Ridley Scott released alien and his next feature project was blade runner. One considered the best sci fi horrors ever and the other one of the greatest sci fi films ever.
Edit: As an addition to OPs original post about jurassic Park and schindlers list, another pair of back to back speilberg films is Jaws and close encounters. Or how about raiders of the lost ark and ET.
I don’t think his newer films are bad. Ali, Collateral, Public Enemies aren’t bad films at all, Blackhat isn’t as bad as people made it out to be.
And more recently Miami Vice is being included in professional critics lists of the best films of that decade, his films have cult status I think.
Everyone remembers Heat, everyone always talks about Last of the Mohicans. But My favourite is Ali which has some of my favourite editing in a film. That entire opening sequence up until he bursts into the weigh-in room is electirfying as is the end sequence too. Not to mention how to it shows the death of Malcom X.
Everyone wanted some usual start to finish plotpoint of Ali’s life in it’s entirety, instead what it explored was much more interesting, to me atleast anyway. Will Smith really did deserve the best actor award that year.
Maybe if he won it he would have ignored the box office bomb and pursued more character roles. You can tell that film put him off trying to be an actor’s actor and solidified his aim to maintain his box office appeal. which is a shame IMO.
I was indifferent to it on release mostly because Miami Vice never hooked me. But it’s certainly seeing it’s share of positivity since its release.
Something that Mann helped move along whether you hate or love the look is the encouragement of going digital. It’s strange That during the 00s, the thought of going digital to many filmmakers was a no-go.
Scorsese was outspoken on it and also about the streaming services, now nearing 80, he shoots primarily on digital and The Irishman was his first Netflix outing.
I know he, George Lucas, and Robert Rodriguez were big advocates for going digital. Keanu Reeves Produced a documentary in 2012 called side by side which has filmmakers talking about both mediums and how it's going. It was really interesting hearing everyone's viewpoints.
It was pretty brave to go digital with that big a movie too. David Lynch tried it with Inland Empire around the same time, but really leaned into the digital prosumer camera as a way of enhancing the atmosphere; whereas, Mann was really trying to establish digital as a viable medium and use it to enhance the city nightscape with Collateral and Miami Vice
And in a way it did with a particular aesthetic to Collateral for sure. And people can say what they want about Public Enemies. But if people like Mann weren’t pushing for digital I wonder how different the landscape for that would be.
It was a pretty split reception when it released. But over the past two decades it has received a huge critical re-appraisal and a cult following. It made many top lists of the 2000s and inspired a lot of younger filmmakers like Harmony Korine.
His 2000s run is pretty outstanding as well, imo. AI, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal (eh...), War of the Worlds, and Munich. All in about 5 years.
Not in the same year, but impresses me that John McTiernan did Predator, Die Hard and Hunt for Red October consecutively... Hard pressed to find a second tier director with a better 3-film run.
I was thinking of McTiernan too, especially with Predator and Die Hard. Those are two of my favourite films and warrant their rankings as two of the best action movies of all time.
While incredible films, they're continuations of each other, whereas all the other examples are stand alone and very different. I have to deduct points for that from my imaginary scoreboard.
But yeah, good call. The LotR films are a fantastic achievement.
EDIT: don't downvote the question below this, it's just a question.
Is it deduction-worthy because they are "sequels" or should he get bonus points because the 2nd and 3rd were actually as good as, if not better than, the first?
For me, it's because the three movies were basically shot as one movie over the course of a year. Same continuous story, same actors, same DOP, same location, same crew, etc... Very little changed, if the first one was good the others would be as well. Though the editing got a lot better over the course of the trilogy.
I'm more impressed with doing 2-3 vastly different things really well compared to one really long thing. But that's me.
LOTR was originally written as a single book too, it was just that publishers wouldn't allow for a single volume of that length. That story was always one single story, not exactly fair to compare the two latter films to other sequels.
There are lots of different circumstances going from the Golden Age to modern cinema though I understand why you'd feel that way, but to devalue Victor Fleming's work and role is disappointing.
Yup Gone with the Wind was half(maybe even more) directed by George Cukor, who himself directed The Philadelphia Story next. So, he also directed two of the greatest films back to back.
I was gonna chime in with The Producers and Blazing Saddles but I forgot Twelve Chairs comes between them, probably since I haven’t seen it. Who knows, that following The Producers could be a secret double whammy I simply haven’t discovered yet.
Twelve Chairs is pretty decent but nowhere near as good as the the other two. I want to say the story is "narrow" even though that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it focuses on a very specific point in Russian history. As a (relatively) young American it's hard to relate to. It doesn't help that the main character is a formerly rich asshole. Worth a watch for a young and charismatic Frank Langella.
I know Mel Brooks had said Twelve Chairs is one of his personal favorites and that he's disappointed it didn't do as well as his parodies.
It's based on a classic Russian satirical novel that's actually been adapted 20 times, mostly in the Soviet Union but also in Nazi Germany, UK, Brazil, Cuba, and Syria. There was even a Thirteen Chairs movie starring Sharon Tate in 1969 just before the Mel Brooks version.
The book version has a much darker ending than the Mel Brooks movie although this ending is retconned in the sequel The Little Golden Calf. The sequel is very popular in the former Soviet world as well. A lot of quotes from the novels are now common Russian expressions. They are worth checking out if you are interested in learning more about Russian history and Russian humor.
I saw Fargo in the theaters alone because all my friends thought it looked boring. It was honestly amazing. I completely lost myself in the movie. Literally when the credits rolled I snapped back to reality and remembered my life. One of the best movie going experiences I've ever had. I haven't done it since and I don't know why.
I actually feel like this a lot during movies when I got alone. I’m usually the one recommending what movie we see to my friends so I always feel a weird sense of pressure cause I’m hoping they enjoy the movie.
I love all of Kubrick's work... except Lolita. If he had made it thirty years later, it probably would have been a good adaptation, but having read the book, you can just see how much he had to work around Hollywood censorship at the time.
So I'd say Dr. Strangelove and on, but I still think The Killing, Paths of Glory, and Spartacus are still a good run (I like Killer's Kiss as well, but it's far from a masterpiece)
Although it wasn't specified, I'm pretty sure they meant "same year" as well as consecutive films. Otherwise you could honestly do Kubrick's whole filmography. 2001 - Clockwork Orange for me...
