Search found 24 matches: Billy Wilder

Minimum 5

1 - Federico Fellini - 76.8
1/2 - Billy Wilder - 76.8
3 - Robert Bresson - 76.3
4 - Akira Kurosawa - 75.6
5 - John Ford - 75.3

Minimum 10

1 - Akira Kurosawa - 75.6
2 - Stanley Kubrick - 74.2
2/3 - Alfred Hitchcock - 74.2
4 - Satyajit Ray - 73.9
5 - Werner Herzog - 73.7

Minimum 15

1 - Akira Kurosawa - 75.6
2 - Ken Russell - 70.2
3 - Martin Scorsese - 69.2
4 - David Lynch - 68.8
5 - David Cronenberg - 68.4

My top 5 (minimum 4 films):

• 1. Ang Lee (6 films - 92.2) - Brokeback Mountain - Have not seen Lust, Caution
  2. Danny Boyle (4 films - 91.5) - 28 Days Later - Have not seen Frankenstein
  3. Akira Kurosawa (7 films - 90) - Yojimbo - Have not seen Red Beard
  4. Billy Wilder (4 films - 89.5) - Sunset Boulevard - Have not seen Ace in the Hole
  5. Terry Gilliam (7 films - 89.1) - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Have not seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

I only have 78 directors that meet the 4 film criterion. Median of the averages is 78.75, which is where Pedro Almodovar, Harold Ramis, and Martin Scorsese sit.

ETA: Favorites and next film I would probably see. Agnieszka Holland, to my disappointment, is the only woman to actually make it into this list.

1.Frank Capra
2.Luchino Visconti
3.George Cukor
4.Billy Wilder
5.Akira Kurosawa

Minimum 5 films:
Akira Kurosawa (90.00) 5 films
Billy Wilder (89.38) 8 films
Ingmar Bergman (85.63) 8 films
David Lynch (83.57) 7 films
Charles Chaplin (83.13) 8 films

Minimum 10 films:
Alfred Hitchcock (80.00) 14 films
Martin Scorsese (77.73) 11 films
Coen Brothers (77.00) 15 films
Woody Allen (73.24) 17 films
Buster Keaton (72.50) 12 films

1. Charles Chaplin (6 Movies)
2. Denis Villeneuve (5 Movies)
3. Hayao Miyazaki (5 Movies)
4. Pete Docter (3 Movies)
5. Christopher Nolan (10 Movie)

Others:
6. Martin Scorsese (9 Movies)
7. Billy Wilder (5 Movies)
8. David Fincher (10 Movies)
9. Stanley Kubrick (7 Movies)
10. Quentin Tarantino (7 Movies)
11. Asghar Farhadi (3 Movies)
13. Alfred Hitchock (8 Movies)
14 & 15. Ethan & Joel Coen (4 Movies)

Minimum 3 films:

1. Sam Wood 9.40 (5)
2. Abdellatif Kechiche 9.33 (3)
3. Mark Sandrich 9.00 (5)
4. Milos Forman 9.00 (4)
5. Tom Tykwer 9.00 (3)

Minimum 10 films:

1. Federico Fellini 8.58 (12)
2. Alfred Hitchcock 8.51 (41)
3. Robert Wise 8.40 (10)
4. David Lean 8.20 (10)
5. Billy Wilder 8.17 (18)
6. Stanley Kubrick 8.08 (12)
7. William Wyler 8.08 (13)
8. Brian De Palma 8.00 (12)
9. Pedro Almodóvar 7.94 (16)
10. Lars von Trier 7.82 (11)
= Ken Loach 7.82 (11)

Hitchock's average went down a little by seeing his lesser known films, so I think he's the real number 1.

ShogunRua wrote:I have seen very few films (less than 5) from a lot of great and even favorite directors, so with that in mind, at a minimum of 5 pictures, we have

Sidney Lumet (6 films, 80 average)
Yuen Woo-Ping (6 films, 78.83 average)
Takashi Miike (5 films, 77.6 average)
Sammo Hung (8 films, 72.88 average)
Mel Brooks (5 films, 72.4 average)
Martin Scorsese (7 films, 72.14 average)
James Cameron (5 films, 71.2 average)
Guy Hamilton (6 films, 71.17 average)
Coen Brothers (7 films, 69.43 average)

It's been over 4 years, so an update is in order. And wow, this list has changed;

1. Sergio Leone (5 films, 86 average, brand-new entry!)
2. Johnnie To (5 films, 80.8 average, brand-new entry!)
3. Sidney Lumet (7 films, 80.43 average)
4. Billy Wilder (6 films, 79.33 average, brand-new entry!)
5. Yuen Wo-Ping (6 films, 78.83 average)
6. Sammo Hung (8 films, 72.88 average)
7. Jackie Chan (7 films, 72.29 average)
8. David Zucker (6 films, 72.17 average, brand-new entry!)
9. Martin Scorsese (7 films, 72.14 average)
10. Mel Brooks (7 films, 71.86 average)

Leone gets in thanks to a credit on My Name is Nobody pulling him up to the required five films. To is one of my favorite directors and got to the five film minimum after I watched the outstanding Election series. Lumet is my all-time favorite, and it's strange I have only seen one more of his movies in such a long time, the outstanding Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. I had seen zero movies by Wilder during my last list, but he is a fine inclusion at 4th here. Also, Zucker gets in thanks to the hilarious Top Secret!.

Top 10, minimum four films (I could probably have gone for five films but I like Demy on the top)

Jacques Demy 83.00 4
Emeric Pressburger 80.20 5
Billy Wilder 80.00 10
Paul Verhoeven 80.00 5
Henri-Georges Clouzot 80.00 4
Preston Sturges 77.00 4
Peter Greenaway 77.00 4
Michael Powell 76.14 7
Ingmar Bergman 75.75 8
Joseph L. Mankiewicz 75.60 5

Powell falls behind his buddy Pressburger because I didn't particularly care for Thief of Bagdad (Peeping Tom was fine).

And while I consider myself mostly Classic Hollywood fan, most of the top directors are not from there...

I'd rather do Top 10.

Minimum of 5 films

Director ------------- Avg Tier --- (# Films Rated)

Billy Wilder -------------- 9.60 --- (5)
Christopher Nolan ------ 9.43 --- (7)
Ethan & Joel Coen ------ 9.20 --- (5)
Peter Jackson ----------- 8.60 --- (5)
Stanley Kubrick ---------- 8.43 ---(7)
William Wyler ------------ 8.22 --- (9)
Howard Hawks ----------- 7.89 --- (9)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz --- 7.80 --- (5)
Quentin Tarantino ------- 7.78 --- (9)
John Sturges -------------- 7.67 --- (6)

Honorable Mention

Alfred Hitchcock ---------- 7.65 --- (17)

Top 10, min 3 films

Ingmar Bergman 88.00 10
John Cameron Mitchell 86.00 3
James Whale 82.50 4
David Cronenberg 82.39 18
Billy Wilder 82.00 5
Frank Capra 81.50 4
Sergio Leone 80.60 5
Quentin Tarantino 80.33 9
Preston Sturges 79.88 8
Michael Winterbottom 79.33 3