My Favorite Films of 2000

"I've already wasted my whole life. I want to tell you with my last breath that I have always loved you. I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side as a condemned soul, than enter heaven without you. Because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit."

Directed by Ang Lee
Written by Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus and Kuo Jung Tsai
Music by Dun Tan
Cinematography by Peter Pau
Editing by Tim Squyres

"He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct."

Directed by Kar-Wai Wong
Written by Kar-Wai Wong
Music by Michael Galasso and Shigeru Umebayashi
Cinematography by Christopher Doyle, Pun-Leung Kwan and Ping Bin Lee
Editing by William Chang

"Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart."

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen
Music by T Bone Burnett
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Editing by Tricia Cooke, Joel and Ethan Coen

"You don't want the truth. You make up your own truth."

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan
Music by David Julyan
Cinematography by Wally Pfister
Editing by Dody Dorn

"I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?"

Directed by Mary Harron
Written by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner
Music by John Cale
Cinematography by Andrzej Sekula
Editing by Andrew Marcus

"Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world, to not know why you're here. That's - that's just an awful feeling."

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Written by M. Night Shyamalan
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography by Eduardo Serra
Editing by Dylan Tichenor

"You like baseball? We need lights for the parks, so kids can play at night. So they can play baseball. So they don't become burros para los malones. Everybody likes baseball. Everybody likes parks."

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Stephen Gaghan
Music by Cliff Martinez
Cinematography by Steven Soderbergh
Editing by Stephen Mirrione

"I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriosuly, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends."

Directed by Cameron Crowe
Written by Cameron Crowe
Music by Nancy Wilson
Cinematography by John Toll
Editing by Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein

"You just have to fight for yourself; no one's going to save you. That's just life, right?"

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Written by Kinji Fukasaku
Music by Masamichi Amano
Cinematography by Katsumi Yanagijima
Editing by Hirohide Abe

"I don't want that dog dribbling on my seats."
"Your seats? Tyrone, this is a stolen car, mate."

Directed by Guy Ritchie
Written by Guy Ritchie
Music by John Murphy
Cinematography by Tim Maurice-Jones
Editing by Jon Harris

"I'm sorry, Wilson. Wilson, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Written by William Broyles Jr.
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography by Don Burgess
Editing by Arthur Schmidt

"Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?"

Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson
Music by Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by John Mathieson
Editing by Pietro Scalia

"We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks but we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other."

Directed by Christopher Guest
Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
Music by CJ Vanston
Cinematography by Roberto Schaefer
Editing by Robert Leighton

"Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

Directed by Stephen Frears
Written by D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey
Editing by Mick Audsley

"All you people are so scared of me. Most days I'd take that as a compliment. But it ain't me you gotta worry about now."

Directed by David Twohy
Written by David Twohy, Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat
Music by Graeme Revell
Cinematography by David Eggby
Editing by Rick Shaine

"You are beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl in the world. You are my dream."

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr.
Music by Clint Mansell
Cinematography by Matthew Libatique
Editing by Jay Rabinowitz

"But quite frankly your attitude appalls me. It's not what you're saying. It's all this stuff you're not saying. Insinnuendos."

Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto
Music by Roque Baños
Cinematography by Ivan Bird
Editing by John Scott and Sam Sneade

"I just stole fifty cars in one night! I'm a little tired, a little *wired*, and I think I deserve a little appreciation!"

Directed by Dominic Sena
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Music by Trevor Rabin
Cinematography by Paul Cameron
Editing by Roger Barton, Chris Lebenzon and Tom Muldoon

"I have nipples, Greg, could you milk me?"

Directed by Jay Roach
Written by Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke, Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography by Peter James
Editing by Greg Hayden and Jon Poll

"They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the fucking smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby."

Directed by Ben Younger
Written by Ben Younger
Music by The Angel
Cinematography by Enrique Chediak
Editing by Chris Peppe

"Sometimes I don't know the difference between my head and my soul."

Directed by Sam Raimi
Written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson
Music by Christopher Young
Cinematography by Jamie Anderson
Editing by Arthur Coburn and Bob Murawski

"In death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes."

Directed by James Wong
Written by James Wong, Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick
Music by Adam Hamilton and Shirley Walker
Cinematography by Robert McLachlan
Editing by James Coblentz

"I don't scratch my head unless it itches and I don't dance unless I hear some music. I will not be intimidated. That's just the way it is."

Directed by Boaz Yakin
Written by Gregory Allen Howard
Music by Trevor Rabin
Cinematography by Philippe Rousselot
Editing by Michael Tronick

"Fifteen million dollars is not money. It's a motive with a universal adaptor on it."

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Christopher McQuarrie
Music by Joe Kraemer
Cinematography by Dick Pope
Editing by Stephen Semel

"I just went out there and performed sexual favors. Six hundred and thirty-four blow jobs in five days... I'm really quite tired."

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Susannah Grant
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
Editing by Anne V. Coates