Top 20 Greatest Closing Lines in Movies

Now THAT'S how you end a movie! For this list, we’ll be looking at the most memorable closing lines in movie history that wrap up the film in a shocking, impactful, or emotional manner. Our countdown includes "Fight Club", "The Dark Knight", “Goodfellas”, "Casablanca", “The Silence of the Lambs”, and more! Which of these do you find the most memorable? Let us know in the comments below!

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[WatchMojo]

Which of these do you find the most memorable? Let us know in the comments below!

[ZolotoyMedvyed]

"Well, nobody's perfect." Funniest last line in all of cinema from "Some Like It Hot."

[nmv]

Scarlet O’Hara’s, “After all, tomorrow, is another day!” One of my favorites.

[ewokk]

"This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off."

[monteporche]

Another one that I love...."I just killed an intruder." Last line of "Sleeping with the Enemy."

[Évrard_Elisea]

"Son of a bitch, he stole my line." Best closing line. Ever.

[janetharned]

Ray Liotta's voice is so incredible, and one of the Best recognizable voices ever!!! We will always miss you, Ray!!

[donaldfrederick]

"Was that the boogeyman?"
-Jamie Lee Curtis
"As a matter of fact it was"
-Donald Pleasance
Halloween (1978)

[moonliteevee]

"Maybe you could come over and read it again to me tomorrow."
"As you wish."

[francisharryt]

"He's a silent guardian. A watchful protetector. The Dark Knight."

One of my favorite endings of all time.

[Iggystar]

The final line in Shawshank has made me cry ugly tears on a few occasions. 🥺🥺

[texasstep]

Anthony Perkins final facial expression, the happily evil glint in his eyes, beats any spoken line. One of the best moments of acting in any movie.

[litning]

I thought #1 would be Citizen Kane’s “Rosebud.”

Soylent Green should have at least gotten an honorable mention: “It’s people!”

[muhammadmakki]

One of the most memorable closing lines ever: "After all, tomorrow is another day." - Gone with the Wind

[krisinpa]

"I've always depended on the kindness of strangers", Blanch Dubois in "A Streetcar Named Desire"

[torgo]

I love the last line of Psycho, but nothing beats Malcolm McDowell's evil smile and "I was cured all right" from A Clockwork Orange.

[worldpeace]

John Kramer “game over” is one of the most chilling closing lines ever it came after the greatest twist of our generation

[duplifundgroup]

Inconceivable that you omitted "Nobody's perfect." from Some Like it Hot

[thunderpantz]

I like the last line from Gladiator.

"I'll see you again. But not yet...Not yet."

[johnd]

My favorite ending line isn't even spoken. It's Walter Matthau, at the end of 1974's "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three." He's just closed the door on a suspect, hears a sound, and gives a look as he opens the door again. The look he gives tells you he's solved the crime and the rest is just details. It's the most creative last ten seconds of a movie ever, and my favorite closing line.

I also loved the final line in the Clint Eastwood movie "Unforgiven." Again, it is not spoken, but is presented in written form, with a quiet guitar motif playing over a scene of Clint Eastwood removing his hat and paying his last respects to his buried wife: "Some years later, Mrs. Ansonia Feathers made the arduous journey to Hodgeman County to visit the last resting place of her only daughter. William Munny had long since disappeared with the children... some said to San Francisco where it was rumored he prospered in dry goods. And there was nothing on the marker to explain to Mrs. Feathers why her only daughter had married a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition." The last spoken line is pretty good too: "You better bury Ned right. You better not cut up nor otherwise harm no wh*res. Or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons of b!tches."

I agree with others who mentioned Princess Bride's "As you wish, " spoken by Peter Falk to his grandson as the movie closes. As a man with 11 grandchildren, that one pulls at my heartstrings every time.