31 on 31: Director Showdown (Nolan, Fincher & Tarantino Films Ranked) 

By far, the best thumbnail I’ve ever seen

It’s David Fincher vs Quentin Tarantino vs Christopher Nolan This is going to make some people angry but it’s going to be a lot of fun

I could watch a movie of Margot Robbie just walking around talking.

Cody, you should make a 31 on 31 on Stanley Kubrick, James Cameron, and Paul Thomas Anderson movies. It adds up to 31! Kubrick: 13 Cameron: 10 Anderson: 8

Cody doing 31 on 31 on his 31st year of birth? Inception 🤯

Finally someone has put The Prestige in its rightful place, the top 5

Subjectively, Zodiac is easily my favorite movie of all time. Objectively, it's the best directed film on the list. I say that because of the lengths Fincher went to recreate not just the details of the case but San Francisco in the 60's and 70's. I've watched it 5 times in the past year and I catch multiple new things every time

I completely agree that Panic Room is completely underrated. That was the film that I watched from Fincher that I started to see his stylistic choices and fell in love with them.

Half of these movies are masterpieces. It's the toughest 31 on 31 yet. It's so hard to rank all these films. I think I'd try this week to do it.

This is probably my favorite 31 on 31 because throughout most of the video you are talking about good movies and it is entertaining to listen and watch you talk about movies you love.

Bro this is probably the best 31 on 31 there has been. I love about 28 of these movies and hearing yours and everyone else’s perspective on these great films is fucking phenomenal Cody. Makes me wanna watch them all over again my dude

The Best of the Best. Epic Opening as always routinely outdoing yourself with these wonderful 31 on 31s. 1. Interstellar 2. Pulp Fiction 3. Django Unchained 4. Jackie Brown 5. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood 6. Fight Club 7. Inception 8. Zodiac 9. Inglorious Basterds 10. Gone Girl 11. Hateful Eight 12. Dark Knight Rises 13. Social Network 14. Se7en 15. Dark Knight 16. Reservoir Dogs 17. Memento 18. Kill Bill 19. Batman Begins 20. Tenet 21. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 22. The Game 23. Prestige 24. Dunkirk 25. Deathproof 26. Mank 27. Benjamin Button 28. Insomnia 29. Following 30. Alien3 31. Panic Room

This had to be the hardest 31 on 31 to do. So many flawless films. Another great list Cody. Can’t wait for the next one.

Awesome ranking. Love to see Prestige getting the respect it deserves after finding it so low on Sean’s list! Always thought that was a masterpiece.

David Fincher Films Ranked: 1. The Social Network 2. Gone Girl 3. Se7en 4. Fight Club 5. Zodiac 6. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 7. Mank 8. The Game 9. Panic Room 10. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 11. Alien 3 Christopher Nolan Films Ranked: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Inception 3. Memento 4. Dunkirk 5. The Dark Knight Rises 6. Batman Begins 7. Interstellar 8. Insomnia 9. The Prestige 10. Tenet 11. Following Quentin Tarantino Films Ranked: 1. Pulp Fiction 2. Reservoir Dogs 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Kill Bill 5. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 6. Django Unchained 7. Jackie Brown 8. The Hateful Eight 9. Death Proof

I just watched pulp fiction for the first time and I love it

1. Inglorious Bastards 2. The Dark Knight 3. Pulp Fiction 4. The Prestige 5. Dunkirk 6. Django Unchained 7. Se7en 8. Batman Begins 9. The Social Network 10. Inception 11. Fight Club 12. The Dark Knight Rises 13. Tenet 14. The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo 15. Kill Bill 16. The Hateful Eight 17. Gone Girl 18. Zodiac 19. Interstellar 20. Panic Room 21. Reservoir Dogs 22. Insomnia 23. Memento 24. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 25. Jackie Brown 26. The Game 27. Alien 3 28. Death Proof 29. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 30. Following 31. Mank

I love how you're explaining so well why each movie falls where it is. I actually understood every placement you had, and I really respect your opinions. Keep up the good work!

