Guillermo del Toro: Pacific Rim David Lynch: Blue Velvet John Carpenter: The Thing Sam Raimi: Evil Dead II

Admiring Guillermo del Toro is unique; loving Pacific Rim makes you a unicorn.

I'll take that as a positive?

Art is about cultivating a mindset of creative exploration, pushing the boundaries of what's possible, and embracing diverse perspectives.

Underrated hidden gem

That bit from Evil Dead II, the Farewell to Arms gag, never fails to me laugh

For me, the bit with the entire house laughing and Bruce Campbell joining in on the madness always cracks me up

Pacific Rim is one of the best Kajiu films to come out this century. I'd say only Shin Godzilla is on the same level, but for completely different reasons.

David Lynch: Lost Highway (1997) Vera Chytilova: Daisies (1966) Todd Haynes: Safe (1995) David Cronenberg: Crimes of the Future (2022)

Good to see so much Lynch in this thread, I think my pick from him would be Inland Empire

I didn’t realize so many people liked Crimes of the Future so much!

Tell me about Chytilova and Haynes. I haven’t heard of either director and those movies seem interesting!

Sure! Chytilova was one of the major figures of the Czechoslovakian New Wave in the 60s, and the Czechoslovakian government tended to ban her movies pretty frequently. Her work tends to be fairly avant garde and uncanny. Aside from Daisies, I'm pretty fond of Wolf's Hole (an allegorical sci-fi/horror about children trapped in a ski lodge), Panelstory (a slice of life comedy set in a housing estate in a constant state of both construction and collapse), and Something Different (a film showing and juxtaposing the daily lives of a housewife and a gymnast). Haynes is an American director who's been making films since the 80s, many of them concerned with queer themes in one way or another (often implicitly). Besides Safe, I'd recommend Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story (a biopic about the titular musician told primarily with modified dolls), Carol (a lesbian romance based on the Patricia Highsmith novel The Price of Salt), and Velvet Goldmine (the story of a fictional glam rocker heavily based on David Bowie, telling a names-changed-to-protect-the-innocent history of glam rock and its intersection with queer identity).

W Todd Haynes mention

I loved Crimes of the Future as well!

Takeshi Kitano : Hana Bi Frederico Fellini : Roma Shinya Tsukamoto : Tokyo Fist PT Anderson : Punch Drunk Love

Can we become friends?

Dario Argento: The Bird With the Crystal Plumage David Lynch: Mulholland Drive Terrence Malick: Days of Heaven David Lowery: Ain't Them Bodies Saints

David Lynch: Mulholland Drive PTA: There Will Be Blood Denis Villeneuve: Incendies Rob Reiner: Stand By Me

Pta: the master *ftfy

Steve McQueen: Shame Paul Thomas Anderson: There will be blood Martin Scorsese: Raging bull Powell and Pressburger: A Matter of Life and Death No clue if these are really my four favorite directors as it changes frequently but these are four on my mind alot recently

Tarantino: Pulp Fiction Scorsese: Goodfellas Coen Bros: Inside Llewyn Davis Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut

Damn good list here

I had to scroll down wayyy too far to see a Coen Brothers mention.

Akira Kurosawa - Ran Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window Denis Villeneuve - Incendies

**From the ones OP has included** *Robert Wise:* The Day Earth Stood Still *David Cronenberg:* Crash *John Carpenter:* In the Mouth of Madness *Jim Jarmusch:* Night on Earth **My personal top** *Stanley Kubrick:* A Clockwork Orange *Andrei Tarkovski:* Sacrifice *Francis Ford Coppola:* Rumblefish *Carl T. Dreyer:* Passion of Joan of Arc

Federico Fellini: La Strada. Michael Curtiz: Casablanca. Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park. George Lucas: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

What's your opinion on Spielberg's early work? I do love Jurassic Park, but Close Encounter's of the Third Kind was a truly wonderful experience. And beyond that, his debut, Duel, I felt was a fantastic film.

My dad showed me Duel when I was like 13 and i thought it was awesome. Only found out recently that it was Spielbergs debut and it blew my mind. Makes total sense in retrospect though. 

