My Favorite Films of 1995

"There is a flip side to that coin. What if you do got me boxed in and I gotta put you down? Cause no matter what, you will not get in my way. We've been face to face, yeah. But I will not hesitate. Not for a second."

Directed by Michael Mann
Written by Michael Mann
Music by Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography by Dante Spinotti
Editing by Pasquale Buba, William Goldenberg, Dov Hoenig and Tom Rolf

"Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part."

Directed by David Fincher
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Darius Khondji
Editing by Richard Francis-Bruce

"No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep comin' back and back until one of you is dead."

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi
Music by Robert Richardson
Cinematography by Thelma Schoonmaker
Editing by Ellen Lewis

"A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?"

Directed by Carl Franklin
Written by Carl Franklin
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography by Tak Fujimoto
Editing by Carole Kravetz Aykanian

"As I was leaving, I asked if he'd give me a ride home. I hadn't ridden on a motorcycle in a long time. Actually, I hadn't been that close to a man for a while. The road wasn't that long, and I knew I'd be getting off soon. But at that moment I felt such warmth."

Directed by Kar-Wai Wong
Written by Kar-Wai Wong
Music by Frankie Chan and Roel A. García
Cinematography by Christopher Doyle
Editing by William Chang and Ming Lam Wong

"When the afternoon air currents mix, we can even touch the stars without fear!"

Directed by Yoshifumi Kondô
Written by Hayao Miyazaki
Music by Yûji Nomi
Cinematography by Atsushi Okui
Editing by Takeshi Seyama

"I can appreciate your feelings for McClane. But believe me, the jerk isn't worth it. He's stepped on so many toes in this department, by this time next month he's gonna be a security guard. His own wife wants nothing to do with him, and he's about two steps shy of becoming a full-blown alcoholic."

Directed by John McTiernan
Written by Jonathan Hensleigh
Music by Michael Kamen
Cinematography by Peter Menzies Jr.
Editing by John Wright

"I-I've come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is, and always will be, yours."

Directed by Ang Lee
Written by Emma Thompson
Music by Patrick Doyle
Cinematography by Michael Coulter
Editing by Tim Squyres

"You know, it's easier to pull the trigger than play guitar. Easier to destroy than to create."

Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Written by Robert Rodriguez
Music by Los Lobos
Cinematography by Guillermo Navarro
Editing by Robert Rodriguez

"Have you ever had a dream with a dwarf in it? Do you know anyone who's had a dream with a dwarf in it? No! I don't even have dreams with dwarves in them. The only place I've seen dwarves in dreams is in stupid movies like this! "Oh make it weird, put a dwarf in it!". Everyone will go "Woah, this must be a fuckin' dream, there's a fuckin' dwarf in it!". Well I'm sick of it! You can take this dream sequence and stick it up your ass!"

Directed by Tom DiCillo
Written by Tom DiCillo
Music by Jim Farmer
Cinematography by Frank Prinzi
Editing by Dana Congdon and Camilla Toniolo

"In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself."

Directed by Tony Scott
Written by Michael Schiffer and Richard P. Henrick
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski
Editing by Chris Lebenzon

"Rough business, this movie business. I'm gonna have to go back to loan-sharking just to take a rest."

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by Scott Frank
Music by John Lurie
Cinematography by Donald Peterman
Editing by Jim Miller

"Gentlemen, it's been a privilege flying with you."

Directed by Ron Howard
Written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert
Music by James Horner
Cinematography by Dean Cundey
Editing by Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill

"One minute you're defending the whole galaxy, and, suddenly, you find yourself sucking down darjeeling with Marie Antoinette... and her little sister."

Directed by John Lasseter
Written by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography by
Editing by Robert Gordon and Lee Unkrich

"Why should I listen to you, anyway? You're a virgin who can't drive."

Directed by Amy Heckerling
Written by Amy Heckerling
Music by David Kitay
Cinematography by Bill Pope
Editing by Debra Chiate

"If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death."

Directed by Mamoru Oshii
Written by Kazunori Itô
Music by Kenji Kawai
Cinematography by Hisao Shirai
Editing by Shûichi Kakesu

"I would like a nice, powerful, mind-altering substance. Preferably one that will make my unborn children grow gills."

Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Written by Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Harry Birckmayer and Sheila Gaffney
Music by Anton Sanko
Cinematography by Michael Slovis
Editing by Cara Silverman

"I'm so damned fast I can wake up at the crack of dawn, rob two banks, a train and a stage coach, shoot the tail feathers off a duck's ass at 300 feet, and still be back in bed before you wake up next to me."

Directed by Sam Raimi
Written by Simon Moore
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography by Dante Spinotti
Editing by Pietro Scalia

"Memories are meant to fade. They're designed that way for a reason."

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Written by James Cameron and Jay Cocks
Music by Graeme Revell
Cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by Howard E. Smith and James Cameron

"I know you don't smoke weed, I know this; but I'm gonna get you high today, 'cause it's Friday; you ain't got no job... and you ain't got shit to do."

Directed by F. Gary Gray
Written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh
Music by Frank Fitzpatrick, Simon Franglen and Chuck Wild
Cinematography by Gerry Lively
Editing by John Carter

"Don't ever make trouble here. Or I'll beat you up each time. Careful, mind the step."

Directed by Stanley Tong
Written by Edward Tang and Fibe Ma
Music by Nathan Wang
Cinematography by Jingle Ma
Editing by Peter Cheung

"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

Directed by Tamra Davis
Written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy
Music by Randy Edelman
Cinematography by Victor Hammer
Editing by John Gilroy and Jeffrey Wolf

"I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War, whose boyish charms, though wasted on me, obviously appealed to that young woman I sent out to evaluate you."

Directed by Martin Campbell
Written by Michael France, Jeffrey Caine and Bruce Feirstein
Music by Éric Serra
Cinematography by Phil Meheux
Editing by Terry Rawlings

"You even glance in the direction of that little kid Tyrone, and I'm a fuck you up so bad you're gonna wish I had killed you."

Directed by Spike Lee
Written by Spike Lee and Richard Price
Music by Terence Blanchard
Cinematography by Malik Hassan Sayeed
Editing by Sam Pollard

"You're out of your mind."
"Me? Ha! I'm not the one paying some neanderthal 40 million dollars to skate up and down a slab of ice."

Directed by Peter Hyams
Written by Karen Elise Baldwin and Gene Quintano
Music by John Debney
Cinematography by Peter Hyams
Editing by Steven Kemper