Top Directors: By Points
- Michael Powell (681) [9]
- David Cronenberg (394) [6]
- Robert Altman (388) [5]
- Samuel Fuller (360) [5]
- Steven Spielberg (351) [5]
- Alfred Hitchcock (349) [5]
- George A. Romero (330) [5]
- Dario Argento (321) [5]
- Budd Boetticher (320) [5]
- Anthony Mann (299) [5]
Because I'm such an utter and complete geek with too much time on my hands, I present the Top Ten Directors by Points list.
I recently began giving the films I've seen a numeric score from 1-100. I thought it would be fun and neat to add up the totals for each director and see how they rank. Let's see how fun and neat it is now that I have yet another list to update each time I see a movie.
Bold numbers are the points, and [this number] is the number of films that comprise the score. Obviously, the list will be in flux for a long time as I begin to add ratings to movies I've already seen. As more movies get rated and the list begins to solidify, I think you'll be a bit surprised. Or maybe not.
Go here to find out what movies are included in the calculations.
Also, bonus points if you know or can guess what Spielberg film gets a 100.
Yikes, the Wachowski's ahead of De Palma and Cronenberg?! Oh, and the Spielberg question is too easy. I'd probably go 98 or 99 on that one, but I'm sort of a hard ass.
That's great that you bring up the Wachowskis, because it's a great example of how "early in the process" this list is. Those points are for the 2 Matrix sequels; their other two movies might add about 150 points to their score. Cronenberg and DePalma, on the other hand, only have two movies each counting towards their totals, and each has a low-scoring film as well (Spider and The Fury, respectively). So they still have such movies as Videodrome, Dead Ringers, eXistenZ, The Fly and Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, Raising Cain, Femme Fatale, etc., all of which should add a lot of points.
Also, you are a hard ass, putting you in good company like Matt Lotti and Mike D'Angelo. I honestly do feel like maybe I'm too much of a softie sometimes. I think even Steve Carlson is a harsher grader than me.
MD'A's becoming a softie, too, I think. He's no Roger Ebert, but a friggin' 83/A- for Spider-Man. At least he only gave the sequel a 72/B.
Actually, the 72 for Spidey 2 is evidence of his hardassedness, considering how much people have been wetting themselves over it.
And I may wet myself as well; I'd put the first Spidey in the 94-96 range.
Yikes. Guess I am down with Lotti, 'cuz I gave the original Spidey a 55.
What can I say, I'm easy... easy like Sunday morning... except when something chaps my tuckus. And, for some reason, lots of things have chapped my tuckus lately. My grading over the past few years has gotten rougher -- compare how many honorable mentions are on my '99 list to how many are on my '02 list. Granted, '99 was a better year, but I'm wagering that a good portion of the films there, if I saw them today, would get downgraded.
It'd be nice to also see the average score per film. If you ordered them that way, it seems like Tarantino would have the highest average (86.5).
Yeah--it would be more accurate in some ways. Right now, it's skewed toward whoever has the most movies. (Well, Uwe Boll could make an infinite number of movies and never make this list.)
I think I decided at the time to wait 'til there were more points on the board. But, you know, I'm easy. Let me see what I can do...
i dont get the point system, is it just how you rate them or is by a poll? i dont understand, im sorry ;]
That's okay, I don't get the point system either... ;-)
It's just what I use instead of thumbs, or grades, or whatever. I sometimes think of it as rating a movie from 1-10, then adding another 1-10 for more precision. Or to put it another way, if you threw a decimal point in between the two digits, it'd be like what Pitchfork uses to rate albums.
Hope that helps!
An interesting list, even though I'm a little surprised that neither Sir David Lean nor Stanley Kubrick are on this list.
Oh, that's sure to change. The list is based on the point scores I give the movies, and I only started doing it a few months ago. Additionally, one of my personal by-laws is to only give a movie a number rating after a fresh viewing, and I haven't watched any Kubrick lately. David Lean currently has 77 points, courtesy of Great Expectations.
As for the Spielberg film, I've heard many people choose these as their favorite films of his:
Schindler's List (1993)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Jaws (1975)
My guess would be one of the first two, but I have no idea which one YOU would pick.
And for the answer, go here!
Ah, lol.
Heh, and I've never even heard of Lucas Belvaux. :-)
Although he's been around awhile, Belvaux got a lot of notices in 2003/2004 for his Trilogy: On The Run, An Amazing Couple, and After Life. These should be on DVD pretty soon and they're all worth a look (especially On The Run).
Hey, that's this Belgian director, he?
P.S.: I live in a small town called Belvaux. :-D