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Your top 5 directors with your favourite films directed by them

posted 4 years ago by Knish (1721)
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1. Jean-Pierre Melville

Le samourai
Le doulos
Le cercle rouge

2. Andrew Dominik

Killing them softly
Chopper
The assassination of jesse James by the coward Robert ford.

3. John Dahl

Rounders
Kill me again
Red rock West
The last seduction

4. Coen brothers

Inside Llewyn Davis
Blood simple
The man Who wasn't there
The big Lebowski
Miller's crossing

5. Jim Jarmusche

Ghost dog: the way of the samourai
Down by law
Only lovers left alive

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21466) 4 years ago

That’s a hard question and it would be easier if we could list 10 directors. Here’s 5 and I only listed 3 films from each as highlights.

Sergio Leone
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Fernando Di Leo
The Italian Connection (1972)
The Boss (1973)
Caliber 9 (1972)

Quentin Tarantino
Death Proof (2007)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Kill Bill (2004)

Sergio Corbucci
The Great Silence (1968)
Django (1966)
The Mercenary (1968)

Dario Argento
Deep Red (1975)
Suspiria (1977)
Tenebre (1982)

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

i haven't seen rounders & kill me again, but red rock west & seduction are both great movies, so i absolutely should make a point of trying to see them.

have to run out for a bit, but i will definitely return to this later...

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[–] Knish (1721) 4 years ago

I wish I could watch rounders and kill me again for the first time again!

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 4 years ago

WATCH ROUNDERS!

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere, unfortunately, but i've put it on my watchlist and will definitely keep an eye open for it.

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 4 years ago

WANNA BORROW MY BLU RAY?🙂

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

i don't even have anything to play it on anymore! i'm strictly watching movies by having electrons beamed into my apartment, for better or worse.

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 4 years ago

I MIGHT HATE YOU NOW.🙂

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21466) 4 years ago

Don’t be hating Kowalski. If it’s available on vhs could you send that and a 9.99 good will vcr to him in the mail? 😄

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 4 years ago

THAT'S FUNNY, I BOUGHT A SONY FOR 9.99 YESTERDAY.🤨

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21466) 4 years ago

I never pass them up either. 👍👍

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 4 years ago

I CURRENTLY HAVE 5 BLU RAY PLAYERS,4 VCRS AND TWO FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS...ALL SONY...I WONT BUY ANY OTHER BRAND.🙂

EXCEPT MY HD-DVD PLAYER...SONY DIDN'T MAKE THOSE.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21466) 4 years ago

Right on man.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

POST YOUR LIST!

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[–] beantown23 (1438) 4 years ago

Capra- Wonderful Life, Ford- Quiet Man, Coppola-Godfather, Hawks- Sgt. York, Lean- Lawrence of Arabia

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[–] KvlhokVjequs (285) 4 years ago

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[–] Adam60z (3766) 4 years ago

1. Robert Aldrich
Flight of the Phoenix

2. Frank Perry
Last Summer
David and Lisa
The Swimmer (taken over by Sydney Pollack)

3. Mike Nichols
The Graduate
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

4.Sydney Lumet
Dog Day Afternoon
Serpico
Network
The Verdict

5. John Frankenheimer
Seconds

6. Stanley Kubrick
2001.

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[–] elprimitivo (350) 4 years ago

Jean-Luc Godard
A bout de souffle
Le Mepris
Weekend

Seijun Suzuki
Branded to Kill
Youth of the Beast
Tokyo Drifter

Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
Touch of Evil
The Lady from Shanghai

Fritz Lang
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
M
The Big Heat

Samuel Fuller
Pickup on South Street
Forty Guns
Underworld U.S.A.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

hitchcock;

vertigo
shadow of a doubt
dial m for murder
the birds

john ford

stagecoach
the searchers
the grapes of wrath
how the west was won

tarantino

pulp fiction
reservoir dogs

lumet

dog day afternoon
serpico
network

scorcese

raging bull;
goodfellas

speilberg

jaws
schindler's list
saving private ryan

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

russ meyer

beyond the valley of the dolls
faster pussycat, kill! kill!
vixen

guy maddin

brand upon the brain
my winnipeg
saddest music in the world

todd solondz

happiness
welcome to the dollhouse
dark horse

asghar farhadi

a separation
the salesman
the past

whit stillman

metropolitan
love and friendship
last days of disco

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