The 16 Best Quotes From Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’, Ranked
“Last time I seen my brother. Last time I seen the sun. And just for a few hours, we was free.”
Set in rural Mississippi in 1932, Sinners follows twin brothers who return to their hometown to open up a juke joint. Along with their friends, cousin, employees and guests, the twins face real (racists) and supernatural (vampires) obstacles on the night of their grand opening. Written, directed and produced by Ryan Coogler, Sinners is one of the highest-grossing movie of the year overall.
Here are the best quotes from Sinners ranked with the best at the bottom of the page:
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Pearline (Jayme Lawson): I’m married, by the way.
Sammie Moore (Miles Caton): Happily?
Pearline: Careful, boy. You gon’ bite more than you can chew.
Sammie Moore: Maybe I’ll see you tonight.
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Smoke (Michael B. Jordan): I’ve been all over this world. I’ve seen men die in ways I ain’t even know was possible.
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Remmick (Jack O’Connell): I am your way out. This world already left you for dead. Won’t let you build. Won’t let you fellowship. We will do just that. Together. Forever.
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Jedidiah (Saul Williams): You keep dancing with the devil…. One day he’s gonna follow you home.
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Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo): See, white folks, they like the blues just fine. They just don’t like the people who make it.
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Sammie Moore (Miles Caton): I don’t think you should be here. You see, I’m with the twins.
Mary (Hailee Steinfeld): The twins? Boy, if you don’t get the f*ck out of my face.
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Smoke (Michael B. Jordan): I don’t believe in magic, ghosts, demons. Just power.
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Annie (Wunmi Mosaku): There are legends of people with the gift of making music so true, it conjures spirits from the past and the future.
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Mary (Hailee Steinfeld): So you rob trains and banks but you can’t steal this p*ssy for a night?
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Stack (Michael B. Jordan): I love you. And I think about you every day. I just want to keep you someplace safe. And that was never going to be here. And it was never going to be with me.
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Mary (Hailee Steinfeld): You know, I waited for you.
Stack (Michael B. Jordan): Shit, I don’t know how the hell you gonna do that.
Mary: Because you told me you loved me.
Stack: Well, I told you to stay the f*ck away from me too but I guess you didn’t hear that part, huh?
Mary: I heard you. I heard you loud and clear, but then you stuck your tongue in my c*os and f*’d me so hard I figured you changed your mind.
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Hogwood (David Maldonado): You boys twins?
Stack (Michael B. Jordan): Nah, we cousins.
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Smoke (Michael B. Jordan): Sorry I couldn’t keep you safe.
Stack (Michael B. Jordan): Don’t be sorry, you always did.
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Stack (Michael B. Jordan): You droolin’.
Mary (Hailee Steinfeld): You want some?
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Mary (Hailee Steinfeld): Ooh, we’re gonna kill every last one of you.
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Sammie Moore (Miles Caton): You know something? Maybe once a week, I wake up paralyzed, reliving that night. But before the sun went down, I think that was the best day of my life. Was it like that for you?
Stack (Michael B. Jordan): No doubt about it. Last time I seen my brother. Last time I seen the sun. And just for a few hours, we was free.