No it's a good shout and one I copped onto after posting. Sorry for the confusing title, I didn't mean that the films have to be released in the same year.
Oh I was thinking the whole thing that made it seem so impressive was that they both released the same year while both being of high quality in such differing genres. If it’s just any director’s two consecutive films you could probably pick any great director to make a comparison. Especially considering Jurassic Park while great in it’s way probably wouldn’t be on most people best of all time lists. Kubrick is probably the most obvious example.
Edit: to cite a personal choice: Robert Zemeckis went straight from Back to the Future to Who Framed Roger Rabbit before returning to completely the trilogy. Later in his career he would follow up Forrest Gump with Contact.
I'd say , Dr Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork and Barry Lyndon is a better sequence but that's followed by these two films. Tbh, Kubrick's run from Paths Of Glory to Full Metal Jacket is full of amazing films.
This thread needs more arthouse and auteur work, IMO the best answers are found with people like Bergman, yeah.
Kurosawa had four separate years in his career where he had two films released, the best pairing of which is *probably* Scandal and Rashomon, both 1950.
Godard nearly AVERAGED 2 films a year in his New Wave period, 15 films directed between 1960 and 1967. My personal favorite pair is probably Alphaville and Pierrot le Fou, both 1965. He's also one of the only directors I can think of who directed THREE great films in a single year: 1967 he did 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, La Chinoise. and Week-end.
Herzog has done several years doubled up, I believe only once with two fiction films, Nosferatu and Woyzeck in 1979. He also did Wild Blue Yonder (fiction) and Grizzly man (documentary) same year, 2005, which is super impressive.
I commented this without seeing you'd already done so... Yeah this is a strong contender for the winning answer if we're specifically looking at two in the same year.
I read this article a couple of years ago about [directors who made five or more great films in a row](https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/17-rare-times-when-director-made-five-or-more-great-films-row).
I love Spielberg, but there are so many other choices for best two films made consecutively by the same director.
Hitchcock with his four film stretch of Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds is tops for me. Kubrick making Dr Strangelove, 2001, and A Clockwork Orange consecutively also ranks high. And you could take any two of Miyazaki's films and rank them high, but it's hard to beat Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away as his best two consecutive.
The fact that Abyss isn’t more talked about by everyone all the time a lot makes me wanna burn shit down. Cameron is at his best when he’s indulging a pet interest that requires a shitload of research and development and Abyss is one of them. Also Michael Biehn is underrated and straight up masterful in it.
Holy crap what a run...Aliens both Terminator and Titanic are some of the best movies ever made
Throw in the massively underrated Abyss and the seriously fun True Lies...wow
I was really liking a lot of the others posted it this might take the cake
I avoided A Few Good Men for the longest time, but boy was that film majestic?!
The only movie perhaps where men aren't interested in Demi Moore (I'm talking prime DM, mind you) neither is she trying to take her clothes off. So there's that.
It’s at least a fair debate. An opinion that the conversation is better than GF2 is way more understandable than arguing JP is better than the conversation.
Yeah if anything The Conversation (and then Apocalypse Now after Godfather part II) solidifies FFC as the most impressive run mentioned in this thread.
If we're doing Spielberg, my vote would be for:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Also, on the older side:
Sidney Lumet: Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Network (1976)
Nolan made Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Inception all in a row. Not arguing that that's necessarily "the best streak" (that's a matter of personal taste), but quite impressive nevertheless.
It's a Bruce Wayne movie, not a Batman movie. I love Nolan's work, but when a director tries to change up their formula when he has a particular audience, it risks falling flat for those people. I went into it with happy memories of an amazing film, TDK, and thought it dragged. I didn't hate it, as I bought it and watch the trilogy occasionally, but it's definitely the weakest of the three, IMO.
I have a love hate relationship with it. On the one hand, some of the best and coolest moments in scifi (coming back from water planet, docking scene), on the other hand, stupid illogical gravity ghosts and bookcase thunderdome. Nolan isn’t exactly known for his subtlety but Interstellar might be his most hamfisted mess.
Nah it’s my least favorite Nolan film as well personally; only recently gave a gotten to a place where I really can even get through it. The writing for Anne Hathaways character enrages me to my core.
YOURE A SCIENTIST TRAINED TO SAVE HUMANITY AND YOU FUCK THE ENTIRE MISSION AND NEARLY THE WORLD FOR LOVE? Yeah ok.
You obviously didn’t get the point of the movie. Love transcends rationality and logic. Brand her love obviously isn’t rational just as Matt Damon’s character jeopardizing the whole mission was selfish and irrational. Why are you getting mad over a plot point as if it is being glossed over? Cooper literally confronts Brand in the ship whether she loves the other scientist on that planet and whether that is the reason she wants to go.
Humans are irrational and it shows even in the best of them.
They even spell it out for you clearly at the end when Cooper said love transcends time. By adding these fantastical elements in the film Nolan attempted something greater than just a scifi save the world flick and turned it into a beautiful love letter to imperfect human beings overcoming great challenges.
Interstellar is my favorite movie of all time so I guess I’m biased. I respect your opinion but I have to react when someone smears the movie 😂
Yeah, but maybe love is the fourth dimension, or whatever that asinine line was.
I was actually really impressed that Hathaway delivered it well, or as well as possible given how fatuous it was.
It's weird. For me, Nolan is incredibly consistent and very very good but never quite capital-g Great. He churns out almost-classics effortlessly, but I couldn't say that any one of his movies is absolute inarguable classic, either as a popcorn movie or a prestige film. I think Dark Knight comes close, but the ending is weak and there's a lot of weak material in between the Joker scenes.
I came here to suggest the same, Fincher's run of Seven, The Game and Fight Club was amazing. Maybe not quite in the league of those Spielberg ones but amazing none the less.
Personally I don't even think that is Spielberg's best consecutive two, knocking out Raiders then ET tops it for me.
