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I have a bit of cabin fever waiting for my new gig to start so just bear with me on my off topic threads a bit. :)

I'm curious how people would rank some of the top film directors of all time. I'll do a post every couple of days with a new director. Starting off with Spielberg. As a refresher, below is a list of his feature films he directed. Top 5 only! This is actually hard as sh!t.

The Sugarland Express
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1941
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Color Purple
Empire of the Sun
Indiana Jones and Last Crusade
Always
Hook
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan
A.I.
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
War of the Worlds
Munich
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Adventures of TinTin
War Horse
Lincoln
Bridge of Spies
The BFG
The Post
Ready Player One
West Side Story
The Fabelmans
 
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ET
Jurassic Park
Raiders
Ready Player One
Catch Me If You Can

Not ranked in any order. JFC what I list and career he has had.
 
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In no order:

Saving Private Ryan
Munich
Minority Report
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark
 
coolerifyoudid said:
- Raiders
- Jurassic Park
- Saving Private Ryan
- ET
- Munich
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- watching paint dry
- watching Iowa football
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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His filmography is incredible but he does have some duds. Hook and War of the Worlds are pretty popular but I think aren't good at all.
 
Rather than pick my favorites I'll highlight one that I loved as a kid and honestly had no idea he directed until years later. I grew up with HBO in my house and they use to play 1941 a lot in the 80s. Me and my friend use to watch this a lot when it was on and we thought it was hilarious. I had no idea it was so unpopular and poorly reviewed when it was released until I was much older. I wouldn't put it in my top 5 of his but it still makes me laugh when I watch it.
 
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Ranked...

1. Lincoln
2. Jaws
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. The Color Purple
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

*It was really hard for me to cut Duel from this list, a criminally underrated movie IMO.
 
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dahliaclone said:
I have a bit of cabin fever waiting for my new gig to start so just bear with me on my off topic threads a bit. :)

I'm curious how people would rank some of the top film directors of all time. I'll do a post every couple of days with a new director. Starting off with Spielberg. As a refresher, below is a list of his feature films he directed. Top 5 only! This is actually hard as sh!t.
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First Cut: Ones I have seen:

Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Amistad
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
Munich
Bridge of Spies
*Edit* Saving Private Ryan
 
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dahliaclone said:
I have a bit of cabin fever waiting for my new gig to start so just bear with me on my off topic threads a bit. :)

I'm curious how people would rank some of the top film directors of all time. I'll do a post every couple of days with a new director. Starting off with Spielberg. As a refresher, below is a list of his feature films he directed. Top 5 only! This is actually hard as sh!t.

The Sugarland Express
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1941
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Color Purple
Empire of the Sun
Indiana Jones and Last Crusade
Always
Hook
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan
A.I.
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
War of the Worlds
Munich
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Adventures of TinTin
War Horse
Lincoln
Bridge of Spies
The BFG
The Post
Ready Player One
West Side Story
The Fabelmans
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1. Raiders
2. Last Crusade
3. E.T.
4. Temple of Doom
5. Close Encounters (I guess I have two "types" of Spielberg movies I prefer)

Others I really like and have watched many times:
AI, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can
 
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AlaCyclone said:
First Cut: Ones I have seen:

Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Amistad
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
Munich
Bridge of Spies
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Second Cut: Buh Bye!

Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Jurassic Park
*Edit* The Terminal
*Edit* Saving Private Ryan
 
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jcf817 said:
No order:

Jurassic Park
Close Encounters
Schindler's List
A.I.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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This could have been my top 5 too but I really love all 3 original Indy movies so two of them were bumped just for that. It's so commercialized and sequel'd out now but Jurassic Park is really a pretty perfect movie and also probably a top 10 movie in terms of filmmaking technology.
 
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Third Cut: I am good with a Top 6 in no particular order. All really solid movies to me.

Jaws
Schindler's List
Amistad
Catch Me If You Can
Munich
Bridge of Spies
 
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The Goonies feels totally like a Spielberg movie even though he only wrote and produced it. I’d probably bump Close Encounters off the 5 spot of my list for it. Especially the stuff at the house and in their neighborhood has exact same early Spielberg feel as E.T., Close Encounter and Jaws.
 
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HFCS said:
The Goonies feels totally like a Spielberg movie even though he only wrote and produced it. I’d probably bump Close Encounters off the 5 spot of my list for it. Especially the stuff at the house and in their neighborhood has exact same early Spielberg feel as E.T., Close Encounter and Jaws.
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You can totally tell a few movies in the 80s definitely have that Spielberg feel to it even though he didn't ultimately direct them for various reasons and only produced/wrote.

Goonies
Gremlins
Poltergeist
Arachnophobia
 
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