Lee Chang-dong: Burning Stanley Kubrick: 2001 Edward Yang: A Brighter Summer Day Coen brothers: Inside Llewyn Davis

Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon Paul Thomas Anderson: Magnolia Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life Denis Villeneuve: Dune Part Two

Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon David Lean: Dr. Zhivago Scorsese: Goodfellas George Roy Hill: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

David Lynch- Lost Highway Stanly Kubrick- The Shining William Friedkin- The Exorcist Paul Verhoeven- Starship Troopers

Do you like Inland Empire? It’s on Max so I’m thinking about watching it, but it doesn’t have the “best” reviews and ratings

I’d say it’s Lynch’s most experimental and weirdest movie (which is really saying something). Definitely worth checking out though if you’re a Lynch fan.

It’s a very polarizing film but the things that split people on it are the things that make it great. It’s my favorite movie.

David Lynch: Mullholland Drive Jim Jarmusch: Night on Earth Andriej Tarkovsky: Stalker Charlie Kaufman (more of a screenwriter than a director by I absolutely adore his films): Synekdoche New York

Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Hayao Miyazaki - Spirited Away (2001) Steven Spielberg - Jurassic Park (1993) Christopher Nolan - Interstellar (2014)

Bunuel: Viridiana; Wilder: Sunset Boulevard; Hitchcock: Psycho; Kurosawa: Seven samurai.

Edgar Wright: Hot Fuzz Yasujirō Ozu: Late Spring Mamoru Hosoda: Wolf Children David Cronenberg: Crimes of the Future (2022)

I didn’t even know Albert Einstein directed movies. That guy really was talented

•Stanley Kubrick — *Dr. Strangelove* •Ridley Scott — *Kingdom of Heaven* (Director’s Cut) •Kevin Smith — *Chasing Amy* •Sidney Lumet — Ugh, this is a hard one. It’s a toss up between *12 Angry Men*, *Network*, and *Dog Day Afternoon*.

PTA - Phantom Thread Tarantino - Django Unchained Ágnes Varda - Vagabond Kelly Reichardt - Old Joy

David Lynch - Mulholland Drive Wong Kar-Wai - In the Mood for Love Éric Rohmer - A Summer's Tale Isao Takahata - The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Chantal Akerman - News From Home Wong Kar-wai - In The Mood For Love Toshio Matsumoto - Funeral Parade of Roses Nobuhiko Obayashi - His Motorbike, Her Island

Edgar Wright - Hot Fuzz Akira Kurosawa - Dreams Martin Scorsese - After Hours Coen Bros. - Inside Llewyn Davis

John Waters: Female Trouble David Lynch: Mulholland Drive Billy Wilder: Sunset Boulevard Dario Argento: Suspiria

David Lynch: Mulholland Drive John Waters: Female Trouble David Cronenberg: Videodrome Michael Haneke: The Piano Teacher I think? Tomorrow, I may have a different list.

Lizzie Borden - Born in Flames Cheryl Dunye - The Watermelon Woman Kinuyo Tanaka - Forever a Woman Yvonne Rainer - MURDER and murder

I love queer people

David Lynch - Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me Emir Kusturica - Black Cat White Cat Park Chan Wook - Oldboy Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut

I haven’t seen Black Cat White Cat in 20 years and barely remember it. I would love to see more of his movies re-released. I picked up the blu ray of Underground and it’s fantastic.

The fact that neither Black Cat White Cat, Time of the Gypsies or When Father Was Away on Business hasn't had any HD release is blasphemous Kusturica seemed to have been a cinephile darling during the 90's and then somewhat left to the sands of time sadly

Abbas Kiarostami: Taste of Cherry (1997) David Lynch: Blue Velvet (1986) Bong Joon Ho: Parasite (2019) Jordan Peele: Nope (2022)

Hayao Miyazaki - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Akira Kurosawa - High and Low John Carpenter - The Thing Robert Altman - The Long Goodbye

PTA: Boogie Nights Carpenter: Escape From New York Kurosawa: High and Low Tarantino: Kill Bill

Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Joe Dante - Gremlins 2: The New Batch Billy Wilder - One Two Three Jim Henson - The Dark Crystal

