Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Top Twenty-Five Directorial Achievements of the Decade

Best Director

HM: Chad Stahelski for John Wick, Gareth Evans for The Raid, Keith Maitland for Tower, and Makoto Shinkai for Your Name

25. Taika Waititi for JoJo Rabbit
24. Denis Villeneuve for Sicario
23. Josh and Benny Safdie for Uncut Gems
22. Panos Cosmatos for Mandy
21. Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
20. Armando Ianucci for The Death of Stalin
19. Mel Gibson for Hacksaw Ridge
18. Thomas Vinterberg for The Hunt
17. Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
16. Yorgos Lanthimos for The Favourite
15. Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity
14. Quentin Tarantino for The Hateful Eight
13. Joel and Ethan Coen for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
12. Martin Scorsese for Silence
11. Sam Mendes for 1917
10. Kim Jee-Woon for I Saw the Devil

9. Robert Eggers for The Lighthouse


8. David Fincher for The Social Network


7. Damien Chazelle for First Man


6. Denis Villenueve for Blade Runner: 2049


5. Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive


4. Alejandro G. Inarritu for Birdman


3. Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk


2. Bong Joon-Ho for Parasite


1. George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road



What do you think are the best directorial achievements of the decade? Answer off in the comments below.
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4 comments:

  1. Calvin LawFebruary 6, 2020 at 1:32 AM

    Your top 10 is honestly pretty damn perfect. My top 10 would be (top 25 would require some thinking),

    1. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
    2. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
    3. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
    4. The Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis
    5. David Fincher, The Social Network
    6. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
    7. Sam Mendes, 1917
    8. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
    9. Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
    10. Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse

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    1. Bryan L.February 6, 2020 at 10:44 AM

      Thanks. I just wanted to show some more love, so that's I made it 25 haha.

      I hope you liked the picture I used for Bong Joon-Ho btw.

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  2. Tahmeed ChowdhuryFebruary 6, 2020 at 10:06 AM

    Fantastic list as usual.
    Mine would be:

    1. George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
    2. Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
    3. Martin Scorcese for Silence
    4. Bong Joon-Ho for Parasite
    5. Makoto Shinkai for Your Name
    6. Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
    7. David Fincher for The Social Network
    8. Alejandro G Innaritu for Birdman
    9. Denis Villenueve for Blade Runner 2049
    10. Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk

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    1. Bryan L.February 6, 2020 at 10:48 AM

      Thanks. Glad to see the love for George Miller.

      Darn, Shinkai completely slipped my mind. I'll go ahead and include him & Keith Maitland for Honorable Mention.

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