Surprised to see Mirror get on the directors list. Would have thought the obvious other choices of Andrei Rubev or Solaris or even Stalker. I'm sure trix is ecstatic

I thought you took a Tarkovsky class and assumed you had seen all if not most of his films. my bad.

"reminiscent of things Hitchcock has done before, and generally done with more verve. One is agreeably used to Hitchcock repeating his effects, but this time he is repeating himself in slow motion."

That is a good film but imo the Sergio Leone Westerns are way way better.

It's too bad McCabe & Mrs. Miller didn't get the obligatory Western spot.

This list is useless without three Chris Nolan films on it. I can see excluding the Prestige, but Memento, Inception, and TDK should be up there.

I'm serious. Consensus today, like it or not, is that those three films are among the public's top ten

They're really not. You overrate the amount of people who have actually seen Memento. In the close-knit group of internet geeks, obviously the percentage is very high. But in the overall public of America, it isn't.

But this is a silly argument anyways cause you're just trolling.

People use Memento in arguments about Nolan as if it's immune to criticism.

There's strong consensus around Nolan's talent and he's officially viewed as the Hitchcock or Spielberg successor. Even the few naysayers (Denby, Lane, Emerson, to name a few) note the overwhelmingly positive opinion. Furthermore, he's one of the only directors today who has a "brand". And Memento, as his debut, is certainly on this pedestal because of its 'creativity' over high budget, stars, etc.

The big Four Hitchcock films (vertigo, Psycho, RW and N by NW) are all amazing. Loved each one...

Vertigo has had a strange response...

It was seen as a flop film when it released and then was almost forgotten and then big critics and directors started saying "watch this film" and people watched and liked it. As time went on it has been considered as one of the best films ever...

And if you want to avoid being viewed as an art snob on, say, your first work day or a first date -- you're better off not talking about Chris Nolan films...