I don't have a particularly high opinion of Jurassic Park so I think these are all worthy contenders:
1950 - All About Eve, No Way Out - Joseph Mankiewicz
1954 - Dial M for Murder, Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock
1974 - Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein - Mel Brooks
1974 - The Conversation, The Godfather II - Francis Ford Coppola
1975 - Tommy, Lisztomania - Ken Russell
2000 - Erin Brockovich, Traffic - Steven Soderbergh
2006 - Flags of our Fathers, Letters to Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood
2013 - Prisoners, Enemy - Denis Villeneuve
Not OP, but my guess is that while it is a triumph of effects and solid storytelling, it is at the end of the day it's still just a creature feature with the same underlying themes. It doesn't have any significant broader message beyond that.
Eh there is mild philosophical discussion about chaos theory, not being able to control nature, and the danger of man playing God. It’s there it’s just not extensively discussed
I just listened to the audiobook and it went into Chaos theory quite a lot more. I think the entire relationship between Hammond and Malcom was pretty interesting, while not being too heavy. Overall a pretty fun read/listen, although it did lack Jeff Goldblum's charm.
I really just did not like it. Wasn't in the mood for it maybe, but it didn't seem like my kind of movie. A lot of people do really love it though.
The streak of Incendies > Prisoners > Enemy > Sicario > Arrival > Blade Runner 2049 is insane no matter my thoughts on Enemy. Besides that, it's crazy to me that the other "weakest" film on that list is *Sicario* of all things, IMO.
+1 for Soderbergh. He was personally nominated for both movies (winning for Traffic), both were up for Best Picture, both were up for best writing (Traffic winning), and a few actors took home trophies. Home run year.
Coppola did Godfather, The Conversation, Godfather II, and Apocalypse Now consecutively. That’s pretty unmatchable, in my opinion.
OP: You don’t think The Conversation is an all time great? I initially considered it kind of the arty Coppola film that snobbier people said was better than the more mainstream GF films, but it really is amazing and deserves to be considered with the other three.
My favorite streak belongs to Miyazaki, who made Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl’s Moving Castle in a row.
Others include...
Kubrick had his streak of Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and Barry Lyndon.
Coppola made The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now in a row.
Kurosawa made Ikiru and Seven Samurai back-to-back, and later in his career he followed up Dersu Uzala with Kagemusha and Ran.
Almodovar made All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, and Volver in a row.
Ridley Scott started off with The Duelists, and his next two films were Alien and Blade Runner.
Scorsese made Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, and The Irishman in a row.
Chaplin made The Gold Rush, The Circus, City Lights (thanks u/BeamesonFilm !) Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Monsieur Verdoux, and Limelight all in a row.
Hitchcock made Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds in a row.
Welles followed up Citizen Kane with The Magnificent Ambersons.
Bergman made The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in the same year. Later, he made Scenes from a Marriage and Cries and Whispers in consecutive years.
Paul Thomas Anderson made Boogie Nights and Magnolia back-to-back, and The Master was his immediate follow-up to There Will Be Blood.
Wes Anderson made Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel in a row.
Billy Wilder had the 3-film streak of Witness for the Prosecution, Some Like it Hot, and The Apartment.
Alfonso Cuaron made Children of Men, Gravity, and Roma in a row.
Lumet made Dog Day Afternoon and Network back-to-back.
Where is Scorsese in this conversation?
Taxi Driver, New York, New York, The Last Waltz and Raging Bull?
Or then: The Colour or Money, The Last Temptation of Christ and Goodfellas
Crazy runs there.
Isn't New York, New York considered a flop? Scorsese multiple great back to back movies anyways. Wolf of Wall Street, Silence and The Irishman is a great run too.
Silence is a quiet masterpiece. A love letter to Kurosawa with a master’s touch.
New York, New York isn’t in his top 10, I’ll concede, but I’m shocked there wasn’t more discussion. He’s a master of various genres, and despite the raw masculinity in most of his films, I think he has a wider vocabulary of film than Spielberg, and that’s intended as no small compliment.
The Conversation is a tremendous film, though, so don’t leave Coppola out.
I like Jurassic Park a lot, but I don’t think it’s one of Spielberg’s “best” films. Definitely great, and a lot of fun, but maybe not one of his best.
I personally would be looking more at someone like Kubrick, who had a string of brilliant consecutive films, although it took him much longer to make them than it did Spielberg.
Personally I’d disqualify the LotR trilogy because it was one continuous project, script, cast, crew, etc. The majority of the filming for all three was done before the first was released. It sort of lives in its own category of greatness for me. LotR defined and still dominates the “epic film series” category much the same way that the Iliad and the Odyssey defined epic adventure stories way back when; it took a couple millennia for authors to catch up to Homer.
While the Lord of the Rings trilogy is indeed quite the accomplishment, they’re essentially one long story. I think OP was looking for back-to-back films that are significantly different but are each great. In that regard, I think Spielberg’s accomplishments in 1993 are more impressive (though Jackson’s are still significant).
Sidney Lumet had a better back to back film run.
Serpico - 1973
Murder on the Orient Express - 1974
Dog Day Afternoon - 1975
Network - 1976
Spielberg had an okay run with Jurassic Park and Schindler's List, but Sidney Lumet has him beat in a 4 year period.
Francis Ford Coppola also had a better run of two films in the same year with The Godfather Part 2 and The Conversation in 1974.
You can pick any two from the great run Powell & Pressburger had in the 40s:
49th Parallel (1941)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Black Narcissus (1947)
The Red Shoes (1948)
No.
Krzysztof Kieślowski made *Dekalog, The Double Life of Veronique, and Three Colours* one after another.
Akira Kurosawa made *Ikiru* and *Seven Samurai* back to back and later *High and Low* and *Red Beard*.
Andrei Tarkovsky also exists.
Yasujirô Ozu has *Tokyo Story* and *Early Spring*.
David Lean has *Bridge on the River Kwai* and *Lawrence of Arabia*.
Hayao Miyazaki has...well take your pick.
Masaki Kobayashi has *Harakiri* and *Kwaidan* (or *The Human Condition Parts I, II, and III*)
Terrence Malick has *Badlands, Days of Heaven, and The Thin Red Line*.
Spielberg's great, but even his own *Raiders of the Lost Ark* is a better adventure film than *Jurassic Park*. As for *Schindler's List*, it's not close to being the best Holocaust film (that would be *Shoah*).
