The weekend is over and what a weekend it has been. Yesterday I visited the PAC festival, which previews 5 movies which will be out in the coming months over here. Movies that were played were Jagten, Amour, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Lawless and a mystery movie, which turned out to be Trouble with the Curve. When you spend the whole day at the cinema (only going out for food between movies) you got a lot of time to think about movies and I started wondering about seeing all movies of specific actors or directors:
Are there any directors or actors of whom you have seen each and every movie?
I’m sure there isn’t an actor of which I’ve seen each and every movie they have been in, but with directors it is possible, because the output is usually a lot less. I first thought about Quentin Tarantino and thought I’ve seen everything he has directed, but looking at his filmography it seems I still have to see Four Rooms and the ER episode he did.
I’m also pretty close when I look at Christopher Nolan’s movies. Only haven’t seen Doodlebug and the short movies he did for Cinema 16.
There is one director of whom I’ve seen each and every movie he directed. It’s Tarsem Singh (he only has 4 to his name, so it’s not that hard to do).
Are there any directors or actors of whom you have seen each and every movie?
youjivinmeturkey says:
I’ve Seen Everything From Director “Stanley Kubrick” Though That’s Not Too Difficult, As He Didn’t Do A Ton Of Flicks.
As For Actors, I’ve Seen Everything From Both Peter Sellers AND Burt Reynolds. I’m Still Working On Vincent Price
Nostra says:
Have seen quite a lot of Kubrick movies, but still way too many to go (especially the early movies), but I’m impressed to read you’ve seen everything from Peter Sellers and Burt Reynolds. What are your favorite movies of them?
youjivinmeturkey says:
My Favorites With Peter Sellers, Are…
“Dr. Strangelove”
“The Pink Panther Strikes Again”
and “Being There”.
As For Burt, It’s…
“Sharky’s Machine”
“Deliverance”
and “Stick”
Oh… And My Favorite Musical Ever Is “The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas” Starring Burt & Dolly hahahaha
Jaina says:
Hmm, I don’t think I have any. Well, I’m with you on Nolan. And weirdly, I’ve seen every film that Chris Hemsworth has done! HA! That is some achievement
Nostra says:
Interesting, I probably haven’t seen all of his movies, but since he hasn’t been acting that long chances are that I’ve seen a fair share of them.
ruth says:
I’m with you and Jaina, Nolan’s the only director I’ve seen all of his work, but haven’t seen Doodlebug. I’m pretty close with Michael Mann, only 3 feature films of his I haven’t seen yet.
Emil says:
For directors, I’ve seen all feature films of David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino (minus Four Rooms if that counts), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. None of them have been conscious decisions; they just happened organically from my movie-watching.
As for actors, I don’t think I have a complete set of anyone noteworthy. The only two I’m actively working on are Jason Statham and Shannyn Sossamon, and I’m a couple of movies off from both of them.
Nostra says:
That’s an impressive number of directors. Some of them have happened organically as well for me, for other I want to see more of their work. I think I’ve seen a lot of Statham as well
Mark Walker says:
I have seen all of Tarantino’s including his ER and CSI episodes. I’ve also seen all of The Coens including their segment in Paris J’taime and all of Wes Anderson’s. Shane Meadows is another one. Theres probably more but those ones jump out.
Nostra says:
Nice, so how is that ER episode, just as interesting as what he did for CSI?
VictorsMovieReviews says:
Good question. I have tried, but both Directors and Actors get to a point where you can’t because they are taking jobs for the money and not the role. Case in point, Harrison Ford. If this was 1999 I could say yes, now I can’t.
Nostra says:
Understand what you are saying, seems like De Niro also followed that path.
le0pard13 says:
Quentin Tarantino’s.
Nostra says:
Nice to see another Tarantino fan…
Inspired Ground (@InspiredGround) says:
Only Cameron Crowe and Jason Reitman. Because my movie watching experience only running 2 years now, and both don’t have much movies. But, I can’t say I hate them. I actually love their work.
Nostra says:
Still that’s impressive that you decided to see all of their work.
todayiwatchedamovie says:
I’ve officially seen all of Rian Johnson’s films. Not that big of an accomplishment, since it’s only 3.
I’m working on seeing every Nicolas Cage movie as well.
Nostra says:
jackdeth72 says:
Hi, Nostra and company:
Howard Hawks
John Ford
Stanley Kubrick
The Coen Bothers
John Dahl
Peter Sellers: Still think some of his best work was in a little know gem from the 1970s titled ‘Where Does It Hurt?”
Jeff Bridges: The most laid back and flat out comfortable in any role actor in the US today.
Robert Mitchum: America’s Tough Guy’s Tough Guy. Also surprisingly adept at comedy.
Christopher Walken: First caught my eye as a throwaway felon in ‘The Anderson Tapes’ and
a hoofer in ‘Pennies From Heaven’. Consistently and solidly delivers in every role.
