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by martryn
Tue May 30, 2023 6:01 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

martryn wrote:
Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:30 am
10. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.75
High film - Amadeus (94)
Low film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

9. Martin Scorsese (6 films) 84.83
High films - Taxi Driver, The Departed (92)
Low film - Cape Fear (75)

8. Tarantino (9 films) 85.11
High film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low film - Four Rooms (67)

7. Brad Bird (4 films) 85.25
High film - The Incredibles (88)
Low film - Jack-Jack Attack (82)

6. Joss Whedon (4 films) 85.5
High films - Avengers: Age of Ultron and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (89)
Low film - The Avengers (82)

5. Kubrick (6 films) 85.83
High films - Paths of Glory and A Clockwork Orange (92)
Low film - Eyes Wide Shut (75)

4. Miyazaki (8 films) 86.5
High film - Princess Mononoke (94)
Low films - Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service (81)

3. Wes Anderson (5 films) 86.8
High film - The Grand Budapest Hotel (92)
Low film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (83)

2. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88
High film - A Fistful of Dollars (94)
Low film - My Name is Nobody (77)

1. Christopher Nolan (8 films) 88.13
High film - Inception (95)
Low film - Insomnia (76)
Been a few years, so I thought this would be fun to update. Keeping it at a 4 film minimum.

10. George Roy Hill (4 films) 86.25
High film - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (98)
Low film - Slaughterhouse-Five (73)

9. Edgar Wright (5 films) 86.8
High film - Shaun of the Dead (90)
Low film - The World's End (76)

8. Lee Unkrich (5 films) 87.2
High film - Toy Story 3 (92)
Low film - Monsters, Inc (82)

7. Milos Forman (4 films) 87.25
High film - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (98)
Low film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (76)

6. Quentin Tarantino (11 films) 87.91
High film - Pulp Fiction (99)
Low film - Four Rooms (68)

5. Martin Scorsese (7 films) 88.14
High film - The Departed (98)
Low film - Cape Fear (75)

4. Hayao Miyazaki (9 films) 88.33
High film - Princess Mononoke (96)
Low film - The Castle of Cagliostro (82)

3. Stanley Kubrick (6 films) 89.67
High film - A Clockwork Orange (96)
Low film - Eyes Wide Shut (77)

2. Wes Anderson (5 films) 89.8
High film - The Grand Budapest Hotel (95)
Low film - The Royal Tenenbaums (84)

1. Christopher Nolan (10 films) 90.5
High film - Inception (98)
Low film - Insomnia (74)

Some real interesting developments, if you ask me. I can see that I've been skewing my film rankings higher as time goes on.
  • Sergio Leone fell off the list entirely because apparently he was mislabeled as the director on My Name is Nobody (he'd be #1 based on his 3 film rankings of 93.67).

    Kubrick jumped Miyazaki after I ranked Miyazaki's early directing work on that Lupin film.

    Scorsese and Tarantino are duking it out with less than a quarter of a point separating the two. I think Scorsese will stay on top this time.

    Brad Bird is replaced by Lee Unkrich to represent Pixar.

    Joss Whedon falls off the list as superhero fatigue has set in and all his films are dropping in ranking.

    Edgar Wright enters the list. Rightfully so, as most of his films rank between 88-90.

    George Roy Hill also enters the list as I am seeing Butch and Sundance as almost a perfect film. The Sting was also great. Haven't seen any of his "bad" films.
by Moribunny
Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:07 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

January 2020 rankings:

15+ films seen:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film
1 Federico Fellini - 79.80 (15) - La Strada
2 Satyajit Ray - 77.20 (15) - Charulata
3 Mario Monicelli - 75.63 (16) - Big Deal on Madonna Street
4 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 74.46 (24) - In a Year of 13 Moons
5 Ingmar Bergman - 72.92 (24) - Autumn Sonata
6 Dino Risi - 72.13 (15) - A Difficult Life
7 Frederick Wiseman - 71.31 (16) - Near Death
8 Werner Herzog - 71.05 (40) - Stroszek
9 Claude Chabrol - 70.71 (21) - The Girl Cut in Two
10 Terry Gilliam - 70.44 (18) - Brazil
11 Aki Kaurismäki - 70.06 (16) - Drifting Clouds / The Man Without a Past
12 Ken Loach - 69.20 (15) - Kes
13 Woody Allen - 68.42 (33) - Annie Hall
14 Sidney Lumet - 67.42 (24) - 12 Angry Men
15 Abbas Kiarostami - 65.60 (15) - Close-Up / A Taste of Cherry
16 Martin Scorsese - 64.70 (23) - Raging Bull
17 Chia-Liang Liu - 64.69 (16) - The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
18 Roman Polanski - 64.05 (20) - Chinatown
19 Alfred Hitchcock - 60.95 (20) - Rear Window
20 Tim Burton - 53.75 (20) - Beetlejuice

