don't look at this, it's more for me to keep track of stuff.
my favourite movie from each of my *top* 20 directors (who i've seen 5+ movies of). these AREN'T ranked in order of my favourites, but in order of strongest average score of the filmed i've rated, not including short films
i need to watch more so this will eventually become more and more representative of my favourite directors. please don't think these are my top guys. i like slow cinema and pretty cinematography idk. kind of a useless exercise but interesting for me
01. Paul Thomas Anderson★ - avg. 9.3/10
02. Hayao Miyazaki★ - avg. 9.1/10
03. David Lynch★ - avg. 9/10
04. Quentin Tarantino★ - avg.…
don't look at this, it's more for me to keep track of stuff.
my favourite movie from each of my *top* 20 directors (who i've seen 5+ movies of). these AREN'T ranked in order of my favourites, but in order of strongest average score of the filmed i've rated, not including short films
i need to watch more so this will eventually become more and more representative of my favourite directors. please don't think these are my top guys. i like slow cinema and pretty cinematography idk. kind of a useless exercise but interesting for me
01. Paul Thomas Anderson★ - avg. 9.3/10
02. Hayao Miyazaki★ - avg. 9.1/10
03. David Lynch★ - avg. 9/10
04. Quentin Tarantino★ - avg. 9/10
05. Lana & Lilly Wachowski - avg. 8.8/10
06. Gus Van Sant - avg. 8.8/10
07. Stanley Kubrick★ - avg. 8.7/10
08. Richard Linklater - avg. 8.7/10
09. Jeff Nichols★ - avg. 8.6/10
10. Alfred Hitchcock - avg. 8.6/10
11. Wes Anderson - avg. 8.6/10
12. Martin Scorsese★ - avg. 8.5/10
13. Rob Reiner - avg. 8.4/10 (i doubt he'll stay on this list)
14. James Cameron★ - avg. 8.2/10
15. Joel & Ethan Coen - avg. 8.2/10
16. Denis Villeneuve - avg. 8/10
17. Ingmar Bergman - avg. 7.9/10
18. John Carpenter - avg. 7.8/10
19. Christopher Nolan★ - avg. 7.8/10
20. Steven Spielberg - avg. 7.8/10
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alphabetical listing of ALL directors on my radar
☆ = watched at least 5, gets added to profile bio
★ = completed
this is mostly just for me to keep track of everyone i want to watch
A
Ben Affleck┃4/5 films
Chantal Akerman
Fatih Akin
Pedro Almodóvar┃2/26 films
Robert Altman
Fede Álvarez
Paul Thomas Anderson★┃avg. 9.3'/10
Wes Anderson☆┃9/11 films, avg. 8.55555556/10
Gregg Araki┃0/9 films
Dario Argento┃1/22 films
Darren Aronofsky┃3/8 films
B
Jamie Babbit
Mario Bava
Michael Bay┃2/15 films
Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig☆┃7/16 films, avg. 7.71428571/10
Ingmar Bergman☆┃9/~55 films, avg. 7.88888889/10
Kathryn Bigelow
Bong Joon-ho┃2/10 films
Lizzie Borden
Danny Boyle☆┃5/13 films, avg. 7.6/10
Kenneth Branagh┃3/19 films, avg. 4.3'/10
Robert Bresson┃0/14 films
Luis Buñuel┃1/20 films
Tim Burton☆┃10/19 films, avg. 6.2/10
C
James Cameron★┃avg. 8.2'/10
Jane Campion
John Carpenter☆┃6/24 films, avg. 7.83'/10
John Cassavetes
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Charlie Chaplin┃0/~20 films
Věra Chytilová
Joel & Ethan Coen☆┃6/19 films, avg. 8.16666666667/10
Francis Ford Coppola┃3/25 films
Sofia Coppola☆┃5/9 films
Roger Corman
Wes Craven☆┃6/24 films, avg. 6.66666667/10
David Cronenberg┃2/29 films
Alfonso Cuarón┃3/8 films
George Cukor
D
Jules Dassin
Terence Davies
Guillermo Del Toro☆┃5/13 films, avg. 7.4/10
Jacques Demy┃0/9 films
Claire Denis┃0/16 films
Brian De Palma┃1/28 films
Fernando Di Leo
Xavier Dolan
Sean Durkin
Ava DuVernay
E
Clint Eastwood┃1/15 films
F
Rainer Werner Fassbinder┃0/42 films
Federico Fellini┃0/15 films
Abel Ferrara
David Fincher☆┃10/12 films, avg. 7.5/10
Mike Flanagan┃3/7 films
John Ford┃1/~21 films
Miloš Forman
John Frankenheimer
