Movie Directors' Top Films

[Zach]

Well, I'm admittedly biased toward A.I., since I love it so much. Still, Temple of Doom wouldn't look out of place. Not that it should necessarily count for anything, but Spielberg himself seems the least proud of the latter.

[pauldrach]

Well, I'm admittedly biased toward A.I., since I love it so much. Still, Temple of Doom wouldn't look out of place. Not that it should necessarily count for anything, but Spielberg himself seems the least proud of the latter.

I agree that it's a crying shame to kick off what is imo Spielberg's most inspired film for yet another Indy but decisions being a crying shame is not and will never be part of the criteria.

[Zach]

Word. I guess Temple of Doom would take it, with wins in both popularity and influence.

[Tim]

What do others think? I don't necessarily object to having IJ&tToD at #10.

I'd lean towards Duel at #10.

[pauldrach]

What do others think? I don't necessarily object to having IJ&tToD at #10.

I'd lean towards Duel at #10.

I wouldn't mind that either. Spielberg's second most inspired film?

[Dubrow555]

I vote "Duel" as well - certainly one of the most important/significant Made-For-TV films of all time for sure. I think it also makes sense to create some space between the two Indiana Jones sequels, as they are pretty far apart on the 80's list.

[ManPerson]

I'd argue that space between them is fairly unjustified, but I'd be fine with Duel at #10, I guess.

[pauldrach]

Well, Duel takes acclaim less easily than IH&tToD takes popularity. Influence is another (rather close) win for IJ&tToD. Am I wrong?

[ManPerson]

I'd agree with that, but I don't think Duel at 10 is ridiculous.

[Zach]

Between the two, I lean toward Temple of Doom at #10. It's probably a smidge stronger criteria-wise.

[Tim]

Do we plan on revising the 1980s list if so?

[ManPerson]

The 80s list could definitely use another look.

[Tim]

Guess after we done revising the 2000s & the 1990s.

[pauldrach]

Updates for page 33:

John Sturges
1. The Great Escape (1963)
2. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
3. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
4. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
5. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
6. The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
7. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
8. Mystery Street (1950)
9. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
10. The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

Preston Sturges
1. The Lady Eve (1941)
2. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
3. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
4. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
5. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
6. The Great McGinty (1940)
7. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
8. Christmas in July (1940)
9. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
10. The Great Moment (1944)

Seijun Suzuki
1. Branded to Kill (1967)
2. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
3. Youth of the Beast (1963)
4. Zigeunerweisen (1980)
5. Gate of Flesh (1964)
6. Story of a Prostitute (1965)
7. Tattooed Life (1965)
8. Fighting Elegy (1966)
9. Kagero-za (1981)
10. Everything Goes Wrong (1960)

Jan Švankmajer
1. Alice (1988)
2. Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
3. Little Otik (2000)
4. Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989)
5. Faust (1994)
6. Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
7. Lunacy (2005)
8. Food (1992)
9. The Flat (1968)
10. Surviving Life (2010)

Isao Takahata
1. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
2. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
3. Only Yesterday (1991)
4. Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974)
5. Pom Poko (1994)
6. Anne of Green Gables [with others] (1979)
7. My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
8. The Great Adventure of Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968)
9. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
10. Panda! Go, Panda! (1972)

Quentin Tarantino
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
3. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
4. Django Unchained (2012)
5. Once upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019)
6. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
7. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
8. Jackie Brown (1997)
9. The Hateful Eight (2015)
10. Death Proof (2007)

Andrei Tarkovsky
1. Stalker (1979)
2. Andrei Rublev (1966)
3. Solaris (1972)
4. The Mirror (1975)
5. The Sacrifice (1986)
6. Ivan's Childhood (1962)
7. Nostalghia (1983)
8. The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)
9. The Killers [with Marika Beiku & Alexander Gordon] (1956)
10. Voyage in Time [with Tonino Guerra] (1983)

