I think 2001 space effects looks better than the star wars films and new films, and it was made in 68😭😭😭. What he would do with our tech is unthinkable
I think that the most impressive thing about Kubrick has to be the variety of film genres that he worked on. Science-fiction, Comedy, War, Horror, Drama... and he made a masterpiece out of each.
*Tarkovsky, Truffaut, Satyajit Ray, D.W. Griffith, Yasujiro Ozu, Luis Bunuel, David Lean, Robert Bresson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pedro Almodovar, Sergio Leone, John Ford, Frank Capra, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Elia Kazan, William Wyler, Ernst Lubtisch, George Cukor, John Huston, Preston Sturges, Vittorio De Sica*.......You need at least a Top 50 (but don't dare rank them!)
Nathaniel Joseph Claw How am I being (*shudders) politically correct? I think there's about 50 directors that are so good they cannot be ranked above or below each other. The best thing to do would be to make a list in alphabetical order.
Anton K Or simply let people vote the ranking,even you must have some preferences.We are not critics,we don't have to say they are all equally great so we don't destroy our reputation.
Nathaniel Joseph Claw Then you'll get the IMDb situation. People, most of whom know none of the figures I listed, simply voting for their favorite directors. Popular directors like Christopher Nolan will be placed *way* above lesser-known, but more critically acclaimed directors. Ranking art isn't really wise - unless, of course, it's clearly a harmless, personal opinion. Mojo says this is their top picks - so it's okay, but yeah - ranking art is not the wisest thing in the world.
Anton K Yeah,i see in many comments here like why isn't this director higher,while they aren't familiar with the higher ranked directors,makes no sense
Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network) Fritz Lang (Metropolis, M, The Testament of Dr Mabuze) Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus, The People vs Larry Flint) Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Some Like it Hot) Victor Fleming (Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) James Whale (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man) F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh, Faust, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) John Ford (The Grapes of Wrath, Rio Grande, Stagecoach) Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride) Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing, BalcKkKlansman, Malcolm X) Charlie Chaplin (The Gold Rush, Modern Times, The Great Dictator) Bong Joon Ho (Mother, The Host, Memories of Murder) *Parasite came out after the video* David Lean (The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Passage to India, Lawrence of Arabia) James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic, Terminator) Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) George Lucas (Star Wars) Andrei Tarkovsky (Mirror, Stalker, Solaris) Werner Herzog (Aguirre, Fitzcaraldo, Heart of Glass) Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali, Aparjito, The World of Apu)
Kubrick made only 13 pictures, and 7 of them can be considered truly classics (Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Dr Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining). His movies are unique, and all of them had a really great yet different impact on me. The man was a genius.
Kubrick for me just comes off as very unique but i doubt he matches the suspense of Hitchcock, the writing of Tarantino, or the direction of Spielberg.
this list is crap,apparently scorsese is a better director than spielberg and kurosawa,bullshit it should be like this: 1)Stanley Kubrick(2001:A Space Odyssey) 2)Alfred Hicthcock(Psycho) 3)Akria Kurosawa(Seven Samurai) 4)John Ford(Stagecoach) 5)Satyajit Ray(Panther Panchali) 6)Steven Spielberg(Schindler's List) 7)Francis Ford Coppola(The Godfather) 8)Martin Scorsese(Goodfellas) 9)Andrei Tarkovsky(Stalker) 10)Orsen Welles(Citizen Kane) Mentions:Quentin Tarantino(Pulp Fiction),Sergio Leone(The Good,Bad and the ugly)Charlie Chaplin(Modern Times)
@@jamesleodelacruz Because he was an asshole on set who would risk damaging his actors mentally for the sake of getting a better performance out of them. No one says anything bad about his filmography, just him as a person.
let's be honest tho, there are many amazing directors out there, it's hard to pick 10 without leaving someone out. I will try my best: 1. Stanley Kubrick 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Martin Scorsese 4. Steven Spielberg 5. Akira Kurosawa 6. Ingmar Bergman 7. Andrei Tarkovsky 8. David Lynch 9. Francis Ford Coppola 10. Satyajit Ray Honorable mentions: Woody Allen Charles Chaplin Billy Wilder
How could you miss Satyajit ray, he is such a legendary director, his movies are yet appreciated and always will be , he was way ahead of his time, he gave us multiple masterpiece
@@Professor-id4jh I truly respect your opinion but i was talking with respect to how many of modern and popular directors take up reference from various of his works
@@Professor-id4jhhe and his crew members came up with many filmmaking techniques in terms of narrative and cinematography. Research before saying anything bs
1. Sergei Eisenstein-DW Griffith 2. Stanley Kubrick 3. Akira Kurosawa 4. Martin Scorsese 5. Satyajit Ray 6. Alfred Hitchcock 7. Orson Welles 8. Andrei Tarkovsky 9. Federico Fellini 10. Jean Renoir
@@Oscareuh Dude none of those movies even come close to being the greatest of all time. They are good, no doubt. But I can literally name more than 30 directors better than him. Hell Bong Joon Ho isnt even top 5 of his generation. You guys need to stop overrating every good thing.
+Nenad Bogunovic Of course Tarkovsky is an amazing director, but when you're doing a list of Directors of ALL TIME, with no restriction on historical era or geographic origin, it's kind of hard to fit every amazing director on the list, you feel me?
+Rafael Divoz You got some of the greats here, but I personnally think JL Godard is one of the most overrated directors who ever lived. I always prefered Truffaut.
***** Because you wrote out a list that sounded like the Christmas carol, "The 12 Days of Christmas". Please don't tell me there's a fatwa on my arse, now. It's "fat" enough. Happy holidays, etc.
What I love about Scorsese is that he doesn't have a time period. He's been making classics every decade. 70's Mean Streets, Taxi Driver 80's Raging Bull, King of Comedy 90's Goodfellas, Last Temptation of Christ 00's The Aviator, The Departed 10's The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence
My TOP 20: 20 Danny Boyle 19 Fritz Lang 18 Abbas Kiarostami 17 Wim Wenders 16 David Fincher 15 Werner Herzog 14 Buster Keaton 13 Billy Wilder 12 Francis Ford Coppola 11 Charles Chaplin 10 David Lynch 9 Steven Spielberg 8 Jean-Luc Godard 7 Akira Kurosawa 6 Martin Scorsese 5 Federico Fellini 4 Andrei Tarkovsky 3 Stanley Kubrick 2 Alfred Hitchcock 1 Ingmar Bergman
Yeah, they're all great, but that's five guys for a list of ten, so which five would you bump? Hitchcock. Felliini, Bergman, and Kurosawa, at least, are all pretty much indisputable and indispensible. I think you really need to have at least one artist who is still alive and producing good work, so Scorsese stays, and there seems to be widespread agreement with the selection of Kubrick, so which four of your five do you like best?
That would produce a list with no living and active directors. I'm not okay with that. That would be stodgy and snobbish, and I don't think it would be accurate. Martin Scorsese is not a dispensable also ran.
I don't know that I'd agree that Tarkovsky is better than Kubrick, but I think the mere the fact that it seems to come down to a choice between then in your mind as it does in mine is telling. As great as they both are, the have so many things in common as artists, both obvious and indefinable, that it does seem like squeezing both of them onto a list this short would be superfluous and would create an imbalance in terms of recognizing the full breadth of all that can be done in film.
All time includes the future. When I think about directors whose future work I still look forward to I come up with Scorsese, the Coen brothers, Roy Andersson, Leos Carax, Asghar Farhadi, Denis Villeneuve, Michael Haneke, Tarantino (though always with some reservations and trepidation), Chan Wook Park, Spike Jonze. Still-living directors who've done great work and could surprise me by equaling their best: Zhang Yimou, Clint Eastwood, David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci, Pedro Almodovar, David Cronenberg, Godard. Out of all those I must insist upon at least Scorsese. Out of Beaudot's nominees I would shitcan Antonioni, who I appreciate but have rarely really enjoyed, and THAT would be the real 10 best: Chaplin, Eisenstein, Lang, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, Kubrick, Scorsese, and fuck Tarkovsky, I just noticed that there are no French directors, so I pick Renoir.
@@meamwayne2070 In case you didn't know, Fritz Lang is the only director to have one of his films (Metropolis) preserved by the UNO as one of the most important documents of mankind, between the bible and the declaration of human rights
Good list, I agree with 1-6 and Leone. I'd sub in David Cronenberg and John Carpenter for Altman and Lynch or Coppola - scifi and horror don't get a fair shake from lists like this!
Wert Gamer He made „Solaris“ (the Original, not the shitty George Clooney remake), „Stalker“, „The Sacrifice“ and many other great films. If you’re a cinema lover, the name Tarkovsky is a must!
***** Without a doubt. It was one man's acid trip put to a way too long, boring, and all in all confusing cinematic feature that anyone who claims they understand is simply trying to be the smartest guy in the room. Conceited shite.
+Morgan Phillips maybe that's cause you're to immature to understand it. People unlike me are often too immature to understand the film and prefer the Avengers or movies with explosions and shit. Look deeper into the movie and you won't think it was that bad cause it wasn't.
I can think of two who I think deserve a lot of credit for utilising the poetic artistry that cinema is capable of; Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky especially!
