Films Seen By Director: A-L
Submitted by Cosgrove on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 02:59
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Jim Abrahams
- Airplane! (1980) [A-]
- Top Secret! (1984) [A-]
- Hot Shots! (1991) [B]
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) [B+]
- Average: B+ (4)
Alexandre Aja
- High Tension (2005) [C+]
- The Hills Have Eyes (2006) [C+]
- Mirrors (2008) [D]
- Average: C (3)
Woody Allen
- What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) [B+] {with Senkichi Taniguchi}
- Take the Money and Run (1969) [B]
- Bananas (1971) [A-]
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) [C+]
- Sleeper (1973) [A-]
- Love and Death (1975) [B+]
- Annie Hall (1977) [A]
- Interiors (1978) [B+]
- Manhattan (1979) [A-]
- Stardust Memories (1980) [B+]
- Zelig (1983) [B+]
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) [A-]
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [A]
- Radio Days (1987) [B+]
- Husbands and Wives (1992) [A]
- Mighty Aphrodite (1995) [B+]
- Deconstructing Harry (1997) [A-]
- Sweet and Lowdown (1999) [A-]
- Small Time Crooks (2000) [C]
- Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) [DNF]
- Anything Else (2003) [B-]
- Melinda and Melinda (2005) [C]
- Match Point (2005) [B+]
- Scoop (2006) [B]
- Cassandra's Dream (2008) [C-]
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) [B-]
- Whatever Works (2009) [C-]
- Average: B (26 + 1 incomp.)
Pedro Almodóvar
- What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) [C]
- Live Flesh (1998) [A-]
- Bad Education (2004) [C+]
- Volver (2006) [C]
- Average: B-/C+ (4)
Robert Altman
- MASH (1970) [A]
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) [A]
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) [C]
- A Wedding (1978) [C+]
- Quintet (1979) [C+]
- Popeye (1980) [D]
- Short Cuts (1993) [A-]
- Cookie's Fortune (1999) [DNF]
- Dr. T and the Women (2000) [F]
- Gosford Park (2001) [B]
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006) [A-]
- Average: B- (10 + 1 incomp.)
Alejandro Amenábar
- Theis (1996) [A-]
- Open Your Eyes (1999) [A-]
- The Others (2001) [B]
- Average: B+ (3)
Jon Amiel
- Copycat (1995) [C-]
- Entrapment (2000) [C]
- The Core (2003) [B-]
- Average: C (3)
Brad Anderson
- Next Stop Wonderland (1998) [B]
- Session 9 (2001) [D+]
- The Machinist (2004) [C]
- Average: C (3)
Paul Thomas Anderson
- Hard Eight (1997) [B+]
- Boogie Nights (1997) [A]
- Magnolia (1999) [A]
- Punch-Drunk Love (2002) [A]
- There Will Be Blood (2007) [B]
- Average: A- (5)
Paul W.S. Anderson
- Mortal Kombat (1995) [B]
- Event Horizon (1997) [C-]
- Soldier (1998) [C+]
- Resident Evil (2002) [C]
- Average: C+ (4)
Wes Anderson
- Rushmore (1998) [B+]
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) [C]
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) [C+]
- Average: B- (3)
Michelangelo Antonioni
- L'Avventura (1960) [A-]
- Red Desert (1964) [C+]
- Blowup (1966) [A-]
- Zabriskie Point (1970) [C-]
- The Passenger (1975) [B]
- Average: B (5)
Shinji Aoyama
- Eureka (2001) [B-]
- Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachtani? (2005) [B-]
- Sad Vacation (2007) [D+]
- Average: C+ (3)
Judd Apatow
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) [B+]
- Knocked Up (2007) [B]
- Funny People (2009) [B-]
- Average: B (3)
Michael Apted
- Blink (1994) [C-]
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) [C-]
- Me and Isaac Newton (2000) [B+]
- Enough (2002) [D-]
- Average: C/C- (4)
Gregg Araki
- Totally F***ed Up (1993) [B-]
- The Doom Generation (1995) [F]
- Splendor (1999) [B+]
- Mysterious Skin (2005) [B]
- Smiley Face (2007) [C]
- Average: C+ (5)
Dario Argento
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) [A]
- The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) [C-]
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1972) [B]
- Deep Red (1975) [B+]
- Suspiria (1977) [A-]
- Inferno (1980) [A-]
- Tenebrae (1982) [B+]
- Phenomena (1985) [B+]
- Opera (1987) [B+]
- Trauma (1993) [D+]
- The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) [C]
- Sleepless (2001) [C+]
- The Card Player (2004) [D]
- Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005) [C]
- Jenifer (2005) [C]
- Pelts (2006) [C]
- The Mother of Tears (2008) [B]
- Average: B- (17)
George Armitage
- Private Duty Nurses (1971) [D+]
- Miami Blues (1990) [B+]
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) [C+]
- The Big Bounce (2004) [B]
- Average: B-/C+ (4)
Darren Aronofsky
- Pi (1998) [B+]
- Requiem for a Dream (2000) [A]
- The Fountain (2006) [C+]
- The Wrestler (2008) [B]
- Average: B+/B (4)
Olivier Assayas
- Cold Water (1994) [A-]
- demonlover (2003) [A-]
- Clean (2006) [C+]
- Boarding Gate (2008) [B]
- Average: B+/B (4)
Lloyd Bacon
- 42nd Street (1933) [B]
- Footlight Parade (1933) [B+]
- Wonder Bar (1934) [B]
- Average: B (3)
Roy (Ward) Baker
- A Night to Remember (1958) [C]
- The Vampire Lovers (1970) [F]
- Asylum (1972) [B]
- Vault of Horror (1973) [B]
- Average: C (4)
Jaume Balagueró
- The Nameless (1999) [C]
- Darkness (2004) [C-]
- [REC] (2007) [B+] {with Paco Plaza}
- Average: C+ (3)
Craig Baldwin
- Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992) [A-]
- Spectres of the Spectrum (2000) [B+]
- Mock Up on Mu (2009) [A-]
- Average: A- (3)
Mario Bava
- Black Sunday (1960) [B+]
- Blood and Black Lace (1964) [B-]
- Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) [C]
- Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970) [C+]
- Bay of Blood (1971) [B-]
- Rabid Dogs (1974) [B+]
- Shock (1977) [B+]
- Average: B- (7)
Peter Berg
- Very Bad Things (1998) [C-]
- The Rundown (2003) [B]
- Friday Night Lights (2004) [C+]
- Hancock (2008) [C+]
- Average: C+ (4)
Ingmar Bergman
- Crisis (1946) [B]
- Port of Call (1948) [B-]
- Thirst (1949) [B]
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) [B-]
- The Seventh Seal (1957) [A]
- Wild Strawberries (1957) [A-]
