Naturally I recommend 'Psycho' to most people who are new to Hitchcock, as that's his most accessible masterpiece, but I agree with director's and critics that 'Vertigo' is Hitchcock's best film. It's perfectly esoteric, and there's a lot going on subtextually and thematically. It's very clever. 'Notorious' is another one that's also really interesting to dissect.
@Wolfman1491 Жыл бұрын
I will never understand the love of Part II vs The Godfather, without Brando it just isn't the same. Kubrick's filmography is a Masterwork.
@dominichemphill2 жыл бұрын
this was a great video, I loved this sort of improvised style talking about movies that you love. Would love to see more videos like this!
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thanks, Dominic. Probably should do this given the interest in it!
@robertmarginean164 Жыл бұрын
Billy Wilder is one of those guys where everyone has a different favorite and all of them are equally good answers. The Apartment? One of the greatest Best Picture Winners out there Double Indemnity? One of the most important movies for the noir genre and still absolutely holds up Sunset Blvd? The iconic lines, the outstanding performance by Gloria Swanson and the aesthetic Some Like It Hot? One of the greatest comedies ever made and my personal favorite comedy ever made My favorite Wilder movie is Witness for the Prosecution though. Insanely rewatchable, amazing twists and turns, you can't go wrong with either Charles Laughton or Marlene Dietrich and a fantastic mystery all the way through
@jonhinson5701 Жыл бұрын
My sentimental favorite with Bergman is The Wild Strawberries but Fanny and Alexander is my choice for his masterpiece. For Kubrick, it is Barry Lyndon hands down.
@lorenzgoller1794 Жыл бұрын
My personal favourite Fellini movie is also Amarcord, i just love that movie from spring to winter. But my favourite Hitchcock movie got to be Vertigo. I just love the role of Kim Novak and how she played it.
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
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@richardmcleod1930 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget D. W. Griffith, Billy Wilder, Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch and Cecil B. DeMille.
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thanks. rememeber, this isn't my list; it's studiobinder's.
@richardmcleod1930 Жыл бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies I hate lists. Always remember the list of those movies and movie stars that did not win an Academy Award is really just as impressive (if not more-so) that the list of those that did win!
@OirichEntertainment2 жыл бұрын
My picks from the ones I’ve seen: Wilder: Ace In The Hole Nolan: Interstellar Fincher: The Social Network Welles: Citizen Kane Coppola: The Godfather PTA: Magnolia Villeneuve: Dune Chaplin: Modern Times Ford: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence Tarantino: Django Unchained Scorsese: Raging Bull Spielberg: Schindler’s List Kurosawa: Rashamon Hitchcock: Rope Kubrick: 2001 A Space Odyssey
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you. I have been meaning to rewatch Rope, as I see you promoting it. much appreciated.
@OirichEntertainment2 жыл бұрын
@Learning about Movies Loved the video. Would love to see more like it.
@earlpipe9713 Жыл бұрын
Hitchcock was not only a great at directing stories on film, he was also a top tier storyteller in his public oration and interviews too. He had a standup comedian's sense of comic timing and joke telling also. There's a great Dick Cavitt interview here on KZbin with him, where he displays all of this well
@iscopecinema84192 жыл бұрын
I think La Dolce Vita is Fellini's masterpiece
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
yeah, I think Ebert agreed.
@deckofcards87 Жыл бұрын
It probably is, but my favourite is Nights of Cabiria.
@willieluncheonette5843 Жыл бұрын
thank heaven you mentioned Sunrise, one of my 12 all time favorite films and the crowning achievement of the silent era. You CAN NOT make a more visually or emotionally sublime film. And his Faust is visually absolutely mind blowing too. Really!! Have seen Alphaville 5 times, the last about 2 years ago at MOMA here in NYC and it left me cold. The only scenes I liked were pool scene, Akim Tamiroff and when Eddie is asked what separates light from darkness (or something like that) and he answers "poetry That is one helluva scene. But there are endless shots of staircases and the film is cold and devoid emotionally at its core. Also the last line by Karina "I love you" is just too facile and hackneyed. His Contempt is one of my 12 all time favorite movies. For Welles Kane is the obvious choice but Touch of Evil is one of my 12 favorite films. The Searchers is another of my 12 fav films. Goodfellas is another of my 12 fav films For Hitch, Vertigo is on my 12 fav film list So many other great directors---hope you do another 25.
@garrettbays69423 ай бұрын
While I am not a big fan of Akira Kurosawa's movies, I have to say that The Bad Sleep Well (1960) and High and Low (1963) were definitely two of his best. I love his use of the wide-screen format, and his dialogue, especially for High and Low between all the policemen, is brilliant. The Bad Sleep Well was really hard to sit through once the love story was addressed, because that is where the real tragedy of the film is; the father of the bride in that film is such a scumbag.
@rodrigomatosopecanha10352 жыл бұрын
I use masterpiece for "masterful work" and for "the best work" I use magnum opus, although that might just be the latin translation
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
yes, "masterpiece" just tends to mean "masterful" or great work, a lot of the time. If that were the case, Hitchcock has probably 15 masterpieces.
@garyarmitage9359 Жыл бұрын
I would pick Chinatown which blew me away! Layered and challenging. One of my top 10.
