Top 10 Directors Who Destroyed Their Careers with One Movie

[@WatchMojo]

Which movie do you think is the most unforgivable?

[@mcdonkey500]

@MasonRamseyVEVO time travelers

[@victorruiz9044]

The last jedi and rise of the skywalker

[@mlggamer5296]

Last Jedi and Attack of the clones. I was so disappointed once I reached Last Jedi finally. They butchered poor Luke! Like I see what they were trying to do but they probably shouldn't have messed with the formula.

[@magache1234]

Son of the mask

[@frank7785]

90% of Michael Bay’s film

[@amandamcdermott2036]

WatchMojo: Puts George Lucas at number one. Me: In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you are under arrest.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Watchmojo has literally fucked up.

[@lennygriffin2761]

First place should have been Shyamalan

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

the borg has a message to ye: "go suck a lightsaber" :/

[@Karlebow571]

Are you threaten me master Jedi?

[@vwgames49]

1: Tom Hooper for Cats

[@deniserodas6848]

vwgames49 Surprised that wasn’t at least an honorable mention.

[@vwgames49]

Denise Rodas I think it’s because we have yet to see the repercussions he will face

[@dairenoh693]

@@deniserodas6848 You mean dishonorable?

[@deniserodas6848]

DairenOh 693 Oh yes

[@ajpat9620]

He's got to be there withhin these dishonorable mentions.

[@justamobilegamer6927]

Top ten directors who ruined movies with their career

[@lonewolf604]

top ten ruins who directed careers with movies

[@lls3676]

Uwe Boll

[@quito787]

Rian Johnson

[@mr.fantastic1854]

@matthew martin roman polanski

[@mr.fantastic1854]

@abrahamWCE that's an odd thing to admit.

[@dimspe1]

Watchmojo: *Puts George Lucas on the list* Everyone with common sense: *The ability to speak does not make you intelligent*

[@Haha-o7p5p]

You can’t put the best Director in number 1

[@grandmasterlukeskywalker6344]

Everyone with at least one brain cell: how did this happened humanity smarter then this

[@seanharris37]

They show Darth Maul, but not the terrible Jar Jar ? WTF ???

[@blunew467]

If this was made in 2013 you would all agree, Why is it that in 2013, the prequels were widely hated and George Lucas was too but now he’s being defended like he’s a god? I know the sequels are bad but that doesn’t make the prequels were any better.

[@munchi5996]

@@blunew467 the thing is the prequels have good qualities but the sequels are straight bad theyre dialogs are shit the sequels are often not in line with the established science of star wars and so on.The prequels were in the case of dialogs okay not bad not good worldbuilding was top and politics too.The sequels are just bad in the end something worthy of being forgotten the prequels on the other hand are a good and bad but they stick to star wars.

[@supershmueli]

In defense of Schumacher, if you’d listen to the audio commentary in “Batman and Robin,” you’d hear him admit that he was told to do a lot of things that audiences hated. He admitted he was bullied. I would recommend listening to his Batman movie audio commentary.

[@NeoLegendX]

he has good movies under his belt

[@armstrongjosh]

True, but take Warner Bros' desire for the tone to be lighter. Some of Carrey's stuff in Batman Forever was genuinely funny. By contrast, the humor in Batman & Robin was 75% ice puns and 25% lame innuendos.

[@glennwelsh9784]

Yeah, I actually feel bad for Schumacher now. So much of Batman & Robin was just him doing what the studio wanted, and he ended up getting the most shit for it.

[@ThePirateprincess23]

In the behind-the-scenes documentary, Schumacher even apologized for making the film.

[@warreng675]

@@ThePirateprincess23 We know

[@quito787]

It's a Wonderful Life is one of the greatest feel good movies ever made.

[@chitown1782]

Back then it wasn't because of World War 2 and the best years of our lives came out the same year, so audiences were more connected to it then it's a wonderful life.

[@jacksonkent69]

No actually it's one of the greatest movies of all time not just feel good.

[@gamleskalle1]

The Christmas movie.

[@dinomonzon7493]

One of the BEST Christmas themed movies ever. So good its been selected by Congress to be part of the National Film Registry.

[@toria0214]

It’s a great movie, but at the time, it was a huge box office flop, making it super cheap for late night channels to screen it during the holidays. The movie grew its popularity during the years where it was screened annually on TV for Christmas, eventually making it one of the most well known Christmas movies of all time. Adam Ruins Everything did a very interesting in depth on the movies history. Definitely worth a watch!

[@johnhart8856]

Disappointed that dragonball evolution wasn't mentioned here

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Who directed it?

