Directors DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of DAVID LEAN (1 Viewer)

[Jim_K]

DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of DAVID LEAN

Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.

[SIZE= 12px] DAVID LEAN[/SIZE]

A Passage to India (1984)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Summertime (1955)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Madeleine (1950)
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
This Happy Breed (1944)
In Which We Serve (1942)

 

[Jim_K]

Ratings out of :star: :star: :star: :star:

[SIZE= 14px] DAVID LEAN (1908 - 1991)[/SIZE]


A Passage to India (1984) :star: :star: :star:
Ryan's Daughter (1970) :star: :star: :star:
Doctor Zhivago (1965) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) :star: :star: :star: :star:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Summertime (1955) :star: :star: :star:
Hobson's Choice (1954) :star: :star: :star: 1/2
The Sound Barrier (1952) :star: :star: :star:
Madeleine (1950) :star: :star: 1/2
The Passionate Friends (1949) :star: :star: :star:
Oliver Twist (1948) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Great Expectations (1946) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Brief Encounter (1945) :star: :star: :star:
Blithe Spirit (1945) :star: :star: :star:
This Happy Breed (1944) :star: :star: :star:
In Which We Serve (1942) :star: :star: :star:

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Ranking:

1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Great Expectations
3. Brief Encounter
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai
5. Hobson's Choice
6. Ryan's Daughter
7. Oliver Twist
8. A Passage to India
9. Doctor Zhivago
10. Summertime
11. Blithe Spirit
Edited by Kirk Tsai - 7/14/2009 at 06:55 am GMT

 

[george kaplan]

I'm not as keen on Lean as most. I love one, but find others ranging from OK to vastly overrated.

DAVID LEAN

Seen: 7
Like: 1
Own: 1

Rank order:

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Great Expectations
Brief Encounter
Dr. Zhivago
Summertime
In Which We Serve
Lawrence of Arabia

 

[Arman]

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[SteveGon]

A Passage to India (1984)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Summertime (1955)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Madeleine (1950)
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
This Happy Breed (1944)
In Which We Serve (1942)

Bolded films have been seen.

 

[Brook K]

*1. Lawrence Of Arabia - A
*2. Bridge On The River Kwai - A
3. Brief Encounter - A
*4. Doctor Zhivago - A-
5. Hobson's Choice - A-
6. Summertime - B+
7. Oliver Twist - B
8. Great Expectations - B-

I'm not so keen on the Dickens

Own: 3

 

[Bill McA]

I much prefer the older films over his 'British stiff upper lip/for Queen and country" nonsense.

Ratings from :star: to :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:

A Passage to India (1984) :star: :star:
Ryan's Daughter (1970) :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
Doctor Zhivago (1965) :star: :star:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) :star: :star:
Summertime (1955) :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
Hobson's Choice (1954) :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
The Sound Barrier (1952) :star:
Madeleine (1950) :star: :star: :star:
The Passionate Friends (1949) :star: :star: :star:
Oliver Twist (1948) :star: :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
Great Expectations (1946) :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
Brief Encounter (1945) :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
Blithe Spirit (1945) :star: :star: :star:
This Happy Breed (1944) :star: :star: :star:
In Which We Serve (1942) :star: :star:

Seen 16
Own 7

 

[Adam_S]

DAVID LEAN

A Passage to India (1984) - :star::star::star:1/2 - love it, want to see it again
Doctor Zhivago (1965) - :star::star::star::star: - inspiring and sublime, I never expected an affair story to be those
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - :star::star::star::star: - perfection on an unmatchable scale (number 2 all time)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - :star::star::star::star: - fastest long film there is (outside Great Escape)
Oliver Twist (1948) - :star::star::star::star: - that long version is just so incredibly amazing and juicy
Great Expectations (1946) - :star::star::star::star: - the critics favorite, probably because the books a bore
Brief Encounter (1945) - :star::star::star::star: - another one of those romances that shouldn't be this good, but it is


And I would have seen all the rest (or all but one or two) on FILM at the Lean retrospective two years back but the damned MTA decided to strike for the month it was going on. I was furious (still am!).

RANKING:

1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Bridge on the River Kwai
3. Oliver Twist
4. Doctor Zhivago (tie)
5. Brief Encounter (tie)
6. Great Expectations
7. A Passage to India

Adam

 

[Patrick McCart]

Lawrence of Arabia - perfection
Doctor Zhivago - excellent
The Bridge on the River Kwai - good

 

[ChrisV]

DAVID LEAN

Again, I haven't seen very many of these. It's funny, because I consider Lawrence of Arabia to be one of the greatest films I've ever seen. I guess it's not that funny, most people have probably seen these three Lean films and no others. Here they are ranked:

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Lawrence of Arabia 6/5 (Best film ever made by a wide margin)

The Bridge on the River Kwai 5/5

Oliver Twist 5/5

Doctor Zhivago 4.5/5

A Passage To India 4.5/5 (very underrated movie)

Brief Encounter 4.5/5 (beautifully done)

Great Expectations 3.5/5 (I like this less than many, I need to see it again)

I have also seen Summertime and Ryan's Daughter both of which also come in around 3 to 3.5 ratings.

They need to get Hobson's Choice on DVD.

I definitely consider Lean one of my favorite directors, based largely on the top 6 movies I listed above.

 

[Steve Christou]

eeek! Where was this thread hiding? I love Lean!

A Passage to India (1984) :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
Ryan's Daughter (1970) :star: :star: :star:
Doctor Zhivago (1965) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
The Sound Barrier (1952) :star: :star:
Oliver Twist (1948) :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
Great Expectations (1946) :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
Blithe Spirit (1945) :star: :star:
In Which We Serve (1942) :star: :star: :star:


Rankings

1)Lawrence of Arabia
2)Bridge on the River Kwai
3)A Passage to India
4)Doctor Zhivago
5)Great Expectations
6)Oliver Twist
7)Ryan's Daughter

 

[Steve Christou]

Jim, whats keeping the Michael Curtiz volume? He's made more great films than most of the 'great' directors.

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Lawrence of Arabia - A+
- My idea of great filmmaking.

Bridge on the River Kwai - A+
- Well, this one too.

Doctor Zhivago - A-
- Man loves trains.

Brief Encounter - B+
- Seriously, he loves train.

 

[Jim_K]

Updated Master list...............................

 

[Rob Tomlin]

He certainly does love trains Dome. Interesting, isn't it?!

 

[Adam_S]

fella named Hit Something also liked em, I'm told.

Adam

 

[Ray H]

I've only seen:

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Summertime (1955)
Great Expectations (1946)
Brief Encounter (1945)

 

[Mario Gauci]

In order of merit:


1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) ****
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) ****
3. Great Expectations (1946) ****
4. Oliver Twist (1948) ****
5. In Which We Serve (1942) ****
6. Brief Encounter (1945) ****
7. Doctor Zhivago (1965) ***1/2
8. Blithe Spirit (1945) ***1/2
9. Hobson's Choice (1954) ***1/2
10.Summertime (1955) ***1/2
11.Ryan's Daughter (1970) ***
12.A Passage to India (1984) ***
13.This Happy Breed (1944) ***
14.The Passionate Friends (1949) ***
15.Madeleine (1950) ***


The only one I haven't watched is THE SOUND BARRIER (1952) although, outside of the Dickens adaptations and the first three epics, all the films have only received one viewing from me:frowning:!