Chillrob is probably thinking of the first time he says that to a street thug earlier in the film, near word for word the same line.

That clip is from the very end though, R*R is right about that.

Dirty Harry is a great movie, and that is a great scene, but there are a couple of things wrong IMO with including it in this list.

For one, the list is about the best closing line, not closing scene in a movie. I don't think "Well, do ya punk?" by itself really is all that great.

Secondly, the movie doesn't exactly end with that line; there's still another 1-2 minutes left where Dirty Harry takes out his ID and badge, contemplates on it for a second or two, then throws the badge in the water and walks away from the scene and away from the audience. That lends the gravitas to the ending scene moreso than the line(s) spoken 2 minutes earlier.

Here's the rest of the scene after the last line is spoken and the perp shot:

I don't disagree but I still feel damn good about fitting Clint in to this thread.

And I can't disagree with that!

one of the truly greatest endings of all time... and not a single word was uttered.

Knew before clicking (on phone) that had to be the clip. Yeah, so good. Miller's Crossing did a nice homage.

You met me at a very strange time in my life.

The chronological ending to "Pulp Fiction":

Butch: Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

rosebud

citizen kane

That would be an absolutely fantastic answer if the thread was titled Top Ten Greatest Opening Lines in Movies.

There is th is old movie called Love Story.

I don't remember if it was the last line exactly, but one of the last was "love means need having to say your sorry".

I am not really a crier from movies but that one got me a little.

It's

'Love means never having to say you're sorry.'


Not to nitpick...but it's not really a nitpick, changes the meaning completely.

Hope I didn't ruin it for you though.

That is what I meant to type. Thanks for catching it.

That's one of the worst lines ever written, because it's so obviously wrong.

"After all, we're only human."

- Robocop

rosebud is the closing line as the sled with the name on it is the closing line. the words were just said in the beginning of the movie. and you hear them as you see the sled.

I like the last of Five Easy Pieces where the trucker asks Jack Nicholson where his coat is, says it's gonna get cold where they're going. Love that movie.

My addition (post #7) is from Clint

'What did we learn, Palmer?'

'I don't know, sir.'

'I don't ****in' know either. I guess we learned not to do it again.'

'Yes, sir.'

'I'm ****ed if I know what we did.'

'Yes, sir, it's, uh, hard to say.'

'Jesus ****ing Christ.'

Burn After Reading.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

I don't count the post credit scene as the end of the movie.

"You better not cut up nor otherwise harm no whores, or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches!."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11p_KvPySzo

Ending of the movie "Rush"

So perfect and a true story on top.

"It's a good scream."

"Up your ass with a red hot poker. I can play anywhere I want."
Robby Benson as Henry Steele in One on One, 1977.

I have zero interest in formula 1 but what an amazing movie this is.. perfect ending indeed.