Lew Lehman?

My list is done. Thank you.

one and done!

Seriously though, I am going to compile a list of my faves.

Most of the ones I would put have already been said but I do want to add one. I have been dying to see more movies from the director of Singapore Sling, Nikos Nikolaidis. I love Singapore Sling and I remember Ninjas highly recommending his other stuff. I know he has some Post Apocalyptic/Dystopian stuff which is one of my favorite sub genres.

Interesting... I'll have to check to see what else he's done. He's not a director I even thought of

David Lynch
Woody Allen
Ingmar Bergman
Andrei Tarkovsky
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Stanley Kubrick
David Cronenberg
Mike Leigh
Ken Loach
Spike Lee
Martin Scorcese
Hideo Nakata
The Coen Brothers
Michel Gondry

Most of mine have already been named, but at quick glance doesn't look like anyone has said Shunya Tsukamoto yet? Okay, then.

Shinya Tsukamoto.

Nice. The only film of his I've seen is the first Tetsuo. Plus the first 15 monutes of Hiruko before I fell asleep one time years ago. I've got Bullet Ballet in my watch list already. Any standouts in your opinion aside from that?

My faves are A Snake of June, Bullet Ballet, and Tokyo Fist. Vital would be up there too if it weren't a bit of a downer. Most of his stuff doessn't qualify as horror, but his shorter movie Haze is a must-see.

Hiruko is his least interesting for content but he puts his touch all over it.

Robert Altman
Coen Bros
Hal Hartly
George Romero
Peter Jackson
Wim Wenders
John Carpenter
Ralph Bakshi
David Lynch
David Cronenberg
HG Lewis
Hal Ashby
John Waters
Russ Meyer
Alfred Hitchcock
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Quentin Tarantino
Don Coscarelli
Stanley Kubrick
Ken Russell
Peter Bogdanovich
Roman Polanski
Terry Gilliam

Nice list smerd.
Some of my favorites are on there too just didn't make my other list (Coens, etc).
I knew you'd include Ashby Bakshi is cool. I love Fire & Ice. Saw that in the theater on initial release.
Not sure I've seen a Hal Hartley film either. Hmmmm...

Thanks, Peeps!

Fire & Ice is great. My favorite of his is American Pop.

Hal's films, all have a unique feel to them. He uses a lot of the same actors.

Little trivia: Some of the proucers, etc of Hal's films worked on Pete & Pete, and a couple of Hal actors popped up on Pete & Pete, including Martin Donavan and the actor that played Stu the bus driver.

Alright, I'm going to add some of Hartly's stuff to my watch list. Never even heard of him... although I have heard of some of his films. He must have been one of those guys that slipped through the proverbial cracks when I went through my own personal film Renaissance in the late-90s.

What 3 films of his do you rec the most (or rate the highest)?

Waaaayyyyy back when, late 80's/early 90's a friend and I practically lived at Cinema 21 in Portland. Any film we would go and see. Back then they played everything from artsy fartsy arthouse films to cheesy horror. Got to see Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! and Mudhoney there. Also Dr Strangelove. And a double feature showing of Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers and Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town.
Any ways, one night we went and saw Hal's first feature film The Unbelievable Truth. Granted, going in had no clue of who he was, but after seeing it I watched out for anything with his name attached.

My favorite 3 films of his are The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, and Simple Men.

Also his Ned Rifle trilogy is really good: Henry Fool, Fay Grimm, and Ned Rifle (If you like Parker Posey, then you should definitely check them out)

Probably his most mainstream movie is No Such Thing. It's sort of a modern day update of Beauty And The Beast. Robert John Burke (who starred in The Unbelievable Truth, and Simple Men) plays the beast, but as a drunk, foul mouthed ahole. Sarah Polley plays the beauty.

Most excellent, smerd. Thanks for the info and recs. I'll check out at least some of those for sure. I like uncharted ground...