@skateboard4463 ай бұрын
My list: 1. Alfonzo: not sure, haven’t seen too much of his stuff 2. Cassavete: I agree that it’s a woman under the influence 3. Polanski: haven’t seen enough 4. Wilder: another blind spot 5. Nolan: interstellar 6. F.W.: sunrise 7. Fincher: the social network 8. Jlg: hands down historie of cinema 9. David Lynch: not a movie per say but twin peaks the return, specifically the 8th episode 10. Ozu: an autumn afternoon but agree that there’s at least 10 11. Welles: citizen Kane 12. Coppola: having seen heart of darkness, I’d say apocalypse now 13. Fellini: blindspot 14. PTA: blindspot 15. denis: blindspot 16. Chaplin: monsieur vedeuox 17. Eisenstein: could be Potemkin but I’d say ivan the terrible 18. Ford: stagecoach 19. Bergman: Fanny and Alexander 20. Tarantino: pulp fiction 21. Scorsese: difficult but I’d say the departed 22. Spielberg: jaws 23. Kurosawa: haven’t seen enough, although Rashamon was the my professor’s pick for favourite movie ever back when I was in my undergrad 24. Hitchcock: I’d agree with rear window 25. Kubrick: my favourite is paths of glory but it’s easily 2001
@kraterkrate20142 жыл бұрын
Here are my picks I’ll just be choosing my favourites Alfonso Cuaron: children of men John cassevetes: a woman under the influence Roman polanski: rosemarys baby Billy wilder: sunset boulevard Christopher Nolan: Dunkirk F.W.murnau: Nosferatu David fincher: fight club Jean luc Godard: Vivre sa vie David lynch: mulholland drive Yasujiro Ozu: Tokyo story Orson Welles: citizen Kane Francis ford Coppola: apocalypse now Federico Fellini: Nights of cabiria Paul Thomas Anderson: there will be blood Denis villeneuve: prisoners Charlie Chaplin: city lights Sergei Eisenstein: Ivan the terrible John ford: the searchers Ingmar Bergman: through a glass darkly Quentin Tarantino: inglorious basterds Martin Scorsese: taxi driver Steven Spielberg: schindlers list Akira Kurosawa: seven samurai Alfred Hitchcock: psycho Stanley Kubrick: 2001 a space odyssey
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@Progger11 Жыл бұрын
Mine (for now) : -Cuaron: Roma -Cassavetes: A Woman Under the Influence -The Pianist -Wilder: The Apartment -Nolan: Interstellar -Murnau: Sunrise -Fincher: The Social Network -Godard: Alphaville -Lynch: Mulholland Drive -Ozu: Good Morning -Welles: Citizen Kane (but Lady from Shanghai and F for Fake tie for second) -Coppola: Apocalypse Now -Fellini: 8 1/2 -Anderson: There Will Be Blood -Villeneueve: Enemy -Chaplin: The Great Dictator -Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin -Ford: The Grapes of Wrath -Bergman: Persona -Tarantino: Django Unchained (way too high on the list, btw) -Scorsese: Taxi Driver -Spielberg: Close Encounters -Kurosawa: Ikiru -Hitchcock: Vertigo -Kubrick: 2001
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thanks!
@judeinfante8909 Жыл бұрын
I agree with The Seventh seal being Ingmar Bergmans Masterpeice. It was the 1st of his films I saw. It's the one movie that actually changed my outlook and helped me have solace in the thought of Death.
@smrose2937 Жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to hear your thoughts, professor! Challenges like these are fun because you can pick and choose between safe answers and wild cards. For example, I'd choose Vertigo for Hitchcock and Persona for Bergman, but I'd also choose Cul-de-Sac for Polanski and Ivan the Terrible Part II for Eisenstein. For Fellini, I consider La Dolce Vita to be his best film, but it's so depressing that it's almost alienating to me. Amarcord is a perfectly valid choice and isn't that far behind La Dolce Vita or 8 1/2 in terms of critical standing. Nights of Cabiria, I Vitelloni, La Strada, and maybe even Juliet or Casanova are also worthy of consideration. Also, not having Antonioni, Dreyer, Renoir, or Tarkovsky in the top 25 makes this list a total sham (Red Desert, Gertrud, The River, TBD)
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thank you.
@ikant3122 жыл бұрын
Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece has to be “Jaws.” “Jaws” is the embodiment of the perfect merging of craft with entertainment. It’s not just well directed- it’s entertaining. Literally everyone loves that movie, not just cinefiles.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
I would not say literally there, although there are many wild enthusiasts, especially if you were there to see it in the 70s. check out the ratings on letterboxd. The highest number of people rating it are giving it 4/5 stars, which might be love, but four stars tends to be "pretty good" there, not "love."
@ikant3122 жыл бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies Well, I think that’s due to the fact that some people see “Jaws” as a horror movie. People tend to knock movies down a tick if they consider them to be part of the horror genre. At least, that’s my theory.
@awl7788Ай бұрын
Gutted they apparently never saw Tarkovsky’s filmography. Maybe he was 26-55 somewhere but sheesh
@hblanche Жыл бұрын
Just found your channel. I see videos talking about how great movies like M and The Third Man are. They are indeed great. And then you pick Kubrick and 2001: A Space Odyssey at the top of this video's list. That just happens to be my all-time favorite movie. So I have subscribed to your channel and your newsletter. Thumbs up! In case you don't know Hitchcock's favorite of his own films was Shadow of a Doubt.
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Henri, and welcome. A master list of videos on individual movies is posted below. BTW, the list in this video isn't mine; it's Studiobinder's. I would likely, though, put Hitchcock in my top 7. joshmatthews.org/learn-more-about-movies-a-short-video-course/
@nickgwall2 жыл бұрын
An interesting list Josh. A few alternative choices for me would be Jaws for Spielberg, Late Spring for Ozu, Ran for Kurosawa (the best Shakespeare film adaptation in my view), Mulholland Drive or Blue Velvet for Lynch, Touch of Evil for Welles, Barry Lyndon for Kubrick and Some Like It Hot for Wilder. There are many obvious omissions on this Studiobinder list aren’t there! I started typing the list below and then gave up after realising the enormity of the task! Andrei Tarkovsky, Wong Kar Wai, Jacques Tati, Buster Keaton, Aki Kaurismäki, Bong Joon-ho, Fritz Lang, Robert Weine, John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Sergio Leone, Robert Altman, Nic Roeg, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Woody Allen (yes - particularly his output in the 70s), Preston Sturges, Wes Anderson, The Coens, Roy Andersson, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jules Dassin, Dario Argento, Pedro Almadóvar, Ken Loach, Carol Reed, Michelangelo Antonioni, Powell/Pressburger, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, Robert Bresson, Luis Buñuel …
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you, Nick.
