--- title: "The 13 best insults from military movies" description: "Military movies contain inspiring moments, important messages, and hilarious insults lobbed between troops. Here are 13 of our favorites." date: "2022-02-19" modified: "2023-02-15" authors: - name: "Logan Nye" job_title: "Senior Contributor, Army Veteran" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/logan-nye/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/lists/military-movie-insults/" categories: - "Entertainment" - "Movies and TV" --- # The 13 best insults from military movies ![]() Military movies contain inspiring moments, important messages, and hilarious insults lobbed between troops. Filled with wit, wisdom, and profanity, here are some of our favorites. ## These are the 13 best insults from military movies ### 1. Aliens- Basically, insult paradise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYkxCzBszOQ "Have you ever been mistaken for a man?" "No, have you?" What a great comeback. ### 2. Good Morning Vietnam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1JlHWvRxc "You are in more dire need of a bl--job than any white man in history." ### 3. A Few Good Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyMggFe9WRQ "You see, Danny, I can deal with the bullets, and the bombs, and the blood. I don't want money, and I don't want medals. What I do want is for you to stand there in that f-ggoty white uniform and with your Harvard mouth extend me some f-cking courtesy. You gotta ask me nicely." Insults don't get much better than that. ### 4. Enemy at the Gates ![]() *Photo: Youtube* Nikita Kruschev while speaking to a commander who has stopped attacking: "I don't care if you've lost half your men. Lose the other half, or lose yourself!" ### 5. The Dirty Dozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJJHSsLhE24 "I owe you an apology, colonel. I always thought that you were a cold, unimaginative, tight-lipped officer. But you're really quite emotional, aren't you?" ### 6. A Bridge Too Far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOOcrunnLYE "I've selected you to lead us, not only because of your extraordinary fighting ability, but also because, in the unlikely event the Germans ever get you, they will assume from your attire that they've captured a wretched peasant and immediately send you on your way." ### 7. Heartbreak Ridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O02WseVFBw8 "The Marines are looking for a few good men. Unfortunately, you ain't it." ### 8. Attack! ![attack best insults from military movies]() *Photo: Wikipedia* Pfc. Bernstein while discussing disliked officers: "When you salute them two, you have to apologize to your arm." ### 9. The Caine Mutiny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw6gwGawbXA "If you want to do anything about, I'll be outside. I'm a lot drunker than you are, so it'll be a fair fight." ### 10. Saving Private Ryan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbNwY_QFR1A "You wouldn't shoot that Kraut son of a b-tch, now you're gonna shoot me?" "He was better than you." ### 11. 300 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=514IEcgz1Q8 "What makes this woman think she can speak among men?" "Because only Spartan women give birth to real men." ### 12. Full Metal Jacket [This one's]() so good, it's age-restricted. Obviously, this whole list could be Gunny Hartman quotes, but we just picked a couple of favorites to include. "Who the f-ck said that? Who's the slimy, little, communist sh-t, twinkle-toed c--ksucker down here who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody, huh? The fairy f--king godmother said it? Out-f--king-standing!" (0:22 in the video above) "It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your momma's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress!" (2:24 in the video). "I bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose!" (3:14) ### 13. Braveheart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ryPBbrg3c Mooning. It's the mooning. ## Author Logan was an Army journalist and paratrooper in the 82nd. Now, he's a freelance writer covering military history, culture, and technology. He has two upcoming podcasts and a Twitch channel focused on basic military literacy. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [Facebook]()