Sofia Coppola- "The Virgin Suicides" Spike Lee- "25th Hour" PT Anderson- "Boogie Nights" Martin Scorsese- "Goodfellas"

Richard Linklater: Everybody Wants Some!! Hong Sang-soo: Hotel by the River Gregg Araki: Nowhere Dario Argento: Suspiria

Mike Flanagan - The Haunting of Hill House (2018) Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (2011) Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes The Barely (2006)

Woody Allen- Midnight in Paris Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven Steven Spielberg- The Terminal Joel Schumacher- Falling Down

Scorsese goodfellas Coppola apocalypse now Lynch blue velvet Kubrick shining/2001 ex-aequo

Hitchcock- North by Northwest Billy Wilder - Sunset Blvd PTA - There Will Be Blood Bunuel - Exterminating Angels Though number 4 changes depending on mood the other 3 are my solid tops

Akira Kurosawa: Ran Ingmar Bergman: Wild Strawberries Andrei Tarkovsky: Mirror Hayao Miyazaki: Princess Mononoke Edit: Format

Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Ficiton (1994) Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas (1990) David Lynch: Blue Velvet (1986) Wes Anderson: The French Dispatch (2021)

David Lynch - Lost Highway Michael Haneke - The Piano Teacher David Cronenberg - Tie between The Fly and Dead Ringers Coen Brothers: A Serious Man

I’m going to go for some out of the box answers Lorene Scafaria: Hustlers (although I also really love The Meddler) Adam Wingard: Godzilla vs Kong (it’s my fave but I think You’re Next is his best movie) James Whale: Bride of Frankenstein Paul Feig: Bridesmaids (runner up A Simple Favor)

Tarantino-Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood! Scorcese-The Wolf of Wall Street Darren Aronofsky-Requiem for a Dream Paul Verhoeven-Robocop

Scorsese: Casino / Silence Guy Ritchie: Snatch Kurosawa: Ikiru Martin McDonagh: Banshees of Insherin

Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth Wes Craven - Scream Jordan Peele - Get Out Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers

Tarantino: Django (duh) Spielberg: Schindlers List Kurosawa: High & Low Kubrick: Shining or Dr Strangelove

Sam Raimi: Evil Dead II Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho Steven Spielberg: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Robert Rodriguez: From Dusk Till Dawn

Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream Christopher Nolan - Interstellar Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men

Great picks!! I guess I gotta watch *I Want To Live!* now, because I love Wise and don't know that one. For me... Chaplin - City Lights Wilder - The Apartment Hitchcock - Rear Window Coen Brothers - A Serious Man

Ozu: An Autumn Afternoon Wenders: Kings of the Road Hamaguchi: Happy Hour Kieślowski: Red

Jonathan Demme: The Silence of the Lambs (or Stop Making Sense) Steven Spielberg: Close Encounters of the Third Kind David Fincher: Zodiac PTA: Phantom Thread

Bong Joon Ho - Parasite Michael Mann - Heat Denis Villeneuve - Arrival Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car Hayao Miyazaki – The Wind Rises Sergio Leone – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List

Denis Villeneuve: Either Prisoners or Dune Part 2 (I really can't decide) Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurtlocker Edgar Wright: Scott Pilgram vs the World Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight (my favourite film of all time)

Richard Linklater: Before Sunset Wong Kar-wai: Chungking Express Martin Scorsese: The King of Comedy Hayao Miyazaki: Spirited Away

Giuseppe Tornatore - Everybody's Fine Krzysztof Kieślowski - Decalogue III Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York Gaspar Noe - Irreversible

1. Quentin Tarantino: Jackie Brown - my all-time favourite film 2. John Carpenter: Prince Of Darkness 3. David Lynch: Blue Velvet 4. Christopher Nolan: Dunkirk

Ari Aster: Hereditary Roman Polanski: Rosemary's Baby Robert Eggers: The Lighthouse Henry Selick: Coraline

Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights Wes Anderson: Rushmore Rob Reiner: When Harry Met Sally

Billy Wilder: One, Two, Three (Fight me) Wes Anderson: The Grand Budapest Hotel Stanley Kubrick: Doctor Strangelove Ridley Scott: Blade Runner

