The Worst Movies From the Best Directors!

Published 2024-05-21
Everyone has a bad day at the office. And even if a director has a fantastic set of films, one of them is the weakest. So here's my picks for the worst film from some of the best directors.

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00:00 Intro
01:25 Steven Spielberg
03:45 James Gunn
06:05 David FIncher
09:44 James Cameron
12:07 Denis Villeneuve
14:27 Matt Reeves
16:28 Martin Scorsesse
19:08 Quentin Tarantino
22:10 Sam Raimi
24:37 Christopher Nolan


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All Comments (21)
  • @user-bt9yh8jn1q
    That's a tough one. Imma cook a good list if Sean does the Best Movies from the Worst Directors in the near future tho👀
  • @s108745
    The moment you said "Even the best directors can drop some stinkers" my mind instantly went to the Ryan George sketch about public toilets. And then you put it in the video. Get out of my head!
  • @robbielloyd213
    Tenet is better than the prestige?!? Huh? How dare you!! 😂
  • Three Directors that I wish they had more movies: Bill Paxton(1 movie, but Frailty is amazing!) Frank Darabont(3 movies. The Mist is really fun but his other 2 movies are in my top 30 of all times!) Mel Gibson(I loved Hacksaw Ridge but his other 3 movies are all in my top 50 movies of all times!)
  • @Extinguisher10
    Editing in a clip of Ryan George must have been super easy, barely an inconvenience!
  • @DarkEnv2
    Oh you hit a nerve with me saying Prestige. It’s one of my favorite Nolan movies. I thought you would’ve said Tenet for sure.
  • @davidhunt3302
    My least favorite movies from the following directors. Steven Spielberg- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Honestly I found this movie just so unsettling to me. Christopher Nolan- Interstellar- I just feel like this movie dragged on despite the great effects in the film. James Gunn- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2- I felt like this movie is missing something. Denis Villeneuve- Arrival- I don't hate this film, but out of the three that I've seen I like the other 2 films better than Arrival. Sam Raimi- Spiderman 2002- This is a hot take, but I found this movie a tad unsettling and the jokes in the film were way too cheesy for me.
  • @fallenhero3130
    Agree with you about James Cameron. I actually think PIRANHA 2 is a fun little piece of enjoyable schlock and I would happily rewatch it again over AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, which was lifeless and self-indulgent.
  • @NinthShinigami
    I know that this is a top tier directors list, but I wanna list my personal favorites. To me, these guys are top tier 10. Brad Bird 9. Denis Villeneuve 8. Martin Scorsese 7. Isao Takahata 6. Christopher Nolan 5. Quentin Tarantino 4. Makoto Shinkai 3. Akira Kurosawa 2. Steven Spielberg 1. Hayao Miyazaki (my GOAT, I have his entire filmography across my top 100 favorite movies) Honorable mentions: Hideaki Anno (for the entire Evangelion franchise ALONE), Matt Reeves, Alfred Hitchcock, Park-Chan Wook, Wes Anderson
  • Are there good movies from bad directors? Because this is my idea Good Movies from the Worst Directors
  • @m.c.s1306
    Sean Chandler is the most upbeat movie critic I know, anyone else agree?
  • Sean, can you please do a top 10 movie side characters that stole the show? Love your channel
  • @MichaelTomsyck
    For Top Tier directors, I’d go: James Cameron - Piranha II: The Spawning-This one’s a bit of a cheat because it’s not technically a James Cameron film, but when you learned about the production of this film involving Cameron, it makes an already really bad “B” movie even worse David Fincher - Alien 3-By no means is Fincher to blame for this cinematic middle finger to James Cameron’s Aliens, but still, it’s a movie built on an entirely faulty foundation that actively steps on my toes James Gunn - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2-While I still think is a pretty decent movie, I don’t think this movie fully comes together because of its weaker story structure and tonal inconsistencies, in particular, its more mean spirited humor Christopher Nolan - Following-Because of its incredibly low budget, this movie shows Nolan’s potential as a storyteller, even if the actual movie isn’t the easiest to watch or fully follow along with Sam Raimi - Oz the Great and Powerful-As a massive Raimi fan, I find it rather unfortunate how devoid of wonder and magic I think this Wizard of Oz film is Matt Reeves - The Pallbearer-For how talented Reeves has proved himself after this film, his directorial debut didn’t show those talents because it’s a rom com, whereas the rest of his films have darker tones and elements Martin Scorsese - Boxcar Bertha-Like with pretty much every Scorsese film, there’s a certain amount of artistic merit here, but when the story and characters aren’t engaging, the movie feels like it was filmed and released several years before it actually hit theaters, which isn’t in this one’s favor Steven Spielberg - 1941-A complete and total misfire that consists of way too much physical comedy for a WWII film, as well as a movie of a tone, story, and quality level that doesn’t make sense in Spielberg’s phenomenal filmography Quentin Tarantino - Death Proof-Even though it’s still has Tarantino’s flavor of characters and dialogue, I don’t think Tarantino’s strengths overlap with what Grindhouse films serve up, making for the only Tarantino film I wouldn’t go positive on Denis Villeneuve - Enemy-While there are plenty of well done technical elements to this film, this isn’t a form of storytelling I connect with much, which doesn’t make for a satisfying experience for me
  • @NinthShinigami
    From the directors on here, I would pick: Spielberg - 1941 (it’s actually bad) Gunn - Guardians of The Galaxy 2 (I do like it tho, a lot) Fincher - Alien 3 (I don’t like this at all) James Cameron - Piranha II Denis Villeneuve - Incendies (I like it but nowhere near as much as his other stuff) Matt Reeves - Cloverfield (solid but nowhere near Batman or Apes for me) Martin Scorsese - Hugo (solid I just gotta see thru the rest of Scorsese’s stuff) Raimi - Multiverse of Madness (I don’t like this movie and it ranks low for me with the MCU) Nolan - Tenet (the only Nolan film I find boring)
  • @Henry-fn1zw
    Spielberg- 1941 Gunn- Slither Fincher- Alien 3 Cameron- Piranha ll Denis- August 32nd on Earth Reeves- The Pallbearer Scorsese- Boxcar Bertha Tarantino- Death Proof Raimi- Oz the Great and Powerful Nolan- Following
  • Prestige as Nolan’s worst is CRAZY. Feels like Tenet/Interstellar are the choice
  • Spielly- BFG Gunn- Super Finch- Panic Room Cameron- Titanic (over Piranha 2) Denis- Polytechnique Matt Reeves- Batman (straight up don't like it, sorry) Marty- Hugo Tarantino- Kill Bill Vol. 2 (still good) Raimi- Doc Strange 2 Nolan- Following Fun Extras: Coen Bros- Ladykillers M. Night- After Earth Kurosawa- Sanjuro Eastwood- 15:17 to Paris Spike Lee- She Hate Me Hitchcock- The Lodger Bergman- Thirst Ridley Scott- Hannibal Michael Bay- Pearl Harbor David Lynch- Elephant Man (still great)
  • @DannerBanks
    100% agree with Avatar. Totally forgettable. Avatar 2 was surpisingly great