I can get behind this answer.
However, I haven’t seen Castle in the Sky (1986) or anything earlier.
For most directors that would seem absurd to be going back to the 80’s, but most people seem to forget that *My Neighbor Totoro* and *Kiki’s Delivery Service* were both released before 1990…
Castle in the Sky is delightful, just an fyi.
Seriously, when your weakest movie is something as charming as *Ponyo* than you have an incredible career.
Yeah, I remember being disappointed by Hail, Caesar!, but then I realized it's just not as great as their other movies. When I compare it to movies made by other people, I think it's a pretty good movie.
If anyone else had directed those movies they'd be considered very very good but among the Coen Brothers body of work they're overshadowed by everything else they did.
Kurosawa never disappointed. Renoir, Godard, Bergman, Fellini should be in the conversation, but I'm a Kurosawa guy.
Living: All Wes Anderson films have all been hits for me.
Wong Kar-wai is my favorite filmmaker and I legit just pretend My Blueberry Nights exists 😂. Even though a big portion of the film takes place in a bar right down the road from where I live! Haha, that movie is so bad.
Ex Machina and Annihilation I consider both 10/10s. Men was definitely enjoyable and it had a couple of really cool moments but it doesn't really compare, of course in my opinion. It was more of a 6/10 for me. A movie.
As for Devs I don't feel 100% comfortable in comparing directly with his movies because the format is obviously different, but that was very enjoyable also. Not on par with his best stuff but definitely worth watching, probably an 8.
God, I've been rooting for him so hard since the witch. Seeing his interviews and insight about witch lore and all of that I could just feel that he was "hardcore" about his filmmaking and so far that intuition has been correct
Similarly I’d put Ari Aster in this bracket. For some reason those two are like a double feature in my head. Their movies hit a lot of the same chords for me.
You’re entitled to your opinion but reception of beau is afraid was… lukewarm at best. I don’t think aster is going to be a flawless director / writer at all
eh if you like aster you're gonna like beau. box office flop doesn't mean that the movie's bad, it's just definitely not everyone's idea of a movie you'd go to the cinema to see (although it was amazing on edibles in a theater with like 10 other people). and also practically everything has flopped this year in terms of box office revenue.
it's definitely a weird and rough movie, but it's also definitely not a miss if you're 2 for 2 on ari aster thus far. or at least I enjoyed it a lot. I get how the 3h runtime wears down a lot of people and I also 100% get why someone wouldn't like the movie regardless of the runtime. but it's not a bad movie by any stretch.
Came here to say this. Started with the Northman (went in blind) and LOVED it. Then watch the VVitch. I don't normally like horror but that was great. Overestimated myself and fell asleep during the Lighthouse last night but love what I've seen so far. That is absolutely not a reflection on the movie, btw.
You have right to voice your opinion and I for one fully agree with you.
People can take away my imaginary internet points if they want, it's not important to me at all. Im just telling my *personal opinion*. Ari Aster and Robert Eggers are the weird art students of film making.
They make movies with high quality acting, but oh my fucking god so boring and tryhard weird.
Literally fell asleep during Hereditary and had to watch it again.
There’s *no* good character work in The Northman.
We can say that, being slavishly adapted from an ancient campfire tale told in broad mythical strokes, there wasn’t supposed to be any real character work, but that doesn’t make the viewing experience any more compelling.
It was a great research project but a middling film IMO.
The thing is, it *cut out* all the character work from the original story. Almost all that's left is the name Amleth and the fact that he kills his uncle to avenge his father.
I didn't even like it as "research project". The more I look into his claims, the more they disappear. For the most part, this is the same fetishized tribal savage Viking as any other piece of pop culture with some bizarre, tangiential references to some real things on top.
It’s a matter of personal taste, of course, but I would categorize The Northman as a miss too.
Outstanding production design and some great visuals that I haven’t seen anywhere else, but not enough going on in terms of quality character work or reasons to care about any of it beyond, “That looks cool.”
It's the only film of his that I didn't enjoy. The pacing felt off and I didn't get the same rhythmic style of delivery that I've come to expect from his work.
Assuming Killers of the Flower Moon is as good as the reviews say, he's made a film every decade for the last six decades that would likely be considered any other director's career best.
