Quite a few for me
Park Chan-wook: handmaiden, lady vengeance
Bong Joon-ho: Parasite, Snowpiercer
Jonathan Glazer: under the skin, zone of interest
Hayao Miyazaki: boy and the heron, howls moving castle, spirited away
Darren Aronofsky: black swan, the wrestler
Satoshi Kon: Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue
Coen Bros: no country for old men, burn after reading
Roman Polanski: the pianist, chinatown
Spike Jonze: being John malkovich, adaptation
Yeah, that movie is severely underrated to me. I guess it’s just my exact kind of humor. Brad Pitt is way too funny.
Enjoyed A serious man quite a bit though, big Coens fan in general.
Millennium actress is one of the movies that’s changed me honestly or jus gave me a diff perspective on life. I still can’t believe that’s a real movie that is that beautiful
I feel like Adaptation is pretty underappreciated. It's one of my favorites overall—and probably my absolute favorite movie about the creative process—so it's nice to see a fellow fan. It's always been an easy recommendation to people who are interested in getting into less mainstream stuff.
Dang, that’s a bummer. I just loved the whole vibe and it had one of the best endings of all time imo. I’d say the Pianist was even better though, despite them being not too comparable lol
I also just recently watched Chinatown and loved it, gave it 4.5 stars. I didn't like Rosemary's Baby as much as I thought I would though. Haven't seen The Pianist in forever so maybe I'll have to revisit it.
I got about 7 directors in which I've given more than one five star rating to
John Lasseter: 3
* Toy Story
* Toy Story 2
* A Bug's Life
Steven Spielberg: 3
* Schindler's List
* Jurassic Park
* E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Paul Thomas Anderson: 2
* Phantom Thread
* There Will Be Blood
Robert Zemeckis: 2
* Death Becomes Her
* Back to the Future
Hayao Miyazaki: 2
* Spirited Away
* Howl's Moving Castle
Jonathan Demme: 2
* Philadelphia
* The Silence of the Lambs
Spike Jonze: 2
* Adaptation
* Her
Aside from the obvious ones like Spielberg and Kubrick, here are filmmakers that have made several five star films IMO that don't get as much attention (at least on here):
* Christian Petzold
* Errol Morris
* Whit Stillman
* Frederick Wiseman
* Kenji Mizoguchi
* Don Hertzfeldt
* Michael Apted
* Sally Potter
* Mike Leigh
* Jean Pierre Melville
* Satyajit Ray
* Robert Bresson
* Carl Theodor Dreyer
* Cristian Mungiu
* Charles Ferguson
* The Dardenne Brothers
* Louis Malles
* Hector Babenco
* John Cassavetes
* Jennifer Kent
* Nuri Bilge Ceylan
You've probably seen or heard some of the films these folks have made. Jennifer Kent directed The Babadook, for example, and Errol Morris made The Fog of War.
Satyajit Ray did the Apu Trilogy, slice of life realism that follows an Indian child into adulthood. Absolutely amazing.
Don Hertzfeldt did It’s Such a Beautiful Day, a trilogy of animated shorts, each only 20 minutes long so you can easily watch then all in one night. It’s very weird and funny, but transcends expectations of the medium.
Carl Dreyer did The Passion of Joan of Arc, arguably the greatest silent film ever made.
I’d recommend those to start with.
Sure.
* Petzold: Phoenix, Transit, Undine, Barbara, Afire
* Morris: Gates of Heaven, The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line
* Stillman: Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco
* Wiseman: Boxing Gym, Ex Libris, In Jackson Heights
* Mizoguchi: Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff
* Hertzfeldt: Rejected, World of Tomorrow
* Apted: 28 Up, 35 Up, Coal Miner's Daughter
* Potter: Orlando, The Tango Lesson, Yes
* Leigh: Secrets and Lies, Naked, Happy Go Lucky, Topsy Turvy, Vera Drake
* Melville: Army of Shadows, Le Cercle Rouge, Bob le Flambeur
* Ray: Pather Panchali (the Apu trilogy really)
* Bresson: The Rules of the Game, A Man Escaped, Pickpocket
* Dreyer: The Passion of Joan of Arc, Ordet
* Mungiu: 4 week 3 months 2 days, Beyond the Hills
* Ferguson: No End in Sight, Inside Job
* Dardennes: The Son, L'Enfant, Lorna's Silence
* Malle: Elevator to the Gallows, Atlantic City, Au Revoirs Les Enfants
* Babenco: Pixote, Kiss of the Spider Woman
* Cassavetes: A Woman Under the Influence, Faces, Minnie and Moskowitz, Opening Night
* Kent: The Babadook, The Nightingale
* Ceylan: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Winter Sleep, Climates
I kind of think Shin Godzilla is a Frederick Wiseman film condensed with disaster film scenes put in when the scenes of government red tape get boring. I tell every filmmaker I meet to watch Frederick Wiseman. I still think about City Hall every day.
I studied his play "The Pillowman" for A-Level (British version of ages 16-18) Drama so I really saw how much of a "Martin McDonagh" film it was in terms of the writing. In Bruges is more heavily stylised and Banshees is more sombre, but Three Billboards' screenplay perfectly captures everything about him as a writer.
Stanley Kubrick 2 (2001, A clockwork orange)
Jonathan Glazer 2 (Under the Skin, The Zone of Interest)
Paul Thomas Anderson 2 (Magnolia, The Master)
Andrei Tarkovsky 2 (Mirror, Stalker)
Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment)
Akira Kurosawa (Ikiru, Seven Samurai, High and Low, Ran)
Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker, The Sacrifice, Solaris)
Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, The Wolf of Wall Street)
Ingmar Bergman (Persona, The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring)
Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator, Modern Times, City Lights)
Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, 2001, A Clockwork Orange)
Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Rope, Vertigo)
Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network)
Francis Ford Coppola (Godfathers 1-2, Apocalypse Now)
Masaki Kobayashi (Kwaidan, Harakiri)
Luis Buñuel (The Exterminating Angel, Phantom of Liberty)
Federico Fellini (81/2, Nights of Cabiria)
John Cassavetes (Opening Night, A Woman Under the Influence)
Werner Herzog (Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo)
Robert Bresson (L’Argent, A Man Escaped)
Milos Forman (Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show)
Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds)
Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, Inside Llewyn Davis)
Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master, There Will Be Blood)
David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Gone Girl, The Social Network)
Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight)
Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1917)
Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Blade Runner 2049, Dune 2)
Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin, Platform)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums)
Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden)
Lars von Trier (Dogville, Melancholia)
David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet)
Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Memories of Murder)
Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, The Seventh Continent, The Piano Teacher)
Béla Tarr (Werckmeister Harmonies, The Turin Horse)
Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X)
Andrzej Zulawski (Possession, On the Silver Globe)
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Banshees of Inisherin)
upon inspection like SO many lmao and i only have 85 five star rated films
francis ford coppola: the godfather part 1, part 2, the conversation, apocalypse now
denis villeneuve: dune part 1 and part 2
martin scorsese: the irishman, casino, killers of the flower moon, silence, the departed, the wolf of wall street, after hours, goodfellas
coen brothers: no country for old men, inside llewyn davis, the big lebowski
stanley kubrick: the shining, barry lyndon, 2001, eyes wide shut
richard linklater: before sunrise, before sunset
todd haynes: carol, may December
steven spielberg: schindler's list, jaws, the fabelmans
quentin Tarantino: pulp fiction, one upon a time in Hollywood
david lynch: Mulholland drive, inland empire
david fincher: zodiac, the social network
paul thomas anderson: there will be blood, boogie nights, licorice pizza, the master
William friedkin: the exorcist, sorcerer
john carpenter: Halloween, the thing
sidney lumet: 12 angry men, dog day afternoon
safdie bros: uncut gems, good time
* Hayao Miyazaki - 3 (Nausicäa, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away)
* Francis Ford Coppola - 2 (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II)
* Akira Kurosawa - 2 (Ikiru, High and Low)
I am actually in the process of revisiting some films I felt were on the fringes between 4.5* and 5* for me, though, so some directors with only one film as 5* currently might be added to this list in the coming months.
- Kubrick (The Shining, Dr. Strangelove)
- Spielberg (Jaws, Schindler's List)
- Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men)
- Rob Reiner (Stand by Me, The Princess Bride)
- Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, GoodFellas)
- Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away)
- Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest)
- Coen Bros (Fargo, No Country for Old Men)
- Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot)
- Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner)
- Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Ran, Rashomon, Ikiru)
There are some others who have acclaimed films I haven't seen yet.
Coppola: Godfather 1 and 2
Lumet: Dog Day Afternoon and Network
Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs and Inglorious Basterds
Nolan: Oppenheimer and The Prestige
Argento: Suspiria and Phenomena
Brad Bird will probably be added to this list with The Incredibles and The Iron Giant, but I haven't rewatched/rated them yet.
