Versatile directors (original) (raw)

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8.1 IMDB Rating 0

1. Period piece/Costum drama :

(The Duellists, 1977)

2. Science-Fiction :

(Alien, 1979)

(Blade Runner, 1982)

3. Fantasy :

(Legend, 1985)

4. Thriller :

(Someone to Watch Over Me, 1987)

5. Action :

(Black Rain, 1989)

(G.I. Jane, 1997)

6. Female buddy movie/Drama :

(Thelma & Louise, 1991)

7. Historical drama :

(1492: Conquest of Paradise, 1992)

8. Action/Drama :

(White Squall, 1996)

9. Peplum :

(Gladiator, 2000)

10. Horror/Serial killer movie :

(Hannibal, 2001)

11. War movie :

(Black Hawk Down, 2001)

12. Heist movie :

(Matchstick Men, 2003)

13. Medieval epic movie :

(Kingdom of Heaven, 2005)

(Robin Hood, 2010)

14. Romantic comedy :

(A Good Year, 2006)

15. Gangster movie:

(American Gangster, 2007)

16. Spy movie:

(Body of Lies, 2010)

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8.3 IMDB Rating 0

1. Thriller :

(Duel, 1971)

2. Drama / Comedy :

(The Sugarland Express, 1974)

(The Terminal, 2004)

3. Horror :

(Jaws, 1975)

4. Science-Fiction :

(Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977)

(E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982)

5. Comedy :

(1941, 1979)

6. Action/Adventure :

(Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981)

(Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989)

7. Drama :

(The Color Purple, 1985)

8. War Drama :

(Empire of the Sun, 1987)

(Schindler's List, 1993)

9. Family/Adventure :

(Hook, 1991)

10. Action/thriller :

(Jurassic Park, 1993)

11. War movie :

(Saving Private Ryan, 1998)

12. Heist movie :

(Catch Me If You Can, 2002)

13. Science-fiction/Disaster movie :

(War of the Worlds, 2005)

14. Spy movie :

(Munich, 2005)

15. Animation :

(The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, 2011)

16. Musical :

(West Side Story, 2021)

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8.6 IMDB Rating 0

1. Thriller :

(Play Misty for Me, 1971)

(Absolute Power, 1997)

2. Western :

(High Plains Drifter, 1973)

(Unforgiven, 1992)

3. Drama/Comedy :

(Bronco Billy, 1980)

4. Spy movie :

(Firefox, 1982)

5. Drama :

(Honkytonk Man, 1982)

(Mystic River, 2003)

6. Detective movie :

(Sudden Impact, 1983)

(True Crime, 1999)

7. Action/Comedy :

(Heartbreak Ridge, 1986)

8. Biographical drama :

(Bird, 1988)

(White Hunter Black Heart, 1990)

9. Action :

(The Rookie, 1990)

10. Romance :

(The Bridges of Madison County, 1995)

11. Space adventure/Action :

(Space Cowboys, 2000)

12. Sport drama :

(Million Dollar Baby, 2004)

13. War movie :

(Flags of Our Fathers, 2006)

(Letters from Iwo Jima, 2006)

14. Historical sport drama :

(Invictus, 2009)

15. Fantastic drama:

(Hereafter, 2010)

suggested by C!pH3r

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8.9 IMDB Rating 0

1. Film noir :

(Killer's kiss, 1955)

2. Heist movie :

(The Killing, 1956)

3. War/trial movie :

(Paths of Glory, 1957)

4. Peplum :

(Spartacus, 1960)

5. Drama :

(Lolita, 1962)

6. Satire/Comedy :

(Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1964)

7. Science-Fiction :

(2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968)

8. Satirical nihilistic SF drama indescribable masterpiece :

(A Clockwork Orange, 1971)

9. Period piece/Costum drama :

(Barry Lyndon, 1974)

10. Horror :

(The Shining, 1980)

11. War movie :

(Full Metal Jacket, 1987)

12. Erotic thriller :

(Eyes Wide Shut, 1999)

Notes : 12 movie and 12 different genres, rather awesome! And I don't know if you noticed but I actually put ALL his movies and most of them are genuine masterpieces! It is how good this guy was and he will remain my favorite director probably forever.

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7.1 IMDB Rating 0

1. Comedy :

(Grand Theft Auto, 1977)

(Parenthood, 1989)

2. Romantic comedy :

(Splash, 1984)

3. Science-Fiction :

(Cocoon, 1985)

(Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018)

4. Fantasy :

(Willow, 1988)

5. Action/Thriller :

(Backdraft, 1991)

(Apollo 13, 1995)

6. Thriller :

(Ransom, 1996)

7. Family movie :

(How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000)

8. Drama :

(A Beautiful Mind, 2001)

9. Western :

(The Missing, 2003)

10. Sport drama :

(Cinderella Man, 2005)

10. Detective movie :

(The Da Vinci Code, 2006)

(Angels & Demons, 2009)

11. Historical thriller :

(Frost/Nixon, 2008)

12. Documentary :

(Pavarotti, 2019)

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7.2 IMDB Rating 0

1. Hardcore SM drama :

(Butterfly Kiss, 1995)

2. Drama :

(Go Now, 1995)

(In This World, 2002)

3. Period piece/Costum drama :

(Jude, 1996)

4. War drama :

(Welcome to Sarajevo, 1997)

5. Western :

(The Claim, 2000)

6. Biographical comedy :

(24 Hour Party People, 2002)

7. Explicit erotic movie :

(9 Songs, 2004)

8. Weird mindf*ck biographical period piece :

(A Cock and Bull Story, 2005)

9. Biographical drama/Documentary :

(The Road to Guantanamo, 2006)

10. Biographical drama :

(A Mighty Heart, 2007)

