10 Great Movies From Bad Directors

[@bookon999]

Jon De Bont also made Twister. So to say he never helmed anything good or successful again after Speed is wrong. He never helmed anything good or successful again after Twister.

[@jasondavis2995]

Thank you, my friend. Twister is 😘👌🏿

[@ntal5859]

Twister is unwatchable.

[@TheLegendaryDoc]

The problem with „Twister“ was the screenplay, not the director.

[@UItraVioIet]

Especially considering Twister is a significantly better movie than Speed. It's one of my all time favourites.

[@janbockma1509]

He wasn’t a ‘young Dutch director’ either. Dude was 50 when he made Speed 😂😂😂

[@papaSmurf077]

WHAT!!!! The Room is not a GREAT movie. It's a cult classic, yes, but not Great by any measure.

[@DocHayes420]

Forget great, it's not even a GOOD movie.

[@secondplaceisthefirstloser5000]

EXACTLY.. It is by far the worst movie I've ever seen.

[@harryorenstein1144]

Yeah, the site kind of loses all credibility with this assessment.

[@NealKlein]

I think this video was them trolling us. The Room? Seriously?

[@CHMichael]

Roland Emmerich did a great job with star gate... on a small budget. Some directors don't get bet with more money.

[@Nagtloper431]

And as far as I know, he knows exactly what kind of movies he’s making. He himself called Independence Day “the most expensive B-Movie ever made”.

[@drwfigureadventures]

I knew I knew his name from somewhere else. Yeah, Stargate spawned a franchise that’s spanned decades

[@charlottehardy822]

Being a bit harsh on Garry Marshall, done a few loved rom-coms and I think The Princess Diaries is quite a hit for those who like the light hearted movies.

[@alishawalkerden3400]

Yeah he did both Princess Diaries, which are timeless, don't think Gary should have been on the list.

[@leoalvarez5907]

Overboard is another good one

[@andyfromtheuk]

You failed to say that Stephen Sommers also directed The Mummy Returns, as well as The Mummy. Two great Brendan Fraser movies! And Jan De Bont also directed Twister. Another great movie. And the second biggest box office movie of 1996!!!

[@ginsugray5469]

Now now, Roland Emmerich did give us Stargate, which has also stood the test of time, lest we forget.

[@npckse8508]

Wow, another odd list. Look Shyamlan may have his detractors, but dude did Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbroken and Split and all were fairly well-received. So not sure if you are just going for low-hanging fruit and avoiding facts, dude has directed some good movies and some bad ones, doesn't make him a "bad" director. Unlike most of your other directors on this list, M. Knight had enough success that at worse I would call him an uneven director. The Visit was a great one as well and the Trap was a fun watch last year.

[@benmcfee]

In defense of Jan de Bont, he _did_ make _Twister,_ which while dumb was awesome, and he a cinematographer first and foremost (one who showed up to work a couple of days after literally having his scalp ripped off by an excited lion).

[@lisalionheart1253]

I feel like everyone's forgetting Gary Marshall also directed The Princess Diaries

[@owenjones3197]

The Room cannot be called a great movie. People love it because its an awful movie! So bad, it's good. Not great lol

[@lucasbrock7210]

I'll not allow this Robocop 2 slander.

[@ntal5859]

Especially that they knew a corrupt mayor was in the future of Detroit.

[@BryceEdwards-qk6px]

I liked RoboCop 2! 3:24

[@lucasbrock7210]

As one should

[@jeffkemper8091]

It was certainly better than Robocop 3

Dennis Dugan: the king of bad comedies. Every single comedy he directed, (Problem Child, Brain Donors, Beverly Hills Ninja, Saving Silverman, National Security, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, both Grown Ups, Jack & Jill, and You Don't Mess with the Zohan), score rotten on Rotten Tomatoes......except for one, Happy Gilmore.

[@jeffkemper8091]

Say what you want about Garry Marshall's skill as a director, but in 1990 he was NOT inexperienced. He had directed 5 feature films by this point, dozens of episodes of TV and was a professional screenwriter for 30 years by the time Pretty Woman came out.

[@DocHayes420]

Southland Tales is my guilty pleasure! It is also one of only 2 movies to date where Dwayne Johnson isn't just playing Dwayne Johnson.

[@johngeorge9714]

I find you have to watch it more than once for it to make sense.

[@marioperez9394]

Sixth sense andUnbreakable were both amazing for M Night

[@mouselewis8226]

Garry Marshall directed 5 movies and a lot of television shows before he directed Pretty Woman

[@time9293]

The Mummy as a bisexual awakening?

