Ok DU'ers part deux-Who's made the most great movies?

[Myra]

I think, hands down, the Coen Bros:

Masterpieces:
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Miller's Crossing
O'Brother Where Art Thou

Great:
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Raising Arizona
Fargo
Blood Simple
Intolerable Cruelty

That's six. Count 'em six.
Who can beat that?

[Myra]

1. Now I'll argue with myself

David Mamet comes close:

Masterpieces:
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Homicide (best movie ever made)
House of Games

Great:
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Things Change
Heist
Wag the Dog

Other good ones, but the Coen's just edge
him out.

[onebigbadwulf]

3. if you like

house of games and heist, be sure to check out The Spanish Prisoner. Excellent movie. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Richardo]

29. took my answer, wulf

excellent flick... :thumbsup:

[jafap]

2. I like the Coen brothers

I was taking welfare economics from their dad at the University of Minnesota when "Blood Simple" came out. He also wrote one of my letters of recommendation to graduate school.

I did not like Fargo. I have never met a Minnesotan who talked like that "yah". Or maybe I have the same accent which they exxagerated in the movie.

Raising Arizona was hilarious. "Give me that baby you warthog from hell." is a great line. Someone should hand Bush a baby and then use it.

I am afraid some wag is going to say Stanley Kubrick. Pauline Kael writes that he has a wide strain of anti-humanism in his movies. I knew there was something I did not like about "Clockwork Orange"

[mac56]

12. beg to differ

I lived in Minnesota till age 46, and I know many, many Minnesotans who talk just like that.

You have to take and go outstate more, yah sure.

[kodi]

4. david lean and akira kurosawa are the best

lean
http://www.davidlean.com/filmography.html

lawrence of arabia
bridge on the river kwai
doctor zhivago
ryan's adughter
a passage to india


kurosawa

http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~adk/kurosawa/filmo/AKfilmo.html

ran
seven samuri
rashomon
dreams

compare the coen brothers work to these films?

yeah, right.

[jafap]

5. trouble is, that I have only seen one of those

and I was not THAT impressed by Dr. Zhivago. I am sorta put off by a guy who cheats on his gorgeous wife.

My own sentimental pick would be Capra.

[kodi]

6. yeah, that's it, confuse the story by pasternak with lean's directing

good grief.

i hated the way lady macbeth acted, so i must hate shakespeare.

[jafap]

20. now I am confused

A great movie does not require a great story and great acting? I am supposed to watch a movie and give a rat's ass about the director's technical skills? Everyone has their own aesthetic standards, but I have never watched a movie so I could admire the directing.

[Myra]

13. Wow kodi

Kurosawa, of course.
Good observation on your part.
Big oversight on my part.

[Iverson]

17. Kurosawa, agreed

:thumbsup:

[Snow]

27. Don't leave out "Dersu Uzala", Kurosawa

[OldSoldier]

7. Mel Brooks

Masterpieces:

The Producers
Blazing Saddles
History of the World, Part 1

Great:
Spaceballs
Men in Tights
Young Frankenstein
Life Stinks
Silent Movie

That's eight.

[Loonman]

8. Kubrick

Except for that piece of crap with Tom Cruise in it.

[peekaloo]

9. Martin Scorsese

Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
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The King of Comedy
After Hours
The Last Waltz
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Mean Streets
Bringing Out the Dead
The Color of Money

p.s. I love the Coens

[jobycom]

10. Ooo, now that's a powerful argument!

I was solidly behind the Cohens, but Scorcese is hard to argue with.

[Myra]

14. Dang! Scorsese!

I forgot about Scorsese!

So many great movies.
So little money for DVDs.

[LTR]

21. Also

Casino

Gangs Of New York (I really liked this movie!)

[jobycom]

11. I have to disagree with your ommissions

Big Lebowski is at least Great, and personally to me it's a masterpiece. Hudsucker Proxie is great. Fargo was over-rated, I thought, but I won't quibble. Barton Fink gets no love, but was one of Goodman's finest hours.

[Emboldened Chimp]

23. Why do people like Lebowski?

To me, it's the worst Coen Bros. film. Boring, trite and not funny. Not even John Goodman could save that flick.

I agree about Hudsucker, though. Most people don't like it, but I think it's one of their best.

Best Coen Bros: Miller's Crossing.

