Top 10 Directors w/ 3 of their Best Movies

[MortSahlFan]

(in order)


Vittorio De Sica
-Umberto D
-Shoeshine
-Bicycle Thieves

Luchino Visconti
-La Terra Trema
-Bellissima
-Rocco and His Brothers

Robert Bresson
-Pickpocket
-A Man Escaped
-Au hasard Balthazar

Frank Capra
-Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
-You Can't Take It With You!
-Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

John Cassavetes
-A Woman Under The Influence
-A Child Is Waiting
-Minnie and Moskowitz

Ingmar Bergman
-The Seventh Seal
-Wild Strawberries
-Persona

Ken Loach
-I, Daniel Blake
-Riff-Raff
-Looks and Smiles

Mike Leigh
-All or Nothing
-Naked
-Nuts in May

John Huston
-The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
-Fat City
-The Misfits

Hal Ashby
-Harold and Maude
-The Last Detail
-The Landlord

[peanutbutter]

a list of lists thread

[sevendaughters]

ah fuck it

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
Close-Up, Where Is The Friend's House?, Through the Olive Trees

ALAN CLARKE
Contact, Road, Penda's Fen

BILLY WILDER
Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot

ROBERT BRESSON
Au Hasard Balthazar, Pickpocket, A Man Escaped

ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Psycho, North by Northwest, Rear Window

AKIRA KUROSAWA
Ran, Ikiru, Seven Samurai

FREDERICK WISEMAN
At Berkeley, Welfare, Juvenile Court

PETER WATKINS
The War Game, Culloden, Edvard Munch

WERNER HERZOG
Stroszek, Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo

SHANE MEADOWS
Dead Man's Shoes, This Is England, A Room for Romeo Brass

I wouldn't change anything about any of these films. made me realise I am not particularly ride-or-die for any one director and to have two films I love is major. I could add a couple more for Hitchcock, Clarke, Bresson, Kurosawa, and Wiseman.

[MortSahlFan]

ah fuck it

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
Close-Up, Where Is The Friend's House?, Through the Olive Trees

ALAN CLARKE
Contact, Road, Penda's Fen

BILLY WILDER
Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot

ROBERT BRESSON
Au Hasard Balthazar, Pickpocket, A Man Escaped

ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Psycho, North by Northwest, Rear Window

AKIRA KUROSAWA
Ran, Ikiru, Seven Samurai

FREDERICK WISEMAN
At Berkeley, Welfare, Juvenile Court

PETER WATKINS
The War Game, Culloden, Edvard Munch

WERNER HERZOG
Stroszek, Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo

SHANE MEADOWS
Dead Man's Shoes, This Is England, A Room for Romeo Brass

I wouldn't change anything about any of these films. made me realise I am not particularly ride-or-die for any one director and to have two films I love is major. I could add a couple more for Hitchcock, Clarke, Bresson, Kurosawa, and Wiseman.

Nice list. I really liked "Taste of Cherry" and "Close-Up" from Kiarostami, and "Stroszek" is definitely my favorite Herzog. Wiseman is a fine documentary director. "Ikiru" was the first Kurosawa I saw, would make my Top 3 along with "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon" (probably the best movie about perception).

[Sin Agog]

No one ever mentions Bresson's Four Nights of a Dreamer.  It's messy, it barely has any lighting, most prints look completely shredded, and it's unsentimental and slippery in a way unlike any other 'romance', but damned if it isn't possibly his best movie.  Then again, I do have an annoying tendency to latch onto those passion projects that say more about the director than any of their other work, even if they ticked none of the usual boxes for most people.

[chveik]

No one ever mentions Bresson's Four Nights of a Dreamer.  It's messy, it barely has any lighting, most prints look completely shredded, and it's unsentimental and slippery in a way unlike any other 'romance', but damned if it isn't possibly his best movie.  Then again, I do have an annoying tendency to latch onto those passion projects that say more about the director than any of their other work, even if they ticked none of the usual boxes for most people.

maybe because it's not that easy to get one's hands on it? I like it a great deal but I'm not sure if it's more of a passion project than his other later films.