I completely agree with you on Batman Begins. I might have had it even higher. TDK used to be a good bit higher, but BB has grown on me so much.

Insomnia is extremely underrated

I am just so fucking excited for this😁😁😁😀😀😀, and what a kick ass thumbnail

What my conclusion about the Inception ending, I agree, is not about whether the totem fell or not. To me, it's about Cobb finding his peace, whether a dream or not, it's HIS reality and it doesn't matter. He's home to his kids, the one thing left for him to live for.

I don't know why people get so pissed off by someone else's movie opinions 😂 I honestly love these videos because of your unique opinion

You know the thumbnails good when half the comments I’ve seen have been about it

In Se7en when the “sloth” victim opened his eyes and gasped for air…ya know, people describe jump scenes dramatically for effect but when I say I left my couch, I am not even exaggerating 😂 Of all the scary movies I have ever watched, when I think of most effective jump scares, that is where my mind takes me every time. Even now it still gets me no matter how many times I’ve seen it. It’s genuinely a perfect film.

That thumbnail is bloody brilliant!!!!

While I disagree with a LOT of this list (social network for sure) 😂, I really enjoy watching your rankings and seeing how everyone receives these movies. Sometimes just watching and yelling WHAT?!?!! is part of what makes this format and series work for me. Kudos for giving Insomnia and Gone Girl love as they seem to be underrated. Good job on yet another 31 on 31. I'm slowly making my way thru all of them. Oh, the klan scene in Django is comedic gold 😂

Kill Bill is Tarantino's best in my opinion.

So many good movies, must have been hard to rank! Great work yet again.

“Jackie Brown” is one of the most underrated films of all time.

I actually didn't like TDKR at all when I first saw it, but after 7 more watches since then, I honestly started loving it more and more, and it's now my 4th favorite Christopher Nolan movie

The more Nolan films that come out, the less I like them Continuing the get the impression I'm being talked down to

Very good and entertaining ranking. My top 5 would be Seven, Fight Club, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, and The Dark Knight.

Loving the intro!! I'm very surprised as we have very similar rankings. I'm gonna hop on your 31 on 31 trend and do a video. 😊

Dude, I totally agree with you when it comes to the prestige, think that it is a very underrated film! The first time I watched it I was blown away, I immediately watched it again, one of the few times in my life I have ever done that. The concept, the performances...perfection! Might be my favourite Nolan film.

1. Batman Begins 2. Dark Knight 3. Zodiac 4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 5. Tenet 6. Fight Club 7. Interstellar 8. Dark Knight Rises 9. Inception 10. Se7en 11. Inglorious Bastards 12. The Prestige 13. Dunkirk 14. Django 15. Pulp Fiction 16. Curious Case of Benjamin Button 17. Insomnia 18. Gone Girl 19. Panic Room 20. Hateful Eight 21. Memento 22. Reservoir Dogs 23. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 24. The Game 25. Kill Bill 26. Following 27. Mank 28. Death Proof 29. Jackie Brown 30. Alien 3 31. The Social Network

Fincher is easily my favorite director. I think most of his films land in the endlessly rewatchable category for me. WIth Nolan and Tarantino I really thing most of there stuff is really good to watch once and then theres not much reason to go back to it. The only exceptions to that being The Dark Knight and Inception for Nolan. I've never really felt very compelled to rewatch a Tarantino film, especially his early work. But I rewatch Fincher movies all the time. They are cinematic perfection in my book.

Geetings from the Sean Chandler community. 😃

Cody, my man. Bravo on the work. The list is shocking and exciting, love here you delve into my 3 favorites.

"With her and Vivica A Fox fighting" uh I think you mean with Uma Thurman and Vivica A Fox fighting lmao

Another great list, Cody (although I probably would have reversed the order of your top two). Oh, and you're right about 'Zombieland' coming out before 'Social Network' (2009 and 2010, respectively)

Fantastic ranking man 🙌🏻

In my opinion Pulp Fiction beats anything Fincher and Nolan have ever made. Memento and Fight Club are amongst the greatest films of all time. I would argue that Fincher has the overall more impressive body of work but all 3 directors are incredibly talented and versatile. Good video.