@angelcanez4426 Жыл бұрын
Chinatown is considered the greatest script ever made. And the stories grear and the twist it's amazing
@Markus-ov9wh Жыл бұрын
Well, Tarantino- Inglorious Bastards, Fellini- Variety Lights, Hitchcock-Strangers on a Train, Bergman -Trollfloetian/The Magic Flute(gloomy ole Ingmar makes a delightful film), Goddard-Weekend, Wilder-Some like it Got, Kirasowa-Derzu Uzula, Scorcesse-Shine a Light, Spielberg-Scindlers List.Those are my favs, but I like your picks and passion for your picks .
@jessebbedwell Жыл бұрын
For Speilberg (although popular should be lower on th list) his greatest... I think we confuse importance of topic with greatness of art. For me, his best film is Munich.
@acdragonrider2 жыл бұрын
I am choosing masterpiece based more around my opinion 25: Never been very interested in his stuff. 24: Woman under the Influence 23: Pianist. Hated Chinatown. Just flat out bored 😢 22: The Apartment. Surprised it wasn’t mentioned 😯 21: Not a Nolan guy. Either The following or Dunkirk would be my choice. 20: City Girl 19: Se7en 18: Breathless 17: Eraserhead or Elephant Man 16: Tokyo Story 15: didn’t hit me as hard 14: The Godfather. I like war movies that focus more on the actual events. Like Casualties of war, we were soldiers, etc 13: 8 1/2 12: Phantom Thread 11: The Arrival 10: The Gold Rush ❤️ 9: October ten days that shook the world 8: Hate the Searchers. So morally wrong at least imo. Grapes Of Wrath but don’t like Ford much 7: Virgin Spring, Persona or Scenes from a Marriage 6: Kill Bill 2 or Django 5: Taxi Driver. I also liked Christ a lot. 4: Indiana Jones Last Crusade. I have steadily lost interest in him but I’d pick Jones. But I also love Lincoln. 3: i go for emotion. I either like Ran or One Wonderful Sunday 2: Notorious 1: Barry Lyndon
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@QueenJneeuQ Жыл бұрын
How can you not be interested in Children of Men? Thats crazy
@hugoschultz18552 жыл бұрын
Bergman's is definitely Wild Strawberries in my opinion. His most emotionally accomplished film!
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@awl7788Ай бұрын
I’m working my way through the criterion boxset of his I have about 10 movies left and so far for it’s been Scenes from a Marriage but Virgin Spring not too far behind
@chanceotter8121 Жыл бұрын
You’re right with Ozu-it takes about 5 or 6 viewings of different films to get his unique vision and to fall into the rhythms of his style. Floating Weeds is my choice. I think Ford is the same way for modern audiences. It takes watching several of his films to get into the liturgical rhythms of his storytelling, and the complex world views his characters inhabit. Because of its misunderstood POV The Searchers should only be shown after the world has been established -but How Green Was My Valley, which I think is his pre-WW2 masterpiece is what I show to newcomers. Close Encounters is Spielberg’s masterpiece. It captures suburban life in the ‘70s like no other, and is a great metaphor for the disintegration of the American family that was going on at the time and the hope for something better far, far away.
@jonm.50232 жыл бұрын
Nice selection, here are my picks: Cuaron: Children of Men Cassavetes: Opening Night Polanski: Rosemary's Baby Wilder: The Apartment Nolan: The Dark Knight Murnau: Sunrise Fincher: The Social Network Godard: Contempt or Pierrot le Fou Lynch: Blue Velvet Ozu: Tokyo Story (Good Morning is a great choice though) Welles: Touch of Evil Coppola: The Godfather Fellini: La Dolce Vita PTA: Boogie Nights or There Will Be Blood Villeneuve: Blade Runner 2049 Chaplin: Modern Times Ford: Stagecoach Bergman: Persona or The Silence Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds Scorsese: Taxi Driver Spielberg: Schindler’s List Kurosawa: High and Low Hitchcock: Rear Window Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@darrenhoskins8382 Жыл бұрын
Billy Wilder at 22!!!!!!?!??? Top 3. Surely???
@hejskipejski57512 жыл бұрын
When doc picks Ace in the Hole for Billy Wilder, you know he's not messing around.
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
probably a crazy pick, though that's the one that always comes to mind first for me and Wilder -- impactful movie.
@sfermigier Жыл бұрын
IMHO's, Kubrick's masterpiece is Barry Lyndon.
@ngugikioi3147 Жыл бұрын
La Dolce Vita is my favorite Felini movie. I'd probably choose Nights of Cabiria as my second favorite
@BadClamsVideos2 жыл бұрын
My answer for Spielberg is almost always whichever movie of his I've seen most recently.
@patrickkelly5004 Жыл бұрын
For what it's worth... I agreed with all but the following directors. My choices are purely reflective of my preferences in movies, but I could understand the reactions behind your choices. Wilder - Sunset Boulevard DePalma - Blowout Fincher - Seven Ozu - Green Tea Rice Chaplin - Limelight Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs Scorsese - Raging Bull Friedkin - A Clockwork Orange Kurosawa, as you mentioned, so, so difficult to pick one, but Rashomon is such a classic. 👏🙏
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thank you!
