Movie Directors' Top Films

[Dubrow555]

Looks good to me - a real shame that "Megalopolis" couldn't break into FFC's top ten...

[pauldrach]

Looks good to me - a real shame that "Megalopolis" couldn't break into FFC's top ten...

It was tempting though, to just add it at #2 or something and then lean back and enjoy the reactions.

[Dubrow555]

Paulo, that would have been COMEDY GOLD my friend....

[pauldrach]

Page 9 updates:

Michael Curtiz
1. Casablanca (1942)
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood [with William Keighley] (1938)
3. Mildred Pierce (1945)
4. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
5. Captain Blood (1935)
6. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
7. The Sea Hawk (1940)
8. White Christmas (1954)
9. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
10. Life with Father (1947)

Stephen Daldry
1. The Hours (2002)
2. Billy Elliot (2000)
3. The Reader (2008)
4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
5. Trash (2014)

Georgiy Daneliya
1. Afonya (1975)
2. Mimino (1977)
3. Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
4. Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
5. Autumn Marathon (1979)
6. Don't Grieve (1968)
7. Passport (1990)
8. Tears Were Falling (1983)
9. Splendid Days [with Igor Talankin] (1960)
10. Thirty Three (1965)

Joe Dante
1. Gremlins (1984)
2. The Howling (1981)
3. Piranha (1978)
4. The 'Burbs (1989)
5. Innerspace (1987)
6. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
7. Explorers (1985)
8. Matinee (1993)
9. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
10. Small Soldiers (1998)

Frank Darabont
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Green Mile (1999)
3. Days Gone Bye [The Walking Dead pilot] (2010)
4. The Mist (2007)
5. Mob City [with Guy Ferland] (2013)

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
1. Rosetta (1999)
2. The Son (2002)
3. L'enfant (2005)
4. The Kid with a Bike (2011)
5. Two Days, One Night (2014)
6. La promesse (1996)
7. Lorna's Silence (2008)
8. Tori and Lokita (2022)
9. The Unknown Girl (2016)
10. Young Ahmed (2019)

Jules Dassin
1. Rififi (1955)
2. Night and the City (1950)
3. The Naked City (1948)
4. Brute Force (1947)
5. Thieves' Highway (1949)
6. Topkapi (1964)
7. Never on Sunday (1960)
8. The Canterville Ghost (1944)
9. He Who Must Die (1957)
10. Uptight (1968)

Delmer Daves
1. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
2. Dark Passage (1947)
3. Broken Arrow (1950)
4. Destinytion Tokyo (1943)
5. The Hanging Tree (1959)
6. Pride of the Marines (1945)
7. A Summer Place (1959)
8. Jubal (1956)
9. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
10. The Red House (1947)

Terence Davies (1945-2023)
1. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
2. The Long Day Closes (1992)
3. The House of Mirth (2000)
4. The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
5. A Quiet Passion (2016)
6. Of Time and the City (2008)
7. Benediction (2021)
8. Sunset Song (2015)
9. The Neon Bible (1995)
10. Death and Transfiguration (1983)

Roy Del Ruth
1. Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
2. Blonde Crazy (1931)
3. On Moonlight Bay (1951)
4. Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
5. Employees' Entrance (1933)
6. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
7. The Desert Song (1929)
8. Born to Dance (1936)
9. The Maltese Falcon (1931)
10. Hold Everything (1930)

Cecil B. DeMille
1. The Ten Commnandments (1956)
2. The Cheat (1915)
3. Samson and Delilah (1949)
4. The Ten Commandments (1923)
5. Cleopatra (1934)
6. The King of Kings (1927)
7. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
8. Male and Female (1919)
9. Union Pacific (1939)
10. The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Jonathan Demme
1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
2. Stop Making Sense (1984)
3. Philadelphia (1993)
4. Melvin and Howard (1980)
5. Rachel Getting Married (2008)
6. Something Wild (1986)
7. Married to the Mob (1988)
8. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
9. Swing Shift (1984)
10. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)