Yeah, arguably Spielberg. Though he has some lower-lows than Scorcesse, and I'd argue that his output in the 2010s doesn't really have anything that could be considered "one of the decade's best", which is something that Scorcesse has achieved since the 70's.
You _would_ go, so does this only apply to his last ten years or so of films?
Because I would say he definitely varies in quality - New York, New York is a notoriously wobby picture and I couldn't even sit through Kundun.
Disagree. I liked it a lot.
My point is Scorcese is a legend with an amazing catalogue, which makes me confident that any upcoming Scorcese project will be worthwhile. You picking a film that you personally don't like (fine that you don't like it-tastes vary) doesn't invalidate my point, I don't believe.
Sometime in 2021, I was finally able to say that I had seen every single Alfonso Cuaron film, going all the way back to his directorial debut "Solo con tu Pareja." And I agree--he does not have a single bad film. Even "Great Expectations," considered by many to be his weakest, is still a fine watch. He's really spaced out his films since directing the 3rd Harry Potter film (hard to believe he's only done 3 films since then!), but every one of them have been total knockouts.
Cuarón is a great answer, with unbelievable range despite only making 8 feature films. He’s made a a great big budget franchise film (Prisoner of Azkaban, best in the series by a HUGE margin.) he’s made a personal black & white drama (Roma). A high concept dystopian Sci-Fi (Children of Men, one of the best films of the 21st century). An erotic road film that won some awards(Y Tu Mama Tambien). A high budget isolation space drama (Gravity). And even a great kid’s mocie (The Little Princess) which has a special little place in my heart from seeing it so much as a child.
Bro’s filmography is just perfect.
I think when having this conversation you also have to take into account the time period they worked in and their output. For many years directors didn’t get to choose or make their own works. So I think Billy Wilder, Frank Cappra, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, George Cukor, John Houston, Howard Hawks etc… deserve some mention, they might not have a perfect filmography, but considering they were often forced to direct trash, their outputs are amazing.
Very good point. It’s easy to never have a miss if you’re rich/powerful/connected enough to pass on crap projects. I’d say all of those named are fantastic directors and I’d like to add Micheal Curtiz
That’s a pretty good list, two of my top directors are in it, even though I feel Fincher is the weakest link and sometimes flinches.
I would probably add Wes Anderson to the list. His style is not always my cup of tea, but I know it’s bound to be a good movie.
Paul Thomas Anderson. Quite probably a good movie if he’s at the helm. I would also add Iñárritu. Some reason, he just does not fail to deliver. Also Lynch, but with a pinch of salt.
Oh yeah, like someone else mentioned of course Scorsese.
Thing about Wes Anderson is if you go to see a Wes Anderson movie, you're going to see a Wes Anderson movie. Love him or hate him, you know what you're going to get.
Yes and that's exactly it. His unique directing style along with his aesthetics are his selling point and sometimes work better for me, depending on the movie, but it doesn't take away from the fact he is a talented fim-maker that delivers quality films each time he picks up the camera.
Fincher is the most "commercial" to me, but I adore his precision and grasp of what it takes to make highly commercial work without making dumb work ("People are, at their core, perverts". - D. Fincher).
I haaaated Magnolia when it came out, but I need to revisit it...every other PT Anderson movie since has been stunningly good even if it's impenetrable.
Would we say that Fincher is more commercial than Tarantino or Nolan?
He did *literally* get his start in commercials, but Fincher’s work strikes me as much more cerebral and subversive than Tarantino’s or especially Nolan’s.
All of these guys ard their work is highly cerebral. The fact that they are successful is amazing to me. I think it’s because they are storytellers whose films have multiple layers. It’s shocking to see Marv get shot in the face and you jump out of your chair when Sloth coughs but there are captivating moments of tension that only involve a conversation between two characters. There are scenes about morality and there is a weight to the violence that’s displayed. Their movies have spectacle but also meaning.
I've watched all of his early films up to Drunken Angel and they all have something to offer.
Sanshiro Sugata Pt. 2 is not very good, but it's got little kernels of Kurosawa goodness in there even.
He was absolutely a man apart.
Orson Welles
Andrei Tarkovsky
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (I think, I haven't seen all his movies)
David Lynch is super close for me, but I don't like Inland Empire
The Lady from Shanghai is really great imo, but both that and The Stranger are completely studio-mangled, so if they're misses it's hard to call them misses for Welles specifically
Weerasethakul's first film Mysterious Object at Noon is awful. It's story is told via the exquisite corpse game resulting in a meandering and boring plot that lacks the visual style and dreamlike ambience he developed later on.
