Who do you consider to be the top ten directors of all time?

Albert

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Richard Brooks, probably the most underrated director. The guy wrote most of his screenplays, including a movie Edward Dmytryk directed, "Crossfire" not to mention "Key Largo" which John Huston directed.

I think Pollack's debut is the best in history. I loved Coppola and Scorsese's early stuff. I love one Fellini film, liked a few, disliked 8 1/2 so much..

I love PT Anderson, but not all. "There Will Be Blood" is one of the greatest, and it's very loosely based on Upton Sinclair's book "Oil" and loved Magnolia. I like Heins Wartgartner.

I thought it was probably him. Only seen Coming To America of his and i thought it was pretty good for an Eddie Murphy comedy, but it's certainly not a favourite.

You had the correct answer - Richard Brooks!

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Tyler Perry? Seriously?

I can't believe I had to scroll this far down this thread to find a mention of Sidney Lumet. He would definitely be on my list too. My other nine favorite directors:


Martin Scorsese

Woody Allen

Steven Spielberg

Billy Wilder

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock

Robert Altman

Quentin Tarantino

Clint Eastwood

Mel Brooks would be my #11

For me it would go;

1. Jean-Luc Godard
2. Akira Kurosawa
3. Stanley Kubrick
4. Nicholas Ray
5. Claude Charbol
6. Yasujiro Ozu
7. Federico Fellini
8. Woody Allen
9. Francois Truffaut
10. Ingmar Bergman

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IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER!

Spielberg
Kubrick
Hitchcock
Edgar Wright
Fincher
Bay(Kidding)
Lucas (before the prequel trilogy)
Abrams
Err.. Can't think of any more right now.

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My personal opinion, in no particular order:

1. David Lean
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Woody Allen
4. Orson Welles
5. Alfred Hitchcock
6. William Wyler
7. Federico Fellini
8. George Cukor
9. Victor Fleming
10. Francis Ford Coppola

Extremely difficult list. So many other names that more than deserve a mention.

1. John Cassavetes
2. Werner Herzog
3. Chris Marker
4. Michelangelo Antonioni
5. Claire Denis
6. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
7. Jean-Luc Godard
8. Wong Kar-wai
9. Terrence Malick
10. Peter Greenaway

I don't think I have seen enough films in my young life (about 530) for me to make a top ten directors list. I just made a top four.

1. Hayao Miyazaki
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Good Directors
4. Bad Directors

Abbas Kiarostami
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Buster Keaton
Bela Tarr
Carl Dreyer
Eric Rohmer
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Howard Hawks
Jacques Tati
Yasujiro Ozu

I gave these dudes in on another site. There's a ton of worthy ones

Works for me.

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It's a very difficult task, the only one I'm sure about is #1, and I'd place it far above any 2nd.

1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Sergio Leone
3. Orson Welles
4. Tarantino
5. Ridley Scott
6. Fincher
7. Hitchcock
8. Coppola
9. Almodovar
10. Coen Brothers

I still have to watch Kurosawa, Bergman and Tarkovsky so the list is likely to change soon!

A small note about Guy Ritchie who could have become a huge name in directing if he kept the level of his first 2 movies!

It would be fun to make a MoFo Countdown Top 100 Directors!

in no order:

Abbas Kiarostami
Nicholas Ray
Jean-Luc Godard
Harmony Korine
Alfred Hitchcock
Andrei Tarkovsky
Martin Scorsese
Wes Anderson
Abel Ferrara
John Cassavetes