Favorite Films by Director

[Shane Peterson]

Post your favorite movies by each of the directors listed below. I don't know a lot of older directors, so feel free to add on to my list.

"My favorite movie by ___________ is _____________."

Steven Speilberg: Jurassic Park
Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction
Oliver Stone: Natural Born Killers
Ron Howard: A Beautiful Mind
Robert Zemeckis: Forrest Gump
John Hughes: The Breakfast Club
Martin Scorsece: The Departed
Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange
Tim Burton: Nightmare before Christmas
Judd Apatow: Anchorman
Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles
The Coen Bros.: The Big Lebowski
Wes Anderson: The Royal Tenenbaums

[pennington]

Steven Speilberg: Saving Private Ryan

Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs

Oliver Stone: Any Given Sunday

Robert Zemeckis:Back to The Future (Part 1)

Martin Scorsece: Goodfellas

Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange

Tim Burton: Nightmare before Christmas

Judd Apatow: Knocked Up

Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles

[fezident]

Steven : CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Marty : CASINO
Burton : BIG DADDY
Stone : NATURAL BORN KILLERS
Tarantino : KILL BILL 1 & 2
Zemeckis : ROGER RABBIT (honorable mention: CONTACT)
Fincher : SE7EN
Gilliam : 12 MONKEYS
Cameron : TERMINATOR 2
Clint : MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Ridley : BLADE RUNNER
Tony : TRUE ROMANCE (honorable mention: MAN ON FIRE)

[GreatAmericanZero]

Steven Speilberg: schindler's list
Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction
Oliver Stone: jfk
Ron Howard: n/a
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future
John Hughes: n/a
Martin Scorsece: Taxi Driver
Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange
Tim Burton: ed wood
Judd Apatow: n/a
Mel Brooks: History of the World Part I
The Coen Bros.: Fargo
Wes Anderson: Rushmore

note - Judd Apatow did not direct "Anchorman" nor did Tim Burton direct "nightmare before christmas"...they were producers

heres some more

David Lynch - Eraserhead
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Danny Boyle - Trainspotting
Terry Gilliam - Brazil
Ridley Scott -Alien

i'll think of more later

[WampusCrandle]

Steven Speilberg: Jurassic Park
Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs
Oliver Stone: Natural Born Killers
Ron Howard: n/a
Robert Zemeckis: Used Cars
John Hughes: The Breakfast Club
Martin Scorsece: Goodfellas
Stanley Kubrick: The Shinning
Tim Burton: n/a
Mel Brooks: Vertigo
The Coen Bros.: No Country For Old Men
Wes Anderson: The Royal Tenenbaums

[RobotPilgrim]

Steven Speilberg: Close Encounters
Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs
Oliver Stone: Platoon
Ron Howard: Apollo 13
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future
John Hughes: Sixteen Candles
Martin Scorsece: Goodfellas
Stanley Kubrick: The Shinning
Tim Burton: Beetlejuice
Mel Brooks:Blazing Saddles
The Coen Bros.: No Country For Old Men
Wes Anderson: The Squid and the Whale (love Laura Linney, what can I say)

Barry Levinson: The Natural

[Coach_Mac]

Steven Speilberg: Jurassic Park
Quentin Tarantino: Kill Bills
Oliver Stone: JFK
Ron Howard: Cinderella Man
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future
John Hughes: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Martin Scorsece: The Departed
Stanley Kubrick: The Shining
Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands
Judd Apatow: Freaks and Geeks (none of his movies)
Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles
The Coen Bros.: Fargo
Wes Anderson: Rushmore

[ihaveabadmonkey]

Steven Spielberg: Jaws
Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs
Oliver Stone: JFK
Ron Howard: Gung Ho
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future
John Hughes: Weird Science
Martin Scorsece: Goodfellas
Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket
Tim Burton: Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Judd Apatow: 40 Year Old Virgin
Mel Brooks: Spaceballs
The Coen Bros.: Raising Arizona
Wes Anderson: Rushmore
Paul-O: Gap

[burrben]

