ICM Forum's Favourite Directors 2019 [RESULTS!]

iCheckMovies · #1

I apologize again for the unreasonable delay.

But the results are coming. Top 200 like last year.

Thank you to the 57 voters:

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iCheckMovies · #3

#200 (⇧168, #368) Yorgos Lanthimos (ICM) Points: 34.39 (12 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 200←368←336←592←1066←398←NA←NA

Key Film: The Favourite (2018) – 6 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

zuma (32)
Panunzio (42)
AB537 (43)
Coryn (57)
russa03 (58)
Cocoa (60)
Smoover (95)
Perception de Ambiguity (100)
Obgeoff (146)
ororama (146)
Gordon_Gekko (150)
tommy_leazaq (162)

iCheckMovies · #4

Will continue in some hours when I awaken

iCheckMovies · #5

#199 (⇧29, #228) Budd Boetticher (ICM) Points: 34.97 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 199←228←186←359←215←270←149←130

Key Film: The Tall T (1957) – 6 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

blocho (NA)
Tarris1 (41)
ororama (43)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
OldAle1 (NA)
jeff_v (64)
rnilsson19 (69)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
Peaceful Anarchy (135)

iCheckMovies · #6

#198 (⇧23, #221) Robert Wise (ICM) Points: 35.02 (13 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 198←221←136←235←139←144←141←396

Key Film: The Sound of Music (1965) – 21 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

sol (16)
Caracortada (21)
Tarris1 (53)
Fergenaprido (68)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (89)
Perception de Ambiguity (107)
joachimt (125)
Panunzio (152)
Obgeoff (157)
OldAle1 (NA)
tommy_leazaq (175)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)

sol · #7

Lanthimos is a very strong way to begin this list. I didn't vote for him since I try to limit myself to directors from whom I have seen more films, but I generally love his shot compositions, especially in Sacred Deer and The Favourite.

Nice to see Wise on the rise. I guess I'm not surprised to be the only voter to place him in my top 20, but his versatility across so many genres is remarkable. It is the horror films though (The Haunting; The Body Snatcher; Curse of the Cat People, etc) that I really love him for, not the musicals despite the musicals being the source of his two Best Director Oscars.

iCheckMovies · #8

#197 (⇩7, #190) Tetsuya Nakashima (ICM) Points: 35.32 (3 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1
History: 197←190←225←266←710←653←NA←NA

Key Film: Kokuhaku (2010) [Confessions] – 1 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Carmel1379 (6)
Perception de Ambiguity (12)
Onderhond (16)

OldAle1 · #9

sol wrote: ↑February 14th, 2020, 4:33 pm Lanthimos is a very strong way to begin this list. I didn't vote for him since I try to limit myself to directors from whom I have seen more films, but I generally love his shot compositions, especially in Sacred Deer and The Favourite.

Nice to see Wise on the rise. I guess I'm not surprised to be the only voter to place him in my top 20, but his versatility across so many genres is remarkable. It is the horror films though (The Haunting; The Body Snatcher; Curse of the Cat People, etc) that I really love him for, not the musicals despite the musicals being the source of his two Best Director Oscars.

I need to see Lanthimos' Greek films before I consider placing him in my own "canon" - on the basis of his three most recent films he wouldn't make it for me though he's not that far off.

Interesting comment about Wise - had I redone my list this year, and in particular had I been able to re-do it in the last 2 weeks, I probably would have dropped him. He doesn't have any films I'd call "masterpieces" and as most know I'm more liberal with that word and high ratings than almost anybody here. So he's on my list for, as you say, versatility and for making quite a few very good if not great films. But after liking The Andromeda Strain considerably less on the latest viewing, and thinking about his work as a whole as compared to other similarly wide-ranging filmmakers of the era - Hawks and Wyler obviously but especially the vastly underrated Richard Fleischer - I don't think he's going to make the cut anymore, especially if I want to keep my list at all manageable. Then again maybe I'll re-watch West Side Story (it's about time) and I'll feel differently.

iCheckMovies · #10

#196 (⇩8, #188) Hélène Cattet (ICM) Points: 35.63 (4 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1
History: 196←188←206←186←202←235←NA←NA

Key Film: Amer (2009) – 1 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

mightysparks (10)
Cocoa (24)
Perception de Ambiguity (27)
Carmel1379 (34)

iCheckMovies · #11

#195 (⇧202, #397) Kathryn Bigelow (ICM) Points: 35.92 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 195←397←459←267←243←194←259←335

