They are two completely different movies with different moral stances.

AN is from the point of view of one man, while SPR is from the point of view of a group. AN has an anti war stance and SPR has a patriotic one, however they both have a great, disorienting feel that puts you in the right state of mind to see things from a soldier's point of view, well, no war movie will EVER give you a real idea of what it's like, but I think these come close better than any other war movie.

Your preference will probably be influenced by your political point of view.

Martin Scorsese
Coen brothers
Quentin Tarantino
Tony Scott
Woody Allen

Lynne Ramsay
David Lynch
Gus Van Sant
Sofia Coppola
Lukas Moodysson
Quentin Tarantino

Andrei Tarkovsky, Terrence Malick, Robert Bresson, David Lynch, Roman Polanski, David Cronenberg, Werner Herzog, Ingmar Bergman, Luis Buñuel, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchkock

1. Andrei Tarkovsky
2. Béla Tarr
3. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
4. Yuriy Norshteyn
5. Ingmar Bergman
6. Hayao Miyazaki
7. Stanley Kubrick
8. Kanji Nakajima
9. Isao Takahata
10. Lukas Moodysson

Quentin Tarantino
Danny Boyle
Alfred Hitch****
Martin Scorcese
Darren Aronofsky
Milos Forman
Brian De Palma
Tim Burton
Stanley Kubrick
David Lynch

glastonelle: Roman Polanski, Danny Boyle, Tim Burton, Kevin Smith, Richard Curtis, Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino

That's only 8 -_-

Doesn't have to be 10. 10 or under is the rule.

But she's always posting about films.
Therefore she must know at least 10.

I dunno how many she posted, I stopped reading after Richard Curtis.

She's a chick, she can't help it.

:laughing: Sexism ftw!

Despite being a chick, he's truly one of the most loathsome directors to make films.. Although I have a soft spot for Bridget Jones' diary. As far as light hearted chick flicks go anyway.

I liked Bridget Jones' Diary and I like Renee Zelweger in everything she does.

Curtis is more of a writer though, he only has two directing credits. Bridget Jones isn't one of them.

Ah, I thought he was the director of Notting Hill, Bridget Jones, Love Actually etc.

I've not seen her in that much so I don't really have an opinion on her but she seems decent enough.

William Wyler
Ingmar Bergman
George Cukor
Allison Anders
Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch
Brian De Palma
Takashi Miike
Dario Argento
Terry Gilliam

Just my favorites, for what it's worth...

Wes Anderson
Sam Mendes
Quentin Tarantino
David Fincher
Terry Gilliam
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cameron Crowe
Rob Reiner (pretty much for Stand By Me, but also Misery and This Is Spinal Tap were great. On the flipside, he directed one of my most hated movies: Rumour Has It.. oh man)
Danny Boyle

In the order they come to mind
Joel & Ethan Coen
Stanley Kubrick
Sergio Leone
Woody Allen
Hal Ashby
Jim Jarmusch
Martin Scorsese
PT Anderson
Lukas Moodyson
Stephen Spielberg

Stanley Kubrick
Quentin Tarantino
Alfred Hitchcock
David Lynch
The Coen Brothers
Martin Scorsese
Christopher Nolan
David Fincher
Darren Aronofsky
Paul Thomas Anderson

Mmmm.... picking favorites is tricky, but I'll try.

Pedro Almodovar
Robert Altman
Billy Wilder
Ingmar Bergman
Wong Kar-Wai
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Joel & Ethan Coen
David Cronenberg
Francis Ford Coppola
Quentin Tarantino

Although I can easily think of 10-20 more (many of whom I'm seeing on other's lists) whose work I tend to enjoy.

stanley kubrick, coen bros, quentin tarantino, todd field, paul thomas andersen, darren arronofsky, alfonso cuarón, chris nolan.

In no particular order.

Alfred Hitchc0ck
Stanley Kubrick
Jan Švankmajer
Tim Burton
Frederico Fellini
David Lynch
Ed Wood
Hayao Miyazaki
Quentin Tarantino
Guillermo del Toro

Kind of disappointed by all the Tarantino lovers here. I never understood why that guy gets so much respect.

1:steven king
2:steven spielberg
3:clint eastwood
4:alfred Hitchc o c k
5:francis ford coppola
6:david lynch
7:hayao miyazaki
8;errol morris
9:woody allen
10:stanely kubrick

1. Coen Bros.
2. Tarantino

If Wes Anderson had done a few more movies I'd give him alot more attention.

Judd Apatow never fails to make me laugh as well.

Conan: Ed Wood, The Coen Brothers, Robert Wiene, Robert Florey, Harold P. Warren, Steven Spielberg, Fritz Lang, J.J. Abrams, Quintin Tarantino

Clint Eastwood
Francis Ford Coppolla
Gus Van Sant
Sergio Leone
Martin Scorsese
Takeshi Kitano

my pick:

Cameron Crowe
Martin Scorsese
Christopher Nolan
David Fincher
Danny Boyle
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
Tarantino
Roman Polanski
Alfonso Cuaron
Terry Gilliam

ranking:-

Fritz Lang
Jean-Pierre Melville
Ridley Scott
Terry Gilliam
Park Chon-Wok
Chris Nolan
Spielberg
Jorg Buttgereit
Russell Mulcahy
Ken Russell

Kevin Smith
Sidney Lumet
William Friedkin
Coen Brothers
Wes Anderson
Terry Gilliam
Steven Speilberg
John Landis (Pre 1990)
James Cameron (Pre Titanic)
David Lynch

Frownland:
David Lynch
Ingmar Bergman
Werner Herzog
Jean Luc Godard
Lars Von Trier
E. Elias Merhige
Andrey Tarkovsky
Federico Fellini
Darron Aronofsky
Stanley Kubrick
No order really

Pedro Almodovar, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Coen brothers, Tim Burton, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Cliche, but Steven Spilberg and Mark Walberg

Wahlberg is so not cliche.

Richard Kelley(Donnie Darko, Southland Tales)
Richard Linklater(Waking Life, before Sunset, Scanner Darkly)
Wes Anderson(Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Royal Tenebaums)

David Lynch
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Lars Von Trier
Stanley Kubrick
Wes Anderson
Christopher Nolan
Jean Luc Goddard
Darron Aronofsky
Richard Linklater
Ingmar Bergman
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
Paul Thomas Anderson
Alfonso Cauron
Guy Ritchie
Danny Boyle
Rian Johnson
Robert Altman
Sergio Leone
Sophia Coppola
Werner Herzog
David Fincher
Quinten Tarantino
Terrence Malick
David Cronenberg
Martin Scorcese
Sam Mendes

If I mispelled anything it's because I was too lazy to google.

Only 10 huh? This will be tough.

In no particular order:

- Steven Spielberg
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Stanley Kubrick
- Martin Scorsese
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Orson Welles
- Billy Wilder
- Woody Allen
- John Huston
- John Ford

I really wanted to list Quentin Tarrantino, but just couldn't squeeze him in there.

Stanley Kubrick, Richard Linklater, Terrence Malick, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorcese, Coen Brothers, Ridley Scott.

- Jean-Luc Godard
- Robert Bresson
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Stanley Kubrick
- Howard Hawks
- John Ford
- Jacques Tati
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Jacques Demy
- Edward Yang

My favourite director has to be between Ridley Scott and Peter Jackson. I'm not so focused on directors but I should be.