June 25, 200719 yr Author How do you expect us to answer if we don't agree with the top five you've selected? That doesn't suprise me, you've shown your affection for Kubrick far too many times in the past. Pick from the poll (or not), then make your own list on this thread. The poll was meant to be a guideline.
June 25, 200719 yr The Coen Brother bear mentioning on this list as well Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona
June 25, 200719 yr Such a poll without Billy Wilder?? Other names I would consider: John Huston Howard Hawks Orson Welles Sam Peckinpah Robert Altman (some claim he is the best American director in history) David Lynch I would add William Wyler to the list.
June 25, 200719 yr Author It would have taken me another 20 minutes to list those other directors. :lol I removed the poll, btw.
June 25, 200719 yr I would agree with Scorsese. I think that you also have to consider Steven Spielberg, just a little. Good films to choose from by Spielberg: Jaws, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler's List, the Indiana Jones films, Empire of the Sun, Minority Report, Amistad, Munich, and a bunch of others. I would pick these five of his: -Schindler's List -Saving Private Ryan -Amistad -Munich (I feel it to be underrated) -Minority Report
June 25, 200719 yr The Coen Brother bear mentioning on this list as well Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona Am I the only one who thinks Raising Arizona is the best movie on that list? What a classic, so many great lines. One of the rare movies I can watch anytime I see it on TV, over and over again. "And this here's the TV. Two hours a day, either educational or football, so you don't ruin your appreciation of the finer things. "
June 25, 200719 yr Such a poll without Billy Wilder?? Other names I would consider: John Huston Howard Hawks Orson Welles Sam Peckinpah Robert Altman (some claim he is the best American director in history) David Lynch I would add William Wyler to the list. How is his resume better than Orson Welles' or Robert Altman's? He's made one great film and one conventional and overrated epic. I think Ben Hur, Roman Holiday, The Letter, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress, Mrs. Miniver and Wuthering Heights are all great films. I can watch all of them (except maybe Mrs. Miniver) repeatedly. From Welles I've watched Citizen Cane, Touch of Evil, The Lady From Shanghai and The Stranger. I loved Touch of Evil.. hated The Lady (and I love Rita), liked The Sranger but didn't think it's anything special and I have to admit I'm not into all the technical aspects so I'm not a Citizen Cane fan. I don't think Altman is anything special. I guess 3 Women and MASH are pretty good but I don't care for most of his work.
June 25, 200719 yr The Coen Brother bear mentioning on this list as well Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona Am I the only one who thinks Raising Arizona is the best movie on that list? What a classic, so many great lines. One of the rare movies I can watch anytime I see it on TV, over and over again. "And this here's the TV. Two hours a day, either educational or football, so you don't ruin your appreciation of the finer things. " :notworthy Raising Arizona is one of the most overlooked comedies ever. I never hear people mention it as a classic when it really is. Nic Cage is the man.
June 25, 200719 yr The Coen Brother bear mentioning on this list as well Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona Am I the only one who thinks Raising Arizona is the best movie on that list? What a classic, so many great lines. One of the rare movies I can watch anytime I see it on TV, over and over again. "And this here's the TV. Two hours a day, either educational or football, so you don't ruin your appreciation of the finer things. " Great movie.. love the Cohen brothers. A lot dont like it, for whatever reason, but i absolutely loved O Brother Where Art Thou
June 25, 200719 yr My vote: Scorsese Mean Streets Taxi Driver Raging Bull Goodfellas The Departed Have to find a way to put Casino in there.
June 25, 200719 yr Casino is better than Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and The Departed. The Age of Innocence is overlooked and I just felt I should ball wash Daniel Day-Lewis some more. :lol
June 26, 200719 yr The Coen Brother bear mentioning on this list as well Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona Am I the only one who thinks Raising Arizona is the best movie on that list? What a classic, so many great lines. One of the rare movies I can watch anytime I see it on TV, over and over again. "And this here's the TV. Two hours a day, either educational or football, so you don't ruin your appreciation of the finer things. " Great movie.. love the Cohen brothers. A lot dont like it, for whatever reason, but i absolutely loved O Brother Where Art Thou My favorite by them is either that or the Hudsucker Proxy.