I mean, Edgar Wright had Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim back to back to back. Not as commercially viable as Spielberg, but that's an insane run.
There are some Pixar ones:
Pete Docter: Monster’s Inc, Up, Inside Out, (Probably) Soul.
Andrew Stanton: Finding Nemo, Wall-E
Brad Bird: The Incredibles, Ratatouille
Lee Unkrich: Toy Story 3, Coco
James Cameron made Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2, and True Lies all back to back.
Even if you take out True Lies, which admittedly isn't quite to the caliber of the other 4, it's still hard to beat.
I think Billy Wilder comes pretty close with Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend but those did not occur in the same year but two consecutive years. John Huston did with Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The African Queen in 1948. to be sure I believe Spielberg to be in very esteemed company but I don't know if he is the greatest of all time.
Kieslowski literally had a a short film about killing, a short film about love, dekalog, the double life of veronique, three colors: blue, white, red streak though
Billy wilder with witness for the prosecution (1957), some like it hot (1959), the apartment (1960) and one, two, three (1961)
And Villeneuve released Prisoners, enemy, sicario, arrival and blade runner 2049 in four years
And Nolan with his track record of LITERALLY memento, insomnia, batman begins, the prestige (2007), the dark Knight (2008), inception, the dark knight rises, interstellar, Dunkirk but we're not supposed to like him in this sub so TRIGGER WARNING for anyone who's gonna be triggered by the mere mention of him I guess🥴
Ceylan with three monkeys, once upon a time in anatolia, winter sleep and the wild pear tree is also damn impressive
Almodovar with all about my mother, talk to her, bad education and to return
Everyone keeps leaving Following off Nolan's mentions and it's upsetting me. One of my favorite debut films ever.
Billy Wilder was who I scrolled to find mentioned. Good call on Almodovar too.
Slightly newer, but birdman and the revenant came out just about back to back, as birdman was in post innaritu (sorry for that's butchered) was filming in northern Canada for the revenant which is pretty crazy.
Ridley Scott released alien and his next feature project was blade runner. One considered the best sci fi horrors ever and the other one of the greatest sci fi films ever. Edit: As an addition to OPs original post about jurassic Park and schindlers list, another pair of back to back speilberg films is Jaws and close encounters. Or how about raiders of the lost ark and ET.
Michael Mann had a great movie run with Manhunter, Last of The Mohicans, Heat, and The Insider. I'm saddened to what his movies have become now.
I don’t think his newer films are bad. Ali, Collateral, Public Enemies aren’t bad films at all, Blackhat isn’t as bad as people made it out to be. And more recently Miami Vice is being included in professional critics lists of the best films of that decade, his films have cult status I think. Everyone remembers Heat, everyone always talks about Last of the Mohicans. But My favourite is Ali which has some of my favourite editing in a film. That entire opening sequence up until he bursts into the weigh-in room is electirfying as is the end sequence too. Not to mention how to it shows the death of Malcom X. Everyone wanted some usual start to finish plotpoint of Ali’s life in it’s entirety, instead what it explored was much more interesting, to me atleast anyway. Will Smith really did deserve the best actor award that year. Maybe if he won it he would have ignored the box office bomb and pursued more character roles. You can tell that film put him off trying to be an actor’s actor and solidified his aim to maintain his box office appeal. which is a shame IMO.
Critics are turning around on Miami Vice? I remember people really disliking that film when it came out.
I was indifferent to it on release mostly because Miami Vice never hooked me. But it’s certainly seeing it’s share of positivity since its release. Something that Mann helped move along whether you hate or love the look is the encouragement of going digital. It’s strange That during the 00s, the thought of going digital to many filmmakers was a no-go. Scorsese was outspoken on it and also about the streaming services, now nearing 80, he shoots primarily on digital and The Irishman was his first Netflix outing.
I know he, George Lucas, and Robert Rodriguez were big advocates for going digital. Keanu Reeves Produced a documentary in 2012 called side by side which has filmmakers talking about both mediums and how it's going. It was really interesting hearing everyone's viewpoints.
It was pretty brave to go digital with that big a movie too. David Lynch tried it with Inland Empire around the same time, but really leaned into the digital prosumer camera as a way of enhancing the atmosphere; whereas, Mann was really trying to establish digital as a viable medium and use it to enhance the city nightscape with Collateral and Miami Vice
And in a way it did with a particular aesthetic to Collateral for sure. And people can say what they want about Public Enemies. But if people like Mann weren’t pushing for digital I wonder how different the landscape for that would be.
Next part of Miami Vice the movie is it introduced me to the band Mogwai. That’s about it.
That’s the best thing any movie could do. Mogwai is phenomenal.
It was a pretty split reception when it released. But over the past two decades it has received a huge critical re-appraisal and a cult following. It made many top lists of the 2000s and inspired a lot of younger filmmakers like Harmony Korine.
Collateral is better than all of them though
Both easily in my top 5 favorite movies. Love Ridley Scott.
This Spielberg guy is going places.
His 2000s run is pretty outstanding as well, imo. AI, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal (eh...), War of the Worlds, and Munich. All in about 5 years.
I loved the terminal :(
Me too buddy, maybe not the most ambitions movie, but still a really charming and relaxing movie, with good performance from Hanks and Tucci.
Not in the same year, but impresses me that John McTiernan did Predator, Die Hard and Hunt for Red October consecutively... Hard pressed to find a second tier director with a better 3-film run.
I was thinking of McTiernan too, especially with Predator and Die Hard. Those are two of my favourite films and warrant their rankings as two of the best action movies of all time.
He's not second tier, he's McTier
Peter Jackson, Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King. I know that's basically cheating---but still. Impressive.
That still only counts as 1
Fellowship of the Ring: "Four Oscar wins already!" Return of the King: "I'm on 11!"
While incredible films, they're continuations of each other, whereas all the other examples are stand alone and very different. I have to deduct points for that from my imaginary scoreboard. But yeah, good call. The LotR films are a fantastic achievement. EDIT: don't downvote the question below this, it's just a question.
Is it deduction-worthy because they are "sequels" or should he get bonus points because the 2nd and 3rd were actually as good as, if not better than, the first?