- The Virgin Spring (1960) [A-]
- Through a Glass Darkly (1961) [C]
- Winter Light (1962) [B]
- The Silence (1963) [B]
- Persona (1966) [A-]
- Hour of the Wolf (1968) [A-]
- Shame (1968) [C]
- Scenes from a Marriage (1973) [B]
- Autumn Sonata (1978) [B+]
- Average: B (15)
Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Conformist (1970) [A-]
- Last Tango in Paris (1972) [B-]
- The Dreamers (2004) [C]
- Average: B- (3)
Kathryn Bigelow
- Near Dark (1987) [B-]
- Point Break (1991) [C+]
- Strange Days (1995) [D+]
- The Hurt Locker (2009) [A-]
- Average: B-/C+ (4)
Brad Bird
- The Iron Giant (1999) [A]
- The Incredibles (2004) [B+]
- Jack-Jack Attack (2005) {short}
- Ratatouille (2007) [A]
- Average: A- (3 + 1 short)
Don Bluth
- An American Tail (1986) [B+]
- The Land Before Time (1988) [B]
- All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) [C-]
- Average: B- (3)
Budd Boetticher
- Seven Men from Now (1956) [B+]
- The Tall T (1957) [B+]
- Decision at Sundown (1957) [B]
- Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) [B+]
- Ride Lonesome (1959) [C+]
- Comanche Station (1960) [B+]
- Average: B (6)
Uwe Boll
- Blackwoods (2002) [D]
- House of the Dead (2003) [D-]
- Alone in the Dark (2005) [D]
- BloodRayne (2006) [D+]
- BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007) [D]
- Seed (2007) [F]
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008) [C+]
- Postal (2008) [C]
- Average: D+ (8)
John Boorman
- Point Blank (1967) [B]
- Deliverance (1972) [A]
- Zardoz (1974) [B+]
- Excalibur (1981) [B+]
- Untitled (1995) {short - segment of Lumiere and Company}
- The Tailor of Panama (2001) [C]
- Average: B (5 + 1 short)
Danny Boyle
- Shallow Grave (1995) [B-]
- Trainspotting (1996) [C]
- 28 Days Later (2003) [C+]
- Millions (2005) [C+]
- Average: C+ (4)
Catherine Breillat
- Romance (1999) [B+]
- Fat Girl (2001) [C]
- Anatomy of Hell (2004) [D]
- The Last Mistress (2008) [B-]
- Average: C+ (4)
Robert Bresson
- Les Anges du Péché (1943) [B+]
- Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) [B+]
- Diary of a Country Priest (1951) [B+]
- A Man Escaped (1956) [A]
- Pickpocket (1959) [B+]
- The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) [A-]
- Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) [B]
- Mouchette (1967) [B+]
- A Gentle Woman (1969) [B+]
- Lancelot of the Lake (1974) [B]
- L'Argent (1983) [A]
- Average: B+ (11)
Martin Brest
- Scent of a Woman (1992) [B+]
- Meet Joe Black (1998) [C]
- Gigli (2003) [C+]
- Average: B- (3)
Matthew Bright
- Freeway (1996) [A-]
- Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) [C]
- Ted Bundy (2002) [C]
- Average: C+ (3)
Albert Brooks
- Lost in America (1985) [A-]
- The Muse (1999) [B-]
- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006) [C]
- Average: B- (3)
Mel Brooks
- The Producers (1968) [A-]
- Blazing Saddles (1974) [A-]
- Young Frankenstein (1974) [A-]
- Silent Movie (1976) [A-]
- History of the World: Part 1 (1981) [B]
- Spaceballs (1987) [B]
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) [B]
- Average: B+ (7)
Tod Browning
- The Unholy Three (1925) [C+]
- The Unknown (1927) [B]
- Dracula (1932) [B]
- Freaks (1932) [A]
- The Devil-Doll (1936) [B-]
- Average: B (5)
Luis Buñuel
- Un Chien Andalou (1929) {short}
- L'Age d'Or (1930) [A-]
- Land Without Bread (1933) {short}
- Gran Casino (1947) [B-]
- Los Olvidados (1950) [A-]
- Susana (1951) [B+]
- El Bruto (1953) [B]
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) [B+]
- Death in the Garden (1956) [B]
- Nazarin (1959) [B+]
- Viridiana (1961) [B+]
- The Exterminating Angel (1962) [A]
- Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) [B+]
- Simon of the Desert (1965) [A-]
- Belle de Jour (1967) [A]
- The Milky Way (1969) [C+]
- Tristana (1970) [C]
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) [A]
- The Phantom of Liberty (1974) [B]
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) [A]
- Average: B+ (18 + 2 shorts)
Tim Burton
- Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) [A-]
- Beetlejuice (1988) [A-]
- Batman (1989) [A-]
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) [B+]
- Batman Returns (1992) [B-]
- Ed Wood (1994) [A-]
- Mars Attacks! (1996) [A-]
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) [B+]
- Planet of the Apes (2001) [C]
- Big Fish (2003) [B]
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) [B]
- Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) [B+] {with Mike Johnson}
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) [A-]
- Average: B+ (13)
James Cameron
- The Terminator (1984) [A-]
- Aliens (1986) [A]
- The Abyss (1989) [B+]
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) [A]
- True Lies (1994) [A-]
- Titanic (1997) [B+]
- Average: A- (6)
Martin Campbell
- Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) [B]
- GoldenEye (1995) [B+]
- The Mask of Zorro (1998) [B+]
- Casino Royale (2006) [B+]
- Average: B+ (4)
René Cardona
- Tom Thumb (1957) [C]
- Doctor of Doom (1963) [B-]
- Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964) [B]
- Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) [B-]
- Santo and the Vengeance of the Mummy (1971) [C-]
- Average: C+ (5)
John Carpenter
- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) [A-]
- Halloween (1978) [A]
- Escape from New York (1981) [C]
- The Thing (1982) [B]
- Christine (1983) [B]
- Prince of Darkness (1987) [C+]
- They Live (1988) [B]
- The Gas Station {short - segment of Body Bags}
- Hair {short - segment of Body Bags}
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995) [B+]
- John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) [A-]
- John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) [B-]
- Cigarette Burns (2005) [B]
- Pro-Life (2006) [C-]
- Average: B (12 + 2 shorts)
Jay Chandrasekhar
- Super Troopers (2002) [B+]
- Broken Lizard's Club Dread (2004) [C]
- Beerfest (2006) [B+]
- Average: B (3)
Charles (Charlie) Chaplin
- The Bank (1915) {short}
