My Favorite Films of 1984

"Never point a gun at anyone, unless you mean to shoot him. And if you shoot him, you better make sure he's dead. Because if he ain't dead, he's gonna get up and try to kill you. That's the only thing they taught us in the service that's worth a god damn."

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography by Barry Sonnenfeld
Editing by Don Wiegmann, Joel and Ethan Coen

"Come with me if you want to live."

Directed by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd
Music by Brad Fiedel
Cinematography by Adam Greenberg
Editing by Mark Goldblatt

"I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy."

Directed by Wes Craven
Written by Wes Craven
Music by Charles Bernstein
Cinematography by Jacques Haitkin
Editing by Patrick McMahon and Rick Shaine

"You say you hate Washington's Birthday or Thanksgiving and nobody cares, but you say you hate Christmas and people treat you like you're a leper."

Directed by Joe Dante
Written by Chris Columbus
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography by John Hora
Editing by Tina Hirsch

"You know, this is the cleanest and nicest police car I've ever been in in my life. This thing's nicer than my apartment."

Directed by Martin Brest
Written by Daniel Petrie Jr. and Danilo Bach
Music by Harold Faltermeyer
Cinematography by Bruce Surtees
Editing by Arthur Coburn and Billy Weber

"All I wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing... and then made me mute. Why? Tell me that. If He didn't want me to praise him with music, why implant the desire? Like a lust in my body! And then deny me the talent?"

Directed by Milos Forman
Written by Peter Shaffer
Music by
Cinematography by Miroslav Ondrícek
Editing by Michael Chandler and Nena Danevic

"Hey, Ted, where's... where's that, uh, that corkscrew? That fancy corkscrew for the wine bottle? Ted? Hey! Ted! Ted! Hey, Ted, where the hell is the corkscrew?"

Directed by Joseph Zito
Written by Barney Cohen and Bruce Hidemi Sakow
Music by Harry Manfredini
Cinematography by João Fernandes
Editing by Joel Goodman and Daniel Loewenthal

"It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

Directed by Rob Reiner
Written by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
Music by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
Cinematography by Peter Smokler
Editing by Kent Beyda and Kim Secrist

"You're the best friend I've ever had."
"You... pretty okay, too."

Directed by John G. Avildsen
Written by Robert Mark Kamen
Music by Bill Conti
Cinematography by James Crabe
Editing by John G. Avildsen, Walt Mulconery and Bud S. Smith

"Love is, um, it's when you care more for someone else than you do yourself."

Directed by John Carpenter
Written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon
Music by Jack Nitzsche
Cinematography by Donald M. Morgan
Editing by Marion Rothman

"Having a luck dragon with you is the only way to go on a quest."

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Written by Wolfgang Petersen and Herman Weigel
Music by Klaus Doldinger and Giorgio Moroder
Cinematography by Jost Vacano
Editing by Jane Seitz

"Birk! I thought you had drowned!"
"Not yet, but soon."

Directed by Tage Danielsson
Written by Astrid Lindgren
Music by Björn Isfält
Cinematography by Rune Ericson, Mischa Gavrjusjov and Ole Fredrik Haug
Editing by Jan Persson

"I'm staying! You hear that, New York? THE FROG IS STAYING!"

Directed by Frank Oz
Written by Frank Oz, Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses
Music by Ralph Burns
Cinematography by Robert Paynter
Editing by Evan A. Lottman

"This guys tough. Don't panic now. Just think of it as a training session."

Directed by Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Written by Edward Tang and Gwing-Gai Lee
Music by Chris Babida and Siu-Lam Tang
Cinematography by Yiu-Tsou Cheung, Francisco Riba and Arthur Wong
Editing by Peter Cheung

"Lemme tell you somethin': Some people never talk about their feelings - They got 'em. Deeper than anybody. Other people never talk about their feelings 'cause they ain't got any."

Directed by Walter Hill
Written by Walter Hill and Larry Gross
Music by Ry Cooder
Cinematography by Andrew Laszlo
Editing by James Coblentz, Freeman A. Davies, Michael Ripps and Michael Tronick

"We've been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft's okay! He's a sailor, he's in New York; we get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble!"

Directed by Ivan Reitman
Written by Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography by László Kovács
Editing by David E. Blewitt and Sheldon Kahn

"You're crazy!"
"I'm not crazy, I just don't give a fuck."

Directed by Thom Eberhardt
Written by Thom Eberhardt
Music by David Campbell
Cinematography by Arthur Albert
Editing by Fred Stafford

"What did you do, wake up this morning and say, "Today, I'm going to ruin a man's life"?"

Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Written by Diane Thomas
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography by Dean Cundey
Editing by Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss

"Nick, I've tried everything: the embassy, the German government, the consulate. I even talked to the U.N. ambassador. It's no use, I just can't bring my wife to orgasm."

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker
Written by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Martyn Burke
Music by Maurice Jarre
Cinematography by Christopher Challis
Editing by Françoise Bonnot and Bernard Gribble

"Hey, Dr. Jones, no time for love. We've got company."

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by George Lucas, Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography by Douglas Slocombe
Editing by Michael Kahn and George Lucas