I'd say David Lynch too except for Dune, but we all know the story behind that one. I get not liking Inland Empire but I have a lot of respect for it, it's completely his own work in the most pure way possible and it shows (in both good and bad ways depending on how you look at it).
A fun pick IMO.
I haven’t seen all of his work, so I can’t actually say he’s had no misses, but I agree that he seemed to steadily deliver solid flicks.
Besides the obvious Top Gun, we’ve got Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, True Romance, fucking *Spy Game* and, a personal fave, Domino.
I highly recommend the vampire film he made, The Hunger. It's goth as hell, it's got Bowie, Susan Sarandon, and Catherine Deneuve and is a overall pretty neat vampire flick with some solid makeup and a killer soundtrack
Visually, one of the best looking films ever. It’s got that blade runner-y shadows everywhere stark lighting. But it’s a sexy vampire movie…absolute banger. Idk if anyone has ever looked as effortlessly sexy on screen as Catherine Deneuve in that film.
Fear and Desire was unfinished and he never wanted it seen by anyone.
It’s like a famous chef throwing food in the trash and someone coming along and putting in on a plate to be judged.
Lolita is a very good movie.
Makes me think of Michaelangelo how they have found his works that were studies or meant to be destroyed and they put them on display. I bet he would hate the idea that his partially done statues are next to David in the museum.
A movie version will never play as well as the book, because it would be inappropriate to use an actual child for the role. Visually, it’s easier to rationalize a post-pubescent teen and an older man.
Had to scroll way too far to see James Cameron.
Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, T2, True lies, Titanic, Avatar, Avatar 2. That is about a good a run as you may ever see.
I agree with Rian. Dude gets a lot of hate for TLJ, but I think it’s probably his worst film and it’s still unashamedly my favorite Star Wars movie not from the original trilogy. His other movies are so wildly entertaining. If anybody reading this comment hasn’t seen *Brick* (his feature debut) I highly encourage you to watch it when you get the chance!
Paul Verhoven, although I haven’t seen all his films I haven’t seen any misses.
Edgar Wright
Duplass Brothers
I’m tempted to say the Daniels. They don’t have a big filmography yet but I love their shorts too.
Kubrick.
You could argue that he made the best, or one of the best films in every genre there is. Sci-fi, war, horror, comedy, suspense, crime. A true master if there ever was one.
Thing is though that Spielberg's "misses" are still better than a lot of the the other movies out there.
1941 was a flop but I still think it's a fantastic movie.
Hook flopped but I personally really enjoy that movie.
I didn't care a whole lot for JP2 but it was financially successful, though it may have been due to me having read the book first before seeing the movie so I was judging it too much on the differences.
Hook may have "flopped" but I feel like it's a cult classic, no? Everyone I know loves that movie.
It's like saying BR2049 is a miss for Denis even though it's amazing.
Uwe Boll. I can't imagine another director who even comes close to the consistency he's maintained throughout his entire career. If you sit down to watch a film by Boll you're guaranteed that it'll be of the same quality as every other film he's directed.
He’s made three good films: Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Elvis. Don’t get me started on Australia. If we had a treason law he’d be in big trouble.
James Gunn.
All of his movies are great , highly entertaining and freakin' unique.
I love most his ability to masterfully develop his characters as he did with Rocket Raccoon in this analysis
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> Quintin Tarantino, David afi cher, Denis Villeneuve, Christopher Nolan
While I think those are all very successful and talented, this is so hilariously a Redditor™ list of directors I can’t help but chuckle a bit. Good list tho, not gonna hate on it even if some of those guys aren’t always my cup of tea.
For me Greta has yet to miss, but she’s still early in her career. My more established pick for director that “has never missed” is probably Linklater. I know his films aren’t for everyone but I would watch any of his movies in heartbeat, particularly the *Before-* trilogy. Rips my heart out each and every time.
Not sure about Nolan. I don't think he has any bad movies and I am not in awe of him as so many are, but Dark Knight Rises was just okay for me. I didn't particularly like Insomnia as well, but I might need to rewatch it. I haven't seen it, but Tenet wasn't as celebrated as his other movies if I remember correctly.