In No particular order although my favorite is Scorssese : Kubrick Scorsese Hitchcock Orsen wells Coppola John Ford Kazan Spielberg Charlie chaplin David lean
My top top three are Nolan Scorsese Tartintino but still putting Speilberg at my top as far as unbiased everybody loves him whether your young or old in between e.t. Jaws jarassic park Indiana Jones close encounters Schindler's list Lincoln bridge of spies
I don't know about old generation but for my generation :- 1. Christopher Nolan 2. Martin Scorsese 3. Quentin tarantino 4. James cameron 5. Steven spielberg
LOL George Lucas, what did he even direct? Pretty sure Spielberg babysat him through Star Wars and when he was left alone to do his own thing, he fell flat on his face (prequels).
You know, despite the fact that I heavily disagree with watchmojo the vast majority of the time, I have to give them credit where credit is due. This channel introduced me to many of what I now consider to be some of my absolute favorite pieces of pop culture of all time. It was this very list that convinced me to first start watching the works of Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino and others when I first began learning that I have an interest in cinema. So thank you watchmojo, for helping to develop me into the person I am today.
@@CD-603 he just 100 percent is he’s directed so many great movies I just don’t think u know what ur talking about now he’s no Stanley Kubrick but he’s still top 10
@@colonelmustard5248 he hasn't directed many great films. Memento and Inception are his two best. Apart from those and tenet his films are unoriginal and adaptations
I couldn't agree more with #1. Genius, master, visionare... No words can make justice to Kubrick. Btw, a movie written by Tarantino and directed by Kubrick? That would have been perfection :D
+señor-achopijo I recommend checking out "The Killing" by Stanley Kubrick, easily one of his most underrated movies which Tarantino eventually ripped off.
*My Top 10 Favorite Film Directors of All Time* 1. Yasujirō Ozu (Tokyo Story, Late Spring) 2. Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries, Persona) 3. Andrei Tarkovsky (Solaris, Stalker) 4. Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu Monogatari, Sansho the Bailiff) 5. Akira Kurasawa (Seven Samurai, Ikiru) 6. Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon) 7. Robert Bresson (Au Hasard Balthazar, Diary of a Country Priest) 8. Federico Fellini (8½, La Dolce Vita) 9. F.W. Murnau (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, The Last Laugh) 10. Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis) Other Amazing Directors that Deserve a Mention: - Masaki Kobayashi (Harakiri, The Human Condition) - Jean Renoir (The Rules of the Game, The Grand Illusion) - François Roland Truffaut (The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim) - Satyajit Ray (The Apu Trilogy, Charulata) - Michelangelo Antonioni (L'Avventura, L'Eclisse) - Abel Gance (Napoleon, J'accuse) - Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless, Pierrot le Fou) - Béla Tarr (Sátántangó, The Turin Horse) - Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, Amour) - Jean-Pierre Melville (Le Samouraï, Le Cercle Rouge) - Andrzej Wajda (Man of Marble, Ashes and Diamonds) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin, Ivan the Terrible)
the toadster Scorcese, Spielberg and Coppola do not crack that Top 10. I don't wholly agree with the order or names, but they have more of an idea than you do. They themselves would say the same fucking thing.
My Top 20 List: 1. Stanley Kubrick 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Akira Kurosawa 4. Orson Welles 5. Martin Scorsese 6. Francis Ford Coppola 7. Steven Spielberg 8. Christopher Nolan 9. Federico Feline 10. Ingmar Bergman 11. Woody Ellen 12. Spike Lee 13. Wong Kar-wai 14. the Coen Brothers 15. Quentin Tarantino 16. Roman Polanski 17. David Finch 18. David Lynch 19. Kathryn Bigelow 20. John Ford
Adrian Schagerl, I feel like Hitchcock made less iconic film thoe. I generally think the only good movies he made were Psycho and Vertigo. That's just my opinion thoe
Mike M You're right. Kubrik is a master of cinema, I just think he made very few movies, while Hitchcock made over 50 movies and all of them were great.
Laser Pony well, i know this is a directorl ist. He may be a good director. What i hate about him is that he makes a movie based on somebody else's sricpt and then takes all the credit, thus people are saying A MARTIN SCORSESE MOVIE. When he didn;t write the script. That's why he sucks to me
1: Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, The Prestige, Inception, Tenet, Dunkirk, Memento) 2: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, ET, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Catch Me If You Can, Shindler's List) 3: Robert Zemmeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Castaway, Polar Express, Romancing the Stone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) 4: Richard Donner (Superman, Goonies, Maverick, Leathal Weapon, Scrooged, The Omen, Ladyhawke) 5: James Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Avatar, Titanic, True Lies, The Abbyss) 6: Tim Burton (Batman, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Peewee's Big Adventure, Edward Scissorshands, Big Fish) 7: Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, Shining, Dr. Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lydon) 8: Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, The Martian, Thelma and Louise, American Gangster) 9: Russo Brothers (Infinity War, Endgame, Winter Soldier, Civil War, 21 Bridges, Extraction) 10: Martin Scorcese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, King of Comedy)
For me: Tarkovsky / Bergman take the helm Then in no particular order: Hiroshi Teshigahara, Robert Bresson, Kon Ichikawa, Nicolas Ray, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jan Svankmajer, Chris Marker, Yuriy Norshteyn, Yasujiro Ozu, Hayao Miyazaki, Shuji Terayama, Andrej Zulawki, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Victor Erice, Orson Welles, Luis Bunuel, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Michael Haneke, Lars Von Trier, Werner Herzog, David Lynch, Sergei Parajanov, Bela Tarr, Terrence Malick, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Cocteau, Sidney Lumet, Gus Van Sant, Fritz Lang, John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh... I'm sure I missed many
Nice list. Showing some of the lesser known directors some love, like the great Jean-Pierre Melville. I'll throw in F.W. Murnau, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Max Ophuls, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Francois Truffaut, John Ford, Howard Hawks, MIchael Powell, Wim Wenders, Roger Corman... The list goes on and on. A lot of great directors.
Satyajit Ray.... Who won the honorary award at 1992 oscars..... Martin Scorsese ......has mentioned to have been influenced by his work.... Just because he is an Indian.... I guess he has no place in this list
Akira Kurosawa was said " If you never seen a *Satyajit Ray* 's movie in your whole life, that's mean you're never seen a sun or moon in your life." Fact : Satyajit Ray got an honorary award by the Academy. & You *Watchmojo* not even mention him.
@@123rebelguy yes man. He's a genius. In this list all the directors are great. I love their works n visions....but, *Satyajit Ray* should've been on the list.
@Arjun t I mean how can you compare them in terms of popularity (Bengali vs English) .Google don't rank them ,they will just show one of us sites result based on voting
Why is Tarantino an honorable mention when Tarkovsky, Tarr, DeSica, Antonioni, Sjostrom, Bresson, Renoir, and Chaplin aren’t. And why is Allen and Spielberg ahead of INGMAR BERGMAN. He should be number one. My personal rankings: 1. Ingmar Bergman 2. Michaelangelo Antonioni 3. Federico Fellini 4. Stanley Kubrick 5. Jean Luc Godard 6. Robert Bresson 7. Martin Scorsese 8. Jean Renoir 9. Jean Vigo 10. Charlie Chaplin
If you are into art house films you would rave about Bergman but in reality his films are nothing more than regional endeavors that do not appeal on a global level. I think Bergman is a fine director but he is of a particular taste.
For me: 1. Martin Scorsese 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Ingmar Bergman 4. Akira Kurosawa 5. Charlie Chaplin 6. Stanley Kubrick 7. John Ford 8. Billy Wilder 9. Federico Fellini 10. Woody Allen
Sam Thornton He’s not nothing He’s one of the best directors of his generation I’m not saying he should be in the list but he deserves a nomination at least If tarantino can, Nolan can
+Kosta Jovanovic agreed. HOnorable mention for him would be fine. If say his next 5 films are just as good or even better as previous ones then he will make the list
With his short career he had more acclaimed movies than some of those "epics" who did like 2 or 3 at most.Memento,Interstellar,The Dark knight(the greatest),Prestige.sigh
p41n0koki his movies arent inherently brilliant or great in pure film terms though, his scripts and editing are mediocre, he just produces well made, entertaining, blockbuster movies. He falls way short in terms of pure film compared to these film makers, Interstellar and Prestige only got decent reviews btw. His movies are generally very well liked by the masses but critics of film arent in love with them because they have clear flaws. Hes great at what he does, but what he does isnt great film.
My Ranking: 11.- Roman Polański 10.- Stanley Kubrick 9.- John Ford 8.- Billy Wilder 7.- John Carpenter 6.- Clint Eastwood 5.- Ingmar Bergman 4.- Akira Kurosawa 3.- William Wyler 2.- Sergio Leone 1.- Alfred Hitchcock
You could have included David Fincher and christopher Nolan in honorary mentions list. And there is no comparison when it's come to Stanley Kubrick , He is the number one.
Dawson Djodvorj His films are all the same. They're popular and well acclaimed from the general audience but don’t contain that much depth. Just look at Inception, it looks more like a product than a real vision.
the reasonable explanation for your question is that Steven's movie were such great for his own century, not really impact to the teenager and kids since 2000s.