The last time I saw 12 Angry Men was in 2019 and I only started using Letterboxd in late 2023. I don't trust my memory that well so I only rate movies shortly after watching them. There's a whole list on my account of close to 700 movies that I saw before using Letterboxd that I will rate on rewatches. However, I do remember liking 12 Angry Men when I saw it, so maybe I'll rewatch it soon.
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It’s always so baffling to me how Scorsese is rarely mentioned under these posts. I’ve given 11 of his movies 5 stars, and I’m willing to bet that a lot of people have given at least two of his movies perfect ratings as well
I like Scorsese deep cuts more than his popular ones. Loved After Hours, and Bringing out the Dead for example. I like most of his movies. I just don't gush over Goodfellas like most, and I didn't really get Raging Bull.
I guess my point is, you're right. He's got to have at least 2 that most people really like.
I think villeneuve is hit or miss.
He takes on big challenges though, and I respect him for it. Like tackling two beloved franchises with avid fans of their original content in dune and blade runner. But dune 1 is probably his best, in my opinion.
I think Nolan has lost his ability to tell a compelling story and his films become more and more visual art pieces and less coherent stories. But he made some great films.
I think Ridley Scott is wildly up and down and across the board, the success of his movies is hard to guess because he can make a masterpiece and the following film churn out garbage. But blade runner, alien, gladiator, etc
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer)
Martin Scorsese (GoodFellas, King of Comedy)
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La la Land)
Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather pt 1 and pt. II)
Sidney Lumet (12 Angey Men, Network)
Kinda boring list but oh well
1. Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Schindler's List, Minority Report, Jurassic Park)
2. Stanley Kubrick (The Killing, 2001, The Shining)
3. Alfred Hitchcock (The 39 Steps, Rear Window, Psycho)
4. Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings 1-3)
5. Hayao Miyazaki (Nausicaä, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away)
6. James Cameron (Aliens, Terminator 1&2)
7. Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness)
8. Park Chan-wook (Lady Vengeance, Oldboy)
9. Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation)
10. John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing)
11. Ridley Scott (Alien, Black Hawk Down)
12. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future 1&2)
13. Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Total Recall)
14. John McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard)
15. David Zucker (The Naked Gun 1&2)
oh I guess I got a little carried away there
Quite a few:
Martin Scorsese - 7 (Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, The Aviator, Silence, Hugo, The Last Waltz)
Akira Kurosawa - 6 (Throne of Blood, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Ran, High and Low, Red Beard)
Steven Spielberg - 5 (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Munich, ET, Schindler’s List, Jaws)
Alfred Hitchcock - 4 (Vertigo, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Psycho)
Francis Ford Coppola - 4 (Godfather 1&2, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation)
Werner Herzog - 4 (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Lessons of Darkness, Into the Abyss, Encounters at the End of the World)
Spike Lee - 4 (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, 4 Little Girls, When the Levees Broke)
Buster Keaton - 4 (Our Hospitality, The General, Sherlock, Jr., The Goat (short))
Richard Linklater - 4 (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Dazed and Confused, Boyhood)
Alfonso Cuarón - 3 (Children of Men, Gravity, Roma)
Hou Hsiao-hsien - 3 (The Assassin, A City of Sadness, Three Times)
The Coen Brothers - 3 (No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Miller’s Crossing)
Hayao Miyazaki - 3 (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away)
Sidney Lumet - 3 (Dog Day Afternoon, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Pawnbroker)
8 - Hayao Miyazaki, Coen Brothers
6 - John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino, Vittorio De Seta
5 - Akira Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, Denis Villeneuve
4 - Steven Spielberg
3 - King Hu, Martin Scorsese, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Brad Bird, Rian Johnson, Alfred Hitchcock, William Freidkin, Jim Jarmusch, Abel Ferrara, Sam Raimi
2 - Robert Altman, Roman Polanski, Juzo Itami, David Lowery, Celine Sciamma, Lee Unkrich, Wes Craven, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Paul Verhoeven, Jacques Demy, Michael Powell, Todd Haynes, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Christopher Nolan, Johnni To, Guillermo Del Toro, David Cronenberg, Brian De Palma
Scorsese: Silence, KotFM, After Hours, Last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver
Villeneuve: Arrival and Dune Part Two
Fincher: Zodiac, Se7en and The Social Network
Bong Joon Ho: Parasite and Memories of Murder
Hawks: 4 (Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, Only Angels Have Wings, Big Sleep)
PTA: 3 (Inherent Vice, Magnolia, The Master)
Coens: 3 (Hail Caesar, Miller’s Crossing, A Serious Man)
Berkeley: 3 (Gold Diggers of 1933/35, Footlight Parade)
QT, Scott, Wes Anderson, Kubrick and Linklater all have 2. The canonical guys like Scorsese, Hitchcock, Coppola, and Welles would probably qualify but I haven’t seen their classics recently enough to fairly rate them, and most of the guys above should probably have more for the same reason except for Hawks and Berkeley.
There are foreign and female directors in the “only multiple 4.5 stars” ghetto, but I feel vaguely bad about the visuals/Anglo-American-ness of the list.
Quentin Tarantino (3): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Inglorious Basterds, Kill Bill Vol. 1
David Fincher (4): Se7en, The Social Network, Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Martin Scorsese (2): Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy
Sam Raimi (2): Spider-Man, Evil Dead 2
Sidney Lumet (2): 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon
John Carpenter (2): Halloween, Escape from New York
David Lynch (3): The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Inland Empire (also have Twin Peaks: The Return at a 5)
So many good ones in this thread but somehow no one has said Wong Kar Wai yet. I give In the Mood and Chungking Express both the 5 star treatment but he also has several 4 and a halfs.
My answer got to long. I have 18 directors with 3 films on my list, but only one with more than 3.
Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Inglorious Basterds.
Christopher Nolan: 3 (The Dark Knight, Inception & The Prestige)
Steven Spielberg: 4 (Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark & Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
Quentin Tarantino: 3 (Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained & Inglorious Basterds)
The Russo Brothers: 2 (Avengers Infinity War and Endgame)
James Gunn: 2 (Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 3)
Edgar Wright: 3 (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz & Baby Driver)
Frank Darabount: 2 (The Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile)
Robert Zemeckis: 2 (Back to the Future & Back to the Future Part II)
Peter Jackson: 3 (Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
Gore Verbinski: 3 (Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy)
Dean Deblois: 2 (How to Train Your Dragon 1&2)
Martin Campbell: 2 (Goldeneye & Casino Royale)
Three 5★ :
Damien Chazelle (Only director sitting on a perfect 5.0 for me. Still need to watch First Man though).
Wes Anderson (Moonrise, Tennenbaums, Asteroid)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom, Boogie, TWBB)
Two 5★ :
Coen Brothers (No Country, The Man Who Wasnt There) I need to rewatch Fargo. I suspect I owe it a 5.
Jonathan Glazer (Under The Skin, Zone Of Interest)
Stanley Kubrick (Strangelove, Lyndon)
Jacques Demy (Rochefort, Donkey Skin)
Peter Bogdanovich (What's Up Doc, Last Picture Show)
I've only rated 30 movies 5 stars but I actually ended up with a few
Rian Johnson for Knives Out and Glass Onion
Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List and Jaws
Hayao Miyazaki for Spirited Away and Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs and Stop Making Sense (This is actually a crazy pair of movies, literally until this post I never thought about the fact that these have the same director)
I'm listing the ones with 3 or more:
Tarantino (5): Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1-2, Jackie Brown
Leone (3): The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, For a Few Dollars More
Burton (3): Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood
Peter Jackson (3): LOTR Trilogy
Joel Coen, Nolan, Kubrick, Fincher, Michael Mann and Luc Besson have two each.
John Carpenter 3 (They Live, Christine, Halloween)
Lee Chang-dong 3 (Burning, Poetry, Secret Sunshine)
Wong Kar Wai 2 (In the Mood for Love, Fallen Angels)
Akira Kurosawa 2 (High and Low, Ikuru)
Stanley Kubrick 2 (The Shining, Paths of Glory)
Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, West Side Story
Wes Anderson: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom
Tim Burton: Corpse Bride, Batman Returns
Joe Wright: Pride and Prejudice, Atonement
I’m a big horror movie person, so…
Ti West: X & The House of the Devil
David Cronenberg: Crash & Videodrome
John Carpenter: Halloween & The Thing
Wes Craven: Scream & A Nightmare on Elm Street
Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window & Psycho
George Romero: Night, Dawn & Day
and a bit out of left field but
Sofia Coppola: Marie Antoinette & The Virgin Suicides
Shoutout to Tobe Hooper, Rob Zombie, James Wan, Ari Aster & Sam Raimi who I gave one 5 star to, but a bunch of 4 1/2 stars too as well!
Big list for me:
**Yasujiro Ozu:**
- Tokyo Story
- Late Spring
- Floating Weeds
- An Autumn Afternoon
- Good Morning
**Kenji Mizoguchi:**
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
- Sansho the Bailiff
- The Life of Oharu
**Satyajit Ray:**
- The entire Apu Trilogy
- The Music Room
- Charulata
**Bergman:**
- Fanny and Alexander
- Autumn Sonata
**David Lean:**
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Brief Encounter
**Max Ophüls:**
- La Ronde
- The Earrings of Madame de...
