Every Steven Spielberg Movie Ranked

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[@brandongnuschke3870]

My biggest problem with “Lincoln” is that Spielberg omitted all the parts involving him killing vampires.

[@erikkleve8389]

Same

[@khalewren2734]

And his ghost assisting Black Dynamite in the battle against Richard Nixon

[@foxtoons1999]

And when he runs for class president against JFK.

[@lukerichardson3976]

I hate that he didn't include a part where Lincoln decides not to see that play!

[@jolly5653]

and him inventing the rocket jump, at that.

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

Spielberg: the person who made you see dinosaurs, aliens, androids, but has also made you see the horror, violence, love and kindness of humanity. Truly one of the gems of cinema history

[@i.d.9754]

He's respected for all the right reasons.

[@hello_hello569]

Don't forget the bfg, worth its own mention imo

[@yololthepikminenjoyer]

im glad schaff is steering away from animated film rankings, it’s nice to see schaff talk about movies he’s actually passionate about instead of 5 ice age movies

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

@MeleaWierwilledude you didn’t even try

[@highdefinition450]

legend

[@gavinpyle8654]

“You killed my mom’s sister” is an incredible line

[@brayanargandonaflorentino548]

More like "you killed my mom's husband"

[@stilesstratton9566]

"I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain"

[@gavinpyle8654]

@@stilesstratton9566 least cringey destiny line

[@DirtxDojo]

Just say faternal aunt.

[@Ruskah0307]

​@@DirtxDojojust say aunt or, double down, say "you murderified my dad's wife's woman-brother!"

[@joaopedroauriemo]

Schaff just said: “the PAWsibilities are endless” CLEARLY he is gearing up for a Paw Patrol review in the near futute

[@pokemondragon4253]

You got a point.

[@sebastiancriollo4534]

He gave it a 1/10, so yep, prepare to suffer more

[@RandomCartoonFan2639]

​@@sebastiancriollo4534 it was a joke review... He even clarified he has not seen the film.

[@SockMan12]

2:26:35 someone once said “Shaving Ryan’s Privates.”

[@SockMan12]

@joaopedroauriemo But hey, that’s just a theory, A FILM THEORY, AND Cut.

[@thechickenwizard8172]

The only bad thing about Jaws is it single handedly caused the near extinction of many shark species worldwide, since people began to fear and hunt them on mass after the film was made. Fun fact, the guy who wrote the original novel actually dedicated the rest of his life to shark conservation, and played a major role in reversing the damage done by the film.

[@bighillraft]

*en masse but yeah that was a problem

[@rateater1857]

That's actually not true; the truth is far bleaker than that. Sharks were over-hunted by the fishing industry (one of fishing industry's many, many sins), but the 'cullings for safety of swimmers' and Jaws effect were used as a smokescreen to hide the for-profit culls. Sort of like the Japanese are mass-hunting whales for the cough-cough 'scientific research'.

[@thechickenwizard8172]

​@@bighillrafthuh, guess I've been saying it wrong my whole life then. The more you know

[@PrincessFelicie]

@@thechickenwizard8172 Like a lot of weird English sayings, it's literally borrowed whole cloth from French! So a lot of native English speakers pronounce it correctly but write it wrong, because only in French do you add random silent vowels and consonants at the end of words. (source: im baguette enjoyer)

[@scared_hamster6246]

@@bighillraft hon hon hon je is axtuallyu en masse je am frencheux

[@AnakinTheWeird]

There's a famous story between Spielberg and John Williams doing Schindler's List. When Spielberg first showed John the rough cut of the movie so he could start composing for it, John had to stop and go out for a walk to process what he'd just seen. He came back and told Spielberg he couldn't do it. That movie needed a better composer than him to do the job right. Spielberg's response was "I know, but they're all dead."

[@liamdude5722]

I like Speilberg basically telling Williams, "Yeah, I know you suck."

[@apolloparks3686]

@@liamdude5722I know you’re joking, but what he was really doing was saying Williams was at the same level as the greatest composers of history

[@davidwilli5542]

@@liamdude5722 no, that what it looks like at first but actually its a gargantuan compliment

[@alanaolmes4480]

That about says it all on how good John Williams is. Probably the greatest compliment you could get if you ask me.

[@williamd2989]

Bruh, he was literally saying "you're the best composer alive"

[@mach6247]

It’s a shame Schafrillas didn’t watch War Horse with the subtitles on. When the horse is trapped with the tank, he would’ve gotten the hilarious “[Defiant whinnying]”

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Warhorse ie s good movie, no idea on what Schafrillas is going on about as it's a great film adaption of a children's book. That's why it's not all about the war part.

[@j-2-da-man932]

TIMESTAMPS: 34) Always 2:49 33) 1941 9:24 32) The BFG 11:40 31) Ready Player One 13:51 30) The Lost World 20:16 29) War Horse 26:50 28) Lincoln 31:11 27) Hook 35:34 26) Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 39:50 25) The Sugarland Express 47:53 24) Bridge of Spies 49:21 23) Amistad 51:10 22) Temple of Doom 54:21 21) Empire of the Sun 1:03:52 20) E.T. 1:07:06 19) West Side Story 1:11:18 18) Jaws 1:15:34 17) The Color Purple 1:18:41 16) Munich 1:20:08 [Surfshark VPN] 1:21:53 15) Duel 1:23:27 14) War of the Worlds 1:25:35 13) The Adventures of Tintin 1:29:45 12) Raiders of the Lost Ark 1:34:27 11) Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1:40:44 10) The Terminal 1:43:14 9) Catch Me If You Can 1:46:23 8) The Post 1:48:24 7) The Fabelmans 1:54:07 6) Artificial Intelligence 2:00:09 5) Minority Report 2:06:37 4) Jurassic Park 2:11:47 3) The Last Crusade 2:18:05 2) Saving Private Ryan 2:25:59 1) Schindler’s List 2:30:03

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

I appreciate the timestamps of each entry on the list. But maybe you should. I dunno NOT spoil which movies they are? You know for future reference

[@Snailbasket]

@@OnionChoppingNinja maybe you should look at comments after you're done with the video, ya know, the point of a comment section

[@naijamations3404]

​@@Snailbasketstop calling me out man 😭

[@stephenmarray6553]

Minority Report is actually at 2:06:37

[@kelleyceccato7025]

I'm surprised to see Jaws and E.T. ranked so low. I'm less surprised at the low ranking of The Color Purple, but I'm still a little disappointed to see it, as it's still the only time Spielberg brought his A game to a movie with a female lead.

[@nateds7326]

The fact that Spielberg made Jurassic Park and Schindlers List in the same year is absolutely insane. That’s gotta be the hardest flex a every made by a filmmaker in all of human history right? I literally can’t think of another time where a big director made one of the best films ever made, and then turned around and made what could be THE best film ever made in less than 7 months. That’s just cracked.

[@keremmazman3761]

Are you into foreign arthouse movies? Swedish director Ingmar Bergman did The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in the same year. I recommend both movies. Seventh Seal stars a young Max Von Sydow.

[@leithaziz2716]

HE MADE SCHINDLER'S LIST? I would not expect that to be a Spielberg film of all films. That movie made me cry.

[@TheSLATEcleaner]

The closest I can think of are Ingmar Bergman releasing The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries both in 1957, Alfred Hitchcock with North by Northwest into Psycho (within a year, different calendar years though), Akira Kurosawa did three classics in two years [Throne of Blood, The Lower Depths, and The Hidden Fortress], and Denis Villeneuve did it (or nearly did) three times [Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 were filmed within a year of each other but released slightly over a year apart, Sicario was filmed within a year of fliming for Arrival and their official releases were less than a year apart if you don't count the Cannes screening of Sicario, Prisoners and Enemy were filmed within a year of each other and released within a year of each other and are both underrated gems]. I think, of those, Bergman and Hitchcock have the strongest comparison.