[@srbrant5391]

We don’t mention that abortion. Period.

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

Because this isnt a list of awful movies. Its about careers ended cuz of a single movie.. Final Destination 1 and 3 maybe aight movies.. and The One is pretty good. But no one went to those movies saying "Oh its directed by James Wong!!!"... no one is or was looking forward to the next James Wong movie. So, tho I believe Dragonball was the last theatrical film he directed... he had all of 3 films and no ones losing sleep over his not directing any films. So idk why Dragonball Evolution would be on this list... cuz no one even knew James Wong had a directorial career to end with it.

[@jakenapier6925]

I just posted about DB-E a few threads up! Lol. So sad and pathetic.. The actor who played Picollo even bashed the movie all the way up to its release..

[@blunew467]

Because James Wong was never even respected. Like the other directors here, where as M Night Shyamalan was an Oscar nominated director and The 6th Sense was successful and praised and Martin Brest also had multiple hits to his name. You get what I’m saying? James Wong’s movie before DB Evolution was Final Destination movies and those weren’t really liked that much.

[@ElCholoDeJolo]

Newsflash, Lucas didnt direct empire strikes back or Return of the Jedi. Making him number one on this list is just lazy writing

[@spongeyspikes09]

I was expecting Schumacher or Shamalan to be number 1 Besides Disney trilogy made the prequels look ok

[@femkev.5245]

Totally agree. It's just them taking every opportunity to shit on the prequels, like the rest of the internet does, without actually thinking about the reasoning or background. There are other directors who more than deserve to top the list.

[@RiversEagle_]

@@femkev.5245 You act like that makes the prequels not garbage....

[@clone9159]

@@RiversEagle_ they're not.

[@armoroftruth3166]

Sequel trilogy should've been the top 1

[@kenxiong6830]

Meanwhile, George Lucas is laughing to the bank

[@timkingsemail]

To the unforgettable tune of 4 BILLION dollars. You can call me the worst director ever for that kind of scratch

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Worst Star Wars ever! I will only see it three more times...today...

[@kenxiong6830]

ZhangtheGreat hilarious!

[@kenxiong6830]

Tim King I agree! At the end of the day it’s all about the Benjamins

[@ZhangtheGreat]

@Anna Stern It's a Simpsons reference

[@ElricSowrd]

Yeah. I've heard about the movie Batman & Robin was bad. Seriously? George Lucas?

[@PurooRoy]

Well, his career WAS destroyed. As the sequels were made, he could see the destruction of his lifetime legacy in front of his eyes.

[@ryanseager123456789]

@Dark Sith Lord SW7 wasn't too bad, it was 8 that was the nail in the coffin

[@nerdgiant4101]

@@ryanseager123456789 7 was a repeat of New Hope. Almost exact same story!! So it wasnt even original.

[@leoch5699]

Please you never even seen his work on Strange Magic, the god-awful "Star Wars for the Girls"

[@ElricSowrd]

@@leoch5699 Seriously?

[@Hidyzworld1]

It's a Wonderful Life if he only knew what was coming. One of the greatest Christmas movies ever.

[@metaltak1154]

About the Phantom Menace Over the years I see that fans are beginning to like it more and more

[@crowny4632]

Metal tak partly because they prefer it over the sequels

[@foundplayer]

People don't seem to realize George Lucas did not direct empire or return of the jedi. He did not want to direct the prequels but no one would take the job

[@carncats07]

I like them less and less.

[@lynntaylor9681]

The Phantom Menace is bad but not as bad as the two that followed it. I'm okay with the sequels. The prequels will always be the worst imo.

[@Crabomax]

Yes. The prelogy deserve to be liked.

[@maniaccop3403]

George Lucas: Is on the list Also George Lucas: Is the wealthiest director on the planet

[@MrZackavelli]

Further evidence that Watchmojo is a complete joke of a channel

[@MasterControl90original]

Paul Verhoeven made other two films before going back to europe.... he ""JUST"" made Starship Troopers in 1997... Not an important sci-fi movie whatsoever, isn't it?

[@caseywalker1714]

Yeah they are reaching for content. Very sad they did so little research. I guess they just go to Rotten Tomatoes or call something a Cult Classic if they don't know what to do with it. This many subs there should be people for research 🤔🙄🤐

[@ctbullett300]

Was thinking the exact same as they mentioned Verhoeven.

[@JellyBabie1984]

As much as I love Starship troopers it was critically roasted at the time and barely made back it's production budget, that movie helped kill his career too. You people defending it are the uneducated ones.