- One A.M. (1916) {short}
- The Rink (1916) {short}
- The Kid (1921) [A-]
- The Gold Rush (1925) [B+]
- City Lights (1931) [A]
- Modern Times (1936) [A]
- The Great Dictator (1940) [A-]
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) [C]
- Average: B+ (6)
Larry Charles
- Masked and Anonymous (2003) [D+]
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) [A-]
- Brüno (2009) [C+]
- Average: C+ (3)
Stephen Chow
- God of Cookery (1996) [B+] {with Lee Lik-Chi}
- Shaolin Soccer (2001) [D+]
- Kung Fu Hustle (2005) [A-]
- CJ7 (2008) [C+]
- Average: B- (4)
Bob Clark
- Deathdream (1974) [B]
- Black Christmas (1974) [B]
- Baby Geniuses (1999) [F]
- Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) [D+]
- Average: C (4)
Jack Clayton
- The Innocents (1961) [A-]
- The Great Gatsby (1974) [C]
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) [C+]
- Average: B- (3)
George Clooney
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) [B-]
- Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) [B+]
- Leatherheads (2008) [B-]
- Average: B (3)
Robert Clouse
- Enter the Dragon (1973) [A-]
- Black Belt Jones (1974) [B+]
- Game of Death (1978) [C+]
- Average: B (3)
Joel (and Ethan) Coen
- Blood Simple (1984) [A]
- Raising Arizona (1987) [A-]
- Miller's Crossing (1990) [B+]
- Barton Fink (1991) [A]
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) [B]
- Fargo (1996) [A]
- The Big Lebowski (1998) [B-]
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [A]
- The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) [A-]
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003) [A-]
- The Ladykillers (2004) [C+]
- No Country for Old Men (2007) [A-]
- Burn After Reading (2008) [A-]
- A Serious Man (2009) [C-]
- Average: B+ (14)
Larry Cohen
- It's Alive (1974) [B+]
- God Told Me To (1976) [C-]
- The Stuff (1985) [D+]
- Pick Me Up (2006) [C]
- Average: C (4)
Rob Cohen
- Dragonheart (1996) [C-]
- The Skulls (2000) [D+]
- The Fast and the Furious (2001) [C]
- Average: C- (3)
Chris Columbus
- Home Alone (1990) [B+]
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) [B-]
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) [B]
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) [C]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) [B-]
- Average: B- (5)
Francis Ford Coppola
- Dementia 13 (1963) [C]
- The Godfather (1972) [A]
- The Conversation (1974) [A]
- The Godfather, Part II (1974) [A-]
- Apocalypse Now (1979) [A]
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) [C+]
- John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997) [B-]
- Average: B (7)
Roger Corman
- A Bucket of Blood (1959) [B+]
- The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) [B+]
- The Intruder (1962) [B-]
- X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes (1963) [B]
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964) [C+]
- Average: B (5)
Don Coscarelli
- Phantasm (1979) [B+]
- The Beastmaster (1982) [C+]
- Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) [B+]
- Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (2005) [B-]
- Average: B (4)
Wes Craven
- The Last House on the Left (1972) [D+]
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977) [B+]
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) [A-]
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) [B+]
- Scream (1996) [A-]
- Scream 2 (1997) [B+]
- Scream 3 (2000) [D+]
- Cursed (2005) [D]
- Red Eye (2005) [C+]
- Average: B- (9)
David Cronenberg
- Stereo (1969) [D]
- Crimes of the Future (1970) [C]
- Shivers (1975) [B+]
- Rabid (1977) [B+]
- Fast Company (1979) [D]
- The Brood (1979) [C]
- Scanners (1981) [B]
- Videodrome (1983) [A]
- The Dead Zone (1983) [A-]
- The Fly (1986) [A-]
- Dead Ringers (1988) [B+]
- Crash (1997) [B+]
- eXistenZ (1999) [A-]
- Camera (2000) {short}
- Spider (2003) [C-]
- A History of Violence (2005) [A]
- Eastern Promises (2007) [C+]
- Average: B/B- (16 + 1 short)
Alfonso Cuarón
- Sólo con tu pareja (1991) [C]
- Y Tu Mamá También (2002) [B+]
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) [B]
- Children of Men (2006) [A]
- Average: B+ (4)
John Dahl
- The Last Seduction (1994) [A]
- Rounders (1998) [B+]
- Joy Ride (2001) [B+]
- Average: A- (3)
Joe Dante
- Piranha (1978) [B+]
- The Howling (1981) [B-]
- Gremlins (1984) [B+]
- Innerspace (1987) [B+]
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) [B+]
- Matinee (1993) [B+]
- Small Soldiers (1998) [B-]
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) [A-]
- Homecoming (2005) [B-]
- The Screwfly Solution (2006) [B-]
- Average: B (10)
Frank Darabont
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) [A-]
- The Green Mile (1999) [B+]
- The Mist (2007) [B]
- Average: B+ (3)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
- La Promesse (1997) [B+]
- The Son (2003) [C+]
- L'Enfant (The Child) (2006) [B+]
- Average: B (3)
Jules Dassin
- Brute Force (1947) [B+]
- The Naked City (1948) [D+]
- Night and the City (1950) [B+]
- Rififi (1955) [A]
- Average: B (4)
Andrew Davis
- Under Siege (1992) [B+]
- The Fugitive (1993) [B+]
- Chain Reaction (1996) [D-]
- Collateral Damage (2002) [C-]
- Holes (2003) [B+]
- Average: C+ (5)
Jan de Bont
- Speed (1994) [B]
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) [D]
- The Haunting (1999) [C+]
- Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) [C]
- Average: C (4)
David DeCoteau
- Beach Babes from Beyond (1993) [D] {as "Ellen Cabot"}
- The Killer Eye (1999) [C] {as "Richard Chasen"}
- Retro Puppet Master (1999) [F] {as "Joseph Tennent"}
- Wolves of Wall Street (2002) [D]
- Average: D (4)
Rolf de Heer
- Bad Boy Bubby (1993) [C-]
- Ten Canoes (2007) [B-]
- Dr. Plonk (2007) [C]
- Average: C (3)
Alex de la Iglesia
- Accion Mutante (1993) [B]
- The Day of the Beast (1995) [B]
- Dying of Laughter (1999) [C]
- Common Wealth (2000) [B+]
- 800 Bullets (2004) [DNF]
- The Perfect Crime (2006) [B-]
- Average: B- (5 + 1 incomp.)
