Director Grade Averages

I read this list (in its entirety!) a couple days ago. its a great list Brian. i can't imagine how long it took you to make it, let alone see all those movies

i think i agree with you on most of the ones i have seen. wonderful job, sweetie!

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Danny DeVito

• Throw Momma From the Train (1987): B
• The War of the Roses (1989): A-
• Hoffa (1992): C+
• Matilda (1996): B-
• Death to Smoochy (2002): B+

OVERALL GRADE: B



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Rob Reiner

• This is Spinal Tap (1984): A-
• The Sure Thing (1985): B-
• Stand By Me (1986): B
• The Princess Bride (1987): A
• When Harry Met Sally (1989): B
• Misery (1990): B
• A Few Good Men (1992): B+
• North (1994): C+
• Ghosts of Mississippi (1996): B-

OVERALL GRADE: B

Thank you, my dear...I would update my own list...but I think I intimidated myself.

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Robert Altman
Countdown, C
That Cold Day in the Park, B+
MASH, A+
Brewster McCloud, B-
McCabe & Mrs. Miller, A+
Images, A
The Long Goodbye, A+
Thieves Like Us, A-
California Split, A-
Nashville, A+
Buffalo Bill & the Indians or: Sitting Bull's History Lesson, B
3 Women, A-
A Wedding, B-
Quintet, D-
A Perfect Couple, D-
Popeye, C
Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy dean, Jimmy Dean, B
H.E.A.L.T.H., C+
Streamers, B
Secret Honor, A-
Fool for Love, C
Beyond Therapy, D-
O.C. & Stiggs, F
"Tanner '88", A
"The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, B-
Vincent & Theo, B+
The Player, A
Short Cuts, A+
Prêt-à-Porter, D
Kansas City, C+
The Gingerbread Man, B-
Cookie's Fortune, A-
Dr. T & the Women, F
Gosford Park, A-
The Company, B-

overall grade: B-

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Any you still need to see?

Rob Reiner
This Is Spinal Tap, A
The Sure Thing, B+
Stand By Me, A-
The Princess Bride, A+
When Harry Met Sally..., A-
Misery, B+
A Few Good Men, B-
North, D
The American President, C+
Ghosts of Mississippi, B-
The Story of Us, D
Alex & Emma, F

overall grade: B-



Carl Reiner
Enter Laughing, B-
The Comic, C
Where's Poppa?, B+
Oh, God!, C+
The One and Only, D+
The Jerk, B+
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, A
The Man with Two Brains, B
All of Me, A-
Summer Rental, C+
Summer School, C+
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool, B
Sibling Rivalry, C-
Fatal Instinct, C
That Old Feeling, C

overall grade: C+



Mel Brooks
The Producers, A
The Twelve Chairs, B-
Blazing Saddles, B+
Young Frankenstein, A+
Silent Movie, B
High Anxiety, C+
History of the World Part I, B+
Spaceballs, C-
Life Stinks, F
Robin Hood: Men in Tights, D
Dracula: Dead & Loving It, D-

overall grade: C+



Albert Brooks
Real Life, B
Modern Romance, A
Lost in America, A
Defending Your Life, A-
Mother, B
The Muse, B-

overall grade: B+



James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment, B+
Broadcast News, A
I'll Do Anything, B-
As Good As It Gets, A-
Spanglish, D

overall grade: B

Bryan Singer

• Public Access (1993): C-
• The Usual Suspects (1995): A+
• Apt Pupil (1998): C+
• X-Men (2000): B+
• X2: X-Men United (2003): A-

OVERALL GRADE: B+

Peter Bogdanovich
Targets, B-
The Last Picture Show, A
What's Up, Doc?, A-
Paper Moon, A+
Daisy Miller, C-
At Long Last Love, F
Nickelodeon, D
Saint Jack, B-
They All Laughed, B+
Mask, B+
Illegally Yours, D-
Texasville, C
Noises Off..., C+
The Thing Called Love, B-
The Cat's Meow, B

overall grade: C+



Sydney Pollack
The Slender Thread, B
This Property Condemned, B-
The Scalphunters, B
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, A
Jeremiah Johnson, A-
The Way We Were, B
The Yakuza, A-
Three Days of the Condor, A-
Bobby Deerfield, C+
The Electric Horseman, B
Absence of Malice, A-
Tootsie, A+
Out of Africa, C+
Havana, C-
The Firm, B
Sabrina, C
Random Hearts, D

overall grade: B



Sidney Lumet
12 Angry Men, A+
The Fugitive Kind, C+
Long Day's Journey Into Night, B+
The Pawnbroker, A
Fail-Safe, B+
The Hill, A-
The Group, C
The Deadly Affair, B
The Anderson Tapes, A-
The Offense, B+
Serpico, A+
Murder on the Orient Express, A-
Dog Day Afternoon, A
Network, A+
Equus, B+
The Wiz, D
Just Tell Me What You Want, D+
Prince of the City, A-
Deathtrap, B+
The Verdict, A
Garbo Talks, B+
Power, C
The Morning After, B-
Running on Empty, B
Family Business, C-
Q&A, B+
A Stranger Among Us, F
Guilty as Sin, F
Night Falls on Manhattan, B
Critical Care, B-
Gloria, F

overall grade: B-



Alan Parker
Bugsy Malone, B
Midnight Express, A
Fame, C+
Shoot the Moon, B+
Pnk Floyd: The Wall, A-
Birdy, A-
Angel Heart, A
Mississippi Burning, A-
Come See the Paradise, C+
The Commitments, A
The Road to Wellville, C-
Evita, C-
Angela's Ashes, B-
The Life of David Gale, D+

overall grade: B

You kick ass, Holden!