[@robertbush7530]

George lucas didn't ruin his career though..... honestly I have always loved the prequels and always will. I prefer them over originals in most parts

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

What if I said that the hatred to the prequels could have lasted till the end without the Clone Wars?

[@fi3570]

What about Ryan Johnson of The Last Jedi? That has a much more impact since it pretty much started the dark path of the future Star Wars.

[@Gameflyer001]

It would've been, but his next film, Knives Out, was a huge success.

[@warreng675]

There is no one else, Ryan Johnson's abomination

[@warreng675]

@@Gameflyer001 Destroying a whole franchise

[@Gameflyer001]

@@warreng675 I'd say JJ sort of took care of that by attempting to retcon the events of TLJ. Yes, what Rian did with that wasn't the greatest thing, but basically nullifying that film's plot points in favour of classic tropes ironically made TROS the worse film.

[@sabka_meet]

I think Johnson added some new ideas that could have gone in interesting directions, besides, he is more than just an amazing director and Knives out proved it.

[@HBMHD]

1:27 - Hey hey hey, Cloud Atlas was fantastic; it was sabotaged by Hollywood because no producer wanted to work on it, so the Wachowskis sought international funding and made it anyway.

[@Gynra]

Agreed. I love Cloud Atlas, and Sense8 was brilliant.

[@corbz273]

They forgot to mention that one of those two movies Paul Verhoeven did in America after Showgirls was Starship Troopers, which is an underappreciated movie and could be seen as a comeback for the director, as it returned to more of his sci-fi and action roots

[@SpinoKingandSports99]

Speed Racer came out in 2008, not 2006.

[@JorenMyers]

Also, Speed Raver was great. Campy, cheesy greatness

[@CubanPete1990]

You know what they should bring Michael Keaton back as Batman in Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997)!

[@LucyLioness100]

Well he jumped once Burton was dismissed after the “failure” of ‘Batman Forever’. I don’t think even Michael Keaton could’ve saved what happened under the Schumacher direction

[@chrisbrown5108]

Keaton saw the script for Batman forever and made the right move.

[@Karlebow571]

CubanPete1990 if Michael Kenton stay in Batman forever and Batman & robin then Nolan trilogy wouldn’t exist

[@lollabunny1728]

i agree on that too micheal keaton was the best live action batman ❤

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

@@LucyLioness100 Batman Forever wasnt considered a failure... its exactly why Batman and Robin went further down the neon road... Burtons films were considered too dark and after the McDonalds debacle from Batman Returns he was relegated to a producer role on Forever. Keaton was still attached to do Forever even after Burton was no longer director. Keaton didnt like the script plain and simple... so he walked.

[@YEOsCanal]

Half of the films were simply ahead of their time.

[@mt7able]

Watch mojo: Star wars is George Lucas's baby and noone can take that away from him Disney: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@TheOwlCreek]

Funny that you credit Jupiter Ascending as the movie that destroyed the Wachowski's career when it was actually the Matrix sequels that did that. Jupiter Ascending was the final nail in the coffin!

[@markbartoszek8585]

You're wrong. The Matrix sequels were successful and okay, not terrible. It was Speed Racer that started the descent for them, and the final nail was Jupiter Ascending.

[@TheOwlCreek]

@@markbartoszek8585 No you're wrong! The sequels weren't anywhere nearly as good of a film as the first Martrix which changed pop culture. The sequels were quick cash grabs that had ZERO impact on our society. Now they are making a Matrix 4 just to make money but I guarantee you it will bomb and nobody will ever hear from the Wachowskis again!

[@blunew467]

The Matrix sequels made their money back tho? Jupiter Ascending lost them money.

[@AOV-rv3ov]

George Lucas at number one? Palpatine: It’s Treason Then.

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

Zamasu: All this horror with Disney began with Lucas and the Fandom. Blame yourselves

[@MrZackavelli]

@@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722 it began with the fandom

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

@@MrZackavelli No one looked innocent to me. Not even Lucas.

[@pepekart97]

Ep 1 is underrated, just think at Maul, Qui-Gon and the Duel of the Fates

[@JonnyTainment]

My sister, who's a huge Star Wars fan, said "George Lucas knows how to direct sci-fi but he doesn't know how to direct actors."

[@Grandizer8989]

Or write dialogue

[@HolyShitNew]

He was living in the future He knew we would love the dialogue for the memes

[@warreng675]

Or prequels

[@jacobneumann5021]

Agreed he's a better producer

[@abramsullivan7764]

Uhuh

[@b4ushoutxyz_66]

THE PHANTOM MENACE IS GREAT AND SO IS GEORGE LUCAS!

