Film Starter Guide
Before we get started, let me just say that this feature might not do a whole lot for regular Ze Catalist readers. Below we feature the filmography of 20 or so directors, ranking and rating their work. A few of the filmographies are incomplete, as we haven't seen every movie ever made just yet. This is meant to function as something of a starter guide for future cinephiles - thus the reason this post may not do much for regular readers. Also, everyone featured below, save for the late Stanley Kubrick, is still making movies.
JIM JARMUSCH
1. Down By Law (1986) - A+
2. Mystery Train (1989) - A+
3. The Limits of Control (2009) - A+
4. Ghost Dog (1999) - A+
5. Dead Man (1995) - A+
6. Broken Flowers (2004) - A-
7. Night On Earth (1991) - B+
8. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) - B+
9. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) - B
10. Permanent Vacation (1980) - C
STANLEY KUBRICK
1. Barry Lyndon (1975) - A+
2. A Clockwork Orange (1971) - A+
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - A+
4. The Shining (1980) - A+
5. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - A
6. Full Metal Jacket (1987) - A-
7. Dr. Strangelove (1964) - A-
8. Lolita (1962) - B+
9. Paths of Glory (1957) - B
10. Spartacus (1960) - B-
MARTIN SCORCESE
1. Taxi Driver (1976) - A+
2. The Aviator (2004) - A+
3. Goodfellas (1990) - A+
4. Raging Bull (1980) - A+
5. The Departed (2006) - A+
6. Mean Streets (1973) - A
7. Casino (1995) - A-
8. Shutter Island (2010) - A-
9. Bringing Out the Dead (1999) - A-
10. The Last Waltz (1978) - A-
11. Cape Fear (1991) - A-
12. The King of Comedy (1983) - A-
13. The Age of Innocence (1993) - B
14. Gangs of New York (2002) - B
15. The Color of Money (1986) - B
16. After Hours (1985) - B
17. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) - B-
18. No Direction Home (2005) - B-
19. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - C+
20. New York, New York (1977) - C+
21. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967) - C+
22. Shine a Light (2008) - F-
WES ANDERSON
1. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - A+
2. Rushmore (1998) - A+
3. The Life Aquatic (2004) - A+
4. Bottle Rocket (1996) - A+
5. The Darjeeling Limited (2007) - A
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - A-
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
1. Boogie Nights (1997) - A+
2. There Will Be Blood (2007) - A+
3. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) - A
4. Magnolia (1999) - A
5. Hard Eight (1996) - B+
KEVIN SMITH
1. Clerks (1994) - A
2. Chasing Amy (1997) - A-
3. Mallrats (1995) - B+
4. Clerks II (2006) - B
5. Dogma (1999) - B-
6. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - C+
7. Jersey Girl (2004) - C
8. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) - C-
9. Cop Out (2010) - C-
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
1. The Dark Knight (2008) - A+
2. Memento (2000) - A+
3. Inception (2010) - A+
4. The Prestige (2006) - A
5. Batman Begins (2005) - A
6. Insomnia (2002) - A-
7. Following (1998) - B+
COEN BROTHERS
1. No Country For Old Men (2007) - A+
2. Fargo (1996) - A+
3. The Big Lebowski (1998) - A
4. A Serious Man (2009) - A
5. Barton Fink (1991) - A-
6. Blood Simple (1984) - A-
7. Raising Arizona (1987) - A-
8. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) - B+
9. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - B+
10. Miller’s Crossing (1990) - B+
11. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) - B
12. Burn After Reading (2008) - B-
13. Intolerably Cruelty (2003) - C
14. The Ladykillers (2004) - D+
DAVID GORDON GREEN
1. George Washington (2000) - A+
2. All the Real Girls (2003) - A
3. Snow Angels (2008) - A
4. Pineapple Express (2008) - A-
5. Undertow (2004) - B+
TIM BURTON
1. Edward Scissorhands (1990) - A+
2. Batman (1989) - A
3. Big Fish (2003) - A
4. Beetlejuice (1988) - A
5. Ed Wood (1994) - A
6. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) - A-
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - B
8. Sleepy Hollow (1999) - B
9. Alice in Wonderland (2010) - C+
10. Mars Attacks! (1996) - C+
11. Batman Returns (1992) - C+
12. Sweeny Todd (2007) - C
13. Planet of the Apes (2001) - C-
14. Corpse Bride (2005) - C-
