Stanley Kubrik

Scorcese's 'Casino' was top class as well, there's no way you cannot put him up there with the best.

Other top directors in my book:
Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill v1 & 2.
Francis Ford Coppola - Godfather 1 & 2, Apocalypse Now
Brian De Palma - Scarface, The Untouchables....

Anyone know if Tony Kaye, guy who directed American History X, has done anything of note since? That was some film.

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Thought the Birds was vastly overrated myself. Lots of screaming and running. Du Maurier's story on which it was based was far far better. If I want to see a few hundred crows I'd fire a shotgun in the local woods and watch them rise...

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Dont ye have hay bails down there that do that job?

couldn't think of it Conor, thus the dots....:D

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I know it's my third post in a row, but we shouldn't forget Spielberg.

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Yeah, Ild agree the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan are amazing.


I always liked ET myself

was gonna mention spielberg for pure entertainment hes in a class of his own imo,
apart from those mentioned so far others who i enjoy include
spike jonze being jon mallkovich and adaptation
pt anderson - magnolia and boogie nights
kevin smith -- clerks . chasing amy
christopher nolan -- memento and insomnia
sam mendes -- american beauty and road to perdition
david fincher-- seven fight club
bryan singer - xmen and usual suspects
david lynch -- blue velvet , elephant man
and just for one film , City of God i have to mention Fernando Meirelles .

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spike jonze being jon mallkovich and adaptation
pt anderson - magnolia and boogie nights
david fincher-- seven fight club
bryan singer - xmen and usual suspects

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agree with those, but they'll have to add to their respective lists to merit the plaudits.

Can't believe that people are knocking the Coen Brother's 'Hudsucker Proxy' and especially 'Intolerable Cruelty', I thought both were absolutely brilliant.

Bad Hitchcock films...
The 39 Steps
The trouble with Harry
Mr and Mrs Smith
...although the fact that he made 'Rebecca' cancels those out many times over

How about Billy Wilder though since we're travelling back in time too...
Double Indemnity
Sunset Boulevard
Ace in the Hole (Kirk Douglas' finest hour IMO)
Some like it hot
and the criminally underrated One,Two,Three

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Could have put Carrie in there too.

He's had a few real stinkers though,.

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"snake eyes" with nic cage was a turkey.(he and nic are related in some way)