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The Auteur List (*now with 40% more auteur!) (updated 4/2/04)

by : DokBrowne [ email this article to a friend ]
 
I saw that the article section was finally updated with another entry, and it got me itching to do one of my own, so I scoured the archives to find a suitable list or something, and this is what I came up with for now. I was gonna do a piece on summer 2003 and all the crap that's coming out, but I couldn't think of enough interesting comments to make. So this is what you're getting instead. Nothing special, just lists of well-known directors, or at least those of whose films I've seen several, and those movies ranked by quality (by me). That's as creative as it gets here at Mike Central. N-Joy! Or not

WOODY ALLEN
Hannah and Her Sisters / 1986 (A)
Stardust Memories / 1980 (A-)
Bullets Over Broadway / 1994 (A-)
Deconstructing Harry / 1997 (B+)
Zelig / 1983 (B+)
Manhattan / 1979 (B+)
Annie Hall / 1977 (B+)
Radio Days / 1987 (B+)
Sleeper / 1973 (B)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Sex) / 1972 (B)
Bananas / 1971 (B)
What's Up, Tiger Lily? / 1966 (B)
The Purple Rose of Cairo / 1985 (B)
Anything Else / 2003 (B-)
Everyone Says I Love You / 1996 (B-)
Interiors / 1978 (C+)
Hollywood Ending / 2002 (B-)
Mighty Aphrodite / 1995 (C+)
Shadows and Fog / 1992 (C)
September / 1987 (C)

ROBERT ALTMAN
The Player / 1992 (B+)
M*A*S*H / 1971 (B)
Gosford Park / 2001 (B-)
Popeye / 1980 (C+)
Dr. T and the Women / 2001 (C-)

MEL BROOKS
Young Frankenstein / 1974 (A)
Blazing Saddles / 1974 (A)
High Anxiety / 1977 (A-)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights / 1993 (B)
Spaceballs / 1987 (B)
Dracula: Dead and Loving it / 1995 (B-)
History of the World: Part 1 / 1981 (C+)
The Silent Movie / 1976 (C)
The Twelve Chairs / 1970 (D)

TIM BURTON
Ed Wood / 1994 (A)
Beetlejuice / 1988 (A-)
Edward Scissorhands / 1990 (B+)
Batman Returns / 1992 (B+)
Batman / 1989 (B+)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure / 1986 (B+)
Big Fish / 2003 (B)
Sleepy Hollow / 1999 (B)
Mars Attacks! / 1996 (B-)
Planet of the Apes / 2001 (B-)
Frankenweenie / 1984 (B-)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp / 1984 (C-)

JAMES CAMERON
Terminator 2: Judgment Day / 1991 (A)
Titanic / 1997 (A)
True Lies / 1994 (A)
Aliens / 1986 (A-)
The Terminator / 1984 (B)
The Abyss / 1986 (B)

JOHN CARPENTER
Memoirs of an Invisible Man / 1992 (B-)
In the Mouth of Madness / 1995 (B-)
Vampires / 1998 (B-)
Halloween / 1978 (B-)
Escape from L.A. / 1996 (C+)
Big Trouble in Little China / 1986 (C)
The Thing / 1982 (C)
Starman / 1984 (D)

THE COEN BROS.
The Big Lebowski / 1998 (A-)
Barton Fink / 1991 (B+)
The Man Who Wasn't There / 2001 (B+)
The Ladykillers B+ / 2004 (B+)
Intolerable Cruelty / 2003 (B+)
Raising Arizona / 1987 (B+)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? / 2000 (B)
The Hudsucker Proxy / 1993 (B)
Fargo / 1996 (C+)

CHRIS COLUMBUS
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / 2002 (A)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / 2001 (A)
Adventures in Babysitting / 1987 (B+)
Home Alone / 1990 (B+)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York / 1992 (B+)
Nine Months / 1995 (B)
Only the Lonely / 1991 (B-)
Bicentennial Man / 1999 (C-)
Mrs. Doubtfire / 1993 (C-)
Stepmom / 1998 (C-)

