My Favorite Films of 2019

"Jessica, only child. Illinois, Chicago."

Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Written by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin-won
Music by Jung Jae-il
Cinematography by Hong Kyung-pyo
Editing by Jinmo Yang

"Don't cry in front of the Mexicans."

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

"This is me! This is how I win."

Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie
Written by Ronald Bronstein, Josh and Benny Safdie
Music by Daniel Lopatin
Cinematography by Darius Khondji
Editing by Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie

"Yer fond of me lobster aint' ye? I seen it - yer fond of me lobster! Say it! Say it. Say it!"

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

"What's rule number one?"
"Party."

Directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz
Written by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz
Music by Zachary Dawes, Noam Pikelny, Jonathan Sadoff and Gabe Witcher
Cinematography by Nigel Bluck
Editing by Nat Fuller and Kevin Tent

"Let us give each other the courage to see beyond the stories we were born into!"

Directed by Joe Talbot
Written by Joe Talbot, Jimmie Fails and Rob Richert
Music by Emile Mosseri
Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra
Editing by David Marks

"Chinese people have saying, when people get cancer they die. It's not cancer that kills them, it's the fear."

Directed by Lulu Wang
Written by Lulu Wang
Music by Alex Weston
Cinematography by Anna Franquesa-Solano
Editing by Matt Friedman and Michael Taylor

"He's my good friend and I like him, but... Dani, do you feel held by him? Does he feel like home to you?"

Directed by Ari Aster
Written by Ari Aster
Music by The Haxan Cloak
Cinematography by Pawel Pogorzelski
Editing by Lucian Johnston

"If they can whack a President, they can whack a president of a union. You know it and I know it."

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Steven Zaillian
Music by Robbie Robertson
Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto
Editing by Thelma Schoonmaker

"Our beliefs don't make us better people. Our actions make us better people."

Directed by Mike Flanagan
Written by Mike Flanagan
Music by The Newton Brothers
Cinematography by Michael Fimognari
Editing by Mike Flanagan

"So many times in my life I screwed up: I've talked when I should've listened, I've been harsh when I should've been tender."

Directed by James Gray
Written by James Gray and Ethan Gross
Music by Max Richter
Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema
Editing by John Axelrad and Lee Haugen

"What were the words overheard by the Nazi child masturbatin' in the bathroom?"

Directed by Rian Johnson
Written by Rian Johnson
Music by Nathan Johnson
Cinematography by Steve Yedlin
Editing by Bob Ducsay

"Dolemite is my name, and fuckin' up motherfuckers is my game!"

Directed by Craig Brewer
Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Music by Scott Bomar
Cinematography by Eric Steelberg
Editing by Billy Fox

"You're not a Nazi, Jojo. You're a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club."

Directed by Taika Waititi
Written by Taika Waititi
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Editing by Tom Eagles

"You know, a seed has to totally destroy itself to become a flower. That's a violent act, honey boy."

Directed by Alma Har'el
Written by Shia LaBeouf
Music by Alex Somers
Cinematography by Natasha Braier
Editing by Dominic LaPerriere and Mónica Salazar

"We're lighter, we're faster, and if that don't work, we're nastier."

Directed by James Mangold
Written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller
Music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Cinematography by Phedon Papamichael
Editing by Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker and Dirk Westervelt

"Our Father, which art in Heaven..."
"Let Him fucking stay there."

Directed by Daniel Minahan
Written by David Milch
Music by Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek
Cinematography by David Klein
Editing by Erick Fefferman and Martin Nicholson

"You've really fucked the duck now, this time. There's no coming back from that!"

Directed by Jesse V. Johnson
Written by Jesse V. Johnson and Stu Small
Music by Sean Murray
Cinematography by Jonathan Hall
Editing by Matthew Lorentz

"I lost my virginity in what I thought was a park but... it turned out to be a graveyard, and now the ghost spirits live inside my eggs waiting to be reborn."

Directed by Olivia Wilde
Written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman
Music by Dan The Automator
Cinematography by Jason McCormick
Editing by Jamie Gross and Brent White

"I hoped today might be a good day. Hope is a dangerous thing."

Directed by Sam Mendes
Written by Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Editing by Lee Smith

"All of this for what? Because of a puppy?"
"It wasn't just a puppy."

Directed by Chad Stahelski
Written by Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins and Marc Abrams
Music by Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard
Cinematography by Dan Laustsen
Editing by Evan Schiff

"If you had thousands of dollars and went on a trip to see Blink 182, that's on you."

Directed by Chris Smith
Written by
Music by Jason Hill
Cinematography by Jake Burghart, Cory Fraiman-Lott and Henry Zaballos
Editing by Nicholas Biagetti, Jon Karmen and Daniel Koehler

"Not only does it represent my black belt in karate but it also helps keep my pants up."

Directed by Riley Stearns
Written by Riley Stearns
Music by Heather McIntosh
Cinematography by Michael Ragen
Editing by Sarah Beth Shapiro

"I fell in love with him two seconds after I saw him. And I'll never stop loving him, even though it doesn't make sense anymore."

Directed by Noah Baumbach
Written by Noah Baumbach
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography by Robbie Ryan
Editing by Jennifer Lame

"I hope you know that you made today a very special day by just your being you. There's no one in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are."

Directed by Marielle Heller
Written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster
Music by Nate Heller
Cinematography by Jody Lee Lipes
Editing by Anne McCabe