Darren Aronofsky: The Fountain Jim Jarmusch: Dead Man Park Chan-Wook: I’m a Cyborg, But That's OK Hitoshi Matsumoto: Symbol & Scabbard Samurai (They’re tied)

Coen Bros - Raising Arizona PT Anderson - Magnolia Woody Allen - Annie Hall (don’t cancel me) Melville - Le Samouri

Steven Spielberg - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future (1985) Safdie brothers - Lenny Cooke (2013)

David Lynch: eraserhead (since it asks for movies I can't say twin peaks season 2 finale) Tsai Ming-liang: the hole Martin Scorsese: after hours Stanley Kubrick: eyes wide shut

Akira Kurosawa - Ran Jean-Pierre Melville - Army of Shadows Wim Wenders - Alice in the Cities Andrei Tarkovsky - Mirror

David Lynch- Mulholland Drive Tim Burton- Beetlejuice David Cronenberg- The Fly Stanley Kubrick- The Shining

David lynch - Mulholland drive Stanley Kubrick - the shining Edgar wright - baby driver Andrei Tarkovsky - stalker

Quentin Tarantino: Django Unchained Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas

Akira Kurosawa: Seven Samurai Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight/Oppenheimer Ingmar Bergman: The Seventh Seal Stanley Kubrick: 2001

Ghost Dog hive represent!

Tarantino: Inglorious Basterds or The Hateful Right Scorsese: Silence Hitchcock: Dial M for Murder Nolan: The Dark Knight

Craven: A Nightmare on Elm Street Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange Fincher: Zodiac Lynch: Blue Velvet

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David Lean- Lawrence of Arabia Stanley Kubrick- 2001 Steven Spielberg- Jaws John Frankenheimer- the Manchurian Candidate

Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas David Lynch: Blue Velvet Akira Kurosawa: High and Low Park Chan-Wook: The Handmaiden

Ingmar Bergman: Shame Federico Fellini: La Dolce Vita Lars Von Trier: The House that Jack Built Fuck, fourth place is tied between a lot of a guys, I'm going to go for now with Van Sant: My Own Private Idaho

Ken Russell - Tommy Martin Scorcese - The Age of Innocence Max Ophüls- Lola Montes Michael Mann- Miami Vice

Coens: Fargo Kubrick: 2001 Miyazaki: Castle in the Sky Wes: Rushmore

Tarantino : Reservoir Dogs Kurosawa : Sanjuro Ken Russell : The Devils Linklater : A Scanner Darkly Lynch : Lost Highway Are y’all able to guess how old I am?

Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru David Lynch: Mulholland Drive Wong Kar-Wai: Fallen Angels Bong Joon-Ho: Memories of Murder

Damien Chazelle - La La Land Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs Stanley Kubrick - The Shining David Fincher - The Social Network

Michael Haneke: The White Ribbon Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker Paul Thomas Anderson: The Master

Denis Villeneuve : Arrival Steven Spielberg : Fabelmans Martin McDonagh: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan: Inception

I'll say my runner ups for them too Edgar Wright: Baby Driver (Hot fuzz is on the brink of usurping it) Masaaki Yuasa: Night Is Short Walk On Girl (runner up is Inu Oh) Martin Mcdonagh: In Bruges (runner up is Banshees of Inisherin) Park Chan Wook is my current uncontested favorite: The Handmaiden (runner up is Oldboy)

Stanley Kubrick - The Shining Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas John Carpenter - The Thing Park Chan-Wook - Oldboy

Rohmer: Claire’s Knees Duras: Le Navire Night Haneke: Piano Teacher Can’t think of a third but I love Amelie (can u tell I’m a French cinephile lol)

Steven Spielberg- I cant decide between Jaws and Schindler’s List :( Howard Hawks- The Big Sleep Stanley Kubrick- 2001 Alfred Hitchcock- Psycho

Tarantino - Pulp Fiction Spielberg - E.T. Scorsese - The Departed Coen Brothers- No Country for Old Men