Key Film: The Hurt Locker (2008) – 11 Official lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

1SO (20)
cinephage (33)
maxwelldeux (49)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
Jimi Antiloop (61)
mathiasa (69)
sol (77)
Obgeoff (108)
Gordon_Gekko (133)

iCheckMovies · #12

#194 (⇩75, #119) Don Hertzfeldt (ICM) Points: 36.07 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 194←119←130←95←126←140←660←281

Key Film: It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) – 7 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Carmel1379 (16)
Perception de Ambiguity (30)
Peaceful Anarchy (49)
Cocoa (54)
tommy_leazaq (71)
Lonewolf2003 (NA)
Fergenaprido (100)
sebby (102)
tobias (144)
allisoncm (150)
OldAle1 (NA)

iCheckMovies · #13

#193 (⇩69, #124) Roy Andersson (ICM) Points: 36.33 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 193←124←132←211←144←139←158←245

Key Film: Sånger från andra våningen (2000) [Songs from the Second Floor] – 13 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

klaus78 (16)
russa03 (27)
Obgeoff (32)
Jimi Antiloop (69)
1SO (84)
tommy_leazaq (96)
Panunzio (105)
Perception de Ambiguity (113)
rnilsson19 (120)
perceval (139)
sebby (156)

iCheckMovies · #14

#192 (⇩21, #171) Nagisa Ôshima (ICM) Points: 36.5 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 192←171←156←317←199←165←178←141

Key Film: Ai no korîda (1976) [In the Realm of the Senses] – 16 Official Lists, also on IMdb

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List of Voters:

mjf314 (11)
rnilsson19 (22)
Traveller (37)
zuma (70)
Eve-Lang-El-Coup (92)
1SO (98)
jeff_v (118)
ororama (120)
Smoover (125)
tommy_leazaq (138)
Perception de Ambiguity (226)

iCheckMovies · #15

#191 (⇩15, #176) Víctor Erice (ICM) Points: 36.55 (7 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1
History: 191←176←445←412←248←391←490←NA

Key Film: El espíritu de la colmena (1973) [The Spirit of the Beehive] – 21 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Opio (10)
sebby (33)
Traveller (42)
Ritesh (NA)
klaus78 (52)
russa03 (85)
Peaceful Anarchy (145)

blocho · #16

Would it be possible to keep images with genitalia out of the forum or at least in spoilers? I'm not a prude. I just occasionally read this forum at work.

iCheckMovies · #17

#190 (⇧39, #229) Frank Borzage (ICM) Points: 36.61 (13 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 190←229←223←171←174←197←180←151

Key Film: 7th Heaven (1927) – 10 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Tarris1 (35)
allisoncm (38)
cinephage (38)
OldAle1 (NA)
connordenney (70)
ororama (70)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
Peaceful Anarchy (77)
Obgeoff (117)
1SO (119)
jeff_v (135)
joachimt (153)
perceval (188)

iCheckMovies · #18

#189 (⇧47, #236) Ousmane Sembene (ICM) Points: 36.67 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–1
History: 189←236←236←249←264←516←161←365

Key Film: La noire de... (1966) [Black Girl] – 7 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Cinepolis (3)
Peaceful Anarchy (44)
Smoover (60)
OldAle1 (NA)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
rnilsson19 (78)
tobias (91)
perceval (99)
joachimt (114)
tommy_leazaq (164)
Obgeoff (206)

iCheckMovies · #19

#188 (⇧105, #293) Alexander Payne (ICM) Points: 37.39 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–1
History: 188←293←344←190←155←336←341←257

Key Film: Sideways (2004) – 8 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Lakigigar (5)
explorer95 (33)
jeff_v (49)
AB537 (53)
1SO (69)
Lonewolf2003 (NA)
Smoover (132)
Obgeoff (140)
tommy_leazaq (145)
sol (154)
sebby (160)

iCheckMovies · #20

sol wrote: ↑February 14th, 2020, 4:33 pm Lanthimos is a very strong way to begin this list. I didn't vote for him since I try to limit myself to directors from whom I have seen more films, but I generally love his shot compositions, especially in Sacred Deer and The Favourite.

Nice to see Wise on the rise. I guess I'm not surprised to be the only voter to place him in my top 20, but his versatility across so many genres is remarkable. It is the horror films though (The Haunting; The Body Snatcher; Curse of the Cat People, etc) that I really love him for, not the musicals despite the musicals being the source of his two Best Director Oscars.