[@Mos41f]

It's a shame what happened to Martin Brest. Unlike the other directors, he not only made some everlasting cult classics but he officially retired from filmmaking for good.

[@simenpt9952]

11:54 i was hoping for jj abrahams why are you here

[@user-br8ed4ly4u]

The phantome menace was amazing, I don’t know how it got so low, also the Rise of Skywalker also got around 53% on rotten tomatoes

[@Noteokahbro]

So true I love the prequels so much when I was little

[@clone9159]

@@Noteokahbro me too, still do

[@robtomben]

No. The Phantom Menace is objectively terrible.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Life is beautiful is one of the best films ever made. Period.

[@cesarpachon]

me when i see number 1: i was hoping for J.J Abrams, why are you here?

[@TheRealMtnDewMike]

What about Steven king who literally made one movie that killed his directing careere

[@bernhardtsen74]

somebody told Maximum Overdrive he directed, was directed when he woke up, still high on coke and kept pushing on!damn it shows!

[@ArkhamVI]

The thing is that movie was his ONLY movie. This list is about those who had successful movie careers before a single film ruined their reputation

[@chibiprussia5574]

Hey that movie is funny

[@ianwestc]

The movie that he directed is far far more entertaining than most movies that he's written the story for.

[@jake6887]

Love the soundtrack

[@RealDaswolfen]

The Last Jedi makes The Phantom Menace look like a masterpiece.

[@salehali9541]

(sigh) ffs we're still doing this?

[@t_sh162]

@@salehali9541 apparently

[@ThePirateprincess23]

Daswolfen well said.

[@DaytimeNitemare]

The Village Was the start for M Night...... he was fish grease hott at that time...... Christopher Nolan level shit then. >>>>>>>

[@WillHouston96]

The fact that they used lady in the water instead of avatar the last air bender for m night shyamalan is baffling

[@stephendevore]

Avatar was a great film.

[@elorae1098]

We are talking about Avatar, Last Airbender. Hahahaha 😂 Avatar is from James Cameron.

[@johns9652]

Personally, my dislike for M Night Unpronounceable began with "The Village", which I went to the theater to see, with great anticipation. I had no idea who the director was, and didn't care. From the previews and hype, I had thought (and maybe this was my own misperception and personal taste bias) I was going to see a sci-fi flick about a small settlement on another planet plagued by scary monster aliens, perhaps after having lived there for hundreds of years and depleting their technology and ability to fight back, thus suffering a regression of society to pioneer days levels. What I got was WTF?!! This isn't anything like 'Aliens' or "Planet of the Apes' and WTF was that ending?! They're on Earth the whole damn time? Again, I realize this might be due to my own personal taste bias, but somehow that's what I got out of the previews I had seen, so I was hugely annoyed with the movie. I can't reliably remember those previews or advertising, so I don't know if it was just me or if they were purposely misleading, but since trailers often include clips that don't even make it into the movie, and some movies have been caught intentionally misleading audiences beforehand, I'm willing to give myself the benefit of the doubt. I Had no idea who M Night was prior to that movie, but you can bet I learned who he was after that. Since then, being a grudge holding sort of person, I have NEVER spent any money on anything he's made. I did finally watch 'The Sixth Sense" maybe 5 years after it came out, on the insistence of friends saying it was good and that I should watch it. I still did NOT pay for it though, think I borrowed the DVD from a friend. Duck M Night.

[@ninjaloving1]

Tod Browning's "Freaks" is so underrated, definitely way ahead of its time. Even AHS and South Park have taken from it. "ONE OF US, ONE OF US, Gooblegobble Gooblegobble!"

[@lucasvincent3021]

Wtf are your doing shit talking George Lucas?! People only think the prequels are bad because the nostalgia of the OT gets in the way of actually comparing them. Don’t ever shit talk George Lucas

[@Locadel2003]

Joel Schumacher made the brilliant phone booth. That movie was awesome

[@jaredkerkhof9347]

Paul Verhoeven won a golden globe in 2016, his biggest prize so far.

[@sovietunionball1290]

Rian johnson with the last jedi xD

[@gameanator4508]

Uuuuhhhhm..... No

[@benjafavre7367]

Definetly yes

[@annafowdy]

I take it you never saw Knives Out afterwards.

[@Gameflyer001]

Knives Out restored his career.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Well he has done Knives Out which I actually thought it was pretty good he also directed Ozymandias one of the greatest episode ever in Breaking Bad and any other tv show.

