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Top 50 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movie Quotes

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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).


2001: A Space Odyssey

1. “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


Ad Astra

2. “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


After Yang

3. “We always assume that other beings would want to be human. What’s so great about being human?” – Ada, After Yang


Alien

4. “This is Ellen Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.” – Ripley, Alien


Aliens

5. “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 2016 Movie Quotes)

6. “Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it, and I welcome every moment of it.” – Dr. Louise Banks, Arrival


Avatar

7. “Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream.” – Jake Sully, Avatar


Back to the Future

8. “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


Blade Runner

9. “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


Contact

10. “Mathematics is the only true universal language.” – Ellie Arroway, Contact


Donnie Darko

11. “Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit? – Donnie
Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
” – Frank, Donnie Darko


Dune

12. “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


Edge of Tomorrow

13. “Remember, there’s no courage without fear.” – Master Sergeant Farell, Edge of Tomorrow


Equilibrium

14. “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. the Extra-Terrestrial

15. “E.T. phone home.”  – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial


Everything Everywhere All at Once

16. “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


Ex Machina

17. “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 2016 Quotes)

18. “Worrying means you suffer twice.” – Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them


Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

19. “Funny how historic days seem so ordinary when you’re living them.” – Albus Dumbledore, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore


The Fifth Element

20. “Everything you created is used to destroy. – Leeloo
Yeah. We call it human nature.”
– Korben Dallas, The Fifth Element


Ghostbusters

21. “We came, we saw, we kicked its a**!” – Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters


Gravity

22. “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


Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

23. “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


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

24. “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


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Gandalf

25. “All good stories deserve embellishment.” – Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey


 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Thorin

26. “If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.” – Thorin, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies


The Hunger Games

27. “Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear.” – President Snow, The Hunger Games


Inception, Eames

28. “You musn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” – Eames, Inception


Interstellar, Cooper

29. “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


Jurassic Park

30. “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


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

31. “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


Mad Max

32. “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


Mad Max: Fury Road

33. “You know, hope is a mistake. If you can’t fix what’s broken, you’ll go insane.” – Max Rockatansky, Mad Max: Fury Road


The Matrix

34. “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


Minority Report

35. “Sometimes, in order to see the light, you have to risk the dark.” – Dr. Iris Hineman, Minority Report


 Mr. Nobody

36. “I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid I haven’t been alive enough.”  – Old Nemo, Mr. Nobody


Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

37. “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


Predator

38. “You’re one ugly m*****f***er!” – Dutch, Predator


Rise of the Planet of the Apes

39. “Take you stinking paw off me, you damn dirty ape!” – Dodge Landon, Rise of the Planet of the Apes


RoboCop

40. “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me!” – RoboCop, RoboCop


Signs

41. “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


Starman

42. “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


Star Trek Beyond

43. “Fear of death is illogical.” – Spock
“Fear of death is what keeps us alive.” – Bones, Star Trek Beyond


Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

44. “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back


Tenet

45. “Don’t try to understand it. Feel it.” – Barbara, Tenet


The Terminator

46. “I’ll be back.” – The Terminator, The Terminator 


The Thing 1982

47. “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


Total Recall

48. “You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory.” – Kuato, Total Recall


Twelve Monkeys

49. “There’s no right. There’s no wrong. There’s only popular opinion.” – Jeffrey Goines, Twelve Monkeys


Unbreakable

50. “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


We hope you enjoyed our list of the top Sci-Fi and Fantasy movies and their best quotes!

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