10 films and TV series that audiences loved so much that they became sources of memes (12 photos)

I propose to look at several popular movie memes, which, most likely, even those who hardly watch movies have come across.





A meme is an amazing phenomenon of the Internet space. A large number of people liked the picture, and now they are using it to express their emotions or attitude towards something. Moments from films and TV series also become memes, and sometimes we can see a viral image everywhere, but not even suspect which picture the frame was taken from.

Matthew McConaughey throws up his hands in True Detective



The meme with the character Rustin Cole, where he spreads his hands with a distant expression on his face, well illustrates all those situations where you simply have nothing to say, and you can only throw up your hands.

"Yes Yes. I went to..." from "True Detective"





The meme is used in cases where they don’t pay enough attention to you or your opinion and you simply have nothing left to say except: “Well, yes, well, yes. I went to...”

Ryan Gosling and the hologram in the movie "Blade Runner 2049"



It is curious that film critics did not pay much attention to this scene of the film, but Internet users really appreciated it. The scene quickly became a meme and a kind of embodiment of loneliness and the highest point of despair, which you just want to ironically try on yourself.

DiCaprio's silence from Shutter Island



This meme is the embodiment of those situations when you have absolutely no desire to answer an awkward (but harmless) question and can only make a facial expression, like DiCaprio’s in the frame above. By the way, how are things at work?

Squinting DiCaprio from Inception



And again Leonardo DiCapio. The frame speaks for itself. If they sent you this frame, they don’t trust you and suspect that you are not telling something.

Crying Matthew McConaughey from Interstellar



The shot of Matthew McConaughey crying comes from a very sad moment. This meme expresses sadness, suffering and missed opportunities. But sometimes for some reason it is used to express nostalgia.

Moment from The Shining



The moment in The Shining with Jack Torrance hunting for his frightened wife is literally the epitome of all those situations when you are being chased by someone or something and you are incredibly sick of it. It's so bad that you want to scream in horror. These could be persistent store consultants who always want to help. A boring meme on the Internet that pops up again and again...

Pointing DiCaprio from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood



It seems that Leonardo DiCaprio is the most meme-generating actor. In the film, the character Rick Dalton is watching a TV series in which he happened to star in the story, and suddenly he points to the TV and says that they are about to show a moment with him. A meme is used when you recognize something familiar while watching something. For example, the name of your small hometown appears in the news.

Surprised Joey from the series "Friends"



The facial expression speaks for itself. Through the frame one senses a sudden awareness of something unpleasant.

"Sorta Scientist" from Spider-Man



This meme appears in combination with the character's line "You know, I'm something of a scientist myself." Used as a joke about one's own low abilities in something.

Bonus: Patrick Bateman from American Psycho



Perhaps the only one who can compete with Leonardo DiCaprio in cinematic memeticism is Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman from the film “American Psycho.” The Internet appreciated the shot of Bale smiling and swinging an ax almost immediately after the film's release. But even now in 2023, the cartoonishly narcissistic Patrick Bateman captivates audiences and makes audiences want to take more and more footage from the film and turn it into memes.