A Definitive List of the Greatest Cinematic Catchphrases of All Time

Nathan Rabin
1 min readDec 5, 2016

Cinematic catchphrases: they’re pretty much all that we have left at this point. So we queried some of the world’s greatest cinematic minds—cinematographers, best boys, casual film fans, small animals, babies—to see which iconic film phrases tower above the rest. Here are the results:

  1. “Put it on my tab!”—Dan In Real Life

Remember when Dan in Real Life got pulled over by the cops in the movie Dan in Real Life and he says, “Put it on my tab?” That was great. So we’re ranking it number one and ending the list on it as well.

Nathan Rabin is a dad, columnist, cinematic catchphrase obsessive and the author of five books, most recently 7 Days In Ohio: Trump, The Gathering of the Juggalos and the Summer Everything Went Insane

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Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin

Written by Nathan Rabin

I write weird and wonderful books about weird and wonderful people and things.

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