10-14 films seen:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film
1 Maurice Pialat - 82.00 (10) - To Our Loves
2 Michelangelo Antonioni - 76.91 (11) - The Night
3 Luchino Visconti - 76.64 (11) - Bellissima
4 Antonio Pietrangeli - 76.20 (10) - The Visitor
5 Carl Theodor Dreyer - 76.08 (13) - Gertrude
6 Emir Kusturica - 75.83 (12) - Time of the Gypsies
7 Errol Morris - 75.09 (11) - The Thin Blue Line
8 John Cassavetes - 74.40 (10) - A Woman Under the Influence
9 Douglas Sirk - 74.18 (11) - Interlude
10 Sam Peckinpah - 73.91 (11) - Straw Dogs
11 Jean Renoir - 73.60 (10) - A Day in the Country
12 Louis Malle - 73.18 (11) - My Dinner with Andre
13 Costa-Gavras - 72.57 (14) - Z
14 Ernst Lubitsch - 70.83 (12) - Design for Living
15 David Lean - 70.27 (11) - Hobson's Choice
16 Ettore Scola - 69.50 (10) - The Dinner
17 Charles Chaplin - 69.25 (12) - Modern Times / The Gold Rush
18 Peter Weir - 67.33 (12) - Gallipoli
19 Yasuzo Masumura - 66.60 (10) - A Lustful Man
20 Michael Powell - 66.50 (10) - The Red Shoes
Runners-up: Robert Bresson, Robert Altman, Zhang Yimou, John Waters, Hayao Miyazaki, Gus Van Sant

5-9 films seen:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film
1 Radu Jude - 87.67 (6) - Scarred Hearts
2 Asghar Farhadi - 86.43 (7) - About Elly
3 Jacques Rozier - 84.14 (7) - Near Orouet
4 Jan Troell - 83.67 (6) - The Emigrants
5 Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 80.00 (8) - Climates
6 Lynne Ramsay - 79.00 (8) - Morvern Callar
7 Sergei Parajanov - 78.17 (6) - Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
8 Allan King - 78.00 (5) - A Married Couple
9 Andrei Zvyagintsev - 77.83 (6) - Elena
=10 Lina Wertmuller - 76.29 (7) - Swept Away
=10 Ermanno Olmi - 76.29 (7) - The Tree of Wooden Clogs
12 Francesco Rosi - 75.83 (6) - Salvatore Giuliano
13 Cristian Mungiu - 75.50 (6) - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
14 Alan Clarke - 75.44 (9) - The Firm / Rita, Sue and Bob Too
15 Miklos Jancso - 75.00 (6) - The Red and the White
16 Catherine Breillat - 74.83 (6) - 36 fillette
17 Rithy Panh - 74.83 (6) - The Missing Picture
18 Terry Jones - 74.80 (5) - Life of Brian
19 Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne - 74.57 (7) - Two Days, One Night
20 Jacques Audiard - 74.50 (6) - A Prophet
Runners-up: Peter Yates, Max Ophüls, Martin Ritt, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Paul Mazursky, Anthony Asquith, Wojciech Has, David Mamet, Jafar Panahi, Ephraim Kishon, Milos Forman, Sergio Leone, Harmony Korine, Bo Widerberg, Pietro Germi, Barbet Schroeder, Andrew Bujalski, Kaneto Shindô, Ousman Sembene, Albert Brooks, Marcel Carné, Bertrand Tavernier, Luigi Comencini, Orson Welles...
by Moribunny
Tue May 23, 2017 5:04 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

2013 rankings:

[spoiler]10+ cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

1 Mario Monicelli - 79.60 (10) - Big Deal on Madonna Street
2 Satyajit Ray - 78.83 (12) - Charulata
3 Carl Theodor Dreyer - 78.50 (12) - Gertrud
4 Luchino Visconti - 77.70 (10) – Bellissima
5 Michelangelo Antonioni - 77.50 (10) - The Night
6 Emir Kusturica - 77.45(11) - Time of the Gypsies
7 Federico Fellini – 77.30 (10) – La Strada
8 Sam Peckinpah - 76.80 (10) - Straw Dogs
9 Costa-Gavras - 76.20 (10) - Z
10 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 75.20 (20) - In a Year of 13 Moons
11 Terry Gilliam - 75.20 (15) - Brazil
12 Claude Chabrol - 74.44 (16) - The Girl Cut in Two
13 Douglas Sirk - 74.18 (11) – Interlude
14 John Cassavetes - 73.70 (10) - A Woman under the Influence
15 Ingmar Bergman – 72.95 (19) – Autumn Sonata
16 Ernst Lubitsch – 72.80 (10) – (too many choices)
17 Werner Herzog – 71.97 (33) – Stroszek
18 Sidney Lumet - 71.79 (19) - 12 Angry Men
19 Charles Chaplin - 71.30 (10) - Modern Times
20 Aki Kaurismaki – 70.15 (13) – The Man Without a Past
Close: Woody Allen (24), Ken Loach (10), Peter Weir (11), Abbas Kiarostami (13), Martin Scorsese (17)

