The best and worst movies from 10 iconic directors
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The best and worst movies from 10 iconic directors
Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins in Abduction (2011)
Lightning Pictures
Kathryn Bigelow’s worst: ‘Blue Steel’ (1990)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Blue Steel
Voltage Pictures
Kathryn Bigelow’s best: ‘The Hurt Locker’ (2008)
Guy Pearce and Brian Geraghty in The Hurt Locker
American Zoetrope
Sofia Coppola’s worst: ‘The Bling Ring’ (2013)
Emma Watson, Israel Broussard, Taissa Farmiga, Katie Chang, and Claire Julien in The Bling Ring (2013)
Focus Features
Sofia Coppola’s best: ‘Lost in Translation’ (2003)
Bill Murray in Lost in Translation
Art Linson Productions
Alfonso Cuarón’s worst: ‘Great Expectations’ (1998)
Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Bancroft in Great Expectations
Universal Pictures
Alfonso Cuarón’s best: ‘Children of Men’ (2006)
Clive Owen and Clare-Hope Ashitey in Children of Men
Legend3D
Ava DuVernay’s worst: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ (2018)
Reese Witherspoon and Storm Reid in A Wrinkle in Time
Forward Movement
Ava DuVernay’s best: ‘13th’ (2016)
Newt Gingrich and Ava DuVernay in 13th
British International Pictures (BIP)
Alfred Hitchcock’s worst: ‘Juno and the Paycock’ (1929)
Edward Chapman, John Longden, and Kathleen O’Regan in Juno and the Paycock (1929)
Shamley Productions
Alfred Hitchcock’s best: ‘Psycho’ (1960)
Patricia Hitchcock & Janet Leigh in a scene from “Psycho”
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Mira Nair’s worst: ‘Amelia’ (2009)
Mira Nair in a scene from Amelia
Mirabai Films
Mira Nair’s best: ‘Salaam Bombay!’ (1988)
Nana Patekar and Chanda Sharma in Salaam Bombay!
American International Pictures (AIP)
Martin Scorsese’s worst: ‘Boxcar Bertha’ (1972)
David Carradine in Boxcar Bertha
Warner Bros.
Martin Scorsese’s best: ‘Goodfellas’ (1990)
Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco in Goodfellas
Fox 2000 Pictures
Ridley Scott’s worst: ‘The Counselor’ (2013)
Javier Bardem and Michael Fassbender in The Counselor
Dreamworks Pictures
Ridley Scott’s best: ‘Gladiator’ (2000)
Russell Crowe and Djimon Hounsou in Gladiator
Lionsgate
John Singleton’s worst: ‘Abduction’ (2011)
Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins in Abduction
Columbia Pictures
John Singleton’s best: ‘Boyz n the Hood’ (1991)
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tyra Ferrell in Boyz n the Hood
Max L. Raab Productions
Agnès Varda’s worst: ‘Lions Love (… and Lies)’ (1969)
Richard Bright and Billie Dixon in Lions Love (… and Lies)
Ciné-tamaris
Agnès Varda’s best: ‘The Beaches of Agnès’ (2008)
Agnès Varda in The Beaches of Agnès