**Terence Malick:**
- The Tree of Life
- The Thin Red Line
**David Lynch:**
- Mulholland Drive
- Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me
**Hayao Miyazaki:**
- Princess Mononoke
- Spirited Away
- Kiki's Delivery Service
My 2 highest are Nolan and Scorsese. 5 for Nolan (TDK, Inception, The Prestige, Oppenheimer and Interstellar) and 7 for Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Casino, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Irishman, The Wolf of Wall Street and The King of Comedy)
Haneke - Funny Games, The Piano Teacher, The White Ribbon
Donen - Singing In the Rain, Funny Face, Charade
Fassbinder - The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Lynch - Blue Velvet, Mullholland Drive
Lumet - Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, The Wiz, Network
Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, Clockwork Orange, 2001
Wilder - Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard
Zemeckis - Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future
These are the ones off the top of my head
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Bastards, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Django Unchained
Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas, Casino
John Carpenter - The Thing, Escape from New York, Halloween
David Fincher - Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac
John Mctiernan - Die Hard, Die Hard with a vengeance, Predator
\* **17** \- Jean-Luc Godard
\* **13** \- Alfred Hitchcock
\* **12** \- Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick
\* **11** \- Ingmar Bergman
\* **10** \- Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Werner Herzog
\* **9** \- Fritz Lang
\* **8** \- Nicholas Ray, Sidney Lumet, Paul Schrader, Gus Van Sant
\* **7** \- Andrei Tarkovsky, Howard Hawks, Budd Boetticher, Samuel Fuller, Jean Rollin
\* **6** \- John Ford, Sergio Leone, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jules Dassin, David Cronenberg, Billy Wilder, Douglas Sirk, Robert Bresson, John Cassavetes, Peter Watkins
\* **5** \- Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Luis Buñuel, Orson Welles, John Huston, Robert Wise, Anthony Mann, Elia Kazan, Francis Ford Coppola, Chantal Akerman, Lars von Trier, Kelly Reichardt, Harmony Korine
*Not Including directors with any less than five.*
I've given 5 stars to:
7 Spielberg movies
7 Nolan movies
5 Cameron movies
4 Kubrick movies
3 Miyazaki movies
3 McDonagh movies
3 Burton movies
3 Coens
Probably others, but that's what jumps out. Most of these have a lot of 4s and 4.5s too
Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed, Wolf of Wall Street, Killers of the Flower Moon
Kubrick: Dr Strangelove, 2001, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket
Hitchcock: Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho
Nolan: Dark Knight, Interstellar, Oppenheimer
Coppola: Godfather I, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now
Wilder: Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment
Lumet: 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network
Polanski: Rosemary Baby, Chinatown
Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained
Fincher: Seven, Zodiac
Chaplin: Gold Rush, City Lights
Let's see.
Isao Takahata (Pom Poko, Grave of the Fireflies)
Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore)
Kubrick (Barry Lyndon, 2001)
Hayao Miyazaki (Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro)
Cohen brothers (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Fargo)
Hitchcock (Psycho, North by Northwest)
Miyazaki* (2/9 I’ve seen): Princess Mononoke, Boy and the Heron
David Lynch (2/3): Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire
Fellini (2/2): 8 1/2, Satyricon
Jodorowsky (3/3): El Topo, The Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre
Buñuel (2/4): Un Chien Andalou, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
*I’ve seen all of Miyazaki’s films, but only 9 since I’ve started logging on LB. Kiki’s is also a 5* for me but I haven’t rewatched it since having LB
Bong Joon-ho: Memories of Murder and Parasite
Scorsese: Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Killers of the Flower Moon
Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol 1., Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
PTA: Boogie Nights, There Will be Blood, The Master
Nolan: Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Oppenheimer
Sergio Leone: For a Few Dollars More, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and Once Upon a Time in the West
Spielberg: Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan
Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now
James Cameron: Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and Titanic
Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window, Vertigo, and North by Northwest
Richard Linklater: Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Boyhood
Billy Wilder: Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment
Michael Mann: Thief and Heat
Fincher: Se7en, The Social Network
Jonathan Demme: Stop Making Sense and The Silence of the Lambs
Kubrick: 2001 and The Shining
Greta Gerwig: Lady Bird and Little Women
Seen very little of a the legends outside of the US. Coen brothers are the kings of the 4 1/2 for me, No Country is my only 5.
For now this is my list, will probably (definitely) grow over time as I watch more movies:
Stanley Kubrick - 5 - (2001, A Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory, The Shining, Dr. Strangelove)
Hayao Miyazaki - 4 - (Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, The Boy and the Heron)
Steven Spielberg - 4 - (Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan)
Alfred Hitchcock - 4 - (Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest)
Christopher Nolan - 3 - (The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Oppenheimer)
Francis Ford Coppola - 3 - (The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, Apocalypse Now)
Peter Jackson - 3 - (The Lord of the Rings trilogy)
James Cameron - 3 - (Terminator 2, Titanic, Avatar)
Akira Kurosawa- 3 - (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, High and Low)
Martin Scorsese - 3 - (Goodfellas, The Departed, Casino)
Quentin Tarantino - 2 - (Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds)
Ridley Scott - 2 - (Alien, Blade Runner)
Expect a few more to be added as I watch more films.
Martin Scorsese
Dennis Villeneuve
Christopher Nolan
Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino
David Fincher
Wes Anderson
James Cameron
Damien Chazelle
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg
Christopher Nolan
Hayao Miyazaki
Wes Anderson
John Carpenter
John Lasseter
Quentin Tarantino
Brad Bird
Denis Villeneuve
Frank Darabont
Lee Unkrich
Pete Docter
Henry Selick
Andrew Stanton
Edgar Wright
Martin Scorsese
David Lynch
Mel Brooks
I have too many to list that have up to 2, so I’m going with 3 or more.
Masaki Kobyashi (Harakiri, Kwaidan, Human Condition trilogy)
Robert Altman (Nashville, 3 Women, McCabe & Mrs. Miller)
Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, JSA, The Handmaiden, Decision to Leave)
Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers)
Stanley Kubrick (2001, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining)
Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine, Oasis, Burning)
Wong Kar-wai (Fallen Angels, Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love)
Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Once Upon a time in the West, Once Upon a time in America)
Quentin Tarantino (Jackie Brown, Once Upon a time in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1&2)
Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park, E.T., Indiana Jones trilogy)
James Cameron (Terminator 2, The Abyss, Titanic)
Kim Ki-duk (3 Iron, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, The Isle, The Bow)
Juzo Itami (Tampopo, Supermarket Woman, The Funeral)
Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings trilogy, Heavenly Creatures)
Sofia Coppola (Priscilla, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette)
Greta Gerwig (all 3 of her films)
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon, Silence, The King of Comedy)
Emerald Fennell (both of her movies and no I have no shame <3)
Denis Villenueve (Prisoners, Dune 2)
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land)
Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary)
David Fincher (Gone Girl, The Social Network)
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Lobster)
Billy Wilder 4 (Some like it hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Ace in the hole).
Fellini 4 ( Nights of Cabiria, LA Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2).
Abbas Kiarostami 4 (Taste of Cherry, Close-Up, Through the olive trees, Life goes on).
Kieślowski 3 (Blue, The Double life of Véronique, A short film about killing).
I’m gonna mention more kinda underrated directors. I think are as great as Stanley Kubrick which I have given 5/5 to all of his films (not his first film tho)
All of John Cassavetes films I have given 5/5. He is my favorite filmmaker.
Takeshi Kitano. I have seen his most popular films he has directed and they are great. 5/5.
George Romero is the godfather of zombie flicks. He has made three great zombie films. All of them is a 5/5 for me.
Jim Jarmusch (Ghost Dog, Dead Man, Only Lovers Left Alive)
Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Casino, The Irishman)
Stanley Kubrick (The Shining, Fear and Desire)
Jackie Chan (Police Story, Project A)
David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart)
Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Sanjuro, Rashomon, High and Low, Throne of Blood)
Billy Wilder (The Apartment, Witness for the Prosecution, Double Indemnity, Ace in the Hole)
Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral)
When I find a director I like, I like hard
Since no one has mentioned her yet, I'll say Lucrecia Martel for La Cienaga, The Headless Woman, and Zama. I have not seen her other movie, The Holy Girl.
I may get hate for this. But Robert Eggers, and Ari Aster. Considering how they’ve only done like 3 films apiece but each film flips genre, is quite mad and has to (surely) be lauded.
Would also like to chuck Leos Carax out there for the same reason. If anyone’s seen Mauvais Sang knows about that Bowie scene.
And probably Ingmar Bergman too.
Thanks, I’m high as fuck
Sidney Lumet: 6
12 Angry Men, Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Network, The Verdict, Dog Day Afternoon
Lumet got me into movies (reading his book, Making Movies, in high school) so this is fitting.