@thorn262 Жыл бұрын
Friedkin did not direct ACO. The director was Stanley Kubrick.
@patrickkelly5004 Жыл бұрын
@@thorn262 My error.
@lifeisactuallyveryboring.77712 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen very many fellini films but my favourite one so far is "Fellini Sytericon"
@leno__jeno2 жыл бұрын
Here are my picks: Wilder - SOME LIKE IT HOT Nolan - FOLLOWING Godard - CONTEMPT Lynch - PREMONITIONS FOLLOWING AN EVIL DEED Ozu - TOKYO STORY Ford - THE SEARCHERS Tarantino - INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (haven't seen PF though) Scorsese - RAGING BULL Spielberg - JURASSIC PARK Kurosawa - SEVEN SAMURAI Hitchcock - VERTIGO Kubrick - 2001: A SPACE ODDYSEY
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@acdragonrider2 жыл бұрын
Following!! Woohoo 🙌🏻
@leno__jeno2 жыл бұрын
@@acdragonrider Yeah even after having seen most Christopher Nolan movies multiple times I just think FOLLOWING is his best one. It's fascinating what he can do with such a low budget and I believe that the restriction stopped him from creating unnecessary spectacle.
@hazzascazza5268 Жыл бұрын
I’d say Barry Lyndon for Kubrick and Taxi Driver for Scorsese
@jessebbedwell Жыл бұрын
I'm one of the very few people out there who think Christopher Nolan is highly overrated and is more of a technical director than anything else.
@spitzwegayrich78372 жыл бұрын
Yeeess! I love Alphaville also sooo much! Would be my choice too, we need to talk more about Godards Films, even when Master Bergman didn't like him
@user-ju7nu6mq5x2 жыл бұрын
My picks for some of them: Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious basterds. Watching that opening scene blew my mind. Kurosawa - Kagemusha. It was the first kurosawa movie I watched and always has a special place Kubrick - Barry Lyndon due to that gorgeous cinematography Villeneuve - I would say sicario. It is not often you have an arthouse cartel movie and with such an amazing cinematography
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you. I like that genre name, "arthouse cartel."
@k3v015Mk2 жыл бұрын
25. Cuarón - Children of Men 24. Cassavetes - Killing of a Chinese Bookie 23. Polanski - The Pianist 22. Wilder - Sunset Boulevard 21. Nolan - The Dark Knight 20. Murnau - Haven't seen his films 19. Fincher - Zodiac 18. Godard - Breathless 17. Lynch - Blue Velvet 16. Ozu - Tokyo Story 15. Welles - Chimes at Midnight 14. Coppola - The Godfather 13. Fellini - Nights of Cabiria 12. Anderson - The Master ( Punch-Drunk Love would be my runner up ) 11. Villeneuve - Bladerunner 2049 10. Chaplin - The Kid 9. Eisenstein - Haven't seen his films 8. Ford - The Grapes of Wrath 7. Bergman - Persona 6. Tarantino - Pulp Fiction 5. Scorsese - Goodfellas 4. Spielberg - Jaws 3. Kurosawa - Rashomon 2. Hitchcock - Vertigo 1. Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@cherylcouch-thomas8250 Жыл бұрын
I re-watched this video taking notes the second viewing. This must have been a fun challenge for you. It's hard to separate what your personal favorite is to what your professional standards lead you to pick. I would have gone for Dr. Strangelove for Kubrick and Notorious for Hitchcock, but thats my opinion.
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thank you. yes, no one can separate what their gut is telling them from what their head is.
@nf22032 жыл бұрын
PTA's best movie is clearly There Will Be Blood. One of the best movies of the 21st century so far.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
I know others like it. Having worked in the oilfield and attended a lot of churches, I found it to be a nasty caricature of both scenes. He's much much nicer to Scientology and pornography in general, in his films, and I have to ask why.
@CorporateCritters Жыл бұрын
Great vid man, my go to channel for movie stuff
@clumsydad71582 жыл бұрын
wow, ambitious ... will hv to make time to check out
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thank you.
@FishTurecorn2 жыл бұрын
Great picks, just found your channel recently and have been really enjoying your insight on all kinds of great films! 25 Roma 24 Woman Under the Influence 23 Chinatown (Top 10 for me) 22 :( Never seen any 21 Memento/The Prestige (Prestige feels like the best mix of Nolanisms, but it's kinda cheesy so idk) 20 Nosferatu... I guess 19 Fight Club/Zodiac (Zodiac is better made but Fight Club has a more electric 'once in a lifetime' feel) 18 Contempt 17 The Elephant Man 16 :( 15 Citizen Kane 14 Apocalypse Now (Top 10) 13 :( 12 Licorice Pizza is my hot take, but There WIll Be Blood is undisputable imo 11 Blade Runner 2049 10 The Kid 9 :( 8 :( 7 Persona (Top 10) 6 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 5 Raging Bull 4 Hottest take... A.I. Artificial Intelligence (I think its Spielberg at his most vulnerable because he was making a movie he didn't know how to make. That said, its also a mess so idk about "Masterpiece") 3 Yojimbo 2 Rear Window 1 Full Metal Jacket (2001 is very influential and a technical marvel, but I think it might be Kubrick's weakest film in a story and intrigue sense. FMJ on the other hand is all that with a fantastic film/story experience to back it up)
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you, and welcome to the channel. thanks for watching.
@rpg7287 Жыл бұрын
Missing from both lists is, in my opinion, a greatly underrated director, Robert Zemekis. I’d put him above a lot who made the list. And Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a fantastic achievement in directing.
