Top 5 Favorite Directors

[Voodoo]

1.Brian De Palma
2.M.Night Shyamalan
3.Darren Aronofsky
4.Alfred Hitchock
5.Martin Scorsese

[RedLantern91]

Lists are only fun if they are varied. So here's one variation of my "top 5"

1. Masahiro Shinoda
2. Raymond Bernard
3. Frantisek Vlacil
4. Otto Preminger
5. Victor Erice

[brandon5303]

1. Quentin Tarantino
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Joel & Ethan Coen
4. Martin Scorsese
5. David Fincher

[JapeMan]

5. Guy Maddin
4. Bruce McDonald
3. Todd Solondz
2. James Hausler
1. Joe Swanberg

Honorable Mentions:
Lars Von Trier
Gregg Araki
Aaron Katz
Miranda July
Todd Rohal
Andrew Bujalski

[ayall]

The reason I picked the following is because i enjoyed all their films.

1) PTA
2) Tarantino
3) C. Nolan
4) David Fincher
5) Revolving (but currently Darren Aronofsky)

With classical directors such as Kubrick, Scorsese, and even Spieberg, etc.; while they've likely directed movies better then some of my top 5 fav. directors, they've also directed unwatchable crap - thus lowering their average and booting them from the top 5.

[TheDenizen]

Kubrick directed unwatchable crap? Scorsese and Spielberg, sure...but Kubrick?

[ayall]

^there are a few which i haven't seen; i've heard killer's kiss was pretty bad and not worth watching.

i've only watched half of barry lyndon (feel asleep in the middle), but faintly recall it being pretty boring and dull... haven't re-watched it, though i plan to sometime.

[Anomaly]

I have also read that 2001 was a flop when released & was also critically panned.

It received mixed critical reactions but was a success at the box office, and because of that financial success Kubrick was able to have complete control over the rest of the films he made.

[ayall]

I'd say Clockwork is his best, i would highly recommend to check it out.

[Spanks]

1 - PT Anderson
2 - FF Coppola
3 - Terrence Malick
4 - Scorsese
5 - Polanski

Hon. Mentions going out to Lumet, Aronofsky, Coen bros, Wes Anderson and Kieslowski.