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2024 update, at 5487 films rated:

4 film minimum:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.8 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.8 (4)
3. Joe Wright.................. 20.0 (4)
4. Eli Roth...................... 22.0 (4)
5. James Wan................. 22.5 (6)
6. Paul Feig.................... 25.0 (4)
7. Wong Kar-Wai.............. 25.8 (4)
8. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.0 (4)
9. James Cameron............ 28.0 (6)
10. Robert Rodriguez......... 29.0 (5)
11. Christopher Nolan......... 29.1 (9)
12. Wes Craven................ 29.7 (10)
13. David O. Russell........... 30.0 (4)
14. Renny Harlin.............. 31.3 (4)
15. Kevin Smith................ 32.2 (6)
16. John Carpenter............ 32.6 (9)
17. Clint Eastwood............ 32.9 (11)
18. Farrelly Brothers......... 34.8 (4.5) ..(did an average here)
19. Roxanne Benjamin........ 35.8 (4)
20. Rob Zombie................ 36.2 (5)
I'll stop here because the next one is Quentin Tarantino and ppl are gonna flame me for it.

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the top 10 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Sam Mendes, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Tate Taylor, Michel Gondry, Ang Lee and Rod Daniel.

January 2020

An aside:
Someone was gravely butthurt last time because Nolan and Aronofsky made my bottom ten directors. There is an explanation, though that person may not like it: I usually won't bother to watch more than 1-2 films by a clearly awful filmmaker (for instance, I only watched 2 by Brian Levant, his #1 bottom director). For the likes of Nolan and Aronofsky, who are very popular and whose every film is hyped to the extreme, I actually make a favorable exception -- which guarantees that they will make the cut when other terrible directors don't. Sadly, though "The Wrestler" and "Interstellar" weren't strictly godawful, I haven't seen a single decent film by those two.


4 film minimum, I'm listing 15 this time:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.75 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan................. 22.50 (6)
4. Paul Feig.................... 25.00 (4) ..(I decided to count complete TV series as single films)
5. Christopher Nolan......... 26.13 (8)
6. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.00 (4)
7. James Cameron............ 28.00 (6)
8. Robert Rodriguez.......... 29.00 (5)
9. David O. Russell........... 30.00 (4)
10. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
11. Renny Harlin.............. 31.25 (4)
12. Clint Eastwood.......... 32.20 (10)
13. John Carpenter.......... 32.60 (10)
14. Farrelly Brothers........ 34.72 (4.5) ..(did an average here cuz 1 film wasn't in common)
15. Joel Schumacher......... 35.67 (6)

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the leading 7 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Michel Gondry and Ang Lee.

10. Zack Snyder, 3 films, 45.00
Best film: Watchmen (90)
Worst film: 300 (5)

9. Renny Harlin, 3 films, 41.67
Best film: Cliffhanger (60)
Worst film: Deep Blue Sea (30)

8. Stephen Sommers, 3 films, 41.67
Best film: The Mummy (80)
Worst film: The Mummy Returns (15)

7. Rob Letterman, 3 films, 40.00
Best film: Monsters vs Aliens (50)
Worst film: Gulliver's Travels (30)

6. George Lucas, 5 films, 39.00
Best film: A New Hope (90)
Worst film: Phantom Menace/Attack of the Clones/Revenge of the Sith (10)

5. Brad Silberling, 3 films, 36.67
Best film: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (45)
Worst film: Land of the Lost (30)

4. Shawn Levy, 3 films, 30.00
Best film: Night at the Museum (45)
Worst film: Cheaper by the Dozen (10)

3. Roland Emmerich, 3 films, 28.33
Best film: The Day After Tomorrow (35)
Worst film: Godzilla (20)

2. Raja Gosnell, 3 films, 23.33
Best film: Scooby Doo 2 (35)
Worst film: Home Alone 3 (5)

1. Keenen Ivory Wayans, 3 films, 18.33
Best film: White Chicks (40)
Worst film: Scary Movie (5)

A third film for McG, Dwain Esper, Simon West, Frank Coraci, Frank Miller or John Hillcoat could land any one of them in here.

June 2011
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Moribunny wrote:4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

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October 2014
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(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

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May 2016

I'm raising the bar a bit and including only ones by whom I've seen at least 4 full-length feature films, so Tony Scott makes a narrow escape. Nolan has gone down two places to make room for the new champions, Bousman and Wan of "Saw" fame.

1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
2. James Wan............... 21.00 (5)
3. Christopher Nolan....... 24.60 (5)
4. Darren Aronofsky........ 27.00 (4)
5. James Cameron.......... 28.00 (6)
6. Robert Rodriguez........ 29.00 (5)
7. David O. Russell......... 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
9. Renny Harlin............. 31.25 (4)
10. Clint Eastwood......... 31.56 (9)

(Dishonorable mentions: Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, Cheh Chang, Peter & Bobby Farrelly, Joel Schumacher)

June 2011

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Moribunny wrote:4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

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Now (Oct 2014)
(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

Updating after over a year.

tomelce wrote:With the original four-film minimum set by djross...