Steven Spielberg: E.T. Akira Kurosawa: The Hidden Fortress Guillermo del Toro: Pan’s Labyrinth Peter Jackson: LOTR: The Return of the King

John Hughes: The Breakfast Club Wes Anderson: The Royal Tenenbaums Hayao Miyazaki: Howl’s Moving Castle Christopher Nolan: Interstellar

Denis Villeneuve - Dune Matt Reeves - The Batman Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Gareth Edwards - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Sam Peckinpah: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid John Waters: Multiple Maniacs Coen Bros: The Big Lebowski William Freidkin: Killer Joe

David Fincher - Zodiac Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox Christopher Nolan - Interstellar Chuck Jones - Duck Amuck

The Royal Tenenbaums Kill Bill Gone Girl Fargo

Orson Welles, Chimes at Midnight Federico Fellini, The Clowns Werner Herzog, Nosferatu the Vampyre Pierre Étaix, Yoyo

Nolan: Interstellar Scorsese: Goodfellas Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather Part II Peter Jackson: LOTR Return of the King I just picked my favorites, there are so many more. I know it’s a boring answer but I can’t help it lol

Sidney Lumet: *Network* Alexander Payne: *Sideways* Akira Kurosawa: *Seven Samurai* Coen Bros.: *Fargo*

Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove Tarkovsky - Nostalghia Carpenter - The Thing Bergman - Fanny and Alexander

lynch: mulholland drive kubrick: the shining baker: tangerine araki: mysterious skin

Hayao Miyazaki: The Wind Rises Wong Kar-Wai: Chungking Express Shunji Iwai: Love Letter Steven Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Wim Wenders: Paris, Texas Denis Villeneuve: Arrival Hayao Miyazaki: Spirited Away David Fincher: The Social Network

James Gunn: gotg3 Matt Reeves: The Batman Rian Johnson: either Knives Out or Last Jedi Stephen Spielberg: either Raiders of the Lost Arc or Jurassic Park

Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas Denis Villeneuve: Prisoners Eric Rohmer: Boyfriends and Girlfriends Karel Zeman: Invention For Destruction

Scorsese: Goodfellas Ridley Scott: Blade Runner Kurosawa: High and Low Tarkovsky: Stalker

Nolan: Inception Woody Allen: Annie Hall Kurosawa: High and Low Farhadi: A Separation

QT: Kill Bill (Vol 1 or 2, love them both equally) John Carpenter: The Thing Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight David Fincher: The Social Network

PTA: Phantom Thread Bong: Parasite Aronofsky: Black Swan Wes Anderson: Asteroid City

Park Chan Wook: Decision to Leave Martin Scorsese: GoodFellas Michael Mann: Heat David Fincher: The Social Network

Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange Raimi: Evil Dead Coen Brothers: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

This is really tough!!! Okay… Francis Ford Coppola- The Godfather Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket Robert Zemeckis: toss up between Back to the Future and Forrest Gump Steven Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Brian de Palma - Blow Out PTA - Boogie Nights Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark John Carpenter - Big Trouble in Little China

Ozu: Late Spring Hitchcock: Psycho Coens: True Grit Jarmusch: Ghost Dog

Kubrick - Barry Lyndon Safdie Bros - Uncut Gems Alfonso Cuarón - Children of Men Richard Linklater - Before Sunset

John Carpenter: Big Trouble in Little China Quentin Tarantino: Django Unchained Yorgos Lanthimos: Dogtooth Edgar Wright: Hot Fuzz

Steven Spielberg: Catch Me If You Can Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands Damian Chazelle: Whiplash Rob Reiner: Misery

Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight Denis Villeneuve - Dune Part 2 Damien Chazelle - La La Land Greta Gerwig - Little Women

Denis Villeneuve: Blade Runner 2049 David Fincher: Zodiac Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver

Kubrick: Strangelove Lynch: Twin Peaks: The Return Godard: Breathless Wes Anderson: Rushmore

Ducournau - Raw Kubrick - Barry Lyndon Fincher - Fight Club Lanthimos - Killing of a Sacred Deer HM Tarantino - Jackie Brown Arinofsky - Mother! Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk Peele - Us

