What directors have you seen the most?

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Was pondering this for myself and figured it would be a decent conversation for this group.

What director have you seen the most movies from? Not necessarily your favorite (though that certainly could overlap). Pure numbers. Whose work have you seen the most?

Bonus question: How many have you seen in the theaters?

I tallied up about 18 directors for myself off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few of note. The top answer for both of those for me did not surprise and I suspect is going to be high on many lists due to his combination of broad appeal and overall production....

Steven Spielberg: I've seen 28 of his movies, 18 in theaters. Easily my highest marks in both of those.

2. Scorsese 19 total, 8 in theaters.
3. (tie) Eastwood 18 total, 14 in theaters.
(tie) Coens 18 total, 14 in theaters.
5. Carpenter 17 total, 6 in theaters.

David Fincher has my highest total-to-theater ratio. I bat 1000 with him, having seen all 10 of his features in the theater (yes, even Alien 3). Nolan, Tarantino and PTA are close. I've seen all their movies, but have never seen their first films in theaters.

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[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Probably Tarantino, but I am fairly new to the whole movie watching thing. Trying to catch-up on some classic movies now.

 

[peate]

Probably Tarantino, but I am fairly new to the whole movie watching thing. Trying to catch-up on some classic movies now.

My first thought also. I don't remember enough to confirm and I don't watch a lot of movies. Spielberg I've also seen a bunch. Ron Howard?

 

[Eisen]

Most of the time I don't even know who the director is.

 

[discostu]

I'd have to sit down and count, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't Spielberg, even if I have a ton of his that I haven't gotten around to seeing. He's directed so many huge pop culture films over my lifetime that, as someone who grew up in the 80s, I would have to really go out of my way to not see at least 10 of his films. I think the number is probably close to 20 when looking at the list. It's hard to find many directors that have 20 commercial films to their name.

 

[Sakicfan]

According to Letterboxd:

 

[SepticFish]

I went on a Hitchcock binge about 15 years ago. I've seen 43 of his films. Spielberg is probably second for me with 20.

 

[Pink Mist]

probably françois truffaut, i went through a little phase over a period of a few months last year watching all 21 films he directed. as well as close encounters of the third kind, which he acted in

he also shows up as my most watched actor on my letterboxd just due to many roles he played in his own films

 

[Savi]

Joel Coen and Ingmar Bergman, both 18. None in theaters from Bergman, 3 from Coen.

I've noticed that most of my favourite directors don't really have a big body of work - think Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Winding Refn, etc.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

I've seen 41 films by Raoul Ruiz, IMO the greatest director of all time. I am confident I haven't seen anything close to that from any other directors.

 

[kihei]

My top five would be:

Satyajit Ray---all 29 of his films, almost all of them multiple times
Jean Luc Godard--at least 34 of his films
Alfred Hitchcock--at least 30 of his films
John Ford--at least 29 of his films
Francois Truffaut--23 of his films

Also in double figures: Bunuel, Antonioni, Bertolucci, Bergman, Scorsese, Huston, Allen. Altman, Spielberg, Wong, Hawks, Kurosawa, and Resnais

 

[Shareefruck]

The only lengthy-career filmmakers off the top of my head that I've binged through (at least somewhat) exaustively is Hayao Miyazaki, Wong Kar Wai, and Akira Kurosawa (well, everything between Drunken Angel and Ran anyways). Otherwise, I usually just pick and choose the ones that seem promising. Seen a lot of Ozu and Woody Allen, too.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I never realized how some of these big names made so many movies.

 

[Trap Jesus]

He's not my favorite (still really like him), but I'd be shocked if it wasn't Spielberg.

 

[reckoning]

Off the top of my head the only two in doulble-digits would be Roman Polanski at 16, and Alfred Hitchcock at 13.

I need to check out more of Hitchcock's stuff. I 've loved almost everything I've seen from him, with the exception of Marnie.

 

[ORRFForever]

Scorsese

 

[Chili]

According to Letterboxd:

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Surprised not to see John Huston there somewhere (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen, etc. including a personal favorite The List of Adrian Messenger).

 

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Must be Woody Allen for me. He's been crankin' 'em out at an annual rate for over 50 years, and I got hooked pretty young, so...

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Must be Woody Allen for me. He's been crankin' 'em out at an annual rate for over 50 years, and I got hooked pretty young, so...

Your comment made me skeptical of my previous post, and it turns out I've actually seen more Woody Allen (45) films than Raoul Ruiz (41)! Never would have thought.

 

[Ducks in a row]

I have seen a lot of movies so I have no idea

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

Park Chan-Wook: 8
Scorsese: 9
Clint Eastwood: 10
Spielberg: 10
Kurosawa: 10
Joel Coen: 13

Man, I need to watch more movies.