Naturally I recommend 'Psycho' to most people who are new to Hitchcock, as that's his most accessible masterpiece, but I agree with director's and critics that 'Vertigo' is Hitchcock's best film. It's perfectly esoteric, and there's a lot going on subtextually and thematically. It's very clever. 'Notorious' is another one that's also really interesting to dissect.

I will never understand the love of Part II vs The Godfather, without Brando it just isn't the same. Kubrick's filmography is a Masterwork.

I think La Dolce Vita is Fellini's masterpiece

this was a great video, I loved this sort of improvised style talking about movies that you love. Would love to see more videos like this!

Don't forget D. W. Griffith, Billy Wilder, Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch and Cecil B. DeMille.

Billy Wilder is one of those guys where everyone has a different favorite and all of them are equally good answers. The Apartment? One of the greatest Best Picture Winners out there Double Indemnity? One of the most important movies for the noir genre and still absolutely holds up Sunset Blvd? The iconic lines, the outstanding performance by Gloria Swanson and the aesthetic Some Like It Hot? One of the greatest comedies ever made and my personal favorite comedy ever made My favorite Wilder movie is Witness for the Prosecution though. Insanely rewatchable, amazing twists and turns, you can't go wrong with either Charles Laughton or Marlene Dietrich and a fantastic mystery all the way through

While I am not a big fan of Akira Kurosawa's movies, I have to say that The Bad Sleep Well (1960) and High and Low (1963) were definitely two of his best. I love his use of the wide-screen format, and his dialogue, especially for High and Low between all the policemen, is brilliant. The Bad Sleep Well was really hard to sit through once the love story was addressed, because that is where the real tragedy of the film is; the father of the bride in that film is such a scumbag.

My sentimental favorite with Bergman is The Wild Strawberries but Fanny and Alexander is my choice for his masterpiece. For Kubrick, it is Barry Lyndon hands down.

My personal favourite Fellini movie is also Amarcord, i just love that movie from spring to winter. But my favourite Hitchcock movie got to be Vertigo. I just love the role of Kim Novak and how she played it.

thank heaven you mentioned Sunrise, one of my 12 all time favorite films and the crowning achievement of the silent era. You CAN NOT make a more visually or emotionally sublime film. And his Faust is visually absolutely mind blowing too. Really!! Have seen Alphaville 5 times, the last about 2 years ago at MOMA here in NYC and it left me cold. The only scenes I liked were pool scene, Akim Tamiroff and when Eddie is asked what separates light from darkness (or something like that) and he answers "poetry That is one helluva scene. But there are endless shots of staircases and the film is cold and devoid emotionally at its core. Also the last line by Karina "I love you" is just too facile and hackneyed. His Contempt is one of my 12 all time favorite movies. For Welles Kane is the obvious choice but Touch of Evil is one of my 12 favorite films. The Searchers is another of my 12 fav films. Goodfellas is another of my 12 fav films For Hitch, Vertigo is on my 12 fav film list So many other great directors---hope you do another 25.

Hitchcock was not only a great at directing stories on film, he was also a top tier storyteller in his public oration and interviews too. He had a standup comedian's sense of comic timing and joke telling also. There's a great Dick Cavitt interview here on KZfaq with him, where he displays all of this well

My picks from the ones I’ve seen: Wilder: Ace In The Hole Nolan: Interstellar Fincher: The Social Network Welles: Citizen Kane Coppola: The Godfather PTA: Magnolia Villeneuve: Dune Chaplin: Modern Times Ford: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence Tarantino: Django Unchained Scorsese: Raging Bull Spielberg: Schindler’s List Kurosawa: Rashamon Hitchcock: Rope Kubrick: 2001 A Space Odyssey