Frances McDormand: Always memorable in any role, no matter what size.
Helen Mirren: First caught my eye in ‘The Long Good Friday’. Haven’t found a reason to not love her since.
Ellen Barkin: Rocked out loud in Blake Edwards’ ‘Switch’ and ‘Johnny Handsome’. Not so much in recent roles.
Nostra says:
As always you impress me with your comment Jack
That’s a great list of some amazing actors and directors, from most of them I’ve seen quite a few films.
Wednesday's Child says:
I’ve seen all of David Lynch’s films.
Nostra says:
Not a Lynch fan myself, but I can understand if you enjoy his work.
keith7198 says:
The directed films of the Coen Brothers are the first that come to mind. Christopher Nolan as well.
Nostra says:
I’m probably pretty close to having seen al of them as well I think.
Eric says:
Only two come to mind right away: Darren Aronofsky and Jason Reitman.
Nostra says:
Haven’t seen the earliest Aronofsky movies, but most of his movies I’ve seen. Reitman I’ve been watching since Juno
Tim The Film Guy says:
No, I don’t think.
Nostra says:
There must be some where you are close
Tim The Film Guy says:
Probably Christopher Nolan, because he hasn’t actually done that many films
fernandorafael says:
Excluding shorts, I’ve seen all of Nolan’s movies. I only need to see the Alien movie he directed in order to have seen all of David Fincher’s films as well.
Nostra says:
That’s very close to having seen all the work by 2 directors. The Alien movie isn’t as good as the first one, but it has its charm.
fernandorafael says:
I’ll try to check it out soon. How bad can it be? It’s David Fincher!
Morgan R. Lewis says:
Other than one-film-wonders, I don’t think I’ve “completed” any actor or director’s filmography. I’ve sometimes seen every movie by a particular group — such as every Monty Python film, all three team-ups between Belushi and Aykroyd, etc — but for an individual actor or director, I’m still working on it, to the best of my recollection.
I’m getting close on Christopher Nolan, John Belushi, and Mel Brooks, though.
Nostra says:
Interesting that you did see those combinations
Are you planning on watching all of their work or aren’t you chasing it?
Morgan R. Lewis says:
I’m planning to. I just haven’t gotten to it yet.
ckckred says:
I can’t think of any off the top of my head though I’ve seen most of Kubrick’s movies.
Nostra says:
He has an impressive list of movies to his name, maybe not a big number, but a lot of quality.
Margaret Perry says:
I have seen every Katharine Hepburn movies, several times, plus her documentaries. I’ve read most of her biographies, but a lot of them are not very good. My personal rating of all of her films can be found on my Katharine Hepburn blog:
http://thegreatkh.blogspot.co.uk/p/filmography.html
Nostra says:
Impressive, I will have to admit I probably only saw one or two of her movies. If I would want to check out her best work which of her movies should I watch? Quickly scanning through your list it should be Little Women and Stage door?
mistylayne says:
I’m very very close to having seen everything by Jan Svankmajer.
Nostra says:
That’s impressive with so many movies. Have not seen anything, which should I check out?
mistylayne says:
Oh wow, lol. Alice was the first I saw and it’s my absolute favorite. Faust was also good. Do NOT start with Little Otik. Actually here’s a link to youtube and his short Darkness, Light, Darkness (I love his shorts and he has a million of them): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBwXfg3Mr4
I don’t think he’s really done anything that’s BAD but Little Otik felt like a compilation of a lot of his shorts that I’d already seen so it fell a little flat for me.
Anonymous says:
David Lynch, every movie except the short
Nostra says:
Nice
andyecahill says:
I’m in the same book with Tarantino, as much as I don’t want to sit through four rooms, I would have to in order to say I’ve seen “everything,” I’ve certainly seen all his feature length stuff.
Nostra says:
I bought Four Rooms a while ago very cheaply, but it turned out to be severely scratched, so I wasn’t able to watch it. Still have to track it down again.
Mark Walker says:
It was okay. There was a nice little reference to Reservoir Dogs where someone gets brought into the ER with their ear cut off but other than that I don’t remember much about it. If my memory serves, I was a little disappointed
Nostra says:
Will try to check it out eventually…
AndyWatchesMovies says:
Kubrick, Tarantino, Vigo…probably more
I don’t know about actors though
Nostra says:
Thanks for commenting Andy
biochick says:
I’ve seen almost all of Marylin Monroe’s movies, she was my favorite actress when I was in junior high.
Nostra says:
Nice, I have seen a couple of her movies, but there are tons I haven’t yet.
Dan says:
Alexander Payne…probably the best director in Hollywood for me…makes far too few films. Sideways, About Schmidt, The Descendants…all great. Haven’t seen Election in along while though.
Nostra says:
Although Sideways wasn’t a movie I enjoyed I really loved The Descendants, looking forward to see other work of his.