Filmmakers who have made only one film that you liked
 

This thread was inspired by watching Vanilla Sky the other day and I realised that Say Anything is the only Cameron Crowe movie I actually like.

Another contender might be David O. Russell and Three Kings.

Re: Filmmakers who have made only one film that you liked
 

Michael Bay and Pain and Gain

Michael Bay - 13 Hours


Zach Braff - Garden State (I love this movie.)


Tom Ford - A Single Man


Michael Sucsy - Every Day

Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Bill Duke - Deep Cover
Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas
Newt Arnold - Bloodsport

Patty Jenkins - Wonder Woman

Edward Norton - Motherless Brooklyn

Satoshi Kon - Perfect Blue.

James McTeigue - V For Vendetta

Re: Filmmakers who have made only one film that you liked
 

Paul Dano - Wildlife
Charles Laughton - The Night of the Hunter

How original.

Re: Filmmakers who have made only one film that you liked
 

Genuine answers though, I liked both those alot. 'Angst' by Gerald Kargl is another. Can't think of any one offs in a directors filmography that is the only one I like.

Edit : Actually no I just thought of one - Wolfgang Petersen's 'Das Boot'. His other films I'm not fussed on (The Perfect Storm, Air Force One, In the Line of Fire). Possibly Mike Figgis too - I only like 'Leaving las Vegas' from him.

There. I guess all it took was a bit of thought.

Interesting!

I love a lot of Kon's work.

You didn't like Millenium Actress or Tokyo Godfathers?

I'll have to think on this question a bit. I'm glad the phrasing is "like" and not "love", though, because that narrows the field a bit.

Haven't watched them...I'll give it a watch when I got the time.

Re: Filmmakers who have made only one film that you liked
 

Vincent Gallo - "Buffalo '66"

Got it.

I really like both of them, and also his TV series Paranoia Agent. I think he's one of the most consistently good/great creators of animation I've ever seen, and he manages to make movies that feel adult without being lurid.

I'll try watching them, ty

I didn't understand Vanilla Sky at all

I just checked Mike Figgis' resume and realized Leaving Las Vegas is the ONLY film of his that I've even seen.

I noticed a couple of appearances from Michael Bay on this list, so I checked his resume and learned I've only seen 3 movies that he made...Bad Boys II, The Island, and Pain & Gain, and Bad Boys II is the only one I didn't mind, but I didn't really like any of them, especially hated Pain & Gain

Have you seen Abre Los Ojos?

No

Sorry, should have elaborated.

You maybe know that Vanilla Sky is a remake of Abre Los Ojos. I've only seen the latter, but I really liked it and found it to be one of those films where even if I didn't understand everything 100%, the atmosphere and the emotion of it made it feel coherent.

Even if I hadn't already seen Abre los ojos, I think I'd still find it insultingly easy to understand.