Béla Tarr
1. Sátántangó (1994)
2. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
3. The Turin Horse [with Ágnes Hranitzky] (2011)
4. Damnation (1988)
5. Family Nest (1979)
6. The Prefab People (1982)
7. Almanac of Fall (1984)
8. The Man from London (2007)
9. Macbeth (1982)
10. The Outsider (1981)

Frank Tashlin
1. The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
2. Artists and Models (1955)
3. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
4. Son of Paleface (1952)
5. Hollywood or Bust (1956)
6. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
7. Porky Pig's Feat (1943)
8. Say One for Me (1959)
9. Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
10. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Norman Taurog
1. Boys Town (1938)
2. Girl Crazy [with Busby Berkeley] (1943)
3. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
4. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
5. The Stooge (1951)
6. Skippy (1931)
7. Living It Up (1954)
8. Blue Hawaii (1961)
9. Room for One More (1952)
10. The Caddy (1953)

Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021)
1. A Sunday in the Country (1984)
2. Round Midnight (1986)
3. Coup de torchon (1981)
4. The Clockmaker (1974)
5. Life and Nothing But (1989)
6. The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
7. Captain Conan (1996)
8. The Bait (1995)
9. L.627 (1992)
10. It All Starts Today (1999)

Paolo Taviani
RIP 1931-2024

Julie Taymor
1. Frida (2002)
2. Across the Universe (2007)
3. Titus (1999)
4. The Tempest (2010)
5. The Glorias (2020)

Betty Thomas
1. Private Parts (1997)
2. Dr. Dolittle (1998)
3. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
4. John Tucker Must Die (2006)
5. The Late Shift (1995)
6. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
7. 28 Days (2000)
8. I Spy (2002)
9. Only You (1992)
10. My Breast (1994)

J. Lee Thompson
1. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
2. Cape Fear (1962)
3. Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
4. Tiger Bay (1959)
5. What a Way to Go! (1964)
6. North West Frontier (1959)
7. Mackenna's Gold (1969)
8. Yield to the Night (1956)
9. Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
10. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Richard Thorpe
1. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
2. Ivanhoe (1952)
3. The Great Caruso (1951)
4. The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
5. Night Must Fall (1937)
6. Thrill of a Romance (1945)
7. The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
8. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
9. Knights of the Round Table (1953)
10. Double Wedding (1937)

Johnnie To
1. Exiled (2006)
2. The Mission (1999)
3. Election 2 (2006)
4. Election (2005)
5. Drug War (2012)
6. Mad Detective [with Wai Ka-Fai] (2007)
7. Running Out of Time (1999)
8. PTU (2003)
9. Breaking News (2004)
10. All About Ah-Long (1989)

Giuseppe Tornatore
1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
2. Malèna (2000)
3. The Legend of 1900 (1998)
4. The Best Offer (2013)
5. The Unknown Woman (2006)
6. The Star Maker (1995)
7. A Pure Formality (1994)
8. Ennio (2021)
9. Everybody's Fine (1990)
10. Baarìa (2009)

And the new list:

George Albert Smith​​​​​​​ (1864-1959)
1. The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899)
2. Santa Claus (1898)
3. Mary Jane's Mishap (1903)
4. Grandma's Reading Glass (1900)
5. As Seen Through a Telescope (1900)
6. A Visit to the Seaside (1908)
7. Let Me Dream Again (1900)
8. The X-Rays (1897)
9. The Miller and the Sweep (1998)
10. The Sick Kitten (1903)

I'll send the page 32 updates to lew.

[ManPerson]

I'm curious about Kill Bill Vol. 1 vs Once upon a time in Hollywood

[pauldrach]

I'm curious about Kill Bill Vol. 1 vs Once upon a time in Hollywood

They're very close and it was the last swap I made. As I see it, OuaTiH probably takes both overall popularity and acclaim by a very slim margin with neither having much influence.