I did not vote for him either, but I just realized I have seen 5 films from him (which is the minimum to get on my list) and he would have passed. Will be on it next year, and I should really seek out his (not too talked up) pre-Dogtooth stuff.

iCheckMovies · #21

#187 (⇩20, #167) Terence Davies (ICM) Points: 37.45 (7 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 187←167←168←158←269←253←205←456

Key Film: Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) – 11 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Obgeoff (13)
OldAle1 (NA)
jeff_v (29)
connordenney (37)
sebby (106)
Smoover (106)
tommy_leazaq (177)

iCheckMovies · #22

#186 (⇧28, #214) Oliver Stone (ICM) Points: 37.5 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 186←214←193←203←226←229←170←392

Key Film: Platoon (1986) – 20 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Gordon_Gekko (25)
Rufus-T (30)
Jimi Antiloop (32)
Caracortada (61)
sol (65)
Perception de Ambiguity (82)
maxwelldeux (89)
Peaceful Anarchy (91)
tommy_leazaq (111)
allisoncm (154)
sebby (157)

iCheckMovies · #23

#185 (⇧49, #234) Brad Bird (ICM) Points: 37.96 (7 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–2
History: 185←234←245←215←167←203←234←314

Key Film: The Incredibles (2004) – 12 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

1SO (6)
Fergenaprido (10)
maxwelldeux (20)
Cocoa (87)
Panunzio (115)
Gordon_Gekko (207)
Perception de Ambiguity (295)

iCheckMovies · #24

#184 (⇧20, #204) Emir Kusturica (ICM) Points: 38.04 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1
History: 184←204←181←182←184←135←128←232

Key Film: Dom za vesanje (1988) [Time of the Gypsies] – 10 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Eve-Lang-El-Coup (8)
mjf314 (22)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
Gorro (61)
joachimt (79)
Panunzio (81)
jvv (96)
allisoncm (111)
Peaceful Anarchy (120)
tommy_leazaq (153)
tobias (156)

iCheckMovies · #25

#183 (⇩23, #160) Costa-Gavras (ICM) Points: 38.26 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 183←160←178←189←186←172←175←121

Key Film: Z (1969) – 17 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Gordon_Gekko (36)
clemmetarey (38)
Panunzio (41)
Peaceful Anarchy (42)
blocho (NA)
St. Gloede (64)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
AB537 (NA)
allisoncm (110)
Smoover (120)
joachimt (145)

iCheckMovies · #26

#182 (⇧11, #193) Kon Ichikawa (ICM) Points: 38.71 (8 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1
History: 182←193←197←156←172←243←197←134

Key Film: Biruma no tategoto (1956) [The Burmese Harp] – 10 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

joachimt (8)
Peaceful Anarchy (33)
Ritesh (NA)
jeff_v (48)
sebby (69)
St. Gloede (80)
Eve-Lang-El-Coup (84)
tommy_leazaq (86)

iCheckMovies · #27

#181 (⇩6, #175) Takashi Miike (ICM) Points: 38.9 (8 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–2
History: 181←175←235←218←195←154←135←113

Key Film: Ôdishon (1999) [Audition] – 11 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Onderhond (2)
clemmetarey (6)
klaus78 (58)
1SO (75)
St. Gloede (81)
Cocoa (97)
allisoncm (145)
tommy_leazaq (160)

iCheckMovies · #28

#180 (⇧11, #191) John Frankenheimer (ICM) Points: 39.25 (17 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 180←191←285←285←263←292←233←166

Key Film: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – 14 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

maxwelldeux (21)
jeff_v (38)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (61)
St. Gloede (61)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
russa03 (72)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)
AB537 (NA)
Panunzio (106)
tommy_leazaq (116)
Smoover (129)
Peaceful Anarchy (133)
sebby (142)
joachimt (165)
OldAle1 (NA)
sol (215)

iCheckMovies · #29

#179 (⇧27, #206) Andrew Stanton (ICM) Points: 39.53 (7 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1
History: 179←206←234←350←204←335←588←NA

Key Film: WALL·E (2008) – 22 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Fergenaprido (8)
Teproc (14)
1SO (30)
zzzorf (42)
Cocoa (95)
Panunzio (110)
Gordon_Gekko (270)

Teproc · #30

Yay Stanton ! And Brad Bird too, even though he was on the bubble for me, nice to see animation directors getting in the list besides Miyazaki and Kon.

