My Favorite Directors

Submitted by Maniac Mansion on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 03:38
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  1. So here is a list of my favorite directors and my top 3 favorite films by each.

  3. David Cronenberg
  4. Videodrome
  5. Dead Ringers
  6. The Dead Zone

  8. The Coen Bros.
  9. Fargo
  10. O Brother Where Art Thou?
  11. No Country For Old Men

  13. Quentin Tarantino
  14. Pulp Fiction
  15. Reservoir Dogs
  16. Kill Bill Vol. 2

  18. David Lynch
  19. Mulholland Dr.
  20. Inland Empire
  21. The Elephant Man

  23. Roman Polanski
  24. Rosemary's Baby
  25. The Ninth Gate
  26. The Pianist

  28. Martin Scorsese
  29. Raging Bull
  30. Taxi Driver
  31. Mean Streets

  33. Tim Burton
  34. Ed Wood
  35. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
  36. Edward Scissorhands

  38. Stanley Kubrick
  39. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  40. The Shining
  41. Full Metal Jacket

  43. Paul Thomas Anderson
  44. Magnolia
  45. Punch Drunk Love
  46. There Will Be Blood

  48. Sam Raimi
  49. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
  50. A Simple Plan
  51. The Gift

  53. Robert Altman
  54. Nashville
  55. 3 Women
  56. The Long Goodbye

  58. Peter Jackson
  59. Heavenly Creatures
  60. The Frighteners
  61. Dead Alive

  63. Woody Allen
  64. Manhattan
  65. Interiors
  66. Love and Death
  67. Annie Hall
  68. Hannah and Her Sisters
  69. (Yeah, Woody gets five.)

  71. Darren Aronofsky
  72. Pi
  73. The Wrestler
  74. Requiem for a Dream

  76. Jim Jarmusch
  77. Stranger Than Paradise
  78. Dead Man
  79. Down by Law

  81. Dario Argento
  82. Opera
  83. Phenomena
  84. Deep Red

  86. Wes Anderson
  87. The Royal Tenenbaums
  88. Rushmore
  89. The Life Aquatic

  91. David Fincher
  92. Fight Club
  93. Se7en
  94. Zodiac

  96. Tony Scott
  97. Man on Fire
  98. True Romance
  99. The Last Boy Scout

  101. Richard Linklater
  102. Before Sunrise
  103. Slacker
  104. Tape

  106. Steven Soderbergh
  107. Solaris
  108. Traffic
  109. Out of Sight

  111. Sergio Leone
  112. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  113. Once Upon a Time in America
  114. Once Upon a Time in the West

  116. Jean-Luc Godard
  117. Breathless
  118. Contempt
  119. My Life to Live

  121. Francis Ford Coppola
  122. The Conversation
  123. Rumble Fish
  124. The Godfather

  126. James Cameron
  127. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  128. Aliens
  129. The Terminator
Author Comments: 

Okay, I know there are amazing directors that I didn't include on my list. That's because they aren't my favorites. I'm not saying Cronenberg and Raimi are better directors than Kurosawa or Fellini, I'm just saying they are my personal favorites. Go to They Shoot Pictures if you want a definitive list of the all time best.

Elston07/18/2009

Nice list. I haven't actually seen any of those Cronenbergs, though I think he's a very good director as well. May I say that you have seen a lot of movies!

Maniac Mansion07/20/2009

Videodrome is Croenenberg's defining film. It's directly in between his low-budget horror beginnings, and bizarre arthouse days, so it is kind of a perfect balance between the two. Dead Ringers is one of the most unusual drama's ever made, and Jeremy Irons is amazing. Both films are highly recommended.

DarkmanPoe09/24/2009

Cronenberg is my favorite director, as well.