TOP TEN Lists - This Week: Movie and TV Show Directors

Excited that, after watching the series multiple times, I have gotten my wife interested in AtLA.

 

Topic #15 - Top Ten Movie/TV Speeches

We're looking at speeches made by movie or tv characters. Try not to include any "one-liners" as that is a topic for a different list. Aside from that, sky's the limit.

Curious to see what you guys come up with! I'll wait till a couple of lists are posted before unveiling my list.

 

Looking forward to your list!

 

Will try to come to the table for this one.

 

Now this is a challenge, I tend not to focus so much on the speeches as battle scenes and verbal interplay between multiple characters, but I'll see what I can come up with.

 

Lots of interest for this week's topic! We'll have some fun lists to peruse.

 

Standard boiler plate: Top ten? These are speeches/monologues that I really enjoy at any rate. They're movies that jumped to my mind as I sit at my computer. There are more great speeches/monologues from movies that I am forgetting and I look forward to seeing those lists.

Quint's Indianapolis monologue - Jaws
Yoda's "The Force" Speech - Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader's "I Am Your Father" speech - Empire Strikes Back
William Wallace's "Freedom" speech - Braveheart
Morpheus's "What is the Matrix?" monologue - The Matrix
Agent Smith's "Virus" monologue - The Matrix
Jules's "Ezekiel" monologue (both scenes, but specifically the diner scene) - Pulp Fiction
Herb Brooks "You Were Born for This" speech - Miracle
Joker's "You Wanna Know How I Got These Scars" monologues (both scenes, but I like the "Why So Serious" scene best) - Dark Knight
Captain America's "Price of Freedom is High" speech - Captain America: Winter Soldier

There are great scenes in Gladiator, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, 300, A Few Good Men, and Blade Runner

 

This one?

 

Yeah, I think it goes something like that.

 

A very solid list. The only one I'm not familiar with is the Herb Brooks speech, since I've never seen that movie. I enjoyed each of the others though. One of your speeches made my list too... but which one?

While none of those speeches are in my list, they are all pretty damn good. I haven't seen those movies (except Bladerunner), but I enjoyed watching the clips that you provided (even without the context from the films from which they come).

My favourite by far is the Al Pacino Any Given Sunday speech. That was superb.

 

Thanks. I wonder if my list feels a little "lightweight" in that, it generally includes more contemporary movies and not more "classic" movie speeches (you know, like Lawrence of Arabia or something). For example, I've also not actually seen any of the movies in the list @Killer Angel posted, except Blade Runner. I've seen some scenes here and there from most of them, but not the full movies.

In case you haven't already searched for it on YouTube

Although I know you're a big Star Wars fan, based on a few other posts, I'm going to guess the Braveheart speech made your list.

 

Still waiting on @Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl and @Lizards of Renown , but in the meantime, I'll throw my list into the mix...

#1 William Wallace's Freedom Speech (Braveheart) - good guess @Just A Skink


#2 Viking Prayer (The 13th Warrior)


#3 Picard's The line must be drawn here (Star Trek First Contact)


#4 Spartans, what is your profession? (300)


#5 Maximus' I will have my vengeance speech (Gladiator)


#6 Hope "speech" / letter (The Shawshank Redemption) - okay, admittedly not quite a speech, but close enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K30e9O3Nng

#7 The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise (Star Wars Episode III ROTS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05dT34hGRdg

#8 It ain't about how hard you hit (Rocky Balboa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJHkTtvnUqA

#9 What we do in life, echoes in eternity (Gladiator)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDpTc32sV1Y

#10 Prayer to Crom (Conan the Barbarian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDM8XakVpU