30 Film Directors Who Have Never Made a Bad Movie

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – June 9, 2018

Recently, we looked at 30 filmmakers who made only one well-reviewed movie over their entire careers, and then 25 great directors who missed out on perfection by just one film. But there is an even more elite group of film directors who have received critical acclaim for every single film they ever directed. In other words, they've never received anything but a green Metascore for one of their features.

How many of those directors can you guess? Check them all out in the gallery above. Note that we only looked at directors who have made at least five films since 1980.

23 of 30 photo by TIFF

Kelly Reichardt

The third and final woman on our list, Reichardt may not be a household name, but she has become one of indie cinema's most consistently great filmmakers, with critics clearly taking to her slow, naturalistic, minimalist style. Her next film could be an adaptation of Patrick DeWitt's murder mystery novel Undermajordomo Minor.

The full filmography (as director):
69 River of Grass (1994)
84 Old Joy (2006)
80 Wendy and Lucy (2008)
85 Meek's Cutoff (2010)
75 Night Moves (2013)
82 Certain Women (2016)

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