Great vid man, my go to channel for movie stuff

My list: 1. Alfonzo: not sure, haven’t seen too much of his stuff 2. Cassavete: I agree that it’s a woman under the influence 3. Polanski: haven’t seen enough 4. Wilder: another blind spot 5. Nolan: interstellar 6. F.W.: sunrise 7. Fincher: the social network 8. Jlg: hands down historie of cinema 9. David Lynch: not a movie per say but twin peaks the return, specifically the 8th episode 10. Ozu: an autumn afternoon but agree that there’s at least 10 11. Welles: citizen Kane 12. Coppola: having seen heart of darkness, I’d say apocalypse now 13. Fellini: blindspot 14. PTA: blindspot 15. denis: blindspot 16. Chaplin: monsieur vedeuox 17. Eisenstein: could be Potemkin but I’d say ivan the terrible 18. Ford: stagecoach 19. Bergman: Fanny and Alexander 20. Tarantino: pulp fiction 21. Scorsese: difficult but I’d say the departed 22. Spielberg: jaws 23. Kurosawa: haven’t seen enough, although Rashamon was the my professor’s pick for favourite movie ever back when I was in my undergrad 24. Hitchcock: I’d agree with rear window 25. Kubrick: my favourite is paths of glory but it’s easily 2001

I'm one of the very few people out there who think Christopher Nolan is highly overrated and is more of a technical director than anything else.

Just found your channel. I see videos talking about how great movies like M and The Third Man are. They are indeed great. And then you pick Kubrick and 2001: A Space Odyssey at the top of this video's list. That just happens to be my all-time favorite movie. So I have subscribed to your channel and your newsletter. Thumbs up! In case you don't know Hitchcock's favorite of his own films was Shadow of a Doubt.

I use masterpiece for "masterful work" and for "the best work" I use magnum opus, although that might just be the latin translation

Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece has to be “Jaws.” “Jaws” is the embodiment of the perfect merging of craft with entertainment. It’s not just well directed- it’s entertaining. Literally everyone loves that movie, not just cinefiles.

Billy Wilder at 22!!!!!!?!??? Top 3. Surely???

Always a pleasure to hear your thoughts, professor! Challenges like these are fun because you can pick and choose between safe answers and wild cards. For example, I'd choose Vertigo for Hitchcock and Persona for Bergman, but I'd also choose Cul-de-Sac for Polanski and Ivan the Terrible Part II for Eisenstein. For Fellini, I consider La Dolce Vita to be his best film, but it's so depressing that it's almost alienating to me. Amarcord is a perfectly valid choice and isn't that far behind La Dolce Vita or 8 1/2 in terms of critical standing. Nights of Cabiria, I Vitelloni, La Strada, and maybe even Juliet or Casanova are also worthy of consideration. Also, not having Antonioni, Dreyer, Renoir, or Tarkovsky in the top 25 makes this list a total sham (Red Desert, Gertrud, The River, TBD)

Gutted they apparently never saw Tarkovsky’s filmography. Maybe he was 26-55 somewhere but sheesh

An interesting list Josh. A few alternative choices for me would be Jaws for Spielberg, Late Spring for Ozu, Ran for Kurosawa (the best Shakespeare film adaptation in my view), Mulholland Drive or Blue Velvet for Lynch, Touch of Evil for Welles, Barry Lyndon for Kubrick and Some Like It Hot for Wilder. There are many obvious omissions on this Studiobinder list aren’t there! I started typing the list below and then gave up after realising the enormity of the task! Andrei Tarkovsky, Wong Kar Wai, Jacques Tati, Buster Keaton, Aki Kaurismäki, Bong Joon-ho, Fritz Lang, Robert Weine, John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Sergio Leone, Robert Altman, Nic Roeg, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Woody Allen (yes - particularly his output in the 70s), Preston Sturges, Wes Anderson, The Coens, Roy Andersson, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jules Dassin, Dario Argento, Pedro Almadóvar, Ken Loach, Carol Reed, Michelangelo Antonioni, Powell/Pressburger, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, Robert Bresson, Luis Buñuel …

I agree with The Seventh seal being Ingmar Bergmans Masterpeice. It was the 1st of his films I saw. It's the one movie that actually changed my outlook and helped me have solace in the thought of Death.

Chinatown is considered the greatest script ever made. And the stories grear and the twist it's amazing

I would pick Chinatown which blew me away! Layered and challenging. One of my top 10.

