Is Stanley Kubrick The Greatest Director of All Time?

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All his films are essential viewing and he ventured into every major genre and they're considered classics. Who's better?

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Kubrick is obviously in the conversation. I think Billy Wilder is also in that conversation. Spielberg, Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppola, the Coens, Hitchcock, Lynch and Ridley Scott round out the rest of my top tier.

And I know that ignores greats from the past like DeMille, John Huston, John Ford, Howard Hawks and guys we forget are great directors (at times) like Clint Eastwood.

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If you could only watch one director's filmography for the rest of your life, who would you pick?

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That's why - for me, that's going to be The Coens, Billy Wilder or, maybe, Ridley Scott - because of the scope of their filmography and the number of films I regard highly being in there.

However, Kubrick would be a great choice for a lot of folks. I get that.

No

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If you could only watch one director's filmography for the rest of your life, who would you pick?

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Spielberg

Kubrick and Hitchcock are 1A and 1B for me

Who's better? John Huston

The Maltese Falcon
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Asphalt Jungle
Moby Dick
The African Queen
The Red Badge of Courage
The Misfits
The Man Who Would Be King

Huston received 15 Oscar nominations as a director, and won twice.

Nah. He's up there though.

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Here's a question to ask yourself if you want to pick the greatest director of all-time. If you could only watch one director's filmography for the rest of your life, who would you pick?

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I would pick Fincher, Spielberg, Nolan, or Scorsese.

He is without a doubt the greatest technical filmmaker. The stuff he does is on another level from everyone else. His movies tend to be a bit cold and don't have the rewatchability factor for some people though.