1. You Make Me Wanna Be a Better Person

Film: As Good as it Gets

Nasty, horrible, inhumane OCD Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) delivers this line to world weary Carole the waitress (Helen Hunt) when she demands he say something nice to her. Is this not just the best compliment ever?

2. You Had Me at Hello

Film: Jerry Maguire

Jerry (Tom Cruise) delivers a long impassioned but very matter of fact plea explaining why he wants Dorothy (Renée Zellweger) back in his life in front of all of her friends who’ve been telling her how much better off they are without men. Her’s is the simplest of responses. (Of course this movie also gives us the iconic show me the money line)

3. You Said You Couldn’t Go out with Anyone Who Didn’t Believe in You. I Believed in You. I Just Didn’t Believe in Me

Film: Pretty in Pink

Rich boy Blaine (Andrew McCarthy – whatever happened to him?) to girl from wrong side of the tracks, Andy (Molly Ringwald) just before he says he loves her in such a matter of fact tone he might be ordering pizza, but the sentiment is what counts, right?

4. The Only Thing That Separates Us from the Animals is Our Ability to Accessorize

Film: Steel Magnolias

Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis) retorts this to Oiuser Budreaux’s (Shirley MaClaine) sneering at her performance as a radio colour announcer. I had a hard job choosing my fave from this fabulous film. I promise my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair, and the only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than God are right up there with the best. Out of them all on this list if you haven’t seen this movie you don’t know what you’re missing – it’s the funniest film ever to make you cry.

5. Get This Walking Carpet out of My Way

Film: Star Wars – A New Hope

Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) to Han Solo (Harrison Ford) about Chewbacca. I’m a real Stars Wars nut. I don’t know how many times I have seen all 6 movies. I could choose line after line but I’ve decided on simplicity.

6. Nice Boys Don’t Kiss like That. This One Does

Film: Bridget Jones’s Diary

Bridget (Renée Zellweger) to Mark (Colin Firth) after a pash of a kiss in the snow after she’s chased him down in the street wearing a cardigan, undies and sneakers.

7. Sucking All the Marrow out of Life Doesn’t Mean Choking on the Bone

Film: Dead Poet’s Society

Teacher John Keating (Robin Williams) to his all boy classroom.

8. Women Need a Reason to Have Sex. Men Just Need a Place

Film: City Slickers

Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) to his male friends. No need to put this into context. It is what it is.

9. I Fart in Your General Direction. Your Mother Was a Hamster and Your Father Smelt of Elderberries

Film: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

John Cleese as a French knight to English Knights. If you’ve never heard of or seen any Monty Python you’ll probably not understand why this is funny. Monty Python are a bunch of English (oh and 1 American) eccentrics who used to specialise in avant-garde and surrealist humour.

10. Look at That. Look at How She Moves. It’s Just like Jell-O on Springs

Film: Some Like it Hot

Daphne (Jack Lemmon) to Josephine (Tony Curtis) after watching Marilyn Monroe walk along the train platform. One of the bestest bestest films ever.

It’s a good job I’ve been restricted to 10 because I could have gone on to about 300. Do you think I need to get out more?

Top Photo Credit: James Whíte