Here are my picks I’ll just be choosing my favourites Alfonso Cuaron: children of men John cassevetes: a woman under the influence Roman polanski: rosemarys baby Billy wilder: sunset boulevard Christopher Nolan: Dunkirk F.W.murnau: Nosferatu David fincher: fight club Jean luc Godard: Vivre sa vie David lynch: mulholland drive Yasujiro Ozu: Tokyo story Orson Welles: citizen Kane Francis ford Coppola: apocalypse now Federico Fellini: Nights of cabiria Paul Thomas Anderson: there will be blood Denis villeneuve: prisoners Charlie Chaplin: city lights Sergei Eisenstein: Ivan the terrible John ford: the searchers Ingmar Bergman: through a glass darkly Quentin Tarantino: inglorious basterds Martin Scorsese: taxi driver Steven Spielberg: schindlers list Akira Kurosawa: seven samurai Alfred Hitchcock: psycho Stanley Kubrick: 2001 a space odyssey

For Speilberg (although popular should be lower on th list) his greatest... I think we confuse importance of topic with greatness of art. For me, his best film is Munich.

Mine (for now) : -Cuaron: Roma -Cassavetes: A Woman Under the Influence -The Pianist -Wilder: The Apartment -Nolan: Interstellar -Murnau: Sunrise -Fincher: The Social Network -Godard: Alphaville -Lynch: Mulholland Drive -Ozu: Good Morning -Welles: Citizen Kane (but Lady from Shanghai and F for Fake tie for second) -Coppola: Apocalypse Now -Fellini: 8 1/2 -Anderson: There Will Be Blood -Villeneueve: Enemy -Chaplin: The Great Dictator -Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin -Ford: The Grapes of Wrath -Bergman: Persona -Tarantino: Django Unchained (way too high on the list, btw) -Scorsese: Taxi Driver -Spielberg: Close Encounters -Kurosawa: Ikiru -Hitchcock: Vertigo -Kubrick: 2001

You’re right with Ozu-it takes about 5 or 6 viewings of different films to get his unique vision and to fall into the rhythms of his style. Floating Weeds is my choice. I think Ford is the same way for modern audiences. It takes watching several of his films to get into the liturgical rhythms of his storytelling, and the complex world views his characters inhabit. Because of its misunderstood POV The Searchers should only be shown after the world has been established -but How Green Was My Valley, which I think is his pre-WW2 masterpiece is what I show to newcomers. Close Encounters is Spielberg’s masterpiece. It captures suburban life in the ‘70s like no other, and is a great metaphor for the disintegration of the American family that was going on at the time and the hope for something better far, far away.

Can you post these videos as audio only on audea? would really appreciate just the audio! love your stuff btw, keep pushing out content!

Bergman's is definitely Wild Strawberries in my opinion. His most emotionally accomplished film!

Great picks, just found your channel recently and have been really enjoying your insight on all kinds of great films! 25 Roma 24 Woman Under the Influence 23 Chinatown (Top 10 for me) 22 :( Never seen any 21 Memento/The Prestige (Prestige feels like the best mix of Nolanisms, but it's kinda cheesy so idk) 20 Nosferatu... I guess 19 Fight Club/Zodiac (Zodiac is better made but Fight Club has a more electric 'once in a lifetime' feel) 18 Contempt 17 The Elephant Man 16 :( 15 Citizen Kane 14 Apocalypse Now (Top 10) 13 :( 12 Licorice Pizza is my hot take, but There WIll Be Blood is undisputable imo 11 Blade Runner 2049 10 The Kid 9 :( 8 :( 7 Persona (Top 10) 6 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 5 Raging Bull 4 Hottest take... A.I. Artificial Intelligence (I think its Spielberg at his most vulnerable because he was making a movie he didn't know how to make. That said, its also a mess so idk about "Masterpiece") 3 Yojimbo 2 Rear Window 1 Full Metal Jacket (2001 is very influential and a technical marvel, but I think it might be Kubrick's weakest film in a story and intrigue sense. FMJ on the other hand is all that with a fantastic film/story experience to back it up)

Well, Tarantino- Inglorious Bastards, Fellini- Variety Lights, Hitchcock-Strangers on a Train, Bergman -Trollfloetian/The Magic Flute(gloomy ole Ingmar makes a delightful film), Goddard-Weekend, Wilder-Some like it Got, Kirasowa-Derzu Uzula, Scorcesse-Shine a Light, Spielberg-Scindlers List.Those are my favs, but I like your picks and passion for your picks .