GUS VAN SANT
1. My Own Private Idaho (1991) - A+
2. Finding Forrester (2000) - A
3. Good Will Hunting (1997) - A
4. Elephant (2003) - A
5. Mala Noche (1985) - A-
6. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) - A-
7. Milk (2008) - A-
8. To Die For (1995) - A-
9. Gerry (2002) - B+
10. Paranoid Park (2007) - B+
11. Last Days (2005) - C+
12. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) - C-
13. Psycho (1998) - D
RICHARD LINKLATER
1. Before Sunrise (1995) - A+
2. School of Rock (2003) - A
3. Dazed and Confused (1993) - A
4. Before Sunset (2004) - A
5. Slacker (1991) - A-
6. Fast Food Nation (2006) - B+
7. Tape (2001) - B+
8. suburbia (1996) - B+
9. A Scanner Darkly (2006) - B
10. Waking Life (2001) - B
11. Bad News Bears (2005) - C
12. The Newton Boys (1998 - C
13. It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow … (1989) - D+
STEVEN SPIELBERG
1. Saving Private Ryan (1998) - A+
2. Jaws (1975) - A+
3. Minority Report (2002) - A
4. Catch Me If You Can (2002) - A
5. Munich (2005) - A
6. A.I. (2001) - B+
7. Schindler’s List (1993) - B+
8. The Color Purple (1985) - B+
9. War of the Worlds (2005) - B+
10. The Terminal (2004) - B
11. ET (1982) - B
12. Amistad (1997) - B
13. Jurassic Park (1993) - B
14. Always (1989) - B
15. Empire of the Sun (1987) - B
16. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - B
17. 1941 (1979) - B-
18. The Lost World (1997) - C
19. Hook (1991) - C
SPIKE LEE
1. Do the Right Thing (1989) - A+
2. Malcolm X (1992) - A
3. 25th Hour (2002) - A
4. He Got Game (1998) - A
5. Summer of Sam (1999) - A
6. She’s Gotta Have It (1986) - A-
7. Clockers (1995) - B+
8. Bamboozled (2000) - B+
9. Crooklyn (1994) - B
10. Inside Man (2006) - B
11. Jungle Fever (1991) - B
12. She Hate Me (2004) - B
13. School Daze (1988) - B
14. Girl 6 (1995) - C+
15. Mo’ Better Blues (1990) - C+
16. Miracle at St. Anna (2008) - C+
17. Get On the Bus (1996) - C
JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET
1. Amelia (2001) - A+
2. The City of Lost Children (1995) - A
3. Delicatessen (1991) - A
4. A Very Long Engagement (2004) - A-
5. Alien Resurrection (1997) - B+
STEVEN SODERBERGH
1. The Limey (1999) - A
2. Traffic (2000) - A
3. Out of Sight (1998) - A-
4. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) - A-
5. Erin Brockovich (2000) - B+
6. Che (2008) - B
7. The Girlfriend Experience (2009) - B
8. Ocean’s Twelve (2004) - B
9. Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) - B
10. The Good German (2006) - B
11. Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) - B
12. Solaris (2002) - B
13. The Informant! (2009) - B-
14. Bubble (2005) - B-
15. Full Frontal (2002) - C
RIDLEY SCOTT
1. Alien (1979) - A
2. Blade Runner (1982) - A
3. Matchstick Men (2003) - A-
4. American Gangster (2007) - A-
5. Gladiator (2000) - A-
6. A Good Year (2006) - B+
7. Black Hawk Down (2001) - B+
8. Thelma & Louise (1991) - B
9. Hannibal (2001) - C
10. G.I. Jane (1997) - D
JEAN-LUC GODARD
1. Pierrot le fou (1965) - A+
2. Band of Outsiders (1964) - A+
3. Breathless (1959) - A
4. A Woman Is a Woman (1961) - A
5. Vivre sa vie (1962) - A-
6. Comtempt (1963) - A-
7. Made in U.S.A. (1966) - B+
8. Masculin Feminine (1966) - B
9. Alphaville (1965) - B
10. Le Petit Soldat (1963) - B
11. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1966) - B
DAVID FINCHER
1. Fight Club (1999) - A
2. Zodiac (2007) - A
3. Se7en (1995) - A-
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - A-
5. The Game (1997) - B+
6. Panic Room (2002) - B+
7. Alien 3 (1992) - B-
QUENTIN TARANTINO
1. Pulp Fiction (1994) - A+
2. Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004) - A+
3. Inglourious Basterds (2009) - A
4. Jackie Brown (1997) - A
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - A
6. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003) - A
7. Sin City* (2005) - A-
8. True Romance** (1993) - B+
9. Death Proof (2007) - B+
10. Four Rooms*** (1995) - B+
11. Natural Born Killers**** (1994) - B
12. From Dusk Till Dawn***** (1996) - B-
* QT co-directed one scene with Robert Rodriguez
** Written by QT, directed by Tony Scott
*** QT directs ¼ of the film
**** Written by QT, directed by Oliver Stone
***** Written by and starring QT, directed by Robert Rodriguez
Written by G. William Locke