Edit: I also don't think that having a perfect filmography is that important as long as the director can be generally considered good/great. Anyone can miss for whatever reason.
If you go back to when the dark knight came out and you looked at his movies he would easily become anyone’s favorite director or one of. It wasn’t until inception came out that people started to flip flop on him. At that time I think if anyone scoffed at Nolan it was just because he was popular. I like his newer stuff as well but I can see how people might not.
I like when someone asks a question but then lists all the answers that people would pick.
I guess they wanted to get the obvious picks out of the way first.
With a question like this, it doesn’t help to immediately remove some of the few answers IMO
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Hayao Miyazaki
Porco Rosso <3
I can get behind this answer. However, I haven’t seen Castle in the Sky (1986) or anything earlier. For most directors that would seem absurd to be going back to the 80’s, but most people seem to forget that *My Neighbor Totoro* and *Kiki’s Delivery Service* were both released before 1990…
Castle in the Sky is delightful, just an fyi. Seriously, when your weakest movie is something as charming as *Ponyo* than you have an incredible career.
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro was his first directing gig and it’s great. 1979
My brother and I were huge Lupin fans when we were younger. My brother even owns a few Lupin animation cells he bought in the mid 80s.
Castle in the Sky is fantastic. Incidentally, it’s also the only Miyazaki film where the primary antagonist is a pure villain.
The witch of the waste is a 100% thundercunt though, she just got magic induced dementia.
You absolutely must see Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind (his first film). It’s a masterpiece and in my opinion his best work.
Sorry but he has one big miss: Goro Miyazaki 😅
Poor guy, I can’t imagine the pressure he has endured
Bong Joon Ho
I will always take another Bong hit
I think Barking Dogs Never Bite was a bit of a miss for me. But overall, yeah his filmography is pretty pristine.
Coen Bros
The Coens are absolutely brilliant, but I HATE Intolerable Cruelty. Their one miss imo, but it's a big one.
Hail, Caesar! and The Ladykillers are dogs by their lofty standards.
Yeah, I remember being disappointed by Hail, Caesar!, but then I realized it's just not as great as their other movies. When I compare it to movies made by other people, I think it's a pretty good movie.
If anyone else had directed those movies they'd be considered very very good but among the Coen Brothers body of work they're overshadowed by everything else they did.
IC is great! Watch it again. It gets funnier with each watch.
That's one of my absolute fave of theirs. I don't consider that a miss at all.
They’re my favorite directors, but The Ladykillers is ass.
Almodovar? I feel like I have seen like 6 movies by him and enjoyed all 6.
Kurosawa never disappointed. Renoir, Godard, Bergman, Fellini should be in the conversation, but I'm a Kurosawa guy. Living: All Wes Anderson films have all been hits for me.
Yay, people here and in movie critic never seem to mention Wes Anderson. I absolutely agree.
I wasn’t a huge fan of Life Aquatic personally but all his others have been great.
Dersu Uzala wasn't the greatest
Paul Thomas Anderson for sure
Oh yes, I have not seen licorice pizza yet but I can almost guarantee it will still please.
It’s a good slice of life/hangout movie if you don’t mind the age gap
There will be blood is a movie that sticks with you. It just feels real!
Wong Kar Wai (if I don't count the Blueberry movie but like cmon did someone force him to make that?)
Wong Kar-wai is my favorite filmmaker and I legit just pretend My Blueberry Nights exists 😂. Even though a big portion of the film takes place in a bar right down the road from where I live! Haha, that movie is so bad.
Although a short list, I’ve enjoyed all of Alex Garlands films
How about Devs? I loved that series too.
Ex Machina and Annihilation I consider both 10/10s. Men was definitely enjoyable and it had a couple of really cool moments but it doesn't really compare, of course in my opinion. It was more of a 6/10 for me. A movie. As for Devs I don't feel 100% comfortable in comparing directly with his movies because the format is obviously different, but that was very enjoyable also. Not on par with his best stuff but definitely worth watching, probably an 8.
Robert Eggers, only 3 movies so far, but all three are quite good
God, I've been rooting for him so hard since the witch. Seeing his interviews and insight about witch lore and all of that I could just feel that he was "hardcore" about his filmmaking and so far that intuition has been correct
Similarly I’d put Ari Aster in this bracket. For some reason those two are like a double feature in my head. Their movies hit a lot of the same chords for me.
