Movie Directors' Top Films

[pauldrach]

Terrence Fisher's list has #9 missing, paul.

Well, if that's your only quibble, I'll be pleased.

Recheck.

[Dubrow555]

Looks good to me.

[Dubrow555]

Since we already have passed the letter "B" we might as well add:

Sean Baker:
1. Anora
2. The Florida Project
3. Tangerine
4. Red Rocket
5. Starlet

[ManPerson]

Looks fine.

[pauldrach]

Looks fine.

The Baker or the page 12 updates or both or what?

[ManPerson]

Both.

[pauldrach]

Page 13 updates:

Antoine Fuqua
1. Training Day (2001)
2. The Equalizer (2014)
3. Coolio feat. L.V.: Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
4. Shooter (2007)
5. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
6. Southpaw (2015)
7. The Magnificent Seven (2016)
8. The Equalizer 2 (2018)
9. King Arthur (2004)
10. The Guilty (2021)

Leonid Gaidai
1. The Diamond Arm (1969)
2. Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
3. Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)
4. Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
5. Twelve Chairs (1971)
6. Bootleggers (1962)
7. Strictly Business (1963)
8. It Can't Be! (1975)
9. Sportloto-82 (1982)
10. Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961)

Abel Gance
1. Napoléon (1927)
2. J'accuse (1919)
3. La roue (1923)
4. Au secours! (1924)
5. La folie du Docteur Tube (1915)
6. The Tenth Symphony (1918)
7. The Torture of Silence (1917)
8. J'accuse (1938)
9. Blind Venus (1941)
10. Austerlitz (1960)

Clyde Geronimi & Hamilton Luske
1. Pinocchio [HL with Ben Sharpsteen; supervisors] (1940)
2. Cinderella [with Wilfred Jackson] (1950)
3. Alice in Wonderland [with Wilfred Jackson] (1951)
4. Lady and the Tramp [with Wilfred Jackson] (1955)
5. One Hundred and One Dalmatians [with Wolfgang Reitherman] (1961)
6. Sleeping Beauty [CG; supervisor] (1959)
7. Peter Pan [with Wilfred Jackson] (1953)
8. Donald in Mathmagic Land [HL; supervisor] (1959)
9. The Pointer [CG] (1939)
10. Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi [CG] (1943)

Mel Gibson
1. Braveheart (1995)
2. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
3. Apocalypto (2006)
4. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
5. The Man Without a Face (1993)

Lewis Gilbert
1. Alfie (1966)
2. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
3. You Only Live Twice (1967)
4. Educating Rita (1983)
5. Moonraker (1979)
6. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
7. Reach for the Sky (1956)
8. Shirley Valentine (1989)
9. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
10. H.M.S. Defiant (1962)

Terry Gilliam
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail [with Terry Jones] (1975)
2. Brazil (1985)
3. 12 Monkeys (1995)
4. The Fisher King (1991)
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
6. Time Bandits (1981)
7. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
8. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
9. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
10. The Zero Theorem (2013)

Jonathan Glazer
1. The Zone of Interest (2023)
2. Under the Skin (2013)
3. Sexy Beast (2000)
4. Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity (1996)
5. Birth (2004)
6. Radiohead: Karma Police (1997)
7. UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke: Rabbit in Your Headlights (1998)
8. Blur: The Universal (1995)
9. Radiohead: Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1996)
10. Massive Attack: Karmacoma (1995)

John Glen
1. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
2. Octopussy (1983)
3. The Living Daylights (1987)
4. Licence to Kill (1989)
5. A View to a Kill (1985)

Jean-Luc Godard
1. Breathless (1960)
2. Contempt (1963)
3. Pierrot le fou (1965)
4. Vivre sa vie (1962)
5. Alphaville (1965)
6. Week-End (1967)
7. Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998)
8. Bande à part (1964)
9. Masculin féminin (1966)
10. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)

Bobcat Goldthwait
1. World's Greatest Dad (2009)
2. God Bless America (2011)
3. Willow Creek (2013)
4. Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)
5. Call Me Lucky (2015)
6. Shakes the Clown (1991)
7. Windy City Heat (2003)
8. Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (2017)
9. Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time (2014)
10. Joy Ride (2021)

Michel Gondry
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
2. The Science of Sleep (2006)
3. Daft Punk: Around the World (1997)
4. The White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl (2002)
5. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
6. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
7. Mood Indigo (2013)
8. Foo Fighters: Everlong (1997)
9. Human Nature (2001)
10. The Chemical Brothers: Star Guitar (2002)

Alejandro González Iñárritu
1. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
2. Amores perros (2000)
3. The Revenant (2015)
4. Babel (2006)
5. 21 Grams (2003)
6. Biutiful (2010)
7. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
8. Flesh and Sand (2017)
9. Nike: Write the Future (2010)
10. The Hire: Powder Keg (2001)

Stuart Gordon
1. Re-Animator (1985)
2. From Beyond (1986)
3. Dolls (1986)
4. Stuck (2007)
5. Dagon (2001)
6. Edmond (2005)
7. Fortress (1992)
8. Castle Freak (1995)
9. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
10. Robot Jox (1990)

Edmund Goulding
1. Grand Hotel (1932)
2. Nightmare Alley (1947)
3. Dark Victory (1939)
4. The Razor's Edge (1946)
5. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
6. Love (1927)
7. The Old Maid (1939)
8. The Great Lie (1941)
9. The Trespasser (1929)
10. The Constant Nymph (1943)

F. Gary Gray
1. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
2. Friday (1995)
3. The Negotiator (1998)
4. The Italian Job (2003)
5. TLC: Waterfalls (1995)
6. The Fate of the Furious (2017)
7. Set It Off (1996)
8. Ice Cube: It Was a Good Day (1993)
9. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
10. OutKast: Ms. Jackson (2000)

James Gray
1. Ad Astra (2019)
2. Two Lovers (2008)
3. The Immigrant (2013)
4. The Lost City of Z (2016)
5. We Own the Night (2007)
6. Little Odessa (1994)
7. Armageddon Time (2022)
8. The Yards (2000)
9. Welcome Back Future (2021)
10. Cowboys and Angels (1991)

And I agree wholeheartedly with Dubrow's Sean Baker list and repost it here so that I don't forget to send it:

Sean Baker (1971-)
1. Anora (2024)
2. The Florida Project (2017)
3. Tangerine (2015)
4. Red Rocket (2021)
5. Starlet (2012)

Also, I will send the page 12 updates to lew.

[Tim]

Leonid Gaidai
2. Kidnapping, Caucasian Sytle (1967)

Probably a typo, should be

2. Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)

[ManPerson]

I'd say Michel Gondry's music videos are generally too low on his top 10 (and Star Guitar could probably replace ItMWITH).

Otherwise the lists look good.

[Dubrow555]

My instincts tell me that Zone of Interest should be #1 at this point for Mr. Glazer. Pretty definitely wins initial and lasting popularity, is much higher one Films101 (even if UTS is much higher on TSPDT), plus a bit more audience acclaim, plus a very successful awards-run and 2 Oscar wins.

[Tim]

I also checked back and Zone of Interest is #8 movie for it's year (2023) while Under the Skin is only #17 for 2013 so unless we wanna change that drastically it makes sense having Zone of Interest ahead.

[pauldrach]

All suggestions worked in. Check the Gondry list and tell me if the vids are high enough.

[ManPerson]

Gondry list looks good.

[pauldrach]

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)

I'd have Queer > Suspiria and The Staggering Girl > The Protagonists. Thoughts?