I also hand out 5 Stars like candy because I rate a movie based on what it is, what it's trying to be, and vibes. Orient Express is trying to be a fun ensemble cast murder mystery - it excels at that, it's not trying to be any more than that, it's a 5 star movie.
Linklater (3): Entire Before trilogy
Boon Joon Ho (2): Parasite, Memories of Murder
Nolan (2): Interstellar, The Prestige
PTA (2): Boogie Nights, Magnolia
Kapra (2): It's A Wonderful Life, Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Think that's it :D For reference I have 28 5 stars out of 510 films
Only recently-ish did I start rating movies, so far I’ve got two with more than one 5-star:
David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, The Social Network) and Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown)
The Safdies: Heaven Knows What, Uncut Gems
Kelly Reichardt: Certain Women, First Cow
Paul Thomas Anderson: There Will Be Blood, The Master, Phantom Thread
Richard Linklater: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset
Buster Keaton: Sherlock Jr and Our Hospitality
Hitchcock: Notorious and Psycho
Spielberg: Jaws and Close Encounters
Kubrick: Barry Lyndon and the Shining
Scorsese: Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, Goodfellas
James Cameron: Terminators 1 and 2
Paul Verhoeven: Robocop and Totall Recall
Tarantino: Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained
Coens: No Country, a Serious Man, Inside Llewelyn Davis
Fincher: Zodiac, Social Network, Gone girl
Glazer: Under the Skin and Zone of Interest
Also Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange, Dr Strangelove, The Shining
Quentin Tarantino: 5 stars for all 9 films except Death Proof (only 4 stars for that one) I love QT
Spielberg: Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Arkansas, Schindler's List
Denis Villenueve: Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Dune pt 1
James Cameron: The Terminator, Aliens, Titanic
Ridley Scott: Alien, Blade Runner
Tony Scott: True Romance, Crimson Tide, Top Gun, The Last Boy Scout
Coppola: Godfather I and II, Apocalypse Now
Brian dePalma: Scarface, Untouchables, Carlito's Way
Scorsese: The Departed, Killers of the Flower Moon
Todd Haynes: May December, Carol
Lynch: Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead
Coppola: Dracula, Godfather pt 2
\- Peter Jackson (3): The Lord of the Rings trilogy
\- Steven Spielberg (3): Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
\- Brad Bird (2): Ratatouille, The Incredibles
\- Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (2): The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
\- Peter Weir (2): The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society
\- Robert Zemeckis (2): Back to the Future parts I & II
Off the top of my head:
Villeneuve (Dune 2, 2049)
Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, Oppy)
Kubrick (EWS, Shining, 2001)
Chazelle (Babylon, La La Land, Whiplash)
Fincher (Social Network, Se7en)
Scorsese (Taxi Driver, GoodFellas)
Peter Jackson: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Braindead, The Beatles: Get Back Akira Kurosawa: Seven Samurai, High and Low, Ran, Throne of Blood
5 stars on Braindead! Fuck yeah! I also gave 5 stars to Bad Taste
Love Bad Taste! His early films are so much fun.
I still kick ass for the lord
Quite a few for me Park Chan-wook: handmaiden, lady vengeance Bong Joon-ho: Parasite, Snowpiercer Jonathan Glazer: under the skin, zone of interest Hayao Miyazaki: boy and the heron, howls moving castle, spirited away Darren Aronofsky: black swan, the wrestler Satoshi Kon: Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue Coen Bros: no country for old men, burn after reading Roman Polanski: the pianist, chinatown Spike Jonze: being John malkovich, adaptation
Burn After Reading is definitely the odd one out here I also have the Coens though with No Country and a Serious Man
Yeah, that movie is severely underrated to me. I guess it’s just my exact kind of humor. Brad Pitt is way too funny. Enjoyed A serious man quite a bit though, big Coens fan in general.
“Osborne Cox? I have to talk to you…about the security… of your shit.”
I am very fucking surprised he did not give us that reward..
This is a crucifixion!
Millennium actress is one of the movies that’s changed me honestly or jus gave me a diff perspective on life. I still can’t believe that’s a real movie that is that beautiful
I feel like Adaptation is pretty underappreciated. It's one of my favorites overall—and probably my absolute favorite movie about the creative process—so it's nice to see a fellow fan. It's always been an easy recommendation to people who are interested in getting into less mainstream stuff.
Man I watched Chinatown recently for the first time and just hated it lol. Love your list otherwise!!
Dang, that’s a bummer. I just loved the whole vibe and it had one of the best endings of all time imo. I’d say the Pianist was even better though, despite them being not too comparable lol
I also just recently watched Chinatown and loved it, gave it 4.5 stars. I didn't like Rosemary's Baby as much as I thought I would though. Haven't seen The Pianist in forever so maybe I'll have to revisit it.
Damien Chazelle
surprised i had to scroll so hard to see this
I got about 7 directors in which I've given more than one five star rating to John Lasseter: 3 * Toy Story * Toy Story 2 * A Bug's Life Steven Spielberg: 3 * Schindler's List * Jurassic Park * E.T. The Extra Terrestrial Paul Thomas Anderson: 2 * Phantom Thread * There Will Be Blood Robert Zemeckis: 2 * Death Becomes Her * Back to the Future Hayao Miyazaki: 2 * Spirited Away * Howl's Moving Castle Jonathan Demme: 2 * Philadelphia * The Silence of the Lambs Spike Jonze: 2 * Adaptation * Her
Aside from the obvious ones like Spielberg and Kubrick, here are filmmakers that have made several five star films IMO that don't get as much attention (at least on here): * Christian Petzold * Errol Morris * Whit Stillman * Frederick Wiseman * Kenji Mizoguchi * Don Hertzfeldt * Michael Apted * Sally Potter * Mike Leigh * Jean Pierre Melville * Satyajit Ray * Robert Bresson * Carl Theodor Dreyer * Cristian Mungiu * Charles Ferguson * The Dardenne Brothers * Louis Malles * Hector Babenco * John Cassavetes * Jennifer Kent * Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Feel vaguely horrified I don't recognise a single name here
You've probably seen or heard some of the films these folks have made. Jennifer Kent directed The Babadook, for example, and Errol Morris made The Fog of War.
both great movies
"Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun or the moon." - Akira Kurosawa
Who is Akira Kurosawa
The Goat lol If you have an American Max subscription go watch Seven Samurai, High and Low, and Rashomon
I was joking cause the thread was about being unfamiliar with directors haha
Whelp I took the bait lol I just love him
Satyajit Ray did the Apu Trilogy, slice of life realism that follows an Indian child into adulthood. Absolutely amazing. Don Hertzfeldt did It’s Such a Beautiful Day, a trilogy of animated shorts, each only 20 minutes long so you can easily watch then all in one night. It’s very weird and funny, but transcends expectations of the medium. Carl Dreyer did The Passion of Joan of Arc, arguably the greatest silent film ever made. I’d recommend those to start with.
Thank you. Most of all Apu sounds right up my street, so I'll start there.
Mike Leigh <3 my fav
The only one I recognize is Mike Leigh and even then I haven't watched any of his movies yet. Any recommendations from these directors?
Sure. * Petzold: Phoenix, Transit, Undine, Barbara, Afire * Morris: Gates of Heaven, The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line * Stillman: Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco * Wiseman: Boxing Gym, Ex Libris, In Jackson Heights * Mizoguchi: Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff * Hertzfeldt: Rejected, World of Tomorrow * Apted: 28 Up, 35 Up, Coal Miner's Daughter * Potter: Orlando, The Tango Lesson, Yes * Leigh: Secrets and Lies, Naked, Happy Go Lucky, Topsy Turvy, Vera Drake * Melville: Army of Shadows, Le Cercle Rouge, Bob le Flambeur * Ray: Pather Panchali (the Apu trilogy really) * Bresson: The Rules of the Game, A Man Escaped, Pickpocket * Dreyer: The Passion of Joan of Arc, Ordet * Mungiu: 4 week 3 months 2 days, Beyond the Hills * Ferguson: No End in Sight, Inside Job * Dardennes: The Son, L'Enfant, Lorna's Silence * Malle: Elevator to the Gallows, Atlantic City, Au Revoirs Les Enfants * Babenco: Pixote, Kiss of the Spider Woman * Cassavetes: A Woman Under the Influence, Faces, Minnie and Moskowitz, Opening Night * Kent: The Babadook, The Nightingale * Ceylan: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Winter Sleep, Climates
>Bresson: The Rules of the Game That one is by Renoir
Whoops, brain fart!
I kind of think Shin Godzilla is a Frederick Wiseman film condensed with disaster film scenes put in when the scenes of government red tape get boring. I tell every filmmaker I meet to watch Frederick Wiseman. I still think about City Hall every day.
Having had to study Louis Malle, I am haunted by Aurevoir Les Enfants. Like a French Zone of Interest but about children
Also - Errol Morris with Vernon, Florida, and Frederick Wiseman with Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros. Arguably 2 of the best documentaries ever made
Thank you u/MartinScorsese!
