Famous directors and their highest rated movies on RT (according to average rating).

[Ivan Drago]

I figured it would be kind of fun to comb through directors filmographies and pick out their highest rated movies. Keep in mind, I'm not looking at the percentage on Rotten Tomatoes, because the percentage is simply the number of critics who recommend the film.
The actual score of a film is the average rating, which is what I'm looking at.
Without further ado, here’s a list of famous directors and their top rated films

Martin Scorsese

Taxi Driver- average rating of 9/10

Raging Bull- average rating of 9/10

GoodFellas- average rating of 9/10

Mean Streets- average rating of 8.9/10

Hugo- average rating of 8.3/10

The King of Comedy- average rating of 8.2/10

The Departed- average rating of 8.2/10

Steven Spielberg

Jaws- average rating of 9.2/10

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial- average rating of 9.2/10

Raiders of the Lost Ark- average rating of 9.2/10

Schindler’s List- average rating of 9/10

Close Encounters of the Third Kind- average rating of 8.9/10

Saving Private Ryan- average rating of 8.6/10

Jurassic Park- average rating of 8.3/10

Minority Report- average rating of 8.1/10

Quentin Tarantino

Pulp Fiction- average rating of 9.1/10

Reservoir Dogs- average rating of 8.8/10

Django Unchained- average rating of 8/10

Inglourious Basterds- average rating of 7.8/10

Woody Allen

Annie Hall- average rating of 8.9/10

Manhattan- average rating of 8.5/10

Hannah and her Sisters- average rating of 8.5/10

Blue Jasmine- average rating of 8.1/10

Crimes and Misdemeanors- average rating of 8/10

Ridley Scott

Alien- average rating of 9/10

Blade Runner- average rating of 8.5/10

The Martian- average rating of 7.8/10

Thelma and Louise- average rating of 7.8/10

David Fincher

The Social Network- average rating of 9/10

Gone Girl- average rating of 8/10

Zodiac- average rating of 7.7/10

Seven- average rating of 7.7/10

Christopher Nolan

Dunkirk- average rating of 8.6/10

The Dark Knight- average rating of 8.6/10

Memento- average rating of 8.2/10

Inception- average rating of 8.1/10

Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather: Part II- average rating of 9.5/10

The Godfather- average rating of 9.2/10

Apocalypse Now- average rating of 8.9/10

The Conversation- average rating of 8.7/10

Roman Polanski

Chinatown- average rating of 9.3/10

Repulsion- average rating of 8.9/10

Rosemary's Baby- average rating of 8.8/10

The Pianist- average rating of 8.2/10

Terrence Malick

Badlands- average rating of 8.9/10

Days of Heaven- average rating of 8.3/10

The Tree of Life- average rating of 8.1/10

The Coen Brothers

No Country for Old Men- average rating of 8.7/10

Fargo- average rating of 8.7/10

Inside Llewyn Davis- average rating of 8.5/10

True Grit- average rating of 8.3/10

Blood Simple- average rating of 8.3/10

James Cameron

Aliens- average rating of 9/10

The Terminator- average rating of 8.8/10

Terminator 2: Judgement Day- average rating of 8.4/10

Titanic- average rating of 8/10

Paul Thomas Anderson

There Will Be Blood- average rating of 8.4/10

Boogie Nights- average rating of 8.1/10

The Master- average rating of 8.1/10

Magnolia- average rating of 7.5/10

David Lynch

Blue Velvet- average rating of 8.8/10

The Elephant Man- average rating of 8.4/10

Eraserhead- average rating of 8.1/10

The Straight Story- average rating of 8.1/10

John Carpenter

Halloween- average rating of 8.6/10

The Thing- average rating of 7.3/10

They Live- average rating of 7.1/10

Escape from New York- average rating of 6.9/10

Denis Villeneuve

Blade Runner 2049- average rating of 8.2/10 (subject to change)

Arrival- average rating of 8.3/10

Sicario- average rating of 8/10

Incendies- average rating of 7.9/10

Prisoners- average rating of 7.3/10

Robert Zemeckis

Back to the Future- average rating of 8.7/10

Who Framed Roger Rabbit- average rating of 8.4/10

Cast Away- average rating of 7.4/10

Forrest Gump- average rating of 7.2/10

 

[Fallen Angel]

And Rocky IV?

 

[Ivan Drago]

And Rocky IV?