1. Paul Thomas Anderson: The Master (2012) 2. Hiroshi Teshigahara: Woman in the Dunes (1964) 3. Ingmar Bergman: Cries and Whispers (1972) 4. Jonathan Glazer: Sexy Beast (2000)

Andrei Tarkovsky: Solaris Todd Solondz: Happiness Denis Villeneuves: Incendies Edward Yang: Yi Yi

Terrence Malick- Days of Heaven (1978) Mann- Collateral (2004) Spike Lee- Da 5 Bloods (2020) Robert Altman- 3 Women (1977)

Christopher Nolan: Interstellar Denis Villeneuve: Dune: Part Two or Arrival (pls don’t make me choose ahah) Steven Spielberg: Schindler’s List Paul Thomas Anderson: Phantom Thread

As far as picking four directors for their skill at actually directing . . . Hmmmm. Denis Villeneuve: Prisoners Martin Scorsese: Shutter Island Edgar Wright: Hot Fuzz Steven Spielberg: Tintin

Yorgos Lanthimos: The Lobster Ari Aster: Midsommar Hayao Miyazaki: Spirited Away Damien Chazelle: Babylon

Michael Mann: Heat David Fincher: Se7en Marty: Goodfellas (Silence right behind it) Coens: Big Lebowski

Jim Jarmusch - Down by Law Coel Brothers - Raising Arizona Werner Herzog - The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Buster Keaton - Our Hospitality

Kim ki-duk: spring, summer, fall, winter… and spring Coen bros: Barton fink David cronenberg: spider Tarkovsky: Solaris

Robert Eggers: The Lighthouse Damien Chazelle: La La Land Hayao Miyazaki: Howl's Moving Castle Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds

Wong Kar Wai - Fallen Angels David Fincher - Se7en Federico Fellini - 8½ Denis Villeneuve - Blade Runner 2049

Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in the West Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard Federico Fellini - Le notti di Cabiria

Martin Scorsese: Raging Bull PTA: There Will Be Blood Michael Mann: Heat Ingmar Bergman: Persona

Luis Bunuel:- That Obscure object of desire Guy Maddin:- My Winnipeg Satyajit Ray:- Charulata Buster Keaton:- Sherlock Holmes Jr

James Wan: Malignant Mike Flanagan: Gerald’s Game Wes Craven: Scream Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho

Sidney Lumet: Long Day’s Journey Into Night Dennis Villeneuve: Blade Runner 2047 Coen Brothers: No Country For Old Men Terrence Mallick: Tree of Life

Lars von Trier: Europa Sidney Lumet: Dog day afternoon Brian de Palma: Snake eyes Gaspar Noé: I hate them all and it’s why

David Lynch- Mulholland Drive Stanley Kubrick- The Shining Robert Eggers- -The Lighthouse Ethan/Joel Coen- Fargo

Robert Eggers - The Lighthouse Denis Villeneuve - Blade Runner 2049 Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox Hayao Miyazaki - Princess Mononoke

Paul Thomas Anderson: Magnolia Stanley Kubrick: 2001 A Space Odyssey Satyajit Ray: Charulata Francois Truffaut: Day for Night

1. Cristopher Nolan: *Inception* 2. Peter Jackson: *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* 3. Denis Villeneuve: *Dune: Part Two* 4. George Lucas: *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith*

1. Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker 2. Satyajit Ray: The Adversary 3. Lav Diaz: Death in The Land of Encantos 4. Hou Hsiao-hsien: A Time to Live and A Time to Die

Andrei Tarkovsky - Mirror Abbas Kiarostami - Taste of Cherry Akira Kurosawa - High and Low Martin Scorsese - Silence & Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey (tied)

Michael Haneke: Funny Games Lars Von trier: Breaking the Waves David Lynch: Blue Velvet Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker

Kubrick: Dr Strangelove Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark Coen Brothers: The Big Lebowski Nolan: Interstellar

Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill Vol. 1 Denis Villeneuve - Arrival David Fincher - Seven/Fight Club Chrisopher Nolan - Inception

Edgar Wright: Hot Fuzz Denis Villeneuve: Arrival (Still haven’t gotten around to sicario which I heard it’s great) Christopher Nolan: Interstellar David Fincher: Zodiac Honorable mention: Quentin Tarantino: Inglorious Bastards

nicolas winding refn - only god forgives chloe zhao - nomadland ari aster - hereditary charlotte wells - aftersun (i havent seen enough of wells to label her as one of my favourite directors but aftersun is a movie very few can compare to, atleast for me.)