[jobycom]

26. To me, it's the best of the Coens, and one of the best ever.

I can't really answer why it is, though, because I can't see where anyone would not like it. The premise is hilarious, the acting is great (Goodman, Turturo, Moore, Buscemi-- even the guest spots like Gilmore and Elliot), the plot is intriguing and bizarre (like all Coen films), the dialogue is exceptional, and the dream sequences are some of the most farcical mockeries I've ever seen. It's irreverant, it mocks every cornball Hollywood film ever made in some way or another, and it has more memorable one liners than any other film I can think of since Casablanca.

Anyway, that's what I like about it.

[soleft]

15. Hitchcock

Masterpieces

Psycho
Spellbound
North by North West
Vertigo
Rear Window

Great

The Birds
Notorious
Strangers on A Train
To Catch a Thief
Torn Curtain

[grannylib]

16. Let's not forget Hitchcock's "Rebecca"

Story written by Daphne DuMaurier, same woman who wrote "The Birds."

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. Yes, great movie! With a very young what's his name.

Peter O'Toole? Can't remember.

[tsakshaug]

18. the Who

Let's see the Who made Tommy, Quadraphenia and The Kids are alright. I think I liked quadraphenia the best.
:)

[populistmom]

19. Alexander Payne is my current favorite

He's directed some great movies the past few years including Election, About Schmidt and Citizen Ruth. As another former Omahan, I appreciate his ability to put that midwestern pragmatism combined with that inherent sense of denial in one's life so perfectly on the screen. Mark my words, this guys going on to big things.

As far as the MOST great movies, I don't know. My gut is saying Scorcese, but I'll probably change my mind later. Kubrick did some pretty great ones (with the exception of Eyes Wide Shut). Oh and Cameron Crow- I've never found a Cameron Crow movie that didn't get to me.

[Emboldened Chimp]

22. Oliver Stone

Platoon
JFK
Born on the Fourth of July
Natural Born Killers (yeah, most folks hate it, but I think it's great)
Scarface (wrote only)
Salvador
Nixon
Wall Street
Midnight Express (wrote only)

[mitchum]

24. Scorsese (if you ignore the last ten years or so)

Billy Wilder (with a few exceptions)
Robert Bresson batted 1000
Todd Solondz and Werner Herzog are batting 1000 so far

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

25. John Ford

Trail of Hate (1917)

The Scrapper (1917) (as Jack Ford)

Cheyenne's Pal (1917) (as Jack Ford)

The Soul Herder (1917) (as Jack Ford)

Straight Shooting (1917) (as Jack Ford)

Up Against It (1917)

The Secret Man (1917) (as Jack Ford)

A Marked Man (1917) (as Jack Ford)

Bucking Broadway (1917) (as Jack Ford)

Red Saunders Plays Cupid (1917)

The Phantom Riders (1918) (as Jack Ford)

Wild Women (1918) (as Jack Ford)

Thieves' Gold (1918) (as Jack Ford)

The Scarlet Drop (1918) (as Jack Ford)

Hell Bent (1918) (as Jack Ford)

A Woman's Fool (1918) (as Jack Ford)

Three Mounted Men (1918) (as Jack Ford)

Delirium (1918)

Roped (1919) (as Jack Ford)

The Fighting Brothers (1919) (as Jack Ford)

A Fight for Love (1919) (as Jack Ford)

Bare Fists (1919) (as Jack Ford)

The Gun Packer (1919) (as Jack Ford)

By Indian Post (1919) (as Jack Ford)

Riders of Vengeance (1919) (as Jack Ford)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919) (as Jack Ford)

Ace of the Saddle (1919) (as Jack Ford)

Rider of the Law (1919) (as Jack Ford)

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919) (as Jack Ford)

Marked Men (1919) (as Jack Ford)

Rustlers (1919) (as Jack Ford)

The Last Outlaw (1919)

The Prince of Avenue A (1920) (as Jack Ford)

The Girl in Number 29 (1920) (as Jack Ford)

Hitchin' Posts (1920) (as Jack Ford)

Just Pals (1920) (as Jack Ford)

The Big Punch (1921) (as Jack Ford)

The Freeze-Out (1921) (as Jack Ford)

The Wallop (1921) (as Jack Ford)

Action (1921) (as Jack Ford)

Sure Fire (1921) (as Jack Ford)

Jackie (1921) (as Jack Ford)

Desperate Trails (1921) (as Jack Ford)

Little Miss Smiles (1922) (as Jack Ford)

Silver Wings (1922) (as Jack Ford)

The Village Blacksmith (1922) (as Jack Ford)