Critics just don't understand that film. #2deep4you

 

[FunkMiller]

No Zack Snyder? t:

 

[Longuecarabine]

Michael Mann

The Insider: 8.1/10
The Last of the Mohicans: 7.9/10
Manhunter: 7.8/10
Heat: 7.8/10
Thief: 7.7/10

 

[2kt09]

Michael Bay

Spoiler

• The Rock 6.6/10
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 5.5/10
• The Island 5.4/10
• Pain & Gain 5.3/10
• Armageddon 5.2/10

Brett Ratner

Spoiler

• Red Dragon 6.4/10
• Tower Heist 6.2/10
• Rush Hour 6/10
• X-Men: The Last Stand 5.9/10
• Rush Hour 2 5.5/10
• The Family Man 5.5/10
• Hercules 5.4/10
• New York, I love You 5/10

Joss Whedon

Spoiler

• Marvel's The Avengers 8/10
• Much Ado About Nothing 7.5/10
• Serenity 7.2/10

JJ Abrams

Spoiler

• Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 8.2/10
• Star Trek 8.1/10
• Star Trek into Darkness 7.5/10
• Super 8 7.4/10

Jon Favreau

Spoiler

• The Jungle Book 7.8/10
• Iron Man 7.7/10
• Elf 7/10
• Chef 6.8/10
• Zathura 6.5/10
• Iron Man 2 6.5/10
• Made 6.3/10

Gore Verbinski

Spoiler

• Rango 7.6/10
• Pirates of the Caribbean 7.1/10
• The Ring 6.6/10
• The Weather Man 6.1/10
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 6/10
• The Mexican 5.5/10
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 5.5/10

Justin Lin

Spoiler

• Star Trek Beyond 6.9/10
• Fast Five 6.4/10
• Fast & Furious 6 6.2/10
• Shopping for Fangs 5.2/10

David Yates

Spoiler

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part 2 8.3/10
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part 1 7.2/10
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7.1/10
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 6.9/10
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 6.8/10

Sam Raimi

Spoiler

• Spider-Man 2 8.3/10
• A Simple Plan 8.2/10
• Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn 8/10
• Evil Dead 8/10
• Spider-Man 7.7/10
• Drag Me to Hell 7.6/10
• Army of Darkness 6.9/10
• Darkman 6.8/10
• Spider-Man 3 6.2/10
• For the Love of the Game 6.1/10
• Oz The Great and Powerful 6/10

Guillermo del Toro

Spoiler

• The Shape of Water 8.6/10
• Hellboy II 7.2/10
• Hellboy 6.8/10
• Crimson Peak 6.6/10
• Pacific Rim 6.6/10
• Mimic 6.4/10
• Blade II 5.9/10

Luc Besson

Spoiler

• The Fifth Element 6.4/10
• Leon: The Professional 6.7/10
• Lucy 6.1/10
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 5.5/10
• The Lady 5.2/10

Lili & Lana Wachowskis

Spoiler

• Bound 7.8/10
• The Matrix 7.6/10
• The Matrix Reloaded 6.8/10
• Cloud Atlas 6.6/10
• Matrix Revolutions 5.3/10
• Speed Racer 5.1/10

Paul Verhoeven

Spoiler

• Elle 8/10
• RoboCop 7.8/10
• Total Recall 7.3/10
• Starship Troopers 6.1/10
• Basic Instinct 5.8/10

Zack Snyder

Spoiler

• Dawn of the Dead 6.7/10
• Watchmen 6.3/10
• 300 6.1/10
• Man of Steel 6.2/10
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 5.6/10

Matt Reeves

Spoiler

• War for the Planet of the Apes 8.1/10
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 7.9/10
• Let Me In 7.6/10
• Cloverfield 6.8/10

Bryan Singer

Spoiler

• The Usual Suspects 7.8/10
• X-Men: Days of Future Past 7.5/10
• X2: X-Men United 7.5/10
• X-Men 7.1/10
• Superman Returns 7/10
• Valkyrie 6.1/10

Tim Burton

Spoiler

• The Nightmare Before Christmas 8.2/10
• Ed Wood 8/10
• Pee-Wee's Big Adventure 7.8/10
• Edward Scissorhands 7.7/10
• Frankenweenie 7.5/10
• Sweeney Todd 7.7/10
• Big Fish 7.2/10
• Charlie & the Chocolate Factory 7.2/10
• The Corpse Bride 7.2/10
• Beetlejuice 7/10
• Batman Returns 6.7/10
• Big Eyes 6.6/10
• Batman 6.6/10
• Sleepy Hollow 6.3/10
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 5.9/10
• Mars Attacks 5.9/10
• Alice in Wonderland 5.7/10
• Planet of the Apes 5.5/10

George Miller

Spoiler

• Mad Max Fury Road 8.6/10
• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 8.4/10
• Mad Max 7.7/10
• Happy Feet 6.9/10

making sure not to include all movies of the director; the cut-off is 0.5 below highest rated​

 

[:eek:]

No Zack Snyder? t:

Bring me some Uwe Boll, damn it.

 

[childeroland]

Not the most famous, but my personal favorites:

Edward Yang

A Brighter Summer Day - 9.1/10
YiYi - 8.2/10
Taipei Story - 8.1/10

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

The Puppetmaster - 8.4/10