My Favorite Films of 1996

"So, that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money? There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it."

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Editing by Joel and Ethan Coen

"Personality, I mean that's what counts, right? That's what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin, I mean heroin's got a great fucking personality."

Directed by Danny Boyle
Written by John Hodge
Music by
Cinematography by Brian Tufano
Editing by Masahiro Hirakubo

"Kittridge, you've never seen me very upset."

Directed by Brian De Palma
Written by David Koepp, Steven Zaillian and Robert Towne
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Stephen H. Burum
Editing by Paul Hirsch

"After being bombarded endlessly by road safety propaganda, almost a relief to have found myself in an actual accident."

Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by David Cronenberg
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky
Editing by Ronald Sanders

"No, please don't kill me, Mr. Ghostface, I wanna be in the sequel!"

Directed by Wes Craven
Written by Kevin Williamson
Music by Marco Beltrami
Cinematography by Mark Irwin
Editing by Patrick Lussier

"You know the first thing they should've taught you at hooker school? You get the money up front!"

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Music by Jon Brion and Michael Penn
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by Barbara Tulliver

"Hey, I don't have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success."

Directed by Cameron Crowe
Written by Cameron Crowe
Music by
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Editing by Joe Hutshing and David Moritz

"The Europeans may have been imperialist, but they knew how to make a building."

Directed by Greg Mottola
Written by Greg Mottola
Music by Richard Martinez
Cinematography by John Inwood
Editing by Anne McCabe

"For instance, there was this Turkish guy once. He fucked up and owed Milo some money. So I went over to his place. I'd been there many times before, asking for the money in a polite way, without any luck. Finally, I took a knife, stabbed it in his kneecap and teared the shit up. Sometimes, I'd like to have another job. Believe me."

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Written by Nicolas Winding Refn and Jens Dahl
Music by Povl Kristian and Peter Peter
Cinematography by Morten Søborg
Editing by Anne Østerud

"I don't want to hear anything about "I don't believe in vampires," because I don't fucking believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what I saw, is fucking vampires. Now, do we all agree that what we are dealing with is vampires?"

Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Kurtzman
Music by Graeme Revell
Cinematography by Guillermo Navarro
Editing by Robert Rodriguez

"Here's the Remains of the Day lunchbox. Kids don't like eating at school, but if they have a Remains of the Day lunchbox they're a lot happier."

Directed by Christopher Guest
Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
Music by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
Cinematography by Roberto Schaefer
Editing by Andy Blumenthal

"You know, in the old days, if a witch betrayed her coven, they would kill her."

Directed by Andrew Fleming
Written by Andrew Fleming and Peter Filardi
Music by Graeme Revell
Cinematography by Alexander Gruszynski
Editing by Jeff Freeman

"On the run from Johnny Law... ain't no trip to Cleveland."

Directed by Wes Anderson
Written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh
Cinematography by Robert D. Yeoman
Editing by David Moritz

"When a man's jawbone drops off it's time to reassess the situation."

Directed by Peter Jackson
Written by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by John Blick and Alun Bollinger
Editing by Jamie Selkirk

"You're in big trouble though, pal. I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!"
"You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?"

Directed by Dennis Dugan
Written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh
Cinematography by Arthur Albert
Editing by Jeff Gourson and Steve R. Moore

"Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen."

Directed by Michael Bay
Written by David Weisberg, Douglas Cook and Mark Rosner
Music by Hans Zimmer and Nick Glennie-Smith
Cinematography by John Schwartzman
Editing by Richard Francis-Bruce

"Oh, no, baby, no. You're not going to die. They are. Cover your ears. Hey, should we get a dog?"

Directed by Renny Harlin
Written by Shane Black
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography by Guillermo Navarro
Editing by William Goldenberg

"You shoulda let me out of the car when I asked you to, Bob. You see what happens when ya got bad manners?"

Directed by Matthew Bright
Written by Matthew Bright
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by John Thomas
Editing by Maysie Hoy

"If you want justice, go to a whorehouse. If you wanna get fucked, go to court."

Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Written by Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography by Michael Chapman
Editing by David Rosenbloom

"I just wish I could shut my eyes, and not see the places I've been."

Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Barry Levinson
Music by John Williams
Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus
Editing by Stu Linder

"Welcome to earth!"

Directed by Roland Emmerich
Written by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin
Music by David Arnold
Cinematography by Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Editing by David Brenner

"You're so money and you don't even know it!"

Directed by Doug Liman
Written by Jon Favreau
Music by Justin Reinhardt
Cinematography by Doug Liman
Editing by Stephen Mirrione

"Free cable is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

Directed by Ben Stiller
Written by Lou Holtz Jr.
Music by John Ottman
Cinematography by Robert Brinkmann
Editing by Steven Weisberg

"Wow, he just made the international sign of the donut."

Directed by Tim Burton
Written by Jonathan Gems
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky
Editing by Chris Lebenzon

"Parents always lie to their children, to prepare them for the way they'll be treated later by the government."

Directed by Ringo Lam
Written by Larry Ferguson
Music by Robert Folk
Cinematography by Alexander Gruszynski
Editing by Bill Pankow