32 Movie Quotes about Suffocating (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Aug 11, 2026

Memorable quotes about suffocating, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 But he's had his face in a plate of spaghetti for about 45 minutes now. -Wait a minute. No one bothers with vital signs? -Did I stutter? This guy ain't breathing unless he started breathing spaghetti sauce.

Brad Pitt as David Mills in Se7en (1995)

12 Oh, I can't breathe. I can't breathe. Darkness creeping in.

Quote from Madagascar

13 It was just a stunt! He was supposed to pinch my leg if he was running short of air.

Josh Mostel as Principal Max Anderson in Billy Madison

14 I can't breathe.

Quote from Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl

15 Ohh! I'd smother you! I'd drop it right on your face 'til you couldn't breathe!

Quote from Pulp Fiction

16 I can't breathe.

Quote from Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke

17 I can't breathe, man.

Quote from Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke

18 You can't breathe. You can't think. Least not about anything but the pain.

Quote from Titanic (1997)

19 Help! I can't breathe! -Hurry! -Get us out! -We're suffocating!

Quote from Hercules

20 You have to close those things or we'd drown. But it sure is suffocating in here.

Quote from Cool Hand Luke