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All great, but listed in approximate order of affection.
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Favorite Movies of 2018 (so far)
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Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Thor Collection 4 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Adam Collection 3 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
Ant-Man Collection 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Batman Collection 4 watched
Battlestar Galactica (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Blade Collection 3 watched
The Bourne Collection 5 watched
Bridget Jones Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Cars Collection 3 watched
The Chronicles of Riddick Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Decalogue 10 watched
Die Hard Collection 5 watched
Divergent Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
Fantastic Beasts Collection 3 watched
The Fast and the Furious Collection 10 watched
Fear Street Collection 3 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
The Hobbit Collection 3 watched
The Hunger Games Collection 4 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched
Infernal Affairs Collection 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Jurassic Park Collection 6 watched
Kingsman Collection 3 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
Lone Wolf and Cub Collection 6 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Mad Max Collection 4 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
The Maze Runner Collection 3 watched
Men In Black Collection 3 watched
Mexico Collection 3 watched
Mick Travis Collection 3 watched
The Millennium Collection 3 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 7 watched
The Mummy Collection 3 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Original) Collection 5 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
Rebuild of Evangelion Collection 4 watched
[REC] Collection 4 watched
Red Riding Collection 3 watched
The Ring Collection 3 watched
Samurai Collection 3 watched
Species Collection 4 watched
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Superman Collection 5 watched
Taken Collection 3 watched
The Terminator Collection 6 watched
Tetsuo Collection 3 watched
Thor Collection 4 watched
Three Colors Collection 3 watched
To All the Boys Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Transformers Collection 5 watched
The Trip Collection 4 watched
V/H/S Collection 6 watched
The Wolverine Collection 3 watched
X-Men Collection 7 watched
Anchorman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 2 of 3 watched
Blair Witch Collection 2 of 3 watched
Candyman Collection 3 of 4 watched
Clerks Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Conjuring Collection 2 of 3 watched
Father Knows Best Collection 2 of 3 watched
Gates of Hell Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
Harold & Kumar Collection 2 of 3 watched
Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Jack Ryan Collection 2 of 3 watched
Jay and Silent Bob Collection 2 of 3 watched
John Wick Collection 3 of 4 watched
Jumanji Collection 2 of 3 watched
Pirates of the Caribbean Collection 4 of 5 watched
Pitch Perfect Collection 2 of 3 watched
Predator Collection 4 of 5 watched
Resident Evil Collection 5 of 6 watched
Rush Hour Collection 2 of 3 watched
Scream Collection 5 of 6 watched
Skyline Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Transporter Collection 2 of 3 watched
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Co-Directors