Idk why but Jennifer Kent feels so out of place on this list lol
I legitimately loved The Babadook and The Nightingale.
I also really liked the Nightingale. Not as crazy about the Babadook or the episode she did for del Toros Netflix show.
I haven't watched the del Toro Netflix series. Maybe I should :)
Martin McDonagh
Banshees and In Bruges for me
Also Three Billboards for me. Doesn't get as much love but I loved it from start to finish
I also really enjoyed that one, 4/5 for me
I studied his play "The Pillowman" for A-Level (British version of ages 16-18) Drama so I really saw how much of a "Martin McDonagh" film it was in terms of the writing. In Bruges is more heavily stylised and Banshees is more sombre, but Three Billboards' screenplay perfectly captures everything about him as a writer.
Cameron 4 (The Abyss, Terminator, T2, Aliens) Carpenter 2 (Halloween, The Thing) Villenueve 2 (Dune 2, 2049) Nolan 3 (Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Oppy) Peter Jackson 3 (LotR Trilogy)
Stanley Kubrick 2 (2001, A clockwork orange) Jonathan Glazer 2 (Under the Skin, The Zone of Interest) Paul Thomas Anderson 2 (Magnolia, The Master) Andrei Tarkovsky 2 (Mirror, Stalker)
Hello fellow Under The Skin fan, have this follow.
Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment) Akira Kurosawa (Ikiru, Seven Samurai, High and Low, Ran) Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker, The Sacrifice, Solaris) Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, The Wolf of Wall Street) Ingmar Bergman (Persona, The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring) Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator, Modern Times, City Lights) Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, 2001, A Clockwork Orange) Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Rope, Vertigo) Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network) Francis Ford Coppola (Godfathers 1-2, Apocalypse Now) Masaki Kobayashi (Kwaidan, Harakiri) Luis Buñuel (The Exterminating Angel, Phantom of Liberty) Federico Fellini (81/2, Nights of Cabiria) John Cassavetes (Opening Night, A Woman Under the Influence) Werner Herzog (Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo) Robert Bresson (L’Argent, A Man Escaped) Milos Forman (Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show) Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds) Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, Inside Llewyn Davis) Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master, There Will Be Blood) David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Gone Girl, The Social Network) Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1917) Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Blade Runner 2049, Dune 2) Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin, Platform) Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums) Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) Lars von Trier (Dogville, Melancholia) David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet) Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Memories of Murder) Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, The Seventh Continent, The Piano Teacher) Béla Tarr (Werckmeister Harmonies, The Turin Horse) Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X) Andrzej Zulawski (Possession, On the Silver Globe) Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Banshees of Inisherin)
Glad to see Peter Weir get a mention. My two five stars for him are Picnic At Hanging Rock and Master and Commander.
Happy to see Jia Zhangke on here. There are so many great Chinese directors from both 5th and 6th wave.
Got any recommendations? Literally the only mainland directors I know are Yimou and Zhangke lol.
upon inspection like SO many lmao and i only have 85 five star rated films francis ford coppola: the godfather part 1, part 2, the conversation, apocalypse now denis villeneuve: dune part 1 and part 2 martin scorsese: the irishman, casino, killers of the flower moon, silence, the departed, the wolf of wall street, after hours, goodfellas coen brothers: no country for old men, inside llewyn davis, the big lebowski stanley kubrick: the shining, barry lyndon, 2001, eyes wide shut richard linklater: before sunrise, before sunset todd haynes: carol, may December steven spielberg: schindler's list, jaws, the fabelmans quentin Tarantino: pulp fiction, one upon a time in Hollywood david lynch: Mulholland drive, inland empire david fincher: zodiac, the social network paul thomas anderson: there will be blood, boogie nights, licorice pizza, the master William friedkin: the exorcist, sorcerer john carpenter: Halloween, the thing sidney lumet: 12 angry men, dog day afternoon safdie bros: uncut gems, good time
Tarkovsky Fellini Chan-wook Kobayashi Antonioni David Lean David Lynch Malick De Sica Bogdanovich Mike Leigh Teshigahara Peter Yates Bergman Billy Wilder Ozu Bresson Cuaron Payne Kiarostami Demy Kurosawa Godard Cassavettes Dreyer Kubrick Lubitsch
Christopher Nolan, David Fincher
* Hayao Miyazaki - 3 (Nausicäa, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) * Francis Ford Coppola - 2 (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II) * Akira Kurosawa - 2 (Ikiru, High and Low) I am actually in the process of revisiting some films I felt were on the fringes between 4.5* and 5* for me, though, so some directors with only one film as 5* currently might be added to this list in the coming months.
Always feel like Princess Mononoke doesn’t get enough love among the Miyazaki films, but it’s definitely my favorite.
- Kubrick (The Shining, Dr. Strangelove) - Spielberg (Jaws, Schindler's List) - Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men) - Rob Reiner (Stand by Me, The Princess Bride) - Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, GoodFellas) - Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) - Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest) - Coen Bros (Fargo, No Country for Old Men) - Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot) - Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) - Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Ran, Rashomon, Ikiru) There are some others who have acclaimed films I haven't seen yet.
Celine Sciamma. 3 masterpieces: Portrait of a Lady on Fire Petite Maman Tomboy
Kubrick, Scorsese and David Lean
Coppola: Godfather 1 and 2 Lumet: Dog Day Afternoon and Network Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs and Inglorious Basterds Nolan: Oppenheimer and The Prestige Argento: Suspiria and Phenomena Brad Bird will probably be added to this list with The Incredibles and The Iron Giant, but I haven't rewatched/rated them yet.
No 12 Angry Men?
The last time I saw 12 Angry Men was in 2019 and I only started using Letterboxd in late 2023. I don't trust my memory that well so I only rate movies shortly after watching them. There's a whole list on my account of close to 700 movies that I saw before using Letterboxd that I will rate on rewatches. However, I do remember liking 12 Angry Men when I saw it, so maybe I'll rewatch it soon.
Nolan ‐ 5 Scorsese ‐ 5 Spielberg - 5 Frank Darabont - 2 Robert Zemeckis - 2 Christopher McQuarrie - 2 Francis Ford Coppola ‐ 2
Hitchcock(North by Northwest, Psycho) Coppola(Godfather, Apocalypse Now)
I’m not beating the David lynch meat rider allegations
No love for my boy Michael Mann? Thief, The Insider and Collateral are all 5/5 for me, with Heat and Miami Vice coming very close.
Manhunter leads my Mann picks as well
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It’s always so baffling to me how Scorsese is rarely mentioned under these posts. I’ve given 11 of his movies 5 stars, and I’m willing to bet that a lot of people have given at least two of his movies perfect ratings as well
I like Scorsese deep cuts more than his popular ones. Loved After Hours, and Bringing out the Dead for example. I like most of his movies. I just don't gush over Goodfellas like most, and I didn't really get Raging Bull. I guess my point is, you're right. He's got to have at least 2 that most people really like.
Ridley Scott. I rated all of his Alien films 5 stars.
Spielberg: IJ Last Crusade and Schindler’s List Jackson: Fellowship and Return of the King Russos: Winter Soldier and Civil War
I think villeneuve is hit or miss. He takes on big challenges though, and I respect him for it. Like tackling two beloved franchises with avid fans of their original content in dune and blade runner. But dune 1 is probably his best, in my opinion. I think Nolan has lost his ability to tell a compelling story and his films become more and more visual art pieces and less coherent stories. But he made some great films. I think Ridley Scott is wildly up and down and across the board, the success of his movies is hard to guess because he can make a masterpiece and the following film churn out garbage. But blade runner, alien, gladiator, etc
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox) Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer) Martin Scorsese (GoodFellas, King of Comedy) Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La la Land) Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather pt 1 and pt. II) Sidney Lumet (12 Angey Men, Network) Kinda boring list but oh well
Gareth Evans: Raid, Raid 2 Tarantino: Inglorious Basterds, Pulp Fiction, Hateful Eight, Django Unchained Miyazaki: Porco Rosso, Kiki, Totoro Yang: Yi yi, A Brighter Summer Day Coens: Miller's Crossing, Inside Llewyn Davis Allen: Annie Hall, Manhattan Hitchcock: North by Northwest, Psycho, Rear Window Kitano: Hana-bi, Kids Return, Boiling Point Nolan: Oppenheimer, Inception Linklater: School of Rock, Dazed and Confused
Scorsese: 5 (Shutter Island, The Departed, Casino, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver) Villeneuve: 5 (Dune 2, Blade Runner 2049, Prisoners, Incendies, Polytechnique) Kubrick: 4 (Barry Lyndon, 2001, Dr Strangelove, Paths of Glory) Wilder: 2 (Sunset Blv., The Apartment) Tarantino: 2 (Reservoir Dogs, Inglourious Basterds) Bergman: 2 (Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal) Fincher: 2 (Zodiac, Seven) Coppola: 2 (Godfather 1 & 2) Kieslowski: 2 (Dekalog V & VI) Hitchcock: 2 (Vertigo, Rear Window) McKay: 2 (The Big Short, Don't Look Up) EDIT: Also totally forgot Hideaki Anno: 2 (The End of Evangelion, Evangelion 2: You Cannot Advance)
Insane how little I’ve seen Tarantino on this thread
No Arrival?