William Friedkin
Lucio Fulci
Samuel Fuller┃0/10 films
G
Terry Gilliam┃0/12 films
Jean-Luc Godard┃0/~40 films
Luca Guadagnino┃4/8 films
H
Michael Haneke┃1/14 films
Mary Harron
Howard Hawks┃0/~22 films
Todd Haynes┃1/9 films
Werner Herzog┃1/~44 films
Alfred Hitchcock┃5/~52 films, avg. 8.6/10
Dennis Hopper
Hou Hsiao-hsien┃0/17 films
John Hughes
I
Alejandro González Iñárritu┃3/7 films
Jûzô Itami
J
Peter Jackson☆┃7/14 films, avg. 6.71428571429/10
Patty Jenkins
Miranda July
Rian Johnson
K
Charlie Kaufman & Spike Jonze┃4/9 films
Elia Kazan
Abbas Kiarostami┃0/15 films
Takeshi Kitano
Harmony Korine
Stanley Kubrick★┃avg. 8.75/10
Akira Kurosawa┃1/30 films
Karyn Kusama
L
Fritz Lang┃0/15 films
Yorgos Lanthimos┃1/7 films
Pablo Larraín
David Lean┃0/~16 films
Ang Lee┃2/14 films
Spike Lee┃1/27 films
Sergio Leone┃0/7 films
Doug Liman┃3/9 films, avg. 7.66666667/10
Richard Linklater☆┃7/22 films, avg. 8.71428571/10
Ken Loach
David Lowery☆┃5/7 films, avg. 7.8/10
Baz Luhrmann┃3/7 films
Sidney Lumet┃1/40 films
David Lynch★┃avg. 9/10
M
Terrence Malick┃0/10 films
Michael Mann┃1/14 films
Jean-Pierre Melville┃0/14 films
Nancy Meyers
Takashi Miike
Kenji Mizoguchi
George Miller☆┃6/12 films, avg. 7.3'/10
Hayao Miyazaki★┃avg. 9.0'9'/10
N
Jeff Nichols★┃avg. 8.6/10
Gaspar Noé
Christopher Nolan★┃avg. 7.83333333/10
O
Yasujirō Ozu┃1/~37 films
P
Park Chan-wook┃2/12 films
Christian Petzold
Alexander Payne┃0/8 films
Sam Peckinpah
Sidney Pollack┃0/21 films
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger┃0/~25 films
Q
R
Sam Raimi☆┃9/17 films, avg. 7.55555556/10
Lynne Ramsay
Dee Rees
Kelly Reichardt┃0/8 films
Rob Reiner☆┃5/20 films, avg. 8.4/10
Guy Ritchie☆┃5/15 films, avg. 4/10
Robert Rodriguez┃4/16 films, avg. 3.75/10
Nicolas Roeg┃2/18 films
Éric Rohmer┃0/26 films
George Romero┃3/19 films
S
Julian Schnabel
Paul Schrader
Céline Sciamma
Martin Scorsese★┃avg. 8.5/10
Ridley Scott☆┃8/29 films, avg. 6.62500/10
Tony Scott
M. Night Shyamalan★┃avg. 6.23076923/10
Tarsem Singh
Zack Snyder☆┃8/10 films, avg. 5.875/10
Michael Soavi
Steven Soderbergh┃3/35 films
Celine Song
Sion Sono┃0/15
Steven Spielberg☆┃20/35 films, avg. 7.8/10
Oliver Stone
T
Quentin Tarantino★┃avg. 9/10
Andrei Tarkovsky┃0/10 films
Johnnie To
Tsai Ming-liang┃0/15 films
U
V
Gus Van Sant┃9/19 films, avg. 8.77777778/10
Agnes Varda┃1/~23 films
Gore Verbinksi☆┃6/10 films, avg. 6.83'/10
Paul Verhoeven
Denis Villeneuve☆┃5/11 films, avg. 8/10
Lars Von Trier┃1/19 films
W
Lana & Lilly Wachowski☆┃6/8 films, avg. 8.83'/10
Lulu Wang
Alex van Warmerdam
John Waters┃0/15 films
Apichatpong Weerasethakul┃0/11 films
Peter Weir
Charlotte Wells
Orson Welles┃0/13 films
Wim Wenders┃2/23 films
Billy Wilder
Edgar Wright☆┃5/7 films, avg. 7.8/10
Joe Wright
Wong Kar-wai┃0/18 films
X
Y
Edward Yang┃0/7 films
Z
Robert Zemeckis☆┃10/19 films, avg. 6.4
Chloe Zhao
Rob Zombie
Andrzej Żuławski┃0/8 films
directors ranked (★ = completed)
Lynch★┃Malick┃Wachowski┃PTA★┃Baz┃Nichols┃KaufmanJonze┃Demy┃Ozu┃Verbinksi┃Cameron★┃Spielberg┃Miller┃PJackson┃Scorsese★┃Welles┃Kubrick★┃Tarantino★┃Coens┃Wes┃Almodóvar┃Tarkovsky┃Carpenter┃Haneke┃Żuławski┃Argento┃Romero┃Cronenberg┃PowellPressburger┃Craven┃Raimi┃Waters┃Roeg┃Reichardt┃Linklater┃Scott┃Lanthimos┃Sono┃Wright┃Flanagan┃Lowery★┃Boyle┃Ritchie┃Zemeckis┃Affleck┃Branagh┃Burton┃Liman┃Fincher┃DePalma┃Nolan★┃Mann┃Shyamalan★┃Rodriguez┃Bay┃Snyder┃Spike┃Gilliam┃Lean┃Villeneuve┃VonTrier┃Cuarón┃Iñárritu┃DelToro┃Aronofsky┃Soderbergh┃Ang┃Sofia┃Francis┃Herzog┃Varda┃Fellini┃Fassbinder┃Buñuel┃Chaplin┃Bergman┃Rohmer┃Baumwig┃Haynes┃Araki┃Payne┃Bresson┃Leone┃Eastwood┃Hawks┃Ford┃Fritz┃Lumet┃Pollack┃Hitchcock┃Fuller┃Godard┃Denis┃Hou┃Bong┃Weerasethakul┃Tsai┃Wong┃Park┃Kiarostami┃Yang┃Melville┃Kurosawa