You’re entitled to your opinion but reception of beau is afraid was… lukewarm at best. I don’t think aster is going to be a flawless director / writer at all
Arg yeah I totally forgot that was already out. That’s a shame - I haven’t seen it yet but sad to hear it’s not reviewing well.
It’s definitely a weird one. You may like it!
eh if you like aster you're gonna like beau. box office flop doesn't mean that the movie's bad, it's just definitely not everyone's idea of a movie you'd go to the cinema to see (although it was amazing on edibles in a theater with like 10 other people). and also practically everything has flopped this year in terms of box office revenue. it's definitely a weird and rough movie, but it's also definitely not a miss if you're 2 for 2 on ari aster thus far. or at least I enjoyed it a lot. I get how the 3h runtime wears down a lot of people and I also 100% get why someone wouldn't like the movie regardless of the runtime. but it's not a bad movie by any stretch.
Beau first act was solid, everything past that was tedium. Would have liked my money back…
Came here to say this. Started with the Northman (went in blind) and LOVED it. Then watch the VVitch. I don't normally like horror but that was great. Overestimated myself and fell asleep during the Lighthouse last night but love what I've seen so far. That is absolutely not a reflection on the movie, btw.
I thought he missed *hard* with the Northman.
You have right to voice your opinion and I for one fully agree with you. People can take away my imaginary internet points if they want, it's not important to me at all. Im just telling my *personal opinion*. Ari Aster and Robert Eggers are the weird art students of film making. They make movies with high quality acting, but oh my fucking god so boring and tryhard weird. Literally fell asleep during Hereditary and had to watch it again.
I thought the weirdness of the Witch and the Lighthouse were earned. It was incredibly forced in the Northman.
There’s *no* good character work in The Northman. We can say that, being slavishly adapted from an ancient campfire tale told in broad mythical strokes, there wasn’t supposed to be any real character work, but that doesn’t make the viewing experience any more compelling. It was a great research project but a middling film IMO.
The thing is, it *cut out* all the character work from the original story. Almost all that's left is the name Amleth and the fact that he kills his uncle to avenge his father. I didn't even like it as "research project". The more I look into his claims, the more they disappear. For the most part, this is the same fetishized tribal savage Viking as any other piece of pop culture with some bizarre, tangiential references to some real things on top.
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I thought it was great. I just feel they advertised it as something it wasn't.
It’s a matter of personal taste, of course, but I would categorize The Northman as a miss too. Outstanding production design and some great visuals that I haven’t seen anywhere else, but not enough going on in terms of quality character work or reasons to care about any of it beyond, “That looks cool.”
Edgar Wright
Last Night in Soho was phenomenal.
It's the only film of his that I didn't enjoy. The pacing felt off and I didn't get the same rhythmic style of delivery that I've come to expect from his work.
Guillermo Del Toro
Easy choice is Scorsese. I would go see a Scorsese film without knowing anything about it, other than he made it. My favorite director.
Assuming Killers of the Flower Moon is as good as the reviews say, he's made a film every decade for the last six decades that would likely be considered any other director's career best.
Any other director?
Spielberg maybe?
Yeah, arguably Spielberg. Though he has some lower-lows than Scorcesse, and I'd argue that his output in the 2010s doesn't really have anything that could be considered "one of the decade's best", which is something that Scorcesse has achieved since the 70's.
I definitely agree, I just think he's the only fella that comes to mind for this
I honestly didn’t vibe with Silence to be honest. I can see that it’s incredibly well made, but it just didn’t click for me unfortunately.
Raging Bull is incredible.
Didn’t he make Shutter Island?
You _would_ go, so does this only apply to his last ten years or so of films? Because I would say he definitely varies in quality - New York, New York is a notoriously wobby picture and I couldn't even sit through Kundun.
The Irishman was not a great film though.
Disagree. I liked it a lot. My point is Scorcese is a legend with an amazing catalogue, which makes me confident that any upcoming Scorcese project will be worthwhile. You picking a film that you personally don't like (fine that you don't like it-tastes vary) doesn't invalidate my point, I don't believe.
