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33. A.I: Artificial Intelligence
32. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5/10
31. Something Evil
30. 1941
6/10
29. Firelight
28. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
27. Always
26. Slipstream
25. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
24. War Of The Worlds
23. Amblin'
22. The Twilight Zone: The Movie
7/10
21. Hook
20. The Sugarland Express
8/10
19. Amistad
18. War Horse
17. The Terminal
16. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
9/10
15. Lincoln
14. Munich
13. Minority Report
12. Duel
11. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
10. The Colour Purple
9. Empire of the Sun
8. E.T: The Extra Terrestrial
7. Catch Me If You Can
6. Jurassic Park
10/10
5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4. Saving Private Ryan
3. Schindler's List
2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
1. Jaws
:-<
2) Jaws
3) Saving Private Ryan
Then the rest which I can't really remember well enough to compare or rank them. For the record though, from what I've seen, I don't think Speilberg has ever made a bad film. War Of The Worlds bored me a bit and Indiana Jones 4 was a bit of a let down but I didn't think either were bad.
Don't get me wrong, I love 'em all (yes, even Crystal Skull you psuedo-serious poseur clowns) but to single out one as better than another is silly, except maybe to compare Raiders to Doctor No, both firsts, and both fairly serious in tone.
2. Jurassic Park
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4. Hook
5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
10. Jaws
11. War of the Worlds
12. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Can't say it's my favourite, but I regard it as seminal and it does bring a tear to my eye. I spent a lot of childhood summers riding around on my bike, wishing I was Elliot.
Spielberg didn't direct Slipstream @StirredNotShaken. It was directed by Steven Lisberger
The Excellent
1. Jaws
2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
3. Schindler's List
4. E.T
5. Close Encounters
6. Duel
7. Jurassic Park
8. Saving Private Ryan
The good
9.War Horse
10. Last Crusade
11. Temple Of Doom
The ok
12. Minority Report (the ending killed it)
13. 1941
14. Bridge Of Spies
15. Munich
16. The Lost World
The Bad
17. AI
18. Hook
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Duel
5. Munich
I don't mind the 2 Indy sequels but pale compared to the original, the first 3 are some of my favourite films of all time and Duel is cracking. Munich was the most recent film of the beard I really rated.
After that I can take or leave anything else, I much prefer his prime blockbuster output, the top 3 over Oscar bait.
JP and it's sequel are fine but I get quite vexed when I see poles putting Jurassic Park near Jaws & ROTLA, they aren't even in the same state let alone ball park.
On the strength of those top 3 he's one of my favourite directors but I find myself getting less and less enthused after that.
No denying his craft and Schindlers & Ryan are films to be tremendously proud of, I just prefer 1975 - 1981 much more.
29. 1941
28. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
27. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
26. Amistad
25. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
24. War of the Worlds
23. The Terminal
22. Always
21. The Color Purple
20. The Sugarland Express
19. War Horse
18. Empire of the Sun
17. Munich
16. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
14. Saving Private Ryan
13. Bridge of Spies
12. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
11. Minority Report
10. Duel
9. Lincoln
8. Schindler's List
7. Catch Me If You Can
6. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
5. Jurassic Park
4. Jaws
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Hook
1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
My favorite director ever. I own the movies #20 through #1 in my collection.
2. Jurassic Park
3. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
4. Jurassic Park II
5. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
6. JAWS
7. Duel
8. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
9. E.T.
10. Minority Report
2. Schindler's List
3. Last Crusade
4. Temple of Doom and Raiders (tie)
6. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
7. Jurassic Park
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Hook
10. Crystal Skull (YES, I actually liked it.)
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Last Crusade
4. Schindler's List
5. Jurassic Park
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Bridge of Spies
8. Jaws
9. War of the Worlds
10. The Terminal
11. Empire of the Sun
12. Minority Report
13. Catch me if you Can
14. Lincoln
15. Temple of Doom
16. The Lost World
17. Tintin
18. War Horse
19. Crystal Skull
I've seen 'E.T.' and 'Close Encounters' as a child but don't remember them enough to rank them.
