OK- in no real order-
1. Hitchcock
2. James Whale
3. Kubrick
5. Coppola
6. Roger Corman
7. Sergio Leone
8. Ed Wood Jr. (don't laff!)
9. Al Adamson ( Ok-laff!)
10. Mario Bava
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Kubrick
Fellini
Lynch
Bunuel
Hitchcock
Welles
P. T. Anderson
Sergio Leone
Scorsese
A lot of people could take the last slot but I'll go for Satoshi Kon
OOps! I meant Scorsese- not Coppola. :buggedout:
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 21, 2023, 02:07:05 PM
OOps! I meant Scorsese- not Coppola. :buggedout:
I considered Coppola, but he's too inconsistent.
I put Wood and Al because- yes, their movies are stupid- but I always enjoy them.
Lynch
Hartley
Tarkovski
The Coens
Zulawski
Jodorowski
Greenaway
W. Anderson
Sono
Tarr
Good game, RC! I can't argue w/ Ed and Al. :cheers:
^ The only ones I've even heard on your list are Lynch and the Coens (not sure if I even seen any of the Bros.!)
Oh yeah- Jodorwski- I seen EL TOPO! Always been curious about the HOLY MOUNTAIN.
1. Ridley Scott.
2. John Boorman.
3. John Carpenter.
4. David Fincher.
5. Larry Cohen.
6. Alfred Hitchcock.
7. Terence Fisher.
8. Roy Ward Baker.
9. Tim Burton.
10. Guillermo del Toro.
LUCHINO VISCONTI
STANLEY KUBRICK
FEDERICO FELLINI
WOODY ALLEN
JOHN FORD
MICHAEL CURTIZ
MICHAEL POWELL
JOHN HUSTON
FRANK CAPRA
JACQUES TOURNEUR
Satyajit Ray
Akira Kurosawa
Jean Renoir
Lino Brocka
Sergei Eisenstein
Luis Bunuel
Ingmar Bergman
David Lean
Vittorio de Sica
F.W. Murnau
In no particular order:
Tim Burton
Martin Scorsese
David Lynch
Kevin Smith
Quentin Tarantino
John Carpenter
Wes Craven
P.T. Anderson
Jon Favreau
Quote from: ralfy on March 22, 2023, 03:27:47 AM
Akira Kurosawa
Ingmar Bergman
Two guys I definitely thought of for my 10th spot. Especially Kurosawa.
In no particular order
Sidney Lumet
Don Siegel
Orson Welles
Sir David Lean
Francois Truffaut
Jans Rautenbach
David Millin ASC
Ivan Hall
Oliver Stone
Mathieu Kassovitz
According to my DVD & Blu-ray stats these are my top 12 directors I own most on physical media:
1. John Carpenter
2. Wes Craven
3. Tim Burton
4. Tobe Hooper
5. Brian De Palma
6. David Cronenberg
7. Steven Spielberg
8. Joe Dante
9. Dario Argento
10. George A. Romero
11. Quentin Tarantino
12. Sam Raimi
Kubrick
Nolan
Tarantino
Iñárritu
Scorsese
Chaplin
Abrams
Wes Anderson
Gilliam
Kurosawa
Yeah, like Rev said, the 9th and 10th spots were hotly contested for me. Many fine runners-up mentioned in other lists. Glad someone listed Jean Renoir. He's a close call for me, particularly for THE RIVER and LA REGLE DU JEU.
RCMerchant, you should definitely watch THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. That's my 6th or 7th favorite film of all time and it's waaay more fun than EL TOPO. :smile:
Quote from: M.10rda on March 27, 2023, 11:30:53 AM
Yeah, like Rev said, the 9th and 10th spots were hotly contested for me. Many fine runners-up mentioned in other lists. Glad someone listed Jean Renoir. He's a close call for me, particularly for THE RIVER and LA REGLE DU JEU.
RCMerchant, you should definitely watch THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. That's my 6th or 7th favorite film of all time and it's waaay more fun than EL TOPO. :smile:
Directors I had overlooked too were mentioned after I threw my list together. Maybe I should have mentioned
TOBE HOOPER or
BOB CLARK !!!
1. Chun-Ku Lu - directed "holy Flame of the Martial World" and others for Shaw Brothers
2. adrian Lynne - Indecent Proposal, Fatal attraction, etc
3. Fincher - Fight Club, The Game
thats all I can think of right now
finding this tough, because I cannot think of one single director where I genuinely love more than about 2 or 3 films they've done, max?
Scorcese - GOODFELLAS and CASINO would both be in my top 10 ever. not interested in anything else he's done...
Linklater: DAZED & CONFUSED top 10, don't rate a single other film I've seen by him...
Tarantino, PULP FICTION amazing, nothing else comes close...
Coen Bros, FARGO top 10, BIG LEBOWSKI and BURN AFTER READING great, not really into anything else, and some of their stuff flat out sucks
Lynch: MULLHOLLAND DRIVE and WILD AT HEART excellent, not into anything else
Argento: DEEP RED and TENEBRAE awesome. everything else take it or leave it, and again some dreadful crap
^ You always seemed Like a Fulci kinda guy to me. Or John Carpenter.
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^^ haha you're right about Fulci... I own more movies by Fulci (and Umberto Lenzi) than any of the ones I mentioned above, but to put those two in the same category as Lynch, Scorsese etc seems ridiculous. No matter how much I like their stuff (which is often so bad it's good) I can't say they're 'great' directors
^ I had Al Adamson in my top 10!
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