20 Movie Quotes about Bad News with Audio

Updated: May 16, 2026

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1 Terrible news, folks! The worst tragedy of our times!

Quote from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

2 Fellas! Fellas! Okay, I got some good news, and I got some bad news.

Quote from Toy Story 2

3 Worst news I've heard since I lost my house. Which was about two seconds ago.

Peter Cullen as Eeyore in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

4 Master, master! It's bad news! It's terrible news. -What's up? -There are a group of men outside.

Quote from Drunken Arts & Crippled Fist (1979)

5 I'm sorry, kiddo. I really am. You have a good soul. And I hate giving good people bad news.

Quote from The Matrix

6 Ohh! What have I done to deserve this? Every time I pick up this phone, I get bad news! Well, I'll put a stop to that.

Adolphe Menjou as Gabby Sloan in The Milky Way (1936)

7 I'm sorry. It's bad news. It's a girl. Where's the trash can?

Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Aladeen in The Dictator (2012)

8 This is page 1 news, and it looks just awful!

Quote from Death Hunt

9 You should have told me on the phone. I can take bad news better on the phone. Every time the phone rings, I expect it to be bad news and I'm ready for it.

Brad Kesten as Charlie Brown in Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (1983)

10 Bomb in the president's car. -It was the president's car? -Yes. -Did they get him? -That's the bad news. No, they didn't.

Ernie Hudson as Captain Monroe Kelly; Joe Pantoliano as Eddie Ventro in Congo (1995)