What films do directors like Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton and others swear by? Believe me, their choice may surprise you a bit.
These are films that inspire world-famous directors! This might just be a great idea for your next movie marathon.
Quentin Tarantino (Shund, Infamous Bastards, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Tarantino's favorite movie became a movie in 2019 Crawl (2019). Among the audience, the film was not so popular, while Tarantino stated that the film was "in terms of pure filmmaking impressed in every way".
The film focuses on a Category 5 hurricane that hits Florida and Haley, who is unable to contact her father. When he finally arrives at the old family home on Coral Lake, he finds his father wounded and unconscious. He tries to pull it out, but runs into a large alligator while trying to save it.
Woody Allen (Love and Death, Rome with Love, Gentlemen of the Café)
A film by the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, Summer with Monika (1953), is one of Woody Allen's favorite films.
The main characters, Monika and Harry, are young and inexperienced. Their lives are faced with many challenges, so they decide to escape from the harsh reality. The lovers are happy for a while and dream of a future together. But when Monika and Harry are faced with real problems, such as lack of money and food, love is replaced by feelings of fatigue and disappointment, which changes their relationship forever.
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Origins, Interstellar)
Christopher Nolan was impressed by the film First Man (2018).
The biographical drama tells the story of the flight to the moon. Neil Armstrong, the first man to land on Earth's natural satellite, is the main protagonist of this film. It is complemented by details from Armstrong's family life and his dealings with the difficult events he had to go through before the flight.
Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, The Headless Horseman, The Nightmare Before Christmas)
The movie Planet of the Apes (1968) impressed Tim Burton so much that he decided to make his own version in 2001.
In the distant future, a spaceship from Earth crashes into an unknown planet. Commander Taylor and his colleagues embark on a reconnaissance mission where they encounter savages. Having no time to figure out what exactly is happening around them, they become prisoners of intelligent monkeys. Primates are clothed, armed and hunt humans. Taylor, one of the few who manages to survive, escapes from captivity. But on his freedom, a terrifying truth is revealed to him.
Wes Anderson (Rushmore, Kingdom of the Rising Moon, The Grand Budapest Hotel)
The list of favorite Wes Anderson movies also includes a wonderful omnibus New York Stories (1989), which consists of three short stories: Life Lessons, Life Without Zoë, and Oedipus' Shipwreck.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Life Lessons focuses on an artist who is about to present his work at an exhibition in New York. Life without Zoë was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and tells the story of a little rich woman and her encounter with criminals and a fairy from the East. The third part, Oedipus Shipwreck, is the work of Woody Allen. The main character is Sheldon, from a Jewish family, who has a very domineering mother, which only gets worse when a witch's spell goes wrong.
Steven Soderbergh (Contagion, Ocean's 11, Erin Brokovich)
Soderbergh was extremely impressed with the film Jaws (Jaws, 1975). He says that this is the film that changed his attitude towards cinema and the film that inspired him to become a director.
The film takes place on Amity Island, which is full of seaside hotels. One morning, police officer Martin Brody and his assistant find the remains of a young woman who was attacked by a giant shark just off the coast. But Independence Day is approaching, which means that many tourists will come to the seaside resort - and with it a lot of money - so they don't want to close the beaches. Meanwhile, the shark remains a threat. That's when Brody and two volunteers decide to take matters into their own hands.
James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar, Terminator)
James Cameron admits that his "sweet sin" is the film Resident Evil (2002).
Someone makes the mysterious T-Virus from an underground lab and breaks one of the bottles inside the building. The virus is dangerous because it instantly turns people into zombies. The main character, Alice, has only a few hours to do everything in her power to prevent the spread of the virus.
James Cameron also swears by the film Gravity (2013), which he considers to be the best space film of all time.
Research astronaut dr. Ryan Stone and veteran Matt Kowalski run into disaster while trying to repair a telescope in open space. All that is left for them to do is to hold each other tightly and move together towards the International Space Station.
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, In My Heaven)
The director of the cult trilogy The Lord of the Rings counts among his favorite films Dawn of the Dead (1978) directed by George A. Romero.
Chaos is everywhere. The number of zombies is increasing. Four people leave the city in a helicopter and take refuge in a suburban shopping mall, even though it is full of the living dead. The system in the hypermarket is still working, there is enough food and water for everyone. The main characters thus try to eradicate the zombies in the center, but they do not yet realize what awaits them all.
Steven Spielberg (ET, The Terminal, Bridge of Spies)
It is one of Spielberg's favorite films Russian Ark (2002).
The film tells the story of the Hermitage, one of the three most important and most visited museums in the world, located in St. Petersburg. A time traveler from our era suddenly appears in the Hermitage. No one can see it, but everyone can hear it. Thus he asks: "Is this all one big hoax?" Later, while wandering the corridors, he meets a stranger, a Frenchman who comes from the 19th century. Together they go on a journey through the centuries, meet those who once lived in the Hermitage and talk about the things they saw.
Edgar Wright (Night of the Silly Dead, Hot Bun, Scott Pilgrim vs. All)
Edgar Wright enjoys comedy and is clearly a film fan Superbad (2007).
Three high school "geeks", who are made fun of at school, decide to change their lives, go to a party and impress the girls by showing that they are "kings" themselves.
Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Girl)
Clint Eastwood gave a glowing review of the film Tropic Thunder (2008), directed by Ben Stiller. He says it's a good Hollywood comedy and he loves Robert Downey Jr.'s performance.
During the filming of the hit movie about the war in Vietnam, the popular actors who play the main roles cannot find a common language at all. Suddenly, an explosion worth 4 million dollars is triggered by the accident. Then all the cameras turn off. The producer of the film strongly disparages the director, and the latter decides to go to the jungle of Vietnam together with the actors. There, however, our heroes will have to endure many trials.
