Perfect "10" filmmmakers?

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With the threshold at a minimum of 3 films, I have a whole bunch of "perfect 10" actors, but only 3 directors:

Akira Kurosawa (9 films), Stanley Kubrick (6 films), and Hideo Gosha (3 films).

Yeah, I like me some samurai dramas.....and Stanley Kubrick.

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Satyajit Ray 7
Masaki Kobayashi 6
Ettore Scola 4
Kon Ichikawa 4
Mikhail Kalatozov 3
Edward Yang 3
Kaneto Shindô 3
Bruce Sinofsky 3

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Aha, a topic where my 'blunt' rating system comes in useful -Directors

Jim Henson
There's something magical about puppeteers, 'extending' their body 'into' inanimate objects to give them life. Similarly, Henson's wonderful warmth and creativity 'animate' these films;
Labyrinth (1986), The Cube (1969), The Dark Crystal (1982), Time Piece (1965)
There's also a bit on youtube where he shows how to make puppets that I must have watched half a dozen times.

Emeric Pressburger
This one surprised me. Been a long, long time since I saw blimp, not sure it would fare so well today but it seems I have a liking for his kind of melodrama and/or propaganda. In my defence they're cleverly written and/or look amazing.
Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947)

James Marsh
Two brilliant documentaries; Project Nim (2011) and Man on Wire (2008) and the surprisingly haunting Shadow Dancer (2012) - must get the red riding series at some point.

Patrick Keiller
Psychogeography's something you either get or don't, I think these are great;
London (1994), Robinson in Space (1997), Robinson in Ruins (2010)

Kurosawa
I've only seen three so far but looking at those psi's he's going to stay t10 for a while.
Ikiru (1952), Sanjuro (1962), The Hidden Fortress (1958)


Just missing out is Ben Wheatley, another corker from him and he'll be back up.

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mattorama12 wrote:I couldn't imagine ever having a perfect 10 director. If I'd seen 3 (or more) movies from a director that were all T10s, I would keep seeking out his or her films until I found something that was less so. My highest rated directors are Bryan Singer and Lee Unkrich, both at 9.75 with 3/4 films being T10. (X-Men, X2, and The Usual Suspects for Singer; Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 3, and Finding Nemo for Unkrich.

Other directors have more T10 films, but a lower overall average. 6/10 for Tarantino and 6/12 for Kubrick.

With actors, I have two perfect 10s: David Prowse and Peter Mayhew of Star Wars fame. John Cazale (9.75) is close, but Dog Day Afternoon is but a lowly T9 for me.


Having just seen the excellent Harakiri, I can now add a screenwriter to the list. Shinobu Hashimoto wrote Roshomon, Seven Samurai, and Harakiri. While I don't think of Seven Samurai's script when I think about the film, it's certainly one of the strongest things about both Roshomon and Harakiri. A few other Hashimoto penned scripts are making their way up my queue right now, so I hope they'll be T10s as well.

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I have one perfect T10 director:

Asghar Farhadi
based on 4 films: Fireworks Wednesday, Regarding Ellie, A Separation, The Past

He is also my only perfect T10 screenwriter (based on the same flims).

And I have 10 perfect T10 actors (based on 3-4 films):
Franco Fabrizi
Gabriele Ferzetti
Claudio Gora
Dexter Fletcher
Felix Bressart
Yvonne Furneaux
Adrian Hoven
Slavko Stimac
Salvo Randone
Madhabi Mukherjee

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No perfect director
one screenwriter: Sergio Donati (3)

perfect T10 actors:
Yves Montand (6) French-Italian
Anatoli Solonitsyn (5) Russia
Philippe Noiret (4) French
Paprika Steen (4) Danish
Joe Turkel (4) American
Sterling Hayden (4) American
Philippe Morier-Genoud (4) French
Jean Bouise (3) French
Leonor Watling (3) Spanish
Leonard Rossiter (3) English

Yes, Montand worked with great directors, Godard, Resnais, Costa-Gavras, Clouzot...

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ShogunRua wrote:Chan-Wook Park-

Oldboy (2003)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)


You should complete Park's revenge trilogy with Lady Vengeance.

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Not-the-One wrote:
ShogunRua wrote:Chan-Wook Park-

Oldboy (2003)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)


You should complete Park's revenge trilogy with Lady Vengeance.


The existence of that movie (and many other acclaimed films by either Park or about 20 other favorite directors) is not exactly news to me...

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None, the best I have is 9.67 (one director, three actors).

The director is Samuel Armstrong (Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi), though maybe I should rewatch Bambi again in case I want to bump it to rank 10 too. And since those are the only movies he has director credit, he will probably stay unchallenged.

My top actors are Anton Walbrook (Red Shoes, La Ronde, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp)
Yôko Minamida (House, Yôkihi, Bakumatsu taiyoden) and
Rex Harrison (The Ghost and Mrs Muir, My Fair Lady, Unfaithfully Yours)

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