Miguel M. Delgado
- Santo vs. Frankenstein's Daughter (1972) [B]
- Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man (1973) [B]
- Santo and Blue Demon vs. Doctor Frankenstein (1974) [B+]
- Average: B (3)
Guillermo del Toro
- Mimic (1997) [B+]
- The Devil's Backbone (2001) [B]
- Blade II (2002) [B+]
- Hellboy (2004) [C]
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006) [B+]
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) [B]
- Average: B (6)
Jonathan Demme
- Something Wild (1986) [A]
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) [A]
- Philadelphia (1993) [B-]
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004) [B+]
- Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) [B]
- Rachel Getting Married (2008) [A-]
- Average: B+ (6)
Ted Demme
- The Ref (1994) [B]
- Life (1999) [B+]
- Blow (2001) [B]
- Average: B (3)
Claire Denis
- Trouble Every Day (2002) [B]
- Friday Night (2003) [A-]
- The Intruder (2005) [C]
- Average: B (3)
Brian De Palma
- Sisters (1973) [B]
- The Fury (1978) [C+]
- Dressed to Kill (1980) [B]
- Blow Out (1981) [A-]
- The Untouchables (1987) [A]
- Mission: Impossible (1996) [B-]
- Snake Eyes (1998) [C-]
- Femme Fatale (2002) [B+]
- The Black Dahlia (2006) [B-]
- Redacted (2007) [C]
- Average: B/B- (10)
Arnaud Desplechin
- My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into an Argument (1997) [C+]
- Esther Kahn (2002) [A-]
- Kings and Queen (2005) [C+]
- Average: B- (3)
Danny DeVito
- The War of the Roses (1989) [B+]
- Hoffa (1992) [B+]
- Death to Smoochy (2002) [B-]
- Average: B (3)
Kirby Dick
- Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) [A]
- Chain Camera (2001) [A-]
- Derrida (2002) [B+] {with Amy Ziering Kofman}
- This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) [B+]
- Average: A- (4)
Ernest Dickerson
- Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) [B-]
- Bones (2001) [B-]
- Our America (2002) [B-]
- Never Die Alone (2004) [C]
- Average: B-/C+ (4)
David Dobkin
- Clay Pigeons (1998) [D]
- Shanghai Knights (2003) [B-]
- Wedding Crashers (2005) [C+]
- Average: C (3)
Roger Donaldson
- No Way Out (1987) [B+]
- Species (1995) [C+]
- The Recruit (2003) [C+]
- The World's Fastest Indian (2005) [B-]
- The Bank Job (2008) [B+]
- Average: B- (5)
Richard Donner
- Superman: The Movie (1978) [B+]
- The Goonies (1985) [B]
- Lethal Weapon (1987) [A-]
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) [B+]
- Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) [B-]
- Maverick (1994) [B+]
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) [C]
- Average: B (7)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) [A]
- Vampyr (1932) [A]
- Day of Wrath (1943) [A]
- Ordet (1954) [C]
- Average: A-/B+ (4)
Bruno Dumont
- Life of Jesus (1998) [C]
- Humanite (2000) [B-]
- Twentynine Palms (2004) [A-]
- Flanders (2007) [C+]
- Hadewijch (2009) [B-]
- Average: B- (5)
Clint Eastwood
- Unforgiven (1992) [A]
- A Perfect World (1995) [B]
- Absolute Power (1997) [B-]
- True Crime (1999) [DNF]
- Mystic River (2003) [A-]
- Million Dollar Baby (2004) [A-]
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006) [B-]
- Gran Torino (2008) [B]
- Average: B+ (7 + 1 incomp.)
Blake Edwards
- Experiment in Terror (1962) [B]
- The Pink Panther (1963) [A-]
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) [C]
- Average: B (3)
Atom Egoyan
- Exotica (1995) [A]
- The Sweet Hereafter (1997) [A]
- Felicia's Journey (1999) [B]
- Krapp's Last Tape (2000) [B]
- Average: A-/B+ (4)
Roland Emmerich
- Stargate (1994) [C]
- Independence Day (1996) [C]
- Godzilla (1998) [F]
- Average: D+ (3)
Nora Ephron
- Mixed Nuts (1994) [F]
- Michael (1996) [C]
- You've Got Mail (1998) [C+]
- Lucky Numbers (2000) [D-]
- Bewitched (2005) [D+]
- Average: D+ (5)
Luciano Ercoli
- The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970) [B-]
- Death Walks on High Heels (1971) [B]
- Death Walks at Midnight (1972) [B+]
- Average: B (3)
Peter & Bobby Farrelly
- Dumb & Dumber (1994) [B-]
- Kingpin (1996) [B+]
- There's Something About Mary (1998) [A-]
- Me, Myself & Irene (2000) [C+]
- Osmosis Jones (2001) [C]
- Stuck on You (2003) [B+]
- Average: B (6)
Federico Fellini
- La Strada (1954) [A]
- La Dolce Vita (1960) [A-]
- 8 1/2 (1963) [B+]
- Toby Dammit, or: Never Bet the Devil Your Head (1968) {short - segment of Spirits of the Dead}
- Average: A- (3 + 1 short)
Abel Ferrara
- The Driller Killer (1979) [B]
- Ms. 45 (1981) [B-]
- Bad Lieutenant (1992) [D]
- The Blackout (1997) [D-]
- New Rose Hotel (1998) [F]
- 'R Xmas (2002) [B]
- Average: C- (6)
Larry Fessenden
- No Telling (1991) [B]
- Habit (1997) [B]
- Wendigo (2002) [A-]
- Average: B+ (3)
Mike Figgis
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) [A-]
- The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999) [C]
- Timecode (2000) [D-]
- Average: C (3)
David Fincher
- Alien 3 (1992) [B+]
- Se7en (1995) [A-]
- The Game (1997) [F]
- Fight Club (1999) [A]
- Panic Room (2001) [B+]
- Zodiac (2007) [B]
- Average: B (6)
Michael Findlay A.K.A. "Julian Marsh"
- The Touch of Her Flesh (1967) [C-]
- The Curse of Her Flesh (1968) [D-]
- The Kiss of Her Flesh (1968) [C+]
- Average: C- (3)
Milos Forman
- Amadeus (1984) [A-]
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) [A-]
- Man on the Moon (1999) [C]
- Average: B (3)
Marc Forster
- Monster's Ball (2001) [B-]
- Stay (2005) [C+]
- Stranger than Fiction (2006) [B]
- Quantum of Solace (2008) [C]
- Average: B-/C+ (4)
Jesus (Jess) Franco
- The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) [C+]
- Eugenie... The Story of Her Descent into Perversion (1970) [DNF]
- Vampyros Lesbos (1971) [B-] {as "Franco Manera"}
- She Killed in Ecstasy (1971) [D] {as "Frank Hollmann"}
- Average: C (3 + 1 inc.)
