The best movie taglines of all time

If we had to sell ourselves in just one sentence, well, we'd probably struggle to come up with something snappy enough to make you remember us - unlike these best movie taglines.

That's the problem which faces movie marketers on a daily basis. Aside from creating a visually compelling poster, they also need to attach a tagline that'll stick in the memories of the notoriously forgetful general public.

So we're clapping our real (and digital) hands at these 40 movies which managed to spin some smart words out of thin air and impress us hard-to-impress film buffs.

The best movie taglines

"In space no one can hear you scream"

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free"

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

"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies"

"On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody"

"The first casualty of war is innocence"

"The longer you wait, the harder it gets"

"On the air. Unaware"

"Be afraid. Be very afraid"

"Man is the warmest place to hide"

"Escape or die frying"

"Whoever wins...we lose"

"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all"

"If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards"

"The future is history"

"One man's struggle to take it easy"

"He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove"

"Check in. Unpack. Relax. Take A Shower"

"You'll believe a man can fly"

"The last man on earth is not alone"

"Fifty million people watching and no one saw a thing"

"He's in town with a few days to kill"

"Nothing spreads like fear"

"An epic of epic epicness"

"Family isn't a word. It's a sentence"

"Who will survive and what will be left of them?"

"They're young...they're in love...and they kill people"

"Where there's a will, there's a relative"

"Everyone wants to be found"

"When he said I do, he never said what he did"

"This is the weekend they didn't play golf"

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

"Cocktails first. Questions later"

"There is no gene for the human spirit"

"...look closer"

"The story of a man who was too proud to run"

"Love is a force of nature"

"All the power on earth can't change destiny"

"Love never dies"

"There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer"

The best final lines in movies, ranked.

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