The Great Directors' Masterpieces -- What I Think They Are -- #1-25
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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.
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.
Don't forget D. W. Griffith, Billy Wilder, Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch and Cecil B. DeMille.
thanks. rememeber, this isn't my list; it's studiobinder's.
@@LearningaboutMovies I hate lists. Always remember the list of those movies and movie stars that did not win an Academy Award is really just as impressive (if not more-so) that the list of those that did win!
I think La Dolce Vita is Fellini's masterpiece
yeah, I think Ebert agreed.
It probably is, but my favourite is Nights of Cabiria.
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!
thanks, Dominic. Probably should do this given the interest in it!
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
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.
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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 RUclips with him, where he displays all of this well
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.
I use masterpiece for "masterful work" and for "the best work" I use magnum opus, although that might just be the latin translation
yes, "masterpiece" just tends to mean "masterful" or great work, a lot of the time. If that were the case, Hitchcock has probably 15 masterpieces.
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.
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
thank you. I have been meaning to rewatch Rope, as I see you promoting it. much appreciated.
@Learning about Movies Loved the video. Would love to see more like it.
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.
I would not say literally there, although there are many wild enthusiasts, especially if you were there to see it in the 70s. check out the ratings on letterboxd. The highest number of people rating it are giving it 4/5 stars, which might be love, but four stars tends to be "pretty good" there, not "love."
@@LearningaboutMovies Well, I think that’s due to the fact that some people see “Jaws” as a horror movie. People tend to knock movies down a tick if they consider them to be part of the horror genre. At least, that’s my theory.
Great vid man, my go to channel for movie stuff
I would pick Chinatown which blew me away! Layered and challenging. One of my top 10.
Chinatown is considered the greatest script ever made. And the stories grear and the twist it's amazing
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.
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.
Thank you, Henri, and welcome. A master list of videos on individual movies is posted below. BTW, the list in this video isn't mine; it's Studiobinder's. I would likely, though, put Hitchcock in my top 7.
joshmatthews.org/learn-more-about-movies-a-short-video-course/
I haven't seen very many fellini films but my favourite one so far is "Fellini Sytericon"
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)
thank you.
Gutted they apparently never saw Tarkovsky’s filmography. Maybe he was 26-55 somewhere but sheesh
Bergman's is definitely Wild Strawberries in my opinion. His most emotionally accomplished film!
thank you.
I’m working my way through the criterion boxset of his I have about 10 movies left and so far for it’s been Scenes from a Marriage but Virgin Spring not too far behind
When doc picks Ace in the Hole for Billy Wilder, you know he's not messing around.
probably a crazy pick, though that's the one that always comes to mind first for me and Wilder -- impactful movie.
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 …
thank you, Nick.
La Dolce Vita is my favorite Felini movie. I'd probably choose Nights of Cabiria as my second favorite
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 .
Can you post these videos as audio only on audea? would really appreciate just the audio! love your stuff btw, keep pushing out content!
My answer for Spielberg is almost always whichever movie of his I've seen most recently.
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
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.
wow, ambitious ... will hv to make time to check out
thank you.
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
thanks!
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
thank you. I like that genre name, "arthouse cartel."
Billy Wilder at 22!!!!!!?!??? Top 3. Surely???
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.
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.
thank you. yes, no one can separate what their gut is telling them from what their head is.
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
thank you.
IMHO's, Kubrick's masterpiece is Barry Lyndon.
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.
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’d say Barry Lyndon for Kubrick and Taxi Driver for Scorsese
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
thank you.
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)
thank you, and welcome to the channel. thanks for watching.
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
excellent on the Chaplin book. Thank you.
Regarding Welles, I have been debating that for a decade or more. Citizen Kane is the one people will go to, and it is accessible, yet if you were going to start with Welles, should that be your first movie of his? I would say if a person would dedicate themselves to five Welles movies, they might begin with one of his Shakespeare adaptations, then do Kane and Touch of Evil, and then end with F for Fake.
