Top Ten Directors of All Time

When people watch movies  they usually recognize a favorite actor of actress of theirs on screen, but not many people recognize the men behind the movies they watch. The Directors. The directors are the creative men and women in charge of the movies we all watch today. You need a great director to have a great movie and this list is dedicated to my top ten favorite directors of all timeand my three favorite movies by each director. I have enjoyed watching their movies my whole life and will be doing it for the rest of it.

10. Steven Spielberg 

An excellent director who always directs big-budget crowd pleasers.

3. Raiders of the Lost Ark

2. Jaws

1. Schindler’s List

9. Francis Ford Coppola

A masterful director whose movies are well-crafted and intelligent.

3. The Godfather Part II

2. The Godfather

1. Apocalypse Now

8. David Fincher

A psychological director whose movies always make you think.

3. Zodiac

2. SE7EN

1. Fight Club

7. Christopher Nolan

An artist who can turn rocks into gold.

3. Memento

2. Batman Begins

1. The Dark Knight

6. Oliver Stone

An artist whose movies are almost hypnotically arresting.

3. Platoon

2. Natural Born Killers

1. JFK

5. Tim Burton

An artist whose movies are always dark, yet beautiful.

3. Big Fish

2. Ed Wood

1. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

4. Quentin Tarantino

His movies are intense, funny, fun and all iconic.

3. Reservoir Dogs

2. Death Proof

1. Pulp Fiction

3. Martin Scorsese

A entertaining artist whose movies are always fun, yet real.

3. Casino

2. Goodfellas

1. The Departed

2. The Coen Brothers

Their movies are all more intelligent than the common mind will comprehend and more detailed than the common man would care to notice.

3. Miller’s Crossing

2. Barton Fink

1. No Country for Old Men

1. Stanley Kubrick

“If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.”

I can happily and with no doubt in my mind say that Stanley Kubrick is by far the greatest director of all time. He is an artist who can make a movie from any genre (basically has) and make a masterpiece. He is a genius at what he does and will never be surpassed.

3. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

2. Full Metal Jacket

1. The Shining