[@UltimateTS64]

​@leithaziz2716 Yeah, he considers it his magnum opus as he is Jewish, so it's an ode to his people and the struggles they faced. I had to watch it freshman year of high school when we learned about the Holocaust and that was the first time I saw a majority of the class take something seriously. I was teary-eyed by the end, too.

[@chimera9818]

@@leithaziz2716he is Jewish so he probably wanted to tell story of one of the worse events to happen to our people (I am Jewish)

[@coolbrickz657]

It’s wholesome, yet heartbreaking that when Steven Spielberg was making Schindler’s List, he called Robin Williams many times, just so he could laugh. That’s shows you how powerful is movie not only is, but the hands that made it.

[@joekaput747]

And the light Robin could bring to others, but not really himself, as it turned out

[@coolbrickz657]

@@joekaput747 Wow, that was deep.

[@reikun86]

@@joekaput747Poor guy.

[@99oildrops]

I can't even watch Schindler's List anymore. It's extremely well made but it's so horribly disturbing and depressing as hell. It's really little wonder Spielberg had such a tough time directing the thing, especially since he's Jewish. 😢

[@tjdaniels9128]

@@joekaput747Robin Williams didn’t kill himself because of depression. At least not in the traditional sense. He had been diagnosed with Lewey Body Dysmorphia which is a form of dementia but it also attacks your motor functions and speech until you are a complete invalid. He didn’t want to live that life or put his family through that and I don’t blame him.

[@Mantis42]

Spielberg actually did a lot with animation as a producer in the 80s. He played a big role in getting Roger Rabbit made, and then of course 90s tv shows like Tiny Toons and Freakazoid!

[@AKatNamedKuckoo]

Not to mention Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain! He even was the executive producer for DreamWorks's first animated series, Toonsylvania and even co-created his own animated series, Invasion America

[@brytilaar]

​@@AKatNamedKuckooHe also worked on Taz-Mania and Histeria!

[@AKatNamedKuckoo]

@@brytilaar Actually, those two weren't worked on by Steven Spielberg or Amblin Television

[@LpsfudgeandMlpTV]

And An American Tail. Speaking of I think Don Bluth, it's director would be a really good filmmaker to look at. Especially given his history and rivalry with Disney pushing them to make their most iconic and successful era because of how much of a threat his own animated films were. That man does not get enough credit for what he did within the animation medium.

[@AKatNamedKuckoo]

​@@LpsfudgeandMlpTV He even collaborated with Don Bluth again on The Land Before Time, which he worked on alongside his good friend, George Lucas Not to mention, thanks to that film (as well as Roger Rabbit), Spielberg founded his own short-lived animation studio, Amblimation

[@moviemaestro800]

You know The BFG left little to no impression of Schaff, if the presence of Tamatoa's voice actor Jemaine Clement as the main villain giant was never even hinted at.

[@oximoron613]

Steven Spielberg's mother opened a kosher restaurant that's a delightful mix of typical restaurant and memorabilia from her son's movies. She would frequently sit at random tables and chat with customers, and I was lucky enough as a kid to have the chance to talk with her. She was incredibly friendly, and it was clear how proud she was of her son's work as his mother, not for merchandising. If you're in LA and like Spielberg I would recommend stopping in!

[@tim..indeed]

Is she in any way like the mother in "The Fabelmans"? Or what did she think about the movie?

[@ShockinSammy]

@@tim..indeed She died in 2017, so she hadn't gotten the chance to see it.

[@user-bj5kf3up4j]

You did I it this time the lost world is a beautiful movie with dinosaurs and the size and all the dinosaurs are still scary and are amazing looks when they hunt the dinosaurs in the game trail and the redwoods forest. You have to not see the lore the reason why the Kelly is part of the movie is because she is meant to show Malcom to be father and the baby t. Rex supposed to be part of the of the parenting point CGI are pretty good and you have to get into the law. The reason why they build a Jurassic Park in San Diego is because John Hammond is because he was dying and his nephew decided to take over and he decide to fix his grandfather‘s dream and to open and reopen Jurassic Park to make it a public place to make millions to save the company out of bankruptcy after the whole 1993 incident from the first movie the Raptors scenes are still shocking even to this day when the Raptors hunt in the tall grass. I can write an essay telling you and proving you that this the last world is the best Jurassic Park movie.

[@oximoron613]

⁠​⁠@@tim..indeed Although he had the idea for the film for decades, he waited until after his parents deaths to make the Fabelmans out of respect for their feelings. It’s impossible to say based on a short meeting what her true personality was, but the Fabelmans is a very loose auto biography

[@wizzzer1337]

Sounds so wholesome

[@jenkinsfamily2229]

Let’s not overlook how John Williams has made almost every Spielberg movie infinitely more legendary

[@monicaenglish2566]

Now we need a "Every John Williams Score Ranked"

[@kdusel1991]

​@@monicaenglish2566 I agree! Th mans a genius!!

[@FilmFanatic211]

I agree! Shocked he didn't mention it at all during his discussion of E.T. For those who don't know, for the final part of the film, Spielberg let John Williams write the score free from the constraints of having to follow the way the movie was edited. Instead, they did the opposite, editing the movie to fit with John Williams' music. Truly one of the best instrumental soundtracks of all time!

[@jfbsp1893]

@@FilmFanatic211 Love when movies do this, like The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

[@ErikWoodsCinSoundRadio]

@@FilmFanatic211 They only did this with the bike chase sequence. The rest was recorded to picture.

[@UltimateTS64]

For that triceratops in Jurassic Park, it is actually real. In the Netflix series The Movies that Made Us, there's an episode about Jurassic Park, and they talk about how they did that scene. The built a physical model and had a lot of puppeteers underneath it to simulate the breathing. The T-rex is also real too, and seeing it in the studio looks terrifying. There were some shots where it was cgi, but others where it's practical effects, so that's why it might hold up so well.

[@rauldjvp3053]

Joyce Carol Oates tweeted the picture of Spielberg posing with the Triceratops model Everybody knows it’s real. It’s alarming that he just deduced it was CG without checking

[@Satellaview1889]

@@rauldjvp3053 To be fair, the film is renowned for have revolutionary VFX work. It makes sense that he'd flub a detail as tiny as that in project this big.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

"Things everyone knows for 500 Alex"

[@pvzgamer6029]

So that’s what Phil Tibbet cooked up in Jurassic Park.

[@jacklightyear5869]

In Temple of Doom, the dinner scene is supposed to be a joke that wasn’t taken far enough according to Chatter Lal’s actor. Basically the Indian people were eating that because that’s what the outsiders expected them to eat and they were doing it to make the outsiders uncomfortable. If you watch it with that frame of reference, it definitely does feel like the Indian characters were in on the joke, cuz each dish has a guy say the name with a shit eating grin, clearly knowing that the main characters are uncomfortable. Idk it’s not like the best scene with that in mind but it does make it better.

[@galactic1776]

Yeah I always kinda saw it as a practical joke but it is ambiguous enough that it's not really a great defense

[@mx.e2-yx6dt]

Fun fact: My great grandfather fought on D day, and they said that saving private Ryan was the most accurate depiction they’d ever seen of that battle, and they were speechless when watching the rest of the film.

[@tatehildyard5332]

I hope he was ok watching it. I know that some vets watching it when it first came out had pretty severe PTSD triggers.