My top 10 favourite directors in no particular order 1- Spielberg 2-Jackson 3-Fincher 4-Kubrick 5-Burton 6-Tarantino 7-Lynch 8-Cameron 9-Gilliam 10- Lucas
10: Stanley Kubrick 9: MICHEAL FRIEKING BAY 8: Stanley Kubrick 7: Stanly Kubrick 6: Tommy Wiseau (OBVIOUSLY) 5: Stanley Kubrick 4: Stanley Kubrick 3: Stanley Kubrick 2: Steven Spielberg 1: STANLEY KUBRICK!
Here's my top 10 favorite film directors of all time: 10. Edgar Wright (The Cornetto Trilogy & Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) 9. Joel & Ethan Coens (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and No Country for Old Men) 8. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, and Cast Away) 7. James Cameron (The Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, Titanic, and Avatar) 6. Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones Series, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, Jaws, and E.T the Extra Terrestrial) 5. David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Social Network, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl) 4. Stanley Kubrick (All of his films) 3. Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Departed, Hugo, and The Wolf of Wall Street) 2. Alfred Hitchcock (All of his films) 1. Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, Inglorious Basterds, and Django Unchained)
Here's my honorable mentions that I forgot put, but great directors: H1. Alejandro Gonzales Iriratu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, and Birdman) H2. Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame, and 12 Years of Slave) H3. Martin Campbell (GoldenEye & Casino Royale) H4. Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama También, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, and Gravity) H5. Christopher Nolan (All of his movies) H6. Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster, and The Martian) Sorry guys, but it's all that I got but they're in my top 16 spot.
+Felipe Rico It's a good list and I'm a fan of all of them, but I think watchmojo's list was better because it featured less modern directors and also non-english speaking ones. I think most people would agree there are better options out there than Robert Zemeckis.
Not easy to rank since there have been many geniuses, but I guess mine could be: 1) Stanley Kubrick 2) Orson Welles 3) Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola 4) Alfred Hitchcock 5) Akira Kurosawa 6) Roman Polanski 7) Charlie Chaplin 8) David Lynch 9) Terrence Malick 10) Ingmar Bergman
G Galeno I don’t think, Tarantino is the best director of all time, but it’s hard to deny that he is one of the most well known and influential directors. I think he would deserve a spot in the top 10, but of course these lists are just a matter of personal opinion. Though I feel strongly that Tarantino should be on that list before Woody 😂
@@Jdkdks-sf8bp i really think he should be at number 8/9 spot just because of pulp fiction and Django unchained. he literally never made a bad film and quite frankly just because his film's are just too much fun and creative and he just loves movies. he loves every kinds of movies and he shows it in his films. i think he is the best and the greatest ( and my favorite) director of all time but it's just my opinion
My list. 1. Steven Spielberg 2. John Ford 3. Stanley Kubrick 4. Francis Ford Coppola 5. David lean 6. Martin Scorsese 7. Alfred Hitchcock 8. Akira kurasowa 9. Chuck Jones (it shouldn't be limited to just movies) 10. Sergio leone 11. Frank capra Fyi chuck Jones did many of the old Warner Brothers cartoons starring bugs bunny.
Dawson Djodvorj toxic mentality to have, to be so unwilling to even consider that another director could be better than your favourite shows how close minded you are.
My top 10 of all-time 10. David Lynch 9. Werner Herzog 8. Andrei Tarkovski 7. Ingmar Bergman 6. Martin Scorsese 5. Fritz Lang 4. Orson Welles 3. F. W. Murnau 2. Stanley Kubrick 1. Alfred Hitchcock
I'm just agree with the first pick of Kubrick BUT it's lacking the most important author filmmaker along with kurosawa and bergman, Tarkovsky, him not being on this list is a shame... Too many americans.
My top 10 movie directors of All time 1.Steven Spielberg 2.Stanley Kubrick 3.Alfred Hitchcock 4.Francis Ford Coppola 5.Martin Scorsese 6.Orson Welles 7.Quentin Tarantino 8.Roman Polanski 9.David Fincher 10.Christopher Nolan
Comedy is harder than drama, according to almost every producer, actor, writer and director. So where are Chaplin, Keaton, Hawks, Sturges, Capra, Avery, Jones and Clampett?
rackinfrackin People still love Chaplin's work, it's just many like to think of him mainly as an actor when most of his work was behind the camera. The other names you mentioned are great too.
it is true, comedy is a lot harder to impress people than drama. Because the primary thing you can achieve in comedy is to make the audience laugh, but as entertaining as that can be, what the audience mainly seek for in films that are successful are themes and what meanings a film can convey. So the best way to achieve that is through a drama.
The thing about comedy is its much more subjective. It’s hard to include comedic filmmakers because in comedy you can forgive a much more poorly made film if it’s funny
Not in order: Stanley Kubrick Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Alfred Hitchcock Quentin Tarantino Andrei Tarkovsky Federico Fellini Akira Kurosawa Ingmar Bergman Orson Welles Honorable Mentions: Billy Wilder, Satyajit Ray, David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Linklater, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, Christopher Nolan, Roman Polanski, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola THAT moment when the honorable mentions might be even better than the actually list LMAO
Sergio Leone foi um dos mais influentes diretores de todos os tempos. da década de 60 para cá foi provavelmente o mais influente. Revolucionou o cinema moderno. Não pode ficar de fora de uma lista dos 10 mais.
the worst list i ever seen. i mean when you got Steven Spielberg among The best directors of the history and Tarkovsky out of it Then you dont know anything about movies
SuperBrictson Shit to cinephiles? Spielberg’s talked about and studied about in film classes all the time. I don’t know who the fuck these cinephiles are that you’re talking about but they seem pretentious and don’t like fun.
Fun? hahahaha cinema is not an entertainment as TV, that's why we call it big screen, bigger quality, better language through metaphors without TV usual clichés. If you put Spielberg n' Woody Allen among way greater renaissance men like Hitchcock, Bergman, Kurosawa, Kubrick, etc. then you got a serious problem of criterium or you're just being childish n' a fanboy. Spielberg is for benchwarmers n' not for serious people who actually likes to think after the film. Pretentious fans? I rather be demanding than settle with the first easy proposal of his or any director!!!
My Top 10 Directors of All Time 10 - Coen Brothers 9 - Steven Spielberg 8 - Christopher Nolan 7 - Sergio Leone 6 - Francis Ford Coppola 5 - Stanley Kubrick 4 - Peter Jackson 3 - Clint Eastwood 2 - Quentin Tarantino Hm : Alfred Hitchcook / Charlie Chaplin / James Cameron / David Fincher / Paul Thomas Anderson. 1 - Martin Scorsese
+Alex Suszko Peter Jackson did the greatest and best trilogy of all time and Nolan did Dark Knight Trilogy Interstellar Inception Memento Prestige and Insomnia
Barney Os. Oh, I won't deny that he's fantastic director. I was just scrolling through the comments and noticed just about every list included Lean. Guess I was unaware of the admiration so many people have for him.
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Just a reminder that Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock have never won an Oscar for best director. Shows you how much credibility the Academy has.
Karl Pilkington Great point.
neither have Kurosawa
And black panther won a reward.
Toản Nguyễn Văn Rebecca won one for best Picture. Hitchcock has never won a best director
No matter how brilliant a student is, he cannot top the class when a better student is in the same class. The class is not to be blamed.
just imagining what Kubrick would make with present modern cinema equipment
and Tarkovsky too, he is god of cinema
He had a iq of 200
You know, I'd like to see Vertigo with modern equipment
Vertigo is perfect the way it is. The 50s and 60s were very stylish in America and Vertigo is a beautifully shot movie
I think 2001 space effects looks better than the star wars films and new films, and it was made in 68😭😭😭. What he would do with our tech is unthinkable
I think that the most impressive thing about Kubrick has to be the variety of film genres that he worked on. Science-fiction, Comedy, War, Horror, Drama... and he made a masterpiece out of each.
***** I would have loved to have seen what he would have done with the action genre.
The only thing he never got around to was a western. Could you imagine a Kubrick Western. That would be pretty great.
It was rumoured that he planned to adapt the anti-western novel "Blood Meridian" in the mid 1990s, but failed to get it green lit.
+UnkeptMoss328 My fave is Barry Lyndon, quite often overlooked in the mire of all the more headline grabbing movies.
+KissMyAsthma I would have loved to have seen that. Thanks for telling me.
Stanley Kubrick is the best director to me. His way of directing is crazy, the craziness that you can't explain
Word up!!
Satyajit Ray, Christopher Nolan also
@@samyakkumardas9387 yeah. But compare to this top 10 Nolan is a kid
@@prakashraj6032
There is more to come from Nolan.
@@bighands69 First watch Kubrick movies. After you realise
1. Tommy Wiseau 2. Paris Hilton 3. Uwe Boll 4. Mr Night Shyamalan
+George18798 LOL haha
+George18798 Paris Hilton is a director?
+George18798 You forgot michael bay
You forgot Ed Wood.
5. James Nguyen
*Tarkovsky, Truffaut, Satyajit Ray, D.W. Griffith, Yasujiro Ozu, Luis Bunuel, David Lean, Robert Bresson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pedro Almodovar, Sergio Leone, John Ford, Frank Capra, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Elia Kazan, William Wyler, Ernst Lubtisch, George Cukor, John Huston, Preston Sturges, Vittorio De Sica*.......You need at least a Top 50 (but don't dare rank them!)