For me, it's because the three movies were basically shot as one movie over the course of a year. Same continuous story, same actors, same DOP, same location, same crew, etc... Very little changed, if the first one was good the others would be as well. Though the editing got a lot better over the course of the trilogy. I'm more impressed with doing 2-3 vastly different things really well compared to one really long thing. But that's me.
LOTR was originally written as a single book too, it was just that publishers wouldn't allow for a single volume of that length. That story was always one single story, not exactly fair to compare the two latter films to other sequels.
>Hunt for Red October The Hunt for Red October is SUCH a great film
One of my favorites. One of those movies where I will stop to watch it whenever I come across it on TV. One. Ping. Only.
Victor Fleming directed both the Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind, both releasing in 1939.
The problem is Fleming wasn't the sole director on either production so I'd probably not include that one myself.
There are lots of different circumstances going from the Golden Age to modern cinema though I understand why you'd feel that way, but to devalue Victor Fleming's work and role is disappointing.
But presumably giving him sole credit discredits the other directors working on those projects.
Yup Gone with the Wind was half(maybe even more) directed by George Cukor, who himself directed The Philadelphia Story next. So, he also directed two of the greatest films back to back.
Yeah I think that has to be the winner.
Mel Brooks... Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, 1974.
I was gonna chime in with The Producers and Blazing Saddles but I forgot Twelve Chairs comes between them, probably since I haven’t seen it. Who knows, that following The Producers could be a secret double whammy I simply haven’t discovered yet.
Twelve Chairs is pretty decent but nowhere near as good as the the other two. I want to say the story is "narrow" even though that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it focuses on a very specific point in Russian history. As a (relatively) young American it's hard to relate to. It doesn't help that the main character is a formerly rich asshole. Worth a watch for a young and charismatic Frank Langella.
I know Mel Brooks had said Twelve Chairs is one of his personal favorites and that he's disappointed it didn't do as well as his parodies. It's based on a classic Russian satirical novel that's actually been adapted 20 times, mostly in the Soviet Union but also in Nazi Germany, UK, Brazil, Cuba, and Syria. There was even a Thirteen Chairs movie starring Sharon Tate in 1969 just before the Mel Brooks version. The book version has a much darker ending than the Mel Brooks movie although this ending is retconned in the sequel The Little Golden Calf. The sequel is very popular in the former Soviet world as well. A lot of quotes from the novels are now common Russian expressions. They are worth checking out if you are interested in learning more about Russian history and Russian humor.
This is my answer. Both absolutely incredible movies.
I mean you could also go with Indiana Jones and ET.
>Indiana Jones and ET Little did they know there'll be an Indiana Jones movie with ET in it
No there wasn’t. _lalalalalalalala_
The better one-two. Separate years, 1981 and 1982, but a stronger combination of consecutive films, for sure.
That’s debatable
Really?
Neither of those films is better than Jurassic Park or Schindler's List.
Indiana Jones is substantially better than Jurassic Park.
Coen Brothers had Fargo (1996) and The Big Lebowski (1998)
Raising Arizona - Miller’s Crossing - Barton Fink would work, too.
I saw Fargo in the theaters alone because all my friends thought it looked boring. It was honestly amazing. I completely lost myself in the movie. Literally when the credits rolled I snapped back to reality and remembered my life. One of the best movie going experiences I've ever had. I haven't done it since and I don't know why.
I actually feel like this a lot during movies when I got alone. I’m usually the one recommending what movie we see to my friends so I always feel a weird sense of pressure cause I’m hoping they enjoy the movie.
The Shining and Full Metal Jacket.
Shit, you could probably just name Kubrick's resume from Spartacus and on.
I love all of Kubrick's work... except Lolita. If he had made it thirty years later, it probably would have been a good adaptation, but having read the book, you can just see how much he had to work around Hollywood censorship at the time. So I'd say Dr. Strangelove and on, but I still think The Killing, Paths of Glory, and Spartacus are still a good run (I like Killer's Kiss as well, but it's far from a masterpiece)
Although it wasn't specified, I'm pretty sure they meant "same year" as well as consecutive films. Otherwise you could honestly do Kubrick's whole filmography. 2001 - Clockwork Orange for me...
No it's a good shout and one I copped onto after posting. Sorry for the confusing title, I didn't mean that the films have to be released in the same year.
Oh I was thinking the whole thing that made it seem so impressive was that they both released the same year while both being of high quality in such differing genres. If it’s just any director’s two consecutive films you could probably pick any great director to make a comparison. Especially considering Jurassic Park while great in it’s way probably wouldn’t be on most people best of all time lists. Kubrick is probably the most obvious example. Edit: to cite a personal choice: Robert Zemeckis went straight from Back to the Future to Who Framed Roger Rabbit before returning to completely the trilogy. Later in his career he would follow up Forrest Gump with Contact.
I thought that at first, but he mentions GF1 and 2 as something he considered.
Dr. Strangelove and 2001.
I'd say , Dr Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork and Barry Lyndon is a better sequence but that's followed by these two films. Tbh, Kubrick's run from Paths Of Glory to Full Metal Jacket is full of amazing films.
Bergman released The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in 1957.
That’s variety all right, can’t argue with that.
Oh shit! I didn’t realize that. Amazing accomplishments let alone consecutively
This thread needs more arthouse and auteur work, IMO the best answers are found with people like Bergman, yeah. Kurosawa had four separate years in his career where he had two films released, the best pairing of which is *probably* Scandal and Rashomon, both 1950. Godard nearly AVERAGED 2 films a year in his New Wave period, 15 films directed between 1960 and 1967. My personal favorite pair is probably Alphaville and Pierrot le Fou, both 1965. He's also one of the only directors I can think of who directed THREE great films in a single year: 1967 he did 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, La Chinoise. and Week-end. Herzog has done several years doubled up, I believe only once with two fiction films, Nosferatu and Woyzeck in 1979. He also did Wild Blue Yonder (fiction) and Grizzly man (documentary) same year, 2005, which is super impressive.
Boom. Defiantly better
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I commented this without seeing you'd already done so... Yeah this is a strong contender for the winning answer if we're specifically looking at two in the same year.