Steven Speilberg: Duel
Quentin Tarantino: Jackie Brown
Oliver Stone: Natural Born Killers
Ron Howard: Grand Theft Auto
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future
John Hughes: Uncle Buck
Martin Scorsece: Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore
Stanley Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove
Tim Burton: Big Fish
Mel Brooks: Young Frankenstein
The Coen Bros.: Blood Simple
Wes Anderson: Rushmore
Ingmar Bergman: Persona
Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho
Jean Luc Godard: Vivre sa vie
John Ford: Stagecoach
Robert Altman: Nashville
Roman Polanski: Chinatown
David Lynch: Eraserhead
Clint Eastwood: Million Dollar Baby
PT Anderson: Punch-drunk Love

[Kublakhan61]

Goddard - Alphaville
Kubrick - 2001
Tarkovsky - Stalker
Kurosawa - Roshomon
Anderson - Bottle Rocket
Lynch - Inland Empire
Suzuki - Youth of the Beast
Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
Coens - Barton Fink
Burton - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Scorsese - Mean Streets
Bergman - Persona
Anderson - Punch Drunk Love
Boyle - 28 Days Later

[razorboy]

No Elia Kazan or John Huston = bogus list.



And for Kubrick there isn't any answer outside of 2001.

[fezident]

EDIT:
I want to add ROB ZOMBIE to this list.
I sincerely believe that he will be a successful, respected, bankable director in the future.


EDIT II:
Of course... I didn't mean to put BIG DADDY on my list up there. I meant to put BIG FISH. I was considering PUNCH DRUNK LOVE .... which lead me to Sandler... yada yada yoda.

[mikeyboy]

Wes Anderson: The Squid and the Whale (love Laura Linney, what can I say)


Wrong director

[foodcourtdruide]

Steven Speilberg: Jaws
Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction
Oliver Stone: JFK
Ron Howard: Frost/Nixon
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future
John Hughes: Breakfast Club
Martin Scorsece: Mean Streets
Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket
Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo
Tim Burton: Batman
The Coen Bros.: Big Lebowski
Wes Anderson: Bottlerocket
Roman Polanski: Chinatown
PT Anderson: There Will Be Blood
Miyazaki: Spirited Away

[Kublakhan61]

Wrong director

And the correct answer for Baumbach would have to be "Kicking and Screaming".

[KnoxHarrington]

Spielberg: E.T.
Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction
Oliver Stone: Platoon
Ron Howard: Apollo 13
Robert Zemeckis: Used Cars
John Hughes: N/A
Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas
Stanley Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove
Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window
Tim Burton: Ed Wood
The Coen Bros: The Big Lebowski
Wes Anderson: Bottle Rocket
Roman Polanski: Chinatown
PT Anderson: Boogie Nights
David Lynch: Blue Velvet
Stephen Soderbergh: The Limey
David Cronenberg: Videodrome
David Fincher: Fight Club

[Kublakhan61]

David Cronenberg: Videodrome


Yikes ... is this Cronenberg's first appearance?? That'd be my choice, as well.

[Shane Peterson]

No Elia Kazan or John Huston = bogus list.



And for Kubrick there isn't any answer outside of 2001.

Post your favorite movies by each of the directors listed below. I don't know a lot of older directors, so feel free to add on to my list.

Go ahead and add those directors if you like, but don't just dismiss the list because it doesn't include some people you consider list-worthy.

[weekapaugjz]

Steven Spielburg: Saving Private Ryan
Quentin Tarantino: Kill Bill
Oliver Stone: Platoon
Ron Howard: Apollo 13
Martin Scorsece: The Departed
Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange
Tim Burton: Beetlejuice
Mel Brooks: History of the World
The Coen Bros.: Fargo
Wes Anderson: A Life Aquatic
David Fincher: Fight Club
Darren Aronofsky: Requiem For a Dream
Clint Eastwood: High Plains Drifter

[MacVittie]

Steven Speilberg: Jaws
Quentin Tarantino: Jackie Brown
Oliver Stone: Platoon
Ron Howard: Apollo 13
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future
John Hughes: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Martin Scorsece: Taxi Driver
Stanley Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove
Tim Burton: Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Mel Brooks: Young Frankenstein
The Coen Bros.: Fargo
Wes Anderson: Rushmore
Roman Polanski: Chinatown
Judd Apatow: The Larry Sander Show (he directed one TV episode)
PT Anderson: Boogie Nights
Billy Wilder: The Apartment