Top 10 Most Influential Directors of All Time

[@rfuaonl]

lol "Mr Ford... How did you shoot that?" "With a camera" what a troll answer

[@Luisramcantu]

simply a brilliant mind

[@thepeterparkershow]

He was pissed at the reporter. Apparently they kept asking him stupid questions during the entire interview.

[@thepeterparkershow]

***** is that so? huh. I just remember my film teacher telling me about this, and I thought he said it was a reporter that didn't know what the hell he was talking about. Oh well, thanks for clearing that.

[@JohnSpawn1]

+Peter Parker Well, I hope your film teacher was referring to some other interview (maybe the very amusing one im which Ford is interviewed by some English chap from the BBC or something), because a film teacher who calls Peter Bogdanovich "a reporter who doesn't know what he's talking about" should probably not teach film.

[@toneloak]

+Tom Waits Seemed like Ford was channeling that old Texas glibness trying to be cool but instead just insuring that he'd be almost forgotten by most of the world. Now he'll only be referenced in regards to someone else's Master work as a footnote.

[@JoaqMan]

Where is Tommy Wiseau?

[@Wired4Life2]

+J Wizard Phoenix YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, CINEFIX!

[@Tom-hz8ug]

"You're lying I did NAHT hit her!"

[@JohnSpawn1]

He recently said that he considers a remake of "The Room. Can you imagine how awesome that dog in the shop would look in 3d? The idea of seeing that is tearing me apart.

[@tommywiseau4224]

Here.

[@rodrigocastro3394]

+Tommy Wiseau oh hai Tom

[@caseyhofses1929]

people... the list says "most influential" NOT "best of all time" chill

[@DH_Artist]

Casey Hofses Kubrick was influential to Spielberg

[@simtekgroup3080]

I like this channel but I find it too Americentric at times. If we're talking about being influential, Tarkovskij, Antonioni, Ozu and Bresson are the parents of contemporary cinema.

[@gilbert9161]

Kubrick changed cinema more than anyone in history. It’s like leaving The Beatles off top 10 band lists. It’s bold and gutsy, but in the end it’s just plain foolish.

[@lochlannturner4086]

Hate to sound like a broken record but 2001 was made in the 60s and revolutionised the sci fi genre. We wouldn't have stuff like interstellar if it wasn't for Kubrick

[@shane2609]

Casey Hofses they’re not influential

[@sarvajeetmukherjee3290]

Any list without Andrei Tarkovsky is incomplete ! Bergman spoke of him as being the greatest director ever . He was a Poet , The Poet of Modern Cinema . He was not merely a director , he was a theorist who introduced new grammatical rules into film making and took film making into an entirely different dimension . Cinema , as he defined , was a 'mosaic in time' . And if Tarkovsky has not influenced film making , who has ! He influenced the likes of Lars Von Triers .

[@janpierzchala2004]

You can be influential without being great. This is a list of not the greatest.

[@JohnSpawn1]

If I'm not mistaken, Chaplin wasn't mentioned. Fellini once called him "a sort of Adam from whom we all descended". But then again, influence is way too hard to determine and your arguments for your picks always sound reasonable, so another interesting list. Keep on making these lists.

[@h4n5i]

+Tom Waits wells instead of lang( wells made the best film recomendet for his enormous settings enormous settings is what lang and metropolis is known for) , murnau and his influence on the russians not even mentioned and the worst, meliers not on the top rank..... it is easy to find reasonable arguments for the worst director to be the most influential so that shouldn't be a mark of acknowledgement... i mean come on how can a director based on wordsetting invent grammar in film and therefor be the most influential, he might be an outstanding director but influence is what made grammar possible not what made grammar, besides again i mention meliers he had the grammar...

[@JohnSpawn1]

+h4n5i Your comment is as messy and confusing as the plot of Welles' Mr Arkadin... (no offense)

[@h4n5i]

1. the top five is american exclusive 2. meliers is not on top regardless of his infinite influence 3. they even chose wells instead of lang, even though wells made the best film 4. reasonable, as you say, is relative especially in cultural sciences

[@Norha820]

+Tom Waits I think it would be relevant having him as a grandfather of comedy as well as Buster Keaton

[@leej70]

+Tom Waits He was a bit of a pedo though.

[@AidanIsThisGuy]

You mentioned Tyler Perry, but you didn't pick Kubrick. *You mentioned Tyler Perry, but you didn't pick Kubrick.* *YOU MENTIONED TYLER PERRY, BUT YOU DIDN'T PICK KUBRICK.*

[@maxinator317]

at least he mentioned kubrick but i definitely see your complaint

[@darkknightfanboy3185]

Yea, I scratched my head at that one too. Hitchcock deserved that spot, but there is one director on this list I feel didn't truly deserve it, he's made some good films, but I don't think he is better than Kubrick. I won't say his name, because I know I'll get hate, buy maybe people can guess who I'm referring to.

[@maxinator317]

DarkKnightFanBoy I feel like you're talking about steven spielberg

[@keelahrose]

This is supposed to be a list of the most influential directors, and Hitchcock has been far more influential than Kubrick.

