Great movie taglines

[EinBebop]

The movie tagline is a unique piece of art, an attempt by the studio to sum up a movie in one or two sentences that will capture your imagination.

If you have any favorites, share them here!

"They stole his mind. He wants it back." - Total Recall
My personal #1.

"In space, no one can hear you scream" - Alien
Most iconic tagline ever?

[Tobias]

Here's some of my favorites, chosen mainly for their comedic value:

"T.V. as it was meant to be seen. In the theater." - UHF

"Deliver us some evil." - Seed of Chucky

And of course, the greatest tagline of this summer:

"Why so serious?" - The Dark Knight

[thedanmachine]

My favorite:

"The night he came home." -Halloween

[FightingDreamer]

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."-Jaws 2
"We told you. Remember the rules. You didn't listen."-Gremlins 2: The New Batch
"You will believe a man can fly."-Superman
"Get ready for rush hour."-Speed
"The Bat. The Cat. The Penguin."-Batman Returns
"They're young...they're in love...and they kill people."-Bonnie and Clyde
"You don't assign him to murder cases. You just turn him loose."-Dirty Harry
"Something beyond comprehension is happening to a little girl on this street, in this house. A man has been called for as a last resort to try and save her. That man is The Exorcist."-The Exorcist
"If you've got a taste for terror... take Carrie to the prom."-Carrie
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."-Star Wars
"More entertaining than humanly possible."-The Muppet Movie
"Pathetic Earthlings... Who Can Save You Now?"-Flash Gordon
"He is afraid. He is alone. He is three million light years from home."-E.T.
"They're here..."-Poltergeist
"Man is the warmest place to hide."-John Carpenter's The Thing
"We're ready to believe you."-Ghostbusters
"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all..."-A Nightmare On Elm Street
"This time, it's war."-Aliens
"Be afraid. Be very afraid."-The Fly
"The future of law enforcement."-RoboCop
"Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas."-Army of Darkness
"Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness."-Ed Wood

[EinBebop]

"We told you. Remember the rules. You didn't listen."-Gremlins 2: The New Batch"Here they grow again" was the more common tag for that movie. Ugh.

[Hobbes829]

i love the tag lines for psych
season 1: Fake psychic, real detective.
season 2: All of the law, none of the order.

Monk's is good too: Obsessive, Compulsive, Detective.

My favorite is from Clerks: Just because they serve you doesn't mean they like you.

[Michael24]

Since I just mentioned the movie in another thread:

"Man has made his match... Now it's his problem." - Blade Runner

[Harvey Two Face]

Why so serious? - TDK
In space, no one can hear you scream - Alien, I agree with EinBebop in it being one of the most famous tag lines ever.

[Harlan_Phoenix]

"They stole his mind. He wants it back." - Total Recall
My personal #1.

I've never seen Total Recall, but this made me laugh so hard.

[Movie06]

"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire."-The Lost Boys

[Michael24]

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." - Jaws 2

And just because it's so asinine:

"This time it's personal." - Jaws: The Revenge :p

[XOMiss_Samantha]

oh man do I love taglines.

"Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms." - Terms of Endearment

"Whoever saves one Life, Saves the World entire."- Schlinder's List

"There's something about your first piece."- American Pie

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free." - The Shawshank Redemption

"This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future"- The Graduate

[Desensitized]

"This time it's personal." - Jaws: The Revenge :pGENIUS! Similar to Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo's tag.

"If you can't beat the system...break it!"

Personally, though I like High Fidelity: "A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites." Sums it up very nicely.

[Rud]

And just because it's so asinine:

"This time it's personal." - Jaws: The Revenge :p

lol, that's just ridiculous.

[Shawn Hopkins]

I like the one from Pet Semetary:

"Sometimes dead is better."

You just know bad news will follow.

[Paul_Cousins]

I've never seen Total Recall, but this made me laugh so hard.It's a good movie. You should check it out.

Robocop: "Part Man. Part Machine. All Cop."

The Mask (Jim Carrey movie): "From Zero to Hero".

[Ishtar]

The Mask (Jim Carrey movie): "From Zero to Hero".
That was a tagline for Hercules, too, I believe.

[Punisher]

My favorite is "Man is the warmest place to hide" from The Thing, but other good ones are

"When there's no more room in the hell, the dead will walk the earth."-Dawn of the Dead
"Suffering? You haven't seen anything yet..."-Saw III
"The night HE came home!"-Halloween

[TKnHappyNess]

I don't know if it's a tagline, but it should be. Best line in the movie.

