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Directors' Poll (Patreon)

Published:
2024-06-04 17:59:55
Edited:
2024-06-04 21:47:23
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Directors' Poll

  • Brian De Palma 19
  • Terrence Malick 13
  • Edgar Wright 15
  • Akira Kurosawa 14
  • Oliver Stone 26
  • Rob Reiner 14
  • Billy Wilder 16
  • Clint Eastwood 32
  • Mel Brooks 22
  • Alfonso Cuarón 10
  • David Lean 10
  • Howard Hawks 12
  • Frank Capra 12
  • Sergio Leone 12
  • The Coen Brothers 40
  • Spike Lee 10
  • David Cronenberg 7
  • Sidney Lumet 22
  • Hayao Miyazaki 9
  • Richard Linklater 8
  • Guillermo del Toro 18
  • John Ford 26
  • Yasujiro Ozu 5
  • Paul Thomas Anderson 18
  • 2024-06-04
  • —2024-06-06
  • 390 votes
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Content

Hey everyone! 🌟 Hope you're having an awesome day!

I know this post is a bit lengthy, but I wanted to share how I picked these movies and which ones I've already seen. You'll notice some big names like Kubrick, Spielberg, and Scorsese are missing. That's because I've watched some of their films recently, and I want to explore other directors' work for a bit. Don't worry, those legends will make a comeback on the channel soon! 😉

Also, you'll see no women directors here—not because they aren't amazing, but because I've either seen most of their work from those nominated or none at all. Unfortunately, I don't think the ones I haven't seen will win, so I'll handle that on my own! Which one will I choose? (Cue evil laughter 😈) It's all about balancing the scales!"⚖️

Movies I've seen:

Brian De Palma: Mission Impossible, The Untouchables(on Patreon), and maybe have seen Carlitos Way but I can't remember and could re watch that.

Edgar Wright: Last Night in Soho, SPVTW (both on Patreon) Planet Terror, Antman

Oliver Stone: The Doors, Natural Born Killers (own in new DVD collection and seen 1x when I was 14)

Rob Reiner: When Harry Met Sally, A few Good Men (both on Patreon), The Princess Bride, Stand By Me (Seen 1x I was a kid would be up for a re watch)

Clint Eastwood: Unforgiven (on Patreon), Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River (another I think I have seen but its been years)

Mel Brooks: Spaceballs

Alfonso Cuarón: Great Expectations (was obsessed with this movie growing up), HP3

Frank Capra: It's a Wonderful Life (on Patreon )

Sergio Leone: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (on Patreon)

The Coen Brothers: The Big Lebowski, True Grit (2010) (both on Patreon) I think I may have seen Fargo as a teen at a party but I don’t remember a lot.

Spike Lee: Inside Man

Sidney Lumet: 12 Angry Men (on Patreon)

Richard Linklater: School of Rock, Dazed and Confused (both on Patreon), Boyhood, A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life

Guillermo del Toro: Pan's Labyrinth, Blade II

Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights, Licorice Pizza

This poll took me some time to deliberate hope all the information above helps!

xx

Happy Voting

ames

ps. I was almost evil and only allowed 1 pick. But I was nice today :) wahahaha

Comments

Rick

If you have not seen Blazing Saddles or Young Franenstein...what are you waiting for?

Catchermag

Thank you for the hard work and deliberation in your seemingly NOT including Alfred Hitchcock specifically. Here’s to hoping next week goes off without a Hitch (get it?) 🤪 And the fact that you have never seen an Akira Kurosawa film means he gets my vote. Great list.

Paul Cox

Inside Man being the only Spike Lee joint you know is like "Shiny Happy People" being the only R.E.M. song you know (could that comparison be more gen x??)

Michael T

I wanted to pick all of 'em, except that would mean my vote is effectively null. So I only chose the best. 😛

Brando83

No idea who I could've voted for.

Kim

Ridley Scott (Black Rain) and Sidney Lament (The Verdict)😎 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

redddfer44

Good picks! I almost didn't vote for the Coens, because while I love their stuff, many of their movies have been reacted to quite often. Me selfish, me want new thing. SO! I vote for the Coens while making some strange ritual noises in my worst Portuguese in the hopes that the film would be Blood Simple, Barton Fink, or A Serious Man.

Toc

Out of consideration for the larger group, I will only be voting for 80s-present directors on this poll! (PLUS Sidney Lumet! I can't not for vote for Sidney! Not when Network and Dog Day Afternoon are just hanging out there, doing nothing!) I've been spoiled these last two weeks and I don't want people to get upset! So don't take it as a reflection on these other great directors if they get low votes!

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

So once a director is chosen, what happens next? Will there be a sub-poll listing his major works that we vote on?

Michael Saville

What about Cameron Crowe? Fast Times, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous?