+Anton K Don't try to make film criticism politically correct,that defeats the whole purpose
Nathaniel Joseph Claw
How am I being (*shudders) politically correct? I think there's about 50 directors that are so good they cannot be ranked above or below each other. The best thing to do would be to make a list in alphabetical order.
Anton K Or simply let people vote the ranking,even you must have some preferences.We are not critics,we don't have to say they are all equally great so we don't destroy our reputation.
Nathaniel Joseph Claw
Then you'll get the IMDb situation. People, most of whom know none of the figures I listed, simply voting for their favorite directors. Popular directors like Christopher Nolan will be placed *way* above lesser-known, but more critically acclaimed directors. Ranking art isn't really wise - unless, of course, it's clearly a harmless, personal opinion. Mojo says this is their top picks - so it's okay, but yeah - ranking art is not the wisest thing in the world.
Anton K Yeah,i see in many comments here like why isn't this director higher,while they aren't familiar with the higher ranked directors,makes no sense
There is Woody Allen in this list😂😂😂😂 but no Tarkovsky,Chaplin or Satyajit Ray....
Satyajit Ray ♥️Shrestho
@@Saladon89 Well you are dumb and racist
@@EddieMachetti Yeah,but he is a racist.
liza Estevez Jew or not,Spielberg deserves to be in the top 10 list!
Woody Allen is great but Chaplin should definitely be on there
Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network)
Fritz Lang (Metropolis, M, The Testament of Dr Mabuze)
Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus, The People vs Larry Flint)
Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Some Like it Hot)
Victor Fleming (Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
James Whale (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man)
F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh, Faust, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)
John Ford (The Grapes of Wrath, Rio Grande, Stagecoach)
Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride)
Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing, BalcKkKlansman, Malcolm X)
Charlie Chaplin (The Gold Rush, Modern Times, The Great Dictator)
Bong Joon Ho (Mother, The Host, Memories of Murder) *Parasite came out after the video*
David Lean (The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Passage to India, Lawrence of Arabia)
James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic, Terminator)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)
Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
George Lucas (Star Wars)
Andrei Tarkovsky (Mirror, Stalker, Solaris)
Werner Herzog (Aguirre, Fitzcaraldo, Heart of Glass)
Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali, Aparjito, The World of Apu)
Some fantastic directors you have listed there. You left out Tarantino and Fincher.
George Lucas also made American Graffiti which is also great
Oliver Stone (Platoon, Born on the 4th of July, JFK, Nixon)
James Cameron (...,Aliens)*
John Singleton (Boyz in the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Rosewood, Baby Boy)
Kubrick made only 13 pictures, and 7 of them can be considered truly classics (Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Dr Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining). His movies are unique, and all of them had a really great yet different impact on me. The man was a genius.
C3- PO and full metal jacket
If Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut aren't classics I don't know WHAT are
Inge Fossen don't ever compare Kubrick and Bresson.
Remember we cannot say which eye's best.
Kubrick for me just comes off as very unique but i doubt he matches the suspense of Hitchcock, the writing of Tarantino, or the direction of Spielberg.
i.e you become boring as fuck when you're older?
Can’t believe WatchMojo didn’t mention anything about Tarkovsky
I also can't understand that
Yeeet
it’s because they’ve never heard of him
this list is crap,apparently scorsese is a better director than spielberg and kurosawa,bullshit it should be like this:
1)Stanley Kubrick(2001:A Space Odyssey)
2)Alfred Hicthcock(Psycho)
3)Akria Kurosawa(Seven Samurai)
4)John Ford(Stagecoach)
5)Satyajit Ray(Panther Panchali)
6)Steven Spielberg(Schindler's List)
7)Francis Ford Coppola(The Godfather)
8)Martin Scorsese(Goodfellas)
9)Andrei Tarkovsky(Stalker)
10)Orsen Welles(Citizen Kane)
Mentions:Quentin Tarantino(Pulp Fiction),Sergio Leone(The Good,Bad and the ugly)Charlie Chaplin(Modern Times)
That an Werner Herzog, Kubrick, Tarkovsky and Satyajat Ray are the greatest filmmakers to have ever lived.
Stanley Kubrick is the best in my opinion. A pure genius.
yes
Scorsese
Why do people hate him again ?
@@jamesleodelacruz Because he was an asshole on set who would risk damaging his actors mentally for the sake of getting a better performance out of them. No one says anything bad about his filmography, just him as a person.
@@liamjones-tran6179 yeah I know that now. He only cares about perfection lol. But that did make his films good
Satyajit Ray missing. Who won Oscar for life-time achievement. Also Chaplin, a genious in all respects of a movie
Yess
I fulllly agree with youuuu....
Where are they.????????...I CAN'T understand how they missed Chaplin.
And where is the legend of Indian cinema, huh?!
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 not only indian cinema bro world cinema ray was great chaplin was legent there are many foreign filmmakers
This list is for American . honestly , this list doesn't matter
@@aronichakraborty5192 Agreed...let this video be ignored.
"Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the Sun or the Moon." - Akira Kurosawa.
i am from Odisha and i can understand
Exactly!!! How these people missed one of the Greatest directors of all time?
Is it because he is Indian?
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 Everyone has their own personal opinion.
@@carerepair8190 Btw are you an Indian?
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 Yep
Nobody noticed that number three appear when they said number 2, Alfred Hitchcock.
I guess I have to be that asshole.
+Tim Sullivan No, you're the only two that bothered to comment.
+Ollie Raderecht I guess that would have been the case, but you bothered to reply. So that makes us three.
+Chris Njoku I suppose, and I spotted some people further down in the comments section reference it.
Hhm, then why you mentioned we're the only two?
let's be honest tho, there are many amazing directors out there, it's hard to pick 10 without leaving someone out.
I will try my best:
1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Martin Scorsese
4. Steven Spielberg
5. Akira Kurosawa
6. Ingmar Bergman
7. Andrei Tarkovsky
8. David Lynch
9. Francis Ford Coppola
10. Satyajit Ray
Honorable mentions:
Woody Allen
Charles Chaplin
Billy Wilder
No John Ford or William Wyler.
@@bighands69 they can't make it to the top 10
Walt Disney dwarfs all of these men. Pun intended.
Steven Spielberg should be #2, good list otherwise
Satya jeet ray was just amazing
How could you miss Satyajit ray, he is such a legendary director, his movies are yet appreciated and always will be , he was way ahead of his time, he gave us multiple masterpiece
People of the western world are so conservative and illogical that they think the world consists of only Europe, America and Japan.
He was definitely not way ahead of his time but he was surely one of the greats.
@@Professor-id4jh I truly respect your opinion but i was talking with respect to how many of modern and popular directors take up reference from various of his works
@@Professor-id4jhhe and his crew members came up with many filmmaking techniques in terms of narrative and cinematography. Research before saying anything bs
What about karan johar
I just can’t be the only one who feels that sergio leone is missing here
1. Sergei Eisenstein-DW Griffith
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Akira Kurosawa
4. Martin Scorsese
5. Satyajit Ray
6. Alfred Hitchcock
7. Orson Welles
8. Andrei Tarkovsky
9. Federico Fellini
10. Jean Renoir
Francis Ford Coppola and Bong Joon Ho
@@coolhan123 Bong Joon Ho?
Are you serious?
Dawson Djodvorj Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer, Okja and Parasite. Yes, he is serious.
@@Oscareuh Dude none of those movies even come close to being the greatest of all time.
They are good, no doubt.
But I can literally name more than 30 directors better than him.
Hell Bong Joon Ho isnt even top 5 of his generation. You guys need to stop overrating every good thing.
Dawson Djodvorj I would like to know the 30 directors you think they deserve more attention
Andrei Tarkovsky not even an honorable mention? WatchMojo, you know jack shit about movies!
Apparently neither do the people voting on this list on their site
+Nenad Bogunovic Of course Tarkovsky is an amazing director, but when you're doing a list of Directors of ALL TIME, with no restriction on historical era or geographic origin, it's kind of hard to fit every amazing director on the list, you feel me?
He really should have been on the list.
+WatchMojo.com no
appearently Tatantino is a better direcotr than Tarkovsky.
Stanley kubrick took the first position (even when this list means nothing to me) I am happy.
Of course you are Mr. Kubrick.
.- Tarkovski, Kubrick
.- Bergman, Kurosawa
.- Eisenstein, Hitchcock
.- Godard. Buñuel
.- Welles, Fellini
.- Ozu, Bresson.
+Rafael Divoz ...and a partridge in a pear tree. Well, this is the Silly Season!
+Rafael Divoz You got some of the greats here, but I personnally think JL Godard is one of the most overrated directors who ever lived. I always prefered Truffaut.
Mathieu Gauvin Really? I'm more of a Heinken fella, myself.
+blackpeter70 what are you trying to say?
***** Because you wrote out a list that sounded like the Christmas carol, "The 12 Days of Christmas". Please don't tell me there's a fatwa on my arse, now. It's "fat" enough.
Happy holidays, etc.
What I love about Scorsese is that he doesn't have a time period. He's been making classics every decade.
