When you find yourself in the mood for an action movie, check this list out. Here is our list of top picks which are crammed full of memorable action dialogue.
1) Goldfinger (1964)
James Bond (Sean Connery): “Do you expect me to talk”?”
Auric Golfinger (Gert Frobe): “No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.”
2) Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
“We rob banks.”
3) Bullitt (1968)
Chalmers (Robert Vaughn): “Integrity is something you sell the public.”
Bullitt (Steve McQueen): “You sell whatever you want, but don’t sell it here tonight.”
4) Dirty Harry (1971)
The Mayor (John Vernon): “Callahan… I don’t want any more trouble like you had last year in the Fillmore district. You understand? That’s my policy.”
Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood): “Yeah, well, when an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard — that’s my policy.”
5) The French Connection (1971)
Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman): “If that’s not a drop I’ll open up a charge for you at Bloomingdale’s.”
Buddy “Cloudy” Russo (Roy Scheider): “Make it Alexander’s Toy Department.”
6) Dog Day Afternoon (1973)
Sonny (Al Pacino) [to the police officers moving toward him] : “What’s he doing? Go back there man! He wants to kill me so bad he can taste it! Huh? ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA!”
7) Jaws (1974)
Brody (Roy Scheider): “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
8) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Marion (Karen Allen): “You’re not the man I knew ten years ago.”
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford): “It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.”
9) Die Hard (1988)
Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman): “Who are you then?”
John McClane (Bruce Willis): “Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.”
10) Goodfellas (1990)
Tommy De Vito (Joe Pesci): “You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little fucked up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you?”
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