[@atomf9143]

It was apparently realistic enough that they had to set up a hotline about it. So it is, for better or worse, the most accurate footage of D-Day that we will ever get.

[@Lrizu]

​@@tatehildyard5332bruh it's pussy shit to get scared cuz of a movie

[@broidk8291]

was tom hanks really there?

[@theflickchick9850]

My mom said it's based on actual Canadian footage of D Day. Like, shot for shot.

[@spinlok3943]

One thing I wanna point out, Lincoln saying “I guess it’s time to go though I would rather stay” actually happened. He said that to his white house staff right before leaving for the Ford’s Theater.

[@JukeCubed]

Famous last words

[@Seussenshmirtz]

"My wife is taking me to this boring ass play. Someone shoot me please..."

[@crazydud3380]

His whole justification for his low opinion of that movie honestly just struck me as "he doesn't get it, and doesn't seem to want to".

[@spinlok3943]

@@crazydud3380 I love the movie. And it’s meant to take a minimalist approach to Lincoln’s life. Fleshing him out as a person through helix biggest accomplishment. Too many biopics fail when they try to show someone’s whole life.

[@kingdancekiller]

⁠@@crazydud3380 I like his reviews and channel a lot but there were some obvious political biases bleeding into this list. It’s like “Amistad and Lincoln were white savior movies.” Yes. Yes they were. Because literally all positions of power in the US in the 19th century were held by whites. I’m not defending it, it’s just how history was. And it seems like da funni crab guy wanted to see a version of history that just didn’t exist. The men who voted on the 13th amendment were white. The men who represented The Amistad crew were white. (I feel weird typing this lol) Do the films have flaws, of course, but to brush them off because white people bad is just weird. Lincoln’s political MASTERY in placating and guiding all the different groups (white supremacy groups, abolitionists, radical republicans) to having the first version of black civil rights get ratified was masterfully put on display in the movie. I get that Lincoln was a movie for civil war buffs, and that some peeps find it boring.

[@tarcisiolahan702]

I would love seeing Schaf ranking the Ridley Scott movies, he is one of the most divisive in quality directors of all time. Sometimes he makes a classic, sometimes don't and other times he does a bread commercial. Truly a legend! Oh, and M. Night would be fun too, especially his "adaptation" of The Last Airbender😁

[@AtlasBlizzard]

It might have to be like the Illumination ranking, 'cause everyone knows that The Sixth Sense or Unbreakable are at number 1, and it's more determining which is the worst one. I'd be down for that.

[@tonyespo1363]

I watched A.I. in a filmography class that I was taking because I was told it was an easy credit. It devastated me. I couldn't pull myself away from the movie and despite the "off" feeling of the whole thing, I felt myself shuddering at the depiction of the passage of time, the discussions of love and what it means to be human. I cannot express how profoundly it altered my view of the world. It was my first time really delving into these themes and I have been in love with them ever since.

[@thenarrator6846]

As someone who grew up absolutely sheltered, I love that you do rankings like this so that I can know where to start after seemingly missing so much art and culture. Great video!

[@KayPeeOpee]

It really sucks that you couldn't watch these until now, but you're about to have the time of your life catching up

[@bethminers5709]

i relate!!! i don’t think i’ve watched a single one of these movies but i’m having a blast watching this video anyway

[@al9355]

And Always is actually good, so don't miss it because of the ranking.

[@psychonaut1502]

Same. This is making me really want to watch Spielberg. I felt the same with the Disney rankings. It might just be me but a lot of the movies I watched as a kid sort of blend together. So, I can't really remember most of them and while I know that I watched a lot of the Disney movies I can't really remember my individual experiences. So, it's nice to revisit them as an adult and remember them.

[@magical571]

@@psychonaut1502 i mean, it's only natural if you were 7 or younger (people remember waaaaaay less from the early childhood than they think they do),

[@timothyschreiber4372]

So the thing I like most about Temple of Doom is that Indy's reason to adventure make him more heroic. He isn't just chasing an artifact, he goes on the quest because he learns of children who are in danger. It makes him more of a hero rather than an adventurer

[@gamingwithgolems3499]

I wanna add that I thinks he also just a thrill seeker, I mean he loves what he does so makes sense that he'd go along for the ride just to see what happens.

[@everynametaken]

Also, one thing about Temple of Doom: it's not really focused upon afterwards so I'm not surprised most miss it, but the dinner scene is actually supposed to be part of the host's attempt to drive Indy and Co away without attracting attention. At least, that''s how I interpreted the movie scene on rewatch and IIRC what the novelization says.

[@user-by8cl7wc9u]

@@everynametakenYes! I posted a comment about this. There’s actually dialogue in an original version of the script where Indy mentions that Hindu’s don’t eat meat making him wonder what these people are. There’s a specific distinction between these fictional devil worshipers and what the standard Indian culture is, and therefore I don’t really find the movie racist. It can be seen that way at face value but if you actually pay attention to the plot… Although I do think the white savior ending of the movie could be more palatable if instead of the British soldiers saving the day it’s the Maharajah’s soldiers and they go back with Indy to the village.

[@thehobbsguy]

Temple of Doom has always been my favorite Indiana Jones movie for this very reason.

[@jesustovar2549]

@@user-by8cl7wc9u Whenever that scene came out, I shout "YESSSS THE BRRRITISHH CAVALRYYYYY", idk it's just so heroic, plus, there are indian soldiers too.

[@Patyonrocks.]

So you’re telling me I sat through a movies-worth of time just to realize Steven Spielberg was a WRITER for Goonies, not the DIRECTOR and because of that wasn’t included in this list? Damn 😔

[@betterthanflapjacks]

Having Jaws so low is a crime. WAY better than most of the films ahead of it on this list. The second half is just as engaging.

[@EmilyWhite2013z]

Gotta respectfully disagree. I never saw it young, so no nostalgia for me. I watched it and could definitely feel the tension in the first half, and then poof! We’ve arrived at boring city.

[@benjamintillema3572]

Timestamps (spoiler free) The absolute worst 4:27 Number 33 9:23 Number 32 11:40 Number 31 13:50 Number 30 20:16 Number 29 26:50 Number 28 31:10 Number 27 35:33 Number 26 39:50 Number 25 47:53 Number 24 49:20 Number 23 51:10 Number 22 54:20 Number 21 1:03:52 Number 20 1:07:05 Number 19 1:11:18 Number 18 1:15:34 Number 17 1:18:42 Number 16 1:20:08 Number 15 1:23:28 Number 14 1:25:37 Number 13 1:29:46 Number 12 1:34:28 Number 11 1:40:44 Number 10 1:43:13 Number 9 1:46:22 Number 8 1:48:24 Number 7 1:54:07 Number 6 2:00:09 Number 5 2:06:37 Number 4 2:11:48 Number 3 2:18:05 Number 2 2:25:58 The very best 2:30:04

[@MaggieMay3922]

Thank you so much king

[@chappie2550]

Legend

[@AwesomeArtie]

I’ve already seen the video, but I appreciate you not spoiling what movies in that placement

[@Fppiq]

Sorry mate but I’ve beat you too it (good on you for making it spoiler free though)

[@RachelDeRosier010894]

Thank you, my guy

[@dozette6381]

As a French person, the funniest thing here was hearing James calling Captain Haddock, the most beloved character in European comics, “the Andy Serkis pirate”

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

I thought it was Andy Circus

[@Jayshiver]

23:42 I always laugh so hard when Schaff’s angry and his voice goes up like 3 octaves

[@thelife.hypnotic]

I spent the entire list going, "huh, I guess he did that one too"

