It's difficult enough to make one great movie, so to make five in a row is an amazing achievement. Which of these five movie streaks from a director is the greatest achievement? Discuss it here
1964-1980: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon and The Shining
1982-1989: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1996-2005: The Frighteners, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and King Kong
These two directors are among the most influential filmmakers of the 21st century, and they share some similarities: 1) They both are auteur filmmakers
2) They both have a signature style
3) They both…
The Saturn Awards were set up to honor genre films, especially Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Action. Which of these filmmakers who managed to win the Best Director Award is your favorite? Discu…
Recently BBC Culture unveiled a list of the 100 best films of the XXI Century.
To compile it, BBC asked critics from all around the world to pick their 10 favorite films since 2000. Those with the mos…
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These are the 25 highest grossing director of all time at the domestic box office as of 08/12/15, taking a look back at their first major directing job (5,000 votes) - who would you have predicted thi…
Regarding all these filmmakers' bodies of work, which one most deserves a theme park built around his movies or more generally, his cinematic universe? Some descriptions of the possible attractions to…
Year 2021 marks Satyajit Ray's 100th birth anniversary. He is probably the biggest and most renowned filmmaker from India. His 'Apu Trilogy' is ranked among the greatest in the history of world cinema…
All of the movies that these directors have directed are rated fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Which of these directors is your favorite? Minimum of 4 movies. Correct as of 03/09/15. Discuss it here. Vote i…
In film criticism, the auteur theory holds that a film reflects the director's personal creative vision. Auteurs are the film directors whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are s…
The members of the IMDb Poll Board have chosen their biggest director snub (people who should have been nominated for Best Director, yet they weren't). Which of these choices do you consider the bigge…
A mystery film usually revolves around the solving of an unexplained event, with bits of information which give clarity into said event gradually revealed over its course. The climax of a mystery, in …
This is a list of directors who have all directed at least three films with heavy use of visual effects in them. They often use varied techniques from relying heavily on CGI, to using more practical s…