20 Movie and TV Lines That Felt Too Real

Unless you're some kind of cinematic masochist, you don't press play on a movie or series expecting it to be bad, but you don't necessarily need it to blow your mind. In fact, some perfectly good entertainment is also entirely unchallenged. Even the most pretentious Oscar bait may not have any clear moments of audience catharsis so much as a general vibe of not sucking.

But that's not always the case. Some of our favorite movies and TV shows have stuck with us precisely because of a well-timed sentiment of powerful, unvarnished truth. Sometimes, a line that turns your whole life around can even arise where you least expect it. That's why u/cheerioaddict asked r/AskReddit, “What piece of dialogue was so thought provoking and raw, you had to pause and take a moment to appreciate it?”