5-9 cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

1 Jacques Rozier - 82.71 (7) - Adieu Philippine
2 Alan Clarke - 81.00 (6) - The Firm
3 Dino Risi - 79.33 (6) - A Hard Life
4 Lynne Ramsay - 79.20 (5) - Morvern Callar
5 Lina Wertmuller - 79.00 (6) - Swept Away
6 Ermanno Olmi - 77.67 (6) - The Tree of Wooden Clogs
7 Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 76.60 (5) - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
8 Jean Renoir - 76.14 (7) - A Day in the Country
=9 Nicolas Roeg - 76.00 (6) - Don't Look Now
=9 Sergei Parajanov - 76.00 (6) - Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
11 Wojciech Has - 75.40 (5) - An Uninteresting Story
12 Volker Schlöndorff - 75.20 (5) - The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
13 Marcel Carné - 74.60 (5) - The Children of Paradise
14 Masaki Kobayashi - 74.14 (7) - Samurai Rebellion
15 Martin Ritt - 73.50 (6) - The Front
=16 Henri-Georges Clouzot - 73.20 (5) - The Mystery of Picasso
=16 Anthony Asquith - 73.20 (5) - The Browning Version
18 Peter Yates - 72.83 (6) - (too many choices)
19 Ephraim Kishon – 72.80 (5) – The Fox in the Chicken Coop
20 Max Ophüls - 72.20 (5) - La Plaisir
Close: Errol Morris (6), Shane Meadows (6), David Lean (8), Hal Ashby (5), Frederick Wiseman (5), Rob Reiner (6), Sergio Leone (7), Barbet Schroeder (6), Milos Forman (6), Orson Welles (6)[/spoiler]

2015 rankings:

[spoiler]10+ cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

=1 Federico Fellini - 79.25 (12) - La Strada
=1 Satyajit Ray - 79.25 (12) - Charulata
3 Carl Theodor Dreyer - 78.67 (12) - Gertrud
4 Mario Monicelli - 78.00 (13) - Big Deal on Madonna Street
5 Emir Kusturica - 77.45(11) - Time of the Gypsies
6 Sam Peckinpah - 76.80 (10) - Straw Dogs
7 Michelangelo Antonioni - 76.64 (11) - The Night
8 Luchino Visconti - 76.36 (11) – Bellissima
9 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 74.95 (21) - In a Year of 13 Moons
10 Terry Gilliam - 74.75 (16) - Brazil
11 Dino Risi - 74.45 (11) - A Difficult Life
12 Erroll Morris - 74.36 (11) -
13 Douglas Sirk - 74.18 (11) – Interlude
14 John Cassavetes - 73.90 (10) - A Woman under the Influence
15 Ingmar Bergman – 72.95 (19) – Autumn Sonata
16 Costa-Gavras - 72.25 (12) - Z
17 Charles Chaplin - 71.91 (11) - Modern Times
18 Sidney Lumet - 71.79 (19) - 12 Angry Men
19 Werner Herzog – 71.61 (36) – Stroszek
20 Ernst Lubitsch – 71.45 (11) – (too many choices)

Close: Claude Chabrol (19), Aki Kaurismaki (13), Woody Allen (27), David Lean (10), Ken Loach (10), Peter Weir (12), Abbas Kiarostami (15), Robert Bresson (10), Martin Scorsese (20), Robert Altman (10)

5-9 cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

1 Asghar Farhadi - 86.40 (5) - About Elly
2 Jacques Rozier - 83.71 (7) - Adieu Philippine
3 Lynne Ramsay - 80.17 (6) - Morvern Callar
4 Antonio Pietrangeli - 78.60 (5) - Adua and Her Friends
5 Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 78.14 (7) - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
6 Alan Clarke - 77.71 (7) - The Firm
7 Sergei Parajanov - 76.50 (6) - Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
=8 Lina Wertmuller - 76.29 (7) - Swept Away
=8 Volker Schlöndorff - 76.29 (7) - The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
10 Francesco Rosi - 75.83 (6) - (too many choices)
11 Wojciech Has - 75.40 (5) - An Uninteresting Story
12 Ermanno Olmi - 75.14 (7) - The Tree of Wooden Clogs
13 Cristian Mungiu - 75.00 (5) - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
14 Terry Jones - 74.80 (5) - Life of Brian
15 Jean Renoir - 74.56 (9) - A Day in the Country
16 Masaki Kobayashi - 74.43 (7) - Samurai Rebellion
17 Anthony Asquith - 74.33 (6) - The Browning Version
18 Vincente Minnelli - 74.20 (5) - The Clock
19 Jafar Panahi - 74.17 (6) - Crimson Gold / Offside
20 Max Ophüls - 74.00 (6) - La Plaisir

