Directors Your 3 favorite directors and their best films. (1 Viewer)

[RayG]

Orson Welles:

Citizen Kane

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Lady From Shanghai

Othello

Touch of Evil

David Lynch:

Eraserhead

Dune

Blue Velvet

The Straight Story

Mulholland Dr.

Stanley Kubrick:

Paths of Glory

Dr. Strangelove...

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

Barry Lyndon

Runner-ups: Hitchcock & Altman

 

[Steve Enemark]

Alfred Hitchcock
-Vertigo
-Rear Window
-North by Northwest
-The Lady Vanishes
-Notorious
Stanley Kubrick
-2001
-Dr. Strangelove
-Paths of Glory
-A Clockwork Orange
-The Shining
Martin Scorsese
-Goodfellas
-Raging Bull
-Taxi Driver
-Bringing Out the Dead
-Cape Fear

 

[Stephen L]

• Hitchcock
• North by Northwest
• Notorious
• Vertigo
• To Catch a Thief[/list=1]
  • Coen Bro.
  • Fargo
  • Miller's Crossing
  • O' brother , where art thou?
  • Blood Simple
  • Spielberg
  • Jaws
  • Raiders of the lost ark
  • Schindler's List
  • E.T.

 

[Terrell]

Great responses guys. Keep'em coming. And don't be shy as to why they're your favorites.

 

[Brad German]

Hitchcock

- North by Northwest (my all time favorite)

- Rear Window

- Notorious

- The 39 Steps

- Psycho

I have the Vertigo dvd but haven't seen it yet. Soon really soon!!

Kurosawa

- Seven Samurai

- Ran

- High and Low

- Yojimbo

- Hidden Fortress

This will likely change once I get to see Ikiru, Rashomon and Throne of Blood. Wishing for a Criterion release of Ran.

Coen Brothers

- Fargo

- Barton Fink

- Big Lebowski

- O'Brother Where Art Thou?

- Raising Arizona

Looking forward to seeing Blood Simple. I just got it yesterday! Need to get Miller's Crossing and Hudsucker Proxy.

Honorable Mention for 3 directors work that dvd has allowed me to discover Buster Keaton, F.W. Murnau and Fritz Lang.

 

[Brett Hancock]

Kevin Smith:

Clerks

Mallrats

Chasing Amy

Dogma

Jay and Silent Bob-Strike Back



Stanley Kubrick:

A Clockwork Orange

The Shining

Full Metal Jacket

2001:A Space Odyssey

Dr. Strangelove



George Romero:

Night Of The Living Dead

Dawn of the Dead

Day of the Dead

Bruiser

Creepshow

 

[Terrell]

Brad, what is your opinion of Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress? I'm interested in Kurosawa's work because Lucas has mentioned on numerous occasions that Kurosawa was a big inspiration to him and Star Wars. Also, how's the DVD?

 

[Aurel Savin]

MARTIN SCORSESE:

Goodfellas

The King of Comedy

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Taxi Driver

RICHARD LINKLATER:

Dazed and Confused

Before Sunrise

QUENTIN TARANTINO:

Reservoir Dogs

Jackie Brown

Pulp Fiction

 

[SteveGon]

Stanley Kubrick
2001 A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Paths of Glory
A Clockwork Orange
Lolita
Akira Kurosawa
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Dersu Uzala
Yojimbo
Stray Dog
Werner Herzog
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Fitzcarraldo
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Nosferatu
Where the Green Ants Dream
Man, that was tough!

 

[Terrell]

Man, that was tough!

Hehe!

