80 Epitaph Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

Updated: Feb 2, 2026

A selection of epitaph quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

71 What they gonna put on your tombstone? 'Here lies a man, 27 years old. He died, but he ain't no punk.'

Richard Pryor as Sugar Ray in Harlem Nights

72 Was he a family man? Did he have any children? -Yes. -Well, then I carve: Beloved Husband and Father.

John Wayne as Wil Andersen in The Cowboys (1972)

73 I want a small headstone with this written on it. Nothing else. No jabbery, no angels. You got that?

John Wayne as J.B. Books in The Shootist

74 I moved from the bed to a chair, to a closet, and I knew it must be the end

Kathleen Barr as Rudolph in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys

75 To the refuge of the earth, we entrust our friend's body. To the protection of our God in Heaven, we entrust his soul. To ourselves, we entrust his spirit, and the principles he lived by.

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger

76 Mama always said that dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)

77 In pace requiescat!

Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone (1993)

78 Pie Jesu Domine. Dona eis requiem.

Graham Chapman as Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail

79 And when he died, part of me died.

Tony Burton as Tony Duke Evers in Rocky IV (1985)

80 Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart (1995)