I’d say Barry Lyndon for Kubrick and Taxi Driver for Scorsese

I am choosing masterpiece based more around my opinion 25: Never been very interested in his stuff. 24: Woman under the Influence 23: Pianist. Hated Chinatown. Just flat out bored 😢 22: The Apartment. Surprised it wasn’t mentioned 😯 21: Not a Nolan guy. Either The following or Dunkirk would be my choice. 20: City Girl 19: Se7en 18: Breathless 17: Eraserhead or Elephant Man 16: Tokyo Story 15: didn’t hit me as hard 14: The Godfather. I like war movies that focus more on the actual events. Like Casualties of war, we were soldiers, etc 13: 8 1/2 12: Phantom Thread 11: The Arrival 10: The Gold Rush ❤️ 9: October ten days that shook the world 8: Hate the Searchers. So morally wrong at least imo. Grapes Of Wrath but don’t like Ford much 7: Virgin Spring, Persona or Scenes from a Marriage 6: Kill Bill 2 or Django 5: Taxi Driver. I also liked Christ a lot. 4: Indiana Jones Last Crusade. I have steadily lost interest in him but I’d pick Jones. But I also love Lincoln. 3: i go for emotion. I either like Ran or One Wonderful Sunday 2: Notorious 1: Barry Lyndon

I haven't seen very many fellini films but my favourite one so far is "Fellini Sytericon"

IMHO's, Kubrick's masterpiece is Barry Lyndon.

Yeeess! I love Alphaville also sooo much! Would be my choice too, we need to talk more about Godards Films, even when Master Bergman didn't like him

wow, ambitious ... will hv to make time to check out

My picks for some of them: Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious basterds. Watching that opening scene blew my mind. Kurosawa - Kagemusha. It was the first kurosawa movie I watched and always has a special place Kubrick - Barry Lyndon due to that gorgeous cinematography Villeneuve - I would say sicario. It is not often you have an arthouse cartel movie and with such an amazing cinematography

La Dolce Vita is my favorite Felini movie. I'd probably choose Nights of Cabiria as my second favorite

Nice selection, here are my picks: Cuaron: Children of Men Cassavetes: Opening Night Polanski: Rosemary's Baby Wilder: The Apartment Nolan: The Dark Knight Murnau: Sunrise Fincher: The Social Network Godard: Contempt or Pierrot le Fou Lynch: Blue Velvet Ozu: Tokyo Story (Good Morning is a great choice though) Welles: Touch of Evil Coppola: The Godfather Fellini: La Dolce Vita PTA: Boogie Nights or There Will Be Blood Villeneuve: Blade Runner 2049 Chaplin: Modern Times Ford: Stagecoach Bergman: Persona or The Silence Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds Scorsese: Taxi Driver Spielberg: Schindler’s List Kurosawa: High and Low Hitchcock: Rear Window Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange

Good job Josh! Just a few observations: I found 'Inherent Vice' to be horrible, but 'Boogie Nights' to me is his mp! I agree with your Wells mp being 'The Trial;' had Wells been able to finish 'The Magnificent Amberson's' the way he intended, I'd go with that, but the ending is too abrupt and flawed! My Bergman would be 'Wild Strawberries.' After watching some of his movies again over the years, I began to downgrade 'Seventh Seal.' I still consider Wilder's 'Double Indemnity' to be one of the greatest film noirs ever! Agree with your assessment of Spielberg; interestingly enough, my favorite work of his is when he was unknown- 'The Duel' with Dennis Weaver. That film rocked me as a kid and I recently watched it again and found it hadn't lost a thing! And, so much of our "value judgments" are a reflection on how we have been transformed as well through suffering and experiences. I kind of laugh at 'Star Wars' now, whereas, years ago, it represented the pinnacle of my pantheon of great films! I'd be interested for you to do some similar videos with 'soundtracks,' 'screenplays,' 'animated features,' and 'costume design!' Thx again!

My answer for Spielberg is almost always whichever movie of his I've seen most recently.

When doc picks Ace in the Hole for Billy Wilder, you know he's not messing around.

