While Scarlett Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) sacrificed herself in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Olsen hasn't ruled out returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as she wants to be involved in an X-Men and MCU crossover. While that seems unlikely given how Wanda was crushed by a ton of rocks, it wasn't without some huge mic-drop moments, such as the double standards of Doctor Strange breaking the rules.
Aside from truths spewed by the Scarlet Witch, Redditors have recalled other mic-drop moments in movies. Whether it's a character confessing they're a superhero in the most undignified but coolest way possible or a literal mic-drop in a rap battle, these moments left audiences astounded.
Detective Gerard Doesn't Care In The Fugitive (1993)
The Fugitive is one of the best cat-and-mouse chase thrillers ever made, as Detective Samuel Gerard is hunting down Richard Kimble, who is wanted for the murder of his wife. And Sanguiniuswept thinks The Fugitive has the best mic-drop moment when Kimble and Gerard are in the sewer together.
The Redditor refers to when Kimble is pointing a gun at Gerard and shouts "I didn't kill my wife," and Gerard responds, "I don't care." It's such a great line that suggests so many different things, whether it's that Gerard is simply doing his job or that he values his life so much that chasing Kimble is not worth dying in a literal sewer. And what makes the mic-drop even better is that, according to Far Out magazine, Tommy Lee Jones improvised the line. In the script, Gerard's response was, "That isn't my problem," which doesn't quite have the same mic-drop ring to it.
B-Rabbit's Showdown In 8 Mile (2002)
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A deleted user points to the whole freestyle that is the climax of 8 Mile as the best mic-drop. There are tons of epic finales that are just conversations, and 8 Mile might be the best example of that, as the final showdown, where everything is at stake for all the characters, is a freestyle rap battle.
The user specifically cites, "I'm a piece of f****** white trash, I say it proudly. And f*** this battle, I don't wanna win, I'm outty. Here, tell these people something they don't know about me." The moment is a literal mic-drop, as B-Rabbit throws the microphone at Clarence's chest after a hair-raising freestyle that leaves Clarence completely ashamed and mortified.
Tony Stark Confesses His True Identity In Iron Man (2008)
One of the most common clichés in superhero movies is that the hero's true identity being revealed is shameful and the worst thing that could ever happen. But the very closing moments of Iron Man completely subverted that trope, as Tony Stark proudly revealed, "I am Iron Man."
Unfairtoants thinks it's the best ever mic-drop in a movie, noting, "I like to think that one line helped start the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe. I know it was probably planned for years before this but that one scene took Iron Man to a whole different level." The line worked on so many levels, as it's perfectly in line with the character, as Stark is such an egotist.
Ripley Curses Out A Xenomorph In Aliens (1986)
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is one of the greatest female badasses in cinema, as she was the only survivor of her crew in Alien, and Aliens see her become a machine gun-wielding Xenomorph killer. Ayesee345 believes the sequel has the greatest mic-drop moment, pointing to the iconic one-liner Ripley drops whilst in a giant, mechanical, Zenomorph-killing suit.
She drops the iconic line "Get away from her, you b****." before killing the Queen Xenomorph with an exosuit cargo-loader, which is one of the coolest sci-fi battles ever. It makes fans wish that Alien: Awakening wasn't canceled, as the unrealized fifth Alien movie would have seen the long-awaited return of Ripley. But an eventual legacy sequel with Weaver back is inevitable.
Will Disses A Preppy Student With A Question About Apples In Good Will Hunting (1997)
CowpersGland3000 thinks Will Hunting asking, "How do you like them apples?" is one of the greatest mic-drop scenes in cinema history. Though the line originated in the first World War, it's best known for its use in the 1997 drama. In Good Will Hunting, Will asks a preppy student if he likes apples and then shows him a napkin with the phone number written on it and asks, "How do you like them apples?" Even people who haven't seen the movie know what the line implies, and it's used in the everyday language now.
But the way Will uses it is such a proud moment, as he not only gets the woman's number, but he pulled off what his enemy failed to do. However, the scene has since been criticized, as the preppy student could just have easily said "no" when asked by Will if he likes apples, and Will would have looked like a fool. While the movie won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, this scene doesn't hold up quite as well as the rest of the movie.
Daniel Is Done In There Will Be Blood (2007)
Qprimitive believes Daniel Plainview saying "I'm Finished" in There Will Be Blood is the best mic-drop moment in movies. The whole film is about an oil tycoon at odds with a family, as he wants to drill for oil on their land, and following several business deals that fell through, Daniel lives up to the film's name, resorting to bloodshed to get what he wants.
The dialogue is a fairly appropriate final line of a movie, but there's so much weight connected to those two words that Daniel Plainview drops after just having killed Paul Sunday with a bowling pin. The movie is about greed and Daniel stopping at nothing to get what he wants, and it makes for one of the greatest final lines in movie history.
The Real Keyser Soze In The Usual Suspects (1995)
Verbal Kint being revealed as the real Keyser Soze in The Usual Suspects is the biggest mic-drop in movies, according to Billiej04. It's all thanks to the editing and the way it's shot that the reveal is so effective, as audiences slowly come to the conclusion at the same time as Detective Dave Kujan.
Never has a tracking shot been more expertly used than when the camera focuses on Verbal's limp slowly turning into a normal walk. And the flashback to Verbal telling Kujan, "And like that... poof... he's gone." before it cuts to black is the cherry on top. Where mic-drops in movies are generally badass one-liners, the mic-drop at the end of The Usual Suspects is all in the camerawork and editing.
Jules' Verses In Pulp Fiction (1994)
Though Reservoir Dogs was an accomplished directorial debut, Pulp Fiction was writer-director Quentin Tarantino's breakthrough. Its success is partly thanks to the kinetic actors delivering Tarantino's such wild dialogue. OneMoreBasketCase thinks, "Samuel L. Jackson's speech from the opening of Pulp Fiction" is the best mic-drop ever.
The Redditor is referring to the monologue in which Jules (Jackson) recites a fictional verse from the Bible, and Jackson gives a powerful delivery that'd instill terror in anybody. Tarantino is great at writing one-liners, and his films have been stuffed with hilarious profanity-filled insults, so it's fairly ironic that one of his most memorable dialogue is a fictional Bible verse.
Nobody's Perfect In Some Like It Hot (1959)
One of the biggest criticisms of the newly released Blonde, the Netflix exclusive biopic about Marilyn Monroe, is that it's exploitative, and one thing's for sure is that it doesn't depict how great of an entertainer and actor she actually was. Some Like it Hot sees Monroe in one of her greatest roles, as she plays the lead singer of a traveling all-female band, but a deleted user calls to attention the final line in the movie.
As the film follows two men, Joe and Jerry, disguised as women to hide from the mafia, an older gentleman, Osgood Fielding III, falls in love with Jerry. When Jerry takes off his wig and reveals to Osgood that he's a man, Osgood responds, "Well, nobody's perfect." It isn't so much a mic-drop, but it is a hilariously cavalier way to end the film.
Blake's Speech In Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
As Glengarry Glen Ross is based on the stage play of the same name, there isn't much action, and the insults that the characters hurl at each other are their ammunition. Schmoove_cwiminal calls Blake's speech in the 1992 movie the best mic-drop moment in film. The mic-drop moment lasts eight minutes, as Blake gives the "always be closing" monologue, the most unmotivating motivational speech of all time.
In that eight minutes, Blake calls all of his employees terrible salespeople and threatens their jobs unless they start selling more timeshares. After tearing his employees a new one, he exits the mobile office, leaving them fighting for leads like dogs fighting over a pork chop.