Favourite film directors

Our favorite film directors involve different types of auteurs: from B-movie kings and social justice warriors to horror afficionados and action maestros, the following individuals have crafted some of the most memorable films of all time. It makes you wonder how interesting a discussion with these directors would be under a nice hot cup of coffee!

Paul WS Anderson

Best work
Event Horizon (1997)
Other notable work
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Resident Evil (2002)
Alien VS Predator (2004)
Death Race (2008)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Weakest work
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Michael Bay

Best work
The Rock (1996)
Other notable work
Armageddon (1998)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Transformers (2007)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
6 Underground (2019)
Ambulance (2022)
Weakest work
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Bong Joon-ho

Best work
Snowpiercer (2013)
Other notable work
Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
Memories of Murder (2003)
The Host (2006)
Mother (2009)
Parasite (2019) (Oscar win)
Weakest work
Okja (2017)
John Carpenter

Best work
The Thing (1982)
Other notable work
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Halloween (1978)
The Fog (1980)
Escape from NY (1981)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
They Live (1988)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Ghost of Mars (2001)
Weakest work
The Ward (2010)
Jackie Chan

Best work
Police Story (1985)
Other notable work
Project A (1983)
Armour of God (1986)
Project A Part II (1987)
Police Story 2 (1988)
Miracles (1989)
Armor of God II: Operation Condor (1991)
Who Am I? (1998)
Weakest work
CZ12 (2012)
Stephen Chow

Best work
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Other notable work
From Beijing with Love (1996)
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
Weakest work
The Mermaid (2016)
Francis Ford Coppola

Best work
Apocalypse Now (1978) (Nominated)
Other notable work
The Godfather (1972) (Nominated)
The Godfather Part II (1974) (Oscar win)
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather Part III (1990) (Nominated)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Weakest work
Jack (1996)
Wes Craven

Best work
Scream (1996)
Other notable work
Last House on the Left (1972)
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
New Nightmare (1994)
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 4 (2011)
Weakest work
My Soul To Take (2010)
Mel Gibson

Best work
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Other notable work
Braveheart (1995) (Oscar win)
Apocalypto (2006)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) (Nominated)
Weakest work
The Man Without a Face (1993)
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu

Best work
Amores Perros (2000)
Other notable work
Babel (2006) (Nominated)
Biutiful (2010)
Birdman (2014) (Oscar win)
The Revenant (2015) (Oscar win)
Weakest work
21 Grams (2003)
Wong Kar-wai

Best work
Chungking Express (1994)
Other notable work
As Tears Go By (1988)
Days of Being Wild (1990)
Fallen Angels (1995)
Happy Together (1997)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
2046 (2004)
The Grandmaster (2013)
Weakest work
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Kim Jee-woon

Best work
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Other notable work
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
The Age of Shadows (2016)
Weakest work
The Last Stand (2013)
Sergio Leone

Best work
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Other notable work
A Fistful of Dollars (1962)
For a Few Dollars More (1964)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Once Upon as Time in America (1983)
Weakest work
Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
George Lucas

Best Work
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Other notable work
THX 1138 (1971)
American Graffiti (1973) (Nominated)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) (Nominated)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Weakest Work
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Michael Mann

Best work
Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Other notable work
Thief (1981)
Manhunter (1986)
Heat (1995)
The Insider (1999) (Nominated)
Collateral (2004)
Blackhat (2015)
Weakest work
Ferrari (2023)
Ridley Scott

Best work
Blade Runner (1982)
Other notable work
Alien (1979)
Legend (1985)
Black Rain (1989)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Gladiator (2000) (Nominated)
Black Hawk Down (2001) (Nominated)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Weakest work
A Good Year (2006)
Chad Stahelski

Best work
John Wick Chapter 4 (2023)
Other notable work
John Wick (2014)
John Wick Chapter 2 (2017)
John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019)
Weakest work
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Quentin Tarantino

Best work
Kill Bill (2003-2004)
Other notable work
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994) (Nominated)
Death Proof (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009) (Nominated)
Django Unchained (2012) (Nominated)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) (Nominated)
Weakest work
Jackie Brown (1997)
Guillermo del Toro

Best work
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Other notable work
Mimic (1997)
The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
Blade II (2002)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Crimson Peak (2015)
The Shape of Water (2017) (Oscar win)
Weakest work
Nightmare Alley (2021)
James Wan

Best work
The Conjuring (2003)
Other notable work
Saw (2004)
Insidious (2011)
Furious 7 (2015)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Aquaman (2018)
Weakest work
Malignant (2021)
John Woo

Best work
Hard Boiled (1992)
Other notable work
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
The Killer (1989)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Hard Target (1993)
Broken Arrow (1995)
Face/Off (1997)
Weakest work
Paycheck (2003)
Rob Zombie

Best work
Halloween (2007)
Other notable work
The House of 1000 Corpses (2002)
The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
Halloween II (2009)
Lords of Salem (2012)
Weakest work
31 (2016)