Masayuki 3
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Add. Directing
Dan Bradley 24
Brian Smrz 24
Adam Somner 20
Simon Crane 17
H.H. Cooper 17
David Webb 16
Peter Kohn 15
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Producers
Scott Rudin 58
Tim Bevan 39
Eric Fellner 39
Kevin Feige 35
Jason Blum 33
Ridley Scott 32
Joel Silver 28
Brian Grazer 26
Jon Kilik 22
Judd Apatow 21
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Exec. Producers
Stan Lee 54
Bruce Berman 46
Tessa Ross 29
Liza Chasin 26
Joseph Drake 23
Jack Rollins 23
Thomas Tull 22
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Writers
Woody Allen 28
Joel Coen 23
Ethan Coen 22
David Koepp 17
David Mamet 17
Tim Miller 15
Wes Anderson 14
Oliver Stone 14
George Lucas 14
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Original Writers
Stan Lee 40
Jack Kirby 33
Stephen King 32
Bob Kane 18
Ian Fleming 18
Larry Lieber 16
George Lucas 14
Jane Austen 14
Joe Shuster 12
Jerry Siegel 12
Steve Ditko 11
Jim Starlin 10
Don Heck 9
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Casting
Mary Vernieu 99
Avy Kaufman 76
Nina Gold 69
Ellen Lewis 56
Kerry Barden 51
Jane Jenkins 48
Jina Jay 47
Mike Fenton 46
Debra Zane 46
Tricia Wood 44
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Editors
Michael Kahn 38
William Hoy 21
Jay Cassidy 20
Paul Rubell 19
Paul Hirsch 18
Lee Smith 18
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Cinematography
Bill Pope 23
Peter Deming 22
John Toll 19
Don Burgess 18
Tak Fujimoto 18
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Mitch Dubin 22
Kyle Rudolph 22
Chuck Finch 19
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Production Design
Rick Carter 22
Stuart Craig 22
Carol Spier 20
Jess Gonchor 19
David Wasco 17
Judy Becker 16
Bo Welch 16
Arthur Max 15
Wynn Thomas 15
Eve Stewart 15
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Art Direction
Helen Jarvis 21
Brad Ricker 18
Gary Tomkins 18
Ravi Bansal 18
John King 18
Rod McLean 17
Tom Reta 17
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 28
Anna Pinnock 25
Gene Serdena 25
Jay Hart 23
Larry Dias 19
Dean Wolcott 18
Robert Gould 18
Tim Croshaw 17
Anne Kuljian 17
Noelle King 16
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Sam Conway 16
Jeff Brink 14
Allen Hall 13
John McLeod 13
Steve Cremin 13
John Frazier 12
Gary D'Amico 11
David Waine 10
Al Di Sarro 10
Joe Pancake 10
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Visual Effects
Hiroshi Mori 33
Craig Barron 27
Dave Chapman 24
John Knoll 23
Allan Magled 21
Brian Adler 20
Peter Chiang 18
Glenn Allen 16
John Bair 16
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Stunts
Debbie Evans 72
Henry Kingi 70
Doug Coleman 70
Clay Cullen 68
Dane Farwell 64
Rick Avery 64
Jeff Imada 62
Steve Kelso 61
Al Goto 59
Annie Ellis 58
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Choreography
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Composers
Hans Zimmer 63
Danny Elfman 58
Howard Shore 50
James Horner 39
Mark Isham 37
Brian Tyler 30
John Powell 28
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Songs
Randy Newman 11
Sia 6
Tim Rice 5
Eminem 3
Jay Chou 3
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Sound
Dan O'Connell 119
Peter Burgis 119
John T. Cucci 108
John Roesch 100
Skip Lievsay 87
Andy Nelson 75
Jana Vance 66
Paul Massey 61
Glen Gathard 55
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Costume Design
Ann Roth 38
Edith Head 34
Mary Zophres 29
Mark Bridges 27
Sandy Powell 23
Lisa Lovaas 23
Kym Barrett 22
Janty Yates 21
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Makeup
