Best and Worst of Directors

[Rowsdower!]

Guillermo Del Toro
Best: Pan's Labyrinth
Worst: Hellboy 2: The Golden Shower

Steven Spielberg
Best: Schindler's List
Worst: War of the Worlds

Richard Donner
Best: Superman
Worst: Timeline

Bryan Singer
Best: The Usual Suspects
Worst: Superman Returns

Kevin Smith
Best: Dogma
Worst: Cop Out

Tim Burton
Best: Beetlejuice
Worst: Planet of the Apes

 

[Parker Wayne]

I actually think Jackie Brown is Quentin's finest. It's his most elegant, mature, and sophisticated work IMO. Death Proof is his worst.

Jackie Brown is so underrated.

 

[Sundancer]

Martin Campbell

Best: Mask of Zorro

Worst: Green Lantern



Ron Howard

Best -- A Beautiful Mind

Worst -- How the Grinch Stole Christmas

 

[Fallen Angel]

Martin Campbell

Best: Mask of Zorro

Worst: Green Lantern

Casino Royale you don't think is his best?

 

[weezerspider]

Paul Thomas Anderson
Best: There Will Be Blood
Worst: Hard Eight

Martin Scorsese
Best: Raging Bull
Worst: Boxcar Bertha

Ingmar Bergman
Best: The Seventh Seal
Worst: The Serpents Egg

Quentin Tarantino
Best: Pulp Fiction
Worst: Death Proof

Steven Spielberg
Best: Jaws
Worst: Always

Stanley Kubrick
Best: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Worst: Fear and Desire

George Lucas
Best: American Graffiti
Worst: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Darren Aronofsky
Best: The Wrestler
Worst: The Fountain

Terrence Mallick
Best: Badlands
Worst: To The Wonder

David Fincher
Best: The Social Network
Worst: Alien 3

Spike Jonze
Best: Her
Worst: Where The Wild Things Are

David Lynch
Best: Blue Velvet
Worst: Dune


Christopher Nolan
Best: The Dark Knight
Worst: Following

Wes Anderson
Best: The Royal Tenenbaums
Worst: Bottle Rocket

Francis Ford Coppola
Best: Apocalypse Now
Worst: Jack

Jim Jarmusch
Best: Midnight Train
Worst: Permanent Vacation


Federico Fellini
Best: 8 1/2
Worst: The White Sheik

Orson Welles
Best: Citizen Kane
Worst: Mr. Arkadin

Francois Truffaut
Best: The 400 Blows
Worst: Two English Girls

Jeff Nichols
Best: Mud
Worst: Shotgun Stories

George Miller
Best: Mad Max:Fury Road
Worst: Babe 2


I think that's every director who I've seen their whole filmography maybe? Thanks to the OP for giving me something to do after my plane was delayed. I'm embarrassed by the amount of thought and time I put into this, but I had nothing else to do.

 

[spider-neil]

John Carpenter
Best: The Thing
Worst: Memoirs of an Invisible Man

 

[Matt Mortem]

Jim Jarmusch:
Best - Down by Law
Worst: The Limits of Control

 

[Fallen Angel]

I think that's every director who I've seen their whole filmography maybe? Thanks to the OP for giving me something to do after my plane was delayed. I'm embarrassed by the amount of thought and time I put into this, but I had nothing else to do.

Thanks man and that's a interesting list you've put there. It came about after discussing Michael Man''s best movies.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Tommy Wiseau
Best: The Room
Worst: The Room

 

[Sundancer]

Casino Royale you don't think is his best?

I think it's the best Bond film, but I feel Mask of Zorro has better pacing.

 

[Frankeh]

George Lucas

Best: Star Wars (1977)
Worst: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

 

[childeroland]

Chen Kaige
Best: Yellow Earth
Worst: Caught in the Web

Jia Zhangke
Best: The World
Worst: A Touch of Sin

Apichatpong Weersethakthakul
Best: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Worst: Mekong Hotel

Zhang Yimou
Best: Raise the Red Lantern
Worst: The Flowers of War

Edward Yang
Best: A Brighter Summer Day
Worst: A Confucian Confusion

Krystoff Kieslowski
Best: The Dekalog (Three Colours Red if you can't count TV films)
Worst: Blind Chance

Alfred Hitchcock
Best: Shadow of a Doubt
Worst: The Paradine Case

Hayao Miyazaki
Best: Spirited Away
Worst: Porco Rosso

Victor Erice
Best: El Sur
Worst: The Quince Tree Sun

Isao Takahata
Best: Grave of the Fireflies
Worst: My Neighbors the Yamadas

Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Best: Millennium Mambo
Worst: Flight of the Red Balloon

Tsai Ming-liang
Best: Rebels of the Neon God
Worst: Stray Dogs

Ang Lee
Best: Eat Drink Man Woman
Worst: Sense and Sensibility

Lee Chang-dong
Best: Secret Sunshine
Worst: Oasis

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Stanley Kubrick
Best: Spartacus
Worst: 2001: A Space Odyssey

George Lucas
Best: American Graffiti
Worst: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Howard the Duck is his worst.

