Can you name the 5 highest rated movies made by each of these directors? by jws

Can you name the 5 highest rated movies made by each of these directors?

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Based on IMDB user ratings as of 1/25/10; short films, documentaries, and other such obscurities excluded
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Tim Burton
8.1
8.1
8.0
7.7
7.6

James Cameron
8.6
8.5
8.5
8.1
7.6

Joel and Ethan Coen
8.3
8.3
8.2
8.0
7.8

Clint Eastwood
8.4
8.3
8.2
8.1
8.0

David Fincher
8.8
8.6
8.1
7.9
7.7

Terry Gilliam
8.5
8.1
8.0
7.6
7.5

Ron Howard
8.0
7.9
7.9
7.5
7.1

Michael Mann
8.3
8.0
7.8
7.8
7.2

Sam Raimi
7.9
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.6

Rob Reiner
8.2
8.2
7.9
7.8
7.7

Martin Scorsese
8.8
8.6
8.5
8.4
8.1

Ridley Scott
8.5
8.3
8.3
7.9
7.7

Steven Soderbergh
7.8
7.6
7.4
7.2
7.2

Steven Spielberg
8.9
8.7
8.5
8.3
8.3

Oliver Stone
8.2
8.0
7.3
7.1
7.1

Robert Zemeckis
8.6
8.4
7.6
7.5
7.4

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Top-Rated Movies by Director Quiz

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Created Jan 25, 2010 in Movies
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	garnett:	Jan 25th, 2010 at 05:07 GMT		1 point
	it's so interesting~!

	DarkPhalanx:	Jan 25th, 2010 at 14:17 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, 5 sporcles, but I can't believe you gave one of your 16 spots to professional hack Ron Howard when there are a million more interesting directors you could have put on.

	jws:	Jan 25th, 2010 at 14:28 GMT		5 points
	Haha, fair enough. I tried to think of directors who (1) are currently active, (2) are generally well-received, and (3) have made enough movies for this to be a challenge. Besides, I thought Frost/Nixon was pretty good, and Ron Howard gets a lifetime pass from me anyway for his work on Arrested Development. Who would you include?

	pbysr:	Jan 25th, 2010 at 15:06 GMT		6 points
	Interesting that Titanic is not among Cameron's top rated movies. I suspect Avatar will meet the same fate over the next few years. Gaudy and entertaining, but little else besides a dumb story. And Terminator was way better than T2.

	spqr:	Jan 25th, 2010 at 21:23 GMT		2 points
	I was frustrated because a lot of my favorite movies weren't on here, but that's not a problem with the quiz, just with the general population's taste in movies. I second that Ron Howard gets a pass because of Arrested Development ( and I liked Cinderella Man).

	JohnJF:	Jan 25th, 2010 at 21:46 GMT		5 points
	Some odd ones. I personally think Terminator is, with no close competition, Cameron's best picture; it should certainly be in the top five. I also can't fathom Gran Torino as Eastwood's best; it was a nice and enjoyable movie and all but it can't really compare with any of the other movies on his list.

	baron:	Jan 25th, 2010 at 22:34 GMT		3 points
	I'm shocked Titanic isn't on here for Cameron and ET isn't on here for speilberg. Really?

	DarkPhalanx:	Jan 26th, 2010 at 16:22 GMT		1 point
	Hey JWS: if one of your parameters/criteria is currently active, then Ron Howard is okay I guess--I agree with you on Frost/Nixon btw--but since you ask I'll put forth Richard Linklater and Roman Polanski.

	hollabackitsobi:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 00:10 GMT		3 points
	How sex, lies and videotape didn't make Soderbergh's list is beyond me.

	chrispaz:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 00:41 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, well done. I can't believe A Few Good Men didn't make Rob Reiner's list, and Play Misty For Me Didn't Make Eastwood's list. I second the adding of Polanski, and i'd suggest Alfred Hitchcock and Sydney Pollack.

	mdalloway:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 18:16 GMT		1 point
	Good list, but I agree with the Ron Howard. I've never liked Opie's work... What are some other suggestions, then? Francis Ford Coppola, perhaps? Although he hasn't done anything big recently. Woody Allen? That would be a great list! Hayao Miyazaki or Ang Lee, if you want someone who's not English-speaking?

	LTH:	Jan 28th, 2010 at 17:59 GMT		1 point
	I'm surprised that David Fincher's The Game isn't rated higher. Good movie.

	dummo:	Jan 30th, 2010 at 22:27 GMT		1 point
	I agree with sticking with contemporary directors, simply because IMDB users generally give higher ratings to recent films rather than classics. Including Hitchcock and Pollacks just makes it a guessing game.

	mellybmel:	Jan 31st, 2010 at 00:53 GMT		1 point
	Good, and challenging, list. I like the idea of taking currently working directors.

	Osprey39:	Jan 31st, 2010 at 03:28 GMT		1 point
	What about Christopher Nolan? Arguably the best young marquee director working right now. He's only made six feature films so far, four of which are in the IMDb top 250 (some of which may be rated too high, but they're still great films). Add "Insomnia," and you've got a solid five. But this is still a pretty good selection of directors.

	jws:	Jan 31st, 2010 at 04:55 GMT		1 point
	Funny timing on these last few comments--I just put out the sequel, which is much more classic-director-oriented than this one. I'm more interested in contemporary movies too, and either way, I like the idea of dividing it up, since I'm sure a lot of people care more about one era than the other. As for Nolan, the only reason I left him off is that he hasn't made very many movies. Same with Tarantino, Cuaron, Greengrass, Jonze, Gondry, the Andersons (Wes and P.T.), and a number of other directors I like.

	harpua22:	Jan 31st, 2010 at 23:16 GMT		2 points
	how is avatar rated higher than all the coen's?

	dtro:	Feb 1st, 2010 at 02:55 GMT		1 point
	How long will it take for people to realize that Benjamin Button ****ing sucked?

	exackerly:	May 7th, 2010 at 16:45 GMT		1 point
	A lot of surprises -- where's Titanic? ET? Beetlejuice?

	JohnShade:	May 22nd, 2010 at 07:08 GMT		0 points
	look - for the 100th time, IMDb users are middlebrow morons with no taste whatsoever. strictly bourgeois. so, knowing that going in, play the quiz. and don't complain.