Gary Archer 94
Ve Neill 39
Chris Lyons 34
Donald Mowat 34
Bill Corso 29
Sian Grigg 25
Rick Baker 24
Joel Harlow 23
Judy Chin 21
Naomi Donne 21
Julie Hewett 21
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Hairstyling
Alex Rouse 43
Kay Georgiou 30
Joy Zapata 28
Janine Rath 21
Adruitha Lee 19
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Studios
Paramount 258
20th Century Fox 212
BBC 134
New Line Cinema 126
Miramax 100
Canal+ 94
StudioCanal 82
Lionsgate 68
BBC Film 63
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Co-Directors
Kazuya Tsurumaki 3.0
Masayuki 3.0
Mahiro Maeda 3.0
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Add. Directing
Michael Hausman 4.5
Ralph Axness 4.5
Claire Denis 4.5
Charles Myers 4.2
Michael Waxman 4.2
Luisa Alessandri 4.2
Robert Enrietto 4.2
Guy Hamilton 4.2
Yoshifumi Kondo 4.2
Michael Elliott 4.1
Ahmed Hatimi 4.0
Newt Arnold 4.0
Tony Brandt 4.0
Daniel McCauley 4.0
Yōichi Matsue 4.0
Kelly Kiernan 4.0
Fred T. Gallo 4.0
Mizuho Nishikubo 4.0
Nicolas Baldino 4.0
Pete Waterman 4.0
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Producers
Victor Lyndon 5.0
Vincent Landay 4.8
Wim Wenders 4.5
Tooru Hara 4.5
Erik Nelson 4.5
Alfred Hitchcock 4.4
Claudie Ossard 4.3
Sōjirō Motoki 4.3
Ang Lee 4.2
Jon Read 4.2
Gary Kurtz 4.2
Pippa Anderson 4.2
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos 4.2
Michael Deeley 4.2
Christina Oh 4.2
Michael Stipe 4.2
Vittorio De Sica 4.2
Ian Hogan 4.2
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Exec. Producers
Charlie Kaufman 5.0
Lynn Harris 4.5
Hironori Aihara 4.2
Ben Knight 4.2
Ronald Shusett 4.2
Jacky Pang 4.2
Sam Hoffman 4.2
Jonathan Filley 4.2
Bill Gerber 4.2
Joel Thibout 4.2
Rick Dempsey 4.2
George Harrison 4.2
Denis O'Brien 4.2
Seiichiro Ujiie 4.0
Jan Harlan 4.0
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Writers
Wim Wenders 4.8
Alfonso Cuarón 4.5
Julie Delpy 4.5
Ethan Hawke 4.5
Hugo Guinness 4.2
Kim Krizan 4.2
Paul King 4.2
Cesare Zavattini 4.2
Graham Greene 4.2
Marc Caro 4.2
Gilles Adrien 4.2
Paddy Chayefsky 4.2
Stanley Tucci 4.2
Stanley Kubrick 4.2
Isao Takahata 4.2
Hideo Oguni 4.2
Tom Stoppard 4.2
Preston Sturges 4.2
Rian Johnson 4.1
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Original Writers
Kim Krizan 4.5
Michael Bond 4.2
Mario Puzo 4.0
Uma Thurman 4.0
Raymond Carver 4.0
P.D. James 4.0
Aoi Hiiragi 4.0
Don DeLillo 4.0
Marcel Moussy 4.0
Stanisław Lem 4.0
Georges Arnaud 4.0
Haruki Murakami 3.8
Graham Greene 3.8
Irvine Welsh 3.7
Walter Tevis 3.7
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Casting
Sara Bilbatúa 4.2
Ned Lott 4.2
Karen Scully 4.0
Wendy Brazington 4.0
Melissa Morris 4.0
Patty Connolly 4.0
Koko Maeda 4.0
Fred Roos 4.0
Julie Lichter 4.0
Beth Sepko 4.0
Al Ernest Garcia 4.0
Lillian Pyles 4.0
Maureen Hughes 4.0
Shauna Wolifson 3.9
Irene Lamb 3.8
James Liggat 3.8
Vic Ramos 3.8
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Editors
Alfonso Cuarón 4.5
George Tomasini 4.3
Julien Lacheray 4.2
Jacques Witta 4.2
Eraldo Da Roma 4.2
Clare Douglas 4.2
Akira Kurosawa 4.2
Nick Houy 4.2
Peter Przygodda 4.1
Darren T. Holmes 4.0
Adam Gough 4.0
Peter Zinner 4.0
Steve Bloom 4.0
Matthew Friedman 4.0
Anthony Harvey 4.0
Leslie Jones 4.0
Claudia Castello 4.0
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Cinematography
Robert Burks 4.5
Alexey Rodionov 4.2
Asakazu Nakai 4.2
Peter Biziou 4.1
Gilbert Taylor 4.0
Robby Müller 4.0
Patrick Lin 4.0
Andrzej Sekula 4.0
Lachlan Milne 4.0
Andrew Jimenez 4.0
John Alcott 4.0
Robert Anderson 4.0
Kasper Tuxen 4.0
Alexander Dynan 4.0
Paula Huidobro 4.0
Barry Sonnenfeld 4.0
