The OBJECTIVE 100 Greatest Directors of All Time 

Thanks for the comment! I agree mostly with your point on Kubrick, although to me I’d switch out 2001 with Dr Strangelove. For me, he’s a top 20-25 director so I agree, I think he’s overrated personally. Glad you were able to enjoy the list despite disagreeing in a couple areas!

@@SimonsRants Well, obviously I would disagree, no two lists are the same, especially when one of the lists is not even made by a human ;) It’s normal. It’s not a reason not to enjoy it, especially when there are literally more than 100 directors on the list and you can learn quite a bit as well as to get to know your thought process when making this list, very interesting, as well as your general comments as well. And what are your thoughts about other points than Kubrick? If you’d have a time and like to write it, I’d listen ;)

I completely agree with Lynch; it’s actually very similar to how I felt about Michel Gondry. Where I wish they were higher but I understand why they’re not. They make absolutely crazy movies that people either love or hate so they end up being ranked not nearly as high as the people that love them would rank them. But maybe higher than some would say they should be. As far as Tarkovsky goes, I’m unfortunately woefully ignorant. I have only seen one of his films so far so it’s hard to get an accurate read on him. But I have to say, I’ve liked what I’ve seen so far so I’m very excited to see more by him. I did not grow up watching foreign films so I’ve spent the past three or so years catching up on the greats like Bergman, Resnais, Fritz Lang, Sjöström and so on. I’ve really enjoyed myself but I’m still fairly naive to a bulk of their work. I also agree on Fellini, once again still fairly naive to his work but what I’ve seen I’ve adored. I started with 8 1/2 and was obsessed from the first scene.

@@SimonsRants I only have seen from him Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and I think I can honestly, without an exaggeration say it, that this movie is a masterpiece. It's really great, one of the the best of the XXI century. By the way, imagine spending most of your life in comedy movies, only for your best movie to be this one ;) Really sad in a sense. I actually see in a corner of my eye that you ranked all of Jim Carrey movies, so I'll check it out. I'm not familiar with other Gondry's work so I quickly checked it out on Rotten Tomatoes (again, the power of having more than 100 directors in one place, you really learn a loooot), and it's thought that his other movies than Eternal Sunshine and Microbe and Gasoline are either pretty mediocre or even rotten, it's like between 75% - 40%, so as of right now I don't expect to see another masterpiece or just a great film from him, but who knows, maybe they just don't know what they're talking about, I'll check it out by myself. So I cannot say if he's on the right spot or not, but with David Lynch it is a different story, this is a real frustration ;) Objectively speaking, I really do think that Mulholland Drive is probably like one of the greatest 20 or 30 movies of all time. And the only reason why it's not higher is because there are other older movies which have a much higher participation with their historical legacy and development of the medium. It's really insane, if you think about it, a movie from a XXI century in the top 30 without any biases and personal preferences, I really try to be objective as I can, even though I obviously adore this film as well, I'm completely obsessed. So with that in mind, when I see Spielberg on the 22. position, if my memory serves me correctly, and I hear you imitating your audience "hold on I thought that Spielberg is a top 10 director" my reaction is like "bruh" ;) Obviously he's on the the greatest of all time and I understand people who are inspired by his films, but if you really look closely, I really don't think that he deserves any higher place. I think that Jaws is his best film and it's a masterpiece in my mind, but again, as I mentioned, he could only wish to make a film such as Mulholland Drive, Jaws and this is not even close, not the same league. The same thing with Tarantino, it's like he made Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs is also really fun and the rest of his films are generally very good, but not great, some are even not that good. Obviously with such a solid work, generally speaking, and Pulp Fiction he is one of the greatest directors ever, but I'm not mad that he's only I believe 12. and not in the top 10, I'm mad because there are other greater directors and more important than him earlier on the list and he's simply too high ;) Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore Pulp Fiction, but honestly it's not in the same league as Mulholland Drive to me. I don't care that Lynch has made Dune (sort off), I don't care about Lost Highway, which is also not particularly good. Every great director has made a mediocre film or films, so it's not like a huge punch that disqualifies Lynch. And also don't forget about Blue Velvet and other good or great films that he has made, like Eraserhead, it's fantastic. But I'll have to somehow live with that ;) And watch more foreign films of old masters, you really do miss a lot ;) Especially that you said that you enjoyed yourself. Hell yeah ;) And yesss, absolutely, the beginning of 8 1/2 is one of the greatest openings ever. As well as the movie itself. It's absolutely magical and Fellini is at his best, his craft is fabulous. I'm also obsessed with this film ;) I watched it unhealthy number of times. Hmmm, now that I'm thinking about it, actually Lost Highway isn't even that mediocre, actually it's pretty good in my opinion. I'm probably just disappointed that this is a worse version of Mulholland Drive and that's why I don't really care about it. So I'll replace Lost Highway with Wild at Heart. This movie is really weird.

Also I feel like Nolan is so overrated

I didn’t! I am planning on redoing this list at some point as I’ve had a few guys mentioned to me that I missed.

Sweet! I’ll be curious to see how he scores with your thoughtful point system!

What an interesting list!

I’ve heard that, haven’t seen it yet. But I honestly feel like I have to check it out regardless of how I feel about him as a person.

Definitely would have made the list lol I spent a lot more time and effort on the best directors side than worst directors.