Richard Franklin
- Patrick (1978) [B]
- Roadgames (1981) [B+]
- Psycho II (1983) [B+]
- F/X 2 (1991) [C+]
- Average: B (4)
Stephen Frears
- Dangerous Liasons (1988) [A]
- The Grifters (1990) [B+]
- Mary Reilly (1996) [D-]
- High Fidelity (2000) [B-]
- The Queen (2006) [B-]
- Average: B- (5)
William Friedkin
- The French Connection (1971) [A]
- The Exorcist (1973) [B-]
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) [A-]
- The Hunted (2003) [B+]
- Bug (2007) [B+]
- Average: B+ (5)
Lee Frost
- The Defilers (1965) [D-]
- The Pick-Up (1968) [B+]
- Zero in and Scream (1971) [F] {as "Les Emerson"}
- The Black Gestapo (1975) [B-]
- Average: C- (4)
Kinji Fukasaku
- The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) [B]
- The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) [B]
- The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War (1973) [C+]
- The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics (1974) [C]
- Graveyard of Honor (1975) [C]
- Battle Royale (2000) [A-]
- Average: B- (6)
Lucio Fulci
- Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) [DNF]
- Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) [C+]
- Zombie (1979) [C+]
- City of the Living Dead (1980) [B-]
- The Beyond (1981) [B-]
- The New York Ripper (1982) [C]
- Average: C+ (5 + 1 incomp.)
Samuel Fuller
- I Shot Jesse James (1949) [B+]
- Pickup on South Street (1953) [A-]
- Underworld U.S.A. (1961) [B-]
- Shock Corridor (1963) [A-]
- The Naked Kiss (1964) [B+]
- White Dog (1982) [B]
- Average: B+ (6)
Christophe Gans
- Crying Freeman (1995) [C]
- The Brotherhood of the Wolf (2002) [B]
- Silent Hill (2006) [D+]
- Average: C (3)
Terry Gilliam
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [A]
- Jabberwocky (1977) [C]
- Time Bandits (1981) [B]
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) {short - segment of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life}
- Brazil (1985) [A]
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) [B+]
- Twelve Monkeys (1995) [A]
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) [D-]
- The Brothers Grimm (2005) [D+]
- Tideland (2006) [B+]
- Average: B (9 + 1 short)
Jean-Luc Godard
- Breathless (1960) [A-]
- A Woman Is a Woman (1961) [B+]
- My Life to Live (1962) [B]
- Contempt (1963) [C+]
- Les Carabiniers (1963) [D]
- Band of Outsiders (1964) [A-]
- Alphaville (1965) [B]
- Masculin Féminin (1966) [B]
- Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) [D+]
- Weekend (1967) [C+]
- Tout Va Bien (1972) [B+]
- Notre Musique (2005) [B]
- Average: B- (12)
Michel Gondry
- Human Nature (2002) [A-]
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) [A]
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) [B+]
- The Science of Sleep (2006) [B-]
- Be Kind Rewind (2008) [C+]
- Average: B+ (5)
Stuart Gordon
- Re-Animator (1985) [A]
- From Beyond (1986) [B]
- Dolls (1987) [B]
- Daughter of Darkness (1990) [F]
- Castle Freak (1995) [C]
- Dagon (2002) [B]
- King of the Ants (2004) [C+]
- Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) [B]
- Edmond (2006) [B-]
- The Black Cat (2007) [B+]
- Stuck (2008) [A-]
- Average: B- (11)
Raja Gosnell
- Never Been Kissed (1999) [B]
- Big Momma's House (2000) [C-]
- Scooby-Doo (2002) [C-]
- Average: C (3)
David S. Goyer
- ZigZag (2002) [C+]
- Blade: Trinity (2004) [C]
- The Unborn (2009) [C-]
- Average: C (3)
F. Gary Gray
- The Negotiator (1998) [B+]
- A Man Apart (2003) [D]
- The Italian Job (2003) [B]
- Average: C+ (3)
David Gordon Green
- George Washington (2000) [A-]
- All the Real Girls (2003) [A]
- Undertow (2004) [C+]
- Pineapple Express (2008) [B-]
- Snow Angels (2008) [C+]
- Average: B (5)
Peter Greenaway
- Intervals (1969) {short}
- H Is for House (1973) {short}
- Water Wrackets (1975) {short}
- Windows (1975) {short}
- Dear Phone (1977) {short}
- A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (1978) {short}
- The Draughtsman's Contract (1983) [C+]
- A Zed and Two Noughts (1985) [A-]
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990) [B+]
- Untitled (1995) {short - segment of Lumiere and Company}
- 8 1/2 Women (2000) [C+]
- Nightwatching (2007) [B-]
- Average: B (5 + 7 shorts)
Robert Greenwald
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004) [B]
- Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004) [B]
- Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005) [B]
- Average: B (3)
Christopher Guest
- Waiting for Guffman (1996) [B-]
- Best in Show (2000) [B]
- A Mighty Wind (2003) [C]
- Average: B- (3)
Taylor Hackford
- An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) [B]
- The Devil's Advocate (1997) [B]
- Ray (2004) [C]
- Average: B- (3)
Michael Haneke
- The Seventh Continent (1989) [B-]
- Benny's Video (1992) [B-]
- 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) [B-]
- Michael Haneke/Vienna (1995) {short -- segment of Lumiere and Company}
- Funny Games (1998) [A]
- Code Unknown (2001) [B+]
- The Piano Teacher (2002) [A-]
- Time of the Wolf (2004) [B-]
- Caché (2005) [B]
- Funny Games (2008) [B]
- Average: B (9 + 1 short)
Tsui Hark
- Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) [B+]
- Double Team (1997) [C+]
- Time and Tide (2001) [B]
- Average: B (3)
Renny Harlin
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) [C]
- Cliffhanger (1993) [B+]
- Cutthroat Island (1995) [B-]
- Deep Blue Sea (1999) [B]
- Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) [F]
- Mindhunters (2005) [B]
- 12 Rounds (2009) [C+]
- Average: C+ (7)
Hal Hartley
- Trust (1991) [A-]
- Henry Fool (1998) [C+]
- No Such Thing (2002) [B]
- The Girl from Monday (2005) [A-]