70's Mean Streets, Taxi Driver
80's Raging Bull, King of Comedy
90's Goodfellas, Last Temptation of Christ
00's The Aviator, The Departed
10's The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence
Last Temptation of Christ is 80s
Last Temptation was 80's, so is another forgotten gem of his ''After Hours''. 90's was Goodfellas & Casino, 00's had Gangs of NY
Shutter Island
Don't Forgot the Irishman
Casino man, cmon
My TOP 20:
20 Danny Boyle
19 Fritz Lang
18 Abbas Kiarostami
17 Wim Wenders
16 David Fincher
15 Werner Herzog
14 Buster Keaton
13 Billy Wilder
12 Francis Ford Coppola
11 Charles Chaplin
10 David Lynch
9 Steven Spielberg
8 Jean-Luc Godard
7 Akira Kurosawa
6 Martin Scorsese
5 Federico Fellini
4 Andrei Tarkovsky
3 Stanley Kubrick
2 Alfred Hitchcock
1 Ingmar Bergman
Cult Tops 👌Great list!
I would’ve put tarantino in there but other than that I agree
why are all the comments to this vid saying Andrei Tarvovsky should be in the top 10, like how doe anybody like stalker it is so damn boring
How has everyone missed Nolan. He consistently makes amazing films
Next joke please 🤡
@@shubhamtanwr_ You have a good brain
@@iameverything6714 nolan fanboi spotted 😂
the people who say Christopher Nolan is a bad director are the same people who drink wine to fancy music and call movies art
@@shubhamtanwr_ atleast explain why you disagree, what you think Nolan's direction lacks ?
that scary feeling at 12:22 when it looks like Kubrick is getting honorable mention
lol i thought it too
How about the elation when they said he was no.1 ? Yessss.
I thought the same exact thing!!
Me too man, stanley kubrick is the bomb
Same hahahahaha
1) Béla Tarr
2) Andrei Tarkovsky
3) Terrence Malick
4) Kenji Mizoguchi
5) Stanley Kubrick
6) Robert Bresson
7) Michelangelo Antonioni
8) Ingmar Bergman
9) Yasujirô Ozu
10) Theodoros Angelopoulos
Charlie Chaplin, Andreï Tarkovski, Antonioni, Fritz Lang, Eiseinstein????
Yeah, they're all great, but that's five guys for a list of ten, so which five would you bump? Hitchcock. Felliini, Bergman, and Kurosawa, at least, are all pretty much indisputable and indispensible. I think you really need to have at least one artist who is still alive and producing good work, so Scorsese stays, and there seems to be widespread agreement with the selection of Kubrick, so which four of your five do you like best?
That would produce a list with no living and active directors. I'm not okay with that. That would be stodgy and snobbish, and I don't think it would be accurate. Martin Scorsese is not a dispensable also ran.
I don't know that I'd agree that Tarkovsky is better than Kubrick, but I think the mere the fact that it seems to come down to a choice between then in your mind as it does in mine is telling. As great as they both are, the have so many things in common as artists, both obvious and indefinable, that it does seem like squeezing both of them onto a list this short would be superfluous and would create an imbalance in terms of recognizing the full breadth of all that can be done in film.
All time includes the future. When I think about directors whose future work I still look forward to I come up with Scorsese, the Coen brothers, Roy Andersson, Leos Carax, Asghar Farhadi, Denis Villeneuve, Michael Haneke, Tarantino (though always with some reservations and trepidation), Chan Wook Park, Spike Jonze.
Still-living directors who've done great work and could surprise me by equaling their best: Zhang Yimou, Clint Eastwood, David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci, Pedro Almodovar, David Cronenberg, Godard.
Out of all those I must insist upon at least Scorsese. Out of Beaudot's nominees I would shitcan Antonioni, who I appreciate but have rarely really enjoyed, and THAT would be the real 10 best: Chaplin, Eisenstein, Lang, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, Kubrick, Scorsese, and fuck Tarkovsky, I just noticed that there are no French directors, so I pick Renoir.
@@meamwayne2070 In case you didn't know, Fritz Lang is the only director to have one of his films (Metropolis) preserved by the UNO as one of the most important documents of mankind, between the bible and the declaration of human rights
My 10 favorite film directors
1. Kubrick (best mastery)
2. Fellini (best style)
3. Godard (best analysis)
4. Scorsese (best dynamic)
5. Hitchcock (best teacher)
6. Welles (best multilayer)
7. Coppola (best scope)
8. Lynch (best surprise)
9. Leone (best entertainment)
10. Altman (best natural)
Good list, I agree with 1-6 and Leone. I'd sub in David Cronenberg and John Carpenter for Altman and Lynch or Coppola - scifi and horror don't get a fair shake from lists like this!
Hell yeah, Hitchcock is def the best teacher in film
@LeeChaeyonsHusbandThen why is Kubrick named as the best filmmaker of all time while Kurosawa is not even top 3 lmao
@LeeChaeyeonsHusband and all comment on your channel is Kubrick hate because you know that he is Better than you boring Kurosawa
Eisenstein, Tarkovski, Wilder, Chaplin, Visconti, Bunuel, Lean, Ford, Altman, Cassavetes, Cimino, Dreyer, Lang, Rossellini, Kazan.
YOU LEFT OUT RENOIR WERNER HERZOG AND AKIRA KURASAWA
@@robertgray9810 they both made it in the list
@@sameerahmed-gx8js he mentioned three filmmakers though...
And Ray? Satyajit Ray?
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 of course he deserve to get mention... He's easily one of the most artistic filmmaker of all time
When Tarkovski and Satyajit ray arent even mentioned you loose faith in the channel
over whom though?
who ?
Who?
@T M Yeah but who's Tarkovski? ( Don't go on obvious by saying he's a director) but what movies did he make?
Wert Gamer He made „Solaris“ (the Original, not the shitty George Clooney remake), „Stalker“, „The Sacrifice“ and many other great films. If you’re a cinema lover, the name Tarkovsky is a must!
Kubric deserves the top spot. He's directed some of the best and most revolutionary movies ever
True dat. The man's a legend
+DoctaDaKing he was a pretentious dick
***** Without a doubt. It was one man's acid trip put to a way too long, boring, and all in all confusing cinematic feature that anyone who claims they understand is simply trying to be the smartest guy in the room. Conceited shite.
+Morgan Phillips maybe that's cause you're to immature to understand it. People unlike me are often too immature to understand the film and prefer the Avengers or movies with explosions and shit. Look deeper into the movie and you won't think it was that bad cause it wasn't.
+Lucifer Morningstar it makes sense if u pay attention😐
I can think of two who I think deserve a lot of credit for utilising the poetic artistry that cinema is capable of; Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky especially!
Woody above Bergman? haha. Ask him yourself and you'll get a laugh then a scowl.
Gabe Azevedo I can see you have passion, but obviously you know nothing about movies; you can't even get *Andrei* Tarkovsky's name right.
top ten directors eva : Tarkovsky, Lynch, Kurosawa, Jean luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Hitchcock, Chaplin, Kieszlowski.
nc QT is the best modern director.
Matei Lascu He hasn't made a competent film since the 90's. I wouldn't even put him in top 10 working. He might not even be top 10 Hollywood.
nc Kill Bill,Inglorious Basterds,Django Unchained and Hateful Eight are all great films,among the top 3 of their respective years.
In No particular order although my favorite is Scorssese :
Kubrick
Scorsese
Hitchcock
Orsen wells
Coppola
John Ford
Kazan
Spielberg
Charlie chaplin
David lean
Christopher Nolan Quintin tarentino Peter Jackson Robert zemekis Clint Eastwood Ridley Scott it's hard to make lists
@@DanielGoldMcduckRose yeah true its all about the ones taste , you can add Woody allen too , he is a genius when it comes to Comedy and awkwardness
My top top three are Nolan Scorsese Tartintino but still putting Speilberg at my top as far as unbiased everybody loves him whether your young or old in between e.t. Jaws jarassic park Indiana Jones close encounters Schindler's list Lincoln bridge of spies
Thats a pretty amazing list, glad you put chaplin, ford and kazan.
Besides Spielberg, the list is brilliant.
James Cameron ?!?!
Why isn't Michael Bay number 1?!!!
Said nobody ever
Well, you just said it.
He's just too good. The reason why Transformers 4 didn't win the Oscar for best picture makes me wanna kill myself.
Ha ha ha, he's on that "other" list.
+Master Tom bay is terrible
Urry Clark Film
Hayao Miyazaki should be in this list.
the one who made spirited away if so then ifeel like thats an entirely different vid
Nope. He just made nicely animated Japanese version of Disney movies. That's it.
@@vedaryan334 ur outlook is pathetic
@a BAY GRED Who are you to tell no
@@vedaryan334 Hmm... animated films are harder to make than irl shoots.
Tarkovski, Fritz Lang, Bunuel, Ford, Truffaut, Antonioni, Hawks, Bresson, Chaplin, Mizogushi, Ozu ?????
Aaaaahhh finally someone that knows these directors, I'm tired of all the "where are Fincher and Nolan???"
@Gabriel Sobre I don't say they should know them, but they shouldn't pretend making top 5's, and by the way I'm 14 years old so...
@Akash Akks yes.
@Akash Akks dont be surprised im 19 and I have friends my age and younger than me who watch bergman and bunuel and tarkovski and etc.
@Akash Akks I'm 15 and most of my favorite movies are from the 40s and 50s. And I'm a Kubrick addict as well.
