Best Director Achievements Of All Time

Honorable Mention: Milos Forman "Amadeus"
Amadeus can be argued to be the best film of all time. I would probably agree with you. The movie comes together in unbelievable ways. Milos makes it work and gets the best stuff done in almost any category with this masterpiece.


Honorable Mention: Francis Ford Coppola "Apocalypse Now"
Coppola ruled the seventies, not a doubt in my mind. he made 3 masterpieces and one fantastic movie. I enjoy the fantastic "The Conversation" but his other films are better. "Apocalypse Now" is his crowning achievement. A film 18 months in the making and it's unbelievable. I made this list and completely forgot about this movie, but I just had to mention. I don't want to replace one of the others but this could easy make the top five.


5.) Warren Beatty"Reds"
Eastwood, Gibson, Costner and Clooney are all actors who have starred in movies they directed. None have done it better then Warren Beatty. The film is epic on every proportion and deals with so many genres perfectly. The train scene seems to good to be true. I don't know how they could even try to attempt it.


4.) Steven Spielberg"Schindler's List"
Spielberg's name could be thrown around best directions multiple times. "Saving Private Ryan" could make top ten as well. However this is his best, it's almost real footage. The ghetto raid scene is something most directors could only dream of. Spielberg judging by his work with other films makes it look easy.


3.) Federico Fellini "La Dolce Vita"
There is such a dream like feel to this movie it could be only be done by Fellini. In fact only this director could even imagine of making this movie. Kubrick, Scorsese, and Bergman have listed his work here as some the best ever done. Three of the best directors ever know grand work when they see it


2.) David Lean"Lawrence Of Arabia"
The beauty of this film is that you'll never make another like this. Not cause your not talented enough, you just couldn't. There are extras by the thousands, scenes of the desert that seem impossible to film and making every category something to treasure. Spielberg said watching this with Lean as he commentated was one of the highlights of his life.


1.) Orson Welles "Citizen Kane"
This is the best direction you'll ever seen. What's better yet it was made in the early 40's, the ideas Welles did here are fantastic. There is never a scene that Welles didn't make as perfect as could be. It's the pinnacle of directing.