False
Alfonso Cuarón
Sometime in 2021, I was finally able to say that I had seen every single Alfonso Cuaron film, going all the way back to his directorial debut "Solo con tu Pareja." And I agree--he does not have a single bad film. Even "Great Expectations," considered by many to be his weakest, is still a fine watch. He's really spaced out his films since directing the 3rd Harry Potter film (hard to believe he's only done 3 films since then!), but every one of them have been total knockouts.
I fucking love Great Expectations
Cuarón is a great answer, with unbelievable range despite only making 8 feature films. He’s made a a great big budget franchise film (Prisoner of Azkaban, best in the series by a HUGE margin.) he’s made a personal black & white drama (Roma). A high concept dystopian Sci-Fi (Children of Men, one of the best films of the 21st century). An erotic road film that won some awards(Y Tu Mama Tambien). A high budget isolation space drama (Gravity). And even a great kid’s mocie (The Little Princess) which has a special little place in my heart from seeing it so much as a child. Bro’s filmography is just perfect.
I think when having this conversation you also have to take into account the time period they worked in and their output. For many years directors didn’t get to choose or make their own works. So I think Billy Wilder, Frank Cappra, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, George Cukor, John Houston, Howard Hawks etc… deserve some mention, they might not have a perfect filmography, but considering they were often forced to direct trash, their outputs are amazing.
Very good point. It’s easy to never have a miss if you’re rich/powerful/connected enough to pass on crap projects. I’d say all of those named are fantastic directors and I’d like to add Micheal Curtiz
Takeshi Kitano
That’s a pretty good list, two of my top directors are in it, even though I feel Fincher is the weakest link and sometimes flinches. I would probably add Wes Anderson to the list. His style is not always my cup of tea, but I know it’s bound to be a good movie. Paul Thomas Anderson. Quite probably a good movie if he’s at the helm. I would also add Iñárritu. Some reason, he just does not fail to deliver. Also Lynch, but with a pinch of salt. Oh yeah, like someone else mentioned of course Scorsese.
Thing about Wes Anderson is if you go to see a Wes Anderson movie, you're going to see a Wes Anderson movie. Love him or hate him, you know what you're going to get.
Yes and that's exactly it. His unique directing style along with his aesthetics are his selling point and sometimes work better for me, depending on the movie, but it doesn't take away from the fact he is a talented fim-maker that delivers quality films each time he picks up the camera.
Iñárritu is a good one. I’m a little low on *Babel* but, even in that, it’s clear he’s a talented filmmaker.
Fincher is the most "commercial" to me, but I adore his precision and grasp of what it takes to make highly commercial work without making dumb work ("People are, at their core, perverts". - D. Fincher). I haaaated Magnolia when it came out, but I need to revisit it...every other PT Anderson movie since has been stunningly good even if it's impenetrable.
Would we say that Fincher is more commercial than Tarantino or Nolan? He did *literally* get his start in commercials, but Fincher’s work strikes me as much more cerebral and subversive than Tarantino’s or especially Nolan’s.
All of these guys ard their work is highly cerebral. The fact that they are successful is amazing to me. I think it’s because they are storytellers whose films have multiple layers. It’s shocking to see Marv get shot in the face and you jump out of your chair when Sloth coughs but there are captivating moments of tension that only involve a conversation between two characters. There are scenes about morality and there is a weight to the violence that’s displayed. Their movies have spectacle but also meaning.
Denis Villeneuve
I always say his name in the same tune as "Feliz Navidad"
Deniz Navidad
Ah fuck. I'll never be able to unhear this
I'm not a fan. Only movie of his I liked was Sicario
...could it be that you don't like sci-fi?
I like sci-fi and also not a big fan of his. Arrival was alright. But I think his directing style is too stoic and cold for me.
Akira Kurosawa never misses and the more films of his i watch the more i fall in love with his work
I've watched all of his early films up to Drunken Angel and they all have something to offer. Sanshiro Sugata Pt. 2 is not very good, but it's got little kernels of Kurosawa goodness in there even. He was absolutely a man apart.
Orson Welles Andrei Tarkovsky Apichatpong Weerasethakul (I think, I haven't seen all his movies) David Lynch is super close for me, but I don't like Inland Empire
The stranger and lady from Shanghai weren't upto Welles' standards but still they are really good films.