You asked for it :) Cuarón: Either Children of Men or Roma. Probably Children of Men, but IMO Roma is very underrated. Well, at least it doesn't get mentioned that much and it seems like people have almost forgotten about it! Cassavetes: A Woman Under the Influence. Polanski: Probably Chinatown. Wilder: Ace in the Hole is my favourite, but I don't know if it's his masterpiece. Nolan: I don't know. Maybe Inception? It was huge at the time of release. Murnau: Nosferatu! Fincher: I really like Zodiac, but his masterpiece is probably The Social Network. Godard: I've only seen one of his films so idk. Lynch: Mulholland Drive Ozu: Well, Tokyo Story is one of my all time favourites so I have to go with that one. Welles: Citizen Kane easy Coppola: Godfather pt. 1 is my fav of his. Fellini: Probably 8 1/2, but my favourite is also Amarcord. It's just such a fun movie. PTA: There Will Be Blood. I feel like he really hit his peak with that movie! Villenueve: Blade Runner 2049 Chaplin: Modern Times Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin John Ford: The Searchers for sure Bergman: For me it's Fanny and Alexander, no question. I commented on your video about it once, and wrote that it's basically a christmas movie here in Sweden. Love it to death Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, but Kill Bill 1+2 are my favourites. Scorsese: Probably Goodfellas, but Taxi Driver is my favourite. Spielberg: I guess Saving Private Ryan or Schindlers List Kurosawa: I would agree with you that Rashomon is his masterpiece, but my favourite is Seven Samurai. Love it to death and I've seen it so many times over the years Hitchcock: Rear Window Kubrick: I would say 2001, but Barry Lyndon is one of my all time favs.

I really gotta break into Ozu. I have been very heavily delving into Japanese film, but Ozu has been a blank spot so far. Really must pick one as my first movie of his. (I hope Mizoguchi, Kobayashi, Teshigahara and/or Shinoda at least make it into the second half of the list) The list seems very anglo centric now that I think of it (havent watched part 2). I would throw in at least 4 or 5 more Japanese directors, at least 3 more German, take out a few of the more modern American directors (I do like something of everyone on the list). Its always hard though to rank the Greatest of anything in only 50 spots. I love Scorsese; top 3 contenders I would pick would be Silence, After Hours or Raging Bull. Kurosawa is almost impossible. It really is a choice between "Great" and "Total Genius" with him. Again, top 3 for me would be Throne of Blood, High and Low or Ran

I re-watched this video taking notes the second viewing. This must have been a fun challenge for you. It's hard to separate what your personal favorite is to what your professional standards lead you to pick. I would have gone for Dr. Strangelove for Kubrick and Notorious for Hitchcock, but thats my opinion.

For Nolan, I would pick Memento. Very few movies have made me speechless for as long as Memento did. But I wouldn't fight over picking Interstellar. 😄 For Fincher, I disagree completely. Gone Girl, Se7en, Fight Club and The Game are all better than The Social Network IHO. For me, at least a Masterpiece should be something I want to see again because it's very entertaining, or I think I can get more out of watching it again. Some Masterpiece I actively pass on rewatching again because it's too hard. Like Requiem for a Dream. IMO The Social Network was great, but I never felt like watching it again. For Denis Villeneuve it's a hard choice for me. Prisoners was very hard to watch but a great movie. 2049 was great also! I think I would go with Arrival. Mainly because it was one of those very few movies the made me speechless.

2:44: Apartment

You should watch RAJ KAPOOR movies , a great actor and a great indian director. He was know as Charles Chaplin of india

Great list, have to agree the improvised style for this works as it’ll probably change day to day. My only controversial picks might be that’d I’d maybe go out on a limb and recommend ‘Touch Of Evil’ as a starter for someone new to Welles (although I prefer Citizen Kane), and, I hate ‘Vertigo’, I mean, really hate it. It can’t only be me, is it? I’m currently reading and really enjoying the Charlie Chaplin autobiography, thanks for the recommendation

Here are my picks: Wilder - SOME LIKE IT HOT Nolan - FOLLOWING Godard - CONTEMPT Lynch - PREMONITIONS FOLLOWING AN EVIL DEED Ozu - TOKYO STORY Ford - THE SEARCHERS Tarantino - INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (haven't seen PF though) Scorsese - RAGING BULL Spielberg - JURASSIC PARK Kurosawa - SEVEN SAMURAI Hitchcock - VERTIGO Kubrick - 2001: A SPACE ODDYSEY

Missing from both lists is, in my opinion, a greatly underrated director, Robert Zemekis. I’d put him above a lot who made the list. And Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a fantastic achievement in directing.

