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The Greatest Director of Every Decade

Writer: goldenstateservicesj
goldenstateservicesj
Sep 10, 2023
2 min read

Working backwards from the 2010’s (contenders listed alphabetically):


The Contenders: Paul Thomas Anderson, Bong Joon-Ho, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorcese, Quentin Tarantino, Denis Villeneuve


The Champion: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

The Contenders: Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, James Cameron, The Coen Brothers, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorcese, Quentin Tarantino

The Champion: QUENTIN TARANTINO

The Contenders: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Coen Brothers, David Fincher, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg

The Champion: STEVEN SPIELBERG

The Contenders: John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, John Hughes, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg

The Champion: STEVEN SPIELBERG

The Contenders: Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Sam Peckinpah, Martin Scorsese

The Champion: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

The Contenders: John Ford, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone

The Champion: STANLEY KUBRICK

The Contenders: Ingmar Bergman, Cecil B. DeMille, Frederico Fellini, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder

The Champion: ALFRED HITCHCOCK

The Contenders: Frank Capra, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder,

The Champion: ALFRED HITCHCOCK

The Contenders: Charlie Chaplin, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Victor Fleming, Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Jean Renoir

The Champion: CHARLIE CHAPLIN

The Contenders: Charlie Chaplin, Sergei Eisentstein, Buster Keaton, Fritz Lang, F. W. Murnau

The Champion: BUSTER KEATON

I can only predict…Any of the following: Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, 


Some of these were very close calls. I think the 1920’s was the only slam dunk. But there was one director whose movies both age like fine wine and whose ability to create classics seems to be the most consistent throughout the decades. This is despite the fact that he is not the director of any decade above.

And the Director of the Century is…

MARTIN SCORSESE

There was only one vote per nominee, so I picked a winner. Mainly on the basis that I can’t see it ever winning any other time.

Congratulations . This is your week.


Best Actress:

Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane in

Best Actor:Robert DeNiro as Rupert Pupkin in

Best Quote: “Let me give you some legal advice. Shut the #@&% up!” – Kyle Chandler as Agent Denham in

My Top 10 Scorsese Movies:

  1. The King of Comedy (1982)

  2. Casino (1995)

  3. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

  4. The Departed (2006)

  5. The Aviator (2004)

  6. Mean Streets (1973)

  7. Gangs of New York (2002)

  8. Hugo (2011)

  9. Wolf of Wall Street (2010)

  10. Goodfellas (1990)

James, you are correct. The greatest of Scorcese’s movies (imho) is Goodfellas, which I didn’t include the week, nor six years ago when he was the theme. I kinda thought it would be too easy of a win, but at the same time, if it got only one vote (you), that would simply ruin my week.

 
 
 

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