[@javiersp15]

Well I think George Lucas turned out fine after Phantom Menace. He did 2 more SW movies, then sold it for 4 Billion and then all the fans after seeing the new awful SWs movie wanted him back

[@ianwestc]

I'm not so sure about that, he thought The Last Jedi was brilliant.

[@nosoyjoseluis6155]

@@ianwestc i think thats fake, i have read that Lucas hates the sequels

[@sengcreate3060]

George Lucas success with old Star Wars because other help, remember Lucas plan & idea make Real Monkey play the role of Yoda character with mask on it, be glad didn't happen

[@rutger7452]

When you see George Lucas, but not JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson: *visible confusion*

[@blunew467]

Well Rian Johnson redeemed himself with Knives Out, got an Oscar nomination and it was a good movie. His career’s not ruined. As for JarJar Abrams, eh, I really don’t know what he’s gonna do next. Ruin another franchise maybe? Tho I liked Mission Impossible 3 but not because of his directing or writing, but because of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Rise of Skywalker made all its money back but idk.

[@MrZackavelli]

@@blunew467 TROS definitely did not make its money back If you dig into promotional costs, budget costs, the film was an absolute disappointment

[@SweatmansFlicks]

1:18 Correction. Speed Racer movie came out in 2008 not 2006. It bombed. It also come out the same year as iron man.

[@samkresil6011]

Top Ten Directors Who Saved Their Careers With One Movie My only two picks: Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge and M. Night Shamalyn - Split.

[@williampaterson7808]

The Phantom Menace honestly doesn’t deserve the hate, it’s underrated. (Jar-Jar wasn’t necessary though. XD)

[@thehollywoodpessimist]

Thank you

[@manchesterunitedno7]

Damn, we have revisionists here.

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

Darth Sidious' evil one-liners alone were marvelous. "Wipe them out.... ALL of them."

[@karlsmith2570]

Batman and Robin on the other hand, definitely deserved all the hate that it got

[@williampaterson7808]

Eyzen Gale You mean Attack of The Clones.

[@cheesy124entertainment7]

Speed Racer by the Wachowskis came out in 2008.

[@KaZuKan]

I wish Paul Anderson would stop ruining films.

[@McD5791]

W.S., not T, right?

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

Ruining films? Thats to suggest a movie was good until he came along.

[@dannyr2976]

John Landis for Beverly Hills Cop III and Sidney J Furie for Superman IV

[@45TRANSFORMERSFAN]

Thank goodness George Lucas rebounded with TCW and ended with a bang :)

[@benbelletieri7283]

George Lucas? I’m sorry, I thought you meant J.J. Abrams

[@AidanRampair]

I was expecting J.J. Abrahms... wth was George Lucas doing here?

[@TITANMAN251]

Nah Im Fine with Episode 1 with Star Wars.

[@drrobotnik2353]

I would say star wars 8

[@Wiiguy1606]

The Star Wars movies always had silly moments. I personally just take them as they are, flaws and all

[@richardfan7157]

The prequels are miles ahead of the Disney trilogy, especially the Last Jedi which felt like a fanfic.

[@josephlopez7640]

Richard Fan the prequels are god awful movies. Anyone who disagrees is just blinded by nostalgia.

[@oldironstudios5214]

1: Rian Johnson - last jedi

[@joonassummanen6130]

You should try to make next a video titled: Top 10 directors who have never made a bad movie. Or: Top 10 directors who ruined a franchise.

[@crowny4632]

I don’t know about No. 1... After all George Lucas is still a legend...

[@white-dragon4424]

Funny you should say "legend", because a legend might not exist. In Lucas' case his talent is myth.

[@crowny4632]

White-Dragon actually a legend MIGHT not exist while a myth DOES NOT exists. And a legend can also be someone who exists and has such a legacy that he lives up to be a legend.

[@white-dragon4424]

@@crowny4632 That's what I said, that Lucas' talent doesn't live up to the "legend", making it a myth. Honestly though, he's extremely talented, gifted even, at business management and making deals. It's amazing the things he's achieved in the area of business.

[@ocin_but_backwards7173]

WTH is The Matrix, Batman and Robin, Batman Forever, and A PREQUEL STAR WARS MOVIE DOING ON THIS LIST?!!?!??!!

[@krajicsek13]

11:54 I was hoping for J.J. Abrams Why are you here ?

[@GrolschHeerscht]

"Verhoeven" is pronounced "Paul Verhooven", like "Hoover", "hooligan" or "Boo, you're saying it wrong". Trust me, I'm Dutch.