I know this isn’t your list, Josh, but Kubrick at number 1? How do you feel about that? I’d really like to know your list of the 25 great directors. And how can Cuaron and Fincher be on the list and not Sidney Lumet?

My definition of a masterpiece is “the best possible exploration of a theme, using its medium to the fullest where attempting to replicate it in any other medium is inherently missing something.” I have not seen that many movies (just getting into the “cinephile” community), but there are only ten films I currently consider masterpieces. 1. Contact (Zemekis) 2. The Seventh Seal (Bergman) 3. Pi (Aronofsky) 4. Birdman (Inarritu) 5. The Favourite (Lanthimos) 6. Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (Tarantino) 7. Arrival (Villenueve) 8. The Prestige (Nolan) 9. The Red Shows (Pressburger and Powell) 10. Insomnia (Nolan) I don’t love that Nolan gets two spots, but The Prestige is such a great meditation on entertainment and Insomnia is incredible in how it examines fault, so I just can’t remove either film. I don’t even love most of Nolan’s work; other than those two and TDK (in many ways his least ambitious), I think all of his films are inherently flawed (some I still like, like Interstellar and Tenet, but I acknowledge that they are very flawed). But he made 2 genuine masterpieces that I just can’t deny.

Just discovered your youtube channel. Hope you do a review of "The Day of the Jackal" from 1973. If you're not familiar with it, it's great, just trust me, lol. Directed by Fred Zimmemann.

For what it's worth... I agreed with all but the following directors. My choices are purely reflective of my preferences in movies, but I could understand the reactions behind your choices. Wilder - Sunset Boulevard DePalma - Blowout Fincher - Seven Ozu - Green Tea Rice Chaplin - Limelight Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs Scorsese - Raging Bull Friedkin - A Clockwork Orange Kurosawa, as you mentioned, so, so difficult to pick one, but Rashomon is such a classic. 👏🙏

PTA's best movie is clearly There Will Be Blood. One of the best movies of the 21st century so far.

I think criticisms of Steven Spielberg of making movies without depth are only true for some of his movies. I think Schindler's List, Munich, Empire of the Sun and A.I. were very deep movies. even Jaws and Sugarland Express had a lot to say about us as human beings, politics and government. His movies tend to have positive endings. But the journeys are very dark and profound.

Magnolia is one of the worst films I’ve ever seen, no idea why everyone rates it so highly. A load of random stories that we’ve seen in many films before, all squashed together for no reason and then it rains frogs. I’m sure I’m missing a load of nuance and meaning but boy does it dragggg! 😭

The only ones I heavily disagreed with are Nolan and Polanski, Chinatown for me is just perfection. With Nolan, it's more difficult, his most visually stunning film for me is easily Inception, but I know some think it's boring. Great video as always though!

Once upon a Time in Hollywood

I think the only ones (of the ones I have answers to) I disagree with is Fincher: I would pick Zodiac. Quentin: I'm sorry, but it has to be Death Proof. I'm also probably the only person who would say that. Kurosawa: You're probably right with "Rashomon," but I want to say "Ran."

25. Cuarón - Children of Men 24. Cassavetes - Killing of a Chinese Bookie 23. Polanski - The Pianist 22. Wilder - Sunset Boulevard 21. Nolan - The Dark Knight 20. Murnau - Haven't seen his films 19. Fincher - Zodiac 18. Godard - Breathless 17. Lynch - Blue Velvet 16. Ozu - Tokyo Story 15. Welles - Chimes at Midnight 14. Coppola - The Godfather 13. Fellini - Nights of Cabiria 12. Anderson - The Master ( Punch-Drunk Love would be my runner up ) 11. Villeneuve - Bladerunner 2049 10. Chaplin - The Kid 9. Eisenstein - Haven't seen his films 8. Ford - The Grapes of Wrath 7. Bergman - Persona 6. Tarantino - Pulp Fiction 5. Scorsese - Goodfellas 4. Spielberg - Jaws 3. Kurosawa - Rashomon 2. Hitchcock - Vertigo 1. Kubrick - Barry Lyndon

The thing about 2001 A space Odyssey is we all know the HAL 9000 part of the movie but there's a lot of weird s*** going on on the outside in the beginning and ending

I'd say E.T. for Spielberg since everything he does well he does best in that movie.