@donjames7647 Жыл бұрын
You should watch RAJ KAPOOR movies , a great actor and a great indian director. He was know as Charles Chaplin of india
@contentenjoyer692 жыл бұрын
You asked for it :) Cuarón: Either Children of Men or Roma. Probably Children of Men, but IMO Roma is very underrated. Well, at least it doesn't get mentioned that much and it seems like people have almost forgotten about it! Cassavetes: A Woman Under the Influence. Polanski: Probably Chinatown. Wilder: Ace in the Hole is my favourite, but I don't know if it's his masterpiece. Nolan: I don't know. Maybe Inception? It was huge at the time of release. Murnau: Nosferatu! Fincher: I really like Zodiac, but his masterpiece is probably The Social Network. Godard: I've only seen one of his films so idk. Lynch: Mulholland Drive Ozu: Well, Tokyo Story is one of my all time favourites so I have to go with that one. Welles: Citizen Kane easy Coppola: Godfather pt. 1 is my fav of his. Fellini: Probably 8 1/2, but my favourite is also Amarcord. It's just such a fun movie. PTA: There Will Be Blood. I feel like he really hit his peak with that movie! Villenueve: Blade Runner 2049 Chaplin: Modern Times Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin John Ford: The Searchers for sure Bergman: For me it's Fanny and Alexander, no question. I commented on your video about it once, and wrote that it's basically a christmas movie here in Sweden. Love it to death Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, but Kill Bill 1+2 are my favourites. Scorsese: Probably Goodfellas, but Taxi Driver is my favourite. Spielberg: I guess Saving Private Ryan or Schindlers List Kurosawa: I would agree with you that Rashomon is his masterpiece, but my favourite is Seven Samurai. Love it to death and I've seen it so many times over the years Hitchcock: Rear Window Kubrick: I would say 2001, but Barry Lyndon is one of my all time favs.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
sweet. thank you very much. I hope more people add theirs.
@thrawncaedusl717 Жыл бұрын
My definition of a masterpiece is “the best possible exploration of a theme, using its medium to the fullest where attempting to replicate it in any other medium is inherently missing something.” I have not seen that many movies (just getting into the “cinephile” community), but there are only ten films I currently consider masterpieces. 1. Contact (Zemekis) 2. The Seventh Seal (Bergman) 3. Pi (Aronofsky) 4. Birdman (Inarritu) 5. The Favourite (Lanthimos) 6. Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (Tarantino) 7. Arrival (Villenueve) 8. The Prestige (Nolan) 9. The Red Shows (Pressburger and Powell) 10. Insomnia (Nolan) I don’t love that Nolan gets two spots, but The Prestige is such a great meditation on entertainment and Insomnia is incredible in how it examines fault, so I just can’t remove either film. I don’t even love most of Nolan’s work; other than those two and TDK (in many ways his least ambitious), I think all of his films are inherently flawed (some I still like, like Interstellar and Tenet, but I acknowledge that they are very flawed). But he made 2 genuine masterpieces that I just can’t deny.
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thank you. Have you read Christopher Priest's original novel "The Prestige"? It's quite good.
@thrawncaedusl717 Жыл бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies I have not. I might have to look into that when I get back into reading (just finished grad school, and don’t really plan on doing any “traditional” reading for about a year). I can’t imagine it being as powerful without the visual misdirects, but I’ll give it a chance.
@evivrusXerudne2 жыл бұрын
I think the only ones (of the ones I have answers to) I disagree with is Fincher: I would pick Zodiac. Quentin: I'm sorry, but it has to be Death Proof. I'm also probably the only person who would say that. Kurosawa: You're probably right with "Rashomon," but I want to say "Ran."
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@LarsPop-Tartus9 ай бұрын
Once upon a Time in Hollywood
@darthelooi80212 жыл бұрын
The only ones I heavily disagreed with are Nolan and Polanski, Chinatown for me is just perfection. With Nolan, it's more difficult, his most visually stunning film for me is easily Inception, but I know some think it's boring. Great video as always though!
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you. I liked Inception at first, though it's a spectacle with some tricks that, upon rewatching, I find a lot less interesting. Probably a masterpiece is something that changes every time you see it, and you see new things in it, and it keeps revealing insights to you. And it would do this for anybody.
@joncarroll2040 Жыл бұрын
I'd say E.T. for Spielberg since everything he does well he does best in that movie.
@RevengeOfClytemnestra Жыл бұрын
I know this isn’t your list, Josh, but Kubrick at number 1? How do you feel about that? I’d really like to know your list of the 25 great directors. And how can Cuaron and Fincher be on the list and not Sidney Lumet?
@TheNovaFiends Жыл бұрын
I really gotta break into Ozu. I have been very heavily delving into Japanese film, but Ozu has been a blank spot so far. Really must pick one as my first movie of his. (I hope Mizoguchi, Kobayashi, Teshigahara and/or Shinoda at least make it into the second half of the list) The list seems very anglo centric now that I think of it (havent watched part 2). I would throw in at least 4 or 5 more Japanese directors, at least 3 more German, take out a few of the more modern American directors (I do like something of everyone on the list). Its always hard though to rank the Greatest of anything in only 50 spots. I love Scorsese; top 3 contenders I would pick would be Silence, After Hours or Raging Bull. Kurosawa is almost impossible. It really is a choice between "Great" and "Total Genius" with him. Again, top 3 for me would be Throne of Blood, High and Low or Ran
@nadikim17402 жыл бұрын
Can you post these videos as audio only on audea? would really appreciate just the audio! love your stuff btw, keep pushing out content!
