Top 5 Favorite Directors with their best movie

I like how Nolan's getting a lot of recognition here though it's too bad it's for the wrong films.

Sure, The Dark Knight was a great film and everything but it doesn't come close to Memento and certainly not to The Prestige.

Originally posted by Regnir Bamos
Christopher Nolan - The Prestige, Memento
Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange
David Lynch - Mulholland Dr., Inland Empire
Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs
David Fincher - Fight Club, Se7en

I'd probably replace Fincher with Ridley Scott on second thought (Blade Runner, Gladiator).

Originally posted by Regnir Bamos
Sure, The Dark Knight was a great film and everything but it doesn't come close to Memento and certainly not to The Prestige.

It's the reverse. The Prestige doesn't come close to The Dark Knight.

Snake Eyes - Not, The Abyss?

Originally posted by MildPossession
Snake Eyes - Not, The Abyss?

I'd put that one there before Avatar or Titanic, but I didn't really dig The Abyss all that much. I remember disliking the ending. It's been a while since I've seen it.

Fritz Lang - "M"
Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai
Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
Sergio Leone-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Christopher Nolan- The Dark Knight

Originally posted by Darth Martin
It's the reverse. The Prestige doesn't come close to The Dark Knight.

very true.Man I dont know how I missed this one earlier since its my favorite movie of the 90's decade which is Joel Schumachers Flatliners.

Originally posted by Mr Parker
very true.Man I dont know how I missed this one earlier since its my favorite movie of the 90's decade which is Joel Schumachers Flatliners.

Fantastic film. One of my favourites.

Originally posted by Wanderer11
Fantastic film. One of my favourites.

so how come you dont have it listed in your Favorites list like I do?

Kevin Smith--Dogma

James Cameron--Aliens

McTiernan--Die Hard

Tarantino--Pulp Fiction

Ridley Scott--Gladiator//Kingdom in heaven

Would have loved to said a thousand others but those are the ones that came to mind first.

Clint Eastwood-Million Dollar Baby

Steven Spielberg- Schindler's List

Christopher Nolan- Momento

ALfonso Cuaron- Children of Men

Andrew Stanton- Wall E

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Michael Mann- Collateral (sorry Heat...it was close)

Peter Jackson- Fellowship of the Ring

Fernando Mereilles- City of God

Hitchcock- Rope

Sidney Lumet- 12 Angry Men

Zhang Yimou- Hero

Brad Bird: Ratatouille

William Wyler- The Big Contry

Coen Bros. - The Big Lebowski
Peter Weir - Master and Commander
Paul Verhoven - Robocop
David Lynch - Wild At Heart
Ridley Scott - Alien

These are just a few of many from my top five, if that makes sense.

I'm suprised no one has listed David Fincher.

James Cameron - Aliens/Terminator 2 (I know we're only allowed one but these two movies just blew my mind away with how great they were)

Terminator 2 is easily the superior of the two IMO. Aliens is nowhere near the groundbreaking epic most make it out to be for me. It's good but I wouldn't call it great.

Originally posted by steverules_2
James Cameron - Aliens/Terminator 2 (I know we're only allowed one but these two movies just blew my mind away with how great they were)

I'm all about Alien and Terminator, the first ones. To me they were great films all around. Their sequels were more of rollercoaster rides, which is still pretty badass, but my heart is with the originals.

Originally posted by Darth Martin
I'm suprised no one has listed David Fincher.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Not really picking "best" movies here, more just favorites:

Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Woody Allen - Manhattan
David Fincher - Se7en
P.T. Anderson - Magnolia
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Originally posted by Regnir Bamos
Christopher Nolan - The Prestige, Memento
Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange
David Lynch - Mulholland Dr., Inland Empire
Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs
David Fincher - Fight Club, Se7en

Oh, thanks. Guess I missed those. I just know there are tons of Fight Club fans on here.

Originally posted by Tired-Hiker
I'm all about Alien and Terminator, the first ones. To me they were great films all around. Their sequels were more of rollercoaster rides, which is still pretty badass, but my heart is with the originals.

The Terminator is great, but I feel Terminator 2 outdid it.

Yeah, like I said, they were great rollercoaster movies. But as far as films that were very groundbreaking for their time, Alien and Terminator take the cake. Their sequels were great, but very fomulaic.

Stanley Kubrick--A Clockwork Orange
Francis Ford Coppola--The Godfather
Martin Scorcese--Goodfellas
Alfred Hitchcock--Vertigo
Quentin Tarantino--Pulp Fiction