Who are your Top 5 favorite film directors of all-time. This does not necessarily mean it has to be the top film makers of all time by critics standards, just your favorite directors. Here are mine.

1.) Martin Scorsese-With films like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Color of Money, Casino, and more recently The Gangs of New York, and The Departed, Scorsese is by far my favorite director of all time. I literally have liked almost every film he has ever made, and will probably love almost any film he makes in the future. I know before I even go to the theatre that I am going to get all the bang for my buck I can hope for, and leave the theatre with a sense of satisfaction.

2.) Francis Ford Coppola-The Godfather trilogy, need I say more? Yes he has made some shit films like Jack and Peggy Sue got married, but The Godfather Trilogy, Apocolypse Now, The Rainmaker, and The Conversation have shown that this guy knows what he is doing when he is on top of his game.

3.) Steven Spielberg-I'm not going to get into it too much, but Jaws and E.T. pretty much show you that his name is synonymous with big-time movies.

4.) Quentin Tarantino-You gotta love Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and the vastly underrated Jackie Brown. He hasn't made as many movies as these other guys, but there is something about his movies I just love, and I hope he makes many more.

5.) David Fincher-Seven, The Game, Fight Club. Enough said. He is still young and will continue to make some of the best movies around.

Decent list. My favourite(you brash americans spell so weird) director is Fincher. Love Fight Club, Seven and Zodiac. The Game and Panic Room arent bad either. I dont think I could name my next 4 without taking alot of time thinking about it.

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Yeah I didn't see that thread but why not get a fresh debate going on the subject since it is now to late to retract my post.

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I agree. I need to start using the search function more.

1. Michael Mann (Come on, he did HEAT!)
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Tarintino

And I can't think of anymore.

Your list pretty much matches mine. Scorsese is the best and I am happy he finnally got recognized. Coppola is a little to high on your list for my liking. I saw the movie about Robert Evans and he was saying how Coppola wanted to go in a very artsy direction for the original Godfather and they had to whip him into shape. Clint Eastwood is quickly becoming a favorite of mine aswell.

Eastwood is really good. He is actually getting better with age. With the Coppola thing, Apocalypse Now is one of my top 5 favorite movies so it boosted him from like 5 to 2

1) Kubrick
2)Kubrick
3)Kubrick
4)Coen Bros
5)Kubrick

Hey, Mac, are you aware of Kaufman's upcoming directorial debut? I've had wood over this for like two years.

I have, i've been keeping myself away from any news about it, I want to know as little as I can about it when I go see it. I don't know how he gets his movies made, but it almost makes me believe there's a god because he does.

Good list, but you said of all time.

I'd keep Scorcese and probably Spielberg, We need to add Billy Wilder and Frank Capra. Then it becomes a "Pick One:" from Tarantino, Coen Brothers, Tex Avery, Kubrick, Altman, Almodovar, Ron Howard, Coppola, and Hitchcock

Agreed. Outstanding writer. I am geeky enough to have favorite screenplay authors. He is one and so are William Goldman and Neil Simon.

James Gunn
Hitchy
Coen Bra's
Tarantino
Spielberg

the problem with Coppola is he's pretty much a 3 trick pony. Granted, his 3 tricks are 3 of the best 10 movies of all time, so it's hard not to put him in the top five. But the rest of his work is.. well.. meh. He's top 10 on my list, but not top five.

I like fincher, but I need to see more.


I love Tarentino. He's in my top five of the sheer effect Res. Dogs and Pulp fiction had on me, on the way I viewed movies, on the expectations I have of them. Probably overrated to be in my top five, but so what.


Capra and wilder are great, but I can't get fired up for Mr Smith goes to washington or Sunset Boul. like I do for say, Pulp fiction or Dr. Strangelove. They are great movies, but I appreciate them more than I love them.


I think Spielberg is underrated by serious movie lovers. Don't blame him because the genre he basically created ( IE Big Budget Blockbusters) sucks balls. Only spielberg could have made something like the first 45 minutes of saving private ryan (which I think is the most powerful thing ever put on film)

also if we're going for a more "all time" list, I'd have been more likly to put hitchcock, Bergman or kurosawa than capra or wilder. Just sayin'.

I guess that since this is a "favorite" not "best" nor even "most influential" I can see your points. Capra/Wilder would certainly have to be credited with having influenced "Film as we know it" including influencing guys like Hitchcock and Tarantino.

Having said that I will say that my "5 Favorites" are Scorcese, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Coens, Kubrick

Any possible consideration for Woody Allen? or Altman?

No particular order...

Billy Wilder
Alfred Hitchcock
Ridley Scott
Martin Scorcese
David Lean

Other considerations: Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, Truffaut, Kubrick, Hawks, Cukor, Huston, Ford, Spielberg...a few more, but it's all debatable, innit?

Kevin Smith

lol i killed the old thread with


i would update the ultra ostentatious answer to charles burnett.

edit:

serious cat top 5 would look something like

p.t. anderson
godard
hitch
kubrick
malick

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Too lazy to put them in order

Scorsese
Spielberg
Kubrick
Lynch
Tarantino

And it's Scorsese. Pot Odds, you dummy.

d'oh!

Kurosawa makes mad films

In no particular order

Martin Scorcese
Steven Spielberg
Francis Ford Coppola
Kevin Smith
Farrelly Brothers (guilty pleasure)