# Watching movies based on who the director or production company is **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 9, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536 "2020-10-09T01:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/1 "2020-10-09T01:42:57Z")
So maybe I’m slow, but I just realized this is a good strategy to find out what to watch. I’ve seen a lot of Kubricks stuff, but after watching Dr. Sleep I decided to look into director Mike Flanagan’s other work. Some of it is pretty good, some is just ok but I’m realizing if you like one movie by a director their other stuff is probably good too. Same with A24 films, when I realized a lot of good movies that have come out recently were all put out by A24 I started going through their list of films and so far its been a good way to find decent films. Blumhouse too, I’ve been trying to study their catalog. So rather than going on movies and TV shows based on who the actors are, what directors, writers, creators, production companies, etc are worth going through their filmography to other people? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/2 "2020-10-09T02:24:27Z")
Frank Darabont: writer, director and has a “stock company” of actors he frequently uses, all of whom I like. E.G., **The Mist** , **Shawshank Redemption** , **Green Mile**. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/3 "2020-10-09T11:04:30Z")
Hitchcock John Ford Howard Hawks Orson Welles The Coen Brothers Wes Anderson Quentin Tarantino Aardman Animations Hand Made Films ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/4 "2020-10-09T14:13:48Z")
If a director has a known style, and I like it, I will certainly seek him out. Stanley Kubrick, as in the OP, is the prime example Akira Kurasawa Alfred Hitchcock Fred Zinneman George Lucas Steven Spielberg Chuck Jones (hey, cartoons count, too! Also Tex Avery and Bob Clampett) Will Vinton (If you’re gonna include Nick Park of Aardman, you oughtta include the guy who trademarked the term “Claymation”. His _The Adventures of Mark Twain_ is my favorite piece of plasticine animation ever) Rouben Mamoulian Byron Haskin George Pal ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/5 "2020-10-09T14:47:36Z")
The Coen brothers. Edgar Wright, especially if Simon Pegg and Nick Wright are involved. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/6 "2020-10-09T14:52:35Z")
A lot of people hate Peter Greenaway’s films, but I like them. Terry Gilliam. Max Fleischer. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/7 "2020-10-09T15:00:17Z")
Off the top of my head: Michael Curtiz Wiliam Wyler Billy Wilder Howard Hawks Otto Preminger John Sturges Blake Edwards Tim Burton Quentin Tarantino ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/8 "2020-10-09T15:04:22Z")
Wes Anderson. A distinctive style, that if you enjoy it, is worth seeking out ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/9 "2020-10-09T15:19:58Z")
I do this all the time. If I like the style or humor or sensibility of a film, I’ll seek out others by the same writer, director or writer/director. Doesn’t always work. Some directors produce very different types of films from one year to the next, and sometimes what worked once doesn’t work again. Some such directors include Penelope Spheeris, Whit Stillman, Ivan Reitman, Richard Curtis, Danny Boyle, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/10 "2020-10-10T00:43:23Z")
I have thousands of Asian movies and organize the bulk of them by director. If a director did two or more movies, I create a folder for him/her. Two that stand out and I’ve seen the majority of their movies to date: Kim Ki Duk Hong Sang Soo Beware as they are both primarily independent directors and a “feel good” ending isn’t in their playbook! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/11 "2020-10-10T01:28:05Z")
David Lynch. If you hate one of his films, you’ll probably hate them all. Personally, I love them all. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/12 "2020-10-10T02:54:02Z")
I regularly do a film fest and try to see all the films of a particular director. Last year I completed Alfred Hitchcock starting with the 1934 version of _The Man Who Knew Too Much._ Most recently I watched Orson Welles, prompted by the release of _The Other Side of the Wind._ Some of the ones I hadn’t seen were great, others were nearly unwatchable. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/13 "2020-10-10T12:46:03Z")
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have been doing well with their TV productions so far (Preacher, Future Man, The Boys). I’d be very interested to see whatever they come up with next. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/14 "2020-10-10T14:01:50Z")
I kind like Asylum’s films mockbusters: Snakes on a Train--------Snake on a Plain The Da Vince Treasure----The Da Vince Code Transmorphers------Transformers The Pirates of Treasure Island------The Pirates of the Caribbean They are not for all tastes though; I find cheesy low budget sci-fi/fantasy movies entertaining. Your mileage may vary. More here: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_The\_Asylum\_films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Asylum_films) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/15 "2020-10-10T15:37:37Z")
Debra Granik has only directed three films in fifteen years, but each one was a gem. I can only hope she continues in this vein and doesn’t fall into the Terrence Malick trap (first three films over 25 years, then descent into self indulgence). ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536/16 "2020-10-10T16:23:13Z")
My tastes skew to older, generally less well-known movies of superior quality. Directors (and others where noted) I would recommend include: Donald Cammell Henri-Georges Clouzot Roger Corman Julien Duvivier Sam Fuller Sidney Gilliat (writer) Graham Greene (writer) Tsui Hark (producer) Ben Hecht (writer) Alexander Korda (producer) Fritz Lang Joseph H. Lewis Val Lewton (producer) Daniel Mainwaring (writer) Russ Meyer Michael Powell Carol Reed Ken Russell Jacques Tourneur Karel Zeman