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these ****** ******* snakes on this ****** ******* plane!" - Snakes on a Plane.

[Movie06]

Here's another personal favorite.

"If it's Halloween, it must be SAW."-Saw IV.

[Michael24]

"Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas." - Army of Darkness

"If you can't win the race, move the finish line." - Catch Me If You Can (1989)

"The dancing's over. Now it gets dirty." - Road House :p

[Shawn Hopkins]

Here's a funny one from Killer Klowns from Outer Space:

"Big top. Big shoes. Big teeth."

[Movie06]

"Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions."-Donnie Darko

"You'll have the most fun being scared."-Creepshow

[BonyT]

"In space, no one can hear you scream" - Alien
Most iconic tagline ever?Yes it is. :)

"The monster demands a mate!" - The Bride of Frankenstein

"Check in. Relax. Take a shower." - Psycho (1960)

"Life is in their hands -- death is on their minds!" - 12 Angry Men

"The entertainment experience of a lifetime!" - Ben-Hur (1959)

"How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?" - Lolita (1962)

"Sister, sister, oh so fair, why is there blood all over your hair?" - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

"The next scream you hear may be your own!" - The Birds

"A love caught in the fire of revolution" - Doctor Zhivago

"Pray for Rosemary's baby." - Rosemary's Baby

"Nine men who came too late and stayed too long ... " - The Wild Bunch

"Don't go in the water." - Jaws

"The night HE came home." - Halloween (1978)

"The seed is planted ... terror grows." - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

"Thank God it's only a motion picture!" - Airplane!

"They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God." - Blues Brothers

"The snobs against the slobs!" - Caddyshack

"Back when you had to beat it before you could eat it ... " - Caveman

"He loved the American Dream. With a vengeance." - Scarface (1983)

"Does for rock and roll what The Sound of Music did for hills." - This is Spinal Tap

"LEISURE RULES." - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl." - Wayne's World

"Just Deux it!" - Hot Shots! Part Deux

"The list is life." - Schlindler's List

"Houston, we have a problem." - Apollo 13

"You know the name. You know the number." - GoldenEye

"This ain't no chick flick! - Chicken Run

"You won't believe your eye!" - Monsters, Inc.

"Before you die, you see ... " - The Ring

"Whoever wins ... we lose." - Alien vs. Predator


And in honor of the great Paul Newman:

"Not that it matters, but most of it is true." - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

"All it takes is a little confidence." - The Sting

"The man and the motion picture that simply do not conform." - Cool Hand Luke

[Michael24]

"You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl." - Wayne's World


Which reminds me of:

"You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll kiss three bucks goodbye!" - Hardware Wars :D

[mookie75]

I don't recall what the actual tagline is, but after watching True Lies again, I've decided it should have been this:

"Sure, he's killed people........but they were all bad." :p

[Michael24]

I don't recall what the actual tagline is, but after watching True Lies again, I've decided it should have been this:

"Sure, he's killed people........but they were all bad." :p

Haha! I like that more than the actual one: "When he said I do . . . he never said what he did."

[thenewme93]

"Welcome to a world without rules."- The Dark Knight

[Old Guy]

"James Bond is back in action! Everything he touches turns to excitement!"

- Goldfinger (1964)

[ToOn~g@l]

This one makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Believe it or not, He's the good guy ----Hellboy 2

[Jordacar]

A couple of my favorites:

"A world where the night never ends. Where man has no past. And humanity has no future." -- Dark City

"Tom Stall had the perfect life. Until he became a hero." -- A History of Violence

[Stu]

"His news is bigger than your news" - Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

"The story of a man who could only count to number one" Talledega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

"Hollywood Had It Coming!" - Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back

"How long can one man fight the darkness before he finds it in himself?" - Spider-Man 3

"You'll believe a man can fly" - Superman

"With no power comes no responsibility" - Clerks 2

And, the best in recent memory

"Welcome to a world without rules" - The Dark Knight

[Michael24]

"It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent fritters." - Motel Hell

"Please do not disturb Evelyn. She already is." - Mountaintop Motel Massacre

:D

[Classic Speedy]