@freddiemarshall7692 жыл бұрын
My favourite from Bergman is definitely Fanny and Alexander
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@christopherleodaniels72032 жыл бұрын
Though I might disagree with some choices, the only one I cringed at was ‘Minority Report’. In a filmography that includes Jaws, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, ET, Schindler’s List, and a half dozen others, I can’t imagine how ‘Minority Report’ even comes to mind.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
Always the problems, always the worst. I have limited taste for Spielberg and do not agree with the masses here.
@pallenda10 ай бұрын
For Nolan, I would pick Memento. Very few movies have made me speechless for as long as Memento did. But I wouldn't fight over picking Interstellar. 😄 For Fincher, I disagree completely. Gone Girl, Se7en, Fight Club and The Game are all better than The Social Network IHO. For me, at least a Masterpiece should be something I want to see again because it's very entertaining, or I think I can get more out of watching it again. Some Masterpiece I actively pass on rewatching again because it's too hard. Like Requiem for a Dream. IMO The Social Network was great, but I never felt like watching it again. For Denis Villeneuve it's a hard choice for me. Prisoners was very hard to watch but a great movie. 2049 was great also! I think I would go with Arrival. Mainly because it was one of those very few movies the made me speechless.
@fredericomartins74092 жыл бұрын
First of all, can we all agree this is a bad list? I mean, a best director list without Tarkovsky? Anyways: 25 - Cuarón: Children of Men 24 - Cassavetes: Opening Night 23 - Polanski: Chinatown 22 - Wilder: Double Idenmity 21 - Nolan: Prestige 20 - Murnau: Nosferatu 19 - Fincher: Zodiac 18 - Goddard: Pierrot Le Fou 17 - Lynch: Twin Peaks 16 - Ozu: Tokyo Story 15 - Welles: Citizen Kane 14 - Coppola: Apocalypse Now 13 - Fellini: 81/2 12 - PTA: There Will Be Blood 11 - Villeneuve: Blade Runner 2049 10 - Chaplin: Modern Times 09 - Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin 08 - Ford: The Searchers 07 - Bergman: Seventh Seal 06 - Tarantino: Kill Bill 05 - Scorsese: Silence 04 - Spielberg: Jurassic Park 03 - Kurosawa: Seven Samurai 02 - Hitchcock: Vertigo (my favourite is To Catch a Thief) 01 - Kubrick: 2001
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
yes, I have a part 3 on this where I take the Studiobinder list to task. The directors they left off make for a better top 1-25 list than the ones they put on it!
@fredericomartins74092 жыл бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies this one's glaring omission is Tarkovsky. I'd also include in mine Bela Tarr but I that is just my opinion. My favourites are Tarkovsky, Bergman, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Malick and Tarr
@angelcanez4426 Жыл бұрын
The thing about 2001 A space Odyssey is we all know the HAL 9000 part of the movie but there's a lot of weird s*** going on on the outside in the beginning and ending
@indhraneeldeshabattini38002 жыл бұрын
Vertigo, rear window, are ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MASTERPIECES
@esock20012 жыл бұрын
I love interstellar and think it’s his masterpiece as well. Loud and proud here idc what people saaayyy
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
I am not sure on Nolan, as probably Memento is a real screenwriting accomplishment. I want to say the Batman Trilogy as a whole, yet that probably is violating my own rules here.
@markkodama69102 ай бұрын
I think criticisms of Steven Spielberg of making movies without depth are only true for some of his movies. I think Schindler's List, Munich, Empire of the Sun and A.I. were very deep movies. even Jaws and Sugarland Express had a lot to say about us as human beings, politics and government. His movies tend to have positive endings. But the journeys are very dark and profound.
@LearningaboutMovies2 ай бұрын
This is reasonable. I think about Terry Gilliam's remarks on "Schindler's List", for example, which does characterize the movie as shallow. (You will have to look this up, as KZbin might suppress a link to that. Anyway, A.I. grows on me. "Empire" is good by itself, but I have read and taught the book, which is an amazing work, so I can't help but compare the two. Spielberg's best period to me was around the turn of the century -- AI, Catch Me If You Can, The Minority Report. That is the stretch I like best from him.
@markkodama69102 ай бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies I read the book too. I really enjoy your videos. Please keep them coming.
@markkodama69102 ай бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies I love Catch Me if You Can but I have not seen Minority Report. Munich prophesizes the current war in Gaza.
@markkodama69102 ай бұрын
I saw Terry Gilliam's interview about Schindler's List. I agree about some of what he said. But I disagree with most of it. I believe we all must do what we can even in small ways to make a positive difference. I know individuals can make a difference and do. I.e. Mandela, King, Lincoln to name but a few. Winning World War II came at a great cost and many made a difference and paid the cost of fighting the forces of evil. I think art can be both optimistic and pessimistic and should be. Art like everything else is a dialogue with the ultimate end of improving our condition and preventing it from becoming worse. Schindler's List certainly more than suggests that few were saved and many more met their grizzly and unnecessary fates. So I think Gilliam's criticism is off base. All Gilliam's movies say less than Schindler's List and one can compare with it.
@marioj.machado6449 Жыл бұрын
Where was Robert Altman?
@pauledson3972 жыл бұрын
You forgot Andrei Tarkovsky. His masterpiece is... Stalker. Runner-up: The Sacrifice
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
it is not my list, and I am going to talk about that in Part 3 when it comes out.
@Teumonrainat2 жыл бұрын
I think Pulp was the correct answer for QT, but I have problems on understanding his greatness as that level director. Am I alone with this thought?
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
no, I am with you, though I have been cautious declaring this because I figure there's a good chance I am missing something. It is not clear to me that he will last 2-3 generations.
@kmsideout2 жыл бұрын
Did I miss Howard Hawks!!!
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
he's not there, and I will discuss that in Part 3!