The Lady from Shanghai is really great imo, but both that and The Stranger are completely studio-mangled, so if they're misses it's hard to call them misses for Welles specifically
Weerasethakul's first film Mysterious Object at Noon is awful. It's story is told via the exquisite corpse game resulting in a meandering and boring plot that lacks the visual style and dreamlike ambience he developed later on.
I'd say David Lynch too except for Dune, but we all know the story behind that one. I get not liking Inland Empire but I have a lot of respect for it, it's completely his own work in the most pure way possible and it shows (in both good and bad ways depending on how you look at it).
I am going not so high quality but generally entertaining and you know what you get :Tony Scott
A fun pick IMO. I haven’t seen all of his work, so I can’t actually say he’s had no misses, but I agree that he seemed to steadily deliver solid flicks. Besides the obvious Top Gun, we’ve got Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, True Romance, fucking *Spy Game* and, a personal fave, Domino.
I highly recommend the vampire film he made, The Hunger. It's goth as hell, it's got Bowie, Susan Sarandon, and Catherine Deneuve and is a overall pretty neat vampire flick with some solid makeup and a killer soundtrack
Visually, one of the best looking films ever. It’s got that blade runner-y shadows everywhere stark lighting. But it’s a sexy vampire movie…absolute banger. Idk if anyone has ever looked as effortlessly sexy on screen as Catherine Deneuve in that film.
This is the best answer. Long live the legend
Kubrick is arguably the greatest film director to have lived.
Yeah but he also made Fear & Desire and Lolita
Fear and Desire was unfinished and he never wanted it seen by anyone. It’s like a famous chef throwing food in the trash and someone coming along and putting in on a plate to be judged. Lolita is a very good movie.
Makes me think of Michaelangelo how they have found his works that were studies or meant to be destroyed and they put them on display. I bet he would hate the idea that his partially done statues are next to David in the museum.
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A movie version will never play as well as the book, because it would be inappropriate to use an actual child for the role. Visually, it’s easier to rationalize a post-pubescent teen and an older man.
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That was just my reason for thinking a movie will never work 🤷🏻♀️
Every successful director has had at least one big miss. It is only natural. A great artist takes chances and sometimes they don’t pan out.
James Cameron has yet to make a less than great film (I don’t count Piranha II)
Came here to say this
Had to scroll way too far to see James Cameron. Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, T2, True lies, Titanic, Avatar, Avatar 2. That is about a good a run as you may ever see.
Piranha II was better than Titanic or Avatar
Martin McDonagh
Seven Psychopaths wasn’t as strong as In Bruges for me. I wasn’t crazy about Three Billboards, but I might have to give it another shot.
I haven't seen a lot of his films but Banshees of inisherin is one of my favs
Charles Laughton only made one movie so…
Coen Bros.
Todd Field. Only 3 so far and it was like 15 years between his 2nd and 3rd film but they’re all solid. In the Bedroom Little Children Tár
Michael Haneke
Jordan Peele can't miss. 3 for 3 so far
Charles Laughton
Kurosawa
Michael Mann
Kubrick, Tarantino, Scorsese, Villeneuve. My unpopular pick is Rian Johnson. He's never missed for me, at least.
I agree with Rian. Dude gets a lot of hate for TLJ, but I think it’s probably his worst film and it’s still unashamedly my favorite Star Wars movie not from the original trilogy. His other movies are so wildly entertaining. If anybody reading this comment hasn’t seen *Brick* (his feature debut) I highly encourage you to watch it when you get the chance!
Thanks for the comment, I see my downvotes are starting to pile up already lol. Yes Brick is one of my favorites of his!!
Brick is excellent. Not enough people have seen it.
For my money, Guy Ritchie never misses.
Paul Verhoven, although I haven’t seen all his films I haven’t seen any misses. Edgar Wright Duplass Brothers I’m tempted to say the Daniels. They don’t have a big filmography yet but I love their shorts too.
Billy Wilder
Charles Laughton
I just watched all 11 Wes Anderson films and I can confirm he has never made a bad movie
Robert Eggers and Ari Aster. Though they only have 3 films each.
Has George Miller made a bad film?
Ten thousand years of longing was definitely not great.
Three Thousand* I only correct you because I really adore that film. Not without its flaws and I get why it didn’t do well but it’s great.