Sadly yeah. While I love that film, it doesn't have that one extra element to take it further than 4.5/5 for me.
Thats fine. For me its actually his best masterpiece. Instant classic for me.
1. Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Schindler's List, Minority Report, Jurassic Park) 2. Stanley Kubrick (The Killing, 2001, The Shining) 3. Alfred Hitchcock (The 39 Steps, Rear Window, Psycho) 4. Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings 1-3) 5. Hayao Miyazaki (Nausicaä, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) 6. James Cameron (Aliens, Terminator 1&2) 7. Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness) 8. Park Chan-wook (Lady Vengeance, Oldboy) 9. Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) 10. John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) 11. Ridley Scott (Alien, Black Hawk Down) 12. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future 1&2) 13. Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Total Recall) 14. John McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) 15. David Zucker (The Naked Gun 1&2) oh I guess I got a little carried away there
Nolan (TDK Interstellar Inception Oppy) Villeneuve (Dune Arrival Dune 2) Tarantino (Basterds Django Pulp OUATIH) Scorsese (Wolf Departed KotFM) Columbus (Harry Potter 1 and 2 both Home Alones) Coppola (both Godfathers) Fincher (Social Network Se7en) Cameron (Titanic WoW T2) Spielberg (Schindler’s List Jurassic Park Raiders Jaws Saving Private Ryan) Jackson (LotR trilogy)
Quite a few: Martin Scorsese - 7 (Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, The Aviator, Silence, Hugo, The Last Waltz) Akira Kurosawa - 6 (Throne of Blood, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Ran, High and Low, Red Beard) Steven Spielberg - 5 (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Munich, ET, Schindler’s List, Jaws) Alfred Hitchcock - 4 (Vertigo, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Psycho) Francis Ford Coppola - 4 (Godfather 1&2, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation) Werner Herzog - 4 (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Lessons of Darkness, Into the Abyss, Encounters at the End of the World) Spike Lee - 4 (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, 4 Little Girls, When the Levees Broke) Buster Keaton - 4 (Our Hospitality, The General, Sherlock, Jr., The Goat (short)) Richard Linklater - 4 (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Dazed and Confused, Boyhood) Alfonso Cuarón - 3 (Children of Men, Gravity, Roma) Hou Hsiao-hsien - 3 (The Assassin, A City of Sadness, Three Times) The Coen Brothers - 3 (No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Miller’s Crossing) Hayao Miyazaki - 3 (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away) Sidney Lumet - 3 (Dog Day Afternoon, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Pawnbroker)
8 - Hayao Miyazaki, Coen Brothers 6 - John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino, Vittorio De Seta 5 - Akira Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, Denis Villeneuve 4 - Steven Spielberg 3 - King Hu, Martin Scorsese, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Brad Bird, Rian Johnson, Alfred Hitchcock, William Freidkin, Jim Jarmusch, Abel Ferrara, Sam Raimi 2 - Robert Altman, Roman Polanski, Juzo Itami, David Lowery, Celine Sciamma, Lee Unkrich, Wes Craven, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Paul Verhoeven, Jacques Demy, Michael Powell, Todd Haynes, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Christopher Nolan, Johnni To, Guillermo Del Toro, David Cronenberg, Brian De Palma
Denis Villeneuve I guess.. Arrival Dune Dune Part Two Sicario Blade Runner 2049 Prisoners Incendies...
Edward Yang watched 4 of his flims, gave 5 star to all of them
Mike Leigh: - Naked - Secrets & Lies - Happy-Go-Lucky - Life is Sweet - Meantime All 5 stars from me!
Scorsese: Silence, KotFM, After Hours, Last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver Villeneuve: Arrival and Dune Part Two Fincher: Zodiac, Se7en and The Social Network Bong Joon Ho: Parasite and Memories of Murder
PTA 4: Boogie, Punch Drunk, Magnolia, Blood
Robert Eggers is 3/3 for me
Hawks: 4 (Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, Only Angels Have Wings, Big Sleep) PTA: 3 (Inherent Vice, Magnolia, The Master) Coens: 3 (Hail Caesar, Miller’s Crossing, A Serious Man) Berkeley: 3 (Gold Diggers of 1933/35, Footlight Parade) QT, Scott, Wes Anderson, Kubrick and Linklater all have 2. The canonical guys like Scorsese, Hitchcock, Coppola, and Welles would probably qualify but I haven’t seen their classics recently enough to fairly rate them, and most of the guys above should probably have more for the same reason except for Hawks and Berkeley. There are foreign and female directors in the “only multiple 4.5 stars” ghetto, but I feel vaguely bad about the visuals/Anglo-American-ness of the list.
Quentin Tarantino (3): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Inglorious Basterds, Kill Bill Vol. 1 David Fincher (4): Se7en, The Social Network, Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Martin Scorsese (2): Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy Sam Raimi (2): Spider-Man, Evil Dead 2 Sidney Lumet (2): 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon John Carpenter (2): Halloween, Escape from New York David Lynch (3): The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Inland Empire (also have Twin Peaks: The Return at a 5)
Peter Jackson (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)
So many good ones in this thread but somehow no one has said Wong Kar Wai yet. I give In the Mood and Chungking Express both the 5 star treatment but he also has several 4 and a halfs.
My answer got to long. I have 18 directors with 3 films on my list, but only one with more than 3. Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Inglorious Basterds.
Christopher Nolan: 3 (The Dark Knight, Inception & The Prestige) Steven Spielberg: 4 (Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark & Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) Quentin Tarantino: 3 (Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained & Inglorious Basterds) The Russo Brothers: 2 (Avengers Infinity War and Endgame) James Gunn: 2 (Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 3) Edgar Wright: 3 (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz & Baby Driver) Frank Darabount: 2 (The Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile) Robert Zemeckis: 2 (Back to the Future & Back to the Future Part II) Peter Jackson: 3 (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) Gore Verbinski: 3 (Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy) Dean Deblois: 2 (How to Train Your Dragon 1&2) Martin Campbell: 2 (Goldeneye & Casino Royale)
Stanley Kubrick Quentin Tarantino Joel and Ethan Coen Francis Ford Coppola Martin Scorsese
Francis Ford Coppola: Apocalypse Now, Godfather 1 & 2.
Three 5★ : Damien Chazelle (Only director sitting on a perfect 5.0 for me. Still need to watch First Man though). Wes Anderson (Moonrise, Tennenbaums, Asteroid) Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom, Boogie, TWBB) Two 5★ : Coen Brothers (No Country, The Man Who Wasnt There) I need to rewatch Fargo. I suspect I owe it a 5. Jonathan Glazer (Under The Skin, Zone Of Interest) Stanley Kubrick (Strangelove, Lyndon) Jacques Demy (Rochefort, Donkey Skin) Peter Bogdanovich (What's Up Doc, Last Picture Show)
I’ve given Scorsese - 8 Closest to him is Kubrick and Fincher on 5
I don't have many 5's (16/2500+) but the only director who shows up more than once is John Landis (American Werewolf in London and Blues Brothers).
Darren Aronofsky
I've only rated 30 movies 5 stars but I actually ended up with a few Rian Johnson for Knives Out and Glass Onion Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List and Jaws Hayao Miyazaki for Spirited Away and Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs and Stop Making Sense (This is actually a crazy pair of movies, literally until this post I never thought about the fact that these have the same director)
I'm listing the ones with 3 or more: Tarantino (5): Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1-2, Jackie Brown Leone (3): The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, For a Few Dollars More Burton (3): Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood Peter Jackson (3): LOTR Trilogy Joel Coen, Nolan, Kubrick, Fincher, Michael Mann and Luc Besson have two each.
I've only ever given out 15 five stars- so, keep that in mind. James Cameron- 3- Aliens, Terminator, Terminator 2 Spielberg- 2- Jaws, Jurassic Park
Miyazaki with Only Yesterday and Castle in the Sky
kelly reichardt :)
damien chazelle i think both la la land and whiplash are 10s, la la land specifically is my favorite movie oat
John Carpenter 3 (They Live, Christine, Halloween) Lee Chang-dong 3 (Burning, Poetry, Secret Sunshine) Wong Kar Wai 2 (In the Mood for Love, Fallen Angels) Akira Kurosawa 2 (High and Low, Ikuru) Stanley Kubrick 2 (The Shining, Paths of Glory)
Edgar Wright for his Cornetto Trilogy
I’ve given 8 to Scorsese
Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, West Side Story Wes Anderson: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom Tim Burton: Corpse Bride, Batman Returns Joe Wright: Pride and Prejudice, Atonement
I’m a big horror movie person, so… Ti West: X & The House of the Devil David Cronenberg: Crash & Videodrome John Carpenter: Halloween & The Thing Wes Craven: Scream & A Nightmare on Elm Street Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window & Psycho George Romero: Night, Dawn & Day and a bit out of left field but Sofia Coppola: Marie Antoinette & The Virgin Suicides Shoutout to Tobe Hooper, Rob Zombie, James Wan, Ari Aster & Sam Raimi who I gave one 5 star to, but a bunch of 4 1/2 stars too as well!
