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'Home Alone' (1990) -

"You're what the French call les incompetents."

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'A Fish Called Wanda' (1988) -

"To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people."

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'The Breakfast Club' (1985) -

"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"

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'The Nutty Professor' (1996) -

"Reggie, your breath is so stinky, people look forward to your farts."

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'She's All That' (1999) -

"To everyone here who matters, you're spam. You're vapor. A waste of perfectly good yearbook space."

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'Toy Story' (1995) -

"You are a sad strange little man, and you have my pity."

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'Dumb and Dumber' (1994) -

"Weirdo." / "Sucker of big brown dirty eggs!" /
"Idiot." / "Licker of salmon-fried fish!" / "Moron."
/ "Raider of the lost fart!" / "Rump-roast!" / "Licker of dirty chicken butts!" / "Buttfish!" / "Soiler of towels!"

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'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' (1977) -

"Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder."

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'Con Air' (1997) -

"You're somewhere between a cockroach and that white stuff that accumulates at the corner of your mouth when you're really thirsty."

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'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' (2004) -

"Hey, where'd you get those clothes, the toilet store?"

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'Shrek' (2001) -

"You dense, irritating, miniature beast of a burden."

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'The Princess Bride' (1987) -

"I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon."

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'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' (1975) -

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."

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'Phantom Thread' (2018) -

"Are you a special agent sent here to ruin my evening and possibly my entire life?"

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'The Favourite' (2018) -

"You look like a badger."

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'Cool Runnings' (1993) -

"You are the kind of club-toting, raw-meat-eating, Me-Tarzan-You-Jane-ing, big, bald bubblehead that can only count to 10 if he's barefoot or wearing sandals."

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'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) -

"You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk!"

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'The Hangover' (2009) -

"You are literally too stupid to insult."

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'School of Rock' (2004) -

"You're tacky and I hate you."

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'His Girl Friday' (1940) -

"Listen, you insignificant, square-toed, pimple-headed spy!"

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'Matilda' (1996) -

"Her father says she's a real wart [...] A carbuncle, a blister, a festering pustule of malignant ooze."

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'Three Amigos' (1986) -

"You dirt-eating piece of slime. You scum-sucking pig. You son of a motherless goat."

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'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' (2004) -

"You! You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!"

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'Big Jake' (1971) -

"You're short on ears and long on mouth."

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'The Long Kiss Goodnight' (1996) -

"Were you always this stupid or did you take lessons?"

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'Duck Soup' (1933) -

"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you–he really is an idiot."

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'The Man Who Came to Dinner' (1942) -

"My great aunt Jennifer ate a whole box of candy every day of her life. She lived to be 102 and when she'd been dead three days, she looked better than you do now."

Sources: (The Independent) (IMDb)

See also: Backhanded compliments that are really insults

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