[@michaelbrown9877]

I was wondering maybe for girls is Evie and guys Imhotep/Brendan Fraser

[@DocHayes420]

I was wondering about that myself.

[@ntal5859]

It was a very stupid comment by the narrator. Trying gayify a movie that was straight up straight.

[@MrCiris989]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one wondering what the hell she was talking about.

[@lucaskobain]

I don't get it either. I love Rachel Weisz. I very much like the Venezuelan chic as Anksunamun. This was a very odd Gen Z woke comment addition.

[@VJAllison1974]

The Empire Strikes Back is a masterpiece.

[@Deuteromis]

Only because Lucas saved the film by spending months on reshoots and editing. The version Kershner made was completely different from the final product.

[@alexismaldonado9707]

@@Deuteromiswhat was different?

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@Deuteromis Stop acting as if Lucas is the one who saves films. We all saw the prequels.

[@Deuteromis]

@@karlkarlos3545 And? Only people who started crapping on the Prequels were the older fans mad they weren't made for them. Prequels are just fine. And you can easily look it up, namely by Rizler's book on the movies. Guy wrote about the making of the films. But keep believing that echo chamber.

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@Deuteromis You are deluding yourself.

[@dinomonzon7493]

Best big screen US President? Easily Harrison Ford's Pres. James Marshall of Air Force One.

[@Hogtownboy1]

If a good director had done Pretty Women we would have gotten Anora

[@davidwiley4953]

The Room is NOT a good movie. This is the epitome of moronic rambling.

[@edvaira6891]

Empire Strikes Back also wasn’t WRITTEN by George Lucas…probably why it was so good!

[@PJWestfield]

Pretty Woman is a guilty pleasure of mine. Another movie in that vein is Milk Money.

[@SteveShaha]

In my opinion, Stargate is Roland Emerich's best work.

[@davic.4156]

Weird list tbh. Emmerich also directed The patriot. Gary Marshall directed the runaway bride…what culture is really all over the place at this point..

[@geniuswells]

The Patriot? He did White House Down (which is good). Just Independence Day is Great!!!! Repeating such successful situation (right place, right people, right time) is extremely hard.

[@davic.4156]

@ Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger…the Patriot from 2000...

[@jannarkiewicz633]

Who is JAN? He's Dutch. I'm Polish. Say our name correctly.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Historically, the British have always taken great pride in mispronouncing everybody else's languages and names. I remember seeing a documentary show about French culture with an English narrator, and he put some real effort into Anglicizing everything to a cartoonish degree. He even referred to that little brimless French cap as a BAIR-etttt rather than beh-RAY, and you could hear him putting rather hard emphasis on that final T so that you wouldn't accidentally mistake him for, goodness forbid, a Frenchman.

[@jannarkiewicz633]

@@user-mg5mv2tn8q I am a child of the 70s America and my enemies "Jan Brady" and "Jan Michael Vincent." I call out this channel b/c they get slopping like using Gene Kelly clips when they are talking about Fred Astaire. Great channel, they just get sloppy.

[@MaxModded]

The twist in 6th Sense was not surprising at all, at least to me. Not only does Bruce Willis get shot in the very first scene of the movie, but throughout the whole runtime, he doesn't speak to ANYONE other than Haley Joel (who tells us multiple times he can see dead people as if hitting us with a hammer over the head)! But, I can agree that M. Night Notgonnatrytospellhislastname IS a terrible director. In fact, I can agree with nearly all of the directors being on this list as long as you add Joel Schumacher (Falling Down was pretty good and could have been great in someone else's hands). Sadly, Renny Harlin can't be included because he's NEVER directed a good movie, nor has Tommy Wiseau, which makes your #1 ridiculous.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

As for Renny Harlin, I quite enjoyed Die Hard 2 and The Long Kiss Goodnight. I even sort of enjoyed Ford Fairlane, though I'm not proud to admit that. Beyond those, I'm not really familiar with his work.

[@Ceares]

The twist isn't what makes The Sixth Sense a good movie though, just like with Unbreakable. The twist is just a bonus.

[@MaxModded]

@@Ceares Hmm... You may have a point. I never thought of it that way. All I heard about prior to seeing it was "this unbelievable twist that you'll never see coming" so when I saw it in the theaters and he dies in the first scene and then never talks to anyone throughout the entire movie, all I could think to myself while watching it was "him being dead better not being the f'ing twist!!! lol" -- So when it was, that just really really annoyed me, to the point that I probably couldn't recognize it as a fairly good movie otherwise. Thank you for mentioning that.