Harold Ramis

• Caddyshack (1980): A
• Vacation (1983): B+
• Club Paradise (1986): D+
• Groundhog Day (1993): A
• Stuart Saves His Family (1995): C
• Multiplicity (1996): B
• Analyze This (1999): B-
• Bedazzled (2000): B-
• Analyze That (2002): D+

OVERALL GRADE: B-



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Mel Brooks

• The Producers (1968): A+
• The Twelve Chairs (1970): B-
• Blazing Saddles (1974): A
• Young Frankenstein (1974): A+
• Silent Movie (1976): B
• High Anxiety (1977): B+
• History of the World Part One (1981): B+
• Spaceballs (1987): B-
• Life Stinks (1991): C
• Robin Hood Men in Tights (1993): B+
• Dracula Dead and Loving It (1995): D+

OVERALL GRADE: B

No one has rated ... The Master.

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It's a god-awful small affair, To the girl with, the mousy hair, But her mummy is yelling "No", and her daddy has told her to go, But her friend is nowhere to be seen, Now she walks through her sunken dream, To the seat with the clearest view, And she's hooked to the silver screen, But the film is a saddening bore, For she's lived it ten times or more...

I've only seen one of Uwe Boll's films...if you've seen three or more, rate him.

I also have only seen one Uwe Boll film... and thats one too many.

Anywho...

Gus Van Sant

Drugstore Cowboy - B+
My Own Private Idaho - A-
Good Will Hunting - A
Psycho - C-
Elephant - A-

Terry Gilliam

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - B+
The Meaning of Life - A-
Brazil - A+
Twelve Monkeys - A
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - A+

Spike Lee

Do the Right Thing - A+
Malcolm X - B+
Get on the Busl - B+
He Got Game - B
25th Hour - B+

So...you post a picture without saying who it is, call him a master...but you don't like him.


Hondo, Hondo, Hondo...

Err, It was a joke, It wasn't funny, err, you don't have to go on about it, Err, F*ck you..

I want to know when Holden can even find the time to pee. Jeezum Crow!

Gilliam co-directed Holy Grail with Terry Jones, and only directed the short piece "The Crimson Permanent Assurance" for Meaning of Life.


Terry Gilliam
Jabberwocky, B-
Time Bandits, B+
Brazil, A+
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, B
The Fisher King, B+
12 Monkeys, A
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, A-

overall grade: A-



Billy Wilder
Double Indemnity, A
The Lost Weekend, A-
A Foreign Affair, B
Sunset Blvd., A+
Ace in the Hole, A
Stalag 17, A-
Sabrina, B-
The Seven Year Itch, C+
The Spirit of St, Louis, B-
Love in the Afternoon, C+
Witness for the Prosecution, B
Some Like it Hot, B+
The Apartment, A
One, Two, Three, A+
Irma la Douce, B+
Kiss Me, Stupid, C-
The Fortune Cookie, A
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, B-
Avanti!, B-
The Front Page, C+
Fedora, C-
Buddy Buddy, C

overall grade: B



George Cuckor
A Bill of Divorcement, B-
Dinner at Eight, A-
Little Women, B
Sylvia Scarlett, C-
Camille, B+
Holiday, B+
The Women, B+
The Philadelphia Story, A+
Two-Faced Woman, C+
Gaslight, A+
A Double Life, B+
Adam's Rib, B
Born Yesterday, B+
The Marrying Kind, B
Pat & Mike, B-
It Should Happen to You, B-
A Star is Born, B
My Fair Lady, A-
Travels with My Aunt, B-
Rich & Famous, C

overall grade: B

Yep, I did know that, and i was rating his Part in The Meaning Of Life.

Clint Eastwood
Play Misty for Me, B+
High Plains Drifter, A-
Breezy, B
The Eiger Sanction, D+
The Outlaw Josey Wales, B+
The Gauntlet, B
Bronco Billy, B+
Firefox, D
Honkytonk Man, A-
Sudden Impact, C+
Tightrope, B+
Pale Rider, B+
Heartbreak Ridge, C-
Bird, A+
White Hunter, Black Heart, A-
The Rookie, D-
Unforgiven, A+
A Perfect World, A
The Bridges of Madison County, A-
Absolute Power, C
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, B-
True Crime, B
Space Cowboys, B
Blood Work, C-
Mystic River, B+
Million Dollar Baby, A-

overall grade: B



Don Siegel
Private Hell 36, B-
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A+
The Flaming Star, C
Hell is for Heroes, C+
The Killers, B-
Madigan, C-
Coogan's Bluff, B
Two Mules for Sister Sara, B-
The Beguiled, A-
Dirty Harry, A
Charley Varrick, A-
The Black Windmill, B-
The Shootist, B
Telefon, B+
Escape from Alcatraz, A
Rough Cut, C+
Jinxed!, F

overall grade: B-

If I was you're mom I would kick your *******. Even better, since she does call me Daddy, you're grounded. Booya.

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