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
The Godfather / 1972 (A)
Bram Stoker's Dracula / 1992 (B+)
Apocalypse Now / 1979 (B)
Peggy Sue Got Married / 1986 (C+)
The Outsiders / 1983 (D)
John Grisham's The Rainmaker / 1997 (D)

WES CRAVEN
Scream 2 / 1997 (A)
Scream / 1996 (A)
Scream 3 / 1999 (B+)
The Serpent and the Rainbow / 1987 (B+)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare / 1994 (B+)
A Nightmare on Elm Street / 1984 (B)
Vampire in Brooklyn / 1995 (D)

CAMERON CROWE
Say Anything... / 1989 (A)
Almost Famous / 2000 (A)
Vanilla Sky / 2001 (A)
Jerry Maguire / 1996 (A)

JOE DANTE
Gremlins 2: The New Batch / 1990 (A-)
The Second Civil War / 1997 (A-)
Matinee / 1992 (A-)
The Howling / 1981 (B-)
Innerspace / 1987 (B-)
Gremlins / 1984 (C+)
Amazon Women on the Moon / 1987 (C+)
The 'burbs / 1989 (C)
Small Soldiers / 1998 (C)
Pirahna / 1978 (D)

BRIAN DePALMA
Mission: Impossible / 1996 (A-)
Blow Out / 1981 (B)
Snake Eyes / 1998 (C)
Carrie / 1976 (C-)
Bonfire of the Vanities / 1990 (C-)
Mission to Mars / 2000 (D+)
Femme Fatale / 2002 (D-)

DANNY DeVITO
Throw Momma from the Train / 1987 (B+)
Hoffa / 1992 (B)
Duplex / 2003 (C-)

RICHARD DONNER
Maverick / 1994 (A)
The Goonies / 1985 (A-)
Scrooged / 1988 (B+)
Lethal Weapon / 1987 (B+)
Lethal Weapon 2 / 1989 (B+)
Lethal Weapon 3 / 1992 (B+)
Superman / 1978 (B+)
Lethal Weapon 4 / 1998 (B)
Ladyhawke / 1985 (B-)
Superman 2 / 1980 (B-)
Conspiracy Theory / 1997 (C+)
Assassins / 1995 (C-)

CLINT EASTWOOD
Unforgiven / 1992 (B)
Absolute Power / 1997 (C+)
A Perfect World / 1993 (C)
The Rookie / 1990 (C-)
The Bridges of Madison County / 1995 (D-)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil / 1997 (F)

HARRY ELFONT & DEBORAH KAPLAN
Can't Hardly Wait / 1998 (A)
Josie and the Pussycats / 2001 (A)

ROLAND EMMERICH
Independence Day / 1996 (A-)
Stargate / 1994 (B)
The Patriot / 2000 (B)
Universal Soldier / 1992 (C+)
Godzilla / 1998 (C-)

NORA EPHRON
You've Got Mail / 1998 (A)
Sleepless in Seattle / 1993 (A)
This is My Life / 1992 (C)
Mixed Nuts / 1994 (C-)
Lucky Numbers / 2000 (D+)

THE FARRELLY BROS.
There's Something About Mary / 1998 (A-)
Dumb and Dumber / 1994 (A-)
Kingpin / 1996 (A-)
Shallow Hal / 2001 (B+)
Me, Myself, and Irene / 2000 (B+)

DAVID FINCHER
Fight Club / 1999 (A)
Seven / 1995 (B+)
Panic Room / 2002 (B)
Alien3 / 1992 (B-)

MILOS FORMAN
Man on the Moon / 1999 (B+)
The People vs. Larry Flynt / 1996 (C+)
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest / 1975 (C-)

JOHN FRANKENHEIMER
Ronin / 1998 (B-)
Reindeer Games / 2000 (C+)
The Island of Dr. Moreau / 1996 (C+)

WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
Twelve Angry Men / 1997 (A-)
The Hunted / 2003 (B)
Blue Chips / 1994 (C)
The Exorcist / 1973 (D)

CLYDE GERONIMI
Make Mine Music / 1946 (A+)
Melody Time / 1948 (A+)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / 1949 (A)
Alice in Wonderland / 1951 (A-)
Lady and the Tramp / 1951 (A-)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad / 1949 (B+)
Cinderella / 1950 (B-)
101 Dalmatians / 1961 (B-)
Sleeping Beauty / 1959 (B-)

TERRY GILLIAM
12 Monkeys / 1995 (A)
Brazil / 1985 (B)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen / 1989 (B)
Time Bandits / 1981 (B)
And Now for Something Completely Different / 1972 (C)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail / 1975 (D)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / 1998 (F)

RAJA GOSNELL
Never Been Kissed / 1999 (B+)
Scooby Doo / 2002 (B-)
Big Momma's House / 2000 (F)
Home Alone 3 / 1997 (F)

CHRISTOPHER GUEST
Best in Show / 2000 (B+)
Waiting for Guffman / 1996 (B-)
A Mighty Wind / 2003 (B-)
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman / 1993 (D-)

CURTIS HANSON
Wonder Boys / 2000 (A-)
L.A. Confidential / 1997 (A-)
8 Mile / 2002 (B+)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle / 1992 (B)
Losin' it / 1983 (B-)
The River Wild / 1994 (B-)

RENNY HARLIN
Die Hard 2: Die Harder / 1990 (A-)
Deep Blue Sea / 1999 (A-)
Cliffhanger / 1993 (B+)
The Long Kiss Goodnight / 1996 (B+)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Master / 1988 (B)
Cutthroat Island / 1995 (C)

WALTER HILL
Red Heat / 1988 (C-)
Supernova / 2000 (C-)
Last Man Standing / 1996 (C-)

ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Psycho / 1960 (A)
Strangers on a Train / 1951 (A)
Rope / 1948 (A-)
Dial M for Murder / 1954 (A-)
Spellbound / 1945 (B+)
Marnie / 1964 (B+)
Rear Window / 1954 (B)
Stage Fright / 1950 (B)
The Man Who Knew Too Much / 1956 (B)
Notorious / 1946 (B-)
North by Northwest / 1959 (B-)
Blackmail / 1929 (B-)
The Birds / 1963 (B-)

TOM HOLLAND
Stephen King's The Langoliers / 1995 (B+)
Fright Night / 1985 (B-)
Child's Play / 1988 (B-)
Stephen King's Thinner / 1996 (F)

TOBE HOOPER
Poltergeist / 1982 (B)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / 1974 (B)
Invaders from Mars / 1986 (C)

STEPHEN HOPKINS
Lost in Space / 1998 (B-)
Blown Away / 1994 (B-)
Judgment Night / 1993 (B-)
Predator 2 / 1990 (C)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child / 1989 (C)
The Ghost and the Darkness / 1996 (D-)

RON HOWARD
Apollo 13 / 1995 (A)
Willow / 1988 (A-)
A Beautiful Mind / 2001 (B+)
EdTV / 1999 (B)
Gung Ho / 1986 (B)
Cocoon / 1985 (B)
Parenthood / 1989 (C+)
Splash / 1984 (C+)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas / 2000 (C)
Backdraft / 1991 (C)
Ransom / 1996 (C-)

JOHN HUGHES
Ferris Bueller's Day Off / 1986 (A)
The Breakfast Club / 1985 (A-)
Uncle Buck / 1989 (B+)
Sixteen Candles / 1984 (B)
Weird Science / 1985 (B)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles / 1987 (B-)
She's Having a Baby / 1989 (C)
Curly Sue / 1991 (F)

JOHN HUSTON
The Maltese Falcon / 1941 (A)
The African Queen / 1950 (A-)
Annie / 1982 (B)
Key Largo / 1948 (B)

PETER HYAMS
Stay Tuned / 1992 (B-)
Sudden Death / 1995 (B-)
The Relic / 1997 (C)
End of Days / 1999 (C)
Timecop / 1994 (C)
The Musketeer / 2001 (F)