Claire Denis
1. Beau travail (1999)
2. White Material (2009)
3. 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
4. Chocolat (1988)
5. The Intruder (2004)
6. Trouble Every Day (2001)
7. High Life (2018)
8. Let the Sunshine In (2017)
9. Bastards (2013)
10. Friday Night (2002)

Brian De Palma
1. Scarface (1983)
2. Carrie (1976)
3. The Untouchables (1987)
4. Blow Out (1981)
5. Carlito's Way (1993)
6. Dressed to Kill (1980)
7. Mission: Impossible (1996)
8. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
9. Body Double (1984)
10. Sisters (1973)

If there are no further comments (ManPerson?), I'll send the page 8 updates to lew.

[ManPerson]

Page 8 lists look fine.

[Tim]

Luca Guadagnino
1. Call Me by Your Name (2017)
2. Challengers (2024)
3. I Am Love (2009)
4. Bones and All (2022)
5. A Bigger Splash (2015)
6. Suspiria (2018)
7. Queer (2024)
8. We Are Who We Are (2020)
9. Melissa P. (2005)
10. The Protagonists (1999)

[ManPerson]

I'm curious how The Cheat compares with Samson and Delilah.

[pauldrach]

I'm curious how The Cheat compares with Samson and Delilah.

Influence: The Cheat easy
Popularity: Samson and Delilah by less
Acclaim: Samson and Delilah by even less

Depending on how big we consider The Cheat's influence win to be, the two could or should be swapped. What do others think?

[Tim]

I have no problems with keeping The Cheat ahead.

[pauldrach]

Updates for page 10:

Maya Deren
1. Meshes of the Afternoon [with Alexander Hammid] (1943)
2. At Land (1944)
3. Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
4. A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
5. Meditation on Violence (1944)
6. The Very Eye of Night (1955)
7. The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
8. The Witch's Cradle (1944)
9. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1954/1985)
10. Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)

Lav Diaz
1. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
2. From What Is Before (2014)
3. Norte, the End of History (2013)
4. Melancholia (2008)
5. The Woman Who Left (2016)
6. Batang West Side (2001)
7. A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)
8. Season of the Devil (2018)
9. Death in the Land of Encantos (2007)
10. Century of Birthing (2011)

William K. L. Dickson
1. Blacksmith Scene (1893)
2. The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
3. Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894)
4. Monkeyshines [with William Heise] (1890)
5. Newark Athlete (1891)
6. Dickson Greeting (1891)
7. Rip Van Winkle (1896)
8. Annabelle Serpentine Dance [with William Heise] (1895)
9. King John [with Walter Pfeffer Dando] (1899)
10. Carmencita (1894)

William Dieterle
1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
2. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
3. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
4. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream [with Max Reinhardt] (1935)
6. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
7. Juarez (1939)
8. The Last Flight (1931)
9. I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
10. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)

Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks
1. Steamboat Willie (1928)
2. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
3. Alice Comedies (1923-1927)
4. The Karnival Kid (1929)
5. Plane Crazy (1928)
6. Little Red Riding Hood (1922)
7. Cinderella (1922)
8. The Haunted House (1929)
9. Trolley Troubles (1927)
10. Hell's Bells [UI] (1929)

Edward Dmytryk
1. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
2. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
3. Crossfire (1947)
4. The Young Lions (1958)
5. Broken Lance (1954)
6. Back to Bataan (1945)
7. The Carpetbaggers (1964)
8. Warlock (1959)
9. Cornered (1945)
10. Mirage (1965)

Pete Docter
1. Up [with Bob Peterson] (2009)
2. Inside Out [with Ronnie del Carmen] (2015)
3. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
4. Soul [with Kemp Powers] (2020)
5. Mike's New Car [with Roger Gould] (2002)

Xavier Dolan
1. Mommy (2014)
2. I Killed My Mother (2009)
3. Laurence Anyways (2012)
4. Adele: Hello (2015)
5. Heartbeats (2010)
6. Tom at the Farm (2013)
7. It's Only the End of the World (2016)
8. The Night Logan Woke Up (2022)
9. Matthias & Maxime (2019)
10. Indochine: College Boy (2013)