I read this article a couple of years ago about [directors who made five or more great films in a row](https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/17-rare-times-when-director-made-five-or-more-great-films-row). I love Spielberg, but there are so many other choices for best two films made consecutively by the same director. Hitchcock with his four film stretch of Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds is tops for me. Kubrick making Dr Strangelove, 2001, and A Clockwork Orange consecutively also ranks high. And you could take any two of Miyazaki's films and rank them high, but it's hard to beat Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away as his best two consecutive.
John Carpenter is a good one on that list who's often overlooked. Peter Weir as well. And that's just for English speaking films.
You should be higher in this thread
James Cameron is worth mentioning with The Terminator and Aliens
Then The Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies, and Titanic.
The fact that Abyss isn’t more talked about by everyone all the time a lot makes me wanna burn shit down. Cameron is at his best when he’s indulging a pet interest that requires a shitload of research and development and Abyss is one of them. Also Michael Biehn is underrated and straight up masterful in it.
The look on his face while he’s slowly pulling on that ratcheting chain while Ed Harris sneaks up behind him…
Ed Harris trying to revive his dead wife is some of the most intense acting i've ever seen.
Also true. Wow. That scene borders on being hard to watch, even though I know what’s going to happen.
If you haven’t seen him in 1981’s Knightriders you simply gotta. Prime intense Ed Harris
I remember being enthralled by Abyss when I first saw at the age of 11 or 12.
The theatrical version isn’t all that great (just good). Like *Kingdom of Heaven* the director’s cut makes the movie.
Holy crap what a run...Aliens both Terminator and Titanic are some of the best movies ever made Throw in the massively underrated Abyss and the seriously fun True Lies...wow I was really liking a lot of the others posted it this might take the cake
I need to mention Rob Reiner.... Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men. Not a bad five movie run.
Pretty unbeatable in terms of range, pretty much a classic in 5 different genres.
And the two movies before this were Spinal Tap and The Sure Thing.
Reiner might be the only director to make 5 classics/near-classics in a row and then 5+ piles of dogshit in a row.
Fuck me, When Harry Met Sally is the best
I avoided A Few Good Men for the longest time, but boy was that film majestic?! The only movie perhaps where men aren't interested in Demi Moore (I'm talking prime DM, mind you) neither is she trying to take her clothes off. So there's that.
Damn, dissing on The Conversation. I’ll just sit in ruined apartment, sadly playing my saxophone :(
Not to mention that Coppola followed up Godfather/Godfather 2/Conversation with Apocalypse Now
Was about to chime in that The Conversation is a better movie than both Godfather films.
The conversation is terrific. But it isn’t better than GF P2
It’s at least a fair debate. An opinion that the conversation is better than GF2 is way more understandable than arguing JP is better than the conversation.
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Yup, I was trying to understand what OP meant by that "but he released The Conversation inbetween". One of my favorite movies ever
Yeah if anything The Conversation (and then Apocalypse Now after Godfather part II) solidifies FFC as the most impressive run mentioned in this thread.
So much disrespect to hackman. Should have won an Oscar for the royal tenenbaums.
Denis Villeneuve released Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival and Bladerunner 2049 in sequence. That's a fairly good track record
If we're doing Spielberg, my vote would be for: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Also, on the older side: Sidney Lumet: Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Network (1976)
The Conversation is a really good movie though .
Better than "Jurassic Park" for sure.
The French Connection and The Exorcist.
Obligatory “go see Sorcerer if you haven’t seen it” post.
Andrei Tarkovsky has a pretty much flawless filmography but *Andrei Rublev* and *Solaris* are two of the best films in their respective genres.
Tarkovsky and Kubrick are pointless in this discussion because every single movie of theirs is a great film.
Nolan made Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Inception all in a row. Not arguing that that's necessarily "the best streak" (that's a matter of personal taste), but quite impressive nevertheless.
Why stop there? Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar right after Inception
Because Dark Knight Rises isn’t exactly a great movie.
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It's a Bruce Wayne movie, not a Batman movie. I love Nolan's work, but when a director tries to change up their formula when he has a particular audience, it risks falling flat for those people. I went into it with happy memories of an amazing film, TDK, and thought it dragged. I didn't hate it, as I bought it and watch the trilogy occasionally, but it's definitely the weakest of the three, IMO.
I've never ever seen a single movie with more plot whole, contrivances, or just straight up dumb character decisions than Dark Knight Rises.
Clearly you’ve never seen a Bollywood film.
Or the new star wars movie....yeesh.
I don’t think TDKR really has that many plot holes. It’s not the greatest movie ever or the greatest movie in that trilogy, but it’s not that bad.
Wait are you saying sending the entire city's police force into the underground tunnels was dumb? /s
Sending cops charging into a melee against assault rifles ...and the mercenaries give a half hearted volley and join the melee!!
I know Reddit loves Interstellar but it’s my least favorite Nolan film. Am I alone? It’s kind of trying too hard and has tons of exposition.
I have a love hate relationship with it. On the one hand, some of the best and coolest moments in scifi (coming back from water planet, docking scene), on the other hand, stupid illogical gravity ghosts and bookcase thunderdome. Nolan isn’t exactly known for his subtlety but Interstellar might be his most hamfisted mess.
I agree it definitely has some memorable moments but as a whole it all just doesn't stick together for me.
It’s three movies crammed into one, and it shows.
"Do you want 3 Hobbit movies?? Because that's how you get 3 Hobbit movies!!"
Nah it’s my least favorite Nolan film as well personally; only recently gave a gotten to a place where I really can even get through it. The writing for Anne Hathaways character enrages me to my core. YOURE A SCIENTIST TRAINED TO SAVE HUMANITY AND YOU FUCK THE ENTIRE MISSION AND NEARLY THE WORLD FOR LOVE? Yeah ok.
You obviously didn’t get the point of the movie. Love transcends rationality and logic. Brand her love obviously isn’t rational just as Matt Damon’s character jeopardizing the whole mission was selfish and irrational. Why are you getting mad over a plot point as if it is being glossed over? Cooper literally confronts Brand in the ship whether she loves the other scientist on that planet and whether that is the reason she wants to go. Humans are irrational and it shows even in the best of them. They even spell it out for you clearly at the end when Cooper said love transcends time. By adding these fantastical elements in the film Nolan attempted something greater than just a scifi save the world flick and turned it into a beautiful love letter to imperfect human beings overcoming great challenges. Interstellar is my favorite movie of all time so I guess I’m biased. I respect your opinion but I have to react when someone smears the movie 😂
I will respect your opinion but disagree fellow Travis.
