Your favorite films from your favorite directors...

My lists, for now:

Hitchcock
1. Vertigo
2. The 39 Steps
3. Shadow of a Doubt
4. Rear Window
5. Psycho
(Honorable mention: Notorious)

Truffaut
1. Stolen Kisses
2. Day for Night
3. Shoot the Piano Player
4. The 400 Blows
5. Small Change
(Honorable mention: Jules and Jim)

De Palma
1. Obsession
2. Blow Out
3. Carrie
4. The Fury
5. Sisters
(Honorable mention: Body Double)

Kubrick
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Barry Lyndon
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. Paths of Glory
5. The Shining
(Honorable mention: The Killing)

Lynch:
1. Eraserhead
2. Blue Velvet
3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
4. Mulholland Dr.
5. Wild at Heart
(Honorable mention: The Straight Story)

Don Siegel

The Beguiled
Charley Varrick
Dirty Harry
Escape from Alcatraz
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Killers
Madigan

Not a single Madigan clip on YouTube so this will have to do:



This one is much better but I can't embed it here:

http://www.garagetv.be/video-galerij/the_borg/madigan_trl_.aspx

Besson:
1. Léon
2. The Fifth Element
3. Subway
4. The Big Blue
5. La femme Nikita

Coppola:
1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part II
3. Apocalypse Now Redux
4. The Conversation
5. The Godfather Part III

Gilliam:
1. Brazil
2. Twelve Monkeys
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. The Imaginerium of Doctor Parnassus

Hitchcock:
1. Rear Window
2. North By Northwest
3. Vertigo
4. Psycho
5. The 39 Steps

Scott:
1. Blade Runner
2. Alien
3. Gladiator
4. Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
5. Black Hawk Down

Tarkovsky:
1. Andrei Rublev
2. The Mirror
3. Solaris
4. Nostalghia
5. Stalker

I've seen the intro to MADIGAN. Looked cool.

Welles:

1. CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
2. TOUCH OF EVIL
3. THE TRIAL
4. CITIZEN KANE
5. OTHELLO

De Palma:

1. CARRIE
2. BLOW OUT
3. FEMME FATALE
4. BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
5. THE FURY

Renoir:

1. LA RÉGLE DU JEU
2. LE CARROSSE D'OR
3. LA GRANDE ILLUSION
4. LA BÈTE HUMAINE
5. LE CRIME DE MONSIEUR LANGE

Altman:

1. SHORTCUTS
2. 3 WOMEN
3. IMAGES
4. A PRAIRIE COME COMPANION
5. GOSFORD PARK

Spielberg:

1. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
2. A.I.
3. THE COLOR PURPLE
4. MUNICH
5. SCHINDLER'S LIST

Ford:

1. THE GRAPES OF WRATH
2. FORT APACHE
3. THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
4. THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND
5. TOBACCO ROAD

Zinnemann:

1. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
2. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
3. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
4. AN ACT OF VIOLENCE
5. A HATFUL OF RAIN

Roman Polanski

1. Chinatown
2. Repulsion
3. The Fearless Vampire Killers
4. Tess
5. Knife In The Water


Robert Altman

1. McCabe & Mrs Miller
2. The Long Goodbye
3. Nashville
4. MASH
5. Buffalo Bill And The Indians


Nicolas Roeg

1. The Man Who Fell To Earth
2. Performance (co-director)
3. Don't Look Now
4. Walkabout
5. Bad Timing


Steven Spielberg

1. Raiders/Jaws/Close Encounters/ET (pretty much tied)
5. Duel... or maybe Temple Of Doom


Stanley Kubrick

1. 2001 A Space Odyssey
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. Barry Lyndon
4. Lolita
5. Paths Of Glory


Francis Ford Coppola

1. The Conversation
2. The Godfather
3. Apocalypse Now Redux
4. The Godfather Part II
5. The Rain People


Wim Wenders

1. Wings Of Desire
2. Until The End Of The World (Director's Cut)
3. Paris, Texas
4. Alice In The Cities
5. Kings Of The Road


Alfred Hitchcock

1. Vertigo
2. The 39 Steps
3. Rear Window
4. North By Northwest
5. Shadow Of A Doubt


John Huston

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. The Asphalt Jungle
3. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
4. The Misfits
5. Key Largo


Billy Wilder

1. Sunset Boulevard
2. The Apartment
3. Double Indemnity
4. Some Like It Hot
5. The Lost Weekend


Howard Hawks

1. The Big Sleep
2. Rio Bravo
3. Red River
4. To Have And Have Not
5. Bringing Up Baby


Ridley Scott

1. Blade Runner
2. Alien
3. The Duellists
4. Black Rain
5. Legend/White Squall


Tony Scott

1. The Hunger
2. The Last Boy Scout
3. True Romance
4. Revenge
5. Erm.... dunno


Michael Bay

1. Transformers 1
2. Transformers 2
3. Transformers 3 (Director's Cut)
4. Bond 24
5. Bond 25

The White Tuxedo wrote:

I've seen the intro to MADIGAN. Looked cool.

MADIGAN doe have an awesome opening - and I'd recommend the rest of it too.