Enjoyed this list. It was personal and your explanation for placements was completely valid.

Great ranking Cody. I love all 3 of these director's. Tarantino Is my favorite director of all time. The only 3 film's I haven't watched yet are The Social Network, Mank and Tenet. My ranking As of now from my favorite to my least favorite Is. 1. Pulp Fiction ( Masterpiece ) 2. Reservoir Dogs ( Masterpiece ) 3. Django Unchained ( Masterpiece ) 4. Seven (Masterpiece ) 5. Fight Club ( Masterpiece ) 6. The Dark Knight ( Best Comic Book Film Of All Time ) 7. Memento ( Fantastic ) 8. The Hateful Eight ( Fantastic ) 9. Inglorious Basterds ( Amazing ) 10. Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 ( Amazing ) 11. Zodiac ( Amazing ) 12. Gone Girl ( Amazing ) 13. Jackie Brown ( Amazing and very underrated ) 14. The Dark Knight Rises ( Great ) 15. Batman Begins ( Great ) 16. Inception ( Great ) 17. Interstellar ( Great ) 18. insomnia ( Great ) 19. The Game ( Great ) 20. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood ( Great ) 21. Death Proof ( Good ) 22. Dunkirk ( Good ) 23. Panic Room ( Good ) 24. Following ( Solid ) 25. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ( Ok ) 26. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button ( Ok ) 27. The Prestige ( i respect the filmmaking but I'm just not the biggest fan of the film. Seen It twice might need to watch it a third time to see how I feel about It. ) 28. Alien 3 ( Bad film )

Outstanding video cody, I was kind of shocked by a few spots but your top ten was what I thought it was going to be. My favorite movie on the whole list is se7en. Probably my favorite Kevin spacey role other than the usual suspects.

Panic Room NEEDS a deluxe Blu ray release

It’s always a good day when Cody uploads a 31 on 31!

What I love about you cody is you're not so eager to call a movie the worst thing ever made or the best film ever made, you're always honest and Express your opinion

Thank You for giving love to "Panic Room" Highly overlooked film :)

That intro is pure epicness!!

Out of the three I got to say that David Fincher is my favorite director

Yeah you should definitely rewatch Mank. I felt the same when I first watched it but 5 minutes of research made the movie 1000% more interesting

What a brilliant review of Death Proof :)

31. Alien 3 30. Jackie Brown 29. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 28. Following 27. Memento 26. The Game 25. Insomnia 24. Panic Room 23. Death Proof 22. Reservoir Dogs 21. Mank 20. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 19. Kill Bill 18. Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood 17. Dunkirk 16. Gone Girl 15. Zodiac 14. Interstellar 13. Batman Begins 12. Inglourious Basterds 11. Fight Club 10. Tenet 9. The Dark Knight Rises 8. Django Unchained 7. Se7en-this wasn't intended, but this is how it ended up 6. Pulp Fiction 5. The Prestige 4. The Social Network 3. The Hateful Eight- yes, The Hateful Eight is number 3 and my favorite Tarantino movie. Deal with it. If it's not your favorite, awesome, just respect my opinion please 2. The Dark Knight 1. Inception

I love how different this list is than the one I have in my head. Makes it so much more interesting how different everyone's thoughts are on these films. Opinions are like assholes but that doesn't mean I have to be 😇

I think the reason Insomnia turns so many people off is because they don't want to see Robin Williams in such a dark light.

31 Alien 3 30 Mank 29 Following 28 Deathproof 27 The girl with the dragon tattoo 26 Jacky brown 25 Once upon a time in hollywood 24 The hateful eight 23 The game 22 Benjamin button 21 Reservoir dogs 20 Panic room 19 Social network 18 Insomnia 17 Zodiac 16 Inglorious basterds 15 Django unchained 14 The prestige 13 Gone girl 12 Dunkirk 11 Memento 10 The dark Knight rises 9 Batman begins 8 Tenet 7 The Dark Knight 6 Interstellar 5 Seven 4 Pulp fiction 3 Kill bill 2 Fight club 1 Inception

Inception is my favorite, followed by Se7en

That has to be one of the greatest thumbnails I have ever seen

Fun that your top three has one from each director!