Close: Martin Ritt (7), Kaneto Shindo (5), Pietro Germi (5), Henri-Georges Clouzot (5), Peter Yates (6), Miklós Jancsó (6), Ephraim Kishon (5), Milos Forman (8), Marcel Carné (6), Louis Malle (7)[/spoiler]

2017 rankings:

15+ films seen:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film
1 Federico Fellini - 79.40 (15) - La Strada
2 Mario Monicelli - 76.27 (15) - Big Deal on Madonna Street
3 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 75.09 (23) - In a Year of 13 Moons
4 Ingmar Bergman - 72.95 (21) - Autumn Sonata
5 Frederick Wiseman - 71.40 (15) - Near Death
6 Terry Gilliam - 71.06 (17) - Brazil
7 Werner Herzog - 70.88 (40) - Stroszek
8 Claude Chabrol - 70.40 (20) - The Girl Cut in Two
9 Aki Kaurismäki - 70.20 (15) - Drifting Clouds / The Man Without a Past
10 Sidney Lumet - 69.77 (22) - 12 Angry Men
11 Woody Allen - 68.87 (30) - Annie Hall
12 Abbas Kiarostami - 65.50 (15) - Close-Up / A Taste of Cherry
13 Martin Scorsese - 64.90 (21) - Raging Bull
14 Chia-Liang Liu - 64.69 (16) - The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
15 Roman Polanski - 64.05 (20) - Chinatown

10-14 films seen:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film
1 Satyajit Ray - 79.50 (12) - Charulata
2 Emir Kusturica - 77.45 (11) - Time of the Gypsies
3 Sam Peckinpah - 77.00 (10) - Straw Dogs
4 Michelangelo Antonioni - 76.91 (11) - The Night
5 Luchino Visconti - 76.64 (11) - Bellissima
6 Carl Theodor Dreyer - 76.08 (13) - Gertrude
7 Errol Morris - 75.09 (11) - The Thin Blue Line
8 John Cassavetes - 74.20 (10) - A Woman Under the Influence
9 Douglas Sirk - 74.18 (11) - Interlude
10 Jean Renoir - 73.60 (10) - A Day in the Country
11 Louis Malle - 73.20 (10) - My Dinner with Andre
12 Costa-Gavras - 72.43 (14) - Z
13 Ernst Lubitsch - 72.00 (11) - Design for Living
14 Dino Risi - 71.93 (14) - A Difficult Life
15 David Lean - 70.27 (11) - Hobson's Choice
16 Ken Loach - 69.38 (13) - Kes
17 Charles Chaplin - 69.25 (12) - Modern Times / The Gold Rush
18 Ettore Scola - 69.00 (10) - The Dinner
19 Peter Weir - 67.33 (12) - Gallipoli
20 Yasuzo Masumura - 66.60 (10) - A Lustful Man
Close: Michael Powell, Robert Bresson, Robert Altman, Hayao Miyazaki, John Waters, Gus Van Sant

5-9 films seen:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film
1 Asghar Farhadi - 86.67 (6) - About Elly
2 Radu Jude - 85.80 (5) - Scarred Hearts
3 Jacques Rozier - 84.14 (7) - Near Orouet
4 Maurice Pialat - 83.38 (8) - To Our Loves
5 Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 79.29 (7) - Climates
6 Rithy Panh - 77.80 (5) - The Missing Picture
7 Lynne Ramsay - 77.71 (7) - Morvern Callar
8 Sergei Parajanov - 77.67 (6) - Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
9 Antonio Pietrangeli - 76.57 (7) - The Visitor
10 Lina Wertmuller - 76.29 (7) - Swept Away
11 Ermanno Olmi - 76.00 (7) - The Tree of Wooden Clogs
12 Francesco Rosi - 75.83 (6) - Salvatore Giuliano
13 Alan Clarke - 75.75 (8) - The Firm / Rita, Sue and Bob Too
14 Bertrand Tavernier - 75.40 (5) - The Bait
15 Cristian Mungiu - 75.00 (6) - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
16 Terry Jones - 74.80 (5) - Life of Brian
17 Jacques Audiard - 74.40 (5) - A Prophet
=18 Peter Yates - 74.33 (6) - John and Mary
=18 Max Ophüls - 74.33 (6) - Pleasure
20 Miklós Jancsó - 74.17 (6) - The Red and the White
Close: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Anthony Asquith, Martin Ritt, Wojciech Has, Luigi Comencini, Ephraim Kishon, Paul Mazursky, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Pietro Germi, Jafar Panahi, Masaki Kobayashi, Kaneto Shindo, Milos Forman, Albert Brooks, René Clément
by Caracortada
Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:03 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

