Like Adam Sandlers body of movies or Jim Carey movies etc.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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    The undisputed king of actors is John Cazale. His total body of work is:

    • The Deer Hunter
    • The Godfather II
    • The Conversation
    • The Godfather
    • Dog Day Afternoon

    As horrible as this is to say, dieing young really helps the legacy. Also see James Dean.

    When it comes to their entire body of work for Directors no one tops Spielberg for me.

    Alan Parker’s total body of work is pretty incredible:

    • Fame
    • Birdy
    • Mississippi Burning
    • Midnight Express
    • The Commitments
    • Angel Heart

    Mel Brooks is also pretty incredible.

    When it comes to TV shows the king of producers is Norman Leer.

    When it comes to sound track composers entire body of work the tops is John Williams.

    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      I believe the undisputed king of actors is Daniel Day-Lewis myself.

      Dudes not done an awful number of movies and has so many accolades. Mainly the only actor to win three academy awards.

      • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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        1 month ago

        Lewis is spectacular this is no argument here,

        Jack Nicholson has three academy awards and 12 nominations.

        Walter Brennan has three academy awards.

        Kathleen Hepburn has four academy awards.

        Keep in mind the OP’s topic. Total body of work. Cazale was only in those five movies. He wasn’t in any other movie.

  • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Terry Gilliam, although he’s dropped off a bit lately. The Fisher King is amazing, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is an all-time favourite.

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    Stephen Chow’s action comedy movies. Phenomenal stuff. Some of the earlier films are steeped in Chinese folk lore in a way that doesn’t really work for me since I didn’t grow up hearing that, but the rest of em are just stellar, barring a few jokes that haven’t aged well.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    I’d say the Coen brothers are the most consistently good filmmakers.

    There’s absolute bangers like Fargo and True Grit. Even their lesser known ones like The Ladykillers and Hail Caesar are worth a watch.

    There’s O Brother Where Art Thou, and Barton Fink, which are their most underrated in my opinion.

    I don’t think they put out a single stinker, and most are A or A+.

  • otacon239@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’m a Tarantino fan. He doesn’t have a massive collection of movies, but you could teach an entire college course on just the few movies he’s put out with all the interesting things he does.

    There’s something with his approach to directing that just makes me believe the story so well, even if it’s outrageous.

    Kill Bill is my personal favorite.

  • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Denis Villenueve has not made a bad movie yet. At worst, he has had mid films, but not actual bad movies.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Tarantino & Nolan already got shouts in the thread, so:

    John Carpenter for some of the best practical effects in cinema history

    You’ve also got the likes of Stanley Kubrick & David Lynch, of course

    Talking of Davids, David Fincher feels like he has enough good to make the list

    I feel like you could go on a great journey through 80s-00s cinema with films having either Bill Murray or Arnold Schwarzenegger in the cast

    There’s probably a lot I’m forgetting