My Favorite Films of 1974

"We know that you know, Mr. Caul. For your own sake, don't get involved any further. We'll be listening to you."

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Written by Francis Ford Coppola
Music by David Shire
Cinematography by Bill Butler
Editing by Richard Chew

"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it."

Directed by Tobe Hooper
Written by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel
Music by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell
Cinematography by Daniel Pearl
Editing by J. Larry Carroll and Sallye Richardson

"Oh, come on. If I've got to watch my language just because they let a few broads in, I'm going to quit. How the hell can you run a goddamn railroad without swearing?"

Directed by Joseph Sargent
Written by Peter Stone
Music by David Shire
Cinematography by Owen Roizman
Editing by Gerald B. Greenberg and Robert Q. Lovett

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

Directed by Roman Polanski
Written by Robert Towne
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography by John A. Alonzo
Editing by Sam O'Steen

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Written by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Music by Nino Rota
Cinematography by Gordon Willis
Editing by Barry Malkin, Richard Marks and Peter Zinner

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all aware that a repulsive murderer has himself been repulsively, and, perhaps deservedly, murdered."

Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by Paul Dehn
Music by Richard Rodney Bennett
Cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth
Editing by Anne V. Coates

"They said you was hung."
"And they was right."

Directed by Mel Brooks
Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Alan Uger and Richard Pryor
Music by John Morris
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc
Editing by Danford B. Greene and John C. Howard

"Wait Master, it might be dangerous... you go first."

Directed by Mel Brooks
Written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
Music by John Morris
Cinematography by Gerald Hirschfeld
Editing by John C. Howard

"I like a girl in a bikini. No concealed weapons."

Directed by Guy Hamilton
Written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz
Music by John Barry
Cinematography by Ted Moore and Oswald Morris
Editing by Raymond Poulton and John Shirley

"What a beautiful way to die - as a falling star."

Directed by John Carpenter
Written by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
Music by John Carpenter
Cinematography by Douglas Knapp
Editing by Dan O'Bannon