My Favorite Films of 2010

"You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an asshole."

Directed by David Fincher
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Cinematography by Jeff Cronenweth
Editing by Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

"You know, this place makes me wonder... Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?"

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Laeta Kalogridis
Music by
Cinematography by Robert Richardson
Editing by Thelma Schoonmaker

"I felt it. Perfect. It was perfect."

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin
Music by Clint Mansell
Cinematography by Matthew Libatique
Editing by Andrew Weisblum

"I'd be lost without the weight of you two on my back. I ain't goin' anywhere."

Directed by Debra Granik
Written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Music by Dickon Hinchliffe
Cinematography by Michael McDonough
Editing by Affonso Gonçalves

"The minute I was born, every breath I've taken, every action has been leading me to this crack on the earth's surface."

Directed by Danny Boyle
Written by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Music by A.R. Rahman
Cinematography by Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle
Editing by Jon Harris

"But how old are you, really?"
"Twelve. But... I've been twelve for a very long time."

Directed by Matt Reeves
Written by Matt Reeves and John Ajvide Lindqvist
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Greig Fraser
Editing by Stan Salfas

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Wally Pfister
Editing by John Papsidera

"You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There is nothing free except the grace of God."

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

"This ain't training. In training they just give you an F. Out here you get killed."

Directed by Tony Scott
Written by Mark Bomback
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography by Ben Seresin
Editing by Robert Duffy and Chris Lebenzon

"At age 11, I audited my parents. Believe me, there were some discrepancies, and I was grounded."

Directed by Adam McKay
Written by Adam McKay and Chris Henchy
Music by Jon Brion
Cinematography by Oliver Wood
Editing by Brent White

"I once saw a troll try to eat its own tail. His head between his legs, he tried to suck down his own tail. He started gagging on it, tipped over, and rolled down a hill like a wheel."

Directed by André Øvredal
Written by André Øvredal
Music by
Cinematography by Hallvard Bræin
Editing by Perry Eriksen

"Spark plugs! Jews invented spark plugs to control global traffic."

Directed by Christopher Morris
Written by Christopher Morris, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong
Music by
Cinematography by Lol Crawley
Editing by Billy Sneddon

"No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done. So I got a long road. But I know I'll see you again - this side or the other."

Directed by Ben Affleck
Written by Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard
Music by David Buckley and Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by Dylan Tichenor

"Okay you cunts... Let's see what you can do now!"

Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Written by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman
Music by Marius De Vries, Ilan Eshkeri, Henry Jackman and John Murphy
Cinematography by Ben Davis
Editing by Eddie Hamilton, Jon Harris and Pietro Scalia

"You know, when someone dies, and they go to the funeral, and they say, you know, "We should have done this when he was *alive*! He would have *loved* this!"
"Hmmm, what, cremated him?"

Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Written by
Music by Michael Nyman
Cinematography by Ben Smithard
Editing by Mags Arnold and Paul Monaghan

"Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property."

Directed by Eli Craig
Written by Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson
Music by Mike Shields
Cinematography by David Geddes
Editing by Bridget Durnford

"I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore."

Directed by Banksy
Written by
Music by Geoff Barrow
Cinematography by
Editing by Tom Fulford, Chris King and Joachim Levy

"She doesn't like our baby growing up with a grandfather who shoots people. Her family doesn't do stuff like that. They're more into nurseries and stuff."

Directed by Hans Petter Moland
Written by Kim Fupz Aakeson
Music by Halfdan E
Cinematography by Philip Øgaard
Editing by Jens Christian Fodstad

"You fuckin' get out there, and use all the shit that you've been through, all that fuckin' hell, all the shit we've gone through over the fuckin' years, and you put it in that ring right now. This is yours. This is fuckin' yours."

Directed by David O. Russell
Written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington
Music by Michael Brook
Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema
Editing by Pamela Martin

"When I'm around you, I kind of feel like I'm on drugs. Not that I do drugs. Unless you do drugs, in which case I do them all the time. All of them."

Directed by Edgar Wright
Written by Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall
Music by Nigel Godrich
Cinematography by Bill Pope
Editing by Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss

"Been in kind of a dark, existential place, to tell you the truth and then... I met your mom."

Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass
Written by Jay and Mark Duplass
Music by Michael Andrews
Cinematography by Jas Shelton
Editing by Jay Deuby

"Don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can."

Directed by Breck Eisner
Written by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright
Music by Mark Isham
Cinematography by Maxime Alexandre
Editing by Billy Fox

"You can't kill me, I'm having a dinner party."

Directed by Nicholas Tomnay
Written by Nicholas Tomnay and Krishna Jones
Music by John Swihart
Cinematography by John Brawley
Editing by Nicholas Tomnay

"Good knee, bad knee, no knee, you're still the best fighter in the world. You're even better when you're angry."

Directed by Isaac Florentine
Written by David N. White
Music by Minos Matsas
Cinematography by Ross W. Clarkson
Editing by Irit Raz

"You really think that killing me, stabbing me to death is gonna change the world?"
"I can't know that for sure... unless I try."

Directed by James Gunn
Written by James Gunn
Music by Tyler Bates
Cinematography by Steve Gainer
Editing by Cara Silverman