[@joeblanchard1584]

On the shower scene in Schindler’s List: I feel Spielberg very intentionally included this scene not merely as a breath of fresh air for the audience, but to further communicate the horror of the Holocaust. Earlier in the film a conversation is held between many of the women discussing rumours of shower rooms where a lethal gas is released to effect a mass killing. With this already on mind, these ladies find themselves stepping off a train not to freedom-as they had been told and supposed-but to Auschwitz. Their sheepish confusion is turned to abject horror when they find themselves all gathered together in a group shower room-similar to the rooms that they’ve heard rumours of, and they miserably await their certain death. Only, it’s not a gas chamber, but a genuine shower. They leave relieved, but by no means triumphant as they are still stuck in a dehumanizing interment camp with shaved heads. I think this scene allowed Spielberg to portray the horror of the gas chambers, a method of killing synonymous with Auschwitz and the Holocaust, without having to actually show the gassing. I think a respectful display that still communicates the psychological terror of the experience.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Also, fuck those critics who kept making comparisons to Jurassic Park and Close Encounters when describing some scenes, because they clearly couldn't grasp that so many different movies with different emotional tones could be made by one man. Also that director who also complained about the shower scene turning the holocaust into popcorn entertainment but made a very unsubtle film that treated the rise of anti-semitism like it was setting up a cinematic universe.

[@me-myself-i787]

​@@koichidignitythief7429Who are you talking about?

[@osmanyousif7849]

My thoughts, exactly, my parents didn’t have a problem with that scene either when they saw in theaters. In fact, my mom stated that she didn’t wanna even look to see what was gonna happen to the woman, was bursting into tears. My dad was about to come for her, but just then when they was revealed that it was the shower, my mom was like saying, “Thank heavens. And please make it there Schindler. It’s not too late.”.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

There was one foreign director who made a WWI era fil that was supposed to show how the seeds of the Nazi party were planted. I can't remember his name.@@me-myself-i787

[@resoundingthud]

1:27:18 I believe you are referring to the term “Buford’s Canoe”, named after the character Buford Van Stromm from the Phineas and Ferb franchise. The phrase originated from said franchise’s 2nd film, “Candace Vs. The Universe”, in which the movie makers foreshadow the canoe’s importance earlier in the movie, and is finally paid off at the climax of the film.

[@TheAlGal8]

I think also a big problem with War Horse was that it started out as a play with a GORGEOUS horse puppet that could be a lot more expressive than an actual horse. Also, as a play, it couldn't do too much by way of graphic war stuff and so the adaptation didn't add any of that...

[@dylanmaguire3595]

Tbf it was a book first. I liked it when I was the right age for it. I love the national theatre show, its a beautiful piece of puppeteering, but they both owe a lot to the original Michael morpurgo book. Key thing about the book too, is that it's first person from the horses perspective, which is lost when adapting it to both stage and screen, and imo drops most of the original stories charm

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Alan Grant's entire character arc in Jurassic Park is him overcoming his fear of parenthood. At first, he dismisses Ellie's suggestion of having kids, but through taking care of Lex and Tim, he gets on board with the idea. The final scene in the helicopter is him and Ellie silently agreeing to start a family. It's so beautiful (and screw the third movie for messing it up).

[@danielramos6325]

I know right

[@YSL8704]

I like the third film, but one of the biggest problems was seperating Alan and Ellie…

[@shawnlewin9057]

Grant also spends the entire of the movie hating computers. It’s the first thing he says. Then technology around the park fails creating the disaster in the first place. But at the end Grant, Ellie, and the kids are saved by a computer.

[@gailasprey7787]

@@shawnlewin9057the irony. 😂

[@pleasedontbreakintomyhouse7989]

But the 3rd movie has Allen velociraptor

[@billybones3544]

As a teenager, I fell asleep during the first movie of a Lord of the Rings trilogy marathon at home. After waking up near the end of the last movie, I swore I would never fall asleep during a movie ever again. In my mid-twenties, I nearly broke that oath watching the BFG.

[@Totas_funnynumber]

Warning, BFG 10000 is firing

[@davidrichman5004]

You took a casual 8 hour nap

[@siberiasian]

lol did you just have a healthy 8 hour sleep at night and woke up in the morning?

[@StFigarlandGarling]

8 hour sleep?

[@magical571]

honestly, worthy nap haha

[@covertcreator1174]

Speaking as someone who's adored AI Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report for years, absolutely loved seeing both of them get some recognition! Great video, dude!!!

[@MichaelLeroi]

"Does anyone else kind of mentally check out once they're on the boat?" WHAT?? No. The answer you're looking for is "no" 😅😅

[@sebulon1985]

The Indianapolis speech. The cage sequences. The rivalry between Quint and Hooper. Some of the best stuff in the film, all in the second half.

[@dwknick33]

Lol pretty wild take. Best part of the movie to me. Every aspect of this movie is top notch and the characters of Quint, Brody and Hooper are my favorite part.

[@aidanredding8058]

I actually kinda agree with him. It just goes on for a bit too long and the shark shows up too many times without actually doing anything.

[@haydenberends3905]

I know everyone has their own opinions, but some of this guy's are just baffling, even infuriating.

[@youretearingmeapartlisa5132]

The thing with Tin Tin being under developed is that even in the comics you don't know much about his backstory. The best aspect of the comics is the mystery aspect and the different situations Tin Tin gets involved in, but in terms of Tin Tin himself we see him do reporting stuff occasionally, but we still don't know much about his backstory. What we see is what we get.

[@user-it8re8jv2l]

Herge himself made him a bare bones protagonist on purpose

[@jackhudner3804]

​@@user-it8re8jv2lI believe Tintin is meant to be a sort of a blank slate that readers can project themselves onto, and also serves as a "straight man" who highlights the wacky personalities of the other characters by contrasting with them.

[@user-it8re8jv2l]

@@jackhudner3804 fact

[@youretearingmeapartlisa5132]

@@jackhudner3804 yeah, that is true.

[@alexhero64]

Just a guy who loves adventure

[@GingerWizzard1994]

Spielberg loves animation. He set up Amblimation, and when that shut down all the animators moved to DreamWorks. He may not have directed more animated films, but he's produced tons. "The Land Before Time," "An American Tail," "Balto," "We're Back!" He's also been a creative consultant on many DreamWorks films: he's the reason Toothless is in the room when Hiccup finds out he lost his leg, and basically told Dean DeBlois the script for HTTYD3 fucked so hard when he finally got it right, saying that it moved him to tears. He also has an excellent interview where he says every director should study animation. He's the ultimate animation weeb and it's great.

[@thekingofdinos8518]

Considering how hard animation gets shafted, knowing one of the best film directors loves and admires animation gives me so much joy I was not prepared for.

[@PARR-E]

How Schaff feels about Temple of Doom is how I feel about The Phantom Menace. It has a lot of flaws that make me hesitate to call it a good movie, but it also has a lot of good elements that I love.

[@ACE_1923]

How could anyone say “sAvInG pRiVaTe rYaN iS mUrIcA pRoPaGaNdA”the movie literally shows two Americans walking up to two Czechoslovakian soldiers who are begging to surrender and they just gun them down while laughing.

[@kitothekito915]

they didn’t know the Czechoslovakian soldiers weren’t German nazis.