10. Ron Howard: 16.67 (6 films)
9. Terry Gilliam: 16.25 (4 films)
8. Adam Shankman: 14.00 (5 films)
7&6. Michael Bay and Raja Gosnell: 13.75 (4 films each)
5&4. Renny Harlin and Brian Robbins: 12.50 (4 films each)
3. Hawley Pratt: 12.14 (7 films)
2. Jake Szymanski: 10.00 (4 films)
1. Aaron Seltzer: 2.50 (4 films)

10. Adam Shankman: 1.80 (5 films)
Bedtime Stories and Hairspray were enjoyable kitsch, but the other three Shankman films I've seen were dreadful. Everyone involved in The Pacifier is probably embarrassed by it now, whereas Cheaper by the Dozen 2 was insufferable. The other Shankman film I've seen is a short -- Zac Efron's Pool Party -- that is one of the most awful attempts at comedy you'll ever see.

8. Lee Tamahori and Michael Lah (Tied): 1.75 (4 films)
I've seen half of Tamahori's films and only one of them (Along Came a Spider) was actually decent, largely because of its actors' efforts. Mulholland Falls and Next are about as forgettably bland as "thrillers" get and xXx: State of the Union smothered everything approachable about xXx's concept. I'd never heard of Michael Lah, but he directors animated shorts, the four I've seen being poor.

6. Michael Bay and Raja Gosell (Tied): 1.60 (5 films)
Still hanging limp, Bay and Gosnell have one good film between then: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- which was unbelievably good considering its atrocious predecessor. The rest is, in many ways, the pits. I've often heard people say that The Rock is Bay's best film. How damning -- almost as bad as directing Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

4. Renny Harlin and Brian Robbins (Tied): 1.50 (4 films)
Harlin's strongest films (NIghtmare on Elm Street 4 and Die Hard 2) suggest he might have made a decent B-movie director in another life, albeit nowhere near the level of Cohen or Lustig. His other films (that I've seen) are rock-bottom abortions. The only positive score that Robbins gets is for Big Fat Liar, based on me viewing it years ago when I was young and stupid. I might have second thoughts if I saw it again, especially since his speciality is insipid comedies.

3. Hawley Pratt: 1.40 (10 films)
Pratt's main game is directing the witless Pink Panther shorts, which are like the polar opposite of Chuck Jones's better work -- dull, plodding and stupid.

2. Jake Szymanski: 1.25 (4 films)
Szymanski has yet to subject feature-length film to his dubious comic talent. Hopefully he never does.

1. Aaron Seltzer: 0.25 (4 films)
Fuck Aaron Seltzer.

You've ranked at least 4 films from 252 directors

Renny Harlin 55.67 12 films
Rob Cohen 55.25 4 films
Shawn Levy 54.25 4 films
Stephen Herek 54.00 5 films
Andrzej Bartkowiak 53.20 5 films
Paul W.S. Anderson 52.75 4 films
Uwe Boll 51.83 6 films
Jan de Bont 50.50 4 films
Peter Segal 50.40 5 films
Brian Levant 48.00 4 films

Consists entirely of low level Hollywood action or comedy filmmakers. Many of these guys actually make Michael Bay look good.

You've ranked at least 4 films from 294 directors:

285.) Dennis Dugan (4 films/28 avg.)
286.) Garry Marshall (4/27.5)
287.) Jonathan Kaplan (4/27.25)
288.) Renny Harlin (8/27.13)
289.) The Farrelly Brothers (5/26.8)
290.) Howard Deutch (4/26.25)
291.) Reginald Hudlin (4/26)
292.) Michael Bay (5/24.6)
293.) David Lynch (10/20.3)
294.) Mick Garris (5/19.8)

4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

prowler wrote:

nauru wrote:1. Joel Coen (32.40) (5)
1. Ethan Coen (32.40) (5)

banned

They might have gotten on mine too, if it weren't for "No Country" pushing them up a tad.

10. Peter Segal (31.00, 3)
9. Roger Spottiswoode (30.67, 3)
8. Brian Levant (30.00, 4)
7. Mario Bava (29.33, 3)
6. Tinto Brass (28.75, 4)
5. Renny Harlin (28.67, 3)
4. Paul Weitz (26.67, 3)
3. Danny Cannon (20.00, 3)
2. Tim Story (19.00, 3)
1. Dennis Dugan (18.33, 3)

Minimal 3 because I do not try to watch movies of directors who constant make bad movies...