30 Film Directors Who Have Never Made a Bad Movie
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.
The other Anderson may have a different (and perhaps more accessible and identifiable, if also more twee) style from P.T. Anderson, but he has a similar habit of receiving high scores for his indie films. The Texan's average Metascore of 77 doesn't quite place him among the century's very best filmmakers, but he has scored over 80 for each of his last four films, two of which detoured into stop-motion animation.
The full filmography (as director):
65 Bottle Rocket (1996)
86 Rushmore (1998)
76 The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
62 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
67 The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
83 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
84 Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
88 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
82 Isle of Dogs (2018)