- Fay Grim (2007) [C]
- Average: B (5)
Howard Hawks
- Twentieth Century (1934) [C]
- Bringing Up Baby (1938) [A]
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939) [B+]
- His Girl Friday (1940) [A]
- Ball of Fire (1941) [B+]
- The Big Sleep (1946) [A]
- A Song Is Born (1948) [B]
- Rio Bravo (1959) [A-]
- Average: B+ (8)
John (Patrick) Hayes
- The Rotten Apple (1963) [C]
- Hollywood After Dark (1968) [C+]
- Garden of the Dead (1974) [C-]
- Average: C (3)
Todd Haynes
- Safe (1995) [C+]
- Velvet Goldmine (1998) [D]
- Far from Heaven (2002) [B+]
- Average: C+ (3)
Amy Heckerling
- National Lampoons European Vacation (1985) [F]
- Look Who's Talking (1989) [B+]
- Look Who's Talking Too (1990) [D]
- Clueless (1995) [B+]
- Loser (2000) [D+]
- Average: C (5)
Werner Herzog
- Even Dwarves Started Small (1971) [B]
- Fata Morgana (1971) [B]
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) [A-]
- The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974) [B+]
- How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... (1976) [C+]
- La Soufriere (1977) {short}
- Stroszek (1977) [A-]
- Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) [B]
- God's Angry Man (1980) [A-]
- Lessons of Darkness (1992) [A]
- Grizzly Man (2005) [B+]
- Wheel of Time (2005) [DNF]
- The White Diamond (2005) [A-]
- The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) [B]
- Rescue Dawn (2007) [B+]
- Encounters at the End of the World (2008) [B+]
- Average: B+ (14 + 1 short + 1 incomp.)
Walter Hill
- The Driver (1978) [A-]
- Crossroads (1986) [B+]
- Supernova (2000) [C+] {as "Thomas Lee"}
- Undisputed (2002) [B+]
- Average: B+/B (4)
Alfred Hitchcock
- The 39 Steps (1935) [B+]
- The Lady Vanishes (1938) [A-]
- Foreign Correspondant (1940) [B+]
- Rebecca (1940) [A-]
- Spellbound (1945) [C+]
- Notorious (1946) [A-]
- Strangers on a Train (1951) [A]
- Rear Window (1954) [A]
- Vertigo (1958) [A]
- Psycho (1960) [A]
- The Birds (1963) [A-]
- Frenzy (1972) [A-]
- Average: A- (12)
Tobe Hooper
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) [A-]
- Lifeforce (1985) [B]
- Eye (1993) {short - segment of Body Bags}
- The Toolbox Murders (2005) [B-]
- Dance of the Dead (2005) [D-]
- Average: B-/C+ (4 + 1 short)
Stephen Hopkins
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) [B-]
- Blown Away (1994) [C+]
- Under Suspicion (2000) [F]
- The Reaping (2007) [C]
- Average: C/C- (4)
Ron Howard
- Cocoon (1985) [B+]
- Willow (1988) [B]
- Parenthood (1989) [B]
- Backdraft (1991) [B-]
- Ransom (1996) [B]
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) [C-]
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) [B-]
- The Missing (2003) [C-]
- Average: B- (8)
John Huston
- The Maltese Falcon (1941) [A-]
- The Battle of San Pietro (1945) {short}
- Key Largo (1948) [A-]
- Beat the Devil (1953) [A]
- Fat City (1972) [B+]
- Annie (1982) [C]
- Average: B+ (5 + 1 short)
Peter Hyams
- Busting (1974) [B]
- The Relic (1997) [D]
- End of Days (1999) [D]
- Average: D+ (3)
Kon Ichikawa
- The Burmese Harp (1956) [B+]
- Fires on the Plain (1959) [B+]
- Tokyo Olympiad (1965) [A]
- Average: A- (3)
Kazuo Ikehiro
- Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) [B+]
- Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964) [B-]
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) [B]
- Average: B (3)
Hiroshi Inagaki
- Samurai I: Miyamoto Musashi (1954) [B-]
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) [C+]
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) [C+]
- Average: C+ (3)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Amores Perros (2001) [B+]
- 21 Grams (2003) [C+]
- Babel (2006) [C-]
- Average: C+ (3)
Peter Jackson
- Bad Taste (1987) [B+]
- Meet the Feebles (1989) [A-]
- Dead Alive (1992) [A]
- Heavenly Creatures (1994) [A]
- Forgotten Silver (1995) [B+]
- The Frighteners (1996) [A-]
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) [B]
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) [A]
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) [B+]
- King Kong (2005) [B+]
- Average: A- (10)
Benoit Jacquot
- The Disenchanted (1990) [D]
- A Single Girl (1996) [B+]
- À tout de suite (2005) [C]
- Average: C (3)
Jim Jarmusch
- Stranger Than Paradise (1984) [B]
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2000) [B+]
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) [C+]
- Broken Flowers (2005) [C+]
- The Limits of Control (2009) [C+]
- Average: B- (5)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Delicatessen (1991) [A-] {with Marc Caro}
- The City of Lost Children (1995) [A-] {with Marc Caro}
- Alien: Resurrection (1997) [B-]
- Amelie (2001) [B+]
- A Very Long Engagement (2004) [C]
- Average: B (5)
Roland Joffé
- The Mission (1986) [B]
- City of Joy (1992) [C]
- Goodbye Lover (1998) [C-]
- Captivity (2007) [D-]
- Average: C/C- (4)
Joe Johnston
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) [B+]
- Jumanji (1995) [B]
- Jurassic Park III (2001) [C]
- Average: B- (3)
Terry Jones
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [A]
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) [A-]
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) [B+]
- Average: A- (3)
Neil Jordan
- The Company of Wolves (1984) [B]
- Mona Lisa (1986) [A]
- The Crying Game (1992) [A]
- Interview with the Vampire (1994) [B-]
- The Butcher Boy (1997) [A-]
- In Dreams (1999) [C]
- Not I (2000) {short}
- The Good Thief (2003) [B-]
- Average: B (7 + 1 short)
Mike Judge
- Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996) [B+]
- Office Space (1999) [B]
- Idiocracy (2006) [B-]
- Extract (2009) [C]
- Average: B- (4)
