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Added by Larry Talbot on 28 May 2015 02:37
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My 25 favorite directors

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Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)


Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)


Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Average listal rating (77 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 0

Black Sunday (1960)


Black Sabbath (1963)


The Whip and the Body (1963)
Average listal rating (486 ratings) 8.8 IMDB Rating 0

The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly (1966)


Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)


Duck you sucker (1971)
Average listal rating (808 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 0

The Elephant Man (1980)


Blue Velvet (1986)


Mulholland Drive (2001)


Rosemary's Baby (1968)


Chinatown (1974)


Tess (1979)
Average listal rating (41 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 0

Walkabout (1971)


Don't Look Now (1973)


The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

The Double Life of Veronique (1991)


Three Colors: Blue (1993)


Three Colors: White (1994)


The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)


Vampyr (1932)


Day of Wrath (1943)

Badlands (1973)


Days of Heaven (1978)

Could only pick the two because his later work doesn't resonate with me as much.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger


Black Narcissus (1947)


The Red Shoes (1948)


Tales of Hoffman (1951)
Average listal rating (520 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 0

Rushmore (1998)


The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)


The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

The 400 Blows (1959)


Jules and Jim (1962)


Day for Night (1973)
Average listal rating (330 ratings) 8.9 IMDB Rating 0

Double Indemnity (1944)


Sunset Boulevard (1950)


Ace in the Hole (1951)

The Lady Eve (1941)


Sullivan's Travels (1942)


The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Average listal rating (194 ratings) 8.5 IMDB Rating 0

Great Expectations (1946)


Lawrence of Arabia (1962)


Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Average listal rating (220 ratings) 8.5 IMDB Rating 0

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)


The Searchers (1956)


The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Cat People (1942)


I Walked with a Zombie (1943)


Out of the Past (1947)

Paths of Glory (1957)


2001: a Space Odyssey (1968)


Barry Lyndon (1975)
Average listal rating (467 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 0

Citizen Kane (1941)


The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)


Touch of Evil (1960)
Average listal rating (50 ratings) 8.5 IMDB Rating 0

The Blood of a Poet (1930)


Beauty and the Beast (1946)


Orpheus (1950)

Average listal rating (99 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 0

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)


West Side Story (1961)


The Haunting (1963)
Average listal rating (10 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 0

Room at the Top (1959)


The Innocents (1961)


The Great Gatsby (1974)
Average listal rating (60 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 0

Frankenstein (1931)


The Invisible Man (1933)


The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)


L'Avventura (1961)


Red Desert (1965)


Blow Up (1966)
Average listal rating (211 ratings) 8.5 IMDB Rating 0

Chungking Express (1994)


In the Mood for Love (2000)

Directors whose work has been most influential and inspirational to me. I'll also be providing my two-three favorite examples of their work.

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