We have very divergent opinions on Tarantino movies but I always appreciate your rankings. They make sense even when I disagree. As for The Dark Knight; I've been turning that flick off after the Joker is captured for years now. That ending never worked.

The Day we have all been waiting for! Curious to see when te word "epic" comes around for the first time. In this list probably very soon

Cody, I've got tons of respect for you. Especially when you make your case for some films. I enjoy all of your movie reviews even if we disagree on some films. Here's some of my thoughts on the list: Not a big Fincher fan. Have no desire to see any of the bottom 3 films. Love most of Quintin Tarantino's films. Haven't seen Django Unchained or Once Upon A Time In Hollywood yet. I'll watch Jackie Brown sometime this year. Death Proof is one of Tarantino's best. Dark Knight Rises was an overall let down. Batman Begins was slow to start but once Bruce Wayne gets into the Batsuit is when the film gets cookin. Memento is far too confusing to me. I challenge you to review the Director's Cut of True Romance.

Jackie Brown is one of QT's best.

This is a great video. Would’ve been interesting to see how the Scorsese movies would’ve ended up had he been one of the choice directors.

Wow. What a creative thumbnail.

Great thumbnail and video as always!

That opening was sick!

1)Pulp Fiction 2)Se7en 3)Kill Bill 4)Fight Club 5)Zodiac 6)The Dark Knight 7)Batman Begins 8)The Dark Knight Begins 9)Inglourious Basterds 10)Memento 11)Gone Girl 12)Alien 3 13)Reservoir Dogs 14)Django Unchained 15)Oppenheimer 16)Hateful Eight 17)Once Upon A Time in Hallywood 18)Death Proof 19)Dunkirk 20)Panic Room 21)Inception 22)The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 23)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 24)The Prestige 25)Interstellar 26)The Game 27)Mank 28)Insomnia 29)The Social Network 30)The Killer 31)Tenent 32)Jackie Brown 33)Following

Awesome list brother! Can’t wait for more great content

Awesome vid loved Bryan’s cameo!

Always dig Cody's vids...he's very candid and real with his reviews. I just wish RU-vid had a feature where you were able to disable someone's background music...that heavy metal made it difficult to focus on what he was saying (yes, I'm ADHD :) ).

Awesome list Cody! I do not envy you guys for having to rank so many awesome movies haha

Seven.. the most shocking ending of all time

Here was his list: 31. Alien 3 30. Mank 29. Dunkirk 28. Following 27. Benjamin Button 26. Jackie Brown 25. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 24. The Game 23. The Dark Knight Rises 22. The Hateful Eight 21. Tenet 20. Death Proof 19. Memento 18. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair 17. Zodiac 16. Reservoir Dogs 15. Interstellar 14. Panic Room 13. The Dark Knight 12. Batman Begins 11. The Social Network 10. Insomnia 9. Inglourious Bastards 8. Gone Girl 7. Django Unchained 6. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 5. The Prestige 4. Fight Club 3. Pulp Fiction 2. Se7en 1. Inception

1. The Dark Knight 2. Se7en 3. Pulp Fiction 4. Inception 5. Kill Bill 6. Fight Club 7. Django Unchained 8. Oppenheimer 9. Zodiac 10. Gone Girl 11. Insomnia 12. The Prestige 13. The Dark Knight Rises 14. Resevoir Dogs 15. Inglorious Bastards 16. Batman Begins 17. The Social Network 18. Panic Room 19. Interstellar 20. The Game 21. The Killer 22. Dunkirk 23. Mank 24. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 25. Tenant 26. The Hateful Eight 27. Death Propf 28. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 29. Memento 30. Following 31. Jackie Brown 32. Alien 3 33. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I got some hot pick's haha

Sorry for missing this, life happens!

