The Hurt Locker
“The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” – Chris Hedges quotation from the opening credits.
Category: Best Picture Winners
The Godfather: Part II
“There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” – Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“Which one of you nuts has got any guts?” – Jack Nicholson as R.P. McMurphy
On the Waterfront
“You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it. It was you, Charley.” – Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy
Slumdog Millionaire
“When somebody asks me a question, I tell them the answer.” – Dev Patel as Jamal Malik
Amadeus
“He was my idol. Mozart, I can’t think of a time when I didn’t know his name.” – F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri
All About Eve
“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” – Bette Davis as Margo Channing
Lawrence of Arabia
“So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.” – Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence