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

And?... not like theyre gonna go back and change it or refilm the video.

[@GrolschHeerscht]

Also it's not the first and likely not the last time they mention the guy. After all the cringy attempts at French and German, I expect at least the same level of "try hard and fail" for Dutch.

[@oliverf.68]

Seriously I'd never seen any other Batman flick where everything, including the crest on the roof of the batmobile, looks so darn plastic. Sorry I'm still talking about Batman & Robin.

[@jbourbon3734]

5:21 Not even The Rock could save this movie?!

[@PurooRoy]

The Rock couldn't save DOOM either. What do you expect from him?

[@djwho75]

The rock dreamed of being an AAA actor being in this movie...AND then the movie was a f.ckfest,so Dwayne decided to stick to the pop movies.

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

@@PurooRoy He wasnt nearly as big of a draw at that time. It took years of supporting roles and some family/comedy flicks for him to do so... had some moderate success in there here and there... but it was definitely a journey. And definitely wasnt considered a sure thing for many many years after Doom

[@Markimark151]

M Night Shamalayan made better movies in recent years, he went through a bad time, I’m sick of people still hating on him, let it go!

[@FetishonyoutubeURL]

I didn’t know he directed that s*** avatar movie, does he even watch the series?

[@Markimark151]

The empty Anime channel I don’t care about that anymore, it’s just a movie, people still holding grudges against him are pathetic.

[@FetishonyoutubeURL]

Matt R i didn’t watch it, but i know its s*** so might as well not watch it.

[@Markimark151]

The empty Anime channel don’t watch it, but I wasn’t as angry by it in compared to Dragonball Evolution.

[@hpa2005]

About the movie "Heaven's Gate" Michael Cimino was such a perfectionist, that by the fifth day of filming, they were already four days behind schedule. Sir John Hurt spent so long waiting around on the production for something to do, that he made The Elephant Man (1980), then came back to shoot more scenes for this movie. (from IMDB)

[@Eric10179]

Maybe everyone else doesn’t like them, but the real hardcore star wars fans love the prequels

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

A bad movies a bad movie. Thats inane to suggest that one is not a hardcore fan if they dont like something just cuz it has the name on it. Its foolish to accept and love something just because one claims to be haedcore or a diehard. If a movies a POS its a POS.

[@thejpkotor]

What about a Disney’s latest atrocities?? Those aren’t Star Wars...

[@digizilla164]

I bleed star wars and the prequels were bad movies.

[@ead630]

I feel like if Lucas starting just making movies with new non-Star Wars stories (like his great American Graffiti), he'd be welcomed back

[@TKnHappyNess]

The prequel trilogy was better than Last Jedi, and yet Rian Johnson isn't here

[@PlatinumV3]

@@TKnHappyNess Rise of Skywalker has a worse Rotten Tomatoes rating than Phantom Menace

[@josephlopez7640]

TKnHappyNess The Last Jedi is a great movie. The prequels are terrible movies .

[@clone9159]

@@josephlopez7640 your a bit delusional. They might more enjoyable in your opinion (not mine) but the Prequels have a better story, characters, more choreography, etc

[@donaldtusk2678]

As long as he writes the story and someone else directs

[@leo11lim]

After watching The Clone Wars and realizing how a slap in the face ST was dark fate level I owe Lucas a serious apology.

[@salehali9541]

The prequels are still worse in every way than the sequels, the only way to enjoy the prequels is through r/prequelmemes.

[@Karlebow571]

Fans:perhaps I treat you too harshly

[@PlatinumV3]

@@salehali9541 The Sequels are worse than the Prequels because the Sequels undid everything the Original Trilogy accomplished: The restoration of the Republic, The revival of the Jedi Order and getting rid of Palpatine. It also undid Luke's character who went from able to forgive Vader for Order66 and Imperial Oppression in the Original Trilogy but contemplated killing his nephew because he had a hint of evil and then after Ben destroyed his Jedi Order, then went into hiding allowing the First Order to gather strength to take out the New Republic. This was so bad that Mark Hamill (Luke's actor) called out Rian Johnson on his direction for Luke. Also let's not forget that Episode 7 is just a remade version of Episode 4 with different actors and settings but same story of a person from a desert planet finding a droid that laters leads to them joining a rebel-I mean resistance to destroy a planet-I mean a system destroying weapon the size of a moon-I mean planet. While on the way fighting a masked villain that has a relationship to the protagonist group. I hate the Prequels Shakespearean dialogue but at least they were original and not ripping off the literal first movie of the series.