Jake Kasdan
- Zero Effect (1998) [B]
- Orange County (2002) [C+]
- The TV Set (2007) [B+]
- Average: B (3)
Lawrence Kasdan
- Body Heat (1981) [A-]
- Mumford (1999) [C]
- Dreamcatcher (2003) [C+]
- Average: B- (3)
Lloyd Kaufman
- Squeeze Play (1979) [B-] {as "Samuel Weil"}
- The Toxic Avenger (1984) [B+] {with Michael Herz; as "Samuel Weil"}
- Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) [C] {with Michael Herz & Richard W. Haines; as "Samuel Weil"}
- Troma's War (1988) [B+] {with Michael Herz; as "Samuel Weil"}
- Tromeo and Juliet (1996) [A-]
- Terror Firmer (2000) [B]
- Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001) [B-]
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2008) [B]
- Average: B (8)
Buster Keaton
- Neighbors (1920) {short}
- The Goat (1921) {short}
- The Blacksmith (1922) {short}
- Cops (1922) {short}
- My Wife's Relations (1922) {short}
- The Balloonatic (1923) {short}
- Three Ages (1923) [C+]
- Our Hospitality (1923) [A-]
- The Navigator (1924) [B]
- Sherlock, Jr. (1924) [A]
- Go West (1925) [B]
- Seven Chances (1925) [A]
- Battling Butler (1926) [B+]
- The General (1927) [A] {with Clyde Bruckman}
- Average: B+ (8 + 6 shorts)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Tramway (1966) {short}
- Night Porter's Point of View (1978) {short}
- Camera Buff (1979) [A]
- Blind Chance (1981) [C+]
- The Decalogue (1988)
- A Short Film About Killing (1988) [A]
- A Short Film About Love (1988) [A]
- The Double Life of Veronique (1991) [B+]
- Average: A- (5 + 2 shorts & 1 misc.)
Kim Ki-duk
- The Isle (2000) [C+]
- Bad Guy (2001) [DNF]
- Samaritan Girl (2004) [C]
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2004) [B+]
- 3-iron (2005) [B+]
- Time (2007) [B+]
- Average: B (5 + 1 incomp.)
Satoshi Kon
- Perfect Blue (1999) [B+]
- Millennium Actress (2003) [B]
- Tokyo Godfathers (2004) [B-] {with Shogo Furuya}
- Paranoia Agent (2004) {TV (but clearly awesome)}
- Average: B (3 + 1 TV series)
Stanley Kubrick
- Killer's Kiss (1955) [C]
- The Killing (1956) [A]
- Paths of Glory (1957) [A]
- Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) [A]
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) [A]
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) [A]
- The Shining (1980) [B]
- Full Metal Jacket (1987) [B]
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) [A]
- Average: A- (9)
Akira Kurosawa
- Rashomon (1950) [A]
- Ikiru (1952) [A-]
- The Seven Samurai (1954) [A]
- Throne of Blood (1957) [A]
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) [B+]
- Yojimbo (1961) [A]
- Sanjuro (1962) [B]
- High and Low (1963) [B+]
- Average: A- (8)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cure (1997) [C+]
- Pulse (2001) [B+]
- Doppleganger (2003) [B-]
- Bright Future (2004) [C]
- Average: B- (4)
Neil LaBute
- In the Company of Men (1997) [A]
- Your Friends and Neighbors (1998) [B-]
- Nurse Betty (2000) [C]
- The Wicker Man (2006) [B]
- Lakeview Terrace (2008) [B-]
- Average: B (5)
Aldo Lado
- Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) [A-]
- Who Saw Her Die? (1972) [B-]
- Night Train Murders (1975) [B]
- Average: B (3)
John Landis
- The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) [A-]
- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) [C]
- An American Werewolf in London (1981) [A-]
- Coming to America (1988) [B+]
- Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) [B-]
- Deer Woman (2006) [B-]
- Average: B (6)
Fritz Lang
- M (1931) [A]
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) [B]
- The Woman in the Window (1944) [C]
- The Big Heat (1953) [B+]
- Average: B (4)
John Lasseter
- Luxo, Jr. (1986) {short}
- Tin Toy (1988) {short}
- Toy Story (1995) [A]
- A Bug's Life (1998) [B+]
- Toy Story 2 (1999) [A]
- Cars (2006) [C-]
- Average: B+ (4 + 2 shorts)
David Lean
- Brief Encounter (1945) [A-]
- Great Expectations (1946) [A-]
- Oliver Twist (1948) [B+]
- Summertime (1955) [B-]
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) [A-]
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) [A-]
- Average: B+ (6)
Ang Lee
- Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) [A-]
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) [A-]
- Hulk (2003) [C+]
- Brokeback Mountain (2005) [B+]
- Average: B+ (4)
Spike Lee
- Do the Right Thing (1989) [A-]
- Untitled (1995) {short - segment of Lumiere and Company}
- Summer of Sam (1999) [C]
- The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) [B-]
- 25th Hour (2002) [A]
- She Hate Me (2004) [C+]
- Inside Man (2006) [B+]
- Average: B (6 + 1 short)
Mike Leigh
- Naked (1994) [A]
- Vera Drake (2004) [A]
- Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) [B+]
- Average: A- (3)
Kasi Lemmons
- Eve's Bayou (1997) [A-]
- The Caveman's Valentine (2001) [B-]
- Talk to Me (2007) [C]
- Average: B- (3)
Mark L. Lester
- Bobbi Jo and the Outlaw (1976) [B]
- Commando (1985) [B]
- Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) [C-]
- Blowback (2000) [C+]
- Average: B-/C+ (4)
Richard Lester
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) [A-]
- The Bed Sitting Room (1969) [A-]
- Juggernaut (1974) [B+]
- Superman II (1980) [B+]
- Average: A-/B+ (4)
Louis Leterrier
- The Transporter (2002) [B-]
- Unleashed (2005) [C+]
- Transporter 2 (2005) [C+]
- The Incredible Hulk (2008) [B]
- Average: B- (4)
Barry Levinson
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) [B+]
- Disclosure (1994) [B]
- Wag the Dog (1997) [A-]
- Sphere (1998) [D+]
- Liberty Heights (1999) [B-]
- Bandits (2001) [D]
- Average: B-/C+ (6)
Herschell Gordon Lewis
- The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961) [C-]
