favorite directors/favorite films

Nice to see some love for the Burbs...severely underrated comedy.

Martin Scorsese

Goodfellas
The King of Comedy
Taxi Driver
The Aviator
The Departed

Woody Allen

Crimes and Misdeamors
Manhattan
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Midnight in Paris
Manhattan Murder Mystery

Robert Altman

Nashville
Gosford Park
MASH
Short Cuts
The Player

Sidney Lumet

Network
Dog Day Afternoon
12 Angry Men
Murder on the Orient Express
The Verdict


Mel Brooks

Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
High Anxiety
History of the World Part I
Spaceballs

Rob Reiner

This is Spinal Tap
The Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally
Misery
A Few Good Men

Ron Howard

Apollo 13
Ransom
Parenthood
Splash
Backdraft


Sorry, I couldn't narrow it down to 5 either.

#10. James Whale



The Invisible Man
The Old Dark House
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
The Man in the Iron Mask

#9. Roger Corman



House of Usher
Pit & the Pendulum
The Masque of Red Death
The Raven
The Little Shop of Horrors

#8. Edward D. Wood Jr.



Plan 9 From Outer Space
Bride of the Monster
Glen or Glenda
Night of the Ghouls
Jail Bait

#7. Mario Bava



Blood & Black Lace
Black Sunday
Black Sabbath
Kill... Baby, Kill
Planet of the Vampires

#6. George A. Romero



Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Creepshow
The Crazies

#5. Russ Meyer



Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Supervixens
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Vixen!
Motor Psycho

#4. Tobe Hooper



The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Poltergeist
The Funhouse
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Lifeforce

#3. John Carpenter



The Thing
The Fog
Halloween
Assault on Precinct 13
Big Trouble in Little China
They Live
Escape From New York

#2. Wes Craven



A Nightmare on Elm Street
Scream Movies
The Last House on the Left
The Hills Have Eyes
New Nightmare

#1. Stanley Kubrick



The Shining
Eyes Wide Shut
Paths of Glory
Full Metal Jacket
A Clockwork Orange

I've no reason to believe that Carpenter won't rise up into my top 15-20 when I finally get to all his filmography. The master of the atmosphere.

That being said, you missed Red Eye for Wes Craven.

Great list nostromo, I had considered James Whale for my own list, and a few others popped up in my mind. I haven't seen enough of Corman but I love what I've seen, also very interested in seeing more Bava, and seeing a Meyer film.

Hmmm, I think I like all the films nostro listed for Craven more than Red Eye.

I wish I had more horror directors in my top ten, but when it comes to craft I just admire a lot of the arthouse directors.

I did have a nice chuckle seeing Ed Wood Jr. Listed though. To be honest I haven't seen any of his.

I've only seen Plan 9 from Outer Space, it's definitely fun and I imagine he's a really goofy director, so maybe that's why. He's kind of a strange and fascinating oddity.

Nostromo and all the rest of you, make sure you watch James Whale's Show Boat which is full of expressionistic imagery similar to his horror films. I'm pretty sure you'll dig it.

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Quentin Tarantino
-Pulp Fiction(1994)
-Kill Bill(2003)
-Kill Bill 2(2004)
-Inglourious Basterds(2009)
-Reserviour Dogs(1992)

Martin Scorsese
-Shutter Island(2010)
-The Departed(2006)
-Wolf Of Wall Street(2013)
-Goodfellas(1990)
-Taxi Driver(1976)

Christopher Nolan
-Memento(2000)
-The Dark Knight(2008)
-The Prestige(2006)
-Inception(2010)
-Following(1998)

Kevin Smith
-Clerks(1994)
-Clerks 2(2006)
-Mallrats(1995)
-Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back(2001)
-Zack and Miri Makes a Porno(2008)

Alfred Hitchcok
-Psycho(1960)
-North By Northwest(1959)
-Vertigo(1958)
-Dial M for Murder(1954)
-Strangers on a Train(1951)

I've been wanting to watch the original Show Boat for a very long time. But I never knew James Whale's directed it. I'll post a review one of these days when I see it.

Did anybody see the movie based on James Whales life Gods and Monsters (1998)? It was interesting and well made.

I listed my favorite directors in another thread that got locked, I figured I'd post them here.

Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy

Sam Peckinpah: The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron

Terrence Malick: The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven, Badlands

Edward Zwick: Glory, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond

My favorites are always changing, but for now:

Takeshi Kitano
1. Hana-bi
2. Sonatine
3. Kikujiro
4. A Scene at The Sea
5. Boiling Point

Masaki Kobayashi
1. Harakiri
2. Samurai Rebellion
3. Kwaidan
4. The Human Condition

Lars von Trier
1. Breaking the Waves
2. Melancholia
3. Europa
4. Antichrist
5. The Element of Crime
Still need to see: The Idiots, Dancer in The Dark, Dogville

Orson Welles:
1. Citizen Kane
2. The Trial
3. Macbeth
4. F For Fake
5. Touch of Evil
Still need to see: The Lady From Shanghai, Othello, Mr. Arkadin

Jean-Luc Godard:
1. Breathless
2. Weekend
3. Vivre sa Vie
4. Goodbye to Language
Still need to see: Like most of his filmography

For the latter, I haven't seen very many of his films, but three of the four I've seen by him were just perfection.

