Jaws (1975)
EXT. THE OCEAN - DAY
BRODY shovels chum into the ocean. Suddenly an enormous shark appears in the water. He steps back, stunned.
BRODY: (To Quint) Holy Shit! Did you see the jaws on that thing?
Die Hard (1988)
INT. NAKATOMI BUILDING - NIGHT
The elevator doors open and a body tumbles out. A shocked, angry GRUBER turns to his accomplice KARL.
GRUBER: This has gone far enough. Fan out. Find him, whoever he is.
KARL: What shall we do when we find him?
GRUBER: Simple. I want him to die. (Spits) No. Wait. I want him to die...hard.
KARL: (Writing on his pad) Die...hard. Got it.
GRUBER looks annoyed.
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
INT. SPORTS AUDITORIUM - NIGHT
MAGGIE drops onto her stool in the corner of the ring breathing heavily. FRANKIE swabs her face with water.
MAGGIE: She's tough. I can't get inside.
FRANKIE: Yeah, you know why?
MAGGIE: Why?
FRANKIE: She's a thousand dollar baby.
MAGGIE: She is?
FRANKIE: Yeah, but do you know what you have to be?
MAGGIE: Not really.
FRANKIE: A million dollar baby, Maggie. A million dollar baby. Now get out there and be a million dollar baby.
MAGGIE: But what does..?
The bell rings and the fight continues.
Boyhood (2014)
INT. KITCHEN - SAME
MASON enters the kitchen. Olivia begins to help him put his coat on.
OLIVIA: Did you finish your homework?
MASON: Yeah.
OLIVIA: All right then. And make sure you come straight home after school.
MASON: I will.
MASON heads to the door. OLIVIA grabs something on the table and hands it to him.
OLIVIA: It's cold out. You better take your boy hood.
MASON: I hate you mom.
Psycho (1960)
INT. MOTEL ROOM - DAY
NORMAN turns to face MARY.
NORMAN: You know, you have something that most girls never have.
MARY: I have?
NORMAN: There's no name for it. But it just puts people at their ease.
MARY: What are you, some kind of psycho?
NORMAN looks annoyed.
The Great Escape (1963)
EXT. RIVER - DAY
DANNY and WILLIE, rowing in their small boat look back towards the camp disappearing in the distance.
DANNY: You know what?
WILLIE: What?
DANNY: That was a pretty good escape.
WILLIE: Scratch that.
DANNY: Huh?
WILLIE: It was the great escape.
DANNY: Thanks.
American Psycho (2000)
INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT
PATRICK turns to face EVELYN holding a large cleaver.
PATRICK: What do you think of this?
EVELYN: What are you, some kind of psycho?
PATRICK: Not just any kind of psycho. An American psycho.
EVELYN: Oh.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
INT. PARLOUR - NIGHT
Fade up.
QUENTIN TARANTINO is sitting by a fireside in a large ornate room wearing a smoking jacket and cravat with a large book in his hands. He stops reading, removes his spectacles and addresses the camera.
QUENTIN: Good evening. Tales of filth and tales of scorn. Tales of violence and porn. Boxers, skanks and complex plotting. Seventies hits and rednecks frotting. Uma, Bruce and Tim Roth's diction. Now enter the world of my Pulp Fiction. (EXPRESSIVELY) Watch!
Fade out.
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)
INT. POLICE STATION - DAY.
Police psychiatrist Dr SCHILLER turns to MCLANE who is having his wounds tended in the bullpen.
SCHILLER: This is personal McLane. This guy wants to destroy you.
MCLANE: He wants me to die?
SCHILLER: That won't be enough for him.
MCLANE: He wants me to die hard?
SCHILLER: Try again John.
MCLANE: No?
SCHILLER: Yes.
MCLANE: So he wants me to die hard... with a vengeance?
SCHILLER: I'm afraid that's the only plausible explanation.
MCLANE looks annoyed.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
INT. TEMPLE - NIGHT
MOLA RAM turns and faces the captured INDY, WILLIE and SHORTY.
RAM: So, finally, we have you. The estimable Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, together at last.