My favourite from Bergman is definitely Fanny and Alexander

Vertigo, rear window, are ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MASTERPIECES

I love interstellar and think it’s his masterpiece as well. Loud and proud here idc what people saaayyy

Could you explain the norms of ballroom dancing. Which two can dance. Is it only restricted between Romantic Couples who are in Relationship? I am asking this to understand the Ball dance in The Leopard (1963)

Thanks for video My choices Alfonso Cuaron - no masterpiece, *best* *film* *Gravity* John Cassavetes - masterpieces, Woman Under Influence, Killing of Chinese Bookie, *best* *film* *Faces* Roman Polanski - masterpieces, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Pianist, The Ghost Writer, *best* *film* *Chinatown* FW Murnau - masterpieces, The Last Laugh, Nosferatu, *best* *film* *Sunrise* Billy Wilder - masterpieces, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Double Indemnity, *best* *film* *Some* *Like* *It* *Hot* David Lynch - masterpieces, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Mulholland Dr, *best* *film* *Blue* *Velvet* Francis Ford Coppola - masterpieces, Godfather 1 & 2, Apocalypse Now, *best* *film* *The* *Conversation* (controversial) Christopher Nolan - masterpieces, Interstellar, Dunkirk, The Dark Knight, *best* *film* *The* *Prestige* David Fincher - masterpieces, Zodiac, The Social Network, Seven, *best* *film* *Fight* *Club* Jean Luc Godard - masterpieces, Breathless, Pierrot le Fou, *best* *film* *Weekend* Yashujiro Ozu - masterpieces, too many I haven't seen, Late Spring, *best* *film* *Tokyo* *Story* Orson Welles - masterpieces, Chimes At Midnight, Touch of Evil, Magnificent Ambersons, *best* *film* *Citizen* *Kane* PTA - masterpieces, Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza, *best* *film* *There* *Will* *Be* *Blood* Federico Fellini - masterpieces, Nights of Cabiria, Amarcord, La Strada, La Dolce Vita, *best* *film* *Eight* *and* *A* *Half* Denis Villeneuve - no masterpieces, *best* *film* *Incendies* Chaplin - masterpieces, The Gold Rush, City Lights, *best* *film* *Modern* *Times* Sergei Eisenstein - masterpieces, Ivan The Terrible 1 & 2, Alexander Nevsky, *best* *film* *Battleship* *Potemkin* John Ford - masterpieces, Stagecoach, The Informer, The Quiet Man, The Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers, My Darling Clementine, *best* *film* *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* Ingmar Bergman - masterpieces, Wild Strawberries, Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander, Persona, *best* *film* *Cries and Whispers* Quentin Tarantino - masterpieces, Reservoir Dogs, *best* *film* *Pulp* *Fiction* Akira Kurosawa - masterpieces, High and Low, Ran, Rashomon, *best* *film* *The* *Seven* *Samurai* Martin Scorsese - masterpieces, Killers of Flower Moon, After Hours, King of Comedy, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Irishman, *best* *film* *Taxi* *Driver* Steven Spielberg - masterpieces, Close Encounters, Raiders of Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, *best* *film* *E.T.* Alfred Hitchcock - so many masterpieces, Strangers on A Train, Shadow of A Doubt, Notorious, The 39 Steps, Rebecca, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window, *best* *film* *Psycho* Stanley Kubrick - masterpieces, Barry Lyndon, Paths of Glory, The Shining, Doctor Strangelove, *best* *film* *2001*: *A* *Space* *Odyssey*

Though I might disagree with some choices, the only one I cringed at was ‘Minority Report’. In a filmography that includes Jaws, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, ET, Schindler’s List, and a half dozen others, I can’t imagine how ‘Minority Report’ even comes to mind.