Roger Donaldson
1. No Way Out (1987)
2. The Bank Job (2008)
3. The Bounty (1984)
4. Thirteen Days (2000)
5. Dante's Peak (1997)
6. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
7. Cocktail (1988)
8. Smash Palace (1981)
9. Species (1995)
10. Sleeping Dogs (1977)

Stanley Donen​​​​​​​
1. Singin' in the Rain [with Gene Kelly] (1952)
2. On the Town [with Gene Kelly] (1949)
3. Charade
4. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
5. Funny Face (1957)
6. Two for the Road (1967)
7. Royal Wedding (1951)
8. It's Always Fair Weather [with Gene Kelly] (1955)
9. Indiscreet (1958)
10. The Pajama Game [with George Abbott] (1957)

Richard Donner (1930-2021)
1. Superman (1978)
2. Lethal Weapon (1987)
3. The Omen (1976)
4. The Goonies (1985)
5. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
6. Ladyhawke (1985)
7. Scrooged (1988)
8. Maverick (1994)
9. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
10. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

Bill Douglas
1. My Childhood (1972)
2. My Ain Folk (1973)
3. My Way Home (1978)
4. Comrades (1986)
5. Come Dancing (1971)

Gordon Douglas
1. Them! (1954)
2. Saps at Sea (1940)
3. The Detective (1968)
4. Young at Heart (1954)
5. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
6. Tony Rome (1967)
7. In Like Flint (1967)
8. I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
9. The Charge at Feather River (1953)
10. Rio Conchos (1964)

Alexander Dovzhenko
1. Earth (1930)
2. Arsenal (1929)
3. Zvenigora (1928)
4. Aerograd (1935)
5. Ivan (1932)
6. Shchors [with Yuliya Solntseva] (1939)
7. Michurin (1949)
8. Love's Berries (1926)
9. Ukraine in Flames [with Yuliya Solntseva] (1943)
10. The Diplomatic Pouch (1927)

Carl Theodor Dreyer
1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
2. Ordet (1955)
3. Vampyr (1932)
4. Day of Wrath (1943)
5. Gertrud (1964)
6. Michael (1924)
7. Master of the House (1925)
8. The Parson's Widow (1920)
9. Leaves from Satan's Book (1921)
10. Præsidenten (1919)

Lena Dunham
1. Girls (2012-2017)
2. Tiny Furniture (2010)
3. Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
4. Sharp Stick (2022)
5. Camping [with Jenni Konner] (2018)

Guru Dutt
1. Pyaasa (1957)
2. Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)
3. Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)
4. Baazi (1951)
5. Aar Paar (1954)

Julien Duvivier
1. Pépé le Moko (1937)
2. The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
3. Panique (1946)
4. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
5. Au bonheur des dames (1930)
6. Un carnet de bal (1937)
7. The Great Waltz (1938)
8. La belle équipe (1936)
9. The End of the Day (1939)
10. Poil de carotte (1932)

Allan Dwan
1. Robin Hood (1922)
2. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
3. The Iron Mask (1929)
4. Manhandled (1924)
5. The Good Bad-Man (1916)
6. Heidi (1937)
7. Suez (1938)
8. Frontier Marshal (1939)
9. The Half-Breed (1916)
10. Stage Struck (1925)

Blake Edwards
1. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
2. The Pink Panther (1963)
3. The Party (1968)
4. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
5. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
6. Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
7. Victor/Victoria (1982)
8. 10 (1979)
9. Operation Petticoat (1959)
10. The Great Race (1965)

I'll send the page 9 updates to lew.

[ManPerson]

The lists look pretty good.

[Dubrow555]

Can't see anything I disagree with.