[@eemilpohjalainen3614]

Kubrick is the reason why spielberg makes movies

[@NATESOR]

I for one think it's entirely reasonable to elevate tom hanks to an element of cinema.

[@MikeydeLaraCovers]

"2001: A Space Odyssey" inspires Lucas, Spielberg, Coppola, Scorsese, and a bunch of other directors to blow away what the perceived limits of storytelling in the form of motion pictures. "The Shining" horrifies audiences to this day and is considered on of the top 3 all time films in its genre. "Full Metal Jacket" is one of the top war movies that's ever filmed. All of his movies continue to go deeper with every viewing and he is considered to be one of the most underrated, under appreciated directors during his lifetime and after it. So, yeah... I think Stanley Kubrick's influence on the form should have cracked the top 10 of people who have ever done the gig... What was he, 11?

[@continentalgin]

Kubrick should be number one. Many years from now, filmmakers will be learning from Kubrick.

[@ajamocampbell9143]

Mikey de Lara I think Kubrick was one of those great directors that was unappreciated he influenced so many of our modern directors his movies were ahead of its time but yet 2001 is considered a snooze fest and the shinning did do so well at the box office the man was a genius

[@elestireninsanylmaz9581]

Kubrick is most overrated director of all time!

[@jkwhippedlisa5122]

@@elestireninsanylmaz9581 really???

[@elestireninsanylmaz9581]

Ajith S yeap

[@443tify]

how about a top 10 best/influential films by country? heres a few to start off with: french, italian, spanish, german, chinese, japanese and brazillian

[@Jesseafca]

+nicholas cage Not to forget Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Canadian, Australian and Hongkongese

[@443tify]

Bruce Wayne hong kong is part of china. As for australian films, there isnt that many influential/well known films from down under.

[@Jesseafca]

nicholas cage I wrote my bachelor thesis on Hong Kong film with the focus on Wong Kar-wai. And though Hongkong is part of China, it isn't in a political way. It still has its own laws etc. Therefore it has a completely different cinema than China has. And for Australian cinema: what about Peter Weir's films, Mad Max franchise and, of course, Jane fucking Campion. One of the most influential directors around and one of the first (if not the first) female directors who got a lot of critical acclaim.

[@443tify]

Bruce Wayne hong kong cinema is integral to mainland chinas film industry.

[@ivanhenrikssonshackter9689]

+nicholas cage sweden

[@AyinVillagra]

Walt Disney. I don't know if he counts as a "director" but he's by far one of the most influencial filmmakers of all time.

[@JohnSpawn1]

That name also popped into my head. As you said, though, he wasn't really a director (I think...), but if the list had been called "most influential filmmakers" he might have fit in there. Seems like they kind of overlooked animation in this one anyways, though...

[@MrPinbert]

+Chorifly Animated films are a separate medium.

[@MNIMnoob]

+MrPinbert sadly.

[@MrPinbert]

MNIMnoob Why is that sad? It's like saying that it's "sad" that film and music are two different mediums as well. Unless I am missing something.

[@MNIMnoob]

MrPinbert I do believe animation should get a higher respect besides people throwing it away as "kid's cartoons". While one doesn't use a camera, they are both films and either way require a great vision and a lot of passionate work

[@mjanderson4]

I love that you guys put D.W. Griffith on the list. People always point out how offensive his films are instead of realizing how many directors use the techniques that he discovered over 100 years ago.

[@fedorbrockmann1698]

Yes he was influential and that’s what this is about. I still think they should have mentioned his racism. Someone like him shouldn’t be idolized and only viewed while keeping his tendencies in mind.

[@joshuafry6337]

Love how you start the list talking about diversity with Spike Lee, and then end it with the guy who directed Birth of a Nation.

[@kevinhwilson7663]

I agree. If you're going to celebrate Griffith at least give some historical context and talk about how deeply harmful his most famous film was.

[@Gobbersmack]

Stop being such fucking pussies

[@Woodsaras]

@@kevinhwilson7663 how about how deepy amazing and influencial it was?

[@chrismaple7838]

Spike Lee portrays Italians in a pretty shitty light.

[@mithrandell9239]

@Darth Skywalker How is spike lee a bad director?

[@nicobozzo545]

Charlie Chaplin impactful, innovative, original in silent and talkies

[@continentalgin]

Right on.

[@sheldonallanhorseman2379]

Also Buster Keaton

[@maxheller7815]

9.12.18

[@davidcopson5800]

Absolutely. One of the most talented film makers of all time.

[@iTzAtaXi]

Could you do top 10 BEST directors of all time Cause I'm missing Kubrick!!!!!!

[@ramseybrown3233]

And Scorsese

[@iTzAtaXi]

+Ramsey Brown righty right

[@brendan3362]

Truffaut as well

[@C.G.Jr.]

Yeah man for real

[@blablatarantino4718]

iTzAtaXi and Sergio Leone :(

[@30vonage]

Hey John, how did you shoot that? - "with a camera." haha that's gangsta

[@juffan]

CineFix should do full deep dive episodes on single directors. Discussing their best films, their style, their strengths, and their legacy. My favourite director is Sidney Lumet who I know is not talked about as much as he ought to be. You hear me, Clint? DO A VIDEO ON LUMET!