[@Fppiq]

Full Ranking in order 4:26 Always 9:25 1941 11:40 BFG 13:51 Ready Player One 20:17 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 26:50 War Horse 31:12 Lincoln 35:37 Hook 39:51 Kingdom of Crystal Skull 47:53 The Sugarland Express 49:21 Bridge of Spies 51:12 Amistad 54:25 The Temple of Doom 1:03:53 Empire of the Sun 1:07:05 ET 1:11:19 West Side Story 1:15:35 Jaws 1:18:41 The Colour Purple 1:20:10 Munich 1:23:27 Duel 1:25:36 War of the Worlds 1:29:46 The Adventures of Tintin 1:34:27 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1:40:46 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1:43:16 The Terminal 1:46:22 Catch Me if You Can 1:48:24 The Post 1:54:07 The Fablemans 2:00:09 Artificial Intelligence 2:06:41 Minority Report 2:11:48 Jurassic Park 2:18:05 The Last Crusade 2:25:59 Saving Private Ryan 2:30:05 Schindler’s List

[@Christhegeek]

Thanks

[@daniellavaladez7820]

Spoiler alert, but thank you!

[@Snellythedog]

Damn it. I accidentally clicked and ruined it for me.

[@elliottpitre4132]

Thank you 🙏

[@Yelloweyedrobo]

How did you find out the timestamps in a 2 hour video when it had only been out for 1 hour

[@Haef2004]

Fun fact, as a film student taking a class on screenwriting, my class watched Duel together and discussed what it’s conflict was. But one thing we talked deeper about was it’s themes of masculinity. The main guy’s last name is Mann, and the movie makes a point to tell you that he’s not really the macho figure that most other main male characters were in action movies. If you ever rewatch the film and look for ways to prove that, you will find them sprinkled in there. For example, the phone call at the beginning with his wife tells us that he’s passive because he didn’t stop another man from coming onto her, and even the size of the truck versus the size of his car. I really enjoyed the movie for the class, but I do agree that it felt drawn out. There’s only so much you can do with a car chase being the whole premise of the movie

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

It also showcases the power of survival instinct over our own day-to-day nature. I always thought that Mann looked guilty in the final shot, sitting on the cliff, even though he saved his own life and, "won," moments before.

[@NTWoo95]

Mad Max Fury Road is a car chase and it’s half an hour longer 😂

[@Jubejabba]

Put it into words better than I could have, but I've always felt that about the movie

[@danielramos6325]

I know right

[@user-nk9zn3oz9f]

Robert Zemeckis ranking would be great, he’s the only director that I can think of who can at least try to compete with Spielberg on the field of well-crafted and heartfelt blockbusters, so I believe it could be interesting to compare these two by such criteria

[@michiel1162]

nah man Zemeckis recent work is awfull, James Cameron ranking would be cool

[@user-nk9zn3oz9f]

@@michiel1162 sure, not arguing about the quality of his recent stuff, but the sheer number of such legacy titles like Back to the Future and Forrest Gump already makes him one director deserving the breakdown (having said that, Cameron ranking would also be great, excellent filmmaker)

[@Venom-Boiii]

The scenes with the Tripods in War Of The Worlds are some of the most tense scenes I’ve ever seen in a blockbuster, especially the scenes where they capture the humans and use them as fuel. It’s so horrific. I have not seen a movie that conveys such a hopeless tone better than this one (aside from Godzilla Minus One) And yeah, the issues you mentioned do drag down the film in some places, but man. What a terrifying experience. Edit: I just found out that the Tripod scenes partially inspired Godzilla Minus One. Neat :)

[@gacd2104]

I remember the first time I watched "The Adventures of Tintin" when I was a kid and not being able to know if it was live-action or animated, it looked so realistic. Also, I rewatched recently and I couldn't agree more about it being the true Indiana Jones 5

[@JOJ0606]

I also didn't know if it was live-action or animated when I watched it for the first time. I'm also really sad that it never got a sequel that it absolutely deserved.

[@gacd2104]

@@JOJ0606 the wikipedia page says (or said) they were planning a sequel but it looks like it's never coming

[@Kyndrani]

Its supposed to come out in 2027 fingers crossed

[@bruschetta7711]

Deserving of a sequel, not like we could get any more ones from Indiana Jones

[@WafflePenguin36]

When I watched it as a kid I thought it was live-action.

[@JustforNow-ty5zt]

1:15:40 I once heard that the point of Romeo and Juliet is that the romance is itself a tragedy. The characters just want to escape so much, they confuse a brief crush with being soul mates. It’s about the impulsivity that comes with being a teen in a strict environment.

[@kapelski104]

It's not really Spielberg's fault that Tintin's journalism wasn't explored. It never really comes up in the comics and that movie is an adaptation of two stories: The Secret of the Unicorn and The Crab with a Golden Claw.

[@bionicrocker]

I love Lincoln, but I am also both a film and history nerd. Maybe I’ll make a video defending it although I’m not the best at editing.

[@thegoatcarnival]

As iconic as he is a filmmaker, I appreciate his work with animated series. Animaniacs was one of my favorite pieces of media growing up.

[@drypenny3561]

Wish he made more non mo cap CGI or even 90's 2D animated films because it would've been cool to see what he would've done with DreamWorks ir even Blue Sky.

[@4deleDaz33m]

Apparently, Spielberg was planning to do an animated movie musical version of "Cats" but his animation studio got bankrupt thus ending the film's development. An animated movie musical of Cats would've been far better instead of whatever Tom Hooper was doing

[@LakituAl]

shout outs to freakazoid

[@enchilad6799]

Idk if it counts but he and George Lucas did work on some Don Bluth films like American Tale and Land Before Time

[@liammcnicholas918]

He also did Tiny Toon Adventures and Freakazoid, probably the funniest animated series ever made

[@flyingcapemaster9986]

Fun fact! Hergè himself entrusted Tintin’s rights to make a movie after countless Tintin flops to Spielberg himself and included him in his will when he passed away before the movie was made. Last I checked, I’m pretty sure Spielberg was willed Hergè’s estate or part of it.

[@kamilee4123]

I saw Jaws for the very first time this past summer, and I had the opportunity to see it in theaters. I didn’t really want to see it, but I decided to anyway cause it’s such a vital part of cinematic history. It holds up INCREDIBLY well. And is legitimately engaging! I don’t typically like pseudo-disaster/creature flicks but I really really liked it. And I actually was on edge/startled at different points.

[@yairgreen2633]

What an incredible creator. I'm talking about Schaff.

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

One thing I love is that when we meet Ryan, he's completely inconspicuous. There's no final clue that makes them rush to save Ryan at the last moment. A group of soldiers introduce themselves and Hanks circles back to one of them and pulls him aside out of the blue to tell him his entire family is dead.

[@Digital_MF_Editz]

Fun fact: Lincoln was a box office bomb and didn’t do well in theaters. This is Ironic because Lincoln doesn’t typically do well in theaters

[@matthewhunter1193]

The film made $275 million worldwide off of a $65 million budget. Doesn't sound like a bomb to me.

[@johndinkins6827]

did you look up what it generated in the US alone? because youre talking about the wrong thing

[@Digital_MF_Editz]

@@matthewhunter1193 u also have to take in the films marketing

[@EnnEmmEee]

As an ardent Lost World defender, I must state, for the record… …that seeing you tear into it was actually pretty funny. Most of what you said is completely true too, it just didn’t bother me as much as it did you. To each their own. Good day.

[@liammcnicholas918]

“If you can’t laugh at the things you love, you don’t deserve to laugh at the things you hate.”

[@foxglovelove8379]

Very happy to see Minority Report so high on the list. I always felt crazy for liking it as much as I did with how little it gets talked about

[@liammcnicholas918]

We definitely see a lot of technology seen in it today

[@NeoConnor1]

It's one of my faves of Steven's. I saw it as a teen in the theater and it left an huge impact.