I don't know about old generation but for my generation :-
1. Christopher Nolan
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Quentin tarantino
4. James cameron
5. Steven spielberg
This would be my list.
Were is David fincher lol
Personally I think Fincher is much better than nolan
Missing Robert zemekis Clint Eastwood Peter Jackson
I see you are not a man of culture
Not a bad list, but im not even gonna lie, im VERY salty that Sergio Leone isnt on here. To me, he's a top 5 director hands down
Plus holy shit, i just realized John ford isnt on here........
+Rj Macready Sergio Leone should be 1
Sergio should be in the Top 5 for The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly alone. There's a reason Quentin Tarantino calls it "the best directed film ever".
Weres Christopher Nolan and George Lucas ?
LOL George Lucas, what did he even direct? Pretty sure Spielberg babysat him through Star Wars and when he was left alone to do his own thing, he fell flat on his face (prequels).
You know, despite the fact that I heavily disagree with watchmojo the vast majority of the time, I have to give them credit where credit is due. This channel introduced me to many of what I now consider to be some of my absolute favorite pieces of pop culture of all time. It was this very list that convinced me to first start watching the works of Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino and others when I first began learning that I have an interest in cinema. So thank you watchmojo, for helping to develop me into the person I am today.
I want to be a director when I’m older
Then eat more apples.
Nick Pastorino The hell does that mean?
Well good luck
Same but I don't think I'll make enough money to make a movie
Then make that dream come true
Speilberg at 8? Are you fucking kidding me? top 3 easily
+MrKJ444 and also no Frank Capra honorable mention?
+MrKJ444 over who in the top 3?
Yes he's a great director but nowhere near the likes of Kubrick, Hitchcock, Coppola, Kurosawa etc
+MrKJ444 Spielberg is a jewish propagandist- that's it!!
Speilberg is shit if you ask me, Cohen brothers are number one
Actually best directors of all time are totally underrated hahaha
The fact that Billy wilder isn't even mentioned is insulting.
Nolan fanboys:
So that means Nolan is #1 right?
1 minute later: FUCCCKKKKK THISSSSS
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I mean he’s a great director he’s def top ten but yeah I get what u saying
@@colonelmustard5248 he's no where near top 10
@@CD-603 he just 100 percent is he’s directed so many great movies I just don’t think u know what ur talking about now he’s no Stanley Kubrick but he’s still top 10
@@colonelmustard5248 he hasn't directed many great films. Memento and Inception are his two best. Apart from those and tenet his films are unoriginal and adaptations
I couldn't agree more with #1. Genius, master, visionare... No words can make justice to Kubrick. Btw, a movie written by Tarantino and directed by Kubrick? That would have been perfection :D
+señor-achopijo Would for sure be interesting to see
It surely would if Kubrick wasn't dead…
+señor-achopijo I recommend checking out "The Killing" by Stanley Kubrick, easily one of his most underrated movies which Tarantino eventually ripped off.
+señor-achopijo I think that would be a mess. Tarantino's screenplays can only be directed by Tarantino
Nah,they are geniuses, but they wouldn't work well togheter
*My Top 10 Favorite Film Directors of All Time*
1. Yasujirō Ozu (Tokyo Story, Late Spring)
2. Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries, Persona)
3. Andrei Tarkovsky (Solaris, Stalker)
4. Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu Monogatari, Sansho the Bailiff)
5. Akira Kurasawa (Seven Samurai, Ikiru)
6. Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon)
7. Robert Bresson (Au Hasard Balthazar, Diary of a Country Priest)
8. Federico Fellini (8½, La Dolce Vita)
9. F.W. Murnau (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, The Last Laugh)
10. Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis)
Other Amazing Directors that Deserve a Mention:
- Masaki Kobayashi (Harakiri, The Human Condition)
- Jean Renoir (The Rules of the Game, The Grand Illusion)
- François Roland Truffaut (The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim)
- Satyajit Ray (The Apu Trilogy, Charulata)
- Michelangelo Antonioni (L'Avventura, L'Eclisse)
- Abel Gance (Napoleon, J'accuse)
- Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless, Pierrot le Fou)
- Béla Tarr (Sátántangó, The Turin Horse)
- Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, Amour)
- Jean-Pierre Melville (Le Samouraï, Le Cercle Rouge)
- Andrzej Wajda (Man of Marble, Ashes and Diamonds)
- Sergei M. Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin, Ivan the Terrible)
the toadster I was going to say the same thing
the toadster No David Lean also
Fantastic list, totally agree with you :)
> 'best directors'
> no Wes ANDERSON
nice try
the toadster Scorcese, Spielberg and Coppola do not crack that Top 10. I don't wholly agree with the order or names, but they have more of an idea than you do. They themselves would say the same fucking thing.
Satyajit ray
1) the trilogy of apu
2) the days and nights in the jungle
3) mahanagar
4) the philosopher's stone
5) satranj li khilari
they definitely aren't including bollywood mate. Nobody really knows these outside of India.
@@Luca-bv5ic yes agree to you
Tarkovsky?
Who?
Tarkovsky
Who?
Woody Allen is on the list and Sergio Leone is not even a honorable mention? LOL
No Tarkovsky no Leone no Eisenstein no Riefenstahl no Truffaut no Rossellini no Chaplin?
But Allen is in!
C'mon.
@I Riefenstahl influenced modern cinematography as Welles or Eisenstein.
Do You want to discuss or are you simply trolling?
Lol I love how everyone trash on Allen
To be honest why is he hated?
@@christian9146 because he's good but not perfect.
@@calogerohuygens4430 oh thanks for the reply but is his movie mediocre?
@@christian9146 no, but Allen movies aren't fundamentals like them of Rossellini or Truffaut.
My Top 20 List:
1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Akira Kurosawa
4. Orson Welles
5. Martin Scorsese
6. Francis Ford Coppola
7. Steven Spielberg
8. Christopher Nolan
9. Federico Feline
10. Ingmar Bergman
11. Woody Ellen
12. Spike Lee
13. Wong Kar-wai
14. the Coen Brothers
15. Quentin Tarantino
16. Roman Polanski
17. David Finch
18. David Lynch
19. Kathryn Bigelow
20. John Ford
3 non-American/English directors in this Top 10 !! Good job, you're on the right track.
Tarkovsky is still missing from the list.
Rozniq Burg Many think his films are too slow. I don't know why, but they do.
Kevin Ostrica Silly people.
They're not slow,they're beautiful.
***** True, but not as masterfully paced or entertaining while at the same time being artistic like films by Martin Scorsese.
I totally agree with your choice of Stanley Kubrick at #1. He was definitely the best.
I think Hitchcock was better
Adrian Schagerl, I feel like Hitchcock made less iconic film thoe. I generally think the only good movies he made were Psycho and Vertigo. That's just my opinion thoe
@@adrianschagerl4486 - I agree, but I can go with number 2. At least he did not end up a BS spot like 8th.
Mike M You're right.
Kubrik is a master of cinema, I just think he made very few movies, while Hitchcock made over 50 movies and all of them were great.
Hitchcock and Kubrick are the best
Steven Spielberg is only the 8th? Yeah, you're funny WatchMojo...
y u complaining
+Máté Vajda Steven Spielberg sucks anyway.
+StonedRidah explain
Laser Pony well, i know this is a directorl ist. He may be a good director. What i hate about him is that he makes a movie based on somebody else's sricpt and then takes all the credit, thus people are saying A MARTIN SCORSESE MOVIE. When he didn;t write the script. That's why he sucks to me
StonedRidah
You clearly don't know anything about filmmaking or directing.
1: Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, The Prestige, Inception, Tenet, Dunkirk, Memento)
2: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, ET, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Catch Me If You Can, Shindler's List)
3: Robert Zemmeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Castaway, Polar Express, Romancing the Stone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
4: Richard Donner (Superman, Goonies, Maverick, Leathal Weapon, Scrooged, The Omen, Ladyhawke)
5: James Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Avatar, Titanic, True Lies, The Abbyss)
6: Tim Burton (Batman, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Peewee's Big Adventure, Edward Scissorshands, Big Fish)
7: Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, Shining, Dr. Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lydon)
8: Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, The Martian, Thelma and Louise, American Gangster)
9: Russo Brothers (Infinity War, Endgame, Winter Soldier, Civil War, 21 Bridges, Extraction)
10: Martin Scorcese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, King of Comedy)
I know this was a year ago but 💀
Watch more movies for the love of god
For me:
Tarkovsky / Bergman take the helm
Then in no particular order:
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Robert Bresson, Kon Ichikawa, Nicolas Ray, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jan Svankmajer, Chris Marker, Yuriy Norshteyn, Yasujiro Ozu, Hayao Miyazaki, Shuji Terayama, Andrej Zulawki, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Victor Erice, Orson Welles, Luis Bunuel, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Michael Haneke, Lars Von Trier, Werner Herzog, David Lynch, Sergei Parajanov, Bela Tarr, Terrence Malick, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Cocteau, Sidney Lumet, Gus Van Sant, Fritz Lang, John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh... I'm sure I missed many
Nice list. Showing some of the lesser known directors some love, like the great Jean-Pierre Melville. I'll throw in F.W. Murnau, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Max Ophuls, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Francois Truffaut, John Ford, Howard Hawks, MIchael Powell, Wim Wenders, Roger Corman... The list goes on and on. A lot of great directors.
