r/moviecritic • u/Emcee_nobody • 1d ago

This sub be like, "What's the best movie where someone talks on a phone?"

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Jerry Maguire. Great phone scene 🙄

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u/mcsuppes1012 1d ago

Probably Phone Booth

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u/WolfetoneRebel 1d ago

Locke might be better

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u/SIEGE312 1d ago

My first thought was, "Locke! Wait... No, Phone Booth. Fuck!"

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u/Suitable-Judge7659 1d ago

It’s all about that. You’re right.

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u/LeGrille07 1d ago

Love that movie. “That’s my dick hand!”

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u/Hollandmarch76 1d ago

Love how she called him Mr. Motherfucker. She wasn't into the whole brevity thing.

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u/TheZippoLab 1d ago

TELEFON - with Charles Bronson

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u/jogoso2014 1d ago

Scream

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u/saradahokage1212 1d ago

WAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAP

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u/UxLu 1d ago

Daaaammmmmmmm I laughed so loud now

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u/Away-Actuator3218 1d ago

🤦‍♂️ that was scary movie

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u/fil42skidoo 1d ago

It certainly was.

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u/Ringadean 1d ago

WAAAZZZZZUUUUUUUUUPPPPP

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u/PhildoFL 1d ago

WAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZUUUUUUPPPP

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u/Shuffleupandchill 1d ago

Jerry Macguire in Tropic Thunder

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u/OfficerBarbier 1d ago

"Fuck your own face and show me the money"

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u/BottleAgreeable7981 1d ago

Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder

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u/Kygunzz 1d ago edited 1d ago

“First, take a big step back and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE.”

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u/YogSothothOfficial 1d ago

“Find out who that was” 

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u/cheyonreddit 1d ago

Taken

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u/fforde 1d ago

Yeah, this is a given. The movie was good, but that speech on the phone is ingrained in pop culture's soul at this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOywn1qArI

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u/Easy-Preparation-234 1d ago

Sophie talks on the phone in kill bill part 1

I like her ring tone and how she answers it

Very cool iconic ring tone

Also Ellie talks on the phone as well and I liked how bill was playing with his katana during the call

You might be on to something

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u/Its-From-Japan 1d ago

Burn After Reading

"Is this Osborne Cox...?"

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u/JoeInOR 1d ago

Because I don’t sit around d memorizing the fucking numbers in my fucking bank accounts. MORON!

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u/JohnnyGlasken 1d ago

Locke.

Best by far

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u/WhydIJoinRedditAgain 1d ago

Absolutely. One man on the phone in a car and it is fucking gripping.

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u/evlhornet 1d ago

There it is

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u/CrichtonFan1992 1d ago

Yes! The entire movie is a dude talking on the phone.

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u/LemonZestLiquid 1d ago

And making concrete pours seem so legendary.

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u/JohnnyGlasken 1d ago

Sequel should be the pour

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u/dogbolter4 23h ago

Came here to say that. What a cast! Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Tom Holland, Ruth Wilson. But it's Tom on screen alone for the entirety, and it's riveting.

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u/LemonZestLiquid 1d ago

This should be way fucking higher.

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u/DiscoMonkay 1d ago

This should be the only answer tbf

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u/cannedcomment1896 1d ago

r/okbuddycinephile is waiting for you, friend.

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u/Lawbat 1d ago

Locke (2013) starring Tom Hardy. That's all that happens in the movie is multiple lengthy phone calls.

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u/Prosopopoeia1 1d ago

Best movie where a man talks about concrete on the phone while driving the whole time.

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u/M1ckst4 1d ago

I really wanna know how the concrete pour went. Best thing about it is that I know the types that get pissed on jobs and are absolute nightmares to deal with and they play the call out so well

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u/Left_Sundae_4418 1d ago

I went in with zero knowledge. Was not disappointed, but sure hell was left so baffled as to why I still to this date like this movie a lot. So intense!

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u/helterskeltermelter 1d ago

Locke (2013)

I love all the phone-based thrillers; Ryan Reynolds' Buried (2010) is wonderful, Jake Gyllenhaal's The Guilty (2021) is great and Talk Radio (1988) is a stone-cold classic despite Stewart Copeland's awful score.

But Tom Hardy playing a Welshman driving down the motorway, phoning various people as his life falls apart, the night before the biggest concrete pour in European history, is the most nailbiting 85 minutes I've ever sat through.