- Blood Feast (1963) [C+]
- Scum of the Earth (1963) [C]
- Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) [B]
- Color Me Blood Red (1965) [B-]
- Jimmy the Boy Wonder (1966) [C]
- The Gruesome Twosome (1967) [C+]
- Something Weird (1967) [D]
- She-Devils on Wheels (1968) [D-]
- Suburban Roulette (1968) [C-]
- The Wizard of Gore (1970) [B]
- The Gore Gore Girls (1972) [C+]
- The Year of the Yahoo! (1972) [C]
- Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002) [B-]
- Average: C (14)
Doug Liman
- Swingers (1996) [A-]
- Go (1999) [B+]
- The Bourne Identity (2002) [B]
- Average: B+ (3)
Liu Chia-Liang
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) [A-]
- Dirty Ho (1979) [B]
- Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1983) [B+]
- Drunken Master II (1994) [A-]
- Average: B+ (4)
Richard Linklater
- Slacker (1991) [B]
- Dazed and Confused (1993) [A-]
- Before Sunrise (1995) [A]
- Tape (2001) [B+]
- Waking Life (2001) [B+]
- School of Rock (2003) [B+]
- Before Sunset (2004) [A]
- Bad News Bears (2005) [B]
- A Scanner Darkly (2006) [B+]
- Average: B+ (9)
Ernst Lubitsch
- Trouble in Paradise (1932) [A]
- Ninotchka (1939) [A]
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940) [A]
- Average: A (3)
George Lucas
- Star Wars (1977) [A]
- Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (1999) [C]
- Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones (2002) [C+]
- Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith (2005) [B-]
- Average: B- (4)
Sidney Lumet
- 12 Angry Men (1957) [A-]
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975) [B]
- Network (1976) [B+]
- Average: B+ (3)
David Lynch
- The Alphabet (1968) {short}
- The Grandmother (1970) {short}
- Eraserhead (1977) [A]
- Blue Velvet (1986) [A]
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) [C]
- Lumiere (1995) {short - segment of Lumiere and Company}
- Lost Highway (1997) [B]
- The Straight Story (1999) [A-]
- Mulholland Drive (2001) [A]
- Inland Empire (2006) [B]
- Average: B+ (7 + 3 shorts)
Author Comments:
Inspired even more by this, down to the two-film-per-director minimum [ADDENDUM, 5/29/07: Not anymore -- I'm pruning this list by upping the minimum to three, thereby also wiggling out of my average-grade quandary]. Many listed grades are considered suspect, as they stem from many-years-ago viewings. But we'll roll with it anyway.
For average purposes, I probably should be listing DNF films, but I can't quite figure out how that would work. Suggestions, anyone? (Also, shorts aren't counted in the averages, since I don't really letter-grade them.)
Cloned From:
I was thinking of doing this, but different lists dedicated to my favorite or notorious directors.
Some thoughts, wow you actually saw Pluto Nash?, why an F for Tommy?, haven't seen it but i'm a huge Who fan i almost bought the dvd. A- for Addam's family values?, i guess i have to see it again.
Also, you haven't seen Groundhog day?.
Nope, haven't seen Groundhog Day yet. I know, I know...
Also, yeah, I'm a big fan of Addams Family Values. Haven't seen it in a few years, but the scene where Wednesday smiles is worth the price all on its own.
well i was surprised by the groundhog day omision, not because of the film greatness but because it used to be on all the time on cable in the late 90's, early 00's.
I'm surprised John Cassavettes isn't on the list.
I've only seen two Cassavetes films (Shadows and Faces, both of which I loved), which is why he isn't listed yet. As soon as I watch the TCM airing of A Child Is Waiting that I just taped, or the DVD-R of Love Streams I received some time ago, or the VHS of Husbands that someone was nice enough to let me borrow (I swear I'll get it back to you, Kza), he'll be up here. :-)
You know what else you're missing? John Woo's US debut, Hard Target. It's sort of a quasi-remake of Hard Boiled but it has some incredible scenes to call its own.
Two directors I noticed absent: Richard Donner and Michael Bay.
I've only seen two Bay films -- The Rock and Armageddon -- and the ruinous anti-quality of the latter pretty much ensured I'd avoid his films from then on. Donner, though, I just hadn't quite gotten to yet, mainly because I haven't seen anything he's done since Lethal Weapon 4 and frankly I'd forgotten he wasn't dead.
I figured that you likely would have seen a bunch of Donner films at one point or another, but I'm surprised you've only seen two of Bay's, because you've got a lot of obscure/medicore directors on there.
Yes! The Game gets the "F". So many people overrate this, and it's not either that smart or that thrilling.
And I think you need to see Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice, a truly fantastic (man) movie. I just enjoy in every scene in it, and it has like the greatest assemblage of (b?) actors ever.
I'm not much into other W. Hill movies, because they all plotwise become uninteresting or fall apart at some time, but this one is perfect.
I'll stick Extreme Prejudice on my list of things to see. Though I think your assessment of Hill means that you're severely underrating The Driver Who Was Awesome.
Could be, I've only seen bits of it, I have still to watch the whole deal.
Some would also say I'm knocking off 48 Hrs, Southern Comfort and The Long Riders, but I watched them all after Extreme Prejudice and they all failed to equal "the peppery." Must be the Texan coolness behind it.
The fact that I'm now noticing that you don't have a John Ford section suggests that I check your list out a lot.
HA! And as it stands, I've only seen THE SEARCHERS.