[@nicolekerester1385]

I can’t take this list seriously Garry Marshall isn’t a bad Director

[@KSchorrWriter]

Evie is the best librarian ever - but that would be a great list - Best Librarians in Cinema

[@DoloresLehmann]

Only when she isn't knocking off all the shelves and basically destroying the whole library single-handedly.

[@ito2789]

Let's not forget Jan De Bont also gave us the AMAZING TWISTER movie with Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt!!

[@zaturnneo]

If we had been able to get a full Directors Cut of Event Horizon, the world would be a better place.

[@phillipscheid4505]

Stephen Sommers is great smdh. Action/Adventure movies haven't been the same since he's dropped off.

[@harryorenstein1144]

“Had it not been for the inexperience of director Garry Marshall...” Pretty Woman was made in 1990, and Marshall had been directing since 1967. That’s 23 years of inexperience.

[@cedricbrookins4851]

M. Knight made more than one good movie

[@SomewhatSlightlyBored]

Unbreakable was good. Signs had a bad ending but the rest was well executed. everything went downhill from there until the broken clock finally matched up again with Split... then it all went to shit again.

[@TalentCaldwell]

Would Kevin Costner count for this list? DANCES/WOLVES won like every award, then THE POSTMAN bombed, and I don’t think anyone has seen either WYATT EARP or HORIZON: Part 1 of 4.

[@DoloresLehmann]

After Dances with Wolves he was very successful with Robin Hood, though, and also had quite a bit of success with JFK. His first true bomb was Waterworld.

[@TalentCaldwell]

@ Yeah but this was a video about directors. The only films Coster directed are the ones I mentioned.

[@DoloresLehmann]

@@TalentCaldwell Fair point.

[@velzekt]

WhatCulture should do a list of "Most popular KZbin videos from Bad Channels" and put themselves at first.

[@mikeawesome9212]

Naw, Wokemojo would be first.

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

ANYONE who says that Stephen Sommers is a bad director can eat gallons of $#!+. Deep Rising is a banger. I haven't seen any of his mummy films, won't either. But bad digital aside, especially the creature at the end, a great popcorn flick. Even that gives it a charm that can't be beat.

[@danjames5827]

You missed out Uwe Boll's greatest masterpiece A music Video for Nightwise. I'm as confused as anyone

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Don't forget THE STUNT MAN (1980, d. Richard Rush) - one of the best films about filmmaking!!!

[@matusfekete6503]

Roland Emmerich gave us Universal Soldier and seemingly forgoten flick called Stargate which had no impact... beside spawning one of biggest TV franchises of all time.

[@vang.609]

What do you mean The Haunting wasn't good?? It's a small cult classic It has lesbian Catherine Zeta Jones!

[@peachysbaby3088]

Imagine not being a film director and having the gall and audacity to call hard-working people bad directors.

[@zerosdotworld]

Editing error: Resurgence is the sequel to Independence Day.

[@ognjenvlahovic3195]

Van Helsing is excellent movie. Best werewolf transformation in any movie.

[@markpalko]

The Flim-Flam Man was a wonderful and very well directed movie.

[@drongobum2037]

Not sure I'll ever understand the love for _Event Horizon._

[@PatrickPaul1203]

If you love The Room you will love Big Shark

[@robertlie325]

On each and every director named here there's always at one more good movie missed except tommys work ... half baked list at least

[@josehuaman6603]

Half of the directors shouldn't be on the list. And saying that The Room was a great movie is a huge statement.

[@HeathLedger-k7b]

The room is terrible and anonymous is one of my favs

[@lisalionheart1253]

Rush Hour by Brett Ratner should also be here

[@Kermit1970]

Don't you mean Gary Jules cover of Tears For Fears Mad World

[@thefacelessmist]

The Mummy...'A childhood classic for many and an awakening for bisexuals the world over...'am I missing something here?!?

[@tjtaylor6431]

If Shyamalan is bad, I don’t want to be good.

[@ritwiksondhi]

What a shit list. A director making fun movies isn't a good director?

[@TheLegendaryDoc]

Roland Emmerich is a good director. „Stargate“, „ID4“ and „The Day after Tomorrow“ were very well made SciFi-/Adventure movies and „The Patriot“ was a very good and very well directed film. Uwe Boll on the other hand should be banned from every film studio in the world by law.

[@dougim]

Andrew Davis' "The Fugitive".

[@AussieGuyShano]

Robocop 2 isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Id much rather watch that than a lot of the newer "blockbusters"

[@sethmober]

Yes! This is a worthy list

[@TheGeekyAmreeki]

Uwe actually did 2 more good ones. Tunnel Rats and Rampage. But yeah, everything else was shit. Also The Box was awesome and Shamylan has put out quite a few good ones.

