Film Directors

Douglas Sirk

 

Country: United States of America

Films from: 1944 to 1959

 

Like a teutonic Baudelaire, Douglas Sirk made his name in film in a relatively short period and then all but abandoned the art (save for a brief coda in the 70s). Between 1952 and 1958, however, Sirk made the entire oeuvre of lush melodrama his own – and in the company of Barbara Stanwyck and Lucille Ball, created movies like Imitation of Life and Magnificent Obsession, largely derided at the time, hugely re-evaluated in the 70s and, these days, felt to be an immense influence on directors as diverse as Todd Haynes, Lars Von Trier, Fassbinder and Pedro Almodovar. All told, his narrow canon of movies is nigh on essential for any film buff.

 

Top Rated films by Douglas Sirk

 

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Martin Scorsese John Huston Max Ophuls

Howard Hawks David Lynch Fritz Lang

Jules Dassin Joel & Ethan Coen Milos Forman

Terry Gilliam Bob Fosse Hal Hartley

Joseph Losey

 

Country: United Kingdom

Films from: 1948 to 1985

 

Unfairly lambasted in some quarters as something of a journeyman, Joseph Losey is responsible for at the very least a handful of movies that stand head and shoulders alongside any movies you’d deem to add to a list of 'best films ever'. Losey's collaborations with Harold Pinter – on the at the time unfairly derided Accident, the stirring psychological drama The Servant and the 'so-good it warrants a mention in the same breath as Kubrick's Barry Lyndon' – The Go-Between – are all, particularly, well worth a view.

 

Top Rated films by Joseph Losey

 

More Directors from United Kingdom

Emeric Pressburger Lindsay Anderson Tony Richardson

Humphrey Jennings Peter Greenaway Alfred Hitchcock

Joseph Losey Basil Dearden Chris Morris

Stephen Frears Ken Loach Mike Leigh