15 Greatest Ending Lines In Film History
7. Well, Nobody's Perfect! - Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot might genuinely be the funniest movie ever made, written to hilarious perfection by director Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe in possibly their greatest roles.
The film follows two musicians who, after witnessing a mafia murder reminiscent of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, go on the run and decide to dress as women so they won't be found.
During the misadventures that follow, Lemmon's bass player Jerry - going by the name Daphne - is pursued by persistent millionaire Osgood Fielding. After finally escaping the mob on Osgood's yacht, Jerry tries to dissuade his admirer, before finally snapping and revealing he's a man, leading Osgood to say, totally unfazed:
“Well, nobody’s perfect!”
It's gut-bustlingly funny even some sixty years later, and is just awkward, surprising and witty enough to be surprisingly bittersweet. Every line in Some Like It Hot is an all-timer, but none are as iconic as its final punchline.