Touch of Evil is my favorite from Welles as well, and he is one of the Greats. Hitchcock made so many great movies, ask 10 Hitchcock fans and you'll get 10 different favorites. Just please don't say Psycho. Strangers on a Train; Shadow of a Doubt; Notorious; Rear Window; and yes Vertigo- any of those and probably a few more are contenders.
My favourite from Bergman is definitely Fanny and Alexander
thank you.
2:44: Apartment
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.
sweet. thank you very much. I hope more people add theirs.
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!
thanks Ed. I liked Boogie Nights as a college student but don't anymore. I might have changed my mind to "The Master" after making this video.
Great suggestions!
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
thank you.
How can you not be interested in Children of Men? Thats crazy
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
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.
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)
sorry, I know nothing about the rules and standards of it. Probably a RUclips video somewhere, and it would be worth applying to film.
@@LearningaboutMovies I couldn't understand What the ball dance between Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale actually meant. Same way why was Alain Delon was tensed about the dance
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."
thank you.
PTA's best movie is clearly There Will Be Blood. One of the best movies of the 21st century so far.
I know others like it. Having worked in the oilfield and attended a lot of churches, I found it to be a nasty caricature of both scenes. He's much much nicer to Scientology and pornography in general, in his films, and I have to ask why.
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. 👏🙏
thank you!
Friedkin did not direct ACO. The director was Stanley Kubrick.
@@thorn262 My error.
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.
Always the problems, always the worst. I have limited taste for Spielberg and do not agree with the masses here.
Once upon a Time in Hollywood
I'd say E.T. for Spielberg since everything he does well he does best in that movie.
You forgot Andrei Tarkovsky. His masterpiece is... Stalker. Runner-up: The Sacrifice
it is not my list, and I am going to talk about that in Part 3 when it comes out.
I love interstellar and think it’s his masterpiece as well. Loud and proud here idc what people saaayyy
I am not sure on Nolan, as probably Memento is a real screenwriting accomplishment. I want to say the Batman Trilogy as a whole, yet that probably is violating my own rules here.
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.
thank you.
Where was Robert Altman?
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!
thank you. I liked Inception at first, though it's a spectacle with some tricks that, upon rewatching, I find a lot less interesting. Probably a masterpiece is something that changes every time you see it, and you see new things in it, and it keeps revealing insights to you. And it would do this for anybody.
You should watch RAJ KAPOOR movies , a great actor and a great indian director. He was know as Charles Chaplin of india
Vertigo, rear window, are ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MASTERPIECES
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
thank you!
Following!! Woohoo 🙌🏻
@@acdragonrider Yeah even after having seen most Christopher Nolan movies multiple times I just think FOLLOWING is his best one. It's fascinating what he can do with such a low budget and I believe that the restriction stopped him from creating unnecessary spectacle.
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.
thank you. Have you read Christopher Priest's original novel "The Prestige"? It's quite good.
@@LearningaboutMovies I have not. I might have to look into that when I get back into reading (just finished grad school, and don’t really plan on doing any “traditional” reading for about a year). I can’t imagine it being as powerful without the visual misdirects, but I’ll give it a chance.
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?
no, I am with you, though I have been cautious declaring this because I figure there's a good chance I am missing something. It is not clear to me that he will last 2-3 generations.
You should go watch The master asap! Best PTA movie imo
I did, and I think I now agree. Going right not to watch it again and probably make a video on it.
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?
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
thank you.
mizoguchi and buñuel, they are in my top ten
No Pasolini on your list?
not my list. It's Studiobinder's.
Loved Amarcord, such a fun film! 😂 However personal favorite Fellini has to be Nights of Cabiria. Masina is irresistibly endearing ❤
But where was Louis Buñuel on this list? Is he not a top 25 or top 50 director of all time?
a whole bunch of directors were missing from this list. I covered that in Part 3 of this series.
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.
thank you.
