The Top Ten Most Quotable Movies of All Time Number Two Monty Python and the Holy Grail

"Well, now, Lancelot, Galahad and I wait until nightfall and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French totally by surprise! Not only by surprise but totally unarmed!"

"Who leaps out?"

"Lancelot, Galahad and I... oh."

"..."

"Perhaps if we built this large wooden badger..."

Unlike some of the movies in our list, Monty Python and the Holy Grail can often be quoted in its entirety. The main reason for this is that fans of Monty Python have trained themselves to recite so many skits by the famous British comedians that reciting the entire script of a film simply becomes the equivalent of reciting several skits in a row.

Almost every Monty Python film could have qualified as most quotable, but The Holy Grail seems to be the most popular source of great lines. John Cleese's French soldier's insults have probably been recited at least a billion times at geek gatherings large and small, and getting the answer to a question about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is as easy as saying the words "unladen swallow."

In fact, there are probably more references to British fowl in this film than in any five other comedies, Monty Python or not.