My Favorite Films of 2015

"Oh, what a day... what a lovely day!"

Directed by George Miller
Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nick Lathouris
Music by Junkie XL
Cinematography by John Seale
Editing by Margaret Sixel

"Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"

Directed by Robert Eggers
Written by Robert Eggers
Music by Mark Korven
Cinematography by Jarin Blaschke
Editing by Louise Ford

"I took what you gave willingly. It's not your fault, Therese."

Directed by Todd Haynes
Written by Phyllis Nagy
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
Editing by Affonso Gonçalves

"Isn't it strange, to create something that hates you?"

Directed by Alex Garland
Written by Alex Garland
Music by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
Cinematography by Rob Hardy
Editing by Mark Day

"I just want to be happy in this life."

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Written by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Music by Dan Romer
Cinematography by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Editing by Pete Beaudreau and Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

"Yeah, Warren, that's the problem with old men. You can kick 'em down the stairs and say it's a accident but you can't just shoot 'em."

Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography by Robert Richardson
Editing by Fred Raskin

"I hope that when I go through the pearly gates, the first sound I hear is you asking me for the bill in that lovely Irish brogue."

Directed by John Crowley
Written by Nick Hornby
Music by Michael Brook
Cinematography by Yves Bélanger
Editing by Jake Roberts

"It's not binary. You can be decent and gifted at the same time."

Directed by Danny Boyle
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Music by Daniel Pemberton
Cinematography by Alwin H. Küchler
Editing by Elliot Graham

"You should move to a small town where the rule of law still exists. You will not survive here. You are not a wolf. And this is the land of wolves now."

Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Written by Taylor Sheridan
Music by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Editing by Joe Walker

"It's funny. You were so scary at night."

Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
Written by Jeremy Saulnier
Music by Brooke Blair and Will Blair
Cinematography by Sean Porter
Editing by Julia Bloch

"One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time."

Directed by Ryan Coogler
Written by Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington
Music by Ludwig Göransson
Cinematography by Maryse Alberti
Editing by Claudia Castello and Michael P. Shawver

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight. You breathe... keep breathing."

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Mark L. Smith
Music by Alva Noto and Ryûichi Sakamoto
Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing by Stephen Mirrione

"Let me guess. Presumed dead?"
"Well tonight, I just made it official."

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Drew Pearce
Music by Joe Kraemer
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by Eddie Hamilton

"Eric, you're kind of being a hoe right now."

Directed by F. Gary Gray
Written by Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus
Music by Joseph Trapanese
Cinematography by Matthew Libatique
Editing by Billy Fox and Michael Tronick

"Sometimes there's no lesson. That's a lesson in itself."

Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Written by Charlie Kaufman
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography by Joe Passarelli
Editing by Garret Elkins

"He wants more than he has. I want precisely what he already has."

Directed by James Ponsoldt
Written by Donald Margulies
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Jakob Ihre
Editing by Darrin Navarro

"He wants more than he has. I want precisely what he already has."

Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Written by Jesse Andrews
Music by Brian Eno
Cinematography by Chung-hoon Chung
Editing by David Trachtenberg

"There are so many things out here. And sometimes it's scary. But that's ok. Because it's still just you and me..."

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Written by Emma Donoghue
Music by Stephen Rennicks
Cinematography by Danny Cohen
Editing by Nathan Nugent

"I'm George W. Bush. I don't give a fuck what the vote says."

Directed by Rick Famuyiwa
Written by Rick Famuyiwa
Music by Germaine Franco
Cinematography by Rachel Morrison
Editing by Nathan Nugent

"We dance alone. That's why we only play electronic music."

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
Music by
Cinematography by Thimios Bakatakis
Editing by Jina Jay

"You're amazingly crap at dying."

Directed by Hannes Holm
Written by Hannes Holm
Music by Gaute Storaas
Cinematography by Göran Hallberg
Editing by Fredrik Morheden

"We've got two stories here: a story about degenerate clergy, and a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Which story do you want us to write? Because we're writing one of them."

Directed by Tom McCarthy
Written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Masanobu Takayanagi
Editing by Tom McArdle

"For a special agent, you're not having a very special day, are you?"

Directed by Guy Ritchie
Written by Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, Jeff Kleeman and David C. Wilson
Music by Daniel Pemberton
Cinematography by John Mathieson
Editing by James Herbert

"Pain is how your body talks to you. You'd do well to listen to it."

Directed by S. Craig Zahler
Written by S. Craig Zahler
Music by S. Craig Zahler and Jeff Herriott
Cinematography by Benji Bakshi
Editing by Greg D'Auria and Fred Raskin

"Boys I know you can hear me. You are in a whole lot of trouble."

Directed by Jon Watts
Written by Jon Watts, Christopher Ford and Kaden Selvidge
Music by Phil Mossman
Cinematography by Matthew J. Lloyd and Larkin Seiple
Editing by Megan Brooks and Andrew Hasse