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.
by AFlickering
Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:41 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

AFlickering wrote:I'm only including directors by whom I've seen 2 or more films, though I might do another list with a 3 minimum when I can be bothered. People who've seen a lot more movies than me might want a higher minimum, or alternatively not waste their time on this thread. :(

Mine:
1. Andrei Tarkovsky 95.33 (3 films)
2. Wong Kar-Wai 93.5 (2 films)
3. Satoshi Kon 93 (2 films)
4. Akira Kurosawa 92.67 (6 films)
5. Milos Forman 91.5 (2 films)

Interesting that Forman sneaked onto the list, bet he'll drop pretty quickly when I see some of his less known works. Also interesting but not really surprising that my favourite director Herzog isn't up there - the score was dragged down by Nosferatu and Even Dwarfes Started Small even though they're still good.


8 years on, upping this to 4 minimum:
1. Paul Thomas Anderson 89.93 (6 films)
2. Robert Altman 89.20 (5 films)
3. Wes Anderson 88.80 (5 films)
4. David Lynch 87.00 (10 films)
5. John Cassavetes 86.88 (8 films)
6. Paul Verhoeven 85.25 (4 films)
7. Terence Malick 85.17 (6 films)
8. Sion Sono 82.67 (6 films)
9. Charlie Chaplin 81.67 (9 films)
10. Mike Leigh 81.20 (5 films)

for the record, my average ratings for those on my previous list now:
Andrei Tarkovsky 90.00 (2 films) - i've deleted two that i don't remember well enough.
Wong Kar-Wai 69.50 (4 films) - 3 deleted.
Satoshi Kon 85.33 (3 films)
Akira Kurosawa 72.40 (5 films) - 1 deleted.
Milos Forman 80.5 (2 films)
by martryn
Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:30 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

martryn wrote:10. Martin Scorsese (6 films) 84.17
High Film - The Departed (91)
Low Film - Cape Fear (76)

9. Darren Aronofsky (4 films) 84.25
High Film - Black Swan (93)
Low Film - The Fountain (79)

8. Stanley Kubrick (6 films) 84.67
High Film - Paths of Glory (92)
Low Film - Eyes Wide Shut (73)

7. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.75
High Film - Amadeus (94)
Low Film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

6. Quentin Tarantino (9 films) 85.11
High Film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low Film - Four Rooms (67)

5. Coen Brothers (10 films) 85.2
High Film - Fargo (93)
Low Films -The Hudsucker Proxy and Burn After Reading (79's)

4. Miyazaki (7 films) 86.86
High Film - Princess Mononoke (94)
Low Films - Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service (81's)

3. Wes Anderson (5 films) 87
High Film - The Grand Budapest Hotel (93)
Low Film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (83)

2. Christopher Nolan (7 films) 88
High Film - Inception (94)
Low Film - Insomnia (76)

1. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88.25
High Film - A Fistful of Dollars (93)
Low Film - My Name is Nobody (79)


10. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.75
High film - Amadeus (94)
Low film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

9. Martin Scorsese (6 films) 84.83
High films - Taxi Driver, The Departed (92)
Low film - Cape Fear (75)

8. Tarantino (9 films) 85.11
High film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low film - Four Rooms (67)

7. Brad Bird (4 films) 85.25
High film - The Incredibles (88)
Low film - Jack-Jack Attack (82)

6. Joss Whedon (4 films) 85.5
High films - Avengers: Age of Ultron and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (89)
Low film - The Avengers (82)

5. Kubrick (6 films) 85.83
High films - Paths of Glory and A Clockwork Orange (92)
Low film - Eyes Wide Shut (75)

4. Miyazaki (8 films) 86.5
High film - Princess Mononoke (94)
Low films - Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service (81)

3. Wes Anderson (5 films) 86.8
High film - The Grand Budapest Hotel (92)
Low film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (83)

2. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88
High film - A Fistful of Dollars (94)
Low film - My Name is Nobody (77)

1. Christopher Nolan (8 films) 88.13
High film - Inception (95)
Low film - Insomnia (76)

Surprising that Aronofsky and the Coen Brothers both fall off my top 10. Brad Bird and Joss Whedon shouldn't be on this list if you factor in their entries. Course, Danny Boyle is "at-bat". Waiting at 3 films are a couple of big names that could see entry onto the list if I just watch the right movies.
by martryn
Wed May 13, 2015 7:31 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