[@LorFire]

Prince of the City is his best film

[@PriyankaSadhukhan]

"Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the Sun or the Moon" ~ Kurosawa on Satyajit Ray

[@Sahebaaz75]

Satyajit Ray was a Legend

[@heinrichvon]

I think they chose Kurosawa as the token Asian filmmaker on this list. Of course, there can only be one...

[@jotarokujo3038]

I love satyajit ray films a great director but kurosawa far better than ray

[@Sahebaaz75]

@@heinrichvon They should've made an "Honorable Mentions" list

[@sh230968]

@@Sahebaaz75 Not really. Does not come close to the names mentioned in this video.

[@satcousin1997]

You should have at least given a mention to Andrei Tarkovsky.

[@lgbs727]

+sat95 Certainly superior to at least half of the directors in this list in my opinion, but I don't think his filmmaking vision (one of my definite favorites, but a very demanding and non-mainstream at that) influenced as many people as the visions of these did.

[@theundergradanalysis]

+sat95 Renoir and DePalma weren't mentioned either and Scorsese not being on the list is a bit weird but overall I doubt there is a more well educated top 10 directors list on youtube.

[@JohnSpawn1]

+Izaak Gray Mentioning Hitchcock makes a mention of DePalma unnecessary, since he copies Hitchcock and makes films not half as good, original or smart. That being said, I'm of course aware that some people see that differently and praise him as one of the greatest living directors. But as DePalma once said himself, he's often not quite taken seriously as an artist, accused of being a Hitchcock rip-off (as I just did) and people either love him or consider him a hack. De Palma is a talented director who has made some good films and he influenced filmmakers like Edgar Wright and Tarantino, sure. But even without my biased more negative opinion towards his work, mentioning him here alongside the mentioned greats - with directors like Lang or Chaplin or Bergmam - would be more than a stretch.

[@JohnSpawn1]

+Tom Waits *the examples of Lang or Chaplin or Bergman I mean in reference to them not even making the list. DePalma is nowhere near as influential as them

[@dereklouster4283]

+sat95 two of my fave directors are kieslowski and truffaut; but then again, just like tarkovsky, they are more like personal, more like into poetry. That's why they are not that influential to the majority.

[@clichyx]

TAR-FUCKING-KOVSKY

[@papa_mia4495]

Well, while he should be in the "Top 10 greatest ever", it's hard to put him in this list cause his art is so personal, no one has been able to follow it so you couldn't say he's that "influential".

[@ExtrackterYT]

Ford's dry "With a camera" gets me every single time!

[@crozraven]

I love they don't do mainstream choice and I can honestly say I don't exactly know the directors in half of this list

[@krustomer]

Same

[@anamorgana.]

that's why they're 100000x better than watchmojo

[@starkingbiker]

Thats kinda sad...like seriously sad

[@krustomer]

starkingbiker Sorry we don't know cinema trivia??

[@bobunitone]

+starkingbiker It's not sad, good for them, they get to see new movies!

[@alexfrachetta]

I miss Sergio Leone. He's truly inspiring for almost all the best directors of today.

[@EmergencyVacation]

Sergio Leone.

[@cemaldindar771]

@@RobespierreThePoof Not many? Really? xD

[@jacksonstern2717]

Where the crap is Charlie Chaplin?!

[@davidcopson5800]

Indeed.

[@mauijttewaal]

in his grave...

[@wahidahmed2525]

In the top 10 pedophiles list

[@antonk6359]

*Interviewer:* "But surely, monsieur Goddard, you believe a film must at least have a beginning, middle and end?" *Goddard:* "Yes, but not necessarily in that order." *****************************************************************************************

[@leobergmiller873]

Anton K What a God

[@manelmanel9635]

Briliant

[@sclogse1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnmap5edbdJsg7s

[@baloproductions]

Also nolans mentality😂

[@RiddLs]

I love Kubrick, he's one of the bests of all time and I expected him to be on this list, but god his fanboys can be incredibly annoying

[@mattcruise]

+John King I'm not even a huge fan, but he is very influential. Way more so than Spike Lee.

[@RiddLs]

+Matt Cruise I'm not denying his influence, but if there's one thing CineFix does better than any other top 10 maker well it's explaining the reasons for their selections and I agree that of the two for said subcategory, Hitchcock is the more influential of the two.

[@WalkingDeadKiller]

+John King Self-awareness is a beautiful thing. I thank you sir for possessing it.

[@impalabeeper]

+Matt Cruise Maybe CineFix had a hard time making this list especially taking into account various considerations. Maybe Spike Lee is more of an honorable mention since it is also important to mention the use of films to comment social issues and Spike Lee did a good of doing it. In terms of technical innovation, Kubrick is definitely more influential than Lee.