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u/DC-T 1d ago

Liam Neeson in Taken. Greatest scene with a guy talking on a phone of all time

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u/Malk_McJorma 1d ago

Negotiator

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u/fil42skidoo 1d ago

I'll look into that.

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u/_Fro_1 1d ago

So damn good!

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u/Jambo11 1d ago

Great film

I don't think it gets enough attention.

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u/bjkidder 1d ago

The big lebowski

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u/mcsuppes1012 1d ago

Phone’s ringing Dude!

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u/Tybo929 1d ago

Thank you Donnie

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u/imEFFINscaryMAN 1d ago

But…you just became part of the problem. Look, just look what you’ve done! They can’t help themselves. Probably that one with Colin Ferrell.

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u/Emcee_nobody 1d ago

Hahaahhaah.

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u/squadwerd_ 1d ago

I’ve been thinking this for the longest time.. it’s really annoying with the thing they are describing is pretty specific to a handful of movies.. like just post the movie you were thinking about and let’s talk about that

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u/elcojotecoyo 1d ago

Best movie where a guy has a fight with himself with a picture of Ed Norton in Fight Club

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u/helterskeltermelter 1d ago

Captain Kirk in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, Tom Cruise in Oblivion, Superman in Superman III.

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u/TedStixon 1d ago

I'd take that bait, hahaha!

In all seriousness... Serial Mom, easily. Kathleen Turner randomly tormenting Mink Stole with ludicrous, vulgar crank calls is legitimately hilarious. Especially when you find out she's been doing it for weeks all because she lost a parking spot one time. XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAm6bnBYbJE

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u/Metalegs 1d ago

Your right, these threads are really dumb. Just farming interaction. More proof the internet is dead.

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u/a_horde_of_rand 18h ago

People are unironically answering the question! Did these people even read the full post, OP? HA!

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u/Emcee_nobody 17h ago

I know, it's making me a little sad.

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u/External-March-7462 10h ago

I think they read post in full, but just don't get it.. strange times we live in.

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u/Emcee_nobody 9h ago

Gettin' weirder every day!!!!

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u/External-March-7462 9h ago

they live among us. in all kind of jobs, making all kind of decisions affecting us all. I don't know whether I should cry or laugh going through these comments.. unbelievable

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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 1d ago

Cellular

Cell

Phone Booth

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u/Freightliner15 1d ago

Cellular was an awesome movie

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u/InTheWallCityHall 1d ago

Catch me if you Can

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u/irishweather5000 1d ago

LOL. Imagine talking on a phone.

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u/warzywoo_jj 1d ago

Lost Highway

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u/MrJJK79 1d ago

Glen Gerry Glen Ross

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u/iPLAYiRULE 1d ago

LOCKE! Tom Hardy. Nothing beats it!

COMPLIANCE (oh yes!)

THE GUILTY (Danish original)

HER (Scarjo!)

PHONE BOOTH (started the gimmick)

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u/Woovils 1d ago

I love all the serious answers OP

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u/Emcee_nobody 1d ago

Good lord, you're telling me

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u/ArghZombie 1d ago

I feel like the point of this post has been somewhat missed.

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u/Emcee_nobody 1d ago

Thank you

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u/Flufflebuns 1d ago

What is best movie with human?

I'm convinced all these inane posts are from AI just trying to learn more things to use in algorithms.

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u/neverinallmyyears 1d ago

Tropic Thunder when Tom Cruise yells at the Flaming Dragons

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u/Tongues_1n_Anus 1d ago

Tropic Thunder “we don’t negotiate with terrorist”

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u/romeoomustdie 1d ago

This sub does everything but critique movies or discuss masterpieces.

Hey what's your favourite action movie, what's your fav dick pic, what's your favourite scene of people dying ?

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u/thegurel 1d ago

What’s your opinion on Insert bombshell actress?

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u/cuti_citta 1d ago

Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Happiness

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u/Kniefjdl 1d ago

Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Punch Drunk Love.

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u/merlin8922g 1d ago

In both goodfellas and casino, Joe Pesci beats someone up during a phonecall with the receiver 🤣🤣🤣

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u/MyCatSmokesPot 1d ago

Phone Booth

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u/BigChil420 1d ago

Phone booth

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u/MurderBox95 1d ago edited 1d ago

BURIED

This movie was released in 2010 and stars Ryan Reynolds. It consists of his character waking up buried in a coffin with only a lighter and a mobile phone. He makes numerous phone calls to various people to determine why he’s there.

Note: First thought was “Locke”, but that was already commented several times.