"You've read the ad, now see the movie!": Naked Gun

"Frank Drebin is back. Just accept it.": Naked Gun 2 1/2

"Mostly All New Jokes": Naked Gun 33 1/3

"Every year Hollywood makes hundreds of movies. This is one of them.": MST3K The Movie

"Grab life by the ball": Dodgeball

"Uh oh.": South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut

"Trust me.": Liar, Liar

"A game nobody survives. But Schwarzenegger has yet to play.": The Running Man

And I know it's not the full tagline, but I love The Nostalgia Critic's fake tagline for Bebe's Kids: "It's animation..." :D

[JAG]

"If you can't breathe, you can't scream." Anaconda

"Size does matter!" Godzilla

And my pick for the most idiotic: "Sith happens!" Revenge of the Sith

[WolfieKiwi]

"Family isn't a word...it's a sentence." - The Royal Tenenbaums.

[DarthGonzo]

"The Legend is Reborn"- Godzilla 1985

[peterg14]

"A family comedy...without the family", ~Home Alone

[mookie75]

"In a small town, evil spreads quickly."
Salem's Lot

I love that book.

That's a good tagline, but I can't say I loved the 1979 movie....I just didn't care for their bald-headed, blue-skinned, big-eared version of Barlow. The book gave me the impression that, aside from the pointy teeth and red eyes, he looked like a regular person.

[Movie06]

Here's another favorite of mine:

"The Threat is Everywhere"-28 Weeks Later

[Sidewinder1984]

"See the movie that's controversial, sacrilegious, and blasphemous. But if that's not playing, see The Life of Brian." - Monty Python's Life of Brian

"Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie." - The War of the Roses

"The new police recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross...Just don't call them when you're in trouble." - Police Academy

"Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination." - Transformers: The Movie

[John Pannozzi]

"Eternal Godzilla be rosed from your mystical slumber".
-Original Japanese version of "The Return of Godzilla" (1984)

"When Tony grows up, he's gonna be just like daddy."
"Not all extra-terrestrials are friendly."
-"Xtro"

"They'll get you in the end."
-"Ghoulies"

[Hanshotfirst113]

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."
Jaws 2

A classic, of course.

"You'll believe a man can fly."
Superman

"Get ready for rush hour."
Speed

"Who you gonna call?"
Ghostbusters

"This time, it's war."
Aliens

"Be afraid. Be very afraid."
The Fly

"Out of the darkness...there comes the knight."
The Dark Knight

"When the smoke clears...that just means he's reloading."
Desperado

"They only stop to reload."
Once A Thief

"The truth is out there."
The X-Files

"Heroes don't die. They just reload."
Rambo

"The future is history."
12 Monkeys

"This Christmas, Santa's got a brand new bag."
Jackie Brown

"It's not who you love, it's how."
Chasing Amy.

"Love is a burning thing."
Walk the Line

"Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Number."
"Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Color."
Reservoir Dogs

"Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning."
The Phantom Menace

"In this town, you're either one or the other."
The Quick and the Dead

"Man is the warmest place to hide."
The Thing

"Trapped in time. Surrounded by Evil. Low on gas.
One man. One million dead. The odds are just about even."
"They move. They breathe. They suck."
"Sound the trumpets, raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile."
"In an age of darkness. At a time of evil. When the world needed a hero. What it got was him."
Army or Darkness

"Leave no man behind."
Black Hawk Down

"You can't stop the signal."
Serenity

"The mission is a man."
Saving Private Ryan

"They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night one of us went off."
Dark City

"A battle between two nations became a conflict between two men."
Enemy at the Gates

"A single shot can end the war."
Flags of Our Fathers

"With great power comes great responsibility."
Spider-Man

"We are not alone."
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

"Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions."
Donnie Darko

"The land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't."
"They came too late and stayed too long."
"Unchanged men in a changing land. Out of step, out of place and desperately out of time."
"Born too late for their own times. Uncommonly significant for ours."
The Wild Bunch

"Best of enemies. Deadliest of friends."
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid

"Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."
"What is The Matrix?"
"Reality is thing of the past."
"Reality is a relative thing."
"Free your mind."
"The future isn't user friendly."
"In a world of 1s and 0s...are you a zero, or The One?"
The Matrix

"They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God."
The Blues Brothers

"Whoever wins...we lose."
Alien vs. Predator, Freddy vs. Jason

"Huston, we have a problem."
Apollo 13

"When he said I do . . . he never said what he did."
True Lies

"Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27"
Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4.0)