[@Zeekay980]

@@salehali9541 The biggest benefit the prequel trilogy had was that its overall story was planned out ahead of time. The sequel trilogy was left up to the individual directors and suffered for it. The Last Jedi went in a direction no one expected and The Rise of Skywalker did too much "course correction" in response.

[@leo11lim]

@@PlatinumV3 I hope Lucasfilm pull A "days of Future past" move to undo the damage of the ST era.

[@michaelkarimian7538]

First off George Lucas shouldn’t be number 1 as it didn’t ruin his career as he made two more movies and a Clone Wars tv show. Honestly, I’m flabbergasted that neither Rian Johnson or Zack Snyder didn’t make the number one spot. Rian Johnson simply because he made The Last Jedi which was literally the most divisive Star Wars film ever (and in my opinion a poison to the Star Wars mythos) and Zack Snyder (especially) because he made the abysmal BVS which has numerous problems and wasn’t true to the characters it portrayed (yes I’ve seen the extended edition, 3 times as a matter of fact). I’m not faulting him as much for JL as that movie was just doomed from the start and the truly tragic passing of his daughter (to which my heart goes out to him). Other then the number one spot, good list.

[@Fl0k5ser]

12:02 No one can take that away from him J.J Abrams enters Episode 7 : Alot of dissaproval from George Lucas

[@BOWLINGMANIC]

I would love to direct a movies that made a billion dollars and then have those movies called a failure

[@bronlokis]

wait, Michael Mann's Miami Vice move destroyed his career? wow, I love that movie!

[@TheJaad1969]

I was expecting JJ Abraham for #1

[@oblivionator976]

How the heck is George Lucas number one on this list but NOT Rian Johnson. George Lucas IS the reason Star Wars exists.

[@jakheer1]

Cause his movies are good I think. And do watch Knives out.

[@kjforever1073]

Trust watchmojo we should not

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Because Rian Johnson redeemed himself by giving Knives Out. Just friendly reminder, this is also the same guy who directed the 'worst' Breaking Bad episode, The Fly and the very best Breaking Bad episode, Ozymandians

[@ianwestc]

Because dudes on KZbin hate Last Jedi (for good reasons, sure) but his career is hardly over. He was nominated for an Academy Award several months, so he seems to be getting on just fine.

[@josephlopez7640]

Because Rian Johnson made a great Star Wars movie

[@Crocheful]

I feel like watchmojo has already made this list under a different title

[@alexthelizardking]

Showgirls didn't wreck verhoeven's career. He just got tired of Hollywood.

[@LongTurtle]

WatcMojo: "And the result was a film only managed to score 53% on Rotten Tomatoes" TROS who only managed to score 52%: *Laugh in hidden*

[@MrZackavelli]

pffffffffffft just more evidence that watchmojo is a pathetic slave to public opinion who is on Disney's payroll

[@MaheshWalatara]

Lol Lucas is a God- Phantom Menace was vastly misunderstood- its good stuff far outweighed the bad. Check out the drivel Disney is putting out nowadays. Plus where's Ridley Scott? He destroyed his whole Alien franchise with Covenant and Prometheus.

[@samkresil6011]

I would add Josh Trank with his 2015 Fantastic Four reboot but I'm not sure it would count as Trank had made his directorial debut with Chronicle back in 2012 which still remains as his only good piece of work.

[@kenoftroydaman9858]

George Lucas is on record as saying that it was the bitchy fanboys who convinced him to sell the franchise to Disney. He'd had enough of the bellyaching. He even said that he 'gave in' to the fans when he put the original, unaltered trilogy on DVD (in 2 packs with the 'Special Edition' versions). He said he did it to appease people but all they did was complain that the original versions weren't remastered to their satisfaction. His attitude then became 'If you think someone can do it better, then fine', and he sold to Disney. Now seeing how Disney crapped on Episodes 7-9 Lucas has publicly stated selling to them was a mistake.

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

George Lucas made me laugh only cause I think he's kinda pathetic

[@starryagent9936]

Everyone’s trashing on JJ Abrams when it’s Rian Johnson they should be targeting. If the Last Jedi hadn’t been what it was I GUARANTEE you Rise of Skywalker would’ve been much better. Plus, diehard fans may disagree, but I think the rebooted Star Trek and Ep VII are great films. And, finally, JJ signed a deal with Netflix to help make movies for them for five years. Sounds like his career is still alive

[@ailurovic]

"And his Hollywood career went arrivederci." Hahahahahahahahaha

[@margarethmichelina5146]

"Arri Arri Arri Arri Arri Arri Arri Arri Arri Arri!!! Arriverdechi!"

