Favorite Filmmakers

[R1s1ngs0n]

Name your favorite filmmakers and your favorite movie by them.

 

1. Stanley Kubrick / 2001: A Space Odyssey 

2. Martin Scorsese / Goodfellas 

3. Sergio Leone / Once Upon A Time In The West

4. David Fincher / Zodiac

5. Coen Brothers / Miller’s Crossing

6. Quentin Tarantino / Jackie Brown 

7. Steven Spielberg / Jaws

8. Alfred Hitchcock / Strangers On A Train

9. Charles Chaplin / City Lights

10. Ridley Scott / Blade Runner

 

Honorable mention

Michael Powell / The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp

Francis Ford Coppola / The Godfather 

Tim Burton / Batman Returns 

 

Edited August 31, 2019 by R1s1ngs0n

[Steelbook Indy]

Here we go:

1. Christopher Nolan - Inception
2. David Fincher - Se7en
3. Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
4. Coen Brothers - The Big Lebowski
5. Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
7. Ridley Scott - Blade Runner
8. Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
9. Spike Lee - Malcolm X
10. Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street

[Steelbook Indy]

Up and coming directors that could make the list in the future are:

 

1. Taika Waititi
2. Damien Chazelle
3. Ryan Coogler
4. Jordan Peele
5. Joel Edgerton

[Scary Hair]

1 Bung Joon-ho  - Snowpiercer

 

2 John Carpenter -  The Thing

 

3 Ridley  Scott  - Gladiator/ BHD

 

4 Katherine Bigelow  - Strange Days / ZDT 

 

5  Steven Spielberg  ‐ Jaws

 

7 James Cameron  - The Abyss 

 

8 Mel Gibson  - Hacksaw Ridge / Apocalypto 

 

9 Guiliamo Del Turo - Pacific Rim /Hellboy

 

10 Quinton Tarantino- Inglorious Basterds/ Django Unchained

[extantsrevenge]

Okay, let me try...

 

1: Hayao Miyazaki / Princess Mononoke

2: George Lucas / Star Wars

3: James Cameron / Aliens

4: Ridley Scott / Alien

5: Peter Jackson / Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

6: Steven Spielberg / Raiders of the Los Ark

7: Mel Gibson / Braveheart

8: George Miller / Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

9: Christopher Nolan / The Dark Knight

10: Kevin Costner / Dances with Wolves

 

Nobody else included Miyazaki, what is wrong with you people 😂. Also have to say I don't care for anything Peter Jackson made before LotR.

 

[Digitale_Kunst]

1. Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

2. Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction

3. Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York

4. James Cameron - Terminator 2

5. Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove

6. David Fincher - Se7en

7. Ridley Scott - Blade Runner

8. Alejandro G. Inarritu - The Revenant

9. Denis Villeneuve - Blade Runner 2049

10. Damien Chazelle - Whiplash

 

 

 

[Digitale_Kunst]

@extantsrevenge i don't like mangas; so no Miyazaki 😁.

 

 

 

Edited August 31, 2019 by Digitale_Kunst

[Steelbook Indy]

6 hours ago, Digitale_Kunst said:

1. Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

2. Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction

3. Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York

4. James Cameron - Terminator 2

5. Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove

6. David Fincher - Se7en

7. Ridley Scott - Blade Runner

8. Alejandro G. Inarritu - The Revenant

9. Denis Villeneuve - Blade Runner 2049

10. Damien Chazelle - Whiplash

 

 

 

Great call on Nolan

[Veum]

🤠 I’ll try...  there are so many more, however... in no particular order though! 🎬

 

- Clint Eastwood - The Outlaw Josey Wales

- Dan Curtis - Night of Dark Shadows

- Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ

- William Friedkin - The Exorcist

- Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho

-  John Ford - My Darling Clementine

- Howard Hawks - Red River

- Sergio Leone - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

- Frank Capra - It’s A Wonderful Life

- Victor Fleming - The Wizard of Oz

Edited August 31, 2019 by Veum

[Fortis93]

I don't think I'll be able to pick a favourite from each filmmaker, so I'll just list some of my favourite directors. In no particular order:

 

Christopher Nolan

James Cameron

Steven Spielberg 

John Ford

Howard Hawks

Charles Chaplin

Sergio Leone

William Friedkin

Frank Capra

John Carpenter

John McTiernan

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

Edited June 8, 2020 by Fortis93

[Fortis93]

Yeah, I think that's it. 

Edited June 8, 2020 by Fortis93

[R1s1ngs0n]

2 minutes ago, Fortis93 said:

Yeah, I think that's it. 

Excellent list. I know Kubrick and Tarantino can be an acquired taste but I'm a little surprised not to see Scorsese on your list.

[Fortis93]

1 minute ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

Excellent list. I know Kubrick and Tarantino can be an acquired taste but I'm a little surprised not to see Scorsese on your list.

 

Haha, I've been caught.

 

I do like the three you mentioned, but like Scorsese (with Bringing Out the Dead being my favourite of his), whose work as a film historian and preservationist I really admire and respect, I think their general sensibilities and approach to directing don't speak to me as well as that of each of the aforementioned directors, but that's not to say they haven't made films that I love and would rank among my favourite films of all time (such as Kubrick's Paths of Glory).