10. Danny Boyle (4 films) 83.75
High Film - Trainspotting (88)
Low Film - 28 Days Later (81)

9. Darren Aronofsky (4 films) 84.25
High Film - Black Swan (93)
Low Film - The Fountain (79)

8. Stanley Kubrick (6 films) 84.5
High Film - Paths of Glory (92)
Low Film - Eyes Wide Shut (73)

7. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.75
High Film - Amadeus (94)
Low Film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

TIED 5. Quentin Tarantino (9 films) 84.78
High Film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low Film - Four Rooms (68)

TIED 5. Coen Brothers (9 films) 84.78
High Film - Fargo (93)
Low Films - The Hudsucker Proxy and Burn After Reading (79's)

4. Miyazaki (7 films) 86.57
High Film - Princess Mononoke (94)
Low Film - Ponyo (79)

3. Wes Anderson (5 films) 87
High Film - The Grand Budapest Hotel (93)
Low Film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (82)

2. Christopher Nolan (7 films) 87.71
High Film - Inception (93)
Low Film - Insomnia (76)

1. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88
High Films - A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (92's)
Low Film - My Name is Nobody (79)


10. Martin Scorsese (6 films) 84.17
High Film - The Departed (91)
Low Film - Cape Fear (76)

9. Darren Aronofsky (4 films) 84.25
High Film - Black Swan (93)
Low Film - The Fountain (79)

8. Stanley Kubrick (6 films) 84.67
High Film - Paths of Glory (92)
Low Film - Eyes Wide Shut (73)

7. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.75
High Film - Amadeus (94)
Low Film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

6. Quentin Tarantino (9 films) 85.11
High Film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low Film - Four Rooms (67)

5. Coen Brothers (10 films) 85.2
High Film - Fargo (93)
Low Films -The Hudsucker Proxy and Burn After Reading (79's)

4. Miyazaki (7 films) 86.86
High Film - Princess Mononoke (94)
Low Films - Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service (81's)

3. Wes Anderson (5 films) 87
High Film - The Grand Budapest Hotel (93)
Low Film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (83)

2. Christopher Nolan (7 films) 88
High Film - Inception (94)
Low Film - Insomnia (76)

1. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88.25
High Film - A Fistful of Dollars (93)
Low Film - My Name is Nobody (79)

Danny Boyle is still sitting at an average of 83.75, but I increased my ranking for The Departed, which pulls Scorsese onto the list and kicks him off. Ranked Inside Llewyn Davis which pulled the Coen Brothers up, and increased my scores for both a Leone film and a Nolan film. I can't imagine Nolan is going to gain anymore on Leone. Interstellar will probably drop his ranking as soon as I see it. Wes Anderson has a chance at passing Leone in the future, though.

Of those directors who I've only seen 3 movies from, 3 of them have the potential to enter the list strongly when I watch that fourth film: Brad Bird of Pixar, Rob Reiner, and Joss Whedon when I rank the second Avengers film.
by Moribunny
Mon May 04, 2015 9:46 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

Another two years have passed, so here's my update.

2013 rankings:

[spoiler]10+ cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

1 Mario Monicelli - 79.60 (10) - Big Deal on Madonna Street
2 Satyajit Ray - 78.83 (12) - Charulata
3 Carl Theodor Dreyer - 78.50 (12) - Gertrud
4 Luchino Visconti - 77.70 (10) – Bellissima
5 Michelangelo Antonioni - 77.50 (10) - The Night
6 Emir Kusturica - 77.45(11) - Time of the Gypsies
7 Federico Fellini – 77.30 (10) – La Strada
8 Sam Peckinpah - 76.80 (10) - Straw Dogs
9 Costa-Gavras - 76.20 (10) - Z
10 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 75.20 (20) - In a Year of 13 Moons
11 Terry Gilliam - 75.20 (15) - Brazil
12 Claude Chabrol - 74.44 (16) - The Girl Cut in Two
13 Douglas Sirk - 74.18 (11) – Interlude
14 John Cassavetes - 73.70 (10) - A Woman under the Influence
15 Ingmar Bergman – 72.95 (19) – Autumn Sonata
16 Ernst Lubitsch – 72.80 (10) – (too many choices)
17 Werner Herzog – 71.97 (33) – Stroszek
18 Sidney Lumet - 71.79 (19) - 12 Angry Men
19 Charles Chaplin - 71.30 (10) - Modern Times
20 Aki Kaurismaki – 70.15 (13) – The Man Without a Past
Close: Woody Allen (24), Ken Loach (10), Peter Weir (11), Abbas Kiarostami (13), Martin Scorsese (17)

