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From 'That's a bingo!' to 'I am the Dude,' these comedies have supplied more real-world catchphrases than any other genre — vote for the one whose lines you actually catch yourself repeating.
What counts: Ranking blends cultural catchphrase density ('quotability'), critical/audience esteem, and box-office reach; all scores and grosses are approximate and rounded, since exact re-release and inflation-adjusted figures vary by source.
A shoestring British troupe turned a coconut-clopping King Arthur spoof into the most line-for-line recitable movie of all time, from the Knights Who Say Ni to the Black Knight's 'It's just a flesh wound.' Its dialogue has become a lingua franca for a certain kind of nerd humor,
Release Year: 1975Quotability: 10/10IMDb Score: 8.2/10Box Office: 5 $M
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Will Ferrell's mustachioed newsman gave the 2000s an entire slang dictionary — 'Great Odin's raven,' 'Milk was a bad choice,' '60% of the time it works every time.' Its improv-heavy scenes (the news-team rumble, the jazz flute) turned throwaway lines into permanent office banter.
Release Year: 2004Quotability: 9.5/10IMDb Score: 7.2/10Box Office: 90 $M
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The Zucker brothers' disaster-movie parody fired off a joke every few seconds and left behind deadpan classics like 'Surely you can't be serious' / 'I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.' It essentially invented the rapid-fire quotable-gag template later comedies chased for fo
Release Year: 1980Quotability: 9.5/10IMDb Score: 7.7/10Box Office: 83 $M
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A box-office disappointment that became the most quoted cult film in America, thanks to The Dude's 'That's just, like, your opinion, man' and Walter's unhinged Vietnam tangents. Its lines spawned Lebowski Fest conventions and a permanent place in stoner-comedy scripture. Few flop
Release Year: 1998Quotability: 9.5/10IMDb Score: 8.1/10Box Office: 47 $M
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Bill Murray's gopher-hunting groundskeeper and Rodney Dangerfield's Al Czervik turned a loose golf-course comedy into a quote factory — 'Cinderella story,' 'Noonan!,' 'You'll get nothing and like it.' It's the country-club comedy every golfer references without knowing they're qu
Release Year: 1980Quotability: 8.5/10IMDb Score: 7.3/10Box Office: 40 $M
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Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels' idiot road-trip gave pop culture 'So you're telling me there's a chance' and the Most Annoying Sound in the World, both still deployed constantly. Its earnest, moronic sincerity made the quotes stick harder than sharper satire ever could. A commercial
Release Year: 1994Quotability: 9/10IMDb Score: 7.3/10Box Office: 247 $M
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A microbudget indie about a socially awkward teen somehow gave America 'Gosh!,' 'Vote for Pedro,' and 'I caught you a delicious bass.' Its deadpan, off-rhythm delivery made every flat line feel instantly meme-able years before memes existed. Improbable staying power for a film wi
Release Year: 2004Quotability: 8.5/10IMDb Score: 6.9/10Box Office: 46 $M
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Ben Stiller's vacant male model gave the world 'blue steel,' 'Magnum,' and 'I'm not an ambi-turner,' phrases fashion-adjacent culture never let go of. It's a niche-satire comedy whose specific absurdity made its lines oddly universal outside the runway world it mocked. A sleeper
Release Year: 2001Quotability: 8/10IMDb Score: 6.5/10Box Office: 60 $M
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Party on, Garth — Mike Myers and Dana Carvey's basement-access-TV duo turned 'Excellent!,' 'We're not worthy,' and 'Schwing!' into instant '90s vernacular. The Bohemian Rhapsody headbang scene alone reset how comedies used music for quotable moments. SNL sketch comedy rarely tran
Release Year: 1992Quotability: 8.5/10IMDb Score: 7/10Box Office: 183 $M
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'Who ya gonna call?' became a cultural reflex, and Bill Murray's Venkman delivered a stream of deadpan asides ('He slimed me') that outlived the special effects. It's a rare case of a blockbuster comedy whose action and jokes were equally quotable. Four decades on, its catchphras
Release Year: 1984Quotability: 8.5/10IMDb Score: 7.8/10Box Office: 295 $M
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Rob Reiner's fake rock documentary invented the mockumentary quote machine — 'These go to eleven,' 'It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.' Musicians and comedians alike still cite it as scripture, proving improvised faux-doc dialogue can be as quotable as any scripted
Release Year: 1984Quotability: 9/10IMDb Score: 7.9/10Box Office: 5 $M
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Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly's man-children delivered unhinged gems like 'Did we just become best friends?' and 'You're a great singer, but you can't sing.' Its manic sincerity made even nonsense lines endlessly repeatable among younger comedy fans. A 2000s bro-comedy that tur
Release Year: 2008Quotability: 8.5/10IMDb Score: 6.9/10Box Office: 128 $M
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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's raunchy teen romp gave McLovin his one-name legend status and a flood of profanely quotable teenage-panic dialogue. Its hyper-specific, embarrassing-truth humor made lines feel personally lived-in rather than just jokes. Arguably the most quoted hig
Release Year: 2007Quotability: 8/10IMDb Score: 7.6/10Box Office: 170 $M
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A modest theatrical release that became cubicle-culture's sacred text, giving offices everywhere 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays' and 'I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday.' Its deadpan corporate absurdism turned it into the most-quoted workplace
Release Year: 1999Quotability: 8.5/10IMDb Score: 7.7/10Box Office: 12 $M
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Tina Fey's high-school satire gave a generation 'That's so fetch,' 'On Wednesdays we wear pink,' and 'You go, Glen Coco!' Its lines migrated straight into teen vocabulary and later Broadway and internet meme culture. Two decades later it's still the most quoted female-led comedy
Release Year: 2004Quotability: 9/10IMDb Score: 7.1/10Box Office: 130 $M
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Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson's frat-revival comedy delivered 'We're going streaking!' and Frank's tranquilizer-dart meltdown as instant party-movie canon. Its blend of raunch and earnest nostalgia made its lines a staple of college-era quoting for years. A solid, i
Release Year: 2003Quotability: 7.5/10IMDb Score: 7/10Box Office: 87 $M
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Mel Brooks' Western satire weaponized every taboo for laughs, leaving behind 'Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!' and a campfire bean scene that redefined crude-but-quotable comedy. Its audacity made lines memorable precisely because no studio would dare write them today.
Release Year: 1974Quotability: 9/10IMDb Score: 7.7/10Box Office: 120 $M
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John Belushi's Bluto set the template for frat-comedy chaos with 'Toga! Toga!' and the immortal 'Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?' It essentially invented the modern gross-out comedy's quotable playbook that Old School and Van Wilder later copied. Still the refer
Release Year: 1978Quotability: 8/10IMDb Score: 7.4/10Box Office: 141 $M
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Kristen Wiig's wedding-chaos comedy proved women-led ensembles could be just as quotable, with lines like 'I'm getting closer to God' during the dress-fitting meltdown. Its blend of raw physical comedy and sharp one-liners reshaped what studios greenlit for female comedians. A mo
Release Year: 2011Quotability: 7.5/10IMDb Score: 6.8/10Box Office: 288 $M
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'What happens in Vegas' got a comedic reboot with Zach Galifianakis' unhinged Alan delivering 'Is that a baby?' and 'Paging Dr. Faggot' era lines that dominated late-2000s pop culture. Its massive box office made its quotes near-inescapable for a solid five years. A blockbuster c
Release Year: 2009Quotability: 8/10IMDb Score: 7.7/10Box Office: 467 $M
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