[@awsometownnuked]

+John King they can be but i love him! ;D

[@ambadik.r7142]

You missed Satyajit Ray or you never watched his films.. please do watch his works and let me know if you find any best shots/ best camera/ best director of all-time. Thanks

[@abhisheklamichhane4839]

Yeah

[@rajendrasoni4327]

Probably he missed that Satyajit ray movies are been preserved and also his techniques were used by many known director's.

[@StamfordBridge]

Satyajit Ray is indeed a world master of cinema, and highly influential. But I am not upset that he doesn’t make this list, given the names that do. I mean, Abel Gance also didn’t make the list, and you can’t get much more influential than that. And I say that as someone who personally adores the films of Satyajit Ray.

[@StamfordBridge]

P.S. I am 100% sure the makers of this channel are well acquainted with Satyajit Ray. He’s actually far better known among cinephiles worldwide that he generally is in India.

[@rajendrasoni4327]

@@StamfordBridge I thought so...but anyways these influential people never needed such makers recognition. They were iconic figures!

[@ghoshfilms5166]

Sad to see that nobody mentioned the name of Satyajit Ray, an honorary academy award winner, an inspiration to Martin Scorcese, an auteur who made a trilogy before 'trilogy" was a thing, admired by Akira Kurosawa, and arguably the greatest Indian director of his time (if not of all time).

[@agnibhumandal2632]

The first trilogy was the Marseille trilogy made in the '30s by Marcel Pagnol.

[@hylianzeldafan]

Shame that Griffith's most well known movie is one of the most racist put to film.

[@diddymuck]

+MonthyPyton quite true. many say strike him from the record because of. Others say he didn't know what he was doing.

[@SonofTiamat]

+MonthyPyton Was it Birth of a Nation?

[@krustomer]

That's the era he lived in, sadly. Markedly racist.

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

See how Artistic Relevance speaks way louder and longer than crowd-pleasing.

[@popc5245]

Well we still have Intolerance, a better and way more humanist work

[@plottwist3364]

Méliès (you gotta pronounce the 's') should be first. "I owe him everything" ~D.W. Griffith

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

D.W. Griffith being #1 makes absolute sense, especially from a chronological point of view. So happy to see Akira Kurosawa on the list. I would let Godard and Truffaut share a spot on the list: they were both groundbreaking, truly independent filmmakers.

[@LorFire]

Godard is an awful director, pretentious bullshit, a male chauvinist pig

[@Kieslowski1989]

For me Godard's no 1. My fav movie is Les Quatre Cents Coups though (so ironic) Godard is that backbencher rebel in the class who constantly breaks every rule set in the classroom.

[@cbak12sg]

No mention of Sergio Leone or David Lean?

[@niallquinn9128]

Check the ten Most Overrated Directors for David Lean

[@leonardodavid2842]

Niall Quinn what about Sergio or Felini then?

[@octaviusaugustus8558]

Lean? Definitely. Leone wasn't this influential.

[@wasneeplus]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 I think you'll be surprised how many directors cite him as an influence.

[@muhammadfauzan6864]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 tell that to QT

[@jetser24]

I'm pretty sure Spike Lee had to be there because Griffith takes the number one spot.

[@lauraamaya2735]

This comment deserves more attention

[@basarsavas6633]

jetser24 xD

[@continentalgin]

Spike Lee over Bergman, Fellini, and Kubrick. Yeah, right.

[@fencersupreme6089]

multiverser He’s not “over” them, CineFix is split into categories, not definitive rankings. He’s at the top of his category, those guys are just in more competitive categories.

[@mikerodgers7620]

@@continentalgin they had to pick a minority remember?

[@CalebJoaquin]

Shame Chaplin didn't get a mention. It's understandable that he's no among the list but he was a massive part of film history.

[@listographer]

I WANT KUBRICK!! I WANT KUBRICK!! I WANT KUBRICK!! I WANT KUBRICK!! I WANT KUBRICK!! I WANT KUBRICK!!

[@nizamuddinsyed4566]

Me too

[@KnightofChristJesus]

#1 Director is Charlie Chaplin; British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen

[@davidcopson5800]

True.

[@brannonh7406]

I'm not in the place to say who the most influential directors are but these are some of my favorites Francis Ford Coppola, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, The Coen Brothers, Steven Spielberg, Akira Kurasawa, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock and Denis Villenueve

[@treasureriver]

Elia Kazan was one of the most influential directors of all time. He helped replace the theatrical, stylistic acting technique used in Hollywood through the thirties and forties with the more naturalistic style we take for granted today.

[@PoletBally]

This list needs UWE BOLL!!

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

Whether Spielberg is anybody's "favorite" is inconsequential - but I think a scientifically sound criteria can prove Spielberg is the "greatest" director of all time: 1. Consistant Excellence 2. Prolonged Significants 3. Active Prolificness 4. Genre Versatility 5. Technical Innovation 6. Auter Aesthetic 7. Craft Integrity 8. Cultural Impact 9. Artistic Influence Name one other filmmaker who can check each of those boxes with nearly Spielberg's equivalent in any serious critical consensus approval.