The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923) (as Jack Ford)

Three Jumps Ahead (1923) (as Jack Ford)

Cameo Kirby (1923)

North of Hudson Bay (1923) (as Jack Ford)

Hoodman Blind (1923)

The Iron Horse (1924)

Hearts of Oak (1924)

Lightnin' (1925)

Kentucky Pride (1925)

The Fighting Heart (1925)

Thank You (1925)

The Shamrock Handicap (1926)

3 Bad Men (1926)

The Blue Eagle (1926) (uncredited)

Upstream (1927)

Mother Machree (1928) (uncredited)

Four Sons (1928)

Hangman's House (1928) (uncredited)

Napoleon's Barber (1928)

Riley the Cop (1928) (uncredited)

Strong Boy (1929)

The Black Watch aka King of the Khyber Rifles (1929)

Salute (1929) (uncredited)

Men Without Women (1930)

Born Reckless (1930)

Up the River (1930)

The Seas Beneath (1931)

The Brat (1931)

Arrowsmith (1931)

Airmail (1932)

Flesh (1932)

Pilgrimage (1933)

Doctor Bull (1933)

The Lost Patrol (1934)

The World Moves On (1934)

Judge Priest (1934)

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

The Informer (1935)

Steamboat Bill (1935)

Steamboat 'Round the Bend (1935)

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Mary of Scotland (1936)

The Plough and the Stars (1936)

Wee Willie Winkie (1937)

The Hurricane (1937)

The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) (uncredited)

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

Submarine Patrol (1938)

Stagecoach (1939)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Tobacco Road (1941)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

The Battle of Midway (1942) (documentary)

Torpedo Squadron (1942) (documentary)

Sex Hygiene (1942) (documentary)

We Sail at Midnight (1943) (documentary)

December 7th (1943) (documentary)

They Were Expendable (1945)

My Darling Clementine (1946)

The Fugitive (1947)

Fort Apache (1948)

3 Godfathers (1948)

Pinky (1949) (Directed by Elia Kazan, partly directed by Ford )

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Wagon Master (1950)

Rio Grande (1950)

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

This Is Korea! (1951) (documentary)

The Quiet Man (1952)

What Price Glory (1952)

Sun Shines Bright, The (1953)

Mogambo (1953)

The Long Gray Line (1955)

Mister Roberts (1955)

Rookie of the Year (1955) (TV)

The Bamboo Cross (1955) (TV)

The Searchers (1956)

The Wings of Eagles (1957)

The Rising of the Moon (1957)

Wagon Train (one episode) (1957) TV Series based on Wagon Master

The Last Hurrah, The (1958)

Gideon's Day aka Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)

The Horse Soldiers(1959)

Korea (1959) (documentary)

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Two Rode Together (1961)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

How the West Was Won (1962) (segment The Civil War)

Flashing Spikes (1962) (TV)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Young Cassidy (1965) (part only)

7 Women (1966)

[Kamika]

28. James Cameron

Aliens
Terminator
T:2
Titanic

[Richardo]

30. I agree with the Coen Brothers - my list is slightly different

Masterpieces:
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Blood Simple
The Hudsucker Proxy

Merely Great:
Raising Arizona
Fargo
Big Lebowsky

Have not seen "Intolerable"

Hated Barton Fink.
Neutral on "Miller's Crossing" Only saw it once, long ago - time for a revisit.

[joeybee12]

31. There are THOUSANDS who can beat the Coen Bros and their

list of medicore, often amazingly bad movies.

Alfred Hitchcock
David Lean
Martin Scorcese
Merchant-Ivory
Akira Kirosawa
George Cukor
Woody Allen

There are hundres who I could include, but this gives you an idea.

And the greatest director of them all: Fellini!

[Emboldened Chimp]

32. Mechant-Ivory

LOL! You're kidding, right?

[joeybee12]

33. Merchant-Ivory--I consider them one person

No, I'm not kidding--you must be kidding to ask that question? If you've ever seen one of their movies, you'll know I'm right.

[DerekG]

35. STEVEN F@#$ING SPIELBERG...

Masterpieces:

Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Schindler's List


Great Films:

The Sugarland Express
Duel
The Color Purple
Saving Private Ryan
A.I.
Minority Report


Good:

Indy sequels
Empire of the Sun
Jurassic Park
Amistad

[Kamika]

36. Hes not good anylonger

A.I and amistad sucked.


And hes too PC these days.


wtf is up with changing weapons in ET to walkie talkies