@edkiely27122 жыл бұрын
Good job Josh! Just a few observations: I found 'Inherent Vice' to be horrible, but 'Boogie Nights' to me is his mp! I agree with your Wells mp being 'The Trial;' had Wells been able to finish 'The Magnificent Amberson's' the way he intended, I'd go with that, but the ending is too abrupt and flawed! My Bergman would be 'Wild Strawberries.' After watching some of his movies again over the years, I began to downgrade 'Seventh Seal.' I still consider Wilder's 'Double Indemnity' to be one of the greatest film noirs ever! Agree with your assessment of Spielberg; interestingly enough, my favorite work of his is when he was unknown- 'The Duel' with Dennis Weaver. That film rocked me as a kid and I recently watched it again and found it hadn't lost a thing! And, so much of our "value judgments" are a reflection on how we have been transformed as well through suffering and experiences. I kind of laugh at 'Star Wars' now, whereas, years ago, it represented the pinnacle of my pantheon of great films! I'd be interested for you to do some similar videos with 'soundtracks,' 'screenplays,' 'animated features,' and 'costume design!' Thx again!
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thanks Ed. I liked Boogie Nights as a college student but don't anymore. I might have changed my mind to "The Master" after making this video. Great suggestions!
@nickc.44 Жыл бұрын
Loved Amarcord, such a fun film! 😂 However personal favorite Fellini has to be Nights of Cabiria. Masina is irresistibly endearing ❤
@acdragonrider2 жыл бұрын
2:44: Apartment
@seerancinemaintro28722 жыл бұрын
Could you explain the norms of ballroom dancing. Which two can dance. Is it only restricted between Romantic Couples who are in Relationship? I am asking this to understand the Ball dance in The Leopard (1963)
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
sorry, I know nothing about the rules and standards of it. Probably a KZbin video somewhere, and it would be worth applying to film.
@seerancinemaintro28722 жыл бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies I couldn't understand What the ball dance between Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale actually meant. Same way why was Alain Delon was tensed about the dance
@lorenzgoller1794 Жыл бұрын
But where was Louis Buñuel on this list? Is he not a top 25 or top 50 director of all time?
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
a whole bunch of directors were missing from this list. I covered that in Part 3 of this series.
@alistairwood98532 жыл бұрын
Great list, have to agree the improvised style for this works as it’ll probably change day to day. My only controversial picks might be that’d I’d maybe go out on a limb and recommend ‘Touch Of Evil’ as a starter for someone new to Welles (although I prefer Citizen Kane), and, I hate ‘Vertigo’, I mean, really hate it. It can’t only be me, is it? I’m currently reading and really enjoying the Charlie Chaplin autobiography, thanks for the recommendation
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
excellent on the Chaplin book. Thank you. Regarding Welles, I have been debating that for a decade or more. Citizen Kane is the one people will go to, and it is accessible, yet if you were going to start with Welles, should that be your first movie of his? I would say if a person would dedicate themselves to five Welles movies, they might begin with one of his Shakespeare adaptations, then do Kane and Touch of Evil, and then end with F for Fake.
@rolandowagner7775 Жыл бұрын
Touch of Evil is my favorite from Welles as well, and he is one of the Greats. Hitchcock made so many great movies, ask 10 Hitchcock fans and you'll get 10 different favorites. Just please don't say Psycho. Strangers on a Train; Shadow of a Doubt; Notorious; Rear Window; and yes Vertigo- any of those and probably a few more are contenders.
@tristanwatson88822 жыл бұрын
Nice spontaneous list. I think Zodiac is better than Social Network. Also Magnolia is a blatant rip off of Altman's Short Cuts which probably puts it lower on his list. Blade Runner 2045 is amazing but Enemy is probably more interesting and unique. I think Spielberg was at his best in the 70s. For Kubrick my favourite is Barry Lyndon but I would have to agree with 2001.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@billolsen4360 Жыл бұрын
Just discovered your youtube channel. Hope you do a review of "The Day of the Jackal" from 1973. If you're not familiar with it, it's great, just trust me, lol. Directed by Fred Zimmemann.
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
thank you.
@samuelpage51062 жыл бұрын
You should go watch The master asap! Best PTA movie imo
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
I did, and I think I now agree. Going right not to watch it again and probably make a video on it.
@lenintrejo96302 жыл бұрын
mizoguchi and buñuel, they are in my top ten
@investinfastudios2 ай бұрын
I think you are way off on Nolan. Memento is a movie that can never be made again, and there's nothing like it. I'd give inception the edge as well. Fincher for me is Fight Club. Again, there's not another movie like it.
@LearningaboutMovies2 ай бұрын
thank you. You might check out this movie for one of many Nolan inspirations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je_t%27aime,_je_t%27aime
@investinfastudios2 ай бұрын
@@LearningaboutMovies wow. I did not know that movie. Thats crazy. Well I stand corrected!
@yalthius102 жыл бұрын
How was tarkovsky not on this list
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
big headscratcher. And if you start to look at what it doesn't include, oh boy.
@kusamarampling2 жыл бұрын
No Pasolini on your list?
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
not my list. It's Studiobinder's.
@markkodama69102 ай бұрын
Magnolia
@botero01 Жыл бұрын
"Alfonso Cuaron" lol give me a break
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
Says the person who can't be bothered to use proper grammar or punctuation.
@jonathanjanssen48322 жыл бұрын
How is Fight Club not Fincher’s masterpiece? I don’t think another movie he has made has had the societal impact. I would also say Mulholland Drive for Lynch, for the same reason.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
yeah, we could change qualifications for "masterpiece" to influence, or weigh it more heavily, instead of technique, excellence, new developments or achievements, etc. It would probably be a very different list for influence.
