Top 5 Director Averages

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Re: Top 5 Director Averages

Post by MmzHrrdb »

Two years after my initial contribution:

1. Luis Bunuel (35.00, 5 films)
2. Stanley Kubrick (34.00, 5 films)
3. Jean-Luc Godard (33.33, 33 films)
4. Wes Anderson (32.50, 6 films)
5. Jonathan Demme (32.00, 5 films)
6. Francis Ford Coppola (31.88, 8 films)
7. Dario Argento (31.36, 11 films)
8. Brian De Palma (31.33, 15 films)
9. Krzysztof Kieslowski (30.83, 6 films)
10. Alfred Hitchcock (30.56, 18 films)
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Re: Top 5 Director Averages

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Below find a top 10 list of directors with 5+ films. 4 of the top 10 are directors of Disney animated films.

Top ten (5+ films):
1. Wilfred Jackson 67.14 (7)
2. George Lucas 67.00 (5)
3. John Ford 64.55 (11)
4. Hamilton Luske 63.75 (8)
5. Wolfgang Reitherman 63.33 (6)
6. George Cukor 62.86 (7)
7. F.W. Murnau 61.00 (5)
7. Don Siegel 61.00 (5)
9. Peter Jackson 60.83 (6)
10. Clyde Geronimi 60.63 (8)

Rather shockingly to me, I don't have enough directors of whom I've seen enough films to make a list for 10+ meaningful, with only 9 total. I thought I would also take a look at the bottom five directors, as well.

Bottom 5 (5+ films):
1. Jay Roach 15.00 (5)
1. Louis Leterrier 15.00 (5)
3. Bobby Farrelly 23.33 (6)
3. Bobby Farrelly 23.33 (6)
5. Tom Shadyac 24.00 (5)
5. George Miller 24.00 (5)
5. Jon Turteltaub 24.00 (5)

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Re: Top 5 Director Averages

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Here's mine:

1. Christopher Nolan - 97.75 (4)
2. J.J. Abrams - 96.00 (3)
3. John Hughes - 94.17 (6)
4. Frank Capra - 91.50(6)
5. Alfred Hitchcock - 90.75 (4)

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Re: Top 5 Director Averages

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gdog13cavs wrote:Bottom 5 (5+ films):
1. Jay Roach 15.00 (5)
1. Louis Leterrier 15.00 (5)
3. Bobby Farrelly 23.33 (6)
3. Bobby Farrelly 23.33 (6)

5. Tom Shadyac 24.00 (5)
5. George Miller 24.00 (5)
5. Jon Turteltaub 24.00 (5)


Don't you think it's rather harsh to solely blame Bobby for all the problems with the Farrelly Bros' films?

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Re: Top 5 Director Averages

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Updating after a year and a half plus:

1. Akira Kurosawa - 92.33 (6)
2. Stanley Kubrick - 91.89 (9)
3. Francis Ford Coppola - 90.80 (5)
4. Buster Keaton - 88.33 (6)
5. Joel and Ethan Coen - 87.00 (11)
6. Alfred Hitchcock - 86.43 (14)
7. Terry Gilliam - 85.20 (5)
8. Ingmar Bergman - 84.64 (11)
9. Martin Scorsese - 84.44 (9)
10. Luis Buñuel - 84.40 (5)

Some major changes since last time. Expect more.

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Some minor adjustments to film scores have slightly adjusted my list on the previous page. Though the top 10 doesn't change, there was some movement. Tarentino hops over Kubrick and Ritchie, and Aronofsky hops over the Coens.

10. Kubrick 83.17
9. Ritchie 83.4
8. Tarentino 84.13
7. Coen's 84.22
6. Aronofsky 84.25
5. Lucas 85
4. Nolan 86.43
3. Leone 87.75
2. Jackson 87.75
1. Miyazaki 88.57

Because I haven't mentioned it, my bottom five:
Jon Turteltaub (6 films, 48.67)
High film - Instinct (63)
Low film - 3 Ninjas (23)

Frank Coraci (4 films, 48.25)
High film - The Wedding Singer (64)
Low film - Click (18)

Amy Heckerling (5 films, 45.5)
High film - European Vacation (78)
Low film - Look Who's Talking Now (17)

Tom Shadyac (7 films, 43.14)
High film - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (62)
Low film - Patch Adams (15)

Brian Levant (5 films, 35.4)
High film - The Flintstones (54)
Low film - Snow Dogs (21)

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1. Christopher Nolan 91.83 (6 films)
2. Coen Brothers 91.44 (9 films)
3. Quentin Tarantino 89.89 (9 films)
4. David Fincher 86.00 (6 films)
5. Terry Gilliam 80.00 (6 films)

Bottom 3:
3. John Carpenter 69.80 (5 films)
2. Ron Howard 60.20 (5 films)
1. Michael Bay 34.17 (6 films)

The fact that I've even watched 6 Michael Bay movies makes me sad.

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Re: Top 5 Director Averages

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I'll go minimum of 4, since my entire top 5 has 4 films. I could go to 5 but then Satoshi Kon would be cut and that would make me sad. So all of the below have 4 films.

Edgar Wright: 90.75
Satoshi Kon: 90.00
Michael Winterbottom: 89.75
Michael Mann: 89.75
Brad Bird: 89.50

Bottom 3:
Guy Hamilton: 57.25
Michael Bay: 67.00
Robert Rodriguez: 68.00 (The Sharkboy and Lavagirl effect)

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Re: Top 5 Director Averages

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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)

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martryn wrote:Some minor adjustments to film scores have slightly adjusted my list on the previous page. Though the top 10 doesn't change, there was some movement. Tarentino hops over Kubrick and Ritchie, and Aronofsky hops over the Coens.

10. Kubrick 83.17
9. Ritchie 83.4
8. Tarentino 84.13
7. Coen's 84.22
6. Aronofsky 84.25
5. Lucas 85
4. Nolan 86.43
3. Leone 87.75
2. Jackson 87.75
1. Miyazaki 88.57

Because I haven't mentioned it, my bottom five:
Jon Turteltaub (6 films, 48.67)
High film - Instinct (63)
Low film - 3 Ninjas (23)

Frank Coraci (4 films, 48.25)
High film - The Wedding Singer (64)
Low film - Click (18)

Amy Heckerling (5 films, 45.5)
High film - European Vacation (78)
Low film - Look Who's Talking Now (17)

Tom Shadyac (7 films, 43.14)
High film - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (62)
Low film - Patch Adams (15)

Brian Levant (5 films, 35.4)
High film - The Flintstones (54)
Low film - Snow Dogs (21)


A small change to my list with the release of Django, which puts Tarantino again on top of the Coen Brothers. I'm not going to bother retyping my list, I just wanted to mention that.

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