Which filmmaker among these has the greatest filmography overall??

[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 57 Posts: 1114 View Predictions]

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If we exclude of course Kubrick, which filmmaker among these options has the greatest body of work overall??

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[Lil Tony Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 8 Posts: 2902 View Predictions]

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I choose Spielberg

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[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 57 Posts: 1114 View Predictions]

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It has to be Scorsese, and no one comes close:

1973: Mean Streets

1974: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

1976: Taxi Driver

1980: Raging Bull

1983: The King of Comedy

1985: After Hours

1986: The Color of Money

1988: The Last Temptation of Christ

1990: Goodfellas

1991: Cape Fear

1993: The Age of Innocence

1995: Casino

1999: Bringing Out The Dead

2002: Gangs of New York

2004: The Aviator

2006: The Departed

2010: Shutter Island

2011: Hugo

2013: The Wolf of Wall Street

2016: Silence

2019: The Irishman

Greatest and most versatile filmography in the bunch.

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 63 Posts: 5680 View Predictions]

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I’d say Scorsese is more consistent than Spielberg, but Spielberg’s highs are just so high that I’m giving it to him.

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 63 Posts: 5680 View Predictions]

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Also, I have no idea what Christopher Nolan (And even Spielberg, I would say) is doing in here.

They’re here because they’re widely acknowledged as two of the greatest directors of all time.

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[The2ndAvenger Joined: Dec 5th, 2018 Topics: 10 Posts: 410 View Predictions]

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Dang, this is hard between Nolan and Spielberg. Gotta go with Spielberg, but probably only because he’s been in the game longer.

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 7 Posts: 977 View Predictions]

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I-

Nolan is not widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, though. That’s just a lie. He’s just nowhere near the canon yet…

Anyway, replace Nolan with Godard and then there’s an easy top 3 with him, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky in no particular order. Fellini and Ford would also be worthy of being in a top 3.

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 63 Posts: 5680 View Predictions]

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FairWeatherAffair wrote:

I- Nolan is not widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, though. That’s just a lie. He’s just nowhere near the canon yet… Anyway, replace Nolan with Godard and then there’s an easy top 3 with him, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky in no particular order. Fellini and Ford would also be worthy of being in a top 3.

Okay, but he is. Just because you don’t like him doesn’t mean he’s not a widely beloved and acclaimed filmmaker.

Also, when you google “greatest directors of all time”, he’s literally one of the first names to come up.

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[Chimichanggas Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 35 Posts: 2506 View Predictions]

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Personally, I love Scorsese’s works the most but Spielberg is just undeniable.

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[JayDF Joined: Sep 18th, 2011 Topics: 36 Posts: 19703 View Predictions]

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Billy Wilder. From the choices here, then Hitchcock. If Scorsese hadn’t spent so much time with DiCaprio over the last 18 years he might have gotten it.

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[The2ndAvenger Joined: Dec 5th, 2018 Topics: 10 Posts: 410 View Predictions]

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FairWeatherAffair wrote:

I- Nolan is not widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, though. That’s just a lie. He’s just nowhere near the canon yet… Anyway, replace Nolan with Godard and then there’s an easy top 3 with him, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky in no particular order. Fellini and Ford would also be worthy of being in a top 3.

For what it’s worth, back before I really got into film, I only really knew of three directors: Spielberg, Ridley Scott, and Nolan.

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[ArtIsntEasy Joined: Dec 17th, 2011 Topics: 3 Posts: 1161 View Predictions]

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I think Bergman takes this for me. Even his lesser films are still pretty damn good.

Kurosawa, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky would be close behind.

Spielberg, in my opinion, has far too many middling films in his canon to compare but he has good classics too.

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[Aunt Peg Joined: Dec 27th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 705 View Predictions]

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Bergman probably with Fellini, Ford & Tarkovsky close behind.

Then Kurosawa.

Hitchcock & Scorsese have some great films but Scorsese in particular has a number of low points.

Welles comes next.

Spielberg comes next – the occasional very good film but most of his stuff is fluff.

Nolan???? There are more than 200 better directors than him.

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[MrOceanBlueEyes Joined: Dec 28th, 2018 Topics: 1 Posts: 739 View Predictions]

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Scorsese has been very consistent in quality although I’d say he has some sort of comfort zone which is where he excels more at. While New York, New York is good you can’t compare it to Casino or Taxi Driver.

Spielberg has so much variety in filmography which makes him probably the most recognized director ever. He is not as consistent as Scorsese but he has so many highs that probably his lows don’t even matter.
Schindler’s List and E.T to name a few totally overshadow stuff like The BFG. He has also made a name for himself as a producer bit I would like for him to not put his name on something like Cats.

Now Nolan, I doubt any director can do what he does, his filmography is not the biggest but I think he does an amazing job. Quality over quantity. And probably does it great since he writes his films which not all directors do. But I understand people that don’t like him, because you really have to pay attention to the movie otherwise you won’t understand the whole thing. He’s very detailed and visual in his films which is something that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. But he really is a great director.

He’s not in the poll but I would like to make a case for Paul Thomas-Anderson, he has a great filmography. Boogie Nights and There Will be Blood ar my favourites from him.

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[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 57 Posts: 1114 View Predictions]

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Spielberg has too many bad films to have the best filmography (1941, Always, Crystal Skull, Amistad, The BFG, Ready Player One)

Scorsese is considered the greatest living filmmaker, he easily has the best and most versatile filmography (right now he’s prepping his first Western).
This is the guy who did The Age of Innocence and then Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street and then Silence.
He’s unparalleled in terms of versatility, alongside Kubrick, Tarkovsky, and Bergman.

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