 

[Vickie_M]

Wow! I like or love pretty much ALL of the directors mentioned so far, especially Scorsese, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Altman, Lucas, Spielberg, Lynch, Tarantino, Luhrmann, Jackson, and the Andersons (Wes & PT, and yes, I know they're not related). I wish I wish I wish there were as many female names as male names on this list though.
These are my favorite directors though, and the films listed are my favorites by them, rather than a presumptuous "best" list:
Terry Gilliam
Brazil
Time Bandits
The Fisher King
Twelve Monkeys
Good Omens (listed just because I know it's going to be freaking wonderful!)
Stanley Kubrick
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
2001
Full Metal Jacket
Paths Of Glory
Francis Ford Coppola
One From The Heart (a great film with a bad rep!)
The Cotton Club (ditto! I like rooting for his underdog films)
The Conversation
Apocolypse Now (both versions)
The Godfather I & II (sue me)
The Coen Brothers
Raising Arizona
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Big Lebowski
Blood Simple
The Man Who Wasn't There
And here are a couple I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Wim Wenders
Wings Of Desire
Until The End Of The World
The End Of Violence
Paris, Texas
Hammett
Bill Forsyth
Local Hero
Comfort and Joy
Housekeeping
Gregory's Girl
Breaking In
Needless to say, I love all the directors (if they weren't mentioned above) who made the films in my sig too, just for making those films, especially the talented genius Walter Murch, who made a brilliant but doomed film (Return To Oz) and never got to make another one.
Vickie

 

[Jeff_A]

Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather Part II
The Conversation
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Martin Scorsese
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
Casino
The Last Waltz
My honorable mention list would include:
Stanley Kramer, Stanley Kubrick, Oliver Stone, Steven Spielberg, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles.

 

[Walter Kittel]

I'll limit myself to 15 films in an attempt to play fair.
Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
David Lean
Brief Encounter
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the River Kwai
Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo
Rear Window
Rebecca
Martin Scorsese
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Sergio Leone
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Phillip Kaufman
The Right Stuff

 

[David Dennison]

Hitchcock (the order constantly changes depending on which films I have seen most recently):

Rebecca

Vertigo

North by Northwest

Rear Window

Psycho

The Lady Vanishes

Spielberg:

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Schindler's List

ET

Saving Private Ryan

Jaws

Cameron:

Titanic

Abyss

True Lies

Terminator

Aliens

Honorable mentions: Coppola, Lean, Coen, Chaplin, Ang Lee, Zemeckis, Scott, ........

 

[Tommy G]

Ok, I'll have a go at this one:
Hitchcock
Vertigo
Rear Window
North By Northwest
Psycho
To Catch A Thief
Spielberg
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Billy Wilder
Some Like It Hot
The Apartment
Stalag 17
The Seven Year Itch
Witness For The Prosecution

 

[Terrell]

The great thing about many of your lists, is that now I'm gonna have to check out some new films from new directors I've either ignored or not really known.

 

[Brook K]

Akira Kurosawa
Ikiru
Rashomon
Ran
Throne of Blood
Madadayo
Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Paths of Glory
Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal
Persona
Wild Strawberries
Persona
bonus
Werner Herzog
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Nosferatu, The Vampyre
Fitzcarraldo
Cobra Verde
Luis Bunuel
Belle De Jour
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie
Tristana
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In a Year With 13 Moons
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Fox and His Friends
Lola

 

[Nick Sievers]

Ok;
1. Steven Soderbergh:
Traffic
Out of Sight
sex, lies & videotape
2. Martin Scorsese:
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
3. Quentin Tarantino:
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Jackie Brown
then it would be Coen's, Hitchcock and Kubrick.

 

[Jim Berghofer]

Hitchcock is in a class by himself(imho) with Spielberg getting a honorable mention.

Hitchcock:

Vertigo

Rear Window

North by Borthwest

Rebecca

Strangers on a Train

The Birds

Psycho

Notorious.........

Spielberg:

Jaws

Raiders of the lost Ark

CEO3K

based on your list's im going to go rent a Kurosawa film (never seen one).

Jim

 

[Scott W.]

Cameron: Aliens, Titanic, T2, T1.

Hitchcock: Rear Window, Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo

Scott