PETER JACKSON
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (A)
The Frighteners / 1996 (A-)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring / 2001 (A-)
Meet the Feebles / 1990 (A-)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / 2002 (B+)
Dead Alive / 1992 (B-)
Bad Taste / 1987 (C+)

WILFRED JACKSON
Fantasia / 1940 (A)
Melody Time / 1948 (A)
Alice in Wonderland / 1951 (A-)
Lady and the Tramp / 1955 (B+)
Cinderella / 1950 (B-)

NORMAN JEWISON
Only You / 1994 (B+)
Fiddler on the Roof / 1971 (B+)

JOE JOHNSTON
The Pagemaster / 1994 (B+)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids / 1989 (C)
The Rocketeer / 1991 (C)
Jumanji / 1995 (D+)
Jurassic Park III / 2001 (F)

NEIL JORDAN
Interview with the Vampire / 1994 (A-)
The Good Thief / 2002 (C)
In Dreams / 1998 (D)

LAWRENCE KASDAN
Mumford / 1999 (B)
Dreamcatcher / 2003 (FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)

PHILIP KAUFMAN
Invasion of the Body Snatchers / 1978 (B+)
Rising Sun / 1993 (C-)

ELIA KAZAN
A Streetcar Named Desire / 1951 (C)
On the Waterfront / 1954 (C)

RANDAL KLEISER
Flight of the Navigator / 1986 (B)
Grease / 1978 (B)
Big Top Pee-Wee / 1988 (D)
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid / 1992 (D-)
The Blue Lagoon / 1980 (F)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble / 1976 (F)

STANLEY KUBRICK
Dr. Strangelove / 1964 (A)
Eyes Wide Shut / 1999 (A)
2001: A Space Odyssey / 1968 (A-)
A Clockwork Orange / 1971 (A-)
Paths of Glory / 1957 (B+)
The Killing / 1956 (B-)
The Shining / 1980 (B-)
Killer's Kiss / 1955 (C)
Full Metal Jacket / 1987 (C-)

JOHN LANDIS
Coming to America / 1988 (B+)
National Lampoon's Animal House / 1978 (B)
Trading Places / 1983 (B-)
Amazon Women on the Moon / 1987 (B-)
Three Amigos / 1986 (C+)
Kentucky Fried Movie / 1977 (C)
Beverly Hills Cop 3 / 1994 (C)
Spies Like Us / 1985 (C)
The Blues Brothers / 1980 (D)
An American Werewolf in London / 1981 (D-)
The Stupids / 1995 (F)

DAVID LEAN
The Bridge on the River Kwai / 1957 (B)
Lawrence of Arabia / 1962 (C+)
A Passage to India / 1984 (C)

ANG LEE
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / 2000 (B+)
Hulk / 2003 (B)
The Ice Storm / 1997 (B)

SPIKE LEE
Summer of Sam / 1999 (A-)
Malcolm X / 1992 (A-)
Girl 6 / 1996 (C-)

MICHAEL LEHMANN
Heathers / 1989 (A-)
40 Days and 40 Nights / 2002 (A-)
The Truth About Cats and Dogs / 1996 (B-)
Meet the Applegates / 1989 (B-)
Hudson Hawk / 1991 (C-)
Airheads / 1994 (C-)

BRIAN LEVANT
Jingle All the Way / 1996 (C)
Snow Dogs / 2002 (C)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas / 2000 (C)
The Flintstones / 1994 (C-)
Beethoven / 1992 (F)

BARRY LEVINSON
Rain Man / 1988 (B)
Disclosure / 1994 (B)
Good Morning, Vietnam / 1987 (B-)
Wag the Dog / 1997 (B-)
Sphere / 1998 (C+)
Toys / 1992 (C+)
Jimmy Hollywood / 1994 (C)
Young Sherlock Holmes / 1985 (C-)

RICHARD LINKLATER
Before Sunrise / 1995 (A)
Dazed and Confused / 1993 (A)
The School of Rock / 2003 (B+)

