Best crime movie quotes of 1986

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Matt: The only reason you stay here is so you can fuck my mother and eat her food. motherfucker. food eater.

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Margaret 'Meg' Magrath: Why'd you do it, Babe? Why'd you put your head in the oven?
Rebeca 'Babe': I don't know... I'm having a bad day.

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Mark Kaminsky: Because of you a lot of people are dead. And now it's your turn.

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Maggie Cavanaugh: Just remember, when you pull the trigger, the bullets come out going very, very fast. So make sure to keep the weapon pointing away from you. Now that's about it. You are now armed... guards. God help us all.

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Laura J. Kelly: Don't lose him.
Tom Logan: I'm not going to lose him. Where is he?

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Ted Bundy: You're just grasping at straws. Just straws, Jerry.
Jerry Thompson: What kind of game are you playing?
Ted Bundy: You keep at it. Maybe if you find enough straws you can put the broom together.

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Jack Casey: Sometimes things don't happen the way you planned, sometimes you could end up lower than you started.

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Ken Kessler: I mean, what the hell's the point of being a decent person when no-one is? Let's be assholes and get rich.

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F/X (1986)

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Lipton: I've really admired your stuff since 'Vermin From Venus.'.
Rollie Tyler: You saw that?
Lipton: Yeah.
Andy: That's the one that got him deported from Australia.

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Jill: You got a name?
Brad Whitewood Jr.: Brad?
Jill: You don't sound so sure.

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Motel philosopher: Remember, no matter what, it's better to be a live dog than a dead lion.

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Sandy: I don't know if you're a detective or a pervert.
Jeffrey: Well, that's for me to know and you to find out.

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