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Best OPENING Line to a Movie


I have often seen (and responded to) threads asking for the best closing/ending lines of movies. What do you think are some of the best opening/first lines in film history?

The ones that come to me first are:

"Rosebud." - Citizen Kane
"I believe in America. America has made my fortune." - The Godfather

I'm sure I could think of another couple; maybe I'll post some more later if I do. Can YOU think of any good one?






Alas! The next word is ‘pigs’ bristles’. We are undone, my good Watson!

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"So ok, you're probably thinking, "Is this a Noxema commercial or what?"

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"He was the most extraordinary man I ever knew." - Lawrence of Arabia

"Well, Thomas Becket. Are you satisfied?" (Henry II at Becket's tomb) - Becket

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well, it's one of the best TO ME. :)
"Dear Diary: Heather told me she teaches people "real life." She said, real life sucks losers dry. You want to *beep* with the eagles, you have to learn to fly. I said, so, you teach people how to spread their wings and fly? She said, yes. I said, you're beautiful. "

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"Choose Life." (and the rest of this) - Trainspotting

"People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden."- Fight Club

"Are you watching closely?" - The Prestige

"Oh, yeah. Bloody hell. I'm sweating in here. Roasting. Boiling. Baking. Sweltering. It's like a sauna. Furnace. You can fry an egg on my stomach. Ohh, who wouldn't lap this up? It's ridiculous. Tremendous. Fantastic. Fan-dabby-dozy-tastic." - Sexy Beast

"The Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement is perhaps unknown to you." (and the rest of this) - All About Eve

"When I think of my wife, I always think of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull. Unspooling her brains. Trying to get answers." - Gone Girl

"And it's a story that might bore you, but you don't have to listen, because I always knew it was going to be like that." - Rules of Attraction

"My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman." - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

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Awesome opening line in Clueless (1995)

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Opening dialogue of Pulp Fiction

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"As far as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

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"As far as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

Technically, that's not the opening line of Goodfellas. It is Ray Liotta's first line of narration. The movie opens with three of them in the car, then they hear the thumping from the trunk, etc. After Joe Pesci re-kills the made guy, Liotta closes the trunk, says the line to a freeze frame, then the music starts.

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