Famous Movie Quotes Activity

This is a fun activity if you want to liven up your class. Students love movies and they also getting away from the grammar books! This activity has an element of competition, so this should create quite the buzz in your classroom.

Split students into teams of 4/5. Ask them about their knowledge of movies. Invite them to name a few movies from last year that they liked. Have a vote to see which was the most popular. See if they remember any famous quotes from the movie and ask them to explain what the actors meant.

Tell them that famous movie quotes are so popular that people use them regularly in their daily lives. If, for example, you need to leave the room, but plan on returning, you can always say in the Terminator’s voice “I’ll be back!”

Ask the students to think of a few famous movie quotes in English.

Let the games begin!

Next the teams must choose the movies they want from the list (see Answers section). You will either need to print out the list and give it to them or write the titles on the board. In rotation let each team choose a title until there are none left.

Cut the slips of paper up and distribute to the team that chose that particular film. They must choose the words that best fit the quote.

Scoring – You could appoint 1 mark for the correct words in the famous movie quote and 1 mark for either an explanation of the quote, a reference to the situation when it was used in the film or an example of them using it in their own lives. The team with the most points wins.

1. “May the ______ be ever in your _________.”

odds/favour arrow/hand children/heart

The Hunger Games 2012

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2. “_______ me this _______”

give/suit sell/pen give/job

The Wolf of Wall St 2013

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3.“Keep your ________ close, but your ________ closer.”

handbag/wallet family/enemies friends/enemies

The Godfather 2 1974

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4.“_________, for lack of a better word, is __________.”

Greed/bad Ambition/great Greed/good

Wall St 1987

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5.“I _______dead ________.”

watch/people see/people fear/ghosts

The Sixth Sense 1999

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6. “_________, we have a __________.”

Washington/problem Houston/rocket Houston/problem

Apollo 13 1995

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7. “You've got to ask yourself one___________: 'Do I feel________?' Well, do ya, punk?”

question/unlucky thing/lucky question/lucky

Dirty Harry 1971

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8. “There's no ________ like _________.”

place/home home/mine happiness/home

The Wizard of Oz 1939

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9. “You ________ to ______?”

talking/them speaking/me talking/me

Taxi Driver 1976

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10. "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a _________ son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my ___________, in this life or the next."

ungrateful/vengeance murdered/vengeance dead/revenge

Gladiator 2000

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11. “With great power comes great responsibility. This is my________. This is my__________. Who am I? I am Spider-Man”

gift/curse life/future present/future

Spiderman 2002

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12. “You either die a________, or you live long enough to see yourself become the_________.”

villain/hero saint/monster hero/villain

The Dark Knight 2008

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13. “You can’t ________ the _________!”

handle/truth deal with/reality control/truth

A Few Good Men 1992

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14. “I love the _________of_________ in the morning.”

smell/coffee stench/death smell/napalm

Apocalypse Now 1979

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15. “Hasta la vista,________!”

“I’ll be ________.”

baby/back John/around honey/back

Terminator 1984/1991

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16. “My __________.”

“One does not simply ______ into Mordor”

precious/walk precious/march ring/stroll

Lord of the Rings – Two Towers 2002

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17. “I'm ________of the world!”

“I’m_______, Jack.”

top/drowning king/flying queen/flying

Titanic 1997

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18. “The _______ of Christ ________ you!”

power/forces power/compels command/orders

The Exorcist 1973

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19. “A ______ best friend is his _________.”

boy's /mother father’s/son man’s/dog

Psycho 1960

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20. “I think this is the __________of a_________ friendship."

start/wonderful end/destructive beginning/beautiful

Casablanca 1942

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21. A martini. __________ not _________.

stirred/chilled cold/stirred shaken/stirred

Goldfinger (James Bond) 1964

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22. “I wish I________ how to ________ you”

knew/leave understood/quit knew/quit

Brokeback Mountain 2005

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23. “Sometimes ________ things happen to _______ people.”

good/bad unfortunate/nice bad/good

Redeye 2005

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24. “I to ________ play a ________”

want/trick don’t want/game want/game

Saw 2004

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25. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his ________ with some __________ beans and a nice Chianti."

liver/fava heart/baked tongue/white

The Silence of the Lambs 1991

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26. “Let me tell you something my friend. ________ is a dangerous thing. _________ can drive a man mad"

Desire/Desire Hope/Hope Prison/Prison

The Shawshank Redemption 1994

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27. "The ______ rule of Fight Club is: you do not ________ about Fight Club.”

main/mention first/talk second/discuss

Fight Club 1999

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28. “Remember what _______ in Vegas ______ in Vegas.”

happens/stays goes on/stays happens/remains

The Hangover 2009

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29. “A ________dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A ________dollars.”

billion/trillion million/billion 100,000/million

The Social Network 2010

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30. “Buzz _______ to the ________!”

Lightyear/crèche Woody/rescue Lightyear/rescue

Toy Story 1995

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Famous Movie Quotes Answers

1. “May the odds be ever in your favour.”2. “Sell me this pen!”3. “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”4. “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”5. “I see dead people.”6. “Houston, we have a problem.”7. “You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya,

punk?”8. “There's no place like home.”9. “You talking to me?”10."My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of

the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

11.“With great power comes great responsibility. This is my gift. This is my curse. Who am I? I am Spider-Man”

12.“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

13.“You can’t handle the truth!”14.“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” 15.“Hasta la vista, baby!” “I’ll be back.”16.“My precious.” “One does not simply walk into Mordor”17.“I'm king of the world!” “I’m flying, Jack.”18.“The power of Christ compels you!” 19.“A boy's best friend is his mother.”20.“I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."21.“A martini. Shaken not stirred.”22.“I wish I knew how to quit you.”23.“Sometimes bad things happen to good people.”24.“I want to play a game.”25.“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava

beans and a nice Chianti." 26.“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope

can drive a man mad." 27."The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The

second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club."28.“Remember what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”29. A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.30.“Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!”