Top 20 Directors of All Time

This isn't my favorite 20 directors, but rather a more un-biased top 20 list. I took data from the IMDB Top 250 list to see which directors had the most movies on the list. These are the top 20.

20. Roman Polanski

Movies: The Pianist; Chinatown; Rosemary's Baby

19. Ridley Scott

Movies: Alien; Gladiator; Blade Runner

18. David Lean

Movies: Lawrence of Arabia; The Bridge on the River Kwai; Brief Encounter

17. Frank Capra

Movies: It's a Wonderful Life; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; It Happened One Night

16. David Fincher

Movies: Fight Club; Se7en; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

15. Sidney Lumet

Movies: 12 Angry Men; Dog Day Afternoon; Network

14. James Cameron

Movies: Terminator 2: Judgement Day; Aliens; Avatar; The Terminator

13. Christopher Nolan

Movies: The Dark Knight; Memento; Inception; Batman Begins

12. Lee Unkrich

Movies: Toy Story 3; Finding Nemo; Toy Story 2; Monster's Inc.

11. Sergio Leone

Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in the West; Once Upon a Time in America; For a Few Dollars More

10. Francis Ford Coppola

Movies: The Godfather; The Godfather: Part II; Apocalypse Now; The Conversation

9. Charlie Chaplin

Movies: City Lights; Modern Times; The Great Dictator; The Gold Rush; The Kid

8. Martin Scorcese

Movies: Goodfellas; Taxi Driver; The Departed; Raging Bull; Casino

7. Akira Kurosawa

Movies: Seven Samurai; Rashomon; Yojimbo; Ran; Ikiru

6. Steven Spielberg

Movies: Schindler's List; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Saving Private Ryan; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Jaws

5. Quentin Tarantino

Movies: Pulp Fiction; Resevoir Dogs; Inglourious Basterds; Sin City (guest director); Kill Bill: Vol. 1; Kill Bill: Vol. 2

4. Clint Eastwood

Movies: Gran Torino; Unforgiven; Million Dollar Baby; Letters from Iwo Jima; Mystic River; Changeling

3. Billy Wilder

Movies: Sunset Blvd.; Double Indemnity; Some Like It Hot; The Apartment; Witness for the Prosecution; Stalag 17

2. Stanley Kubrick

Movies: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; The Shining; A Clockwork Orange; Paths of Glory; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Full Metal Jacket; The Killing; Barry Lyndon; Spartacus

1. Alfred Hitchcock

Movies: Rear Window; Psycho; North by Northwest; Vertigo; Rebecca; Strangers on a Train; Notorious; Dial M for Murder; Shadow of a Doubt; Rope

Day 1

I've decided to start with IMDB Top 250 list (http://www.imdb.com/chart/top). I'll start with #250 and work my way up to #1.

First Post!

Hi, my name is Tim. I am a college student majoring in business. I have always loved movies, and recently I got the idea to watch every movie ever made. I'm not really sure if it's possible, but I'm sure as hell gonna try. With the help of Netflix, local video stores, movie theaters, and friend/family movie collections, I will go about watching as many movies as possible. Hopefully I can gain some sort of enlightenment or superior knowledge because of this experience.

Now, this will be somewhat difficult. First of all, my biggest obstacle will be time. I will have to work around my job, school, social life, etc. Second, I will have to watch a lot of boring, terrible movies. I don't know how I will be able to sit through some of these films, but I will have to figure out some way. Lastly, I am sure many films are not available on DVD or VHS, either because they are too old or too obscure. So, these are my main obstacles, but I will do my best to overcome them.

I've decided to start compiling all the movies I watch, and writing about my experience in this blog.