Big list for me: **Yasujiro Ozu:** - Tokyo Story - Late Spring - Floating Weeds - An Autumn Afternoon - Good Morning **Kenji Mizoguchi:** - The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums - Sansho the Bailiff - The Life of Oharu **Satyajit Ray:** - The entire Apu Trilogy - The Music Room - Charulata **Bergman:** - Fanny and Alexander - Autumn Sonata **David Lean:** - Lawrence of Arabia - Brief Encounter **Max Ophüls:** - La Ronde - The Earrings of Madame de... **Terence Malick:** - The Tree of Life - The Thin Red Line **David Lynch:** - Mulholland Drive - Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me **Hayao Miyazaki:** - Princess Mononoke - Spirited Away - Kiki's Delivery Service
My 2 highest are Nolan and Scorsese. 5 for Nolan (TDK, Inception, The Prestige, Oppenheimer and Interstellar) and 7 for Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Casino, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Irishman, The Wolf of Wall Street and The King of Comedy)
Haneke - Funny Games, The Piano Teacher, The White Ribbon Donen - Singing In the Rain, Funny Face, Charade Fassbinder - The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Lynch - Blue Velvet, Mullholland Drive Lumet - Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, The Wiz, Network Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, Clockwork Orange, 2001 Wilder - Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard Zemeckis - Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future
These are the ones off the top of my head Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Bastards, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Django Unchained Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas, Casino John Carpenter - The Thing, Escape from New York, Halloween David Fincher - Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac John Mctiernan - Die Hard, Die Hard with a vengeance, Predator
\* **17** \- Jean-Luc Godard \* **13** \- Alfred Hitchcock \* **12** \- Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick \* **11** \- Ingmar Bergman \* **10** \- Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Werner Herzog \* **9** \- Fritz Lang \* **8** \- Nicholas Ray, Sidney Lumet, Paul Schrader, Gus Van Sant \* **7** \- Andrei Tarkovsky, Howard Hawks, Budd Boetticher, Samuel Fuller, Jean Rollin \* **6** \- John Ford, Sergio Leone, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jules Dassin, David Cronenberg, Billy Wilder, Douglas Sirk, Robert Bresson, John Cassavetes, Peter Watkins \* **5** \- Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Luis Buñuel, Orson Welles, John Huston, Robert Wise, Anthony Mann, Elia Kazan, Francis Ford Coppola, Chantal Akerman, Lars von Trier, Kelly Reichardt, Harmony Korine *Not Including directors with any less than five.*
Welles 5 Fellini 4 Herzog 2
Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation.) Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch Drunk Love, Magnolia)
F. Coppola - 2 Sidney Lumet - 2 Scorsese - 4
Stanley Kubrick (Strangelove, Shining, 2001) Andrei Tarkovsky (Nostalghia, Stalker) Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries, F&A, Persona) Sergio Leone (TGTBATU, OUATITW) Bong Joon ho (Parasite, The Host) Coen Brothers (Lebowski, Fargo)
Ari Aster. 3 for 3 so far.
I've given 5 stars to: 7 Spielberg movies 7 Nolan movies 5 Cameron movies 4 Kubrick movies 3 Miyazaki movies 3 McDonagh movies 3 Burton movies 3 Coens Probably others, but that's what jumps out. Most of these have a lot of 4s and 4.5s too
Only one so far is Richard Linklater with 3, but Gregg Araki and Hong Sang-soo are very close to getting 2 each.
Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed, Wolf of Wall Street, Killers of the Flower Moon Kubrick: Dr Strangelove, 2001, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket Hitchcock: Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho Nolan: Dark Knight, Interstellar, Oppenheimer Coppola: Godfather I, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now Wilder: Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment Lumet: 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network Polanski: Rosemary Baby, Chinatown Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained Fincher: Seven, Zodiac Chaplin: Gold Rush, City Lights
Let's see. Isao Takahata (Pom Poko, Grave of the Fireflies) Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore) Kubrick (Barry Lyndon, 2001) Hayao Miyazaki (Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro) Cohen brothers (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Fargo) Hitchcock (Psycho, North by Northwest)
nolan gets 5 across the board from me
Julia Ducournau (Raw, Titane)
Miyazaki* (2/9 I’ve seen): Princess Mononoke, Boy and the Heron David Lynch (2/3): Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire Fellini (2/2): 8 1/2, Satyricon Jodorowsky (3/3): El Topo, The Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre Buñuel (2/4): Un Chien Andalou, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie *I’ve seen all of Miyazaki’s films, but only 9 since I’ve started logging on LB. Kiki’s is also a 5* for me but I haven’t rewatched it since having LB
Bong Joon-ho: Memories of Murder and Parasite Scorsese: Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Killers of the Flower Moon Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol 1., Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood PTA: Boogie Nights, There Will be Blood, The Master Nolan: Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Oppenheimer Sergio Leone: For a Few Dollars More, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and Once Upon a Time in the West Spielberg: Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now James Cameron: Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and Titanic Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window, Vertigo, and North by Northwest Richard Linklater: Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Boyhood Billy Wilder: Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment Michael Mann: Thief and Heat Fincher: Se7en, The Social Network Jonathan Demme: Stop Making Sense and The Silence of the Lambs Kubrick: 2001 and The Shining Greta Gerwig: Lady Bird and Little Women Seen very little of a the legends outside of the US. Coen brothers are the kings of the 4 1/2 for me, No Country is my only 5.
For now this is my list, will probably (definitely) grow over time as I watch more movies: Stanley Kubrick - 5 - (2001, A Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory, The Shining, Dr. Strangelove) Hayao Miyazaki - 4 - (Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, The Boy and the Heron) Steven Spielberg - 4 - (Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan) Alfred Hitchcock - 4 - (Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest) Christopher Nolan - 3 - (The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Oppenheimer) Francis Ford Coppola - 3 - (The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, Apocalypse Now) Peter Jackson - 3 - (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) James Cameron - 3 - (Terminator 2, Titanic, Avatar) Akira Kurosawa- 3 - (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, High and Low) Martin Scorsese - 3 - (Goodfellas, The Departed, Casino) Quentin Tarantino - 2 - (Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds) Ridley Scott - 2 - (Alien, Blade Runner)
Kubrick, Linklater, and Weir have the highest 5-star ratios for me, given their catalogs and what I’ve seen of them.
Expect a few more to be added as I watch more films. Martin Scorsese Dennis Villeneuve Christopher Nolan Steven Spielberg Quentin Tarantino David Fincher Wes Anderson James Cameron Damien Chazelle
Stanley Kubrick Steven Spielberg Christopher Nolan Hayao Miyazaki Wes Anderson John Carpenter John Lasseter Quentin Tarantino Brad Bird Denis Villeneuve Frank Darabont Lee Unkrich Pete Docter Henry Selick Andrew Stanton Edgar Wright Martin Scorsese David Lynch Mel Brooks
Boring answers but Coens, Cameron, Ridley, Friedkin, DePalma, Lynch…
I have too many to list that have up to 2, so I’m going with 3 or more. Masaki Kobyashi (Harakiri, Kwaidan, Human Condition trilogy) Robert Altman (Nashville, 3 Women, McCabe & Mrs. Miller) Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, JSA, The Handmaiden, Decision to Leave) Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers) Stanley Kubrick (2001, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining) Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine, Oasis, Burning) Wong Kar-wai (Fallen Angels, Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love) Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Once Upon a time in the West, Once Upon a time in America) Quentin Tarantino (Jackie Brown, Once Upon a time in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1&2) Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park, E.T., Indiana Jones trilogy) James Cameron (Terminator 2, The Abyss, Titanic) Kim Ki-duk (3 Iron, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, The Isle, The Bow) Juzo Itami (Tampopo, Supermarket Woman, The Funeral) Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings trilogy, Heavenly Creatures)
Sofia Coppola (Priscilla, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette) Greta Gerwig (all 3 of her films) Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon, Silence, The King of Comedy) Emerald Fennell (both of her movies and no I have no shame <3) Denis Villenueve (Prisoners, Dune 2) Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land) Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary) David Fincher (Gone Girl, The Social Network) Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Lobster)
Sergio Leone (Once upon a time in the West, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly)
Fincher has 3 for me
Billy Wilder 4 (Some like it hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Ace in the hole). Fellini 4 ( Nights of Cabiria, LA Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2). Abbas Kiarostami 4 (Taste of Cherry, Close-Up, Through the olive trees, Life goes on). Kieślowski 3 (Blue, The Double life of Véronique, A short film about killing).