5-9 cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

1 Jacques Rozier - 82.71 (7) - Adieu Philippine
2 Alan Clarke - 81.00 (6) - The Firm
3 Dino Risi - 79.33 (6) - A Hard Life
4 Lynne Ramsay - 79.20 (5) - Morvern Callar
5 Lina Wertmuller - 79.00 (6) - Swept Away
6 Ermanno Olmi - 77.67 (6) - The Tree of Wooden Clogs
7 Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 76.60 (5) - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
8 Jean Renoir - 76.14 (7) - A Day in the Country
=9 Nicolas Roeg - 76.00 (6) - Don't Look Now
=9 Sergei Parajanov - 76.00 (6) - Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
11 Wojciech Has - 75.40 (5) - An Uninteresting Story
12 Volker Schlöndorff - 75.20 (5) - The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
13 Marcel Carné - 74.60 (5) - The Children of Paradise
14 Masaki Kobayashi - 74.14 (7) - Samurai Rebellion
15 Martin Ritt - 73.50 (6) - The Front
=16 Henri-Georges Clouzot - 73.20 (5) - The Mystery of Picasso
=16 Anthony Asquith - 73.20 (5) - The Browning Version
18 Peter Yates - 72.83 (6) - (too many choices)
19 Ephraim Kishon – 72.80 (5) – The Fox in the Chicken Coop
20 Max Ophüls - 72.20 (5) - La Plaisir
Close: Errol Morris (6), Shane Meadows (6), David Lean (8), Hal Ashby (5), Frederick Wiseman (5), Rob Reiner (6), Sergio Leone (7), Barbet Schroeder (6), Milos Forman (6), Orson Welles (6)[/spoiler]

Today's rankings:

10+ cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

=1 Federico Fellini - 79.25 (12) - La Strada
=1 Satyajit Ray - 79.25 (12) - Charulata
3 Carl Theodor Dreyer - 78.67 (12) - Gertrud
4 Mario Monicelli - 78.00 (13) - Big Deal on Madonna Street
5 Emir Kusturica - 77.45(11) - Time of the Gypsies
6 Sam Peckinpah - 76.80 (10) - Straw Dogs
7 Michelangelo Antonioni - 76.64 (11) - The Night
8 Luchino Visconti - 76.36 (11) – Bellissima
9 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 74.95 (21) - In a Year of 13 Moons
10 Terry Gilliam - 74.75 (16) - Brazil
11 Dino Risi - 74.45 (11) - A Difficult Life
12 Erroll Morris - 74.36 (11) -
13 Douglas Sirk - 74.18 (11) – Interlude
14 John Cassavetes - 73.90 (10) - A Woman under the Influence
15 Ingmar Bergman – 72.95 (19) – Autumn Sonata
16 Costa-Gavras - 72.25 (12) - Z
17 Charles Chaplin - 71.91 (11) - Modern Times
18 Sidney Lumet - 71.79 (19) - 12 Angry Men
19 Werner Herzog – 71.61 (36) – Stroszek
20 Ernst Lubitsch – 71.45 (11) – (too many choices)

Close: Claude Chabrol (19), Aki Kaurismaki (13), Woody Allen (27), David Lean (10), Ken Loach (10), Peter Weir (12), Abbas Kiarostami (15), Robert Bresson (10), Martin Scorsese (20), Robert Altman (10)

5-9 cutoff:
# Director - Avg (films seen) - Fav.film

1 Asghar Farhadi - 86.40 (5) - About Elly
2 Jacques Rozier - 83.71 (7) - Adieu Philippine
3 Lynne Ramsay - 80.17 (6) - Morvern Callar
4 Antonio Pietrangeli - 78.60 (5) - Adua and Her Friends
5 Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 78.14 (7) - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
6 Alan Clarke - 77.71 (7) - The Firm
7 Sergei Parajanov - 76.50 (6) - Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
=8 Lina Wertmuller - 76.29 (7) - Swept Away
=8 Volker Schlöndorff - 76.29 (7) - The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
10 Francesco Rosi - 75.83 (6) - (too many choices)
11 Wojciech Has - 75.40 (5) - An Uninteresting Story
12 Ermanno Olmi - 75.14 (7) - The Tree of Wooden Clogs
13 Cristian Mungiu - 75.00 (5) - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
14 Terry Jones - 74.80 (5) - Life of Brian
15 Jean Renoir - 74.56 (9) - A Day in the Country
16 Masaki Kobayashi - 74.43 (7) - Samurai Rebellion
17 Anthony Asquith - 74.33 (6) - The Browning Version
18 Vincente Minnelli - 74.20 (5) - The Clock
19 Jafar Panahi - 74.17 (6) - Crimson Gold / Offside
20 Max Ophüls - 74.00 (6) - La Plaisir