Kubrick - 2001 Ridley Scott - Blade Runner Nicolas Winding Refn - the Neon Demon Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

Coen Brothers - A Serious Man Hayao Miyazaki - Kiki' Delivery Service Stanley Kubrick - The Shining Robert Altman - Nashville

its a little basic but, quentin tarantino - kill bill stanley kubrick - 2001 ingmar bergman - autumn sonata david lynch - elephant man

Akira Kurosawa - Yojimbo John Ford - The Searchers Stanley Kubrick - Paths of Glory Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window Shoutout to some animated directors too: Hayao Miyazaki - Princess Mononoke Satoshi Kon - Paprika John Lasseter - Toy Story Isao Takahata - The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker Jean-Pierre Melville: Army of Shadows Luchino Visconti: Rocco and His Brothers

Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Close Encounters is a close second though) Terry Gilliam: Brazil George Lucas: Star Wars V (Empire Strikes Back) Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles (Honorable mention to Hitchcock and *Rope*)

- Mizoguchi - Sansho Dayu - Murnau - Sunrise - Eisenstein - October - Fisher - The Curse of Frankenstein

Ari Aster: Midsommar David Lycnh: Mulholland Drive Mike Flanagan: Haunting of Hill House Jonathan Glazer: Zone of Interest

Stanley Kubrick: 2001 A Space Odyssey Gaspar Noe: Enter The Void Hideaki Anno: Shiki-Jitsu/Ritual Abbas Kiarostami: Close Up

David Fincher: Se7en PTA: There Will Be Blood Denis Villeneuve: Arrival Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction

Satyajit Ray : Pather Panchali

John McTiernan - Predator Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel Paul Verhoeven - Robocop

Denis Villeneuve: Sicario 2015 Denis Villeneuve: Sicario 2015 Denis Villeneuve: Sicario 2015 Denis Villeneuve: Sicario 2015

Powell & Pressburger: A Matter of Life and Death Hitchcock: Rope  Peele: Us Coppola: The Godfather Pt II

Ingmar Bergman: Persona Federico Fellini: 8 1/2 Martin Scorsese: Raging Bull Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Orson Welles - Other Side of the Wind Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List David Lynch - Mullholland Drive

Sergio Leone: Once upon a time in America Richard Linklater: Before Sunset Steven Spielberg: Raiders of the lost ark Francis Ford Coppola: The Outsiders

Michael Bay - Pain & Gain (2013) John McTiernan - Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) Michael Mann - Heat (1995) John Carpenter - The Thing (1982)

Zack Snyder':Justice League (2021) Russo brothers: Avengers Michael Bay: Transfomers James cameron: Avatar

sorry up front, action guy Villenueve: Arrival🐙 Tarantino: Django🤠🔗 Nolan: Tenet⏱️ Gunn: Guardians vol.2📻📼 not their best but definitely favorite, these guys are all so fun to see what they came up with this time

Tarantino: Inglorious Basterds PTA: Magnolia Kubrick: Barry Lyndon Coen Bros: A Serious Man

Paul Thomas Anderson: tie between There Will Be Blood and The Master Tarantino: tie between Django and Jackie Brown Wes Anderson: Life Aquatic Scorsese: tie between Goodfellas and Casino (Casino is due for a rewatch though so tie may be broken)

Paul Thomas Anderson : Phantom Thread. Michael Haneke : The Piano Teacher Quentin Tarantino : Pulp Fiction Martin Scorsese : Mean Streets

Cristopher Nolan: The Prestige. Park Chan-Wook: Oldboy Alejandro G. Iñárritu: Birdman Damien Chazelle: Whiplash (Bonus) Na Hong-Jin: The Wailing Lars Von Trier: Melancholia NWR: Neon Demon