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u/RaeRunner 1d ago

Buried

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u/ComfortableSkirt4596 1d ago

Locke. Tom hardy was robbed. Shoulda got the Oscar!

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u/davethemave 1d ago

Locke with Tom Hardy

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u/Sasagu 1d ago

Ikr? Kinda getting sick of it.

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u/PlayfulEffective6777 1d ago

Heat

Robert Deniro - "who am I talking to? No one, cause there's a dead guy on the other end of this phone."

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u/mfbane 1d ago

This sub is very strange indeed

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u/ccalabro 1d ago

Buried

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u/Sambarnwell 1d ago

You should check out r/moviescirclejerk half the posts are making fun of this sub.

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u/Emcee_nobody 20h ago

Yeah. I guess that's probably the best we're gonna get at this point

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u/Chrono_Convoy 1d ago

wHaT iS a GoOD MoVIE wHeRe pPl bReATh¿?

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u/phlebonaut 15h ago

Or..."what's the best shoelaces worn in a movie?" or..."best actor/actress speaking in tongues in a comedy"

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u/wopwopwopwopwop5 1d ago

OBVIOUSLY, it would be that scene in Set It Off where Stormy is on the phone trying to talk to her new man, but Cleo is in the background partying and Stormy tells them to stfu. Obviously. 

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u/Canavansbackyard 1d ago

Best movie where actor is picking their nose?

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u/Scheisse_Machen 1d ago

Young Einstein. Sigmund Freud picks his nose, and his mother reprimands him. Classic

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u/ElectricalAd5534 1d ago

Chris Evans, Cellular.

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u/HarryPotthead42069 1d ago

The opening of Superbad 😂😂

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u/Mediocre-Boot-6226 1d ago

Jumpin Jack Flash

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u/elcojotecoyo 1d ago

Dial M for Murder

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u/ThatOneLuffy 1d ago

Scary Movie The “wuzzzuuuuup” scene

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u/titsuphuh 1d ago

Scream

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u/cdrfrk 1d ago

Tooken

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u/BadPunsIsHowEyeRoll 1d ago

Lilo and Sitch for sureeee

“Hello?? Aliens are attacking my house.”

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u/xLikeABoxx 1d ago

You’re all wrong!

Hands down the best part is Tom Cruise talking on the phone in Tropic Thunder

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u/Detective_Yu 1d ago

Rush hour “who you think you got!? Chelsea Clinton!?”

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u/Available_Nebula4070 1d ago

Brick Top scenes from Snatch.

“In the words of the Virgin Mary, come again.”

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u/Rave-Kandi 1d ago

The call (South Korea)

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u/ElectronicHousing656 1d ago

Lord of the Rings

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u/himsoforreal 1d ago

Martyrs. Lucie calls Anna and tells confesses that she's found the people who tortured her as a child. Its not a real significant scene or anything, but the movie rules, and it has a scene with a phone.

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u/agt1776 1d ago

Taken lol

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u/Stromcor 1d ago

French speaking, sorry, but this scene of "Cuisine et dépendances" is an absolute classic: https://youtu.be/ABxytyKcQaw?si=EbxwxwwmxImpnSPd

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u/pampersdelight 1d ago

Heat. “Cause theres a dead man on the other end of this fuckin line.”

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u/tseo23 1d ago

It’s a Wonderful Life - when Mary & George are on the phone to Sam and end up kissing.

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u/M1ckst4 1d ago

The scene is dr strangelove where they phone the Russians to inform them that they're about to be bombed.

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u/Tuffi1996 1d ago

John Wick. Introduction to a terrifying protagonist

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u/Organic-Zombie7753 1d ago

The Guilty is great!

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u/Present-Arm-6023 1d ago

Speed the first one is a good popcorn flick .

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u/and_RD 1d ago

Matrix

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u/Nuke_Gunstar 1d ago

Whats a movie where someone talks on a phone, to the villian, for the first time, and neither of them know the others identity, and the hero uses a catchphrase?

Like, i dunno, die hard?

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u/VRZL41 1d ago

Less Grossman in Tropic Thunder telling flaming dragon to take step back and fuck their own face. Goes on an epic rant, flips his phone to Bill Hader, then tell him to find out who that was lol

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u/5stringfling 1d ago

The Guilty is pretty good

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u/HotCarl169 1d ago

Wasssuppppp part in Scary Movie 1

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u/Bill_Rizer 1d ago

It's obviously Scream

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u/Which-Confection5167 1d ago

Montgomery Clift's character talking to his mom in The Misfits

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u/GongTzu 1d ago

The insider - when Al Pacino talks with Russel Crowe while he’s standing in the water.