Clay F

Clint Eastwood - High Plains Drifter (1973), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Pale Rider (1985), A Perfect World (1993), Gran Torino (2008), Invictus (2009) Hayao Miyazaki - My kids' favorite was "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989). They liked "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004). We saw "Arrietty" (2010) in the theater when released = really good. "Spirited Away" (2001) (Oscar winner) scared them. Richard Linklater - Before Sunrise (1995) Oliver Stone - Platoon (1986), Salvador (1986), Freeway (1996), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), not JFK Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line (1998) Brian De Palma - Body Double (1984) Spike Lee - Malcolm X (1992), Inside Man (2006), 25th Hour (2002), He Got Game (1998) The Coen Brothers - Bridge of Spies (2015), O Brother, where art thou? (2000), No Country for Old Men

RFK Fan

Rooting for PT Anderson and Alphonso Cuaron BUT....Sidney Lumet and DOG DAY AFTERNOON have to be in the top and I will die a secret silent death if Ames isn't turned onto Terrance Malick sometime soon. No other director on this list touches me on a spiritual level with his images MORE than Malick...

Thomas Richter

No Country for Old Man is the one to watch if Coen Bros win

LaserLamb

Ames, you put Planet Terror under Edgar Wright, but he only had a hand in the fictitious trailers used for the 'Grindhouse' double feature. Planet Terror was directed by Robert Rodriguez. Too bad you've seen it though, it would've been a blast of a watch-along!

Carl Lyngholm

Would have been nice to see David Lynch on this list, but with this many choices, can't imagine he'd get nominated even if he was. Going with PTA or The Coen Brothers. Also have a soft spot for Oliver Stone. Frankly, a little surprised Clint Eastwood has so many votes relative to some of the other choices on this list, but to each their own obviously.

Don Dunco

Think people, she hasn't seen Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, History of the World, The Producers......any of it. Help us give her a hand to see these classics.

AJ

Dude we were two steps away from HOT FUZZ!!! But nope. Thanks for giving Edgar Wright a shot.

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

It looks like a two horse race: Coen Brothers and Oliver Stone. My favorites from the Brothers are: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, and No Country for Old Men. (Fargo too but that's been played to death.) Ollie Stone: "Platoon", "Wall Street". ("JFK" hasn't aged well.) (Oops, I didn't see Eastwood at 8%. "Escape From Alcatraz", "The Bridges of Madison County", "Outlaw Josey Wales")

Steve Maxwell

One of my favorite Directors is Michael Mann. His films are very distinctive. You should react to "Manhunter" it is actually the first of the Hannibal Lector movies with a great cast.

Tony2012av

"I'm sorry Evan that the Colon brothers didn't direct the porn I watch" sorry. ☠️🤣

Toc

Although I didn't nominate a female director (I couldn't think of one that would win the poll), I can tell you I just saw one of the greatest movies I've ever seen a few weeks ago: Agnes Varda's "Le Bonheur" (1965). Have not been able to get it out of my mind. Has anyone seen that one? Other than Kubrick, she's the only director I can think of that comes from a photography background, and man oh man, does it show.

Toc

Many apologies, friends, I just deleted a couple of my comment replies where I'm being mildly, humorously negative about this director vs. that one, and this movie vs. that movie.....and I realized this is exactly what I SHOULDN'T be doing! So......sorry if you're looking for a comment that I since deleted! May the best movie win! 😎🤩😎🤩😎🤩😎

Chadddyboy

Raising Arizona! C brothers alllll day

Randolph Tirazona

Alfonso Cuarón did "A Little Princess" (1995), and Rob Riner did "The American President" (1995).

James Rogers

Just joined up. A little surprised/disappointed that Cronenberg isn't getting a bit more love. Guess I know where my Wheel of Wonder selections are headed.

James Rogers

If its the Coens I'd go off the beaten path. Blood Simple, Barton Fink or Miller's Crossing. If Its Eastwood how about movies he directed but didn't act in. Bird, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Oliver Stone is OLI right now. Anyone remember Salvador?

James Rogers

A Perfect World is a great pull and a nice change of pace performance from Kevin Costner.

Clay F

Looks like The Coen Brothers will slam the win home. I really like "Bridge of Spies" (2015) "No Country for Old Men" (2007) and "O Brother, where art thou?" (2000) are good. You could include "Fargo" (1996) in the poll as a rewatch because you indicated you don't really remember it.

Todd Rush

Cohen Brothers most underrated masterpiece is Miller's Crossing (which you need subtitles for because the dialog is SO amazing), which is both a gangster movie, while also parodying gangster movies. It is so unsung. I was introduced to it in a college class about gangster movies. Best class ever. LOL.

Raieldon

Anderson's Magnolia is probably the most underwatched movie in the whole reactosphere. In the early film buff internet it had a stature similar to other breakouts of the time like Memento and Fight Club and American History X.