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

@tom jay Spielberg is the epitome of Classical Formalism - but his composition techniques for mise-en-scene tranforming framed shots with stacked lens depth between characters and his discipline for subjective angles is second to none and very recognizable as Spielberg. But of course, the thing that makes Spielberg's innovation so palatable is that his style is clever and creative but isn't gimmicky in trying to reinvent the medium, but rather constantly honor cinematic heritage by building upon the traditionally recognized methods of its masters. So, in a very tangible way Spielberg's aesthetic is the perfect amalgam of all the most effective narrative filmmakers that came before him. He's equal parts Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Michael Curtiz, Frank Capra, Victor Fleming, William Wyler, Orson Welles, George Stevens, Anthony Mann, Sydney Lumet, John Frankenheimer, Stanley Kubrick, George Pal, Howard Hawks, Fred Zinnemann, John Ford, Roaul Walsh, Carol Reed, George Cukor, Ronald Neame, Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donnen, Busby Burkley - but coheisively so without merely being pastiche. Then he pushes all of that collective history of sound technique into fantastical places never achieved prior. To study Spielberg is to study the whole of classical narrative cinema at its highest rate of effectiveness.

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

@tom jay I don't really see any Kurosawa traits in Spielberg. Probably because Kurosawa himself was inflienced heavily by Western Cinema. But those log quiet lulls of stillness Kurosawa is known for - and that Sergio Leone took to another level - I don't see Spielberg doing that type of time indulgent thing. Walt Disney is a good call though, Spielberg aspires to be a similar showman myth teller to the masses. No doubt Norman Rockwell's ernest sentiment in idealized commercialism is a refrence point. Post Saving Private Ryan - I thing Spielber shows his brilliance very strongly in Munich, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, The Terminal, War Of The Worlds, and Tin-Tin. Lincoln and Bridge of Spies were very good too. War Horse and BFG were underwhelming for me. Ready Player One and The Post were good, but kind of forgettable. Spielberg has really definable traits in my opinion. The only director who comes close to his inate sense for commercial ready iconography in framing is James Cameron. Super recognizable single frame images that sum up more than just a shot. I would say Spielberg is probably the very best action director for both high adventure style and seriously grounded violence - I mean multiple times he alone has innovated distinctly different types of on screen action/violence that has influenced every single thing that came after them (Raiders of The Lost Ark / Schindler's List / Jurassic Park / Saving Pvt Ryan / Minority Report). It all comes down to his sense of staging and framing - and disapline to stay subjective until the crescendo moment when he pops out to an iconic objective distilation of how these events that have been followed play in a grander mythological spirit. The context he innovated on Hitchcock's "Vertigo shot" (contas-zoom/inverted-dolly) to convey a rush of emotional bombardment on a central figure by background perspective compression or expansion is sometimes literally referred to as "The Spielberg shot" (even though he only used it a couple of times really). The way Spielberg shoots through frames inside of frames, bounces off subjective level reflections or utilizes shadowplay is very recognizable too.

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

@tom jay It's a shorthand term in the business for sure. Hitchcock didn't do the technique on a centrally framed figure, he just did it off the ledge of a building or down the geography of a bell tower stairway to illustrate fear of height. The Spielberg iteration is to compress or expand around a central object (usually an actor in medium close-up) to convey a physological developement more than a physiologically fear.

[@typingreallyfast]

I love how the plebs just simply drop by and mention the fact that their favorite pop-culture-shoved directors isn't in the list without even so much as arguing why it should be there.

[@adamwillman352]

A simple argument for Kubrick can come from Scorsese: "We are all children of Stanley Kubrick and DW Griffith." Hitchcock effectively influenced the thriller and horror genres. Kubrick incalculably influenced a new genre with every subsequent film. Not only that but his films are perhaps the most cinematically perfect of any director in the history of cinema.

[@Kieslowski1989]

Actually Stalker and Solaris are better sci-fi movies than 2001. Hitchcock invented the genre of thriller and noir. Hitchcock as a director is better than Kubrick. But I love Kubrick. There are just too many great directors Andrey Tartovsky, Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Abbas Kiarostami, Satyajit Ray, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasuziro Ozu, Robert Bresson, Francis Ford Coppola. Stanley Kubrick is also one of them.

[@PatrickWDunne]

50% of the comments section is talking about the John Ford comment. The other 50% is complaining that Hitchcock beat Kubrick. Remember Cinefix lists are based on categories and not ranked.

[@StamfordBridge]

This channel never lets me down. Such a treat to brace myself for an unsatisfying list, and then leave with a sigh of pure satisfaction. Always happens with this channel.

[@arianbeic7497]

They put Spielberg on this list but No Kubrick, I know they're diversifying the list but still that feels wrong

[@MeesTW]

+Arian beic It was either Kubrick or Hitchcock.

[@h4n5i]

+Arian beic "diversifying" kubrick was a brit the top ranks are held by influential american directors denying the grammar of their foundation beeing took from european early film yeah there have been advantages made by these but without the guys laying the foundation for them, well...