That's a very interesting list. You definitely know your stuff. Also I'd throw in Max Ophuls.
Christopher Nolan
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you missed satyajit ray
Satyajit Ray.... Who won the honorary award at 1992 oscars..... Martin Scorsese ......has mentioned to have been influenced by his work.... Just because he is an Indian.... I guess he has no place in this list
Totally agree
Dude... who cares about Indians huh? We have Been deemed for years
Even the film ET was originally satyajit Ray script
@@m.a.d.g.o.d ,den why mention about Akira Kurosawa??nd why Hollywood remakes south Korean films?
@@triston9312 Americans SPECIFICALLY hate India. They fear India. Americans now think that they're the best while they are narrow minded
Akira Kurosawa was said " If you never seen a *Satyajit Ray* 's movie in your whole life, that's mean you're never seen a sun or moon in your life."
Fact : Satyajit Ray got an honorary award by the Academy. & You *Watchmojo* not even mention him.
Satyajit best hai yr ... i have seen few of his movie ... unbelievable .
@@123rebelguy yes man. He's a genius. In this list all the directors are great. I love their works n visions....but, *Satyajit Ray* should've been on the list.
@Vishnu k I'm just saying they should've mention him
@Arjun t lol Google it. Who put up the list in Google. Y the fuck should we even care about it. Google it. Moron
@Arjun t I mean how can you compare them in terms of popularity (Bengali vs English) .Google don't rank them ,they will just show one of us sites result based on voting
Why is Tarantino an honorable mention when Tarkovsky, Tarr, DeSica, Antonioni, Sjostrom, Bresson, Renoir, and Chaplin aren’t. And why is Allen and Spielberg ahead of INGMAR BERGMAN. He should be number one. My personal rankings:
1. Ingmar Bergman
2. Michaelangelo Antonioni
3. Federico Fellini
4. Stanley Kubrick
5. Jean Luc Godard
6. Robert Bresson
7. Martin Scorsese
8. Jean Renoir
9. Jean Vigo
10. Charlie Chaplin
I agree ...... but then again you are missing us Indians.....our SATYAJIT RAY!
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 Ray is great for sure
But Ingmar is the best
If you are into art house films you would rave about Bergman but in reality his films are nothing more than regional endeavors that do not appeal on a global level. I think Bergman is a fine director but he is of a particular taste.
never thought i would agree with watchmojo but stanley kubrick is number 1.
For me:
1. Martin Scorsese
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Ingmar Bergman
4. Akira Kurosawa
5. Charlie Chaplin
6. Stanley Kubrick
7. John Ford
8. Billy Wilder
9. Federico Fellini
10. Woody Allen
What about Christopher Nolan
Ruly manatee wot, no, in comparison to Fellini or Kubrick he’s nothing
Sam Thornton
He’s not nothing
He’s one of the best directors of his generation
I’m not saying he should be in the list but he deserves a nomination at least
If tarantino can, Nolan can
Clint Eastwood Peter Jackson Robert zemekis Christopher Nolan Ridley Scott it's hard to make lists
@IssyFishyy Dunkirk was his most recent in tenet. average what's that? Compared to what ?
Christopher Nolan should've been on the list.
No,h should not
+Kosta Jovanovic agreed. HOnorable mention for him would be fine. If say his next 5 films are just as good or even better as previous ones then he will make the list
+tim huynh lol no
With his short career he had more acclaimed movies than some of those "epics" who did like 2 or 3 at most.Memento,Interstellar,The Dark knight(the greatest),Prestige.sigh
p41n0koki his movies arent inherently brilliant or great in pure film terms though, his scripts and editing are mediocre, he just produces well made, entertaining, blockbuster movies. He falls way short in terms of pure film compared to these film makers, Interstellar and Prestige only got decent reviews btw. His movies are generally very well liked by the masses but critics of film arent in love with them because they have clear flaws. Hes great at what he does, but what he does isnt great film.
My Ranking:
11.- Roman Polański
10.- Stanley Kubrick
9.- John Ford
8.- Billy Wilder
7.- John Carpenter
6.- Clint Eastwood
5.- Ingmar Bergman
4.- Akira Kurosawa
3.- William Wyler
2.- Sergio Leone
1.- Alfred Hitchcock
Sergio Leone is not anywhere in this list.
So David Lynch is born in 1969? Interesting, considering he apparently wasnt even a teenager when he made Eraserhead. What a fucking protigee.
+Vincent Knight He was actually born in 1946.
+Vincent Knight Isn't 1969 when he started making movies?
+NewhamMatt He did make a 6 minute short film in 1966
TypicalChannel I see. I can only assume that watchmojo didn't count shorts. I could be wrong - they do make mistakes from time to time.
+Vincent Knight He made Eraserhead when he was 8. Talk about a crazy childhood.
Charlie Chaplin seriously, i mean that guy need a least the 3rs spot.
P.E.P m
My personal list:
10 tarkovaki
9 coen brothers
8 anderson
7 spielberg
6 Hitchcock
5 Fellini
4 Nolan
3 Coppola
2 Kubrick
1 Scorzese
1. Steven Spielberg
2.client eastwood
3.sergio leone
4.Alfred hitch
5.frank darabont
6.Stanley kubrick
7.Peter jackson
8.Christopher nolan
9.orson weles
10.giullermo del toro
Frank darabont sucks
You could have included David Fincher and christopher Nolan in honorary mentions list. And there is no comparison when it's come to Stanley Kubrick , He is the number one.
Christopher Nolan doesn’t belong anywhere near this list.
@@aidans8716 why? I'm personally not a big Nolan fan.
But I want to hear from others, what makes you think Nolan isn't that good?
Dawson Djodvorj His films are all the same. They're popular and well acclaimed from the general audience but don’t contain that much depth. Just look at Inception, it looks more like a product than a real vision.
@@aidans8716 Or maybe it's because you didn't understand his movies at all and wasn't simply able to grasp his creativity and genius
Word up!! Stanley was ultra ultra ahead of his time!! 2001
I have just two words to add...
JOHN FORD!!!!!!
John Ford, Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergio Leone r all way better than most, if not all, the guys on this list.
@@shotbro4998 better than Spielberg, Allen and Coppola? Sure. Better than Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa, Hitchcock and Kubrick? No way
As a Swede, it was great seeing Bergman on this list. One of the most influentual directors of all time!
Why on Earth is Steven Spielberg is number 8
Ya your Right, Why????
Taking a look at spielbergs movies, he should have been #1.
the reasonable explanation for your question is that Steven's movie were such great for his own century, not really impact to the teenager and kids since 2000s.
U know what, i am glad he is even on the list...
EXACTLY!!!
My top 10 favourite directors in no particular order
1- Spielberg
2-Jackson
3-Fincher
4-Kubrick
5-Burton
6-Tarantino
7-Lynch
8-Cameron
9-Gilliam
10- Lucas
@El Viola Feos no, but thanks...
10: Stanley Kubrick
9: MICHEAL FRIEKING BAY
8: Stanley Kubrick
7: Stanly Kubrick
6: Tommy Wiseau (OBVIOUSLY)
5: Stanley Kubrick
4: Stanley Kubrick
3: Stanley Kubrick
2: Steven Spielberg
1: STANLEY KUBRICK!
Akiro Kurosawa is legendary director.
Akira Kurosawa Said Watching a Satyajit Ray Film Is Like "Seeing the Sun or Moon"
Here's my top 10 favorite film directors of all time:
10. Edgar Wright (The Cornetto Trilogy & Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World)
9. Joel & Ethan Coens (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and No Country for Old Men)
8. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, and Cast Away)
7. James Cameron (The Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, Titanic, and Avatar)
6. Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones Series, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, Jaws, and E.T the Extra Terrestrial)
5. David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Social Network, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl)
4. Stanley Kubrick (All of his films)
3. Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Departed, Hugo, and The Wolf of Wall Street)
2. Alfred Hitchcock (All of his films)
1. Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, Inglorious Basterds, and Django Unchained)
Here's my honorable mentions that I forgot put, but great directors:
H1. Alejandro Gonzales Iriratu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, and Birdman)
H2. Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame, and 12 Years of Slave)
H3. Martin Campbell (GoldenEye & Casino Royale)
H4. Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama También, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, and Gravity)
H5. Christopher Nolan (All of his movies)
H6. Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster, and The Martian)
Sorry guys, but it's all that I got but they're in my top 16 spot.
+Felipe Rico It's a good list and I'm a fan of all of them, but I think watchmojo's list was better because it featured less modern directors and also non-english speaking ones. I think most people would agree there are better options out there than Robert Zemeckis.
This is a perfect list in my opinion
+misterStevePikk true
+Felipe Rico you said all of time ? it just like from 80's till 2015.
Not easy to rank since there have been many geniuses, but I guess mine could be:
1) Stanley Kubrick
2) Orson Welles
3) Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
4) Alfred Hitchcock
5) Akira Kurosawa
6) Roman Polanski
7) Charlie Chaplin
8) David Lynch
9) Terrence Malick
10) Ingmar Bergman
What the hell is Tarantino doing in honourable mentions .
G Galeno I don’t think, Tarantino is the best director of all time, but it’s hard to deny that he is one of the most well known and influential directors. I think he would deserve a spot in the top 10, but of course these lists are just a matter of personal opinion.