First of all, can we all agree this is a bad list? I mean, a best director list without Tarkovsky? Anyways: 25 - Cuarón: Children of Men 24 - Cassavetes: Opening Night 23 - Polanski: Chinatown 22 - Wilder: Double Idenmity 21 - Nolan: Prestige 20 - Murnau: Nosferatu 19 - Fincher: Zodiac 18 - Goddard: Pierrot Le Fou 17 - Lynch: Twin Peaks 16 - Ozu: Tokyo Story 15 - Welles: Citizen Kane 14 - Coppola: Apocalypse Now 13 - Fellini: 81/2 12 - PTA: There Will Be Blood 11 - Villeneuve: Blade Runner 2049 10 - Chaplin: Modern Times 09 - Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin 08 - Ford: The Searchers 07 - Bergman: Seventh Seal 06 - Tarantino: Kill Bill 05 - Scorsese: Silence 04 - Spielberg: Jurassic Park 03 - Kurosawa: Seven Samurai 02 - Hitchcock: Vertigo (my favourite is To Catch a Thief) 01 - Kubrick: 2001

You should go watch The master asap! Best PTA movie imo

You forgot Andrei Tarkovsky. His masterpiece is... Stalker. Runner-up: The Sacrifice

mizoguchi and buñuel, they are in my top ten

But where was Louis Buñuel on this list? Is he not a top 25 or top 50 director of all time?

Where was Robert Altman?

I think Pulp was the correct answer for QT, but I have problems on understanding his greatness as that level director. Am I alone with this thought?

Nice spontaneous list. I think Zodiac is better than Social Network. Also Magnolia is a blatant rip off of Altman's Short Cuts which probably puts it lower on his list. Blade Runner 2045 is amazing but Enemy is probably more interesting and unique. I think Spielberg was at his best in the 70s. For Kubrick my favourite is Barry Lyndon but I would have to agree with 2001.

Did I miss Howard Hawks!!!

No Pasolini on your list?

Magnolia

Wait, where is Tarkovsky? What is this list? So no Critique to you, I also think Rashomon is Kurosawa's best, but I would pick indeed the Conversation with F F Coppola...

I think you are way off on Nolan. Memento is a movie that can never be made again, and there's nothing like it. I'd give inception the edge as well. Fincher for me is Fight Club. Again, there's not another movie like it.

How is Fight Club not Fincher’s masterpiece? I don’t think another movie he has made has had the societal impact. I would also say Mulholland Drive for Lynch, for the same reason.

Billy Wilder #22? Comical. Wilder is easily the Best Director of All time. Tarantino? The most over rated directed ever doesn't belong anywhere near this list. Welles is one of my favorites as well. Love that you said The Trial. That's a great one. Touch of Evil and Lady from Shanghai are great as well. For Cassavetes, Too Late Tears is his Best. Great Movie. Oh and you NAILED it on Alphaville. That is EASILY Godard's best but, no, he's not nearly better than Wilder.

How was tarkovsky not on this list

"Alfonso Cuaron" lol give me a break

I agree with like 2 or 3 of your choices, rest are just wrong.

Yeah Rear Window

Tarkovsky?

Ok,now waiting for you to diss the actual list 🥴

most off these don't even have a masterpiece

Where is Satyajit Ray?

Loved Amarcord, such a fun film! 😂 However personal favorite Fellini has to be Nights of Cabiria. Masina is irresistibly endearing ❤

Nice work making the best of a terrible list. Denis Villeneuve & Nolan, but no Truffaut, Tarkovsky? A juvenile ranking at best.

That list was way too Hollywood imo

I think the most impressive thing about this list are the omissions--guys like James Cameron, Michael Mann and John Carpenter nowhere to be found is a borderline travesty. Perhaps it is in the definition, as I feel they are two of the greatest film makers of all time, they excel at the craft of making a movie. Are all Carpenter movies great? No, of course not. It could even be argued that his greatest film still isn't exactly masterfully "directed" but it gosh darn is well made. I think too much of this list relies on who is popular now and, I'm sorry to say, inclusivity. Really, to lump QT in with Scorsese and Spielberg is laughable, and ahead of Bergman and Ford is just a joke.