DWIGHT LITTLE
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home / 1995 (C)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers / 1988 (C)
Rapid Fire / 1992 (C-)
Marked for Death / 1990 (F)

GEORGE LUCAS
American Graffiti / 1973 (B)
Star Wars / 1977 (B)
Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones / 2002 (B)
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace / 1999 (B)

BAZ LUHRMANN
Moulin Rouge! / 2001 (A)
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet / 1996 (B)

HAMILTON LUSKE
Melody Time / 1948 (A+)
Fun & Fancy Free / 1947 (A+)
Pinocchio / 1940 (A)
Fantasia / 1940 (A)
Alice in Wonderland / 1950 (A-)
Peter Pan / 1953 (A-)
Lady and the Tramp / 1955 (B+)
101 Dalmatians / 1961 (B-)

DAVID LYNCH
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me / 1992 (B)
Blue Velvet / 1986 (C-)
Mulholland Drive / 2001 (D+)
Lost Highway / 1997 (D)
Eraserhead / 1977 (F)

ADRIAN LYNE
Unfaithful / 2002 (B+)
Lolita / 1997 (C-)
Indecent Proposal / 1993 (C-)
Fatal Attraction / 1987 (F)
9 1/2 Weeks / 1986 (F)

JONATHAN LYNN
Clue / 1985 (A-)
My Cousin Vinny / 1992 (A-)
Sgt. Bilko / 1996 (B)
The Whole Nine Yards / 2000 (B-)
Greedy / 1994 (C)
Trial and Error / 1997 (D+)
Distinguished Gentlema / 1992 (D)

JAMES MANGOLD
Copland / 1997 (B)
Identity / 2003 (B-)
Girl, Interrupted / 1999 (C-)

FRANK MARSHALL
Arachnophobia / 1990 (B+)
Congo / 1995 (B)

GARRY MARSHALL
Overboard / 1987 (B+)
Pretty Woman / 1990 (B-)
The Princess Diaries / 2001 (B-)
Runaway Bride / 1999 (C+)
Exit to Eden / 1994 (D)
Beaches / 1988 (D)

PENNY MARSHALL
Big / 1988 (B+)
A League of Their Own / 1992 (B)
Jumpin' Jack Flash / 1986 (B)
Renaissance Man / 1994 (C)

LES MAYFIELD
Encino Man / 1992 (B)
Blue Streak / 1999 (B)
Miracle on 34th Street / 1994 (C-)
American Outlaws / 2001 (C-)

JOHN McTIERNAN
Die Hard / 1988 (B+)
Die Hard with a Vengeance / 1995 (B+)
Last Action Hero / 1993 (B)
Predator / 1987 (B)
The Hunt for Red October / 1990 (B-)
Basic / 2003 (C-)
Medicine Man / 1992 (C-)
Rollerball / 2002 (D-)
The 13th Warrior / 1999 (F)

GEORGE MILLER
Zeus and Roxanne / 1996 (C)
Frozen Assets / 1992 (C-)
Neverending Story 2: The Next Chapter / 1991 (C-)

GEORGE MILLER
Babe: Pig in the City / 1998 (A-)
The Witches of Eastwick / 1987 (C+)
Twilight Zone: The Movie / 1983 (C)
Mad Max / 1980 (C)
The Road Warrior / 1982 (C)

STEVE MINER
Halloween: H20 / 1998 (B)
My Father, the Hero / 1993 (B-)
House / 1986 (B-)
Friday the 13th, Part 2 / 1981 (C)
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken / 1991 (C-)
Big Bully / 1996 (C-)
Friday the 13th, Part 3 / 1982 (C-)
Texas Rangers / 2001 (C-)
Lake Placid / 1999 (C-)

ROB MINKOFF
The Lion King / 1994 (A)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids / 1989 (C)
Stuart Little 2 / 2002 (C)
The Haunted Mansion / 2003 (D+)

VINCENTE MINNELLI
The Bad and the Beautiful / 1952 (A)
The Pirate / 1948 (A-)
An American in Paris / 1951 (B+)
The Band Wagon / 1953 (B-)