[@caincha]

Wait go back. What's that about The Mummy and bisexuals?! Never heard anything of the sort before 😂

[@baxterwilson368]

8:20 Bullshit! “Twister,” anyone?

[@DaLumpy1]

Wait...did I miss some bisexuality in The Mummy? I gotta rewatch it. Also...just a great movie

[@chagle595]

I … what … THE ROOM?! It’s not great. It’s awful. People like it BECAUSE it’s awful. Way off the mark on some of these.

[@rickmb67]

Yet another clueless and uninformed list. No, this is not about taste, this is just ignorance. Time to say goodbye to this channel circling the drain.

[@Uncultured_Barbarian465]

I had to stop when they listed Garry Marshall ...

[@cedricbrookins4851]

I like robo cop 2 and third one is the one i dont like

[@robertzoscak1615]

Movies are made by the editor, not the director.

[@SomewhatSlightlyBored]

as proven by marcia lucas, who's credit for saving the original star wars trilogy from being a total mess was buried by her spiteful ex husband.

[@JMRVing]

Tommy Wiseau??? By this logic, Ed Wood should be No. 2

[@MC-gj8fg]

I both love the Mummy, and I'm bisexual. Yet, I fail to see what about The Mummy was bisexual. It's been a minute since I've seen the movie so maybe it's me. Can I get a refresher?

[@TheLegendaryDoc]

Best film by a terrible director is „October Sky“ by Joe Johnston.

[@jdh21403]

M Night has a near perfect catalog, only ones I don’t like are Airbender and After Earth. Paul WS Anderson is great too, only don’t love Monster Hunter. All of Richard Kelly’s movies are perfect.

[@atroposz]

You have to admit, The Village, Lady In Water, and The Happening are pretty bad. But I guess they were competently *directed*, the real issues are in the script. I did really like The Visit though. Night's problem isnt so much what/how he shoots, it's how he writes.

[@michellescott1211]

There should be a reverse! Dreadful films by great directors: I'll go first: Bram Stoker's Dracula

[@TheLegendaryDoc]

Dracula? WTF?!

[@jasonwarren9279]

You should probably learn how to pronounce names.

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

10:10 should be Rampage or Assault on Wall Street. Uwe Bill deserves a second chance nowadays

[@maeburekaiser]

....NO!

[@TheLegendaryDoc]

Absolutely not. Period.

[@SuperLocrian]

M. Knight Shyamalan IS a bad director - rolls right off the tongue!

[@Mortred99]

12:18 Bruh. What are those facial expressions?

[@jackoconnor5590]

Good movies with bad directors?

[@gfear24]

Jon DeBont never made a good movie after Speed? Has the idiot writer of this list never heard of Twister? It was the movie he made right after Speed and was also hugely successful.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

these whatculture lists have turned into something disgusting and meaningless 🤮🥴 Do these people actually watch or follow movies?

[@morimo11]

Gary Marshall is a bad director?

[@edgargriffie2458]

What does bi sexuality have to do with the mummy?

[@Gonzalololol]

M Night on this list is disingenuous. He's a great director

[@Bassquake76]

Zack Snyder. Watchmen is his only good film.

[@tjizthabomb]

What does bisexuality have to do w/ The Mummy?

[@djcruiselover3827]

Right? I had no idea what she was talking about.

[@tjizthabomb]

@ not the slightest clue

[@mskrisclark684]

Sorry but Bill Pullman is not the best....2cd best as you forgot the film that came out a year later.

[@jamessweebe373]

Uwe Boll did another movie that was decent. I didn't know he directed it until the end credits. It's called The Final Storm.

[@Robert-kd9vs]

Awakening for bisexuals?😂

[@jamez6398]

Unbreaking is better than Sixth Sense 🤷‍♂️ "Uwe Boll made the actually good movie, Darfur." And the Rampage series.

[@skepticism101]

FIRST COMMENT

[@timw7256]

Nobody cares

[@unholyperiodza5442]

The Lost Boys- Joel Schumaecher Dances with Wolves- Kevin Costner The Exorcist- William Friedkin Happy Gilmore- Dennis Dugan

[@TheLegendaryDoc]

Joel Schumacher is a very good director with „Falling Down“ being one of my all time favorites.

[@VxZERKxV]

THIRD COMMENT 🏆

[@ToucanSonofSam333]

Anything from Rian Johnson could be on this list

[@kangwa-musolechisanga242]

SECOND COMMENT

[@mikeawesome9212]

"An awakening for bisexuals"..... WHAT?