WILLIE: (SCREAMING): Temple of Doom! You never said it was a Temple of Doom!
INDY: Why are you shouting? I'm right next to you.
The Great Gatsby (2013)
EXT. GATSBY'S MANSION - NIGHT
As the party continues, GATSBY approaches Nick by the waterside.
NICK: Quite a spread you have here.
GATSBY: Thank you very much.
NICK: With all this wealth and power and influence you might say you're a pretty good Gatsby.
GATSBY: No, my friend. I am the great Gatsby.
NICK: Yeah.
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1986)
INT. RUSTY'S ROOM - SAME
CLARK enters RUSTY'S bedroom. Rusty is on his bed reading a magazine.
CLARK: Rusty, stop reading that National Lampoon magazine. It's time to go on our European vacation.
RUSTY ignores him.
CLARK: (WITH EMPHASIS) Rusty. No more National Lampoons. European vacation right now!
RUSTY looks at his father with confusion.
RUSTY: Are you back on the blow again or something?
CLARK puts on a funny hat.
Pretty Woman (1990)
INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT
Edward is seated at the restaurant table. He looks across at VIVIAN sitting opposite.
EDWARD: You know, you really are a pretty woman.
VIVIAN: And I'm a prostitute!
EDWARD: Neat.
The Remains of the Day (1993)
INT. DRAWING ROOM - DAY
STEVENS enters the grand drawing room of Lord DARLINGTON.
STEVENS: Excuse me sir, would you be requiring anything else from me?
DARLINGTON: No, that will be all Stevens.
STEVENS: Thank you sir.
STEVENS Begins to leave.
DARLINGTON: (Whispering, Under Breath) The remains of the day.
STEVENS: What?
DARLINGTON: Nothing.
Live Free Or Die Hard (2007)
INT. CAR - SAME
MCLANE is driving. MATT sits alongside him.
MATT: Here's an interesting fact. The state motto of New Hampshire is 'Live Free or Die'.
MCLANE: They should change that to 'Live Free or Die Hard'.
MATT: Maybe.
MCLANE looks annoyed.
Planet of the Apes (1968)
INT. LAB - DAY
The caged TAYLOR turns to CORNELIUS.
TAYOR: My god. It's a whole planet. A planet of the apes.
CORNELIUS: Probably just 'planet of apes' right?
TAYLOR: What?
CORNELIUS: Well, you don't need that 'the' in there. It's pretty redundant.
TAYLOR: What do you mean?
CORNELIUS: Well, if it was a planet full of dogs, you wouldn't call it a planet of the dogs. It would just be a 'planet of dogs'. Or even 'dog planet'.
TAYLOR: I suppose so.
CORNELIUS: And anyway, we have horses as well. The apes ride horses.
TAYLOR looks annoyed.
Catfish (2010)
INT. NEV'S ROOM - DAY
NEV sits in front of a computer monitor and turns to address ARIEL.
NEV: She's fake. This whole thing is fake. I think we've got ourselves a catfish.
ARIEL: A what?
NEV: A catfish.
ARIEL: What does that mean?
NEV: You know, a catfish. Someone who poses online under a false identity.
ARIEL: I've never heard of that term before.
NEV: No, I just invented it.
ARIEL: So why did you expect me to understand what you were talking about? You can't just come up with brand new terminology and toss it into the conversation like everyone's been saying it for years.
NEV: We're brothers.
ARIEL: That's your excuse for everything.
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
INT. VAULT - SAME
KOMAROV turns to face the injured MCLANE.
KOMAROV: You know, we have a saying here in Russia. Khoroshiy den chtoby umeret trudno.
SUBTITLE: A good day to die hard.
MCLANE: What does it mean?
KOMAROV: It... doesn't really make any sense in your language. Let's move on.
MCLANE looks annoyed.
Great Expectations (1946)
INT. BEDROOM - DAY
PIP sits by MAGWICH'S bedside.
MAGWICH: (WEAKLY) You know, those were some pretty good expectations.
PIP: No. Indeed. They were great expectations.
MAGWICH looks annoyed.
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