Best Cinematic Rants, Part 1

Some of filmdom's most memorable scenes have occurred in the midst of heightened emotion, enraged warriors, and the downtrodden who couldn't take it any more.

Here's a look at some of the big screen's awesomest big-screen tongue-lashings:

10. "85 Cents?": Michael Douglas, "Falling Down" Douglas' unnamed social vigilante takes his first step to the dark side, becoming frustrated when a convenience store owner won't give him change for a phone call, then charges him 85 cents for a soda (which doesn't leave him enough for the call). He rages at the owner, then wrestles a baseball bat from him and proceeds to destroy his store.

9. "First we're gonna seal off this hatch..." Samuel L. Jackson, "Deep Blue Sea"

The lone memorable scene in an otherwise terrible film about genetically altered, supersmart sharks hunting people on a sinking research platform. Jackson's billionaire-with-a-past is right in the middle of an inspiring we-can-do-it speech, finally airing out his mysterious, terrible past, only to be snatched by a shark at the speech's apex, sucked into the water, and eaten.

"Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?": R. Lee Ermey, "Full Metal Jacket" When Private Joker (Matthew Modine) dares to mouth off while Gunnery Sgt. Hartman dresses down his recruits, he feels the wrath of the hardest screw this side of Shawshank. Hartman, not missing a beat, continues his classic onslaught on the rest of the maggots.

7. "If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me...": Chevy Chase, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"

All poor Clark W. Griswold wants is the perfect Christmas for his family. Problem is, he's put the down payment on a pool for his back yard, but doesn't have enough to cover it without his Christmas bonus. When he finds his bonus...a bit short, he launches into this famous, timeless rant that reminds us exactly what Christmas is truly all about.

6. "F**k Me? F**k you!": Edward Norton, "The 25th Hour"

Norton's Monty Brogan, nearing the end of his last day of freedom before a stretch in prison, melts down in a public restroom, delivering a seething rant against every ethnic group in the city, New York, terrorists, his nearest and dearest, and finally, himself, for blowing the opportunities he had. "25th Hour" is an underrated post-9/11 gem, and Norton's monologue is the film's desperate centerpiece.

Check out Part 2 of the list, where we countdown numbers 5 through 1!

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