Top 5 Movies Directed by Tim Burton

#5. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

#4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

#3. Big Fish (2003)

#2. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

#1. Ed Wood (1994)

Top 5 Scenes in Movies Directed by Quentin Tarantino

#5. KKK mask scene 

in Django Unchained (2012)

#4. Superhero monologue

in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

 

#3. Pub scene 

in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

#2. Bill meets the Bride at the Church in Two Pines

 in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

#1. Foot Massage conversation 

in Pulp Fiction (1994)

What's your favorite scene(s)?

Top 5 Movies Directed by Quentin Tarantino

 













#5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
#4. Django Unchained (2012)
#3. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
#2. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
#1. Pulp Fiction (1994)

Celebrity look alikes 2

Prequel to this post: Actor look-alikes 
Nr 1. Peter stormare - Massimo Ambrosini 

Nr 2. Joe Pesci - Terry Jacks

Nr 3. Joan Allen - Michelle Fairley 

Nr 4. Keira Knightly - Natalie Portman

Nr 5. Peter Jackson - Guillermo del Toro

Okay, it might be the style, not the face, that does it in this case.

David Fincher

Top 5 Movies Directed by David Fincher


David Fincher is one of the best mainstream directors of our time. He makes entertaining movies that anyone can enjoy.
So far in his career he has directed 9 feature films, starting with Alien 3 1992 and most recently, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in late 2011.
Possible future feature film projects are 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo and The two sequels in the Millennium trilogi, but first he's going to direct the tv-series House of Cards (2013).

#5. The Game (1997)

#4. Zodiac (2007)

#3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

#2. Se7en (1995)

#1. Fight Club (1999)

Top 5 most featured directors on IMDb top 250

A list of the five directors with most movies on IMDb top 250 at the moment.

#5. Martin Scorsese - 6 films

#16. Goodfellas
#47. Taxi Driver
#54. The Departed
#90. Raging Bull
#164. Casino
#249. Shutter Island

Percentage of filmography (only feature films): 6/22 = 27%

#4. Billy Wilder - 6 films

Same amount of films as Scorsese but Wilder's movies are slightly better placed.

#32. Sunset Blvd.
#56. Double Indemnity
#86. Some Like It Hot
#96. The Apartment
#118. Witness for the Prosecution
#214. Stalag 17

Percentage of filmography: 6/27 = 22%

#3. Akira Kurosawa - 7 films

#13. Seven Samurai
#81. Rashomon
#112. Yojimbo
#126. Ran
#131. Ikiru
#225. High and Low
#243. Throne of Blood

Percentage of filmography: 7/31 = 23%

#2. Stanley Kubrick - 8 films

#34. Dr. Strangelove
#48. The Shining
#51. Paths of Glory
#60. A Clockwork Orange
#83. Full Metal Jacket
#93. 2001: A Space Odyssey
#199. The Killing
#215. Barry Lyndon

Percentage of Filmography: 8/12 = 67%

#1. Alfred Hitchcock - 9 films

#22. Rear Window
#29. Psycho
#37. North by Northwest
#50. Vertigo
#117. Rebecca
#142. Strangers on a Train
#162. Notorious
#194. Dial M for Murder
#228. Rope

Percentage of Filmography: 9/54 = 17%

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

Top 5 Films Directed by Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch is one of the more well-known and appreciated indie directors working today. He has made 10 full-length movies since his debut Permanent Vacation 1980 and I've seen all of them.
His latest film The Limits of Control came out 2009 and his next film, Only Lovers Left Alive, may be released 2013. The upcoming film has been described as an unusual love story between two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
For me there are two kinds of Jarmusch movies - Most of them are great movies with very real, dry humor and strong dialogue, but a few of his movies are quite boring and don't manage to keep my full attention.

1. Down by Law (1986)

Great film, a more realistic comedy is hard to find. Feels like the three main characters could be my buddies in real life, if you see what I mean.

2. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Great soundtrack, great acting, great story and great direction. It was fun to watch and a really unique film I will always remember and surely rewatch.

3. Dead Man (1995)

William Blake goes from being a boring accountant to one of the coolest western characters ever written in this unique black and white western. One of Johnny Depp's best roles, I wish he'd go back to playing these kinds of roles soon.

4. Night On Earth (1991)

A film consisting of five short films about five taxi drivers in five different cities. I liked three of them a lot (New York, Helsinki, L.A) but two of them could have been better (Paris, Rome). Sadly, the two I didn't like came right after each other which made me loose a bit of interest, but the last and best segment, Helsinki, finished the movie brilliantly.

5. Broken Flowers (2005)

It's a few years since I saw this film, before I became as interested in movies as I am today. I liked it then and I guess that's a proof of this one being Jarmusch's most mainstream movie and one I would maybe recommend people to start with. Good performance by Bill Murray and overall a good film.

Top 5 Promising Directors

A list of relatively new promising directors who have made only up to three internationally known films.

Nr. 5: Tomas Alfredson

Films directed:
1999: Torsk på Tallinn - En liten film om ensamhet (Screwed in Tallinn)
2004: Fyra nyanser av brunt (Four Shades of Brown)

2008: Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In)

2011: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Upcoming:
2013: Larklight (Not confirmed, but possible)

Tomas Alfredson may not be new to directing movies, but after the success with Låt den rätte komma in 2008 he seems to have become a internationally respected director and got the oppurtunity to direct Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy released last year. I have noticed that his movies tend to have great cinematography, which is something I value.

Nr. 4: Steve McQueen

Films directed:

2008: Hunger
2011: Shame

Upcoming:
2013: Twelve Years a Slave

Something I respect very much is directors who manages to make drama movies intriguing and unique at the same time. There's not a lot of them nowadays but Steve McQueen seems to be one. I think he could be one of the 21st century's most respected directors in the future. His next film Twelve Years a Slave sounds very promising and stars both Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt.

Nr. 3: Duncan Jones

Films directed:

2009: Moon

2011: Source Code

Upcoming:
xxxx: Mute (A Sci-fi film with no release year yet)

Moon is one of my favorite movies, a really unique Sci-fi that promises a lot for the future. I didn't like Source Code as much even if it was an OK movie, but it wasn't written by Jones and he has said that Source Code was a way for him to try to work on a bigger budget while he still prefers to work on his own movies: 

"Source Code was a toe in the water of working with a slightly bigger budget and working with bigger name actors, because I do want to try and do that. Hopefully I'll be able to get that balance right and keep making movies based on my own work."  

You can read the rest of the interview HERE.

Nr. 2: Martin McDonagh

Films directed:
2008: In Bruges

Upcoming:
2012: Seven Psychopaths

I don't think it's possible for McDonagh to top In Bruges, but I hope he makes more great movies. What makes me a bit worried is that I didn't like the short Six Shooter, although that was mostly because of the young actor. The cast in his next movie Seven Psychopaths is great though, so I'm not having any doubts on that part. I won't make the mistake of watching it with too high hopes though, cause that almost never ends well.

Nr. 1: Jeff Nichols

Films directed:
2008: Shotgun Stories
2011: Take Shelter
Upcoming:
2012: Mud

A really promising young director that seems to make unique drama movies. Take Shelter became one of my favorite movies of 2011 and I hope Mud will be one of my favorites of 2012. A bonus is that he has collaborated with the incredibly good actor Michael Shannon in all his movies so far, and will also do in Mud. I hope this guy will make many good movies in the future.