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Rank the Spielbergs

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  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    edited April 2017 Posts: 4,043
    I certainly wouldn't boycott a beard helmed entry, maybe Craig's swansong should be a director he's previously worked with, Spielberg knows the character well and is a fan.

    If he could pull off something like Raiders tempered with the strongest elements of the Craig era, sort of Raiders crossed with Casino Royale, a conclusion to the story in SPECTRE not relating back to the step brother nonsense then why not?

    Although who am I kidding even if he did we are likely to get Crystal Skull rather than Raiders, I'm just not convinced anymore, SPECTRE really did do that much damage I question what the hell they are going to do next?

    Possibly a rebooted version with a new Bond would be better for him to start with rather than cleaning up the mess that Mendes & P&W left behind.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
    edited April 2017 Posts: 1,812
    Of the ones I've seen I've enjoyed, except for Munich, too much of a snooze fest. I also want to own #1 - #10 someday.

    17. Munich
    16. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
    15. Jaws
    14. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    13. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    12. Catch Me if You Can
    11. The Terminal
    10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (not amazing but too underrated)
    9. War of the Worlds
    8. Hook
    7. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    6. Minority Report (another underrated one. Also don't understand what about the ending kills it for everyone)
    5. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
    4. Jurassic Park
    3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    1. Saving Private Ryan
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @QsAssistant, 'Munich, too much of a snooze-fest'?

    Go to your room. There's no place for such blasphemy here.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
    edited April 2017 Posts: 1,812
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @QsAssistant, 'Munich, too much of a snooze-fest'?

    Go to your room. There's no place for such blasphemy here.

    lol I know, sorry. Everyone seems to enjoy that one but me. In fairness I've only seen it once and that was when it first came out on DVD (I think I was a teenager). Perhaps I should give it a second chance.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    QsAssistant wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @QsAssistant, 'Munich, too much of a snooze-fest'?

    Go to your room. There's no place for such blasphemy here.

    lol I know, sorry. Everyone seems to enjoy that one but me. In fairness I've only seen it once and that was when it first came out on DVD (I think I was a teenager). Perhaps I should give it a second chance.

    I've found a greater appreciation for certain films these days that I didn't enjoy as a teenager. Can't hurt to try!
  • NSGWNSGW London
    edited April 2017 Posts: 299
    1. Jaws
    2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    3. Schindler's List
    4. Jurassic Park
    5. Saving Private Ryan
    6. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    7. Catch Me If You Can
    8. Minority Report
    9. E.T.
    10. Duel
    11. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    12. The Terminal
    13. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    14. War of the Worlds
    15. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    16. Bridge of Spies
    17. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    Posts: 6,844
    Roughly...

    1. Jurassic Park
    2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    4. Jaws
    5. Catch Me If You Can
    6. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    8. Duel
    9. Munich
    10. Empire of the Sun
    11. War of the Worlds
    12. Saving Private Ryan
    13. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    14. Minority Report
    15. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    16-18. See below
    19-31. The Spielbergs I haven't cared to watch yet (including in-production projects)
    32-52. TV stuff he did
    53-55. Buffer for Schindler's List, Amistad, and Always to fit in somewhere
    56. A.I.

    (Been far too long since I've seen Schindler's List, Amistad, and Always to rank them fairly. And E.T., Hook, and Lincoln I couldn't care less about. If you want you can slot them beneath Crystal Skull. Any Spielbergs I haven't mentioned, I haven't seen.)
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,222
    All right, from what I've seen:

    10/10
    1. Schindler's List *
    2. Munich *
    3. Jaws
    4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    9/10
    5. Catch Me If You Can
    6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    7. The Adventures of Tintin

    8/10
    8. Jurassic Park

    7/10
    9. Minority Report
    10. War of the Worlds

    6/10
    11. Saving Private Ryan
    12. Hook
    13. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    14. The Terminal

    5/10
    -

    4/10
    15. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    3/10
    16. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    Schindler's List and Munich make it into my top 100 favourite movies ever.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited August 2017 Posts: 45,489
    Another update

    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 Bridge of Spies
    13 Hook
    14 War of the Worlds
    15 Amistad
    16 A.I.- Artificial Intelligence
    17 Empire of the Sun
    18 Jaws
    19 The Terminal
    20 Jurassic Park
    21 Lost World-Jurassic Park
    22 Catch Me If You Can
    23 ET


  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,525
    Updated ranking; hard to really have it set in stone, but this is the best I have for now (obviously not an objective ranking; too hard with Spielberg's work. It's hard enough to try to rank them subjectively!):

    31. 1941
    30. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    29. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    28. Amistad
    27. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
    26. The Terminal
    25. Always
    24. War of the Worlds
    23. The BFG
    22. The Color Purple
    21. The Sugarland Express
    20. War Horse
    19. Empire of the Sun
    18. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    17. Saving Private Ryan
    16. Munich
    15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    14. The Post
    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. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    3. Jaws
    2. Hook
    1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    Hook is the 2nd best film Spielberg has made?

    OK.......
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Ottofuse8 wrote:
    Temple of doom is underrated. It's not as great as raiders is for several reasons (a little too dark, jones portrayed as a superhero, etc.) but tbh I like the darkness of the film. It was unnecessary in raiders b/c the villains were pre-established as autocratic and to be feared, which was not the case in temple of doom, so things like child slavery, human sacrifice, etc. were necessary to cause us to really fear/hate the villains. Also Mola Ram is the best villain in the series. I actually prefer temple of doom over the last crusade (slightly) because I feel as though Spielberg wanted to ensure that the last crusade did not have the problems that temple of doom did, and it ended up a bit too light hearted.