Returning to attempt some Director-o-meters...

Richard Brooks
1. ELMER GANTRY
2. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
3. BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
4. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
5. THE CATERED AFFAIR
6. TAKE THE HIGH GROUND!
7. THE PROFESSIONALS

Michael Curtiz
1. MILDRED PIERCE
2. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
3. TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY
4. CAPTAIN BLOOD
5. CASABLANCA

shortened that to 5...

John Frankenheimer
1. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
2. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
3. THE TRAIN
4. SECONDS
5. BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
6. RONIN
7. THE GYPSY MOTHS
8. THE YOUNG SAVAGES

Steven Spielberg
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
2. Schindler's List (1993)
3. Jaws (1975)
4. Jurassic Park (1993)
5. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Alfred Hitchcock
1. Psycho (1960)
2. Rear Window (1954)
3. Vertigo (1958)
4. North by Northwest (1959)
5. Notorious (1946)

Francis Ford Coppola
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
4. The Conversation (1974)
5. The Godfather: Part III (1990)

Stanley Kubrick
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
3. The Shining (1980)
4. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
5. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Clint Eastwood
1. Unforgiven (1992)
2. Gran Torino (2008)
3. Mystic River (2003)
4. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
5, Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Martin Scorsese
1. Taxi Driver (1976)
2. Goodfellas (1990)
3. Raging Bull (1980)
4. The Departed (2006)
5. Casino (1995)

John Ford
1. The Searchers (1956)
2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
3. Fort Apache (1948)
4. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949)
5. Rio Grande (1950)

Howard Hawks
1. The Big Sleep (1946)
2. Rio Bravo (1959)
3. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
4. Red River (1948)
5. His Girl Friday (1940)

Ridley Scott
1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Alien (1979)
3. Thelma and Louise (1991)
4. Gladiator (2000)
5. American Gangster (2007)

Quentin Tarantino
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
3. Jackie Brown (1997)
4. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Christopher Nolan
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Inception (2010)
3. Memento (2000)
4. Batman Begins (2005)
5. The Prestige (2006)

John McTiernan
1. Die Hard (1988)
2. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
3. Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995)
4. Predator (1987)
5. Last Action Hero (1993)

Richard Donner
1. The Omen (1976)
2. Superman (1978)
3. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
4. Lethal Weapon (1987)
5. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980, 2006)

Robert Zemeckis
1. Back to the Future (1985)
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
3. Forrest Gump (1994)
4. Back to the Future: Part III (1990)
5. Back to the Future: Part II (1989)

James Cameron
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
2. The Terminator (1984)
3. Aliens (1986)
4. The Abyss (1989)
5. Titanic (1997)

Paul Verhoeven
1. Soldier of an Orange (1977)
2. Robocop (1987)
3. Basic Instinct (1992)
4. Total Recall (1990)
5. Starship Troopers (1997)

Frankenheimer:

1. THE TRAIN
2. BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
3. SECONDS
4. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
5. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
6. BLACK SUNDAY
7. GRAN PRIX

Russell:

1. WOMEN IN LOVE
2. THE DEVILS
3. MAHLER
4. THE MUSIC LOVERS
5. TOMMY

Loach:

1. KES
2. LOOKING FOR ERIC
3. THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
4. RIFF-RAFF
5. SWEET 16
6. RAINING STONES

Richardson:

1. A TASTE OF HONEY
2. THE ENTERTAINER
3. THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
4. LOOK BACK IN ANGER
5, THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

Billy Wilder
1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY
2. THE APARTMENT
3. ACE IN THE HOLE
4. THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
5. SOME LIKE IT HOT
6. IRMA LA DOUCE
7. STALAG 17
8. THE LOST WEEKEND
9. SUNSET BLVD.
10. ONE, TWO, THREE
11. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
12. THE FORTUNE COOKIE
13. SABRINA
14. FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO

Though I have to say numbers 4-6 are roughly equal as 3 of the funniest films I've ever seen.

Douglas Sirk
1. A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE
2. THE TARNISHED ANGELS
3. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
4. WRITTEN ON THE WIND
5. BATTLE HYMN
6. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
7. ALL I DESIRE

Nicholas Ray
1. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
2. BIGGER THAN LIFE
3. IN A LONELY PLACE
4. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT
5. ON DANGEROUS GROUND
6. THE LUSTY MEN
7. JOHNNY GUITAR

William Wyler
1. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
2. THE DESPERATE HOURS
3. ROMAN HOLIDAY
4. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
5. DODSWORTH
6. THE BIG COUNTRY
7. FRIENDLY PERSUASION
8. DETECTIVE STORY
9. JEZEBEL

Adding a few directors who aren't my top favourites, but whose films I've grown used to:

Boyle:
1. Trainspotting
2. Sunshine
3/4. Slumdog Millionaire/127 Hours
5. 28 Days Later

Burton:
1. Batman
2. Batman Returns
3. Beetlejuice
4. Sleepy Hollow
5. Corpse Bride

Cameron:
1. Aliens
2. The Terminator
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4. Avatar
5. Titanic

