TOP DIRECTORS
Everyone always focuses on the actor. but in my opinion the directors are the really important ones. In that spirit, here we go. I tried to make a list of my favorite directors, i was having a hard time ranking. so then i ranked all the best movies by good directors. then i chose it based of that. the whole thing is pretty sick. the movies are in the order in which i like them. the rules were they had to have a least 4 good movies. Let the debate begin.
1. Martin Scorsese = Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Departed, Aviator
2. Christopher Nolan = Memento, Dark Knight, Prestige, Insomnia, Following
3. Quentin Tarantino = Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Death Proof
4. Francis Ford Coppola = Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Conversation, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Outsiders
5. Cohen Brothers = Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Raising Arizona, Burn After Reading
6. Paul Thomas Anderson = Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, Punk Drunk Love, Magnolia
7. Wes Anderson = Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Darjeeling Limited, Bottle Rocket
8. David Fincher = Fight Club, Seven, Game, Zodiac, Panic Room
9. Stanley Kubrick = Clockwork Orange, Shinning, Full Metal Jacket, 2001, Eyes Wide Shut
10. Oliver Stone = Platoon, Doors, Born on The Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Wall Street
11. Steven Spielberg = India Jones Franchise, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Empire of Sun
12. George Lucas = Star Wars: Episodes 1-4, American Graffiti
13. Peter Jackson = Lord of The Rings Franchise
14. Tim Burton = Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Peewees Big Adventure
15. Kevin Smith = Clerks, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Mallrats
16. Brain De Palma = Scarface, Untouchables, Carlito’s Way, Blow Out, Mission Impossible
17. John Carpenter = Big Trouble in Little China, Thing, Escape From NY, Halloween, Starman
18. James Cameron = Terminator 1 & 2, Aliens, Abyss, True Lies
19. Richard Linklater = Dazed & Confused, School of Rock, Before Sunrise, Walking Life
20. Ridley Scott = Gladiator, Alien, Matchstick Man, Blade Runner, American Gangster
21. Michael Mann = Heat, Last of The Mohicans, Collateral, Insider, Miami Vice
22. Robert Rodriquez = Sin City, Desperado, Once Upon Time in Mexico, Planet Terror, From Dusk Till Dawn
23. Cameron Crowe = Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Singles, Say Anything
24. Christopher Guest = Best In Show, Mighty Wind, Waiting For Guffman, For Your Consideration
Only 3 Films so Far
25. Adam McKay = Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers
26. Michel Gondry = Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind, Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind
1 comment:
a list like only rick could make, though i have one complaint. there is no way you could argue that george lucas is a great director. he's really more of an writer/production designer. but he doesn't belong on this list for director, and you know it....
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