@mattwall3267 Жыл бұрын
Magnolia is one of the worst films I’ve ever seen, no idea why everyone rates it so highly. A load of random stories that we’ve seen in many films before, all squashed together for no reason and then it rains frogs. I’m sure I’m missing a load of nuance and meaning but boy does it dragggg! 😭
@yushamush9849 Жыл бұрын
Tarkovsky?
@LearningaboutMovies Жыл бұрын
Yes, I covered that in part 3
@spitzwegayrich78372 жыл бұрын
Wait, where is Tarkovsky? What is this list? So no Critique to you, I also think Rashomon is Kurosawa's best, but I would pick indeed the Conversation with F F Coppola...
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
I have a video coming out on what this Studiobinder list missed. It's a very beefy list.
@MsAbhishek312 жыл бұрын
Where is Satyajit Ray?
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
great question.
@MsAbhishek31 Жыл бұрын
This list is incomplete without Ray.
@ll-yg2dn2 жыл бұрын
I agree with like 2 or 3 of your choices, rest are just wrong.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
"wrong."
@rolandowagner7775 Жыл бұрын
Billy Wilder #22? Comical. Wilder is easily the Best Director of All time. Tarantino? The most over rated directed ever doesn't belong anywhere near this list. Welles is one of my favorites as well. Love that you said The Trial. That's a great one. Touch of Evil and Lady from Shanghai are great as well. For Cassavetes, Too Late Tears is his Best. Great Movie. Oh and you NAILED it on Alphaville. That is EASILY Godard's best but, no, he's not nearly better than Wilder.
@drdavid19637 ай бұрын
Thanks for video My choices Alfonso Cuaron - no masterpiece, *best* *film* *Gravity* John Cassavetes - masterpieces, Woman Under Influence, Killing of Chinese Bookie, *best* *film* *Faces* Roman Polanski - masterpieces, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Pianist, The Ghost Writer, *best* *film* *Chinatown* FW Murnau - masterpieces, The Last Laugh, Nosferatu, *best* *film* *Sunrise* Billy Wilder - masterpieces, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Double Indemnity, *best* *film* *Some* *Like* *It* *Hot* David Lynch - masterpieces, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Mulholland Dr, *best* *film* *Blue* *Velvet* Francis Ford Coppola - masterpieces, Godfather 1 & 2, Apocalypse Now, *best* *film* *The* *Conversation* (controversial) Christopher Nolan - masterpieces, Interstellar, Dunkirk, The Dark Knight, *best* *film* *The* *Prestige* David Fincher - masterpieces, Zodiac, The Social Network, Seven, *best* *film* *Fight* *Club* Jean Luc Godard - masterpieces, Breathless, Pierrot le Fou, *best* *film* *Weekend* Yashujiro Ozu - masterpieces, too many I haven't seen, Late Spring, *best* *film* *Tokyo* *Story* Orson Welles - masterpieces, Chimes At Midnight, Touch of Evil, Magnificent Ambersons, *best* *film* *Citizen* *Kane* PTA - masterpieces, Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza, *best* *film* *There* *Will* *Be* *Blood* Federico Fellini - masterpieces, Nights of Cabiria, Amarcord, La Strada, La Dolce Vita, *best* *film* *Eight* *and* *A* *Half* Denis Villeneuve - no masterpieces, *best* *film* *Incendies* Chaplin - masterpieces, The Gold Rush, City Lights, *best* *film* *Modern* *Times* Sergei Eisenstein - masterpieces, Ivan The Terrible 1 & 2, Alexander Nevsky, *best* *film* *Battleship* *Potemkin* John Ford - masterpieces, Stagecoach, The Informer, The Quiet Man, The Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers, My Darling Clementine, *best* *film* *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* Ingmar Bergman - masterpieces, Wild Strawberries, Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander, Persona, *best* *film* *Cries and Whispers* Quentin Tarantino - masterpieces, Reservoir Dogs, *best* *film* *Pulp* *Fiction* Akira Kurosawa - masterpieces, High and Low, Ran, Rashomon, *best* *film* *The* *Seven* *Samurai* Martin Scorsese - masterpieces, Killers of Flower Moon, After Hours, King of Comedy, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Irishman, *best* *film* *Taxi* *Driver* Steven Spielberg - masterpieces, Close Encounters, Raiders of Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, *best* *film* *E.T.* Alfred Hitchcock - so many masterpieces, Strangers on A Train, Shadow of A Doubt, Notorious, The 39 Steps, Rebecca, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window, *best* *film* *Psycho* Stanley Kubrick - masterpieces, Barry Lyndon, Paths of Glory, The Shining, Doctor Strangelove, *best* *film* *2001*: *A* *Space* *Odyssey*
@thecountofmontecristo27962 жыл бұрын
Yeah Rear Window
@JishnuShaj002 жыл бұрын
Ok,now waiting for you to diss the actual list 🥴
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
coming!
@robinfloruit Жыл бұрын
most off these don't even have a masterpiece
@aklcraigc2 жыл бұрын
Nice work making the best of a terrible list. Denis Villeneuve & Nolan, but no Truffaut, Tarkovsky? A juvenile ranking at best.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
I forget what's not on the list, but did they omit Tarkovsky??
@danielrmz402 жыл бұрын
That list was way too Hollywood imo
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
yes, for sure.
@lordanderson12932 жыл бұрын
I quite like your choices, but the list is absolutely atrocious. How on earth do you leave out Kiarostami, Tarkovsky, Resnais, Antonioni, Pasolini, Herzog, Lars von Trier.
@LearningaboutMovies2 жыл бұрын
yes, I address that in Part 3, which will be coming out next month I think.