[@trinaq]

Spielberg really should direct more musicals in his career, he was fantastic at "West Side Story" and all of the Musical numbers were brilliantly staged.

[@rom7636]

nuh uh@@MeleaWierwille

[@4deleDaz33m]

Spielberg's West Side Story is amazing. I'd say it's even superior than the original movie. Such a shame people underestimate it without even giving a chance when you can just tell that Spielberg really wanted to make the movie with his heart and soul, it's a very personal movie for him

[@KirbyKongYT]

I love grebleipS nevetS

[@ganasde65]

It was really good, but I can see why it didn't do well because the audience for musicals like that is pretty niche

[@daniellavaladez7820]

Agreed!

[@libRteedude]

One director I'd recommend for a ranking video is Ridley Scott. I was thinking about him partially because "Napoleon" just came out, but I also think he's a fascinating director with such a weird output. Most directors have peaks and valleys in their careers going by a set period of time, but Scott has had good movies and bad movies come out back to back for pretty much his whole career. He made three stellar beginner movies (The Duelists, Alien, and Blade Runner), then vacillated in quality with each new release to where you never knew whether you were going to get another classic or a huge turkey at any point in his career. A ranking on his filmography would be absolutely wild and unpredictable.

[@angrynerdgirl]

This plus his habit of making numerous Directors Cuts (Blade Runner has 3 or 4? Legend has 2?) would make that a wild time.

[@benthehobo5833]

A huge turkey😂

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

@@angrynerdgirl With Blade Runner it was studio interference but yeah almost all of his movies have a longer director's cut, Alien too. Recently he said there might be a 4+ hour cut of Napoleon coming to streaming

[@Anonymous_Individual]

Yeah I loved him in Metroid!

[@Emberilliance]

Scott's television resume is pretty interesting too. He was one of the main producers on a couple of hardcore legal dramas, The Good Wife and The Good Fight. Not really what you would expect from a director of sci-fi.

[@Swagmaster1102]

To answer some points of Ready Player One: "Why was the main character the only one to look in the haliday files" He states that it was packed at the start, but as it fell into obscurity, very few remained. "Why did no one think of going backwards" everyone thought that there was no clue, and you just needed to get past Kong. Especially considering there was no evidence that driving backwards would work and not count as a suicide. "Why were all of the online friends in the same van and not all across the country" They likely were, but at one point, to help crack the hunt, joined together. The only evidence that can prove this is when they all got the first key. We all know Aech got it because of Wade's tip, but Daito and Sho were likely told either by proxxy or explicitly. "Why do people just use their headsets in the streets." Given the scene, they were all immediately logging on to fight the war against the sixers, who everyone hated. "Why is the opening race scene incoherent." Most race games would be if we weren't in third person behind, and had access to Kong and Dinosaurs. "Why does the conversation look like it belongs in a sitcom." Haliday had always been a socially awkward person, but add on the camera perspective of the haliday files, it definitely gives off that vibe. I personally really like this movie and it's among my favorites, but yeah, it's an issue of wasted potential.

[@lucpeters6329]

I personally really loved lost world because of a few reasons The dinosaurs have unique colors and behave creative like the long grass raptors, agresive herbivores, protective t-rexes and the scavenger compy's The second reason is that they still kill some of the good characters mainly eddy Some of the sequences are cool like the long grass stegosaurus attack and the truck hanging off the cliff

[@rocksreviewsreactions337]

To be fair to the TinTin movie, Herge himself never really established TinTin in the comics. He just appeared as a reporter in TinTin and the Soviets and that was that. Tintin went on with his adventures one after the other. One of the unique things about TinTin is, he has no background, no family members, no relatives, but he's still a likeable character. A rare feat Herge accomplished with the character. 👍

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Yeah, Tin Tin was never about him as a character, but rather all the incredible adventures he took readers on. Captain Haddock was the intriguing character.

[@rocksreviewsreactions337]

@@AtlasBlizzard Yeah, TinTin was the moral vessel character, one the readers could put themselves in his shoes.

[@leowilliamson1573]

No, it's not a coincidence that the mayor from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs reminds you of the one from Jaws. The director says in Cloudy's commentary that he directed the actor to play it like he was the mayor from Jaws.

[@stormdaboo]

21:50 ok, you clearly did NOT see the long grass scene

[@Casual_guy1234]

Yeah tlw is very underated and it makes me sad when it get called trash

[@Tinykooandmikey]

Fun Fact: I saw Schindler’s List on a History class elective where you watch movies about topics you will learn about in your main History class, and I loved it so much. It was the best movie about a certain event in WW2 that I’m too scared to comment, and Schindler and Stern’s characters are incredible and I followed their goal on how they help a certain group of people save their lives. Steve himself ate the entire restaurant when making this movie even though this is my first time watching any of his movies.

[@FrancoDFernando]

I love that Steven Spielberg used Schindler's List to earn credits for an Advanced Filmmaking course, and also used Jurassic Park to earn credits for a course in paleontology lol. I wondered if the professor of Advanced Filmmaking showed clips of every students' film in that class lol.

[@mutnazrub8180]

Stanley Kubrick popping up in this ranking (The Shining reference in Ready Player One, his work on Artificial Intelligence) definitely makes me wanna see a Kubrick ranking. He has a lean filmography of 13 feature films spanning different genres (horror, war, period pieces, sci-fi, etc) which almost certainly has something for everyone, from more casual film watchers to dedicated cinephiles.

[@llmkursk8254]

On top of how much a perfectionist he was. To a fault.

[@leviticusprime4904]

@@llmkursk8254would Strangelove be regarded as a comedy or thriller?

[@mutnazrub8180]

@@llmkursk8254 Indeed. He is a widely lauded filmmaker and it's hard to say whether or not he would have the reputation that he has without his mindset. However, the absurdity of the painstaking number of takes that he would shoot for some scenes is undeniable. I'm not sure if this necessarily resulted in a better film or not. And the whole Shelley Duvall thing epitomizes how it could be harmful.

[@jackson5056]

You can tell a lot about a person based on how they rank Lolita in their Kubrick ranking. As in it’s either low cuz it’s not book-loyal or the ranker doesn’t get the story, or it’s high up cuz it’s funny as hell and well made.

[@arrownaut6820]

Im almost finished his filmography and it's been really amazing

[@theKobaltPossum]

I think a good director to review next would be Tim Burton.

[@user-vx1io7bt5h]

or taika waititi??

[@zerjiozerjio]

My English professor at UCLA wanted us to understand Shakespeare through modern eyes, and he asked us to pick a modern parallel. Almost all of us agreed with him that the only person who could possibly be comparable was Spielberg: a name that is synonymous with financially and critically successful entertainment across multiple genres (comedies, histories, fantasies, and tragedies). Someone who came from a modest enough background but climbed to the highest highs of his medium. This was actually very helpful for a lot of us who thought of Shakespeare as exclusively elevated art - and might’ve missed how approachable, universal, and entertaining his works really are.

[@zerjiozerjio]

But it’s also a helpful comparison for understanding the artistic triumph that Spielberg’s oeuvre truly represents.

[@CB-qg3yh]

The ending to AI is genuinely one of the most devastating, and soul crushing endings I've ever seen. It genuinely traumatized me as a kid

[@nicholasheal5925]

Oi same thing here. Why the hell were we allowed to watch that????

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

He really put the "youth" in "euthanasia".

[@ninaandneurons]

No other movie has made me cry 3 separate times like that 🥲 heartbreaking

[@nicholasheal5925]

@@ninaandneurons I just remember being really disturbed and deppressed after seeing it.

