Manuel here. In a lot of people’s minds, a great screenplay requires at least one quotable line. Look no further than the poster for the 2006 awards which celebrated great lines from Academy Award winning films. Lines like "Rosebud", "Show me the money!" and "I coulda been a contender" — or more recently, "You know what's cooler than a million dollars?" and "Argofuckyourself" — immediately remind you of the films in question, functioning as helpful shorthand. A good line is sometimes all you need. And so, since we know TFE readers love themselves a list, we had to rank the 10 films nominated for screenplay categories in order of quotability:
10. Ex Machina
Is there such a thing as "visually" quotable? Because that's certainly the case here.
9. Bridge of Spies
The one truly iconic catchphrase in these screenplays but otherwise, not much else, no?
8. Brooklyn
News of that TV spinoff means more vintage banter!
7. Spotlight and more after the jump...
"It takes a village" is as great a line to peg your film to as any.
6. Room
Mostly I'm just trying to make "Dumbo Ma!" happen.
5. Straight Outta Compton
And let's not forget the fact that the title itself was a meme goldmine.
4. The Big Short
Seeing as it's created for the Vox generation, it makes sense it'd be so perfectly bite-sizeable.
3. Carol
I may or may not use a handful of these on a daily basis.
2. Inside Out
Props to the entire voice-cast who you cannot help but hear when you read these out loud.
1. The Martian
You have to admit, Watney gives good quote.
I'm sure I missed plenty others, so tell me, which quotes from this year's nominated screenplays have entered your own vocabulary these past few months?