My Favorite Films of 2003

"Chief, I may know nothing else, but my eyes can read people. That's how I survive as a detective, and why people say I have shaman's eyes."

Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Written by Bong Joon Ho and Sung-bo Shim
Music by Tarô Iwashiro
Cinematography by Hyung Koo Kim
Editing by Sun-Min Kim

"If they had told me it was going to be fifteen years, would it have been easier to endure?"

Directed by Park Chan-wook
Written by Park Chan-wook, Joon-hyung Lim and Jo-yun Hwang
Music by Jo Yeong-wook
Cinematography by Chung-hoon Chung
Editing by Jae-beom Kim and Kim Sang-beom

"That woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."

Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman
Music by RZA
Cinematography by Robert Richardson
Editing by Sally Menke

"Let's never come here again because it would never be as much fun."

Directed by Sofia Coppola
Written by Sofia Coppola
Music by Kevin Shields
Cinematography by Lance Acord
Editing by Sarah Flack

"We bury our sins here, Dave. We wash them clean."

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Brian Helgeland
Music by Clint Eastwood
Cinematography by Tom Stern
Editing by Joel Cox

"Tell me that you love me first because I'm afraid that if I tell you first you'll think that I'm playing the game."

Directed by Yann Samuell
Written by Yann Samuell
Music by Philippe Rombi
Cinematography by Antoine Roch
Editing by Judith Rivière Kawa and Andrea Sedlácková

"To wives and sweethearts. May they never meet."

Directed by Peter Weir
Written by Peter Weir and John Collee
Music by Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon and Richard Tognetti
Cinematography by Russell Boyd
Editing by Lee Smith

"Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you!"

Directed by Peter Jackson
Written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Andrew Lesnie
Editing by Jamie Selkirk

"Hey have you ever been dragged to the sidewalk and beaten till you PISSED... BLOOD!"

Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Nicholas Griffin and Ted Griffin
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by John Mathieson
Editing by Dody Dorn

"They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up."

Directed by Tim Burton
Written by John August
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Philippe Rousselot
Editing by Chris Lebenzon

"It's funny how people see me and treat me, since I'm really just a simple, boring person."

Directed by Tom McCarthy
Written by Tom McCarthy
Music by Stephen Trask
Cinematography by Oliver Bokelberg
Editing by Tom McArdle

"Jesus didn't come to free us from pain. He came to give us the strength to bear it."

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Music by Gustavo Santaolalla
Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto
Editing by Stephen Mirrione

"There was abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature."

Directed by Christopher Guest
Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
Music by
Cinematography by Arlene Nelson
Editing by Robert Leighton

"I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food."

Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
Written by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography by Sharon Calahan and Jeremy Lasky
Editing by David Ian Salter

"In small places, you need to settle for what's there. That's why people think life is less complicated in small places than large places. That's not true."

Directed by Jens Lien
Written by Ståle Stein Berg
Music by Calexico
Cinematography by Erling Thurmann-Andersen and Philip Øgaard
Editing by Pål Gengenbach

"This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!"

Directed by Gore Verbinski
Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert
Music by Klaus Badelt
Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski
Editing by Stephen E. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt and Craig Wood

"God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray, Amen."

Directed by Richard Linklater
Written by Mike White
Music by Craig Wedren
Cinematography by Rogier Stoffers
Editing by Sandra Adair

"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life."

Directed by Edward Zwick
Written by Edward Zwick, John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by John Toll
Editing by Victor Du Bois and Steven Rosenblum

"I've had a collision down at Östervegen. The trashcan on the left side is completely wasted. Hell, it looks as if a fucking psychopath has been there."

Directed by Josef Fares
Written by Josef Fares, Mikael Håfström and Vasa
Music by Daniel Lemma and Bengt Nilsson
Cinematography by Aril Wretblad
Editing by Andreas Jonsson Hay and Michal Leszczylowski

"Hey. You look in the mirror, you don't like what you see, don't believe it. Look in my eyes, I am the only mirror you're ever gonna need. You look in my eyes, Natalie."

Directed by Wayne Kramer
Written by Wayne Kramer and Frank Hannah
Music by Mark Isham
Cinematography by James Whitaker
Editing by Arthur Coburn

"Hey. You look in the mirror, you don't like what you see, don't believe it. Look in my eyes, I am the only mirror you're ever gonna need. You look in my eyes, Natalie."

Directed by Patty Jenkins
Written by Patty Jenkins
Music by BT
Cinematography by Steven Bernstein
Editing by Arthur Coburn and Jane Kurson

"Never met an American who didn't like guns."

Directed by Peter Berg
Written by R.J. Stewart and James Vanderbilt
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography by Tobias A. Schliessler
Editing by Richard Pearson

"You did it! Congratulations! "World's Best Cup of Coffee." Great job, everybody. It's great to meet you."

Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by David Berenbaum
Music by John Debney
Cinematography by Greg Gardiner
Editing by Dan Lebental

"Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without."

Directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski
Written by Lilly and Lana Wachowski
Music by Don Davis
Cinematography by Bill Pope
Editing by Zach Staenberg

"We should have stayed away from that lake."

Directed by Pål Øie
Written by Pål Øie and Christopher Grøndahl
Music by Trond Bjerknes
Cinematography by Sjur Aarthun and Tore Vollan
Editing by Inge-Lise Langfeldt