and miss The Godfather at number 5?

Tino Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:27 PM EST

#1 was Lord of the Rings - not Harry Potter.

Also, one of the blank ones you have is Singles.

Otherwise - very nice job.

Tre Letraj Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:20 PM EST

Ferris Bueller
3:10 to Yuma
Young Frankenstein
Bridge over the river Kwai
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North By Northwest
Sunset Blvd
Escape From New York
Wizard of Oz
Casablanca
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Boogie Nights
Shawshank Redemption
Almost Famous
Maltese Falon
All the Presidents Men
Beng John Malcovich
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Lawrence of Arabia
Ghostbusters
Spinal Tap
Citizen Kane
12 Angry Men?
Office Space
To Kill A Monking Bird
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Fargo
LA Confidential
Good Bad, Ugly
Harry Potter

Tre Letraj Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:19 PM EST


Night of the living dead
Laura
Dead Poets Society
Blade Runner
Lost Weekend
Oceans Eleven
Star Warts
Mdnight Run
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The Right Stuff
The Fugitive
Blow?
Back to the Future
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Kinsey
Silence of the lambs
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Rain Man
Galaxy Quest
Harold n Maude
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The Apartment
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The Gambler
Matinee
The Jerk
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Harry Met Sally
Wrath of Kahn
MASH
Breakfast Club
The King and I
Spellbound
Princess Bride
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Network
Mister Roberts
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Gone with the wind
Bringing up baby?
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It's a Wonderul Life
Armed and Dangerous
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Waking Ned Devine
Roman Holiday
Cool Hand Luke
Front Page
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The Big Sleep
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Hudsucker Proxy
Magnum Force
Holy Grail
Finding Nemo
Ben Hur
Superman
39 Steps
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Men in Black
Clerks
Harvey?
Marty
Judge Roy Bean
All about Eve

aramis Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:00 PM EST

Uhm, hello?! What happend to 9-3/4? I mean, that's a number Harry Potter put on the map!...er, scale? lol....this was great...

Sarah Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:09 PM EST

I love things like this. :)

mikey Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:01 PM EST

I wasn't counting, but does Paul Newman win the award for highest number of appearances?

No Brand Woman Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:43 PM EST

Wow. That takes a lot of effort to put something like that together. I am very impressed and it was totally enjoyable! Very cool!

Mozz Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:37 PM EST

That was impressive. and I knew so many of those films.

cranky Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:34 PM EST

Where do people get the TIME to put together things like that??? He must have worked at 110 percent 24/7/365.

furry_tom Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:36 AM EST

Also, a good one from Hitchhiker's Guide, (It was in the British mini-series, but I'm not sure if it made it into the American theatrical version, since they seemed intent on ripping out anything that was witty or even remotely funny):
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, but that not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so if every planet in the universe has a population of zero, then the entire population of the universe must also be zero, and any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.

furry_tom Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:22 AM EST

How about: "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero" from Fight Club?

Martha Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:21 AM EST

That was great - I'm impressed with how many I recognized...and excited to see the rest eventually.

Jakeem Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:17 AM EST

Any ideas for the number zero?

Kate Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:06 AM EST

They should have used Clerks for 37?!?!

Wendy Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:42 AM EST

I was hoping he might throw in a few fractions like Platform Nine and three-quarters.

Rick in Orlando Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:21 AM EST

Awesome clip show. Though, I was hoping he would stretch 7 into 007 but no dice. I'm just happy that he included the obvious clip for #88 (I think he got that one right)...

Rick Kingsley Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:19 AM EST

I was hoping he would stretch 7 into 007 but no dice. I'm just happy that he included #88 (I think he got that one right)...

ericalina Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:08 AM EST

what a great 9 minutes that was!

jessica Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:53 AM EST

that was pretty cool!

mark in nyc Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:57 AM EST

Knew what number 11 was going to be, yet could not help but laugh!

Simon Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:20 AM EST

That was awesome. Loved 31 as well. Kristy Swanson plays a great "dumb blonde" if only for a minute.

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