"At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance."
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

"Resistance is futile."
Star Trek: First Contact

"Sock'er mom!"
The Incredibles

"We bury our sins. We wash them clean."
Mystic River

"Everyone wants the truth. Until they find it."
Gone Baby Gone

"The thing that wouldn't die in the nightmare that wouldn't end."
The Terminator

"Herbert West has a very good head on his shoulders....and another one in a dish on his desk!"
Re-Animator

"Cops or criminals. When you're facing a loaded gun what's the difference?"
The Departed

"There are no clean getaways."
"There are no laws left."
"How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?"
"One discovery can change your life. One mistake can destroy it."
"Nothing you fear can prepare you for him."
"You can't stop what's coming."
No Country For Old Men

"They say lightning never strikes twice. They were wrong."
Die Hard 2

"Evil has its winning ways."
"The devil's in the details."
The Devil's Advocate

"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all!"
A Nightmare On Elm Street

"This September, aim for the head!"
Shaun of the Dead

"Big cops. Small town. Moderate violence."
"In a town where nothing much goes on, a whole lot it about to go down."
Hot Fuzz

"May the best hitman win."
"The hit goes down."
Smokin' Aces

"The truth can be adjusted."
Michael Clayton

"The first casualty of war is innocence."
Platoon

"Faith in chaos."
Pi

"An adventure 65 million years in the making."
Jurassic Park

"Something has survived."
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

"If you thought the adventure was over....you don't know Jack!"
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest

"It's nothing personal."
"This time, there are two."
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

"He's got 14,000 eyewitnesses, and no one saw a thing."
Snake Eyes

"The gang's all here."
Lethal Weapon 4

"The end of the world was just the beginning."
Akira

"It found a voice. Now it needs a body."
Ghost in the Shell

"In a small town, evil spreads quickly."
Salem's Lot

"They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God."
The Blues Brothers

"This summer, Jason Bourne...comes home."
"Remember everything. Forgive nothing."
The Bourne Ultimatum

"He never forgets and he never forgives."
Sweeney Todd

"Will that last one to die please turn out the lights?"
"The future is a thing of the past."
Children of Men

"Forged by a god. Foretold by a wizard. Found by a man."
Excalibur

"For three men, the Civil War wasn't hell...It was practice!"
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

"Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours."
Magnolia

"No name. No past. Nothing to lose."
Shoot'Em Up

"This summer, he's saving the world, whether we like or not."
Hancock

"Heroes aren't born....they're built."
Iron Man

"Enemies by chance. Brothers by blood. Killers by nature."
A Better Tomorrow

"More exciting that a dozen Die Hards!"
Hard Boiled

"One vicious hitman. One fierce cop. Ten thousand bullets."
The Killer

"In space, no one can hear you scream!"
Alien

"Hotter than Bond, Cooler than Bullitt."
Shaft

"Something wicked this way comes."
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

"Love is a danger zone."
The Crying Game

"Love is a force of nature."
Brokeback Mountain

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."
The Shawshank Redemption

"This Thanksgiving, the toys are back in town!"
Toy Story 2

"In the future, cities will become deserts, roads will become battlefields and the hope of mankind will appear as a stranger."
"Ruthless... Savage... Spectacular."
The Road Warrior


"The darker it gets, the more you see."
Heartless

"On a hot afternoon in the heart of New York City, anything can happen. On August 22nd, 1972, everything did."
Dog Day Afternoon

"This time, it's coming to a different kind of jungle."
Predator 2

"Good never looked so bad."
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

"The longer you wait, the harder it gets."
The 40-Year Old Virgin

"War is hell...but peace is freaking boring!"
Buffalo Soldiers

"His story will touch you even though he can't."
Edward Scissorhands

“Fifty million people watching but no one saw a thing.”
Quiz Show

"Sooner or later, a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real."
Primal Fear

"He's alone. He's tired. He's the only chance anyone has."
Die Hard

"The greatest of power can be held in the smallest of things."
"Next Christmas, the most extraordinary tale ever told will come to life."
"The literary event of the 20th century becomes the cinematic event of the 21st."
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

"A new power is rising."
The Lord or the Rings: The Two Towers

"The journey ends."
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

"The long arm of the law just got a little longer."
Inspector Gadget

"Death doesn't take no for an answer."
Final Destination

"You don't know the facts until you know the fiction."
Pulp Fiction

[John Pannozzi]

"It's on like Donkey Kong" from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is one of the funniest taglines this side of Kevin Smith, and it brings back fond memories of a certain Homestar Runner cartoon (you know the one I mean ).