[@AnonymousGhostwriter]

AI was probably the first movie I saw that made me cry

[@revkun]

I remember reading an interview with Spielberg talking about how working on Schindler’s list and Jurassic park at the same time was how he was able to handle making a movie so dark and despair filled because when he needed a break from the horror he’d go to Jurassic park and work on scenes for that movie, and after watching the fableman it’s almost tragic and sad knowing he had experienced using filmmaking as an escape before in his life.

[@WolfRider2002]

40:12 Fun fact: My high school band teacher showed his son the scene where the Nazi's get their faces melted off as a way to encourage him to drink water

[@wolfe5471]

Jaws at #18 is just inconceivable to me. Arguably the most perfect movie ever made in my eyes

[@gradykeating1057]

100% agree.

[@stilesstratton9566]

I don't agree but it was pretty good.

[@Casual_guy1234]

I think we might need to mail this guy a pipe bomb for rating it and the lost world jurassic park so low

[@Thatssomebadhatharry1]

@@stilesstratton9566’pretty good’ and jaws are never together in the same sentence. Best film in the world ever and jaws, perfectly fit together

[@stilesstratton9566]

@@Thatssomebadhatharry1 look man, I get that you love it and I understand why. I just don't think it's as good as people say it is.

[@yharu_hasaiko]

I just want to add a few details about the Tintin movie: the reason we don't really see much about Tintin's professional life and how he seems to just "exist" in the world is actually pretty accurate to how he is in the original comics. Hergé, the author of Tintin, focused more on his adventures than his "paper work" life (the newspapers at the beginning are actually nods to some of his actual adventures in the albums), or his private life. The author simply didn't think it was as important as the adventures he would go on to live. As for Tintin himself, he was supposed to be just a reflection of what the author himself wanted to be, that later turned into the character being kind of a "blank slate" so that any child could see themselves or at least see him as a role model they could aspire to be. Hope that somehow clears up some of the doubts you had about some aspects of the characterization in the movie :)

[@SaurontheDeceiver]

I remember reading that the Castafiore Emerald was written specifically if he could create a Tintin adventure where absolutely no adventures happened, and I happen to love it. I loved the lower-stakes story full of character moments.

[@lykanaslupus]

1:32:32 I absolutely agree. As a German, I find it baffling that Americans are completely unaware of the genius behind Asterix & Obelix.

[@tentativaX]

Yup, Goscinny was a genius. His comedy was brilliant.

[@MarkyMark1221]

To be fair there’s a reason our pop culture is near universally consumed unrivaled to anyone else’s (with small exceptions to other anglophone countries keyword smalls)

[@Switch_Stepper]

I am a comic collector and i love collecting Asterix & Obelix.

[@gazelle_diamond9768]

@@MarkyMark1221 And... what IS that reason?

[@gravfnaf]

​@@Switch_Stepper same I collected all Asterix and Obelix comics up to "Golden Book" and I have few of the newer ones because i wanted to see if they are any good.

[@user-gw3bs2in5i]

Ngl, Schaffrillas's intro made me kind of emotional the first time I saw this video. There's always something great about being able to hear the genuine excitement in someone's voice for something that they're passionate about. And then he immediately talks about the worst one lol

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

With the Raiders of the Lost Ark entry, can everyone agree that “The Miracle of the Ark” perfectly encapsulates divine wrath in that scene? That’s the BEST track on the soundtrack.

[@crab2195]

you forgot to mention that in “Hook”, Tinkerbell raised Peter since he was an infant. she’s basically in love with her son. makes the whole thing even creepier.

[@cwispygiraffe]

"The dad sells the horse to Loki" Oh god, giving Loki a horse? That's an awful idea

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

Well you get Sleipnir after afterwards.

[@DL-yh7ge]

Love this switch to director rankings. I agree Nolan seems like a good next. After that I think it'd be really cool to hear your opinions on Edgar Wright, Kubrik, and Tarantino if you plan to keep going.

[@LpsfudgeandMlpTV]

I'd love if you looked at Don Bluths iconography. I think his history with Disney works really well with your knowledge of their animated iconography. And he was truley the first man to be competition to their monster of an animation studio that had the manopoly on animated movies for decades. The way he persevered his entire career even though it cost him everything, just because of the mature way he viewed animation is something to really be admired. He really doesn't get enough recognition for the affect he, his studios and his films had on the animation industry. I truly believe he is one of the reasons why the Disney Renaissance happened. He drove Disney into creating their most iconic and impressive era of filmmaking because of his own ambitions. It would really be nice to see him get some recognition as he really embodied the fact that animation was much more than something for children, but an art medium that could be used for much darker themes and stories.

[@OtZillaFM]

1:32:15 As a European, a Spanish person in fact,....yes, it is TinTin, Asterix y Obelix & Lucky Luke are comics very well known in our country, we learn about them all from when we were kids It's funny that the Smurfs were the thing that actually got popular in the States

[@Saidor570]

Not to mention that at first The Smurfs were a "spin-off" of the Johan and Pirlouit series! It was like a medieval comic series with fantasy elements and the Smurfs appear in one of their adventures... And probably because they were more marketable, the Smurfs still are popular nowadays while Johan and Pirlouit are pretty much forgotten.

[@T_Dude]

I’ve read almost every TinTin and A&O comic, plus one Lucky Luke, and they’re all fantastic.

[@coolbrickz657]

Fun Fact, when Jurassic Park came out, Lucas was so impressed by how far the CGI had come, that’s when he decided that it was time to make the prequels.

[@DJFoxBox]

Dude, the fly scene in Raiders of the Lost ark was wild. I had to rewatch it like four times to make sure the fly wasn’t on my tv screen

[@ToxicKittiSP]

1:15:39 my all time favorite movie :P

[@vontaxe]

"I didn't know they were going to kill him, thats sad as shit" I love how this is a completely genuine and deserved reaction because this part of the movie literally created my depression as a child

[@zeinaaaaaa7468]

i watched ai as a kid and that last scene BROKE me, like just remembering while watching this video made me tear up and almost start sobbing, it was the first time i saw a movie with such a bittersweet ending and it stuck with me to this day, i can never forget watching this with my parents and not getting up once throughout it all

[@TheloniousDrake7]

I vividly remember a short animated film about the BFG that was such a banger. I also now remember seeing always when I was a kid with my folks. I had completely forgotten about it until now.

[@psych4003]

It would be cool to see an Akira Kurosawa ranking. I've never seen anyone really tackle his entire filmography, and he's easily one of the greatest directors of all time.

[@thomasffrench3639]

A fun fact about Akira Kurosawa is that Ran was not submitted as best foreign film by Japan, but a completely different movie was, because they weren’t a fan of him, but that film wasn’t nominated because the American film industry was a fan of Kurosawa. It’s pretty funny award politics.

[@edsp666]

​@@thomasffrench3639what a phenomenal movie Ran is, I was fortunate enough to catch it on a re-release in the cinema for an event.... truly epic in every sense of the word

[@TuragaMesozoi]

It's because realistically no one alive today HAS seen his entire Filmography yet. One of his films Those Who Make Tomorrow is a lost film and so...

[@Gemnist98]

⁠​⁠@@thomasffrench3639 The best part was that Kurosawa was still nominated for Best Director for Ran.

[@toneybrown3692]

I'd like to see a James Gunn ranking

[@_Larzy]

As someone who loves Jurassic Park, in my opinion The Lost World is a very underrated movie. Clearly the first movie is better, but it is much better than whatever has followed it since.

[@jasonkeith2832]

Lost World has the benefit of actually being partially about the original book's premise, while everything passed it are basically on their own in terms of writing.