[@starkingbiker]

Saying spielberg isnt influential is a fucking lie. He invented the modern blockbuster. Every mainstream movie tries to be spielbergish

[@RoySherfan]

+Arian beic I tend to agree. The list is definitely subjective so when deciding between Wells and Kubrick (why only one slot between them?) I guess they chose who they chose. I think leaving Kubrick out really hurts the list in my opinion.

[@RoySherfan]

+h4n5i sorry but Kubrick was American. He resided in Britain after a time but he was still very much American... specifically from the Bronx, New York.

[@RoyBatty16]

Here's a few directors who are favorites with me and in my opinion bring something to cinema, but not necessarily enough to join the top 10 - John Carpenter, Ridley Scott, Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese, Micheal Mann.

[@laurencelikestopgun]

I respect Kubrick but Hitchcock movies are simply more fun

[@msjfarrow8700]

Super Rabbit Thats a lie

[@raaaaaaaaaam496]

Jenine Farrow Kubrick's earlier films were boring but anyone who says Eyes wide shut is a bad film needs to be euthanized.

[@everythingisawesome2903]

GamingRanger the bad film of Kubrick would be The Shining

[@niallquinn9128]

@@everythingisawesome2903 And A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket and more

[@armieroosevelt4564]

Elia Kazan deserves a shoutout - he helped change acting with his direction of Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront. He also directed James Dean in East of Eden. Dean and Brando are perhaps the two most influential actors of all time. Screen acting would simply not be the same without Kazan. Technically the job of the director is to direct actors - cinematographers, costume designers, art direction and composers sometimes don't get the respect they are due

[@christopherwalker2228]

A Face in the Crowd is amazing as well.

[@doloreswallin4381]

Dean was horrible.

[@HackneyShark]

Y'know, you could've had Hitchcock AND Kubrick...

[@krustomer]

They are part of the same category: Virtuoso. It was an honor to call them both perfection and probably would be an insult if he was put anywhere else.

[@subroy7123]

+HackneyShark Probably more directors were influenced by Hitchcock than Kubrick.

[@WalterLiddy]

Hitchock is far more influential on modern cinema. It's not remotely close. No matter how much Kubrick was admired, he has never been emulated like Hitchcock has.

[@subroy7123]

Yep. Its extraordinarily difficult to emulate Kubrick. The only Kubrick-esque movie I remember watching (in imagery and tone) since his death is Under the Skin.

[@Gobbersmack]

Spike Lee, obviously.

[@ramseybrown3233]

Why wasn't Scorsese even mentioned?

[@MrMarcJackson]

opinion. that's why

[@Garmygarms]

Scorsese's influence as a director is obvious but it would be tough to fit him in

[@eleiraeel]

he was an influncee not an influncer

[@moodlampActual]

Michael Garmonsway easy. Get rid of spike

[@quancheesethepeanuthead]

Ramsey Brown Cinefix are such liars with their list they explain way too much shit like bruh they knew they wanted to put Kubrick on the list

[@TheVagolfer]

A list without Kubrick is no list at all.

[@emmymaia]

Ok, I'm missing Yasujiro Ozu

[@ARTalive01]

If anyone was to beat out Stanley Kubrick I would see no other director more worthy of that than Alfred Hitchcock. Great list!

[@octaviusaugustus8558]

Wrong. At least, 30 directors or more are wat better than Kubrick. He's nothing but a go-go for pseudo-cinema lovers like you who don't even know why he should or should not be here. Fade away, headless shit.

[@arb1897]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 woah...... that's harsh

[@LeonWagg]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 cringe

[@themoreyouknowfools4974]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 jesus. It's like no one can like kubrick without being called pretentious. I really hate that.

[@DADDYFATSACKABLE]

I love these Top 10 videos. They are awesome. This one was awesome too. Good job guys!

[@goombatroopa5110]

Sergio leone. He bought spaghetti westerns to the mainstream and changed the western genre forever with movies such as “a fistful of dollars”, “for a few dollars more” and “the good, the bad and the ugly”, and kickstarted clint eastwoods career who later became an amazing actor starring in famous and influential movies such as “dirty Harry” and clint is still alive and acting today at the age of 90 Id put him at #1 tbh.

[@patrickcarpenter4524]

i think buster keaton could have been a welcome dark horse choice here.

[@TheMcShot]

not even a mention of Charlie Chaplin!?!?!?!

[@meWASHER]

As much as it pains me that Kubrick was left off this list, for nothing more than his ability to master any type of film that he attempted. Even his earlier films such as The Killing, or Killer's Kiss, he was able to display such mastery of any genre. It did make me happy to see Spielberg included, as I honestly feel that despite his status as a "blockbuster filmmaker" he is truly a pioneer and visionary. There are few people that have been able to master so many different types of film as he has.

[@basarsavas6633]

Brandon Polk Kubrick is most overrated director of all time!

[@jacopoabbruscato9271]

Kubrick fans are so mad he's not in the top spot in every single video, jesus chill

[@lonestar6709]

_"There's no star for Mr Griffith on the Hollywood walk of fame, yet no one has ever filled his shoes."_ -Lillian Gish.