[MortSahlFan]

No one ever mentions Bresson's Four Nights of a Dreamer.  It's messy, it barely has any lighting, most prints look completely shredded, and it's unsentimental and slippery in a way unlike any other 'romance', but damned if it isn't possibly his best movie.  Then again, I do have an annoying tendency to latch onto those passion projects that say more about the director than any of their other work, even if they ticked none of the usual boxes for most people.

I liked this, but I think I liked Visconti's version "Notti Bianchi" w/ Marcello Mastroianni

[Small Man Big Horse]

Five for now, but I shall return to finish the list off...

David Lynch
Hard to choose, but Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway and The Straight Story

Sion Sono
Ditto, but Love Exposure, Love and Peace, Tokyo Tribe

Hal Hartley
Amateur, Ned Rifle, Fay Grim

Orson Welles
The Trial, Citizen Kane, Othello

Jaco Van Dormael
Mr Nobody, Toto The Hero, The Eighth Day

[Dex Sawash]

No one ever mentions Bresson's Four Nights of a Dreamer.

Everyone says Léon: The Professional but it is always going to be The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec for me

[Small Man Big Horse]

Everyone says Léon: The Professional but it is always going to be The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec for me

I'd agree with you, and think Adele Blanc-Sec is a massively underrated film.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Amelie, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, City Of Lost Children

Stanley Kubrick
Dr Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, 2001

Hayao Miyazaki
My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso

Álex de la Iglesia
Acción Mutante, The Day Of The Beast, The Last Circus

Stephen Chow
Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Journey to the West

I'm sure I've forgotten someone I love though, as tends to be always the way.

[bgmnts]

Basic Bitch Alert:

Akira Kurosawa
Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress.

Brian de Palma
Scarface, Carlito's Way, Snake Eyes.

John Frankenheimer
The Manchurian Candidate, The French Connection, Ronin.

Michael Mann
Manhunter, Collateral, Heat

Quentin Tarantino
Reservoir Dogs, Django Unchained, Jackie Brown.

David Fincher
Fight Club, Seven, Zodiac

Martin Scorsese
Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Mean Streets.

Alfred Hitchcock
Rear Window, Vertigo, Strangers on a Train

Ridley Scott
Alien, Blade Runner, American Gangster.

John Woo
Hard Boiled, Face/Off , Hard Target


That was actually much, much harder than I thought.

[chveik]

ah fuck it

Terrence Malick: Days of Heaven, Badlands, The New World

Michael Haneke: Code Unknown, The Seventh Continent, Benny's Video

Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker, Solaris, The Mirror

John Cassavetes: Opening Night, A Woman Under the Influence, Love Streams

Michelangelo Antonioni: L'Avventura, The Passenger, La Notte

Werner Herzog: Stroszek, Aguirre, Nosferatu the Vampyre

Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange

Jean-Luc Godard: Week-end, Every Man for Himself, La Chinoise

Yasujirô Ozu: Late Spring, An Autumn Afternoon, Early Spring

Luis Buñuel: The Exterminating Angel, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phantom of Liberty

[Monsieur Verdoux]

ah fuck it

Jean-Luc Godard: Week-end, Sauve qui peut (la vie), Passion

John Cassavetes: Faces, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Love Streams

Charles Chaplin: Limelight, Monsieur Verdoux, City Lights

Brian De Palma: Body Double, Blow Out, Hi Mom!