11. Thriller :

(The Killer Inside Me, 2010)

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7.5 IMDB Rating 0

1. Comedy :

(I Wanna Hold Your Hand, 1978)

(Used Cars, 1980)

2. Aventure/Comedy :

(Romancing the Stone, 1984)

3. Science-Fiction/Comedy :

(Back to the Future, 1985)

(Back to the Future Part II, 1989)

4. Animation/Comedy/Detective movie :

(Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988)

5. Fantastic/Comedy :

(Death Becomes Her, 1992)

6. Drama/Comedy :

(Forrest Gump, 1994)

7. Science-Fiction :

(Contact, 1997)

8. Horror/Thriller :

(What Lies Beneath, 2000)

9. Adventure/Drama :

(Cast Away, 2000)

10. Animation :

(The Polar Express, 2004)

(Beowulf, 2007)

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7.8 IMDB Rating 0

1. Film noir/thriller :

(Shallow Grave, 1994)

2. Drug drama :

(Trainspotting, 1996)

3. Action/Adventure :

(The Beach, 2000)

4. Zombie movie :

(28 Days Later..., 2002)

5. Family movie :

(Millions, 2004)

6. Science-Fiction :

(Sunshine, 2007)

7. Drama :

(Slumdog Millionaire, 2008)

8. Biographical drama/thriller :

(127 hours, 2010)

9. Romantic comedy :

(Yesterday, 2019)

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7.6 IMDB Rating 0

1. Gay-oriented comedy :

(Hsi yen, 1993)

2. Romantic comedy/drama :

(Yin shi nan nu, 1994)

3. Period piece/Costum drama :

(Sense and Sensibility, 1995)

4. Drama :

(The Ice Storm, 1997)

(Life Of Pi, 2012)

5. Western / Costume drama :

(Ride with the Devil, 1999)

6. Martial-Arts :

(Wo hu cang long, 2000)

7. Super-Hero :

(Hulk, 2003)

8. Gay-oriented Western drama :

(Brokeback Mountain, 2005)

9. Spy/erotic movie :

(Se, jie, 2007)

10. Experimental feature in 3D with the highest frame rate ever used (120 fps):

(Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, 2016)

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7 IMDB Rating 0

1. Comedy :

(Coup de tête, 1979)

2. Prehistorical epic :

(La guerre du feu, 1981)

3. Period piece/Detective movie :

(The Name of the Rose, 1986)

4. Bear drama :

(L’ours, 1988)

5. Erotic drama :

(L’amant, 1992)

6. 3D IMAX feature :

(Wings of Courage, 1995)

7. Biographical drama :

(Seven Years in Tibet, 1997)

8. Historical action movie :

(Enemy at the Gates, 2001)

9. Family/adventure movie:

(Deux frères, 2004)

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7 IMDB Rating 0

1. Mockumentary :

(This Is Spinal Tap, 1984)

2. Romantic Comedy :

(The Sure Thing, 1985)

(When Harry Met Sally..., 1989)

3. Coming of age drama :

(Stand by Me, 1986)

4. Fantasy/Comedy :

(The Princess Bride, 1987)

5. Horror/Thriller :

(Misery, 1990)

6. Trial movie :

(A Few Good Men, 1992)

7. ????????? :

(North, 1994)

8. Historical trial drama :

(Ghosts of Mississippi, 1996)

9. Comedy/Drama :

(The Story of Us, 1999)

(The Bucket List, 2007)

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6.9 IMDB Rating 0

1. Romantic drama :

(Heavy, 1995)

2. Detective drama :

(Cop Land, 1997)

3. Psychological drama :

(Girl, Interrupted, 1999)

4. Romantic Comedy :

(Kate & Leopold, 2001)

5. Psychological thriller :

(Identity, 2003)

6. Biographical drama :

(Walk the Line, 2005)

7. Western :

(3:10 to Yuma, 2007)

8. Action :

(Knight and Day, 2010)

9. Super-hero :

(The Wolverine, 2013)

johanlefourbe's rating:

7.8 IMDB Rating 0

1. Horror/Comedy :

(Bad Taste, 1987)

(Braindead, 1992)

2. Animation/Puppet movie :

(Meet the Feebles, 1989)

3. Fantastic drama :

(Heavenly Creatures, 1994)

(The Lovely Bones, 2009)

4. Mockumentary :

(Forgotten Silver, 1995)

5. Fantastic comedy :

(The Frighteners, 1996)

6. Epic fantasy :

(The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001)

(The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003)

7. Epic adventure :

(King Kong, 2005)

8. Documentary :

(They Shall Not Grow Old, 2018)

9. Animation :

(The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun, ????)

johanlefourbe's rating:

6.8 IMDB Rating 0

1. Drama :

(Everything Put Together, 2000)

(Monster's Ball, 2001)

2. Biographical drama :

(Finding Neverland, 2004)

3. Psychological thriller :

(Stay, 2005)

4. Comedy :

(Stranger Than Fiction, 2006)

5. Spy movie :

(Quantum of Solace, 2008)

6. Action :

(Machine Gun Preacher, 2011)

7. Science-Fiction / Zombie movie :

(World War Z, 2013)

suggested by propelas

johanlefourbe's rating:

8.2 IMDB Rating 0

1. Psychological thriller :

(Pi, 1998)

2. Drug drama :

(Requiem for a Dream, 2000)

3. Metaphysical epic :

(The Fountain, 2006)

4. Sport drama :

(The Wrestler, 2008)

5. Thriller :

(Black Swan, 2010)

6. Futuristic Biblical epic :

(Noah, 2014)

Notes : I was going to add 'The Wolverine' as Super-hero feature but he dropped out...

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