[@Batkoku]

Elaine May; Ishtar. How could you miss that?

[@mycahjofficial]

*Come to think about it, Batman & Robin is actually a blessing in disguise because without that film the Dark Knight trilogy would’ve never existed.*

[@mistermatute8183]

Yo I didn’t think about that. That’s actually a good point. Damn I never thought I would thank Batman & Robin for making something good happen.

[@Zeddyboi86]

I enjoy both Schumacher Batman films. Batman and Robin used to be my ultimate guilty pleasure.

[@kevinshea7547]

Stephen Norrington didn't just tank his own career as a director, but also made Sean Connery retire.

[@garibaldibritann1240]

Just Sean Connery comeback as Sir Billi in the animated film of the same name finally put the legendary James Bond actor into his demise

[@willhuey4891]

joel schumacher did direct phantom of the opera years after batman and robin

[@hieloluna]

I clicked on to see where Paul Verhoeven would place with Showgirls. I love his movies and am so entertained by Showgirls at how bad and over the top it is.

[@marzblaq7267]

hieloluna If you opened up the dictionary and look up “Cult Classic”, Showgirls would definitely show up there. I’m definitely in the small percentage that liked Showgirls 😂

[@Jxstacey]

Pretty disappointed that the emoji movie wasn’t on this list...

[@Aragorn7884]

*J. J. Abrams - The Rise of Skywalker*

[@sovietunionball1290]

Rian johnson with the last jedi xD

[@salehali9541]

@@sovietunionball1290 rian johnson made one of the last year's best movies and was nominated for best original screenplay at the oscars, so you're wrong.

[@roberterlandson8234]

M night has made a comeback I'd say

[@noirangel6416]

#1 George Lucas. *Everyone: I was expecting J.J. Abrams. Why are you here?*

[@Mariosalty]

Big thumbs down. George Lucas is your number one? Really? And not the director The Garbage Pail Kids, or Super Mario Brothers or Masters of the Universe or Jaws the Revenge or even JOSH F---ING TRANK FOR Fantastic 4? Seriously. Frank Capra even being on this list is pointless. He's Frank Capra and like you say in the video he was an Oscar nominated director with that picture. For some reason inside the videos, in your scripts they contradict themselves. I don't get it.

[@Homeboy_Brando]

11:52 It’s amazing how you forget that George Lucas’s career was far from destroyed and far from over. He’s still involved with Star Wars. It’s crazy how you also forgot to mention that The Rise of Skywalker got very similar reviews as The Phantom Menace. If anything JJ Abrams should be put in here and not George Lucas because even after all these years the prequel Star Wars movies are not looked at as amazing movies despite what people said at first. The entire sequel trilogy is still under major controversy so if anything JJ Abrams should be here and not George Lucas.

[@clone9159]

Exactly

[@redhammer92]

Star Wars is total garbage im honestly baffled why its so popular. The original 3 are worth watching, thats about where it ends.

[@white-dragon4424]

His credibility was destroyed with the PT.

[@clone9159]

@@redhammer92 nah

[@redhammer92]

@@clone9159 I mean you're allowed to have bad taste but don't pretend 80% of the franchise isn't awful.

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

Number 10: The Wachowski's Number 9: Paul Verhoeven Number 8: Frank Capra Number 7: Roberto Benigni Number 6: Richard Kelly Number 5: Martin Brest Number 4: Joel Schumacher Number 3: Michael Cimino Number 2: M. Night Shyamalan Number 1: George Lucas

[@MrEasyNah]

Refreshing this everytime they get to a new number.

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

@@MrEasyNah cool

[@FingeringThings]

George Lucas: *Is number one on the list* Also George Lucas: *Made 5 sequels to the Phantom Menace*

[@gabrielrooks9222]

Ok someone is trippin'. One bad character ruins George Lucas career? Not a chance. Phantom Menace wasn't great, but it was better then the entire list. And Mann's Miami Vice was good, just needed more women for Tubbs & Crockett and it would have been like the 80's tv show.

[@ardyxd]

BRUH THE PREQUELS WERE AWESOME WHY IS GEORGE LUCAS AT #1??????

[@chitown1782]

Peeping Tom (1960) directed by Michael Powell who directed The Red Shoe, destroyed his career!

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Didn't the reception for Peeping Tom grew positive later on?

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

The Prince of His Own Kingdom yes

[@chitown1782]

@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom it did when Martin scorsese saw the film.

[@deedeetee17]

Where’s John Waters for “Dirty Shame?” He never made another movie again