My Favorite Films of 1980

"Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in!"

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson
Music by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind
Cinematography by John Alcott
Editing by Ray Lovejoy

"People are frightened by what they don't understand."

Directed by David Lynch
Written by David Lynch, Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren
Music by John Morris
Cinematography by Freddie Francis
Editing by Anne V. Coates

"You didn't get me down, Ray."

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin, Joseph Carter and Peter Savage
Music by
Cinematography by Michael Chapman
Editing by Thelma Schoonmaker

"Julie, I made you! I taught you everything you know! How to dress, table manners, how to move, how to make love..."

Directed by Paul Schrader
Written by Paul Schrader
Music by Giorgio Moroder
Cinematography by John Bailey
Editing by Richard Halsey

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it."

Directed by John Landis
Written by John Landis and Dan Aykroyd
Music by
Cinematography by Stephen M. Katz
Editing by George Folsey Jr.

"What I'm looking for is someone who can contribute to what England has given to the world: culture, sophistication, genius. A little bit more than an 'ot dog, know what I mean?"

Directed by John Mackenzie
Written by Barrie Keeffe
Music by Francis Monkman
Cinematography by Phil Meheux
Editing by Mike Taylor

"There are mysterious parts in that book, but the only true mystery is that our very lives are governed by dead people."

Directed by Dario Argento
Written by Dario Argento and Dardano Sacchetti
Music by Keith Emerson
Cinematography by Romano Albani
Editing by Franco Fraticelli

"Doctor, I am not paranoid. Bobbi was making threats over the phone. She said she's going to hurt me. My patient was slashed to death. And now my razor is gone. Now you don't have to be a detective to figure it out, do you?"

Directed by Brian De Palma
Written by Brian De Palma
Music by Pino Donaggio
Cinematography by Ralf D. Bode
Editing by Gerald B. Greenberg

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

Directed by Irvin Kershner
Written by George Lucas, Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan
Music by John Williams
Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky
Editing by Paul Hirsch

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker
Written by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc
Editing by Patrick Kennedy

"How big are ya?"
"Party size."

Directed by William Friedkin
Written by William Friedkin
Music by Jack Nitzsche
Cinematography by James A. Contner
Editing by Bud S. Smith

"You see, Jason was my son, and today is his birthday..."

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Written by Victor Miller
Music by Harry Manfredini
Cinematography by Barry Abrams
Editing by Bill Freda

"That house is not fit to live in. No one's been able to live in it. It doesn't want people."

Directed by Peter Medak
Written by Russell Hunter, William Gray and Diana Maddox
Music by Rick Wilkins
Cinematography by John Coquillon
Editing by Lilla Pedersen

"Something that one lives with like an albatross round the neck. No, more like a millstone. A plumbing stone, by God! Damn them all!"

Directed by John Carpenter
Written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill
Music by John Carpenter
Cinematography by Dean Cundey
Editing by Charles Bornstein and Tommy Lee Wallace

"Hey everybody, we're all gonna get laid!"

Directed by Harold Ramis
Written by Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray and Douglas Kenney
Music by Johnny Mandel
Cinematography by Stevan Larner
Editing by William C. Carruth