Did I miss Howard Hawks!!!
he's not there, and I will discuss that in Part 3!
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.
This is reasonable. I think about Terry Gilliam's remarks on "Schindler's List", for example, which does characterize the movie as shallow. (You will have to look this up, as RUclips might suppress a link to that. Anyway, A.I. grows on me. "Empire" is good by itself, but I have read and taught the book, which is an amazing work, so I can't help but compare the two.
Spielberg's best period to me was around the turn of the century -- AI, Catch Me If You Can, The Minority Report. That is the stretch I like best from him.
@@LearningaboutMovies I read the book too. I really enjoy your videos. Please keep them coming.
@@LearningaboutMovies I love Catch Me if You Can but I have not seen Minority Report. Munich prophesizes the current war in Gaza.
I saw Terry Gilliam's interview about Schindler's List. I agree about some of what he said. But I disagree with most of it. I believe we all must do what we can even in small ways to make a positive difference. I know individuals can make a difference and do. I.e. Mandela, King, Lincoln to name but a few. Winning World War II came at a great cost and many made a difference and paid the cost of fighting the forces of evil. I think art can be both optimistic and pessimistic and should be. Art like everything else is a dialogue with the ultimate end of improving our condition and preventing it from becoming worse. Schindler's List certainly more than suggests that few were saved and many more met their grizzly and unnecessary fates. So I think Gilliam's criticism is off base. All Gilliam's movies say less than Schindler's List and one can compare with it.
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
How was tarkovsky not on this list
big headscratcher. And if you start to look at what it doesn't include, oh boy.
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
yes, I have a part 3 on this where I take the Studiobinder list to task. The directors they left off make for a better top 1-25 list than the ones they put on it!
@@LearningaboutMovies this one's glaring omission is Tarkovsky. I'd also include in mine Bela Tarr but I that is just my opinion. My favourites are Tarkovsky, Bergman, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Malick and Tarr
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.
yeah, we could change qualifications for "masterpiece" to influence, or weigh it more heavily, instead of technique, excellence, new developments or achievements, etc. It would probably be a very different list for influence.
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.
Tarkovsky?
Yes, I covered that in part 3
Yeah Rear Window
Magnolia
I agree with like 2 or 3 of your choices, rest are just wrong.
"wrong."
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! 😭
Where is Satyajit Ray?
great question.
This list is incomplete without Ray.
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.
thank you. You might check out this movie for one of many Nolan inspirations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je_t%27aime,_je_t%27aime
@@LearningaboutMovies wow. I did not know that movie. Thats crazy. Well I stand corrected!
"Alfonso Cuaron" lol give me a break
Says the person who can't be bothered to use proper grammar or punctuation.
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 have a video coming out on what this Studiobinder list missed. It's a very beefy list.
Ok,now waiting for you to diss the actual list 🥴
coming!
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.
most off these don't even have a masterpiece
Nice work making the best of a terrible list. Denis Villeneuve & Nolan, but no Truffaut, Tarkovsky? A juvenile ranking at best.
I forget what's not on the list, but did they omit Tarkovsky??
That list was way too Hollywood imo
yes, for sure.
I quite like your choices, but the list is absolutely atrocious. How on earth do you leave out Kiarostami, Tarkovsky, Resnais, Antonioni, Pasolini, Herzog, Lars von Trier.
yes, I address that in Part 3, which will be coming out next month I think.
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.
think about which major country's cinema this list almost completely omits. Actually, I know there's a lot of them, and yet there's a far eastern country that is pretty much neglected, compared to its honorifics and impact.
Which Carpenter film are you referring to?
@@chrisdell5679 it was purposefully ambiguous, like how Josh was choosing what he considers to be these director's greatest works. My point was that whatever film of his you think is the greatest, maybe isn't directed flawlessly, but it was still incredibly well crafted. That goes for Escape From New York, Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, whatever you please. Though for me I'd probably say his masterwork was The Thing, even though I'd rather watch They Live.