[Michael24]

Not sure if any of these were said already, but because I have the posters on my walls . . .

"Man has made its match . . . Now it's his problem." - Blade Runner

"An adventure 65 million years in the making." - Jurassic Park

"The return of the great adventure." - Raiders of the Lost Ark

[kid rabbit]

Their war our world
transformers

their our bestlast and only defience agniest the scum of the universe and they dress in black
men in black

the last man on earth is not alone
omega man

[Spideyzilla]

An offer you can't refuse: The Godfather
Your mind is the scene of the crime: Inception
The eight wonder of the world: King Kong (2005)
All my other favorites have already been mentioned, my all time favorite being T2.

[Shirubie]

"Life is not a malfunction."
Short circuit

"There's one in every family."
Lilo and Stitch

"It's all about ME!"
The emperor's new groove

"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all."
Mulan

[Southern Dandy]

"Every man dies, not every man really lives."
- Braveheart

Hilariously cheesy. :D

"See it with someone you ****"
- The Girlfriend Experience

"A romantic comedy. With zombies"
- Shaun of the Dead

"Two captains. One destiny."
- Star Trek: Generations

^ In that case, I like the tagline a hell of a lot more than the movie.

[FireWarrior]

"Prepare for Glory!"
-300

"Their War Our World"
-Transformers

"Our only hope is something incredible"
-The Incredible Hulk

"The magic begins"
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"The untold true story that inspired the legend"
-King Arthur

"In order to trap him, he must become him"
Face/Off

"Here to protect"
-Hellboy

"They watch over us but who watches them?"
-Watchmen

"Freedom! Forever!"
-V For Vendetta

[TheGunheart]

"An Epic of Epic Epicness" - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

[Brad Redfield]

He was never in time for his classes...

He wasn't in time for his dinner...

Then one day...

He wasn't in his time at all.

- Back to the Future

[Hanshotfirst113]

"Every movie has a hero. This one has them all."
The Expendables

"An epic of epic epicness"
"It's on like Donkey Kong."
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

"Your mind is the scene of the crime."
Inception

"In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks."
Full Metal Jacket

"I'm on my way!"
Dick Tracy

"This time, it's the convicts turn to lay down the law."
"If you can't get out, get even."
"First down...and nine years to go!"
The Longest Yard

"Innocence dies. Abby doesn't."
Let Me In

"There is no force more powerful than the will to live."
127 Hours

"No clues. No leads. No time."
Shiri

"The lucky ones die first."
The Hills Have Eyes

"Every man has a breaking point."
Straw Dogs

"First contact. Last stand."
Cowboys and Aliens

"You have to believe it to see it."
Mr. Magirorium's Wonder Emporium

"Prepare thyself!"
Dogma

"He was dead. He got better."
Crank: High Voltage

"Two men enter. One man leaves."
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

"The only glory of war is surviving."
The Big Red One

"Life has a funny way of repeating itself."
Groundhog Day

[BonyT]

HE KNOWS. -- The Shadow



...Okay, I admit I don't know that to be any sort of actual tagline for The Shadow. But if it's not it should have been.

[Michael24]

"Every year Hollywood makes hundreds of movies. This is one of them!"
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie


HE KNOWS. -- The Shadow



...Okay, I admit I don't know that to be any sort of actual tagline for The Shadow. But if it's not it should have been.
The tagline is actually "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

I know (no pun intended) because I've had the poster framed on my bedroom wall for the last twelve years. :D

[BonyT]

The tagline is actually "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

I know (no pun intended) because I've had the poster framed on my bedroom wall for the last twelve years. :DYep. I've just always thought, since that phrase (or question, I guess) is so engrained in our popular culture, that a simple poster with the stylized piercing eyes and the words "HE KNOWS" underneath would evoke that classic tagline in a really cool way. :)

[Hanshotfirst113]

"Every year Hollywood makes hundreds of movies. This is one of them!"
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie


The tagline is actually "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

I know (no pun intended) because I've had the poster framed on my bedroom wall for the last twelve years. :D

There's someone who likes that film ;)?!

[Michael24]

There's someone who likes that film ;)?!
Most people I've known found it a fun old-fashioned matinee serial-type movie.