Close: Martin Ritt (7), Kaneto Shindo (5), Pietro Germi (5), Henri-Georges Clouzot (5), Peter Yates (6), Miklós Jancsó (6), Ephraim Kishon (5), Milos Forman (8), Marcel Carné (6), Louis Malle (7)
by martryn
Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:06 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

martryn wrote:10. Quentin Tarantino (8 films) 83.63
High film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low film - Four Rooms (69)

9. Stanley Kubrick (6 films) 83.83
High film - Paths of Glory (91)
Low film - Eyes Wide Shut (73)

TIED 7. Danny Boyle (4 films) 84
High film - Trainspotting (89)
Low film - 28 Days Later (81)

TIED 7. Coen brothers (9 films) 84
High film - Fargo and The Big Lebowski (90's)
Low film - Burn After Reading (79)

TIED 5. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.25
High film - Amadeus (94) one of my top 10 films of all time
Low film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

TIED 5. Darren Aronofsky (4 films) 84.25
High film - Black Swan (95) one of my top 10 films of all time
Low film - Pi (79)

NEW! 4. Wes Anderson (4 films) 84.75
High film - Moonrise Kingdom (91)
Low film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (79)

3. Hayao Miyazaki (7 films) 87
High film - Princess Mononoke (94) one of my top 10 films of all time
Low film - Ponyo (79)

2. Christopher Nolan (7 films) 87.57
High film - Inception (93)
Low film - Insomnia (76)

1. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88
High films - A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (92's)
Low film - My Name is Nobody (79)


10. Danny Boyle (4 films) 83.75
High Film - Trainspotting (88)
Low Film - 28 Days Later (81)

9. Darren Aronofsky (4 films) 84.25
High Film - Black Swan (93)
Low Film - The Fountain (79)

8. Stanley Kubrick (6 films) 84.5
High Film - Paths of Glory (92)
Low Film - Eyes Wide Shut (73)

7. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.75
High Film - Amadeus (94)
Low Film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

TIED 5. Quentin Tarantino (9 films) 84.78
High Film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low Film - Four Rooms (68)

TIED 5. Coen Brothers (9 films) 84.78
High Film - Fargo (93)
Low Films - The Hudsucker Proxy and Burn After Reading (79's)

4. Miyazaki (7 films) 86.57
High Film - Princess Mononoke (94)
Low Film - Ponyo (79)

3. Wes Anderson (5 films) 87
High Film - The Grand Budapest Hotel (93)
Low Film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (82)

2. Christopher Nolan (7 films) 87.71
High Film - Inception (93)
Low Film - Insomnia (76)

1. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88
High Films - A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (92's)
Low Film - My Name is Nobody (79)

Yep, list didn't really change at all. No one new on it, just a bit of a mix-up in the order because of my minor tweaks, and the fact that some of these guys with 4 films are one mediocre film away from falling off my list. If we went up to a 5 film minimum, which I'm seeing from some in this thread, we'd add Scorsese, Peter Jackson, Guy Ritchie, and David Fincher to the list.
by martryn
Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:41 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 301945

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

I keep updating because I think it's interesting. I'm sorry I have so many posts in this thread.

10. Quentin Tarantino (8 films) 83.63
High film - Pulp Fiction (93)
Low film - Four Rooms (69)

9. Stanley Kubrick (6 films) 83.83
High film - Paths of Glory (91)
Low film - Eyes Wide Shut (73)

TIED 7. Danny Boyle (4 films) 84
High film - Trainspotting (89)
Low film - 28 Days Later (81)

TIED 7. Coen brothers (9 films) 84
High film - Fargo and The Big Lebowski (90's)
Low film - Burn After Reading (79)

TIED 5. Milos Forman (4 films) 84.25
High film - Amadeus (94) one of my top 10 films of all time
Low film - The People vs. Larry Flynt (72)

TIED 5. Darren Aronofsky (4 films) 84.25
High film - Black Swan (95) one of my top 10 films of all time
Low film - Pi (79)

NEW! 4. Wes Anderson (4 films) 84.75
High film - Moonrise Kingdom (91)
Low film - Fantastic Mr. Fox (79)

3. Hayao Miyazaki (7 films) 87
High film - Princess Mononoke (94) one of my top 10 films of all time
Low film - Ponyo (79)

2. Christopher Nolan (7 films) 87.57
High film - Inception (93)
Low film - Insomnia (76)

1. Sergio Leone (4 films) 88
High films - A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (92's)
Low film - My Name is Nobody (79)

I finally ranked Moonrise Kingdom, my 4th Wes Anderson film. That puts him eligible to make my list with a four film minimum, and he bumps off Peter Jackson, who is sitting lower than he should because I'm a huge fan of his Tolkien adaptations, and I haven't ranked the last Hobbit film yet (too soon since seeing it).