JOHN MUSKER
The Little Mermaid / 1989 (A)
Aladdin / 1992 (A)
The Great Mouse Detective / 1986 (B+)
Hercules / 1997 (B+)

ANDREW NICCOL
Gattaca / 1997 (A-)
S1m0ne / 2002 (B)

MIKE NICHOLS
Primary Colors / 1998 (B)
Wolf / 1994 (B-)
What Planet are You From? / 2000 (B-)
Regarding Henry / 1991 (C+)
The Birdcage / 1996 (C+)
The Graduate / 1967 (C)

LEONARD NIMOY
Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home / 1986 (B+)
Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock / 1984 (B-)
Three Men and a Baby / 1987 (C+)

FRANK OZ
Little Shop of Horrors / 1986 (A-)
Bowfinger / 1999 (B+)
In & Out / 1997 (B+)
What About Bob? / 1991 (B)
The Dark Crystal / 1982 (B)
The Muppets Take Manhattan / 1984 (B)
Housesitter / 1992 (C-)

ALAN PARKER
The Commitments / 1991 (A-)
The Road to Wellville / 1994 (C-)
Bugsy Malone / 1976 (D)
The Life of David Gale / 2003 (D-)

ALEXANDER PAYNE
Election / 1999 (A-)
About Schmidt / 2002 (B)
Citizen Ruth / 1996 (C+)

WOLFGANG PETERSEN
The Neverending Story / 1984 (A-)
Outbreak / 1994 (B+)
In the Line of Fire / 1993 (B-)
The Perfect Storm / 2000 (C+)
Air Force One / 1997 (C-)

DONALD PETRIE
Richie Rich / 1994 (B)
My Favorite Martian / 1998 (B)
Mystic Pizza / 1988 (B-)
Grumpy Old Men / 1993 (C-)
Miss Congeniality / 2000 (F)

ROMAN POLANSKI
Chinatown / 1974 (B+)
The Ninth Gate / 1999 (B)
Rosemary's Baby / 1968 (B)
Macbeth / 1971 (C-)

SYDNEY POLLACK
The Firm / 1993 (B+)
Sabrina / 1995 (B+)
Tootsie / 1982 (B-)

SAM RAIMI
A Simple Plan / 1998 (A)
Spider-Man / 2002 (B+)
The Gift / 2000 (B+)
Evil Dead 2: Dead Before Dawn / 1987 (B)
The Evil Dead / 1982 (B)
Army of Darkness / 1993 (B)
The Quick and the Dead / 1995 (C+)
For Love of the Game / 1999 (C+)
Darkman / 1990 (C-)

HAROLD RAMIS
Groundhog Day / 1993 (A-)
Multiplicity / 1996 (B)
Analyze This / 1999 (C+)
Bedazzled / 2000 (C)
Club Paradise / 1986 (C)
Analyze That / 2002 (C)
National Lampoon's Vacation / 1983 (C-)

STEVE RASH
Can't Buy Me Love / 1987 (B)
Son-in-Law / 1993 (C+)
Eddie / 1996 (C-)

BRETT RATNER
The Family Man / 2000 (B+)
Rush Hour / 1998 (B)
Rush Hour 2 / 2001 (C)

CARL REINER
Summer School / 1987 (B)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid / 1982 (C+)
Summer Rental / 1985 (D)

ROB REINER
The Princess Bride / 1987 (A)
The American President / 1995 (A)
A Few Good Men / 1992 (A-)
When Harry Met Sally... / 1989 (A-)
The Sure Thing / 1985 (B+)
North / 1994 (B)
Stand by Me / 1986 (B)
The Story of Us / 1999 (C+)
Alex and Emma / 2003 (D-)

IVAN REITMAN
Dave / 1993 (A-)
Twins / 1988 (B+)
Ghostbusters 2 / 1990 (B+)
Kindergarten Cop / 1989 (B+)
Ghostbusters / 1984 (B)
Evolution / 2001 (B)
Meatballs / 1979 (B)
Six Days, Seven Nights / 1998 (B)
Junior / 1994 (C)
Fathers' Day / 1997 (C-)

