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Science Fiction

208 films

TOP 20 LIST followed by sub-genre: aliens, living beyond the stars, the apocalypse, time travel, and AI. After #20, ignore…

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
  • The Suicide Squad
  • Batman: The Killing Joke

MY HATE LIST

256 films

Movies that either violate all things I hold sacred or were generally an awful betrayal of my goodwill. More often…

  • Quest for Fire
  • Out of Darkness
  • Noah
  • The Ten Commandments
  • King David

History Buffs

533 films

As a history teacher, my list represents a chronology of historic events including biographies and socio-economic changes over time.

  • Take the Money and Run
  • Bananas
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
  • Sleeper
  • Love and Death

1. Woody Allen

54 films

#2 FAVORITE DIRECTOR “Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.” ―…

  • The Alphabet
  • The Grandmother
  • Eraserhead
  • The Elephant Man
  • Dune

2. DAVID LYNCH

16 films

#2 FAVOURITE DIRECTOR. The "first popular surrealist" - Pauline Kael. RIP January 15, 2025 (age 78 years)

"It makes me…

  • Killer's Kiss
  • The Killing
  • Paths of Glory
  • Spartacus
  • Lolita

3. STANLEY KUBRICK

12 films

#3 FAVORITE DIRECTOR: “The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it…

  • Drunken Angel
  • Stray Dog
  • Rashomon
  • Ikiru
  • Seven Samurai

4. AKIRA KUROSAWA

17 films

#4 FAVORITE DIRECTOR. “I’m a little worried because I don’t feel that I understand cinema yet. I really don’t feel…

  • Blood Simple
  • Raising Arizona
  • Miller's Crossing
  • Barton Fink
  • Fargo

5. COEN BROS.

19 films

#5 FAVORITE DIRECTOR. "Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made…

  • Bottle Rocket
  • Rushmore
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  • The Darjeeling Limited

6. WES ANDERSON

16 films

#6 FAVORITE DIRECTOR. “I have a way of filming things & staging them and designing sets. There were times when I…

  • Matador
  • Law of Desire
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
  • High Heels

7. PEDRO ALMODOVAR

17 films

#7 FAVOURITE DIRECTOR. "I'm not a political director. As a filmmaker, my commitment was to want to create free people,…

  • She's Gotta Have It
  • School Daze
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Mo' Better Blues
  • Jungle Fever

8. SPIKE LEE

17 films

#8 FAVOURITE DIRECTOR. "People talk about Spike's politics all the time but they never talk about his skills . .…

  • Spanking the Monkey
  • Flirting with Disaster
  • Three Kings
  • Soldiers Pay
  • I ♥ Huckabees

9. DAVID O'RUSSEL

12 films

#9 FAVOURITE DIRECTORS. - "I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego & it will humble you in…