Some of these nearly made my list, too.
| Title | Director |
| The Godfather: Part II | Francis Ford Coppola |
| The Lord of the Rings | Peter Jackson |
| Blackhawk Down | Ridley Scott |
| The Departed | Martin Scorsese |
| Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater |
| Reservoir Dogs | Quinten Tarantino |
| Schindler’s List | Steven Spielberg |
| Raising Arizona | Coen Brothers |
| Unbreakable | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Snatch | Guy Ritchie |
There was no ranking with these, so let’s guess this is Punkin’s top ten in no particular order.
| No. | Title | Director |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | |
| The Graduate | Mike Nichols | |
| Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? | Stanley Kramer | |
| Annie Hall | Woody Allen | |
| I’m Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan | Todd Haynes | |
| Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels | Guy Ritchie | |
| Sabrina | Billy Wilder | |
| To Catch a Thief | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| The Hustler | Robert Rossen | |
| To Have and Have Not | Howard Hawks |
Here’s a menu of Desert Island Movies:
No. |
Title |
Director |
| 01 | The Godfather | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 02 | Lawrence of Arabia | David Lean |
| 03 | Bridge on the River Kwai | David Lean |
| 04 | Ben Hur | William Wyler |
| 05 | Man on Fire | Tony Scott |
| 06 | Shadowlands | Richard Attenborough |
| 07 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson |
| 08 | Big Fish | Tim Burton |
| 09 | Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg |
| 10 | Stranger Than Fiction | Marc Forster |
Top heavy with epics and a couple you may not have even seen.
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1960 | Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 1974 | The Godfather: Part II | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Irvin Kershner |
| 1990 | Miller’s Crossing | Joel Coen |
| 1993 | Schindler’s List | Steven Spielberg |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | Frank Darabont |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 2001-2003 | The Lord of the Rings | Peter Jackson |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird |