Some of the best movie quotes came from the 1990s. Have you ever heard someone say, “You’re killing me smalls?” This is a popular quote from the movie, “The Sandlot.” It’s a lot of fun to say and remains culturally relevant thirty years later.
But what other movie quotes come to mind when you think of the time? So many incredible movies were released during the 1990s, in a large number of genres. For instance, animated films were rising in popularity. During this decade we got movies like, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The Rescuers Down Under,” “Pocahontas,” “Anastasia,” and “The Lion King.”
There were a lot of movie trends awakening during the 1990s. For instance, during this decade we saw a lot of smaller-budget films become cult classics. Not only were there countless cult classics, but also films with incredible CGI effects. In the 1990s, we saw movies with advanced CGI like “Jurassic Park,” “The Mummy,” and “Forrest Gump.” Interestingly, there was also a small surge in disaster-related films, like “Twister.” (Click here for the best ’90s movies that will never get old.)
This article though doesn’t specifically touch on movie trends of the 1990s. Instead, we’ll be listing some of the best and most unforgettable lines from films made in the 1990s.
To compile this list of the most underrated lines from ’90s movies, 24/7 Tempo scoured the internet for favorite quotes. We reviewed entertainment websites like IMDb and took note of quotes with higher scores. We also reviewed opinionated forums and jotted down quotes that were frequently mentioned.
Keep reading to discover the most underrated lines from ’90s movies. Have you ever used any?
“You’re killing me, Smalls.”
- Movie: “The Sandlot” (1993)
- Character: Ham Porter
- Actor: Patrick Renna
“The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.”
- Movie: “Fight Club”
- Character: Tyler Durden
- Actor: Brad Pitt
“You can be too old for a lot of things, but you’re never too old to be afraid.”
- Movie: “Home Alone” (1990)
- Character: Marley
- Actor: Roberts Blossom
“I don’t know, not for sure. But I believe he is. You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren’t up there now… I don’t think it would be snowing. Sometimes, you can still catch me dancing in it.”
- Movie: “Edward Scissorhands” (1990)
- Character: Kim
- Actor: Winona Ryder
“I once heard of a captain who wore a patch over a good eye. The men fought harder for him.”
- Movie: “The English Patient” (1996)
- Character: Almásy
- Actor: Ralph Fiennes
“Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’”
- Movie: “The Shawshank Redemption”
- Character: Andy Dufresne
- Actor: Tim Robbins
“Are you crying? There’s no crying! There’s no crying in baseball!”
- Movie: “A League of Their Own” (1992)
- Character: Jimmy Dugan
- Actor: Tom Hanks
“Show me the money!”
- Movie: Jerry Maguire” (1996)
- Character: Rod Tidwell
- Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr.
“Twenty-six years ago, you played a game with a little boy down the street. A game with drums.”
- Movie: “Jumanji” (1995)
- Character: Allan Parrish
- Actor: Robin Williams
“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”
- Movie: “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991)
- Character: Hannibal Lecter
- Actor: Anthony Hopkins
“I see dead people.”
- Movie: “The Sixth Sense” (1999)
- Character: Cole Sear
- Actor: Haley Joel Osment
“They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!”
- Movie: “Braveheart” (1995)
- Character: William Wallace
- Actor: Mel Gibson
“Big mistake. Big. Huge. I have to go shopping now.”
- Movie: “Pretty Woman” (1990)
- Character: Vivian Ward
- Actor: Julia Roberts
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.”
- Movie: “Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (1999)
- Character: Yoda
- Actor: Frank Oz
“Don’t cry, Shopgirl. Don’t cry.”
- Movie: “You’ve Got Mail” (1998)
- Character: Joe Fox
- Actor: Tom Hanks
“Congratulations. You’ve just won gold, silver, and bronze in the Morons Olympics!”
- Movie: “101 Dalmatians”
- Character: Cruella De Vil
- Actor: Glenn Close
“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.”
- Movie: “The Matrix” (1999)
- Character: Morpheus
- Actor: Laurence Fishburne
“That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.”
- Movie: “Babe” (1995)
- Character: Farmer Arthur Hoggett
- Actor: James Cromwell
“Alrighty Then!”
- Movie: “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994)
- Character: Ace Ventura
- Actor: Jim Carrey
“Good morning…Oh, and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!”
- Movie: “The Truman Show” (1998)
- Character: Truman Burbank
- Actor: Jim Carrey
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
- Movie: “Jurassic Park” (1993)
- Character: Ian Malcolm
- Actor: Jeff Goldblum
“You can tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she’d understand that.”
- Movie: “Saving Private Ryan” (1998)
- Character: Private Ryan
- Actor: Matt Damon
“It’s just a book. No harm ever came from… reading a book.”
- Movie: “The Mummy” (1999)
- Character: Evelyn
- Actor: Rachel Weisz
“S-ssss-ssss-sssss-smokin’!”
- Movie: “The Mask” (1994)
- Character: The Mask
- Actor: Jim Carrey
“Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls.”
- Movie: “Titanic” (1997)
- Character: Rose Dewitt Bukater
- Actor: Kate Winslet
“Someone once said, ‘If you want something very badly, set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, it was never yours to begin with.”
- Movie: “Indecent Proposal” (1993)
- Character: Diana Murphy
- Actor: Demi Moore
“Yeah, Sport, I know there’s a blizzard. When are the long-distance lines gonna be repaired? Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today! Hello?”
- Movie: “Groundhog Day” (1993)
- Character: Phil
- Actor: Bill Murray
“Oh, you got a letter? I got run over! Helen gets her hair chopped off, Julie gets a body in her trunk, and you get a letter? That’s balanced!”
- Movie: “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (1997)
- Character: Barry Cox
- Actor: Ryan Phillippe
“Free will. It’s like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings.”
- Movie: “The Devil’s Advocate” (1997)
- Character: John Milton / Satan
- Actor: Al Pacino
“Houston, we have a problem.”
- Movie: “Apollo 13” (1995)
- Character: Jim Lovell
- Actor: Tom Hanks
“My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”
- Movie: “Forrest Gump” (1994)
- Character: Forrest Gump
- Actor: Tom Hanks
“Shit… You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.”
- Movie: “Reservoir Dogs” (1992)
- Character: Mr. White
- Actor: Harvey Keitel
“Do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?”
- Movie: “Beauty and the Beast” (1991)
- Character: Chip
- Actor: Bradley Pierce
“Jack please. I’m only an elected official here, I can’t make decisions by myself!”
- Movie: “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993)
- Character: The Mayor
- Actor: Glenn Shadix
“Allow myself to introduce… myself.”
- Movie: “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” (1997)
- Character: Austin Powers
- Actor: Mike Myers
“Did you ever wish that sometimes you could freeze-frame a single moment in your day, look at it, and say, “This is not my life?”
- Movie: “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993)
- Character: Daniel Hillard
- Actor: Robin Williams
The 1990s wasn’t the only decade with incredible movie quotes. There are also fantastic movie lines from the 1980s many people still use today. Check out the most unforgettable lines from ’80s movies here.