[@borizovskimilan]

This is the "SOME of the most influential directors" list

[@AdityaPatelProductions]

I'm surprised Michael Bay isn't on this list

[@leej70]

+Aditya Patel Me too! I've never understand the bad rap he gets. Ahead of his time maybe?

[@leej70]

+Harsh Parmar Just look at his box office returns, hater!

[@leej70]

You really think those stupid old movies are better than Transformers? You're dumb.

[@leej70]

"you you are dumb." Oh the irony!

[@leej70]

You should give grammar a try, it's very effective!

[@monamooo]

It’s mad because I have an exam today and the Lumiere brothers are in it

[@krissathwara6709]

8:43 How do you shoot that? John ford: with camera 😂😂😂

[@YungM.D.]

I feel DeMille, Lynch, Leone, Melies, and Haneke deserved at least mentions

[@kieranl5249]

But who took things from Lynch or Haneke? Have you ever heard anyone call something Haneke-esque?

[@YungM.D.]

Ciaran L I feel I have but I honestly can't remember a specific reference. However, there have been plenty of films dubbed "Lynchian". When your name becomes a way of dubbing a film you are influential.

[@Garmygarms]

it seems to me that "lynchian" has become critic shorthand for weird.

[@YungM.D.]

Michael Garmonsway Yes but it still shows his influence in film culture

[@daneoman1000]

Demille and Leone were mentioned.

[@xiang5814]

MOST INFLUENTIAL does not equate to GREATEST

[@dalekelly7639]

Next time, please create a list of the 1000 Most Influential Directors. That should make most people happy.

[@cemaldindar771]

Sergio Leone is most influential director of all time! This list should be like this: Sergio Leone Charlie Chaplin John Ford Orson Welles Alfred Hitchcock Akira Kurosawa B.Wilder D.Lean Sergei Eisenstein D.W.Griffit J.Renoir G.Stevens M.Powell W.Allen M.Nichols C.F.Dreyer Y. Ozu L.Bunuel İ.Bergman M.Antonioni F.Fellini J.L.Godard J.Cassavetes M.Scorsese Q.Tarantino W.Anderson E.Kustirica S.Raimi J.Landis G.Melies A.Penn F.F.Coppola D.Lynch P.Greenaway L.Besson W.Sisters ...

[@thedrvita7078]

Thanks to CineFix Top 10 list my Amazon Cart is sitting with over $1K worth of movies.

[@paulstaker8861]

Sad thing to cap off Spielberg with one of his most obscure movies.

[@jujubear232323]

Love your videos! Would you do a top 10 women directors of all time?

[@thoreboomgaarden6189]

@Jay Saenz lmao

[@emmavink]

It sucks for me that women didn't get their own category on this list. Surely they would fall under the category of influential.

[@nicksketch7122]

Favorite Directors Of All Time: (In No Particular Order) Steven Spielberg Stanely Kubrick Alfred Hitchcock Martin Scorsese Clint Eastwood The Coen Brothers Quentin Tarantino Christopher Nolan Francis Ford Coppola Edgar Wright

[@layicorn]

Sergio Leone?

[@DeemiGod]

Fritz lang, he practically invented the spy movie

[@KRLS-Anknown]

ok. now make your own list. :)

[@charles_van_doren]

Great list - especially since you're talking about influence, rather than "best". I think it was very fair.

[@zantigar]

You too are one of the chosen who is sharp enough to know why this list is so great!

[@emmavink]

...so no women were influential trailblazers for other women directors? Let's not pretend this list is really "fair".

[@eazdanhussain5994]

Buster Keaton or Chaplin deserve a shout.

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

You forgot Elia Kazan. His direction of Marlon Brando in Streetcar ousted the stage acting from movies and ushered in The Method which is in every scene ever filmed since. Watch Streetcar with your kids and I guarantee they will ask, "dad, why is that one guy acting while they others are just reading their lines?"

[@TheEpicImpaler]

Charlie Chaplin?

[@johnjakle943]

oh, yes Hitchcock's" VERTIGO" IS THE BEST EVER!

[@Ptah-Tatenen]

I think Fritz Lang deserves to be in this list. He also influecend many of today's films and also culture (like he invented the countdown or how a rocket should look like).

[@maztergamer1016]

My most influential directors 1. Alfred Hitchcock 2. John Ford 3. D.W. Griffith 4. Charlie Chaplin 5. Georges Melies 6. Akira Kurosawa 7. Sergei Eisenstein 8. Jean Renoir 9. Orson Welles 10. Stanley Kubrick

[@Dochorahan]

My favorites are Stanley Kubrick Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Quentin Tarantino Guillermo Del Toro Christopher Nolan Of course my list will grow as I will start watching more indie and classic films.

[@haloljt]

+David GT_Aventus Nolan? NOLAN? Seriously?

[@SueciaeRexKnugen]

+Benjamin Ljunggren Nolan is great.