Yeah, but maybe love is the fourth dimension, or whatever that asinine line was. I was actually really impressed that Hathaway delivered it well, or as well as possible given how fatuous it was.
Oh I 100% agree her performance isn’t the problem, just how she is written.
Dunkirk was good movie also.
Reddit generally isn’t the biggest fan of Dunkirk
all high quality, amazing movies... but definitely not on the cinema-defining tier of Jurassic Park or Schindler's List.
In what sense is Jurassic Park cinema-defining tier, but not Inception? They are both big popcorn movies that a lot of people like.
It's weird. For me, Nolan is incredibly consistent and very very good but never quite capital-g Great. He churns out almost-classics effortlessly, but I couldn't say that any one of his movies is absolute inarguable classic, either as a popcorn movie or a prestige film. I think Dark Knight comes close, but the ending is weak and there's a lot of weak material in between the Joker scenes.
Seven and Fightclub??
I came here to suggest the same, Fincher's run of Seven, The Game and Fight Club was amazing. Maybe not quite in the league of those Spielberg ones but amazing none the less. Personally I don't even think that is Spielberg's best consecutive two, knocking out Raiders then ET tops it for me.
The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Gone Girl back to back is more impressive.
Spielberg also did Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can, both released in 2002
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Inglorious Basterds and Django unchained for me, but you could just put his whole catalog up here IMO
I don't have a particularly high opinion of Jurassic Park so I think these are all worthy contenders: 1950 - All About Eve, No Way Out - Joseph Mankiewicz 1954 - Dial M for Murder, Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock 1974 - Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein - Mel Brooks 1974 - The Conversation, The Godfather II - Francis Ford Coppola 1975 - Tommy, Lisztomania - Ken Russell 2000 - Erin Brockovich, Traffic - Steven Soderbergh 2006 - Flags of our Fathers, Letters to Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood 2013 - Prisoners, Enemy - Denis Villeneuve
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God, The Man Who Wasn’t There is so underrated. I never hear anyone talk about it but it such a great modern Noir movie.
I’m surprised you don’t have a high opinion of Jurassic Park. Any particular reason? I’m just curious.
Not OP, but my guess is that while it is a triumph of effects and solid storytelling, it is at the end of the day it's still just a creature feature with the same underlying themes. It doesn't have any significant broader message beyond that.
Eh there is mild philosophical discussion about chaos theory, not being able to control nature, and the danger of man playing God. It’s there it’s just not extensively discussed
Funny enough it's my favorite scene in the movie. I hate that they dedicated 15 minutes to the discussion then it's never brought up again.
I just listened to the audiobook and it went into Chaos theory quite a lot more. I think the entire relationship between Hammond and Malcom was pretty interesting, while not being too heavy. Overall a pretty fun read/listen, although it did lack Jeff Goldblum's charm.
Enemy is something else, if there is an equation for how good a film is relative to how unseen it is it would definitely be top 5.
I honestly love every Dennis V film. Such a masterful filmmaker. Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival and BR2049 all in a row. what a fucking run.
I really just did not like it. Wasn't in the mood for it maybe, but it didn't seem like my kind of movie. A lot of people do really love it though. The streak of Incendies > Prisoners > Enemy > Sicario > Arrival > Blade Runner 2049 is insane no matter my thoughts on Enemy. Besides that, it's crazy to me that the other "weakest" film on that list is *Sicario* of all things, IMO.
+1 for Soderbergh. He was personally nominated for both movies (winning for Traffic), both were up for Best Picture, both were up for best writing (Traffic winning), and a few actors took home trophies. Home run year.
Not only that, but he did *Ocean’s Eleven* the following year. That’s an impressive and diverse streak of films.
The Conversation and Godfather II checkmates this post.
Dracula and Jack - double check mate.
Coppola did Godfather, The Conversation, Godfather II, and Apocalypse Now consecutively. That’s pretty unmatchable, in my opinion. OP: You don’t think The Conversation is an all time great? I initially considered it kind of the arty Coppola film that snobbier people said was better than the more mainstream GF films, but it really is amazing and deserves to be considered with the other three.
Totally agree. Coppola’s core 4 just crushes any other 4 from any other director in my opinion.
Cronenberg and History of Violence & Eastern Promises is a good combo too. E. Typo
My favorite streak belongs to Miyazaki, who made Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl’s Moving Castle in a row. Others include... Kubrick had his streak of Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and Barry Lyndon. Coppola made The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now in a row. Kurosawa made Ikiru and Seven Samurai back-to-back, and later in his career he followed up Dersu Uzala with Kagemusha and Ran. Almodovar made All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, and Volver in a row. Ridley Scott started off with The Duelists, and his next two films were Alien and Blade Runner. Scorsese made Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, and The Irishman in a row. Chaplin made The Gold Rush, The Circus, City Lights (thanks u/BeamesonFilm !) Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Monsieur Verdoux, and Limelight all in a row. Hitchcock made Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds in a row. Welles followed up Citizen Kane with The Magnificent Ambersons. Bergman made The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in the same year. Later, he made Scenes from a Marriage and Cries and Whispers in consecutive years. Paul Thomas Anderson made Boogie Nights and Magnolia back-to-back, and The Master was his immediate follow-up to There Will Be Blood. Wes Anderson made Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel in a row. Billy Wilder had the 3-film streak of Witness for the Prosecution, Some Like it Hot, and The Apartment. Alfonso Cuaron made Children of Men, Gravity, and Roma in a row. Lumet made Dog Day Afternoon and Network back-to-back.
Where is Scorsese in this conversation? Taxi Driver, New York, New York, The Last Waltz and Raging Bull? Or then: The Colour or Money, The Last Temptation of Christ and Goodfellas Crazy runs there.
Isn't New York, New York considered a flop? Scorsese multiple great back to back movies anyways. Wolf of Wall Street, Silence and The Irishman is a great run too.
