What is the best opening line to a movie ever?

Question

I went with Goodfellas - "All my life I wanted to be a gangster"

Answer 1

"I was born a poor black child"

Steve Martin ...The Jerk

Answer 2

"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

John Cusack - High Fidelity



Edit: Great line Sharkey, but American Beauty actually opens with:

"I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school. "

Answer 3

I agree with you....I love Goodfellas and that is a GREAT line.

Answer 4

My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don't know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already

american beauty

Answer 5

"I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong hills." Karen Blixen in Out of Africa. Gives me goosebumps when I hear it, because the movie is so darn good

Answer 6

The first time I met Ed was in the county lock-up in Tempe, Arizona...

Answer 7

Running Scared the whole ten minutes hooked me to watch the whole thing and was not dissapointed

Answer 8

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a Career......... from Trainspotting.

Answer 9

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again."
Rebecca by Alfed Hitchcock

Answer 10

you know , you vould poke someones eye out with that thing... -ace venture pet detective when nature calls.....funny movie