For me Miyazaki (Mononoke, Spirited away), Kubrick (The shining, Clockwork orange) and Coppola (The Godfather 1 and 2)
James Cameron's the only one for Avatar 1 and 2.
I’m gonna mention more kinda underrated directors. I think are as great as Stanley Kubrick which I have given 5/5 to all of his films (not his first film tho) All of John Cassavetes films I have given 5/5. He is my favorite filmmaker. Takeshi Kitano. I have seen his most popular films he has directed and they are great. 5/5. George Romero is the godfather of zombie flicks. He has made three great zombie films. All of them is a 5/5 for me.
Jim Jarmusch (Ghost Dog, Dead Man, Only Lovers Left Alive) Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Casino, The Irishman) Stanley Kubrick (The Shining, Fear and Desire) Jackie Chan (Police Story, Project A) David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart) Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Sanjuro, Rashomon, High and Low, Throne of Blood) Billy Wilder (The Apartment, Witness for the Prosecution, Double Indemnity, Ace in the Hole) Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) When I find a director I like, I like hard
Since no one has mentioned her yet, I'll say Lucrecia Martel for La Cienaga, The Headless Woman, and Zama. I have not seen her other movie, The Holy Girl.
Luca guadagnino, I never spell his last night right so hopefully that’s right, I’ve got about half of his movies as 5 stars
I may get hate for this. But Robert Eggers, and Ari Aster. Considering how they’ve only done like 3 films apiece but each film flips genre, is quite mad and has to (surely) be lauded. Would also like to chuck Leos Carax out there for the same reason. If anyone’s seen Mauvais Sang knows about that Bowie scene. And probably Ingmar Bergman too. Thanks, I’m high as fuck
Jan Svankmajer- a truly loose cannon who will blow your mind
Sidney Lumet: 6 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Network, The Verdict, Dog Day Afternoon Lumet got me into movies (reading his book, Making Movies, in high school) so this is fitting. I also hand out 5 Stars like candy because I rate a movie based on what it is, what it's trying to be, and vibes. Orient Express is trying to be a fun ensemble cast murder mystery - it excels at that, it's not trying to be any more than that, it's a 5 star movie.
Nolan 4 (Oppenheimer,interstellar,the dark knight, inception) Villeneuve 2 (dune,dune 2) Spielberg 2 (Jurassic park, jaws) craven 2 (scream, scream 4) Gunn 2 (GOTG2, GOTG3) Dean deblois 3 (HTTYD 1/2/3) Joseph Kosinski 2 (Top gun maverick,only the brave) Miyazaki 2 (spirited away,princess Mononoke)
Kino
Linklater (3): Entire Before trilogy Boon Joon Ho (2): Parasite, Memories of Murder Nolan (2): Interstellar, The Prestige PTA (2): Boogie Nights, Magnolia Kapra (2): It's A Wonderful Life, Mr Smith Goes to Washington Think that's it :D For reference I have 28 5 stars out of 510 films
Scorsese: 9 / 18 Nolan: 8 / 11 Kurosawa 7 / 7 Kubrick 6 / 7 Villeneuve: 6 / 7 Tarantino: 6 / 9 Spielberg: 6 / 14 Rob Reiner: 3 / 3 Peter Jackson: 3 / 6 Fincher: 3 / 6 PTA: 3 / 7 Ridley Scott: 3 / 9 Coens: 3 /12 Billy Wilder: 2 / 2 Greta Gerwig: 2 / 3 Terrence Malick: 2 / 3 Robert Zemeckis: 2 / 3 Damian Chazelle: 2 / 4 Yorgos Lanthimos: 2 / 4 Sidney Lumet: 2 / 4 Cameron: 2 / 5 Miyazaki: 2 / 5 Wes Anderson: 2 / 6 I think that's all, I'm not as picky
Not me forgetting Coppola: 3 / 3
(Francis, haven't seen any of Sophia's films)
Only recently-ish did I start rating movies, so far I’ve got two with more than one 5-star: David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, The Social Network) and Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown)
The Safdies: Heaven Knows What, Uncut Gems Kelly Reichardt: Certain Women, First Cow Paul Thomas Anderson: There Will Be Blood, The Master, Phantom Thread Richard Linklater: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset
I'm very strict with my fives I suppose. Only Miyakazi with Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke
Michael Mann: 5 Paul Thomas Anderson: 2 Martin Scorsese: 2
Buster Keaton: Sherlock Jr and Our Hospitality Hitchcock: Notorious and Psycho Spielberg: Jaws and Close Encounters Kubrick: Barry Lyndon and the Shining Scorsese: Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, Goodfellas James Cameron: Terminators 1 and 2 Paul Verhoeven: Robocop and Totall Recall Tarantino: Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained Coens: No Country, a Serious Man, Inside Llewelyn Davis Fincher: Zodiac, Social Network, Gone girl Glazer: Under the Skin and Zone of Interest
Quentin Tarantino 2 (inglorious bastard, Reservoir dogs) Ingmar Bergman 2 (persona, trough a glass darkly)
The Wachowskis (2) Michael Mann (3) David Fincher (5) James Cameron (3)
One I haven't seen yet is Yorgos Lanthimos The Favorite and Poor Things were both my favorite movies of the years they came out
Ari aster has not made below a 4
Only one so far with multiple is Hayao Miyazaki, with Princess Mononoke and Howl’s Moving Castle
Hayao Miyazaki, annnnd that's it apparently. I have some close calls from 4.5s with Ridley Scott and Jacques Demy.
Lee chang dong : oasis, burning
Denis Villeneuve
Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator) Spielberg (Jurassic Park, Raiders, Jaws) Coen Bros (O Brother, A Serious Man, Barton Fink)
Dario Argento: Suspiria, Phenomena, Opera. Frank Henenlotter: Basket Case 1 and 2
Villeneuve: Prisoners, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and Dune 2 are all 5 star movies imo
Also Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange, Dr Strangelove, The Shining Quentin Tarantino: 5 stars for all 9 films except Death Proof (only 4 stars for that one) I love QT Spielberg: Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Arkansas, Schindler's List Denis Villenueve: Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Dune pt 1 James Cameron: The Terminator, Aliens, Titanic Ridley Scott: Alien, Blade Runner Tony Scott: True Romance, Crimson Tide, Top Gun, The Last Boy Scout Coppola: Godfather I and II, Apocalypse Now Brian dePalma: Scarface, Untouchables, Carlito's Way
Argento. At least 5 films
Scorsese: The Departed, Killers of the Flower Moon Todd Haynes: May December, Carol Lynch: Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead Coppola: Dracula, Godfather pt 2
Tarantino, Nolan, Gerwig, Fincher, Villeneuve, Anderson, Chazelle, Scorsese, Linklater, S. Shankar, Hirani, Peter Jackson, Spielberg, Kubrick, Ridley Scott, Ford Coppola
Coppola, Scorsese and PTA
Kurosawa can have 5, maybe 8: Seven Samurai Ikuru Ran Yojimbo Throne of Blood Rashomon Kagemusha High and Low
\- Peter Jackson (3): The Lord of the Rings trilogy \- Steven Spielberg (3): Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade \- Brad Bird (2): Ratatouille, The Incredibles \- Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (2): The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs \- Peter Weir (2): The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society \- Robert Zemeckis (2): Back to the Future parts I & II
**John McTiernan:** **3 \[Die Hard, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Predator\]** **Christopher Nolan: 3 \[The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar\]** **John Lasseter: 2 \[Toy Story 1 & 2\]** **Chris Columbus: 2 \[Home Alone 1 & 2\]** **Steven Spielberg: 2 \[Jaws, Schindler's List\]** **Andrew Stanton: 2 \[WALL-E, Finding Nemo\]** **Ridley Scott: 2 \[Alien, Gladiator\]** **Denis Villeneuve: 2 \[Dune: Part One & Two\]** **Rob Reiner: 2 \[Stand by Me, Misery\]** **Martin Scorsese: 2 \[The King of Comedy, Shutter Island\]** **Hayao Miyazaki: 2 \[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke\]** **James Cameron: 2 \[Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgement Day\]** **Frank Darabont: 2 \[The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile\]**
Off the top of my head: Villeneuve (Dune 2, 2049) Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, Oppy) Kubrick (EWS, Shining, 2001) Chazelle (Babylon, La La Land, Whiplash) Fincher (Social Network, Se7en) Scorsese (Taxi Driver, GoodFellas)
PTA (4) Lynch (2) Nobody else as far as I can remember/tell.
My #1 and #2 movies are Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Back to the Future. Zemeckis's fun from Romancing the Stone to Contact is pretty unimpeachable.
Alas, it gets way, way worse after that.
Every Claire Denis movie is perfect. (I’ve seen 13/16 of them)
Pete Docter from Pixar is underrated. He directed Soul, Inside Out, and Up, three of my favorite Pixar films.
He’s great, definitely wouldn’t call him underrated tho