My Favorite Films of 1993

"Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp
Music by John Williams
Cinematography by Dean Cundey
Editing by Michael Kahn

"You just said you love me, now if I say I love you and just throw caution to the wind and let the chips fall where they may and you're lying to me I'm gonna fuckin' die."

Directed by Tony Scott
Written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editing by Michael Tronick and Christian Wagner

"This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You're hypocrites, all of you!"

Directed by Harold Ramis
Written by Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin
Music by George Fenton
Cinematography by John Bailey
Editing by Pembroke J. Herring

"Now I have just one thing left to do: nothing. I want no possessions, no memories, no friends, no lovers -- they're all traps."

Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Written by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Music by Zbigniew Preisner
Cinematography by Slawomir Idziak
Editing by Jacques Witta

"You know, Phillip, you have a goddamn red, white and blue American right to eat cotton candy, ride roller coasters."

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by John Lee Hancock
Music by Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography by Jack N. Green
Editing by Joel Cox and Ron Spang

"In this courtroom, Mr.Miller, justice is blind to matters of race, creed, color, religion, and sexual orientation."
"With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom, do we?"

Directed by Jonathan Demme
Written by Ron Nyswaner
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Tak Fujimoto
Editing by Craig McKay

"Now take your pig-stick and your boyfriend, and find a bus to catch."

Directed by John Woo
Written by Chuck Pfarrer
Music by Graeme Revell and Tim Simonec
Cinematography by Russell Carpenter
Editing by Bob Murawski

"Must you wear that filthy thing on your head?"
"Ma, it's a hat. You wear it on your head."

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Steven Soderbergh
Music by Cliff Martinez
Cinematography by Elliot Davis
Editing by Steven Soderbergh

"I'm having a birthday party, but you're not invited, but you can come if you want."

Directed by Lasse Hallström
Written by Peter Hedges
Music by Björn Isfält and Alan Parker
Cinematography by Sven Nykvist
Editing by Andrew Mondshein

"I'm your huckleberry..."

Directed by George P. Cosmatos
Written by Kevin Jarre
Music by Bruce Broughton
Cinematography by William A. Fraker
Editing by Harvey Rosenstock, Roberto Silvi and Frank J. Urioste

"You want to know something funny? You actually made me think about the law. I managed to go through three years of law school without doing that."

Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by David Rabe, Robert Towne and David Rayfiel
Music by Dave Grusin
Cinematography by John Seale
Editing by Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp

"Why? Why, Mr. Stevens, why do you always have to hide what you feel?"

Directed by James Ivory
Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Music by Richard Robbins
Cinematography by Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editing by Andrew Marcus

"We're police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence!"

Directed by Marco Brambilla
Written by Peter M. Lenkov, Robert Reneau and Daniel Waters
Music by Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography by Alex Thomson
Editing by Stuart Baird

"Favor gonna kill you faster than a bullet."

Directed by Brian De Palma
Written by David Koepp
Music by Patrick Doyle
Cinematography by Stephen H. Burum
Editing by Kristina Boden and Bill Pankow

"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age."

Directed by Richard Linklater
Written by Richard Linklater
Music by Lee Daniel
Cinematography by Sandra Adair
Editing by Don Phillips

"I'm a free man, and I'm going out the front door."

Directed by Jim Sheridan
Written by Terry George and Jim Sheridan
Music by Trevor Jones
Cinematography by Peter Biziou
Editing by Gerry Hambling

"I didn't kill my wife!"
"I don't care!"

Directed by Andrew Davis
Written by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography by Michael Chapman
Editing by Don Brochu, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Dov Hoenig, Richard Nord and Dennis Virkler

"Jack, please, I'm only an elected official here, I can't make decisions by myself!"

Directed by Henry Selick
Written by Tim Burton, Michael McDowell and Caroline Thompson
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Pete Kozachik
Editing by Stan Webb

"You think I'm a thief? Oh, you see, I'm not the thief. I'm not the one charging 85 cents FOR A STINKING SODA! You're the thief! I'm just standing up for my rights as a consumer."

Directed by Joel Schumacher
Written by Ebbe Roe Smith
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editing by Paul Hirsch

"Adios, Red Rock."

Directed by John Dahl
Written by John Dahl and Rick Dahl
Music by William Olvis
Cinematography by Marc Reshovsky
Editing by Scott Chestnut

"I've decided my agenda for the future. I'll stay in bed, drink, make love and forget the whole damn business."

Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Written by Alan J. Pakula
Music by James Horner
Cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt
Editing by Tom Rolf and Trudy Ship

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

Directed by Rob Cohen
Written by Rob Cohen, Edward Khmara and John Raffo
Music by Randy Edelman
Cinematography by David Eggby
Editing by Peter Amundson

"You think grown-ups have it all figured out? That's just a hustle, kid. Grown-ups are making it up as they go along, just like you. You remember that, and you'll do fine."

Directed by Joe Dante
Written by Charles S. Haas and Jerico Stone
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography by John Hora
Editing by Marshall Harvey

"Let's face it, half the things we do are window dressing. Take running alongside that limousine: it'd take an anti-tank missile to put a dent in that damn thing. There we are, out for show, trying to make the President look more presidential."

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Written by Jeff Maguire
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography by John Bailey
Editing by Anne V. Coates

"Au revoir, fucker!"

Directed by Robert Harmon
Written by Joe Eszterhas, Richard Marquand, Leslie Bohem and Randy Feldman
Music by Mark Isham
Cinematography by David Gribble
Editing by Mark Helfrich and Zach Staenberg