Coen Bros.:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Fargo
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. Burn after Reading

Cronenberg:
1. Eastern Promises
2. A History of Violence
3. The Fly
4. Spider
5. Crash

De Palma:
1. The Untouchables
2. Scarface
3. Mission: Impossible
4. Carrie
5. Femme Fatale

Eastwood:
1. Unforgiven
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
3. Mystic River
4. Gran Torino
5. Hereafter

Fincher:
1. The Game
2. Se7en
3. Fight Club
4. The Social Network
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Kubrick:
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. The Shining
4. Dr. Strangelove
5. Lolita

Mann:
1. Heat
2. Collateral
3. The Insider
4. The Last of the Mohicans
5. Ali

Nolan:
1. Inception
2. The Prestige
3. Batman Bagins
4. The Dark Knight
5. Memento

Polanski:
1. Chinatown
2. The Ghost Writer
3. Rosemary's Baby
4. The Ninth Gate
5. The Tragedy of Macbeth

Scorsese:
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Raging Bull
4. The Departed
5. Shutter Island

Spielberg:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Schindler's List
3. Catch Me if You Can
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5. Jaws

Kazan
1. Viva Zapata!
2. A Face in the Crowd
3. Panic in the Streets
4. Splendor in the Grass
5. East of Eden

Lang (with a lot still to watch)
1. Scarlet Street
2. M
3. The Woman in the Window
4. Frau im Mond
5. Human Desire

Elia Kazan
1. EAST OF EDEN
2. ON THE WATERFRONT
3. A FACE IN THE CROWD
4. PANIC IN THE STREETS
5. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
6. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
7. BABY DOLL
8. BOOMERANG
9. VIVA ZAPATA!
10. WILD RIVER
11. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
12. GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT

Robert Wise
1. THE SOUND OF MUSIC
2. WEST SIDE STORY
3. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
4. I WANT TO LIVE!
5. SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
6. RUN SILENT RUN DEEP
7. ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW
8. THE SET UP
9. EXECUTIVE SUITE
10. THE DESERT RATS
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101. MYSTERY IN MEXICO

John Sturges
1. THE GREAT ESCAPE
2. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
3. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
4. ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO
5. GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
6. LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL
7. JEOPARDY
8. THE LAW AND JAKE WADE
9. THE GIRL IN WHITE
10. MYSTERY STREET
11. MAROONED
12. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
13. MCQ
14. ICE STATION ZEBRA

Sturges was one hell of a director - plenty of terrific films in there.

Robert Aldrich
1. KISS ME DEADLY
2. AUTUMN LEAVES
3. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
4. THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
5. THE LAST SUNSET
6. VERA CRUZ
7. THE BIG KNIFE
8. APACHE
9. THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE
10. EMPEROR OF THE NORTH\

Aldrich I'm usually left wanted, KISS ME DEADLY aside I've never fully enjoyed any of his films, some are fun, schlocky, while the bottom ones are pretty shit.

Two mentioned above that I *would* rank among my higher tiers.

Burton:

1. ED WOOD
2. MARS ATTACKS
3. BATMAN RETURNS
4. EDWARD SISSORHANDS
5. BEETLEJUICE

Kazan:

1. ON THE WATERFRONT
2. EAST OF EDEN
3. A STREETCAR NEAMED DESIRE
4. BABY DOLL
5. VIVA ZAPITA!

Not realy have favorite too, a selection and a rank from movies from directer who direct more then 3 movies who i have seen

Cameron
1. Terminator 2 DC. Never seen the TC. On tv there only give the DC.
2. Titanic. I saw it 2 times, a third time i don't survice.
3. Terminator

Martin Campbell
1. Goldeneye
2. The Mask oF Zorro
3. Vertical Limit
4. Legend Of Zorro
5. Casino Royale
6. Beyond Borders

Robert Zemeckis
1. Back To The Future 2
2. Cast Away
3. Back To The Future
4. Back To The Future 3
5. Romancing The Stone
6. Contact. To long a go to remember.

Peter Jackson
1. LOTR
2. LOTR Two Towers. Best drama and Special Effect, should hsve got the oscars. But is les in balance action/drama.
3. Heavenly Creatures
4. LOTR Return of The King

Tony Scott
1. Spy Game
2. Man On Fire
3. Enemy of the State

Chris Columbus
1. Mrs Doubtfire
2. Chamber of Secrets
3. The Philosopher's Stone
3. Home Alone 2
4. Home Alone
The Harry Potter movies are the only one i own on dvd. Mrs Doubtfire biggest strong is that you must see after years and then not watch it in couple of years. Kind of the same from Home Alone movies, besidies that like the first Batman releases the dvd sucks.

Spielberg
1. Jurassic Park
2. Catch Me If You Can
3.Minority Report
4. The Terminal
5. Jurassic Park 2
From 2 others it be to long a go, 2 others i possible don't like those days and 1 movie be to much of nightmare that i don't whant give the movie credits.

Charles Laughton
1. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

My all time favorite movie is Titanic , hope it is the favorite of everyone , one of the favorite romantic movie that i have seen in my life.Thanks to James Cameron making such fantastic movie.