Favourite Movie from Each of My Top 10 Directors
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.Favourite movie directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Runner-up:
Rear Window (1954)
Honourable mentions:
Rope (1948)
North by Northwest (1959) - DirectorMel BrooksStarsZero MostelGene WilderDick ShawnA stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.Favourite movie directed by Mel Brooks
Runners-up:
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Honourable mentions:
Silent Movie (1976)
High Anxiety (1977)
Spaceballs (1987) - DirectorRichard LesterStarsMichael YorkRaquel WelchOliver ReedThe Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.Favourite movie directed by Richard Lester
Runners-up:
Help! (1965)
The Three Musketeers (The Queen's Diamonds) (1973)
Honourable mentions:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Robin and Marian (1976) - DirectorJohn MiliusStarsSean ConneryCandice BergenBrian KeithA Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsChristopher ReeveMargot KidderGene HackmanAn alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.Favourite movie directed by Richard Donner
Runners-up:
The Goonies (1985)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Honourable mentions:
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest BorgnineIn 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.Favourite movie directed by John Carpenter
Runners-up:
The Thing (1982)
They Live (1988)
Honourable mention:
Halloween (1978) - DirectorJim HensonFrank OzStarsJim HensonKathryn MullenFrank OzOn another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.Favourite movie directed by Jim Henson (with Frank Oz)
Runner-up:
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Honourable mention:
Labyrinth (1986) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.Favourite movie directed by Steven Spielberg
Runners-up:
Jaws (1975)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Honourable mentions:
Hook (1991)
Jurassic Park (1993) - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerF. Murray AbrahamArt CarneyWith the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.Favourite movie directed by John McTiernan
Runners-up:
Predator (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
The 13th Warrior (1999) - DirectorPeter WeirStarsRussell CrowePaul BettanyBilly BoydDuring the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.Favourite movie directed by Peter Weir
Runner-up:
The Truman Show (1998)
Honourable mention:
Gallipoli (1981)