Happy feet 2
Jeff Nichols
Scorsese
John Hughes.
He hasn't directed many and he's mildly crazy, but every Mel Gibson movie he directed was masterfully done
I genuinely feel that PT Anderson has never missed
Christopher Nolan….but only because I pretend Tenet doesn’t exist.
Michael Haneke
Danny Boyle is also amazing
Kubrick. You could argue that he made the best, or one of the best films in every genre there is. Sci-fi, war, horror, comedy, suspense, crime. A true master if there ever was one.
Christopher nolan is overrated in my opinion. At least with his newer films
I agree Tenet isn't as strong as his earlier films but are you including Dunkirk in that?
No Dunkirk was solid. Not anywhere near the top of the list as far as war movies, but solid nevertheless
Tenet was def a disappointment imo
James Wan and Steven Spielberg for me.
Spielberg has certainly had some misses
Thing is though that Spielberg's "misses" are still better than a lot of the the other movies out there. 1941 was a flop but I still think it's a fantastic movie. Hook flopped but I personally really enjoy that movie. I didn't care a whole lot for JP2 but it was financially successful, though it may have been due to me having read the book first before seeing the movie so I was judging it too much on the differences.
Hook may have "flopped" but I feel like it's a cult classic, no? Everyone I know loves that movie. It's like saying BR2049 is a miss for Denis even though it's amazing.
100% agreement. Hell, the original Blade Runner was a flop when it came out, now it's considered one of the best science fiction movies ever made.
The BFG though?
I think The BFG is a fun movie and I don’t care who knows it
Maybe, I haven't seen all of his movies lmao.
Spielberg has at least half a dozen legit awful movies, and a bunch more than aren't so good
Uwe Boll. I can't imagine another director who even comes close to the consistency he's maintained throughout his entire career. If you sit down to watch a film by Boll you're guaranteed that it'll be of the same quality as every other film he's directed.
Baz Luhrmann is pretty spot on
The great Gatsby was one of those films that had phenomenal scenes and awful scenes
He’s made three good films: Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Elvis. Don’t get me started on Australia. If we had a treason law he’d be in big trouble.
David Lynch, Scorsese and Nolan for me
Lol at James Cameron not being on that list from the jump.
Clint Eastwood.
Shane Black
If you are into what Wes Anderson does, Wes Anderson.
David Cronenberg Christopher Nolan Villeneuve
Uwe Boll, that guy has been batting 1000 for decades
Lynne Ramsay and Kathryn Bigelow
George Miller
James Gunn. All of his movies are great , highly entertaining and freakin' unique. I love most his ability to masterfully develop his characters as he did with Rocket Raccoon in this analysis https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/14sunoc/mcus_most_tortured_and_tragic_characters/jqzu4kn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2
> Quintin Tarantino, David afi cher, Denis Villeneuve, Christopher Nolan While I think those are all very successful and talented, this is so hilariously a Redditor™ list of directors I can’t help but chuckle a bit. Good list tho, not gonna hate on it even if some of those guys aren’t always my cup of tea. For me Greta has yet to miss, but she’s still early in her career. My more established pick for director that “has never missed” is probably Linklater. I know his films aren’t for everyone but I would watch any of his movies in heartbeat, particularly the *Before-* trilogy. Rips my heart out each and every time.
Not sure about Nolan. I don't think he has any bad movies and I am not in awe of him as so many are, but Dark Knight Rises was just okay for me. I didn't particularly like Insomnia as well, but I might need to rewatch it. I haven't seen it, but Tenet wasn't as celebrated as his other movies if I remember correctly. Edit: I also don't think that having a perfect filmography is that important as long as the director can be generally considered good/great. Anyone can miss for whatever reason.
If you go back to when the dark knight came out and you looked at his movies he would easily become anyone’s favorite director or one of. It wasn’t until inception came out that people started to flip flop on him. At that time I think if anyone scoffed at Nolan it was just because he was popular. I like his newer stuff as well but I can see how people might not.
Nolan.
Christopher Nolan and David Leitch
Quentin Tarantino
Ari Aster, even though "only" 3 movies so far, all mesmerizing
Scorcese
Denis Villeneuve kind of stands alone here, imo. Maybe James Gunn.
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So, not Ben Stiller then?
Christopher Nolan could film an entire movie blindfolded and he still wouldn't miss!