    I really like Temple Of Doom despite the cringey bits because they had the balls to do something really different and out there. Last Crusade is a lot of fun but it's pretty much a Raiders retread.

    I like Crystal Skull as well to be honest. It's the worst one but I don't think it's an abomination like people make out. It's well made, has some great moments and a lot of cool ideas. I didn't even think Shia Labeouf was bad really, monkey swinging aside. Wasn't great but I thought he did fine with what the script gave him.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,525
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Hook is the 2nd best film Spielberg has made?

    OK.......

    @LeonardPine It’s not. It’s my second favorite. I specifically stated it was a subjective list, and the film is super fun and nostalgic for me.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    I can understand the nostalgia part, but the film is abysmal.

    Probably his worst and a serious misjudgement on his part.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,525
    Obviously I disagree. But to each their own.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,256
    This could have been interesting.

    https://screenrant.com/jaws-2-steven-spielberg-idea-shaw/
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    Posts: 6,844
    talos7 wrote: »
    This could have been interesting.

    https://screenrant.com/jaws-2-steven-spielberg-idea-shaw/

    Very.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Posts: 3,157
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    The Last Crusade
    Tin Tin
    Jurassic Park
    Temple of Doom
    Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    Hook
    Saving Private Ryan
    The Lost World
    Jaws
    Bridge of Spies
    ET
    1941
    Ready Player One
    War of the Worlds
    A. I.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Another update

    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 Duel
    7 The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
    8 The Color Purple
    9 War Horse
    10 Minority Report
    11 Munich
    12 Bridge of Spies
    13 Close Encounters Of the Third Kind
    14 Hook
    15 War of the Worlds
    16 Amistad
    17 A.I.- Artificial Intelligence
    18 Empire of the Sun
    19 Jaws
    20 The Terminal
    21 Jurassic Park
    22 Lost World-Jurassic Park
    23 Catch Me If You Can
    24 ET

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited April 2019 Posts: 45,489
    The Spielberg movies I have seen in the cinema, all upon release except Raiders, are Schindler s List, all Indiana Jones movies, Tintin, The Color Purple, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Empire of the Sun.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The Spielberg movies I have seen in the cinema, all upon release except Raiders, are Schindler s List, all Indiana Jones movies, Tintin, The Color Purple, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Empire of the Sun.

    Mine would be: The Post, Ready Player One, Tintin, Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Terminal and War of the Worlds.
  • UnivexUnivex
    edited April 2019 Posts: 6,710
    I'll just put it here that my favourite Spielberg is Empire of the Sun. Something I share with our friend Fukunaga.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,171
    talos7 wrote: »
    This could have been interesting.

    https://screenrant.com/jaws-2-steven-spielberg-idea-shaw/

    Wow!
    What a pity this didn't come to be. Could've been a wonderful follow up to Jaws. Completely unpredictable, yet entirely relevant. Shame.
  • Vinther1991Vinther1991 Denmark
    Posts: 64
    Not really much of a Spielberg fan, but here we go:
    21: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    20: The Terminal
    19: Bridge of Spies
    18. Schindler's List
    17: Jaws
    16: Saving Private Ryan
    15: Jurassic Park
    14. War of the Worlds
    13: Duel
    12. The Last Crusade
    11. Temple of Doom
    10. E.T.
    9: Lincoln
    8: War Horse
    7. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    6. Empire of the Sun
    5. Close Encounters of a Third Kind
    4. Minority Report
    3. Catch me if you can
    2. Munich
    1. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    The colour Purple is such a powerfull movie as is Schindlers list, Munich, Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, warhorse and Amistad. They show the otehr side of Spielbergs directing, it shows that he can do a lot more besides great popcorn movies. I am glad for any of those movies, I know of very few directors who were able to deliver such good movies with a message and/or darker background.
  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
    Posts: 755
    My top 10. Admittedly, I've never seen The Color Purple, A.I., Duel... should probably get on that.

    10. Catch Me If You Can
    9. E.T.
    8. Saving Private Ryan
    7. Munich
    6. Lincoln
    5. Minority Report
    4. Schindler's List
    3. Jurassic Park
    2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    1. Jaws


  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,456
    Let me just say that the first 3 Indiana films are a marvel in their dynamism. Non of Spielbergs other work lives up to that level IMO. Perhaps he made more emotional, intellectual films but no greater cinematic diamonds IMO.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Pay more attention to your chef
    Posts: 7,058
    33 films to rank? This isn't simple.

    I do like the Indiana Jones films best. But he's made many fine-to-great films.
  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
    Posts: 755
    As someone who was too young to see Jaws, but grew up on Indiana Jones, it was kind of hard ranking Jaws over Raiders... still watching Jaws as an adult, it’s a fantastic movie. It made Spielberg, Spielberg. I wouldn’t say Raiders is less than, it just came after.

    As for the other Indiana Jones movies, I think they get less effective with each sequel. I use to think Last Crusade was better than Temple of Doom because it has a better story, but the overall comic and family elements of that movie really undermine character, suspense and action. Raiders is tops by a wide margin and then I rank them in order as they were released. Love Temple of Doom though, just be clear, one of the best opening sequences ever.
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