List added by BadSmile on 1 October 2008 02:31

Top Directors

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8.4

1. Paul Thomas Anderson

Best movies:

* Magnolia (1999)
* There Will Be Blood (2007)
* Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
* Boogie Nights (1997)
* Sydney (1996)

BadSmile's rating:

8.9

2. Stanley Kubrick

Best movies:

* 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
* Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
* A Clockwork Orange (1971)

BadSmile's rating:

9.4

3. Andrei Tarkovsky

Best movies:

* Stalker (1979)
* Zerkalo (1975)
* Ivanovo detstvo (1962)
* Offret (1986)

High expectations:

* Nostalghia (1983)
* Solyaris (1972)

4. Lars von Trier

Best movies:

* Dancer in the Dark (2000)
* Dogville (2003)
* Forbrydelsens element (1984)
* Europa (1991)
* Medea (1988)

High expectations:

* Idioterne (1998)
* Wasington (2009)

BadSmile's rating:

8.5

5. David Lynch

Best movies:

* Mulholland Dr. (2001)
* Lost Highway (1997)
* Inland Empire (2006)

BadSmile's rating:

9.1

6. Alfred Hitchcock

Best movies:

* Rear Window (1954)
* Vertigo (1958)
* North by Northwest (1959)

BadSmile's rating:

6.8

7. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Best movies:

* Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (2003)
* Ploy (2007)

8.6

8. Michael Haneke

Best movies:

* Caché (2005)
* Funny Games (1997)
* Benny's Video (1992)

High expectations:

* Der Siebente Kontinent (1989)
* Pianiste, La (2001)
* Temps du loup, Le (2003)
* Das Weiße Band (2009)

7.6

9. Todd Solondz

Best movies:

* Happiness (1998)
* Storytelling (2001)
* Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
* Palindromes (2004)

High expectations:

* Life During Wartime (2009)

9.3

10. Ingmar Bergman

Best movies:

* Persona (2002)
* Vargtimmen (1968)
* Fanny och Alexander (1982)

High expectations:

* Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973)

BadSmile's rating:

8.3

11. Ki-duk Kim

Best movies:

* Bin-jip (2004)

High expectations:

* Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003)

8.5

12. Ming-liang Tsai

Best movies:

* Ni na bian ji dian (2001)
* Dong (1998)

High expectations:

* Hei yan quan (2006)
* Visages (2009)

13. Jacques Rivette

Best movies:

* Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974)

8.8

14. Elem Klimov

Best movies:

* Idi i smotri (1985)

8.1

15. Woody Allen

Best movies:

* Annie Hall (1977)
* Manhattan (1979)
* Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

High expectations:

* Shadows and Fog (1991)
* Match Point (2005)

16. Gaspar Noé

Best movies

* Irréversible (2002)
* Seul contre tous (1998)

High expectations:

* Enter the Void (2009)

7.4

17. Nicolas Roeg

Best movies:

* The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

7.7

18. Guy Maddin

Best movies:

* The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
* My Winnipeg (2007)
* Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)

19. Jim Jarmusch

Best movies:

* Dead Man (1995)
* Down by Law (1986)
* Night on Earth (1991)
* Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

High expectations:

* Mystery Train (1989)
* Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
* The Limits of Control (2009)

BadSmile's rating:

8.6

20. Chan-wook Park

Best movies:

* Oldboy (2003)
* Boksuneun naui geot (2002)
* Chinjeolhan geumjassi (2005)
* Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA (2000)
* Saibogujiman kwenchana (2006)

High expectations:

* Bakjwi (2009)

BadSmile's rating:

8.9

21. Billy Wilder

Best movies:

* Sunset Blvd. (1950)
* The Lost Weekend (1945)
* Stalag 17 (1953)
* Ace in the Hole (1951)

BadSmile's rating:

8.3

22. Terrence Malick

Best movies:

* The Thin Red Line (1998)
* Days of Heaven (1978)

High expectations:

* The Tree of Life (2010)

BadSmile's rating:

9.3

23. Hayao Miyazaki

Best movies

* Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
* Mononoke-hime (1997)
* Tonari no Totoro (1988)
* Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)

High expectations:

* Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008)

BadSmile's rating:

8.7

24. Sergio Leone

Best movies:

* Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)
* C'era una volta il West (1968)
* Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

8.6

25. Robert Bresson

Best movies:

* Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)
* Diable probablement, Le (1977)

8.1

26. Alejandro González Iñárritu

Best movies:

* 21 Grams (2003)
* Babel (2006)
* Amores perros (2000)

High expectations:

* Biutiful (2009)

BadSmile's rating:

7.4

27. Gus Van Sant

Best movies:

* Paranoid Park (2007)
* Elephant (2003)
* Good Will Hunting (1997)
* Gerry (2002)

BadSmile's rating:

7.6

28. Richard Linklater

Best movies:

* Waking Life (2001)
* Before Sunrise (1995)
* Before Sunset (2004)

High expectations:

* Untitled 12-Year Richard Linklater Project (2013)

8.4

29. Michelangelo Antonioni

Best movies:

* Blowup (1966)

8.8

30. Werner Herzog

Best movies:

* Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
* Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)

High expectations:

* Fitzcarraldo (1982)

8.2

31. Darren Aronofsky

Best movies:

* Requiem for a Dream (2000)
* Pi (1998)
* The Fountain (2006)
* The Wrestler (2008)

8.2

32. Francis Ford Coppola

Best movies:

* Apocalypse Now (1979)
* The Godfather (1972)
* The Godfather: Part II (1974)

8.8

33. Jean-Luc Godard

Best movies:

* Week End (1967)

High expectations:

* Pierrot le fou (1965)
* À bout de souffle (1960)

8.8

34. Fritz Lang

Best movies:

* M (1931)

High expectations:

* Metropolis (1927)
* Testament du Dr. Mabuse, Le (1933)
* You Only Live Once (1937)

8.7

35. Charles Chaplin

Best movies:

* Modern Times (1936)
* The Gold Rush (1925)
* The Kid (1921)

High expectations:

* The Great Dictator (1940)

7.9

36. Sidney Lumet

Best movies:

* 12 Angry Men (1957)
* The Verdict (1982)
* Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
* Find Me Guilty (2006)

High expectations:

* Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

8.2

37. Stanley Kramer

Best movies:

* It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
* Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
* Inherit the Wind (1960)

High expectations:

* On the Beach (1959)

8.7

38. Martin Scorsese

Best movies:

* Goodfellas (1990)
* Raging Bull (1980)
* Taxi Driver (1976)
* Casino (1995)
* The Departed (2006)

High expectations:

* Cape Fear (1991)
* Shutter Island (2009)

BadSmile's rating:

8.5

39. Frank Capra

Best movies:

* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
* It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

8.2

40. David Fincher

Best movies:

* Se7en (1995)
* Fight Club (1999)
* Zodiac (2007)
* The Game (1997)

BadSmile's rating:

41. Terry Gilliam

Best movies:

* Brazil (1985)
* Twelve Monkeys (1995)
* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

High expectations:

* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

Comments

cigaretteburn

Posted : 1 year ago at Oct 23 7:43

8/10 mate.

Infenso

Posted : 11 months, 2 weeks ago at Dec 12 15:31

Kubrick, Lynch, Park and a lot of other great picks. Nice list!

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