 

[Loki882]

Steven Spielberg:
Best: Schindler's List.
Worst: The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

George Lucas:
Best: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Worst: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

David Fincher:
Best: Zodiac.
Worst: Alien 3 (although that wasn't completely his fault).

John Woo:
Best: Red Cliff
Worst: Mission Impossible II.

Christopher Nolan:
Best: The Dark Knight.
Worst: Interstellar (although it wasn't BAD per se).

Stanley Kubrick:
Best: Paths of Glory.
Worst: Eyes Wide Shut.

Francis Ford Coppola:
Best: The Godfather Part II.
Worst: Jack.

Tim Burton:
Best: Ed Wood.
Worst: Planet of the Apes.

John Lasseter:
Best: Toy Story.
Worst: Cars 2.

Brad Bird:
Best: The Incredibles.
Worst: Tomorrowland.

Sir Ridley Scott:
Best: Alien.
Worst: The Counselor.

Quentin Tarantino:
Best: Reservoir Dogs.
Worst: Deathproof.

Ron Howard:
Best: Apollo 13.
Worst: The Da Vinci Code.

Martin Campbell:
Best: Casino Royale.
Worst: Green Lantern.

 

[childeroland]

Stanley Kubrick
Best: Spartacus
Worst: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Howard the Duck is his worst.

Lucas didnt direct Howard the Duck.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Stanley Kubrick
Best: A Clockwork Orange
Worst: Lolita (it's still very good, I just wouldn't call it as good as his other films)

 

[Fallen Angel]

No shout's for 2001: A Space Odyssey?

 

[mr.roulette]

Tarantino
Best:Pulp Fiction and/or Reservoir Dogs
Worsteath Proof

Kubrick
Best:A Clockwork Orange
Worst:Fear and Desire

 

[weezerspider]

Stanley Kubrick
Best: Spartacus
Worst: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Howard the Duck is his worst.

Uhhh he didn't direct Howard the Duck.

 

[Fallen Angel]

M Night Shyamalan

Best- Unbreakable
Worst- After Earth/ Last Airbender (toss up)

 

[Rowsdower!]

M Night:

Best - Unbreakable
Worst - The Crappening

 

[Fallen Angel]

Quentin Tarantino

Best- Reservoir Dogs
Worst- Death Proof

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

John Lasseter

Best: Toy Story
Worst: Cars 2

 

[Soapy]

Tommy Wiseau
Best: The Room
Worst: The Room

Underrated post.

 

[David H.]

Paul Thomas Anderson
Best: There Will Be Blood
Worst: Hard Eight

Martin Scorsese
Best: Raging Bull
Worst: Boxcar Bertha

Ingmar Bergman
Best: The Seventh Seal
Worst: The Serpents Egg

Quentin Tarantino
Best: Pulp Fiction
Worst: Death Proof

Steven Spielberg
Best: Jaws
Worst: Always

Stanley Kubrick
Best: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Worst: Fear and Desire

George Lucas
Best: American Graffiti
Worst: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Darren Aronofsky
Best: The Wrestler
Worst: The Fountain

Terrence Mallick
Best: Badlands
Worst: To The Wonder

David Fincher
Best: The Social Network
Worst: Alien 3

Spike Jonze
Best: Her
Worst: Where The Wild Things Are

David Lynch
Best: Blue Velvet
Worst: Dune


Christopher Nolan
Best: The Dark Knight
Worst: Following

Wes Anderson
Best: The Royal Tenenbaums
Worst: Bottle Rocket

Francis Ford Coppola
Best: Apocalypse Now
Worst: Jack

Jim Jarmusch
Best: Midnight Train
Worst: Permanent Vacation


Federico Fellini
Best: 8 1/2
Worst: The White Sheik

Orson Welles
Best: Citizen Kane
Worst: Mr. Arkadin

Francois Truffaut
Best: The 400 Blows
Worst: Two English Girls

Jeff Nichols
Best: Mud
Worst: Shotgun Stories

George Miller
Best: Mad Max:Fury Road
Worst: Babe 2


I think that's every director who I've seen their whole filmography maybe? Thanks to the OP for giving me something to do after my plane was delayed. I'm embarrassed by the amount of thought and time I put into this, but I had nothing else to do.

I actually think The Fountain is pretty good. I dare anyone to pick out the best Coen Brothers' movie.