iCheckMovies · #31

#178 (⇧123, #301) Steve McQueen (ICM) Points: 39.67 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 178←301←228←187←206←252←363←290

Key Film: 12 Years a Slave (2013) – 14 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Lonewolf2003 (21)
Eve-Lang-El-Coup (26)
Coryn (41)
Obgeoff (46)
ororama (61)
AB537 (NA)
Panunzio (80)
Peaceful Anarchy (81)
Jimi Antiloop (199)

iCheckMovies · #32

#177 (⇧12, #189) George A. Romero (ICM) Points: 39.92 (13 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1
History: 177←189←143←264←168←142←144←262

Key Film: Night of the Living Dead (1968) – 18 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

ororama (7)
mathiasa (23)
Teproc (37)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
maxwelldeux (93)
klaus78 (97)
sol (100)
1SO (108)
zzzorf (129)
sebby (138)
Panunzio (144)
OldAle1 (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (257)

Onderhond · #33

Imagine a world where Andrew Stanton is a better director than Miike.

iCheckMovies · #34

#176 (⇩54, #122) Shôhei Imamura (ICM) Points: 41.49 (14 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 176←122←141←199←212←143←187←237

Key Film: Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979) [Vengeance Is Mine] – 9 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

mathiasa (16)
Ritesh (NA)
zuma (56)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
Gorro (68)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
tommy_leazaq (75)
jeff_v (78)
Peaceful Anarchy (79)
Eve-Lang-El-Coup (90)
Smoover (105)
ororama (113)
joachimt (124)
OldAle1 (NA)

iCheckMovies · #35

#175 (⇩59, #116) Jean Cocteau (ICM) Points: 41.87 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 175←116←133←117←124←113←139←116

Key Film: La belle et la bête (1946) [Beauty and the Beast] – 24 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

ororama (20)
mjf314 (27)
clemmetarey (43)
Perception de Ambiguity (43)
tobias (71)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
sebby (72)
jeff_v (80)
russa03 (92)
tommy_leazaq (128)
OldAle1 (NA)

iCheckMovies · #36

#174 (⇧472, #646) Thomas Vinterberg (ICM) Points: 42.1 (10 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 174←646←308←226←182←236←397←NA

Key Film: Festen (1998) [The Celebration] – 15 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Cinepolis (12)
Coryn (19)
jvv (45)
explorer95 (53)
Smoover (71)
Tarris1 (NA)
Panunzio (79)
Caracortada (99)
AB537 (NA)
Fergenaprido (112)

iCheckMovies · #37

#173 (⇧70, #243) Michael Snow (ICM) Points: 42.34 (5 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–1–1
History: 173←243←210←225←397←347←NA←NA

Key Film: Wavelength (1967) – 9 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

sol (1)
perceval (13)
Carmel1379 (20)
OldAle1 (NA)
Perception de Ambiguity (69)

iCheckMovies · #38

#172 (⇧85, #257) Mervyn LeRoy (ICM) Points: 42.6 (14 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 172←257←198←240←232←255←249←358

Key Film: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang(1932) – 12 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

Tarris1 (23)
joachimt (24)
mathiasa (25)
blocho (NA)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
maxwelldeux (76)
zzzorf (89)
jvv (90)
AB537 (NA)
tobias (120)
tommy_leazaq (157)
Gordon_Gekko (161)
OldAle1 (NA)
Perception de Ambiguity (168)

iCheckMovies · #39

#171 (⇧1, #172) William A. Wellman (ICM) Points: 43.29 (17 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 171←172←208←193←145←178←215←185

Key Film: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) [Strange Incident] – 12 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

allisoncm (20)
ororama (24)
blocho (NA)
rnilsson19 (53)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
Tarris1 (NA)
Obgeoff (99)
1SO (100)
joachimt (113)
tommy_leazaq (118)
sebby (123)
Gordon_Gekko (143)
perceval (154)
jeff_v (155)
OldAle1 (NA)
sol (181)

iCheckMovies · #40

#170 (⇩14, #156) Chuck Jones (ICM) Points: 44.04 (12 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0
History: 170←156←243←281←210←126←194←152

Key Film: Duck Amuck (1953) – 10 Official Lists, also on IMdb

List of Voters:

cinephage (20)
OldAle1 (NA)
maxwelldeux (24)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (NA)
russa03 (77)
Lonewolf2003 (NA)
tommy_leazaq (104)
Fergenaprido (105)
mathiasa (119)
sebby (124)
ororama (127)