Though I feel strongly that Tarantino should be on that list before Woody 😂
Your opinions shit mate
@@Jdkdks-sf8bp i really think he should be at number 8/9 spot just because of pulp fiction and Django unchained. he literally never made a bad film and quite frankly just because his film's are just too much fun and creative and he just loves movies. he loves every kinds of movies and he shows it in his films. i think he is the best and the greatest ( and my favorite) director of all time
but it's just my opinion
I totally agree pulp fiction is a banging movie absolutely classic and django unchained is a great film
@@mustyHead6 Steven Spielberg is only #8 on this list though and he's a way greater director than Tarantino.
1 kUBRICK
2 Scorsese
3 Hitchcock
4 Tarantino
5 Coppola
6 brothers Coen
7 Welles
8 Sergio Leone
9 Fellini
10 Spielberg
Fabio Poli Good list.
Nolan
And your opinion is Spielberg #10?
Yeah... no fucking way spielberg isn't better than tarantino
@@andresparra114 in your eyes but in my eyes he is
Edit: oh isn't I thought you said is I thought you were going for Tarantino sorry 😅
Why is woody allen even in this list
cause he is a good director and I think Roman Polankinsi should be in the list too
@@bobbyking1738 boring director
@@kkkkkk-sj3wu stfu kid
@@bobbyking1738 as good as he may be, he shouldn't be anywhere near this list
@@shauryaa5687 That makes no sense
My list.
1. Steven Spielberg
2. John Ford
3. Stanley Kubrick
4. Francis Ford Coppola
5. David lean
6. Martin Scorsese
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Akira kurasowa
9. Chuck Jones (it shouldn't be limited to just movies)
10. Sergio leone
11. Frank capra
Fyi chuck Jones did many of the old Warner Brothers cartoons starring bugs bunny.
ONE WORD.Tarkovski
typical hipster
BlackSketchyThing YES!! The fact Tarkovsky wasn't on this list is fucking ridiculous!
Yep. top 7 for sure.
The best was Stanley Kubrick .
He truly marinated himself in his work!
Was, is and will forever be.
I also tribute him, ALL TIME BEST DIRECTOR
Dawson Djodvorj toxic mentality to have, to be so unwilling to even consider that another director could be better than your favourite shows how close minded you are.
@@samishi2811 who's the best to you
Billy Wilder definitely deserves a mention
shawerma818 Much more than a mention. He was vastly superior to most of the people on their list.
My top 10 of all-time
10. David Lynch
9. Werner Herzog
8. Andrei Tarkovski
7. Ingmar Bergman
6. Martin Scorsese
5. Fritz Lang
4. Orson Welles
3. F. W. Murnau
2. Stanley Kubrick
1. Alfred Hitchcock
Excellent list.
Oldhead list
@@jsjwhw8254 well i'm 20 yrs old, kek
@@netzklausida6546 I never said you were old LMAO, do you know what an oldhead is?
I'm just agree with the first pick of Kubrick BUT it's lacking the most important author filmmaker along with kurosawa and bergman, Tarkovsky, him not being on this list is a shame... Too many americans.
WatchMojo sucks. Allen over Bergman? I see hatred to sweden people, obvioulsy they preffer Katharine Hepburn over Greta Garbo!!!
My top 10 movie directors of All time
1.Steven Spielberg
2.Stanley Kubrick
3.Alfred Hitchcock
4.Francis Ford Coppola
5.Martin Scorsese
6.Orson Welles
7.Quentin Tarantino
8.Roman Polanski
9.David Fincher
10.Christopher Nolan
Another great director is Peter Jackson
Abel Salvarel Abel Natanael clint Eastwood is very bias
Much more better
Stanley Kubrick was much better than Spielberg
Spielberg no where near to kubrick and hitchcock. You got no idea.
Good list overall; I'd put Nolan as an honorable mention, and replace Woody Allen for Tarantino.
+Wilson Gozal Tarantino is one of the greats, can't believe he hasn't won a directing oscar yet
That's what I was exactly thinking.
Hopefully Hateful 8 will finally give it to him
+Jorge Hugo Lopez Lesca there are films by both I like, but they are a bit overrated imo
+Jorge Hugo Lopez Lesca just stop
Sergio Leone should have made the list, with David Fincher and Paul Thomas Anderson being worthy of at least honourable mentions.
Satyajit Ray ?
Rudra Biswas ya bro he definitely should be at 5 or 4 fuck watchmojo
Top 50 probably
top 100
@@user-xnex I think you should Google him.
Rudra Biswas should be no1 imo
Comedy is harder than drama, according to almost every producer, actor, writer and director. So where are Chaplin, Keaton, Hawks, Sturges, Capra, Avery, Jones and Clampett?
rackinfrackin People still love Chaplin's work, it's just many like to think of him mainly as an actor when most of his work was behind the camera. The other names you mentioned are great too.
it is true, comedy is a lot harder to impress people than drama. Because the primary thing you can achieve in comedy is to make the audience laugh, but as entertaining as that can be, what the audience mainly seek for in films that are successful are themes and what meanings a film can convey. So the best way to achieve that is through a drama.
That's eight guys for a list that only has ten total. Comedy may be harder, but it's not that much harder.
I don't remember any comedic movie that made me think "great directing". Its mostly writing and acting.
The thing about comedy is its much more subjective. It’s hard to include comedic filmmakers because in comedy you can forgive a much more poorly made film if it’s funny
Wilder gave us Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot and Double Indemnity. He belongs on this list.
Yeah, and you forgot The Apartment which is arguably his best film and an all time classic
Agree
Don't forget Witness for the Prosecution, The Lost Weekend, and Stalag 17 too
Anyone has mentioned Billy Wilder, who might be the 1st without doubt, que has the highest number if films inside the Top 50 movies of all time
Not in order:
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg
Alfred Hitchcock
Quentin Tarantino
Andrei Tarkovsky
Federico Fellini
Akira Kurosawa
Ingmar Bergman
Orson Welles
Honorable Mentions: Billy Wilder, Satyajit Ray, David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Linklater, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, Christopher Nolan, Roman Polanski, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola
THAT moment when the honorable mentions might be even better than the actually list LMAO
Kunga Sagar this is basically my list honorable mentions and all haha I’m also really bad at ranking stuff I don’t know why
Elchicolastic Cordova Same dude how the fuck can you pick 10 out of all of cinema’s best directors, let alone rank them.
Sergio Leone foi um dos mais influentes diretores de todos os tempos. da década de 60 para cá foi provavelmente o mais influente. Revolucionou o cinema moderno. Não pode ficar de fora de uma lista dos 10 mais.
the worst list i ever seen. i mean when you got Steven Spielberg among The best directors of the history and Tarkovsky out of it Then you dont know anything about movies
And Coppola. He shouldn't be on there either.
steven Spielberg is freaking bad ass dude
For spectators maybe but he's shit to cinephiles!!! We don't need no storytelling, we need vision, concept, substance!!!
SuperBrictson Shit to cinephiles? Spielberg’s talked about and studied about in film classes all the time. I don’t know who the fuck these cinephiles are that you’re talking about but they seem pretentious and don’t like fun.
Fun? hahahaha cinema is not an entertainment as TV, that's why we call it big screen, bigger quality, better language through metaphors without TV usual clichés. If you put Spielberg n' Woody Allen among way greater renaissance men like Hitchcock, Bergman, Kurosawa, Kubrick, etc. then you got a serious problem of criterium or you're just being childish n' a fanboy. Spielberg is for benchwarmers n' not for serious people who actually likes to think after the film. Pretentious fans? I rather be demanding than settle with the first easy proposal of his or any director!!!
Yeah you overlooked the great Indian Academy award winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray !!!!
My Top 10 Directors of All Time
10 - Coen Brothers
9 - Steven Spielberg
8 - Christopher Nolan
7 - Sergio Leone
6 - Francis Ford Coppola
5 - Stanley Kubrick
4 - Peter Jackson
3 - Clint Eastwood
2 - Quentin Tarantino
Hm : Alfred Hitchcook / Charlie Chaplin / James Cameron / David Fincher / Paul Thomas Anderson.
1 - Martin Scorsese
+Gani Ibraimi Hey, maybe try branching out from mainstream, big-budget, American movies. There is no way Nolan and Jackson are in the top 10
coen brothers HIGHER
+Gani Ibraimi I love Leone's westerns, but you can't put him in the list without give credits to Kurosawa's talent.
Scorcese is the best
+Alex Suszko Peter Jackson did the greatest and best trilogy of all time and Nolan did Dark Knight Trilogy Interstellar Inception Memento Prestige and Insomnia
1: Bergman
2: Kubrick
3: Kurosawa
4: Scorsese
5: Tarkovsky
6: Fellini
7: Orson Welles
8: Hitchcock
9: David Lean
10: Godard
Henry G only 1 addition... Francis coppola
Henry G No.
Henry G Very solid list! Tho I don't quite understand everybody's liking of David Lean.
Barney Os. Absolutely flawless pictures. They don't make them like they used to.
Barney Os. Oh, I won't deny that he's fantastic director. I was just scrolling through the comments and noticed just about every list included Lean. Guess I was unaware of the admiration so many people have for him.