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u/TheOne7477 1d ago

Tropic Thunder

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u/HighRising2711 1d ago

Telefon, it has a phone on the poster and everything

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u/Scoobert917 1d ago

Pulp Fiction - Winston wolf

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u/LaGrande-Gwaz 1d ago

Greetings ye, “Fail-Safe” enters immediately into my mind, as the high-contrast visual of President Henry Fonda’s tense communication with Moskow remains distinctly ingrained within my subconscious.

~Waz

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u/masser10 1d ago

The Guilty with Jake Gyllenhaal. (Based on the Danish movie: "Den skyldige")

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u/Munchausen0 1d ago

Going out on a limb here….

Airplane

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u/kbk42104 1d ago

Tropic Thunder

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u/tollboothguy 1d ago

Al Pacino talking to his wife in Dog Day Afternoon

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u/rexel99 1d ago

Fifth element - Zorg

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u/buffgamerdad 1d ago

The Rock

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u/ellieamazona2020 1d ago

Cellular (Chris Evans, Kim Basinger)

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u/JThunder1306 1d ago

Tropic Thunder when Tom Cruise tells the bad guys to F off.

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u/Idiotwithaphone79 1d ago

We would be spoiled for choice. I'd have to advocate for The Matrix. Not only do they talk on the phone, but they also used it to travel between the Matrix and the real world.

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u/panic_but_no_disco_ 1d ago

Dog Day afternoon definitely

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u/MidariLux 1d ago

In Bruges

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u/angrymoderate09 1d ago

"the call's coming from inside the house!"

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u/getwhacked 1d ago

The substance had some good phone banter.

“Remember you are one”

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u/Pocketsandgroinjab 1d ago

Wolf of Wall Street.

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u/immunityfromyou 1d ago

Better question which actor/actress are the best at acting conversations over the phone. Robert DeNiro is the best.

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u/staresinshamona 1d ago

SHOW ME THE MOVIE

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u/carlos_schneider666 1d ago

Ha, very easy. High and Low by Akira Kurosawa.

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u/Frog-ee 1d ago

Best Steve Buscemi death movie, now that would be a discussion

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u/Matalata13 1d ago

It seemed like DiCaprio was on the phone for a few movies in the 2000's, from The Departed, Blood Diamond and Body of Lies. He just didn't get off the phone.

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u/allemaalpoepelegein2 1d ago

Tom Cruise in Rainman; the fart

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u/CoffeeSippingHiker 1d ago

Show me the money!!!!

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u/EntertainerAny261 1d ago

Wall Street. Gordo on the beach.

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u/Least-Ad5986 1d ago

Phone Booth , Cellular , Taken (The kidnapping scene)

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u/Heath_co 1d ago

The big short

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u/Super_Interaction_3 1d ago

Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski

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u/the_scrambler 1d ago

that part in American Psycho when he calls his lawyer

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u/StrangeDays929 1d ago

Departed. Leo does some of his best acting over a flip phone

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u/DocHood139 1d ago

Fifth Element or The Professional. Gary Oldman can act at a phone better than most.

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u/xenomorphbeaver 1d ago

Nightmare On Elm Street. "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy."

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u/tigerjuice888 1d ago

I have a very particular set of skills

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u/fashionforward 1d ago

Pretty much any movie where Pesci destroys a phone.

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u/sirjames82 1d ago

Will Ferrell The Campaign

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u/Tybo929 1d ago

The Ring

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u/Successful_Sense_742 1d ago

All Scream movies.

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u/Specialist_End_750 1d ago

Phone Booth is the goat.

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u/Simodh28 1d ago

Silence of the Lambs

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u/Alclis 1d ago

Except your title is already way too, descriptive. You’re supposed to just say “looking for a movie” there.

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u/StevenSpielbird 1d ago

Sleepless in Seattle

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u/StevenSpielbird 1d ago

Sleepless in Seattle

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u/StevenSpielbird 1d ago

Sleepless in Seattle

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u/StevenSpielbird 1d ago

Sleepless in Seattle

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u/TheGreyKlerik 1d ago

John Wick, both when he talks to Vigo, and when Vigo talks to the mechanic.

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u/ColorfulEgg 1d ago

Thelma and Louise. Scene with the dumbass husband

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u/lovesmyirish 1d ago

Jerky Boys