[pauldrach]

Updates for page 11:

Sergei M. Eisenstein
1. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
2. Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 (1944)
3. Alexander Nevsky [with Dmitri Vasilyev] (1938)
4. Strike (1925)
5. Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 (1946/1958)
6. October: Ten Days That Shook the World [with Grigori Aleksandrov] (1928)
7. The General Line [with Grigori Aleksandrov] (1929)
8. ¡Que viva México! (1932)
9. Glumov's Diary (1923)
10. Romance sentimentale [with Grigori Aleksandrov] (1930)

Roland Emmerich
1. Independence Day (1996)
2. 2012 (2009)
3. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
4. Stargate (1994)
5. The Patriot (2000)
6. Godzilla (1998)
7. 10,000 BC (2008)
8. Universal Soldier (1992)
9. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
10. White House Down (2013)

Nora Ephron
1. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
2. You've Got Mail (1998)
3. Julie & Julia (2009)
4. Michael (1996)
5. Bewitched (2005)

Jean Epstein
1. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
2. Cœur fidèle (1923)
3. La glace à trois faces (1927)
4. Finis terræ (1929)
5. Le tempestaire (1947)
6. L'auberge rouge (1923)
7. La belle Nivernaise (1924)
8. Mauprat (1926)
9. Chanson d'Armor (1934)
10. Mor vran (1931)

Víctor Erice
1. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
2. The Quince Tree Sun (1992)
3. El sur (1983)
4. Close Your Eyes (2023)
5. La morte rouge (2006)

Asghar Farhadi
1. A Separation (2011)
2. About Elly (2009)
3. The Salesman (2016)
4. The Past (2013)
5. A Hero (2021)
6. Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
7. Everybody Knows (2018)
8. Beautiful City (2004)
9. Dancing in the Dust (2003)
10. Story of a City (2000-2001)

Bobby & Peter Farrelly​​​​​​​
1. Dumb and Dumber (1994)
2. There's Something About Mary (1998)
3. Green Book [PF] (2018)
4. Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
5. Stuck on You (2003)
6. Shallow Hal (2001)
7. Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
8. Kingpin (1996)
9. The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
10. Hall Pass (2011)

John Farrow​​​​​​​
1. The Big Clock (1948)
2. Hondo (1953)
3. Five Came Back (1939)
4. His Kind of Woman [with Richard Fleischer] (1951)
5. Wake Island (1942)
6. The Sea Chase (1955)
7. Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
8. Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
9. Where Danger Lives (1950)
10. California (1947)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
2. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
3. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
4. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
5. In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
6. Veronika Voss (1982)
7. Fox and His Friends (1975)
8. Lola (1981)
9. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
10. Querelle (1982)

Jon Favreau​​​​​​​
1. Iron Man (2008)
2. The Mandalorian (2019-)
3. The Jungle Book (2016)
4. Elf (2003)
5. Iron Man 2 (2010)
6. The Lion King (2019)
7. Chef (2014)
8. Zathura (2005)
9. The Chef Show (2019-2020)
10. Made (2001)

Paul Feig​​​​​​​
1. Bridesmaids (2011)
2. Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)
3. Spy (2015)
4. Ghostbusters (2016)
5. The Heat (2013)
6. A Simple Favor (2018)
7. Other Space (2015)
8. Last Christmas (2019)
9. The School for Good and Evil (2022)
10. Jackpot! (2024)

Abel Ferrara​​​​​​​
1. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
2. King of New York (1990)
3. The Addiction (1995)
4. Ms. 45 (1981)
5. The Funeral (1996)
6. Body Snatchers (1993)
7. The Driller Killer (1979)
8. New Rose Hotel (1998)
9. Dangerous Game (1993)
10. Pasolini (2014)

David Fincher
1. Fight Club (1999)
2. The Social Network (2010)
3. Se7en (1995)
4. Gone Girl (2014)
5. Zodiac (2007)
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
8. Mank (2020)
9. George Michael: Freedom '90 (1990)
10. The Game (1997)

I'll send the page 10 updates to lew.

[ManPerson]

Comparing TV and film is always a bit apples and oranges but I'd say The Mandalorian > The Jungle Book.

I'm also curious about Mank vs The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and About Elly vs The Salesman.

[Zach]

Could be wrong, but I think there's a case for Fincher's iconic music video for "Freedom! '90."

[Zach]

Also, Kingpin below Shallow Hal makes me sad.