# Worst Movie By Your Favorite Director? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441 "2020-03-27T18:47:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/1 "2020-03-27T18:47:23Z")
Vittorio De Sica - Indiscretion of an American Wife ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/2 "2020-03-27T19:06:23Z")
_Lolita_, **Kubrick** ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/3 "2020-03-27T19:09:44Z")
_Jamaica Inn_, Alfred Hitchcock ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/4 "2020-03-27T19:30:47Z")
Another Hitchcock film: It’s said that Torn Curtain is among his minor films, and I think the beginning is impressive for its succinctness. Yeah, I had to look that word up. Three minutes in and he’s laid all the groundwork. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/5 "2020-03-27T19:39:02Z")
Not sure if I have a “favorite director”, however: “Barton Fink” is my pick for worst Coen Bros. movie, 9/10 excruciatingly dull, then briefly on fire. In terms of stultifying yet incredibly overrated, “Vertigo” (Hitchcock) takes the prize. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/6 "2020-03-27T19:54:19Z")
_Stardust Memories_ – Woody Allen ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/7 "2020-03-27T20:08:26Z")
_The Hateful Eight_, Quentin Tarantino The last _Indiana Jones_ movie, Spielberg. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/8 "2020-03-27T20:13:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Not sure if I have a “favorite director”, however: > > “Barton Fink” is my pick for worst Coen Bros. movie, 9/10 excruciatingly dull, then briefly on fire. > > In terms of stultifying yet incredibly overrated, “Vertigo” (Hitchcock) takes the prize. Huh, I actually liked _Barton Fink._ I can think of worse Coen Brothers movies. Intolerable Cruelty would get my vote for worst. It couldn’t decide whether it was a screwball comedy or a parody of a screwball comedy, and except for a few moments at the beginning was an unfunny drag. If it counts their Netflix western anthology was god-awful. When the Coens fall they fall hard. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/9 "2020-03-27T20:15:54Z")
Salt and Fire - Werner Herzog The Terminal - Steven Spielberg ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/10 "2020-03-27T20:48:47Z")
Life Stinks - Mel Brooks ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/11 "2020-03-27T21:41:33Z")
Hugo by Martin Scorsese ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/12 "2020-03-27T22:19:03Z")
A draw between Kubricks 2001 (cant stay awake through it all) and Full Metal Jacket (R Lee Ermey aside, this is Kubrick at his preachiest and most ridiculous. The platoon singing the Mickey Mouse theme? Pyle finally EARNS some respect and he goes homicidal?). ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/13 "2020-03-27T22:24:34Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Huh, I actually liked _Barton Fink._ I can think of worse Coen Brothers movies. Intolerable Cruelty would get my vote for worst. It couldn’t decide whether it was a screwball comedy or a parody of a screwball comedy, and except for a few moments at the beginning was an unfunny drag. _Barton Fink_ was pretty good, _Intolerable Cruelty_ wasn’t good, wasn’t awful, it was just kind of there. But _The Ladykillers_ was absolute garbage. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/14 "2020-03-27T22:49:13Z")
**Inside Llewyn Davis** gets my vote. The only Coen Brothers film I haven’t at least liked. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/15 "2020-03-28T00:54:17Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > But _The Ladykillers_ was absolute garbage. Agree on _The Ladykillers_. A weak and pointless remake. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/16 "2020-03-28T01:14:05Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Agree on _The Ladykillers_. A weak and pointless remake. I have not seen many of their movies, but I can throw in another agreement that The Ladykillers movies is not good at all. It is one of the few roles where Tom Hanks is the villain. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/17 "2020-03-28T01:22:19Z")
Shit, a lot of my favorites being mentioned. _Lolita, Barton Fink, Inside Llewyn Davis…_ Well, not _The Ladykillers._. But the Ealing Studios _The Ladykillers_ (1955) IS one of my favorites. Hitchcock’s _The Man Who Knew Too Much_ (Second version, 1956) stinks to high heaven. I never could stand Doris Day, and watching Jimmy Stewart dope her when their son is kidnapped is a misogynist highlight from a misogynist director in a misogynist decade. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/18 "2020-03-28T01:27:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Hitchcock’s _The Man Who Knew Too Much_ (Second version, 1956) stinks to high heaven. I never could stand Doris Day, and watching Jimmy Stewart dope her when their son is kidnapped is a misogynist highlight from a misogynist director in a misogynist decade. Still, my wife and I quit watching Jamaica Inn and my wife had even read the book. He did so well with Rebecca, you think Jamaica Inn would be at least decent. My wife thought the book was…well, not as good as Rebecca, but still a really good book. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/19 "2020-03-28T07:41:41Z")
Wow, I kind of liked The Ladykillers and posted here to that effect a few years ago. What do you all dislike about it? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441/20 "2020-03-28T08:05:17Z")
Wes Anderson is my favorite director and I think he fell down on the job with _Isle of Dogs._ It wasn’t terrible but it just doesn’t stand up with his other work. I get his desire to dabble in a different visual style and I think he did a good job of maintaining the aesthetic consistency that he’s known for, but the story and characterizations just weren’t there. The upcoming _French Dispatch_ looks spectacular though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441.md?page=2)