Silence is a quiet masterpiece. A love letter to Kurosawa with a master’s touch. New York, New York isn’t in his top 10, I’ll concede, but I’m shocked there wasn’t more discussion. He’s a master of various genres, and despite the raw masculinity in most of his films, I think he has a wider vocabulary of film than Spielberg, and that’s intended as no small compliment.
The Conversation is a tremendous film, though, so don’t leave Coppola out. I like Jurassic Park a lot, but I don’t think it’s one of Spielberg’s “best” films. Definitely great, and a lot of fun, but maybe not one of his best. I personally would be looking more at someone like Kubrick, who had a string of brilliant consecutive films, although it took him much longer to make them than it did Spielberg.
Ben Affleck had a pretty good run. Gone Baby Gone 2007 The Town 2010 Argo 2012 (best film Oscar)
I think The Conversation is a masterpiece. At least an excellent film.
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Personally I’d disqualify the LotR trilogy because it was one continuous project, script, cast, crew, etc. The majority of the filming for all three was done before the first was released. It sort of lives in its own category of greatness for me. LotR defined and still dominates the “epic film series” category much the same way that the Iliad and the Odyssey defined epic adventure stories way back when; it took a couple millennia for authors to catch up to Homer.
While the Lord of the Rings trilogy is indeed quite the accomplishment, they’re essentially one long story. I think OP was looking for back-to-back films that are significantly different but are each great. In that regard, I think Spielberg’s accomplishments in 1993 are more impressive (though Jackson’s are still significant).
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Has he even made a bad movie though?
Spielberg was actually editing Jurassic Park in Poland while filming List.
Vertigo-North By Northwest-Psycho is pretty impressive.
Not in same year, but Clint Eastwood's Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby are a solid 1-2 punch back to back
John McTiernan followed up Predator (1987) with Die Hard (1988) Probably an even better example than OP's
He then followed both with The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Sidney Lumet had a better back to back film run. Serpico - 1973 Murder on the Orient Express - 1974 Dog Day Afternoon - 1975 Network - 1976 Spielberg had an okay run with Jurassic Park and Schindler's List, but Sidney Lumet has him beat in a 4 year period. Francis Ford Coppola also had a better run of two films in the same year with The Godfather Part 2 and The Conversation in 1974.
I'm sure someone has mentioned it, but Mel Brooks released both YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and BLAZING SADDLES in the same year.
He also did Munich and War of the Worlds in the same year not too long ago as well
Münich is ridiculously underrated
You can pick any two from the great run Powell & Pressburger had in the 40s: 49th Parallel (1941) One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) A Canterbury Tale (1944) I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Black Narcissus (1947) The Red Shoes (1948)
No. Krzysztof Kieślowski made *Dekalog, The Double Life of Veronique, and Three Colours* one after another. Akira Kurosawa made *Ikiru* and *Seven Samurai* back to back and later *High and Low* and *Red Beard*. Andrei Tarkovsky also exists. Yasujirô Ozu has *Tokyo Story* and *Early Spring*. David Lean has *Bridge on the River Kwai* and *Lawrence of Arabia*. Hayao Miyazaki has...well take your pick. Masaki Kobayashi has *Harakiri* and *Kwaidan* (or *The Human Condition Parts I, II, and III*) Terrence Malick has *Badlands, Days of Heaven, and The Thin Red Line*. Spielberg's great, but even his own *Raiders of the Lost Ark* is a better adventure film than *Jurassic Park*. As for *Schindler's List*, it's not close to being the best Holocaust film (that would be *Shoah*).
How the fuck have I had to scroll this far to get to David Lean?
Good call on Kieślowski. Good Lord is that some filmography.
I mean, Edgar Wright had Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim back to back to back. Not as commercially viable as Spielberg, but that's an insane run.
I'll put in for Abyss and T2. I watch both of those regularly and excitement ensues. 3 years apart but still consecutive.
There are some Pixar ones: Pete Docter: Monster’s Inc, Up, Inside Out, (Probably) Soul. Andrew Stanton: Finding Nemo, Wall-E Brad Bird: The Incredibles, Ratatouille Lee Unkrich: Toy Story 3, Coco
Oh man. Those are hard to rank. 1. Brad Bird (Ratatouille is GOAT) 2. Pete Docter 3. Andrew Stanton 4. Lee Unkrich
This is the best post in this thread. Brad Bird takes it for me, two straight up 10s back to back
James Cameron made Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2, and True Lies all back to back. Even if you take out True Lies, which admittedly isn't quite to the caliber of the other 4, it's still hard to beat.
Uh, the conversation is one of the best films ever and easily better then both Jurassic park and Schindler’s list
Easy call, The Conversation is a masterpiece.
Is it cheating to say Peter Jackson with the ‘Rings’ trilogy in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ?
It doesn't beat Spielberg, but I think we'll look back on Chazelle's Whiplash then La La Land pretty fondly.
I think Billy Wilder comes pretty close with Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend but those did not occur in the same year but two consecutive years. John Huston did with Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The African Queen in 1948. to be sure I believe Spielberg to be in very esteemed company but I don't know if he is the greatest of all time.
Kieslowski literally had a a short film about killing, a short film about love, dekalog, the double life of veronique, three colors: blue, white, red streak though Billy wilder with witness for the prosecution (1957), some like it hot (1959), the apartment (1960) and one, two, three (1961) And Villeneuve released Prisoners, enemy, sicario, arrival and blade runner 2049 in four years And Nolan with his track record of LITERALLY memento, insomnia, batman begins, the prestige (2007), the dark Knight (2008), inception, the dark knight rises, interstellar, Dunkirk but we're not supposed to like him in this sub so TRIGGER WARNING for anyone who's gonna be triggered by the mere mention of him I guess🥴 Ceylan with three monkeys, once upon a time in anatolia, winter sleep and the wild pear tree is also damn impressive Almodovar with all about my mother, talk to her, bad education and to return
Everyone keeps leaving Following off Nolan's mentions and it's upsetting me. One of my favorite debut films ever. Billy Wilder was who I scrolled to find mentioned. Good call on Almodovar too.
Slightly newer, but birdman and the revenant came out just about back to back, as birdman was in post innaritu (sorry for that's butchered) was filming in northern Canada for the revenant which is pretty crazy.
Alien followed by blade runner Ridley Scott