[Fortis93]

I've made an attempt at deciding on my favourite films from each filmmaker, but have cheated a little bit. 

 

1. The Dark Knight Trilogy (To me, it's one film)

2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

3. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade

4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

5. Red River / Rio Bravo

6. City Lights / The Great Dictator

7. For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

8. The Exorcist

9. It's a Wonderful Life

10. The Thing

11. Die Hard / Predator

12. Rear Window / North By Northwest

13. Stalag 17 / One Two Three

[Fortis93]

And to spice things up a bit, a list of films that may be perhaps considered 'maligned' or 'underappreciated' from each filmmaker that I also love.

 

1. Insomnia

2. The Abyss

3. Amistad

4. Sergeant Rutledge

5. El Dorado

6. The Gold Rush

7. Duck, You Sucker! (A Fistful of Dynamite)

8. Sorcerer 

9. You Can't Take It With You

10. Escape From L.A.

11. The Last Action Hero

12. Rope / Foreign Correspondent

13. Witness for the Prosecution

[romain]

A lot of very good movies in your lists , i'm gonna make my little list too, in no particular order

 

Scorsese - Goodfellas

Fincher - Fight Club

Sergio Leone - The Good The Bad & The Ugly

Kubrick - Clockwork Orange 

Spielberg - Jaws

Tarantino - extremely difficult choice because I'm such a fan but Pulp Fiction

Nolan - Memento

Ridley Scott - Blade Runner

Clint Eastwood - Mystic River  

Coen Brothers - Fargo

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel 

 

Bonus : 

 

Terrence Malick - Days Of Heaven 

Sidney Lumet - Twelve Angry Men 

Coppola - Apocalypse Now/Godfather 

Zemeckis - Forrest Gump

cocorico Jacques Audiard - Un Prophète

 

Bonus du Bonus : 

 

Na Hong Jin - The Chaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Veum]

OK, I’ll list just some of my favs...

 

- Sergio Leone - A Fistful of Dollars - For a Few Dollars More - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Once Upon a Time in the West - Duck, You Sucker! - Once Upon a Time in America

- William Friedkin - The French Connection - The Exorcist - To Live and Die in L.A.

- William Castle - House on Haunted Hill - The Tingler - 13 Ghosts - Homicidal - Mr. Sardonicus - The Old Dark House

- Steven Spielberg - Jurassic Park - Schindler's List - Saving Private Ryan - Raiders of the Lost Ark - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

- Martin Charles Scorsese - Goodfellas - Taxi Driver - Raging Bull - Mean Streets - The Departed - The Wolf of Wall Street

- Alfred Joseph Hitchcock - Psycho - Vertigo - Rebecca - Rear Window - North by Northwest

- Stanley Kubrick - Spartacus - The Shining - Full Metal Jacket - A Clockwork Orange - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Francis Ford Coppola  - The Godfather - Apocalypse Now - The Godfather: Part II - The Godfather: Part III

- John Marcellus Huston - The Maltese Falcon - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Key Largo - The African Queen - Moby stop using inappropriate language 

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

-  Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Amadeus 

- Clint Eastwood - Play Misty for Me - High Plains Drifter - The Eiger Sanction - The Outlaw Josey Wales - The Gauntlet - Tightrope - Pale Rider - Unforgiven - Heartbreak Ridge - Flags of Our Father - Letters from Iwo Jima - Gran Torino - Trouble with the Curve - Jersey Boys - American Sniper - Sully - The 15:17 to Paris - The Mule - Richard Jewell

- John Ford -   Stagecoach - Young Mr. Lincoln - Drums Along the Mohawk - Grapes of Wrath - My Darling Clementine - The Fugitive - Fort Apache - 3 Godfathers - Mighty Joe Young She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - Rio Grande - Hon do - The Searchers - The Horse Soldiers - The Alamo - Two Rode Together - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - How The West Was Won - Cheyenne’s Autumn

- James Francis Cameron - Terminator - Aliens - The Abyss - Terminator 2: Judgment Day - True Lies - Titanic - Avatar

- Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men - Serpico - Dog Day Afternoon - Network

- Roman Polanski - Repulsion - Rosemary’s Baby - Chinatown
- Quentin Jerome Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs - Pulp Fiction - Jackie Brown - Kill Bill: Volume 1 - Kill Bill: Volume 2 - Inglorious Basterds - The Hateful Eight - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
- Ridley Scott - Alien - Gladiator - Black Hawk Down - American Gangster - The Martian - Alien: Covenant - All the Money in the World

- David Fincher - Alien 3 - Seven - Fight Club - Zodiac - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Gone Girl

- Christopher Nolan - Insomnia - Batman Begins - The Prestige - The Dark Knight - Inception - The Dark Knight Rises - Man of Steel - Interstellar - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Dunkirk - Justice League

[Fortis93]

Awesome list, but I believe The Duke himself directed The Alamo. 😉