Tarantino 09. Hateful 8 08. Jackie Brown 07. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 06. Death Proof 05. Kill Bill 04. Django Unchained 03. Reservoir Dogs 02. Inglorious Bastards 1. Pulp Fiction Fincher 11. Alien 3 10. Mank 09. Curious Case of Benjamin Button 08. The Game 07. Panic Room 06. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 05. Zodiac 04. Se7en 03. Gone Girl 02. Social Network 1. Fight Club Nolan 11. Dunkirk 10. Following 09. Dark Knight Rises 08. Tenet 07. Insomnia 06. The Prestige 05. Interstellar 04. Memento 03. Batman Begins 02. Inception 1. Dark Knight

Yes can't wait for the stream great list!!!

"They don't offend me on a personal level" made me laugh so hard!

I haven't seen The Prestige, Insomnia, Following, The Game, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Interstellar and Inception yet. Some of my favourite films of all time: 1. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2. Gone Girl 3. The Dark Knight 4. Seven 5. Pulp Fiction 6. Jackie Brown Really good: 7. The Dark Knight Rises 8. Kill Bill 9. Panic Room 10. Fight Club 11. Zodiac 12. Inglourious Basterds 13. Django Unchained 14. Reservoir Dogs 15. Memento 16. Batman Begins Pretty Good: 17. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 18. Death Proof 19. The Hateful Eight 20. The Social Network 21. Mank Don't Like: 22. Tenet 23. Dunkirk 24. Alien 3

Another awesome 31 on 31

1. Seven 2. The Dark Knight 3. Django Unchained 4. Pulp Fiction 5. Inglourious Basterds 6. The Social Network 7. The Hateful Eight 8. Zodiac 9. Inception 10. Dunkirk

The use of Bryan is GOD

If I may make a suggestion: 31 on 31: YA Edition 6 Middle Earth (3 LOTR and 3 Hobbit) 10 Wizarding World (8 Harry Potter and 2 Fantastic Beasts) 4 The Hunger Games 3 Narnia 3 Maze Runner 3 Divergent 2 Percy Jackson

Interstellar would be in my top 3. Love that movie. Great list brother. So many good movies here... Almost «Impossible» ranking all these films just because of the quality.

Awesome video Cody

Good ranking. Here’s mine out of the ones I’ve seen. Just to be clear even #17 is an 8/10 from me so every movie here is great or better than great. 17. Dunkirk 16. The Dark Knight Rises 15. Kill Bill 14. Interstellar 13. Memento 12. Tenet 11. Reservoir Dogs 10. Django Unchained 9. Se7en 8. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood 7. The Social Network 6. The Dark Knight 5. The Prestige 4. Inglorious Basterds 3. Batman Begins 2. Pulp Fiction 1. Inception

The way you feel about Dark Knight is the way i feel about Se7en. That's what makes movies fun.

Why is no one talking about that intro?!

Great list Cody, may not agree with some of them but still a great take on these movies

This is a hard list!! Do these even have a bad film to their credits. OK maybe Alien 3. Excellent job as always Cody, my favorite of all of these films would be Se7en, but again hard list. Finished it, and I must say good job with a good list. 31 on 31 idea for March, Stephen King adaptions, your views would be extremely interesting to hear.

Yes I agree. Nolan should go back to his smaller scale films

Great video mate

I knew this was going to be good, and it didn't disappoint. Unfortunately, I can only speak for the genius of two of these directors because, as sacrilegious as this is, I've only seen two of Tarantino's movies: Death Proof and Inglorious Basterds.

In defence of alien 3 its a damn miracle that movie even ended up happening, even to the degree of what we got. Plus I love the bleak tone it sets as (what should have been) Ripley's final movie, sure it ended up killing newt and hicks but I believe that was purely studio meddling. Also the mostly British cast was absolutely amazing, from Charles dance to Ralph Brown all phenomenal actors

With you 💯 with the David Fincher the girl with the dragon tatoo it was soo good

Loving it Cody

When netflix put the hateful 8 in 4 hour long episodes it made it alot easier to watch