Henri Alekan 4.0
Robert Krasker 4.0
Takao Saitō 4.0
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Add. Photography
Rick Lamb 4.5
John Nostri 4.5
Bobby Greene 4.3
Tom Massimini 4.2
Pavel Proisl 4.2
Willie Cadden 4.2
Sebastian Mayer 4.2
James Glennon 4.2
Lyddy Van Gyen 4.2
Matthew Moffat 4.2
Claudio Miranda 4.2
David Morgan 4.0
Richard Hart 4.0
Martin Evans 4.0
J. Owen Rogers 4.0
Yang Hyeon-seok 4.0
Lee Hyun 4.0
Pierre Gill 4.0
Mark Vollmer 4.0
Steve Wolfe 4.0
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Production Design
Lee Yong-ok 4.2
John Beard 4.2
Marc Caro 4.2
Andrew Jackness 4.2
Claude Lenoir 4.2
Yoshirō Muraki 4.0
Grace Yun 4.0
Bob Pauley 4.0
Joe Alves 4.0
Rona Liu 4.0
Alison Chitty 4.0
Jason Kisvarday 3.9
Ryu Seong-hie 3.8
Gary Williamson 3.8
Uli Hanisch 3.8
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Art Direction
Mathieu Junot 4.5
A. Earl Hedrick 4.5
Anna Georgiadou 4.2
Fiona Scott 4.2
Roger Christian 4.2
W. Haley Ho 4.2
Tracey Gallacher 4.2
Ted Haworth 4.2
Kazuo Oga 4.1
Noboru Yoshida 4.0
Joanna Foley 4.0
John Hoesli 4.0
John R. Jensen 4.0
Andrew Laws 4.0
Tamara Conboy 4.0
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Set Decoration
Ron von Blomberg 4.5
Frank R. McKelvy 4.5
Sarah Light 4.2
Judith Harvey 4.2
Marta McElroy 4.2
Tim Ferrier 4.2
Hanrui Wang 4.2
Joanne Woollard 4.2
Vincent Korda 4.2
Aline Bonetto 4.2
Bradley Groleau 4.2
Mary Saisselin 4.0
Ray Moyer 4.0
John Pungitore 4.0
Steven Coutts 4.0
Alana Shea 4.0
Philip Smith 4.0
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Special Effects
David H. Watkins 4.5
Mark Bero 4.5
Tony Vandenecker 4.5
Eric Dressor 4.5
John E. Gray 4.5
Farciot Edouart 4.3
Louis Lindwall 4.2
David Young 4.2
Monty Ploch 4.2
Swen Luppino 4.2
A.D. Flowers 4.2
John P. Fulton 4.2
Wes Mattox 4.2
Kevin Pike 4.2
Joe Lombardi 4.0
Dennis Yeager II 4.0
Jim Jolly 4.0
Jack Jennings 4.0
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Visual Effects
Alain Carsoux 4.5
Irmin Roberts 4.5
Richard McBride 4.2
Stephen Elson 4.2
Michael Brunet 4.2
Kim Lavery 4.2
John P. Fulton 4.2
Tim Webber 4.1
Robin Saxen 4.0
Andrew Jimenez 4.0
Antony Bluff 4.0
Alex Hope 4.0
Pierre Rousseau 4.0
Frankie Chung 4.0
Blake Goedde 4.0
Bob Whitehill 4.0
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Stunts
E.J. Evans 4.5
Jean-Loup Michou 4.5
Rémi Canaple 4.2
Nigel King 4.2
Dave Holland 4.2
Hal Needham 4.2
George Sawaya 4.2
Michael Adams 4.2
Dion Lam Dik-On 4.0
Ken Lesco 4.0
David Lea 4.0
Rocky McDonald 4.0
Rob Moses 4.0
Satya Bellord 4.0
Steve Santosusso 4.0
John R. Favre 4.0
Steven Burnett 4.0
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Choreography
Woo-Ping Yuen 4.2
Jane Gibson 4.2
Jeffrey Hornaday 3.5
Han Ying-Chieh 3.5
Jennifer White 3.3
Brad Jeffries 3.2
Toni Basil 3.2
Michael Arnold 3.2
Kenny Ortega 3.0
Dorain Grusman 3.0
Alison Faulk 3.0
Louise Hradsky 3.0
Teresa Espinosa 3.0
Francesca Jaynes 2.9
Paul Becker 2.8
Julia Fidel 2.8
Damien Jalet 2.8
Litza Bixler 2.8
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Composers
Charles Bradshaw 4.5
Leo Shuken 4.5
Bernard Herrmann 4.4
Michael Galasso 4.2
Emile Mosseri 4.2
Graham Reynolds 4.2
Gary DeMichele 4.2
Stephen Rennicks 4.0
Fumio Hayasaka 4.0
Toru Takemitsu 4.0
Andrew Dickson 4.0
Wendy Carlos 4.0
David Julyan 4.0
Roel A. García 4.0
Cho Young-wuk 4.0
Yuji Nomi 4.0
Matty Malneck 4.0
Herbie Hancock 4.0
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Mitski 4.2
Randy Newman 4.0
Andrea Datzman 3.8
Sarah Eyden 3.5
John Lennon 3.5
Paul McCartney 3.5
Paul Williams 3.5
Sia 3.2
Dan Levy 3.0
Daniel Wehr 3.0
Bret McKenzie 3.0
Robert Lopez 2.7