[@haloljt]

Sueciae Rex - Knugen No he's not. Exposition dialogue and shot reverse shots are so cool xDDD

[@MNIMnoob]

+Sueciae Rex - Knugen the guy as to over-criticize every single meaningless dialogue choice. I'm still surprised that people actually liked Interstellar

[@haloljt]

Fam, do you want some recs? Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Bong Joon Ho, Sion Sono, Tarkovsky, Edgar Wright, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Jackie Chan, Fincher, Lynch

[@helmyrizky9085]

I think Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino will be here, but... Ah this list is "the most influential" not "the best at all", so chill babe

[@finaoo1167]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 - How kind of you to provide an illustration of your own assertion.

[@helmyrizky9085]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 why you so emotional kidd? This is my comment. I think there's nothing wrong with that. Rather than judge me with that childish words, it's better to back home and take care of ur ass. Ok bOoMerS, stfu

[@kkkkkk-sj3wu]

@@octaviusaugustus8558 stfu bitch

[@zantigar]

Without question the best, most accurate top 10 list compiled on KZbin. I couldn't agree more with every single point and choice made in this clip. Whoever compiled it really profoundly knows their "----"! BRAVO!!!

[@keithperkins9871]

The lumiere brothers didn’t actually invent the film camera, it was Louis Le prince, it’s actually pretty interesting. Great video

[@gabespiro8902]

I vowed to never be "that guy" who commented "first" but the temptation....... It's..... Too much......... First I feel ashamed now

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Great list!!! Now let the "whataboutism" commence :P

[@karlkarlos3545]

+Filmmaker IQ Hey, whatabout John Hess?

[@rachelgarber1423]

It has commensed. I don't know much, ok nothing about filmmaking, but I got the impression that your focus was on innovation and all that that encompasses. But I may be wrong.

[@niallquinn9128]

What about an actual great list?

[@niallquinn9128]

@G Galeno It really is not. Check out grunes.wordpress.com for some truly great criticism.

[@emmavink]

Only a white man can use the term "whataboutism" unironically 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@oliversomething]

"With a camera." Oh, I'm dying!

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

Hard to ever pick a top 10 that won't annoy someone. Every director named here whether in these top 10 or not would be on my list of favorites.

[@acdragonrider]

Just some of my favorites: Alfred Hitchcock, William Wyler, Vittorio de Sica, Mikhail Kalatozov, Fred Zinnemann, Pedro Almodóvar, Ang Lee, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, Stanley Kubrick

[@jp3813]

So how exactly did Spike Lee influence Japanese, Chinese, Hong Kong, or any non-American film industries? I mean significantly enough to be considered a top 10 of all time over other prominent filmmakers in world history, which apparently includes Tyler Perry.

[@FreakieFan]

+jp3813 I know right?

[@antonk6359]

Clearly, political correctness required them to put at least one black director on the list. I have a book on the "501 greatest film directors" and I'd say 95% are white Europeans and Americans, the rest are mostly Japanese with a handful of Indians, Chinese and one or two North Africans. There has always been a severe lack of black directors and Spike Lee is the best (or at least most prominent) they've got thus far. Still, I think the case is even worse for women. Barely any women have made a mark on movie directing.

[@jp3813]

Anton K You mean Americentrism. He popularly addressed American issues on film, so he's automatically one of the most influential. **smh**

[@antonk6359]

***** Ikr.

[@jp3813]

dan theman I never said anything about political correctness. Everything the video said about Spike only concerned racial barriers in American cinema.

[@GoodguylikesStephenKing]

Satyajit Ray. He is considered the greatest filmmaker of India and even Martin scorsese, Akira Kurosawa have praised him for his filmmaking and he is very influential. Akira Kurosawa once said " If you never seen an Satyajit Ray film, you never seen the sun or the moon"

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

"The deft balance of thrill, pathos, humor, humanity, and *Tom Hanks* has proved Steven Spielberg to be one of the most consistently profitable, critically acclaimed, and recognizable filmmakers of the modern era." Lol. The shade though.

[@llclouse]

You give D.W. Griffith the #1 spot and laud him, but you don't say one word about the message of his most well-known film? Really? What century do you think this is?

[@Diogene1936]

I believe the video, is for the more influential directors meaning who gave more new technics ideas about how to make a movie.

[@scratguy4510]

Mfw you give the number one place to a man who glorified the KKK

[@DerMoerpler]

To quote from another CineFix list, they can admire art while condemning its artist.

[@FernieCanto]

Yeah. Should have made a more politically correct pick, like Leni Riefenstahl.

[@KaustubhMisraV_for_theJoker]

This was a video I watched very late (for some reason), but due to watching Cinefix so often, I knew almost all of the directors. This really is the one channel to rule them all.

[@Saurawitty]

You guys are really good with narratives .. i like it so much that i heard the video again for that .. awesome work .

[@Gar96229]

What about Ingmar Bergman? He made an enormous impact on Slow Cinema! He practically invented it!

[@niallquinn9128]

Doesn't really compare to Dreyer

[@mileech2107]

No Chaplin, No Kubrick. I'm shocked

[@davidcopson5800]

Me too. Crazy list.

[@shawnyinger1757]

It’s a crime that you don’t have Tarantino on this list

[@mlfeathers7527]

Mel Brooks: comedy genius.