1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
2. Jaws
3. Duel
4. War of the Worlds
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
8. Jurassic Park
9. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
10. The Color Purple
The top five are among my very favorite films of all time.
Duel
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E.T.
Poltergeist
Indy Trilogy
Jurassic Park
Munich
Amistad
War of the World's
Minority Report
A.I.
"Columbo" Murder by the Book
Saving Private Ryan
Tin Tin Secret of the Unicorn
I own Catch me if you can, forgot about that nice homage to Bond in one scene.
Spielberg had is greatest time as I said between 1975 - 1981.
All his output he's done wanting to be seen more like a Scorcese or a Kubrick has delivered some quality but even something as weighty and important as Schindlers List still can't help but be Hollywood when there is no reason but to make it more palatable to the masses*.
Yes I must agree with @Birdleson, the first 20 minutes of Ryan are extraordinary after that it never really recovers, give me Thin Red Line all the time.
*The bit with the train taking a detour to Aushvitz and then the women in the shower, he tries to convey suspenseful scene that the women might be gassed then the showers come on and all is fine they get to go to their intended destination.
This kind of scene has no right in a film about the Holocaust and it cheapens the film in my view, it's not a Hitchcock film FFS.
The guys a legend but hasn't made much in decades that justifies his status now and people just shoot their load over Spielberg film because it's exactly that, they don't even have to be that good to get the acclaim.
2. Raiders
3. Munich
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
6. The Last Crusade
7. Jurassic Park
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Schindler's List
10. Empire of the Sun
11. Catch Me If You Can
12. Minority Report
13. AI: Artificial Intelligence
14. War Horse
15. The Lost World
16. Temple of Doom
17. The Terminal
18. Amistad
19. 1941
20. War of the Worlds
21. Lincoln
22. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Actually a pretty hard list to put together, surprisingly.
2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
3 Raiders of the Lost Ark
4 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
6 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7 Duel
8 The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
9 The Color Purple
10 Minority Report
11 Hook
12 War of the Worlds
13 Amistad
14 A.I.- Artificial Intelligence
15 Empire of the Sun
16 Jaws
17 Jurassic Park
18 Lost World-Jurassic Parl
19 Catch Me If You Can
20 ET
I saw Bridge Of Spies recently, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why Spielberg was interested in making a film of this rather dull subject matter.
Hanks is as usual very watchable but the whole thing has a 'so what?' feel to it.
1 Schindler s List
2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
3 Raiders of the Lost Ark
4 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
6 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7 Duel
8 The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
9 The Color Purple
10 War Horse
11 Minority Report
12 Hook
13 War of the Worlds
14 Amistad
15 A.I.- Artificial Intelligence
16 Empire of the Sun
17 Jaws
18 The Terminal
19 Jurassic Park
20 Lost World-Jurassic Park
21 Catch Me If You Can
22 ET
Such an underwhelming experience, yes Hanks is solid and Rylance but Oscar worthy, I rate Rylance considerably and was expecting something revelatory after witnessing his extraordinary turn as Thomas Cromwell in BBC's superb adaptation of Wolf Hall.
BFG is just a kids film, looked good technically but I found nothing as an adult to engage, again Rylance good, I really hope Nolan gets him to deliver in Dunkirk.
He seems to have become Steve's De Niro.
The likes of Fincher, Nolan & now Denis Villeneuve are leaving the old guard like Spielberg and Ridley Scott looking rather underwhelming these day.
Like Scott I wonder if Spielberg is really that good anymore, in blockbuster film making in his prime he was unparalleled but the later tent pole fair like War of The Worlds or Minority Report are hardly going to endure like 1975 - 1981 period.
With this in consideration. I wonder if EON would consider him to helm a Bond film. I don't think he's past his prime, and is still a great storyteller. Little bit hit and miss. But then if you look at Spielberg's resume, it's all a bit hit and miss to be honest.
Maybe it would be a good time for Mr. Spielberg to tackle the series that he always wanted too.