My Favorite Films of 2011

"I just wanted you to know getting to be around you and Benicio was the best thing that ever happened to me."

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Written by Hossein Amini
Music by Cliff Martinez
Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel
Editing by Matthew Newman

"I don't care how big he is or who is behind him, he must be stopped."

Directed by Gareth Evans
Written by Gareth Evans
Music by Aria Prayogi and Fajar Yuskemal
Cinematography by Matt Flannery and Dimas Imam Subhono
Editing by Gareth Evans

"It's hard to believe that the fear of offending can be stronger than the fear of pain, but you know what? It is."

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

"It will get better. Everything will be alright... Except it won't, you know."

Directed by Joachim Trier
Written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
Music by Torgny Amdam and Ola Fløttum
Cinematography by Jakob Ihre
Editing by Olivier Bugge Coutté

"The Secretary is dead. The President has invoked Ghost Protocol. We're shut down. No satellite, safe house, support, or extraction. The four of us and the contents of this car are all that remains of the IMF."

Directed by Brad Bird
Written by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by Paul Hirsch

"It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?"

Directed by Tomas Alfredson
Written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
Music by Alberto Iglesias
Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema
Editing by Dino Jonsäter

"What is this peculiar beverage? It had no bouquet, it's completely transparent."
"It's water."

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright
Music by John Williams
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Editing by Michael Kahn

"This is too much madness to explain in one text!"

Directed by Joe Cornish
Written by Joe Cornish
Music by Steven Price
Cinematography by Thomas Townend
Editing by Jonathan Amos

"My name is Roger Brown. I'm 5'6" tall, and you know what? That's more than enough."

Directed by Morten Tyldum
Written by Ulf Ryberg and Lars Gudmestad
Music by Trond Bjerknes and Jeppe Kaas
Cinematography by John Andreas Andersen
Editing by Vidar Flataukan

"Sleep well in your beds. 'Cause if this thing comes true, there ain't gonna be any more."

Directed by Jeff Nichols
Written by Jeff Nichols
Music by David Wingo
Cinematography by Adam Stone
Editing by Parke Gregg

"How are you gonna kill my mama?"
"That's not appropriate dinner conversation, Dottie."

Directed by William Friedkin
Written by Tracy Letts
Music by Tyler Bates
Cinematography by Caleb Deschanel
Editing by Darrin Navarro

"The things the love of a mad man can do."

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Written by Pedro Almodóvar and Agustín Almodóvar
Music by Alberto Iglesias
Cinematography by José Luis Alcaine
Editing by José Salcedo

"We're not bad people. We just come from a bad place."

Directed by Steve McQueen
Written by Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan
Music by Harry Escott
Cinematography by Sean Bobbitt
Editing by Joe Walker

"You know that death is the most beautiful part of life, right? Death is beautiful because we all fear death. And fear is the most amazing emotion of all because it creates complete awareness. It brings you to now, and it makes you truly present. And when you're truly present, that's nirvana. That's pure love. So death is pure love."

Directed by Sean Durkin
Written by Sean Durkin
Music by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Cinematography by Jody Lee Lipes
Editing by Zachary Stuart-Pontier

"No man can walk out of his own story."

Directed by Gore Verbinski
Written by Gore Verbinski, John Logan and James Ward Byrkit
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Editing by Craig Wood

"An hour ago there were eight dead bodies around you. That's what i know about you."

Directed by Magnus Martens
Written by Magnus Martens
Music by Magnus Beite
Cinematography by Trond Høines
Editing by Jon Endre Mørk

"You don't look happy."
"Have I ever?"

Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Written by Lynne Ramsay and Rory Stewart Kinnear
Music by Jonny Greenwood
Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey
Editing by Joe Bini

"So you found God, huh? That's awesome. See, Mom kept calling out for him but he wasn't around. I guess Jesus was down at the mill forgiving all the drunks. Who knew?"

Directed by Gavin O'Connor
Written by Gavin O'Connor, Anthony Tambakis and Cliff Dorfman
Music by Mark Isham
Cinematography by Masanobu Takayanagi
Editing by Sean Albertson, Matt Chesse, John Gilroy and Aaron Marshall

"Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, these men are armed and dangerous, and you being an FBI agent you're more used to shooting at unarmed women and children."

Directed by John Michael McDonagh
Written by John Michael McDonagh
Music by Calexico
Cinematography by Larry Smith
Editing by Chris Gill

"Don't be fooled by appearances. In Hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen."

Directed by Alexander Payne
Written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Music by Jeff Peterson
Cinematography by Phedon Papamichael
Editing by Kevin Tent

"Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do... Maybe it's the same with people. If you lose your purpose... it's like you're broken."

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by John Logan
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Robert Richardson
Editing by Thelma Schoonmaker

"Little girls should be told how pretty they are. They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them."

Directed by Simon Curtis
Written by Adrian Hodges
Music by Conrad Pope
Cinematography by Ben Smithard
Editing by Adam Recht

"If you want to be president, you can start a war, you can lie, you can cheat, you can bankrupt the country, but you can't fuck the interns. They'll get you for that."

Directed by George Clooney
Written by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography by Phedon Papamichael
Editing by Stephen Mirrione

"This morning I was meant to have a business meeting with the Kevins and destiny, and now you're here at this, this weird hooters thing. And so now, I'm just trying to figure out how to proceed."

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

"No one wants to fuck me. I look like Voldemort."

Directed by Jonathan Levine
Written by Will Reiser
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Terry Stacey
Editing by Zene Baker