June 26, 200719 yr The new Coen brothers film is supposed to be spectacular. The trailer looks amazing. http://youtube.com/watch?v=TzRTujK1Qw4 (While sawing off his shotgun) "If I don't come back, then you tell mother I love her" "Your mother's dead" "Well then I'll tell her myself"
June 26, 200719 yr Hitchcock: Strangers on a Train North by Northwest Vertigo Rear Window The Wrong Man
June 26, 200719 yr I think that you also have to consider Steven Spielberg. Agreed. Spielberg is my personal favorite but to each his own. I also think that guys like Mel Brooks [has won an Oscar, 3 Emmys, and a Grammy for those keeping score at home] and John Hughes [can't even talk about 80's films without talking about John Hughes. He defined a decade!] get the shaft because they aren't dramatic directors. However, if you take their body of work into account, you've got some great and/or entertaining stuff right there. For the record, I'm basing my decision solely on how much *I* enjoy an artists work. For Brooks I'll throw out: The Producers [1968 - Academy Award winner - Inspiration for "Achtung Baby"] Blazing Saddles [set the precident for over-the-top comedies from the Zucker Brothers, the Farrelly Brothers, etc] Young Frankenstein [brilliant movie and entertaining to this day] History of the World Part 1 ["I bring you these fifteen.. *crash* ..uh ten... TEN Commandments!"] Space Balls [Makes me laugh even after my 100th viewing] For Hughes I'll throw out: The Breakfast Club National Lampoon's Vacation Weird Science Ferris Bueller's Day Off Sixteen Candles Actually, I think I'll throw out another guy with an impressive body of work that is really overlooked; Rob Reiner: A Few Good Men ['nuff said] Stand By Me [What a great movie. Speaks to me in the same way as The Wonder Years did] The Princess Bride [One of my all time favorites] This is Spinal Tap [This "Rockumentary Mockumentary" was some groundbreaking stuff] The American President
June 26, 200719 yr As if this was even a contest. Terry Gilliam Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas 12 Monkeys Monty Python & the Holy Grail The Fisher King Brazil *not to mention Life of Brian and Time Bandits! :lol
June 26, 200719 yr Casino is better than Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and The Departed. No way it's better than GoodFellas. Casino is a good movie, but GoodFellas is much better. Casino is marginally better than The Departed, I think.
June 26, 200719 yr Surprised noone mentioned James Cameron. Who else is a better action director? Aliens,Terminator, Terminator 2, True Lies, Throw in The Abyss(underrated and beautiful) and Titanic, and he has to at least enter the conversation.
June 26, 200719 yr Casino is better than Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and The Departed. No way it's better than GoodFellas. Casino is a good movie, but GoodFellas is much better. Casino is marginally better than The Departed, I think. FWIW I definitely agree with Casino being better than both Goodfellas and The Departed.
June 26, 200719 yr Casino is better than Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and The Departed. No way it's better than GoodFellas. Casino is a good movie, but GoodFellas is much better. Casino is marginally better than The Departed, I think. Casnio is like Goodfellas except it has a better plot, better characters, better acting, a better ending and Scorsese fixed most of the things he did poorly in Goodfellas and improved on that format.
June 26, 200719 yr i know he's not in the same breath as all these legends but i have to give a shout-out to Michael Mann as he directed some of my fave movies. he mostly produced a lot of tv stuff but when he did make movies like Heat, The Insider, Last Of The Mohicans, and Collateral...can't go wrong with any of those (Miami Vice, sucked but i still loved the music he picked out!). anyway, his attention to detail is amazing (although the goofs for Heat are pages long :lol )
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