[@_Larzy]

@@jasonkeith2832 True, there is a lot to love about The Lost World. The first is a masterpiece and it’s unfairly judged against that movie. I like the dark elements, how the events of the 1st film changed Malcom’s character. I think it deserves a 7.5/10.

[@samkilpatrick1259]

Fun fact: Christopher Nolan was offered to direct Ready Player One, but he wanted to focus on original projects and less so on adaptations.

[@user-zw3on4bx2t]

He smart

[@Spiderfisch]

Also Christopher Nolan: directs Batman and Oppenheimer

[@kitothekito915]

@@Spiderfischhow is Oppenheimer an adaptation?

[@Spiderfisch]

@@kitothekito915 its adapting real life events

[@justinfraser1791]

Most of your criticisms of Ready Player One were about things that were different from the book (which is infinitely better). For example: the first task and how it was discovered. Or the timeframe for Wade and Samantha’s relationship which was much longer and more fleshed out in the book. I’m wondering if you have read it, and if you have, what do you think of it in comparison to the movie? Genuinely curious

[@kerosarriola5979]

As much as Schaffrillas hates Mack in Crystal Skull, I love the scene where the bad guys try to hit Indie with a car before he does an insane stunt, and Mack keeps shouting "You don't know him" because he knows Indie is crazy enough and capable of pulling it off

[@AtlasBlizzard]

"JONESEY!" (gets decked by Indy) Come on, comedy gold.

[@X-SPONGED]

Spielberg Movie Rankings (Worst to Best): 34. Always - 2:49 33. 1941 - 9:24 32. The BFG - 11:40 31. Ready Player One - 13:51 30. Jurassic Park: The Lost World - 20:16 29. War Horse - 26:50 28. Lincoln - 31:11 27. Hook - 35:34 26. Indiana Jones & TKoTCS - 39:50 25. The Sugarland Express - 47:53 24. Bridge of Spies - 49:21 23. Amistad - 51:10 22. Indiana Jones & TToD - 54:21 21. Empire of The Sun - 1:03:52 20. E.T. - 1:07:06 19. West Side Story - 1:11:18 18. Jaws - 1:15:34 17. The Colour Purple - 1:18:41 16. Munich - 1:20:08 (Sponsor) Surfjaws VPN - 1:21:53 15. Duel - 1:23:27 14. War of The Worlds - 1:25:35 13. The Adventures of Tintin - 1:29:45 12. Indiana Jones & TRoTLA - 1:34:27 11. Close Encounters of The Third Kind - 1:40:44 *(WARNING: TOP 10 RANKS INCOMING. LAST CHANCE TO AVOID SPOILERS)* *(BUFFER. LAST CHANCE. LAST CHANCE.)* 10. The Terminal - 1:43:14 9. Catch Me If You Can - 1:46:23 8. The Post - 1:48:24 7. The Fablemans - 1:54:07 6. Artificial Intelligence - 2:00:09 5. Minority Report - 2:06:38 4. Jurassic Park - 2:11:47 3. Indiana Jones & TLC - 2:18:05 2. Saving Private Ryan - 2:25:59 1. Schindler's List - 2:30:03

[@Fppiq]

Beat you to it sorry

[@sasaki8765]

I actually want to watch the video so I won't be clicking read more, thanks.

[@paulsarai9032]

Number 3 is messed up

[@adami6187]

​@@paulsarai9032why? Its the perfect placement for it

[@abyssdrawssomestuff]

Thank you man!!

[@greatoverlordchikonmaster7226]

59:15 Fun fact, the big guy that gets crushed here is the same actor as the big german in Raiders, just they painted his skin dark. Truly an 80's movie moment

[@Princessallstar365]

I think I have a few things that can explain The Adventures of Tintin to make it more understandable. 1. Tintin: Tintin’s character has never been completed by Hergé on purpose. He has no family, no background. Hergé just wasn’t focused on giving Tintin any background and wanted to worry more about the action. I personally think Tintin’s blank slate background makes him more of an interesting character because it adds more of a mystery to him and a door to many interesting ideas for his past (I’ve seen theories that range from him being orphaned at a young age to him being a professional sniper in World War One.) 2. The pacing: this movie is not the only fast paced form of entertainment involving Tintin. As someone who has read many of the comics and watched the 1990s tv series I know for a fact that this series always had lightning speed pacing because Tintin is always chasing after these bad guys without rest jumping from country to country to put a stop to them. This pacing is perfectly natural to the series. 3. Motion Capture: I will admit, cgi was probably the better way to go, but at least in the motion capture the characters don’t look lifeless unlike other mo-cap movies. That’s all. One more thing: if you read the comics and watch the temple of doom, you will notice many themes in temple of doom that were taken from the adventures of Tintin comics. (Short-round is literally Chang from the Blue Lotus.)

[@KhaoticPhoenix]

I loved Ke Huy Quan's reunion with Harrison ford on the red carpet. It genuinely looked and felt like they had the same relationshop offscreen as they did on screen and that felt like one of the most heartwarming things id ever seen in film.

[@zacharygate9842]

I love that Sr. kept calling Indy "Jr." for most of it, but when Indy tries to grab the holy grail, Sr. calls him "Indiana".

[@avalithgow541]

What interesting about jaws is that it’s actually based on an Ibsen play. What I like about it so much is that it embodies the themes of Ibsens “an enemy of the people” but it applies it to a modern setting making it all the better of a movie

[@MorganKing95]

Where does it say that? It's a novel originally, but I don't find anything about the author being inspired by Ibsen

[@katerocks82196]

​I had to read "An Enemy of the People" for High School and in all of the context-y stuff they gave us so that we could understand the play better (and to get hooked into reading the play, I suppose), they specifically pointed out all the similarties between the two. I enjoyed reading it! And I'm glad that Spielberg was able to take some threads of inspiration from the play and weave them in!

[@simplebutpowerful]

Yes to all of the above! Would love to see you rank the Nolan, Zemeckis, and (as another comment mentioned) Tim Burton filmographies. These compilation rankings are entertaining, as well as a neat lesson on the history of cinema - I'm always learning something about the art, process, & industry of filmmaking

[@TheDeadmanDante]

I genuinely wanna see you tackle a Tim Burton movie ranking, mainly for how much of a distinct style he has with many of his films. I also get the feeling that you might like some of his other works outside of "Nightmare Before Christmas."

[@justjoannak]

Same!

[@OmarTafur75]

Henry Selick is the one who made nightmare before Christmas

[@caliburnabsolute8517]

​@@OmarTafur75okay but Henry Selick ranking video

[@joshuaW5621]

I’d be curious to know his thoughts on 9.

[@KeyDash753]

@@OmarTafur75 Selick directed it, but I think it's still fair to include it in a list of Tim Burton films. He basically created the whole universe and story, did the concept art, wrote most of the songs with Danny Elfman. Even though he didn't direct or write the script, it's more his vision than anyone else's.

[@okaykatieokay]

A lukewarm defense of War Horse - it is literally a kid's film. It's based off the classic British children's book of the same name by Michael Morpurgo which is many children's first introduction to WWI. As you said, the war was unfathomably awful, and War Horse provides kids with an easy in that isn't too overwhelming. The book is also written from Joey's perspective which is obviously harder to communicate through film. The best version of the story however is the play which is one of the most affecting pieces of theatre I've ever seen. The film honestly wasn't my favourite, but I think the problem is that this story isn't meant to be told using that medium

[@artnHim]

That’s what I was thinking. It was more of a family movie. That’s why it stayed away from hard war scenes.