Here is our list of the top Sci-Fi and Fantasy movies with their best quotes from Alien, Blade Runner, Terminator, and more (in alpha order).
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Look, Dave, I can see you’re really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. – HAL, 2001: A Space Odyssey
All the hopes we ever had for space travel, covered up by drink stands and t-shirt vendors. Just a recreation of what we’re running from on Earth. We are world-eaters. – Roy McBride, Ad Astra
We always assume that other beings would want to be human. What’s so great about being human? – Ada, After Yang
This is Ellen Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off. – Ripley, Alien
Get away from her, you b**h! – Ripley, Aliens
Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it, and I welcome every moment of it. – Dr. Louise Banks, Arrival
Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream. – Jake Sully, Avatar
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you’re going to see some serious s**t. – Dr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. – Batty, Blade Runner
Mathematics is the only true universal language. – Ellie Arroway, Contact
Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit? – Donnie
Why are you wearing that stupid man suit? – Frank, Donnie Darko
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration. I will face my fear, and I will permit it to pass over me and through me. – Lady Jessica Atreides, Dune
Remember, there’s no courage without fear. – Master Sergeant Farell, Edge of Tomorrow
To feel. Because you’ve never done it, you can never know it. But it’s as vital as breath. And without it, without love, without anger, without sorrow, breath is just a clock, ticking. – Mary O’Brien, Equilibrium
E.T. phone home. – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The only thing I do know is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind. Especially when we don’t know what’s going on. – Waymond Wang, Everything Everywhere All at Once
One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa. An upright ape living in dust with crude language and tools, all set for extinction. – Nathan, Ex Machina
Worrying means you suffer twice. – Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Funny how historic days seem so ordinary when you’re living them. – Albus Dumbledore, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Everything you created is used to destroy. – Leeloo
Yeah. We call it human nature. – Korben Dallas, The Fifth Element
We came, we saw, we kicked its a**! – Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters
If you decide to go, then you got to just get on with it. Sit back, enjoy the ride. You got to plant both your feet on the ground and start living life. – Matt Kowalski, Gravity
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. – Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it. – Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
All good stories deserve embellishment. – Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place. – Thorin, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. – President Snow, The Hunger Games
You musn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. – Eames, Inception
We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt. – Cooper, Interstellar
God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. – Dr. Ian Malcolm
Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth. – Dr. Ellie Sattler, Jurassic Park
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. – Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
They say people don’t believe in heroes anymore. Well damn them! You and me, Max, we’re going to give them back their heroes! – Fifi, Mad Max
You know, hope is a mistake. If you can’t fix what’s broken, you’ll go insane. – Max Rockatansky Mad Max: Fury Road
You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. – Morpheus, The Matrix
Sometimes, in order to see the light, you have to risk the dark. – Dr. Iris Hineman, Minority Report
I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid I haven’t been alive enough. – Old Nemo, Mr. Nobody
We’re all men of our word really. Except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman. – Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
You’re one ugly m*****f***er! – Dutch, Predator
Take you stinking paw off me, you damn dirty ape! – Dodge Landon, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dead or alive, you’re coming with me! – RoboCop, RoboCop
What you have to ask yourself is, what kind of person are you? Are you the kind who sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or look at the question this way. Is it possible that there are no coincidences? – Rev. Graham Hess, Signs
You are a strange species, not like any other. And you would be surprised how many there are. Intelligent but savage. Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you? You are at your very best when things are worst. – Starman, Starman
Fear of death is illogical. – Spock
Fear of death is what keeps us alive. – Bones, Star Trek Beyond
Do. Or do not. There is no try. – Yoda, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Don’t try to understand it. Feel it. – Barbara, Tenet
I’ll be back. – The Terminator, The Terminator
Somebody in this camp ain’t what he appears to be. Right now that may be one or two of us. By spring, it could be all of us. – MacReady, The Thing
You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory. – Kuato, Total Recall
There’s no right. There’s no wrong. There’s only popular opinion. – Jeffrey Goines, Twelve Monkeys
Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you’re here. That’s just an awful feeling. – Elijah Price, Unbreakable
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