My Favorite Films of 2014

"What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?"

Directed by David Fincher
Written by Gillian Flynn
Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Cinematography by Jeff Cronenweth
Editing by Kirk Baxter

"You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant... oh, fuck it."

Directed by Wes Anderson
Written by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography by Robert D. Yeoman
Editing by Barney Pilling

"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job"."

Directed by Damien Chazelle
Written by Damien Chazelle
Music by Justin Hurwitz
Cinematography by Sharone Meir
Editing by Tom Cross

"They're not cops anymore. They're in my world now."

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

"If there was a storm coming right now, a big storm, from behind those mountains, would it matter? Would it change anything?"

Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
Written by Ana Lily Amirpour
Music by Bei Ru
Cinematography by Lyle Vincent
Editing by Alex O'Flinn

"You're doing this because you're scared to death, like the rest of us, that you don't matter. And you know what? You're right. You don't. It's not important. You're not important. Get used to it."

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo
Music by Antonio Sanchez
Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing by Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione

"It could look like someone you know or it could be a stranger in a crowd. Whatever helps it get close to you."

Directed by David Robert Mitchell
Written by David Robert Mitchell
Music by Disasterpeace
Cinematography by Mike Gioulakis
Editing by Julio Perez IV

"I think we drink virgin blood because it sounds cool."
"I think of it like this. If you are going to eat a sandwich, you would just enjoy it more if you knew no one had fucked it."

Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
Written by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
Music by Plan 9
Cinematography by Richard Bluck and D.J. Stipsen
Editing by Tom Eagles, Yana Gorskaya and Jonathan Woodford-Robinson

"There's nothing in your head that you haven't said!"

Directed by Ruben Östlund
Written by Ruben Östlund
Music by Ola Fløttum
Cinematography by Fredrik Wenzel
Editing by Ruben Östlund and Jacob Secher Schulsinger

"I'd like to think if you're seeing me you're having the worst day of your life."

Directed by Dan Gilroy
Written by Dan Gilroy
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by John Gilroy

"One man can disappear, two men can disappear, but three men can not fucking disappear without someone making them disappear!"

Directed by Hans Petter Moland
Written by Kim Fupz Aakeson
Music by Brian Batz, Kaspar Kaae and Kåre Vestrheim
Cinematography by Philip Øgaard
Editing by Jens Christian Fodstad

"I've always felt there's something inherently psychopathic about joining the army in peace time, as far as I'm concerned people join the army to find out what its like to kill someone."

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

"Come find me when you wake up!"

Directed by Doug Liman
Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth
Music by Christophe Beck
Cinematography by Dion Beebe
Editing by James Herbert and Laura Jennings

"You did the right thing. I don't blame you."

Directed by Adam Wingard
Written by Simon Barrett
Music by Steve Moore
Cinematography by Robby Baumgartner
Editing by Adam Wingard

"I can still see in my dreams. I wake up. After a few seconds i remember i can't see."

Directed by Eskil Vogt
Written by Eskil Vogt
Music by Henk Hofstede
Cinematography by Thimios Bakatakis
Editing by Jens Christian Fodstad

"Inherent vice in a maritime insurance policy is anything that you can't avoid. Eggs break, chocolate melts, glass shatters, and Doc wondered what that meant when it applied to ex-old ladies."

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Music by Jonny Greenwood
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by Leslie Jones

"We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt."

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema
Editing by Lee Smith

"Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe."

Directed by Ava DuVernay
Written by Paul Webb
Music by Jason Moran
Cinematography by Bradford Young
Editing by Spencer Averick

"Um, you're not using those ear brushes to clean your mouth are you, Mr Brown?"

Directed by Paul King
Written by Paul King and Hamish McColl
Music by Nick Urata
Cinematography by Erik Wilson
Editing by Mark Everson

"You are not alone in this. I am your brother and I love you."

Directed by Bennett Miller
Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
Music by Rob Simonsen
Cinematography by Greig Fraser
Editing by Jay Cassidy, Stuart Levy and Conor O'Neill

"I’m not going to bury another Batman. I will not do it."
"How many Batmans have you buried?"

Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Written by Michael Winterbottom
Music by
Cinematography by James Clarke
Editing by Mags Arnold, Robbie Gibbon, Paul Monaghan and Marc Richardson

"It's just an ordinary pen. Looks like a pen, writes like a pen, and listens like a pen."

Directed by Anton Corbijn
Written by Andrew Bovell
Music by Herbert Grönemeyer
Cinematography by Benoît Delhomme
Editing by Claire Simpson

"When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when you jump, otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life, and that I can't do."

Directed by J.C. Chandor
Written by J.C. Chandor
Music by Alex Ebert
Cinematography by Bradford Young
Editing by Ron Patane

"You know when a dog bites you... you can either chain him up... or put him down."
"You're gonna kill your own son?"

Directed by Jim Mickle
Written by Jim Mickle and Nick Damici
Music by Jeff Grace
Cinematography by Ryan Samul
Editing by John Paul Horstmann and Jim Mickle

"Friday I had a pretty cushy gig. Had lots of friends, I was the office hottie... now I'm a severed head in a fridge. Sucks to be me, Jerry."

Directed by Marjane Satrapi
Written by Michael R. Perry
Music by Olivier Bernet
Cinematography by Maxime Alexandre
Editing by Stéphane Roche