My Favorite Films of 2008

"This is called farming! You kids are gonna grow all kinds of plants! Vegetable plants, pizza plants."

Directed by Andrew Stanton
Written by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Jim Reardon
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography by Martin Rosenberg
Editing by Stephen Schaffer

"Maybe that's what hell is: the entire rest of eternity spent in fuckin' Bruges."

Directed by Martin McDonagh
Written by Martin McDonagh
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography by Eigil Bryld
Editing by Jon Gregory

"It's hard for me to judge people and it's hard for them... not to judge me. Easier to blame me. Yeah, something like that."

Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri
Written by Mabrouk El Mechri, Frédéric Benudis and Christophe Turpin
Music by Gast Waltzing
Cinematography by Pierre-Yves Bastard
Editing by Kako Kelber

"I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time."

Directed by Tomas Alfredson
Written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Music by Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema
Editing by Tomas Alfredson and Dino Jonsäter

"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer
Music by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Wally Pfister
Editing by Lee Smith

"You watch your countrymen get beaten to death. Where's your dignity?"

Directed by Wilson Yip
Written by Edmond Wong and Tai-lee Chan
Music by Kenji Kawai
Cinematography by Sing-Pui O
Editing by Ka-Fai Cheung

"I have a drinking problem? Fuck you, Peck, you're a Mormon. Compared to you we ALL have a drinking problem!"

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing by Joel and Ethan Coen

"You can't make everyone happy."
"There's no harm in trying that Zoe, is there?"

Directed by Mike Leigh
Written by Mike Leigh
Music by Gary Yershon
Cinematography by Dick Pope
Editing by Jim Clark

"All you young people who applauded can go fuck yourselves!"

Directed by Jonathan Demme
Written by Jenny Lumet
Music by Donald Harrison Jr. and Zafer Tawil
Cinematography by Declan Quinn
Editing by Tim Squyres

"Birth control pills. You can smoke those?"

Directed by Stian Kristiansen
Written by Tore Renberg
Music by John Erik Kaada
Cinematography by Trond Høines
Editing by Vidar Flataukan

"Tell me the truth, Frank, remember that? We used to live by it. And you know what's so good about the truth? Everyone knows what it is however long they've lived without it. No one forgets the truth, Frank, they just get better at lying."

Directed by Sam Mendes
Written by Justin Haythe
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Editing by Tariq Anwar

"Get off my lawn!"

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Nick Schenk and Dave Johannson
Music by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens
Cinematography by Tom Stern
Editing by Joel Cox and Gary Roach

"The only place I get hurt is out there. The world don't give a shit about me."

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Robert Siegel
Music by Clint Mansell
Cinematography by Maryse Alberti
Editing by Andrew Weisblum

"Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty. When you are lost, you are not alone."

Directed by John Patrick Shanley
Written by John Patrick Shanley
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Editing by Dylan Tichenor

"I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living."

Directed by Gus Van Sant
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Harris Savides
Editing by Elliot Graham

"I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!"

Directed by Ben Stiller
Written by Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen
Music by Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography by John Toll
Editing by Greg Hayden

"There's enough bang in there to send us all to Jesus. I'm gonna die, I wanna die comfortable."

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Written by Mark Boal
Music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Cinematography by Barry Ackroyd
Editing by Chris Innis and Bob Murawski

"You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go."

Directed by David Fincher
Written by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography by Claudio Miranda
Editing by Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

"I have my belief, and in all its simplicity that is the most powerful thing."

Directed by Steve McQueen
Written by Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh
Music by Leo Abrahams and David Holmes
Cinematography by Sean Bobbitt
Editing by Joe Walker

"Hey, look: it's like my thumb is my cock."
"That's not gonna get us a ride, man."

Directed by David Gordon Green
Written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Judd Apatow
Music by Graeme Revell
Cinematography by Tim Orr
Editing by Craig Alpert

"Let this remind you why you once feared the dark..."

Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Written by Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Guillermo Navarro
Editing by Bernat Vilaplana

"A kid's got to start thinking about his future sometime."

Directed by James Gray
Written by James Gray and Ric Menello
Music by
Cinematography by Joaquín Baca-Asay
Editing by John Axelrad

"The truth is... I am Iron Man."

Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway
Music by Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography by Matthew Libatique
Editing by Dan Lebental

"Anything you say can and will be held against you...in the court of Robocop."

Directed by Michel Gondry
Written by Michel Gondry
Music by Jean-Michel Bernard
Cinematography by Ellen Kuras
Editing by Jeff Buchanan

"The whole point of having a safe deposit box is so that people like you don't know what's in it!"

Directed by Roger Donaldson
Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Music by J. Peter Robinson
Cinematography by Michael Coulter
Editing by John Gilbert