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
Spy Kids / 2001 (A-)
The Faculty / 1998 (B+)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico / 2003 (B+)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams / 2002 (B+)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over / 2003 (B)
Desperado / 1995 (B)
From Dusk Till Dawn / 1996 (B)
El Mariachi / 1992 (C)
Four Rooms ("The Misbehavers") / 1995 (D+)

GEORGE ROMERO
Day of the Dead / 1985 (A-)
Night of the Living Dead / 1968 (B)
Dawn of the Dead / 1978 (B)
Creepshow / 1982 (B-)
Monkey Shines / 1988 (D-)

JOEL SCHUMACHER
Cousins / 1989 (A)
A Time to Kill / 1996 (B+)
The Lost Boys / 1987 (B+)
Phone Booth / 2003 (B+)
St. Elmo's Fire / 1985 (B+)
Batman Forever / 1995 (B+)
Falling Down / 1993 (B-)
The Client / 1994 (C)
Batman and Robin / 1997 (D)
Flatliners / 1990 (D)
The Incredible Shrinking Woman / 1981 (D)

MARTIN SCORSESE
Goodfellas / 1990 (A)
Gangs of New York / 2002 (A)
Bringing Out the Dead / 1999 (B+)
Cape Fear / 1991 (D-)

RIDLEY SCOTT
Black Hawk Down / 2001 (A)
Hannibal / 2001 (B+)
Alien / 1979 (B+)
Gladiator / 2000 (B)
Legend / 1985 (C)
G.I. Jane / 1997 (C)
Blade Runner / 1982 (C-)

TONY SCOTT
The Last Boy Scout / 1991 (B+)
Enemy of the State / 1998 (B+)
Crimson Tide / 1995 (B)
Top Gun / 1986 (B)
True Romance / 1993 (B)
The Fan / 1996 (F)

RON SHELTON
Tin Cup / 1996 (B)
Hollywood Homicide / 2003 (B-)
Dark Blue / 2003 (C+)
White Man Can't Jump / 1992 (C-)

KEVIN SMITH
Chasing Amy / 1997 (A)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back / 2001 (A)
Dogma / 1999 (A-)
Clerks / 1994 (B+)
Mallrats / 1995 (B)

BARRY SONNENFELD
Men in Black / 1997 (A)
Get Shorty / 1995 (A-)
The Addams Family / 1991 (B)
Addams Family Value / 1993 (B)
Wild Wild West / 1999 (B-)
For Love or Money / 1993 (C+)
Men in Black 2 / 2002 (C)

STEVEN SPIELBERG
Saving Private Ryan / 1998 (A)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence / 2001 (A)
Jaws / 1975 (A)
Jurassic Park / 1993 (A)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade / 1989 (A-)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom / 1984 (A-)
Minority Report / 2002 (A-)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind / 1977 (B+)
Hook / 1991 (B+)
Raiders of the Lost Ark / 1981 (B+)
Catch Me if You Can / 2002 (B+)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park / 1997 (B)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial / 1982 (B)
Always / 1989 (B)
1941 / 1979 (C+)
Amistad / 1997 (C-)

OLIVER STONE
Nixon / 1995 (A)
JFK / 1991 (B+)
Any Given Sunday / 1999 (B+)
Platoon / 1986 (B)
U Turn / 1997 (C+)
Born on the Fourth of July / 1989 (C)

QUENTIN TARANTINO
Pulp Fiction / 1994 (A)
Jackie Brown / 1997 (B+)
Reservoir Dogs / 1992 (B+)
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 / 2003 (B+)

This list is by no means comprehensive, and not just because I've only gotten through 17 letters of the alphabet (but also because it shows just how many crucial and otherwise worthwhile films are out there for me to see yet). I'll finish up later. Promise!

revised (first time) 6/16/03
revised (second time) 8/23/03
revised (third time) 10/7/03
revised (fourth time) 12/5/03
revised (fifth time) 4/2/04


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