Best mystery movie quotes of 1998

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The Big Lebowski picture

Goon: What the fuck is this?
[Picks up a bowling ball hesitatingly.]
The Dude: Obviously you're not a golfer.

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The Negotiator picture

Lieutenant Danny Roman: A quick lesson in lying. See, this is what us real cops do: We study liars. Example: If I ask you a question about something visual, like your favorite color, your eyes go up and to the left. Neurophysiology tells us your eyes go in that direction, because you're accessing the visual cortex. So you're telling the truth. If your eyes go up and right, you're accessing the brain's creative centers and we know you're full of shit.

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Meet Joe Black picture

Allison: I should have my head examined again.

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The Faculty picture

Coach Willis: You're not much into sports.
Casey: I don't think that a person should run unless he's being chased.
Coach Willis: "Being chased." I like that.

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Beloved picture

Beloved: Where your diamonds?
Sethe: Diamonds? What would I be doing with diamonds?
Beloved: On your ears.
Sethe: Wish I did. Come to think of it, I had some crystal once. Present from the lady I used to work for.
Beloved: Tell me. Tell me your diamonds.

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Following picture

Cobb: Everyone has a box.

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Practical Magic picture

Sally Owens: Louis L'amour, who, by the way, was not a foreigner! He was from North Dakota, you asshole.

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Urban Legend picture

Michael McDonnell, gas station attendant: Someone's in the back... seat.

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Ringu picture

Reiko Asakawa: So that video is.
Ryuji Takayama: It's not of this world. It's Sadako's fury. And she's put a curse on us.

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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer picture

Tyrell: Don't get her started all right. It's a long fucked up story and you probably won't believe it anyway. All I know is that this is the worst vacation of my life. I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm fucking horny and I ain't seen one goddamn psycho killer.

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The Red Violin picture

Charles Morritz: What do you do when the thing you most wanted, so perfect, just comes?

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Dark City picture

Mr. Book: He's becoming like us.
Mr. Wall: So we must become like him.

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Sphere picture

Barnes: Ask him for his last name.
Harry: What?
Barnes: I want a full name for my report. I'm not putting in my report that I lost a crew member on a deep-sat expedition to find an alien named "Jerry."

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Rear Window picture

Claudia: Listen, uh, you were right.
Jason: I was?
Claudia: Mm-hmm. There is definitely a new girl in residence over there, and the old one is not coming back.
Jason: What convinced you?
Claudia: Ilene's perfume and her jewelry have been put away and replaced by some other woman's, and it's not the same stuff. Not at all.
Jason: Any sign of another name?
Claudia: No. Whoever she is, she's still going by the name Ilene Thorpe, using her ID, her checkbook, everything.

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Snake Eyes picture

Kevin Dunne: Don't give me that wounded look. You haven't got the face for it.

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Wild Things picture

Sam: Kelly Van Ryan is accusing me of rape.
Kenneth Bowden: Kelly Van Ryan? As in Sandra Van Ryan?
Sam: As in, I'm fucked.

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Psycho picture

Milton Arbogast: Oh, someone has seen her, all right. Someone always sees a girl with $400,000.

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