Still got loads of Directors i want to explore, and some i've really liked so far i've yet to see 4 films of, but at this point it'd be something like this.

Martin Scorcese:

1.Taxi Driver
2.The King of Comedy
3.Goodfellas
4.The Wolf of Wall Street
5.The Last Waltz

Alfred Hitchcock:

1.North By Northwest
2.Notorious
3.Vertigo
4.Dial M For Murder
5.Psycho

Akira Kurosawa:

1.Rashomon
2.Seven Samurai
3.Kagemusha
4.Yojimbo
5.Dersu Uzala

FFC:

1,The Godfather
2.Apocalypse Now
3.The Godfather Part 2
4.The Outsiders
5.Dracuala

PTA:

1.There Will Be Blood
2.The Master
3.Magnolia
4.Punch Drunk Love
5.Boogie Nights

David Lynch

1.Eraserhead
2.Mulholland Drive
3.Blue Velvet
4.The Elephant Man
5.The Straight Story

Werner Herzog

1.Aguirre: The Wrath of God
2.Grizzly Man
3.Nosferatu
4.Stroszek
5.Into The Abyss

Alex Gibney:

1.Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
2.Taxi to the Dark Side
3.Casino Jack
4.Magic Trip
5.We Steal Secrets

Woody Allen:

1.Manhattan
2.Take The Money and Run
3.Midnight in Paris
4.Sleeper
5.Annie Hall

Stanley Kubrick

1.A Clockwork Orange
2.The Shining
3.Full Metal Jacket
4.Eyes Wide Shut
5.2001

Nice to see some love for Sam Peckinpah...I love The Getaway.

Ridley Scott
- Alien
- Blade Runner
- Gladiator
- White Squall
- Legend

M. Night Shyamalan
- Signs
- The Sixth Sense
- After Earth

Wes Craven
- The People Under the Stairs
- They
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (All of them, even the remake.)

John Carpenter
- The Thing
- They Live
- Halloween
- Escape From New York
- Prince of Darkness
- In The Mouth of Madness

James Cameron
- Aliens
- The Abyss
- Avatar
- Titanic

Paul W. S. Anderson
- Event Horizon
- Pandorum

Peter Jackson
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- The Hobbit Trilogy
- King Kong

Steven Spielberg
- Indiana Jones
- E.T.
- Close Encounters

Stanley Kubrick
- 2001
- A Clockwork Orange
- The Shining
- Full Metal Jacket!

David Lynch
- Dune
- Lost Highway
- Mulholland Dr.

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Top 10 Directors

1. David Lynch (Wild at Heart (1990), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001))

2. Coen Brothers (Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998))

3. Nicolas Winding Refin (Bronson (2008), Drive (2011), Only God Forgives (2013))

4. Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers (2005), The Limits of Control (2009), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013))

5. David Fincher (The Game (1997), Panic Room (2002), Gone Girl (2014))

6. Ridley Scott (Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), Black Hawk Down (2001))

7. Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), The World's End (2013))

8. Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin (2013), Green Room (2015))

9. Zack Snyder (Watchmen (2009), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016))

10. Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan (1998), Minority Report (2002))

Just to name a few. (No particular order save for Scorsese as he is my favorite.)

Martin Scorsese
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Departed
4. Raging Bull
5. Hugo

Alfred Hitchcock
1. North By Northwest
2. Psycho
3. Strangers on a Train
4. Vertigo
5. The Birds

Steven Spielberg
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Schindlers List
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Jurassic Park
5. Jaws

Coen Brothers
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Big Lebowski
3. Fargo
4. True Grit
5. Millers Crossing

James Cameron
1. Terminator 2
2. Aliens
3. Terminator
4. Titanic
5. Avatar

David Fincher
1. Fight Club
2. Se7en
3. Social Network
4. Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
5. Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Stanley Kubrick
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Paths of Glory
3. The Shining
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. 2001

Quentin Tarantino
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Kill Bill 1 and 2
4. Django Unchained
5. Reservoir Dogs

Ridley Scott
1. Blade Runner
2. Alien
3. Gladiator
4. The Martian
5. Thelma and Louise

Robert Wise
1. The Day the Earth Stood Still
2. The Haunting
3. Sand Pebbles
4. The Setup
5. West Side Story

Ron Howard
1. Apollo 13
2. Beautiful Mind
3. Frost/Nixon
4. Splash
5. Parenthood

Sidney Lumet
1. 12 Angry Men
2. Dog Day Afternoon
3. Network
4. Serpico
5. Fail Safe

Christopher Nolan
1. The Dark Knight
2. Inception
3. Memento
4. Insomnia
5. Interstellar