Top 20 Sci-Fi Movie Quotes of All Time

Some of the best and most memorable quotes from sci-fi movies for the past nine decades. Through the galaxy, a few good lines endure beyond their movies.



1 - "May the Force be with you... always."
Obi-Wan's line at the end of Star Wars is an obvious choice to top our list of best sci-fi movie quotes.

2 - "Revenge is a dish best served cold."
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, an immortal line quoted often in pop culture

3 - "It's Alive! Alive!"  Frankenstein (1931)

4 - "Take your dirty stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!"
Planet of the Apes (1968).  The final line of the movie is also memorable, when Taylor realizes where he is.

5 - "Klaatu barada nikto" The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

6 - "Two men enter, one man leaves," Mad Max III: Beyond Thunderdone

7 - "Game over, man!" Aliens

8 - "Open the pod door, Hal..." 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)

9 - "Call me Snake."
This was said by Snake Plissken in "Escape from New York."

10 - “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
They Live! (1988)

11- "By your command."
The notable line from the Cylons, in that awesome modulated voice.

12 - "You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada."
The Last Starfighter (1984)

13 - "Hasta la vista, baby!" Terminator T2 Judgement Day  and  "I'll be back." The Terminator (1984)

14 - "It was beauty that killed the beast."  King Kong (1933)

15 - "You human... you ugly head."  Enemy Mine

16 - "Be afraid. Be very afraid."  The Fly (1986)

17 - "E.T. phone home,"  from E.T. the Extraterrestrial

18 - The 5 tones "bomp, bomp, bamp, bamp, baa..." from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It might not exactly qualify as a quote, but those 5 tones are very memorable.

19 - "There's one other name you might know me by... Star Lord.... (who?)" and also "I am Groot." and "I can't believe I'm taking orders from a hamster."  Guardians of the Galaxy

20 - "Didn't I kill you already?"
Hellboy (2004), this movie was filled with memorable quotes. "I'm fireproof, you're not."

Also: "My name's B.O.B., Bio-Sanitation Batallion" The Black Hole (1979) That robot was classic.

See also:  Top Star Wars Quotes

Those are the best quotes from the top sci-fi movies of the past 90 years. Now get back into the cinema, there are more sci-fi quotes to be found.