Jacques Rivette: Out 1: Noli me tangere, Duelle (une quarantaine), Céline et Julie vont en bateau

Alain Robbe-Grillet: L'immortelle, La belle captive, Trans-Europ-Express

Sam Peckinpah: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Ride the High Country

Robert Altman: The Long Goodbye, 3 Women, McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Frank Tashlin: The Girl Can't Help It, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Artists and Models

Fritz Lang: Secret Beyond the Door, Scarlet Street, You Only Live Once

[EOLAN]

Howard Hawks:
Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep, His Girl Friday

Buster Keaton:
Sherlock Jr., The General, Steamboat Bill Jr.

Woody Allen:
Sleeper, Annie Hall, Love and Death

Mel Brooks:
The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles

Billy Wilder:
Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment

Michael Curtiz:
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy.

John Huston:
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon

David Lynch
Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks: The Return The Elephant Man

Terry Jones
The Meaning of Life, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian

Carol Reed
Odd Man Out, The Third Man, Our Man in Havana.

[Norton Canes]

Right. Not sure how many directors I've actually seen three movies by but I'll give it a go.

Spielberg
Duel
Jaws
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Leigh (theatrical releases only of course)
Life Is Sweet
Career Girls
Bleak Moments

Gilliam
Jabberwocky
Time Bandits
Brazil

Scott
Alien
Blade Runner
Thelma & Louise

Lynch
Eraserhead
The Elephant Man
The other one by him I've seen. Lost Highway or Wild At Heart, can't remember. Not Mulholland Drive.

Kubrick
Dr. Strangelove...
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange

Ah. Thought I'd seen three Cohen brothers but turns out I haven't.

Ooh which Bond director. Guy Hamilton blotted his copybook with The Man With The Golden Gun. Genuinely tempted to go for three from John Glen, but... sensibly it's got to be Terence
Young
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Thunderball

OK that's seven. Thinking, thinking... oh yeah

Boyle
Shallow Grave
28 Days Later...
Hmm, that means going to have to go for Slumdog Millionaire. No, actually, I'm going to lie and say I've seen 127 Hours

Come on, I can do this. Must be missing someone obvious. Could have Tarantino but there's no way Kill Bill is finding its way into a 'best of' list. Likewise Fight Club for Fincher. Ah!

Hodges
Get Carter
Flash Gordon
Croupier ...just, it was OK, but it means his other two get on the list

And

Thomas
Cleo
Screaming
Up The Khyber

Phew!

[Norton Canes]

Wait. Obvious.

Cameron
The Terminator
Aliens
T2:JD

[MortSahlFan]

ah fuck it



John Cassavetes: Faces, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Love Streams

I've seen every Cassavetes movie at least twice, except Chinese Bookie, which I started last night, but was interrupted by life.

Btw, did you ever see "Noon Wine" (Peckinaph)?

[sevendaughters]

should have Taste of Cherry instead of Olive Trees, Mort, you're right

[Monsieur Verdoux]

I've seen every Cassavetes movie at least twice, except Chinese Bookie, which I started last night, but was interrupted by life.

Btw, did you ever see "Noon Wine" (Peckinaph)?

I have not seen Noon Wine yet, I own a fairly battered video copy, but I'm trepidatious because I've often heard that it is among his very best works, and I'm wary of going in expecting too much

[MortSahlFan]

I have not seen Noon Wine yet, I own a fairly battered video copy, but I'm trepidatious because I've often heard that it is among his very best works, and I'm wary of going in expecting too much

I think most are a little grainy. But Peckinpah said it was his best, and I agree, although I like "Straw Dogs" a lot (especially after the 3rd viewing).

[Twit 2]

Malick - Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life
Herzog - Land of Silence and Darkness, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Heart of Glass
Tarkovsky - Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Stalker
Ramsay - Ratcatcher, We Need to Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here
Scorsese - Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Silence
Spielberg - Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET
Coens - Barton Fink, No Country for Old Men, True Grit
Allen - Take the Money and Run, Love and Death, Manhattan
Cuaron - Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children of Men, Roma
Glazer - Sexy Beast, Birth, Under the Skin

[Twit 2]

Just 10 I like btw, not "the best 10 evah."