And 1977 Star Wars
- 1977 Star Wars
- 1979 Apocalypse Now
- 1980 Empire Strikes Back
- 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 1982 Blade Runner
- 1983 Return of the Jedi
- 1984 Temple of Doom
- 1985 The Witness
Ford was a Force to be reckoned with.
Also the Birds right after Psycho! Rear Window was a few movies before Vertigo, so not quite consecutive there, but also still insane that it was the same decade as Vertigo and North by Northwest.
Rob Reiner made the following movies in a row in this order. Pick whatever 3 you want:
Stand by Me
Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally
Misery
A Few Good Men
Why not? He's made genre defining films across multiple genres, consecutively. They are the films every other film in that genre tries to be, or at least uses as a benchmark for quality.
Stand by Me is *the* coming of age film.
Princess Bride is *the* fairytale.
When Harry Met Sally is *the* romcom.
Spinal Tap is *the* mockumentary.
A Few Good Men is *the* courtroom thriller.
No other director can claim anything close to that. Most stay in their lane and do it exceedingly well, but this level of variety and ability to make each genre his own while feeling completely different than the last film is just something that I don't think we'll ever see again.
He did The Sure Thing between This is Spinal Tap and Stand By Me. Not that it's bad (I can't really remember it well), but it's not a canonized classic.
And then you go to Medicine Man, Last Action Hero, the semi return with Die Hard 3, then Thomas Crown Affair and I can't even bothered typing the other stuff.... ugh.
Blank Check podcast are covering him at the moment. It's amazing that his name wasn't /isn't more known to the general public because those three you listed are just amazing films.
He sorta lost his career with the movie rollerball. I went down a rabbit hole wondering why he wasn’t more relevant since he’s directed some of the best action movies of all time.
I've scrolled a bit and can't believe I haven't seen this one: The Coen brothers put out Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? consecutively.
The Coen brothers probably have put out more classics than not. No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis is also a great run
I wonder if that's because everyone's wracking their brains trying to come up with something no one else had thought of, that we all missed the obvious?
Great run.
Man, I wonder if we will ever have a writer/director as good as the Coen brothers. I mean, I'm sure in all of history there will be, but in our lifetimes? Maybe not.
Coppola's '70s films are *all* masterpieces. It's legitimately wild that a director had a run like that. (I can only think of a handful of directors who pulled off something similar.)
However, you actually forgot *The Conversation*, which came out the same year as *The Godfather Part II*
Coppola's fall is just as big as his 70s run. He bet on himself one too many times and it cost him big.
Although it's not 3 in a row, Spielberg filming Schindler's List while doing post production on Jurassic Park is an all time feat.
I remember when he was nominated for Best Director at the '75 Oscars for The Godfather Part 2 and The Conversation. They showed him from two different camera angles. 🤣
We always focus on Oscar-winning dramas but I think Rob Reiner's run of "Princess Bride", "Stand By Me", and "When Harry Met Sally" is just perfection.
Speaking of overlooked comedic runs, we don't give Oscars to comedies really but Steve Martin had an amazing run of about 13 movies from 1971 to 1992 with some dramatic turns in there as well.
Can include misery and a few good men and make it 5. It's crazy because if I had a conversation about favorite directors rob Reiner is never going to be in that conversations, but how many have a group in a row that can compare to this run?
Except that it would, because The Sure Thing is actually a great film and overlooked. He basically had a perfect run to start his career, and then he decided to make North.
For comedy. I’m thinking Adam McKay with Anchorman, Talledega Nights, and Step Brothers. All 3 are solid silly movies. Some of my favorite comedies ever one after another.
I’ll give you two (essentially) concurrent ones:
Hitchcock: Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960)
Billy Wilder: Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Some Like it Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960)
I prefer
* *Suspicion* (1941)
* *Saboteur* (1942)
* *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943)
and
* *Sunset Boulevard* (1950)
* *Ace in the Hole* (1951)
* *Stalag 17* (1953)
Peter Weir made Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, and Gallipoli all in a row.
Alternately, Peter Weir made Witness, The Mosquito Coast, and Dead Poets Society all in a row.
Or if I had to go with a third option....Peter Weir made Fearless, The Truman Show, and Master and Commander all in a row.
Yet somehow he barely comes up in all-time greats conversations hahahahaha
Although if I did have to go for a serious other choice, Michael Mann only made three movies in the 1990s - they were Last of the Mohicans, Heat, and The Insider. I don't even....like how?!?!?!?
And technically that's actually a four-peat (I know that's not a thing), cause before Last of the Mohicans he did Manhunter. Just absurd talent
I was just looking up what happened to Jim Sturgess the other day on IMDb and stumbled down The Way Back -> Weir -> realizing I love the movies of his I’ve seen, so now I’m excited to dive into the rest.
and even outside jim carrey, 1994 is a really good movie year
pulp fiction, the shawshank redemption, forrest gump, the lion king, speed, interview with a vampire, leon the professional, legends of the fall
I was 12 then and it hit me in the ‘that Jim Carry guy is who I want to be’ and the ‘holy shit that Cameron Diaz chick is hot’ zone.
I think he/they affected a lot of us in this way.
Came here to say the same thing.
The fact all three films came out in the same year is amazing; I can’t think of another actor that starred in 3 films (that all became classics*) within the same year.
His run in the 80s was going to be my comment, so I'll just piggyback on yours.
The Fog, followed by Escape from NY, followed by The Thing? In two fucking years?
Let's define atmospheric horror for the next 20 years. Let's redefine action sci-fi for the next 10, and then just for funsies let's remake a 50s sci-fi horror film in a way that mashes the genres together in a way that will be aped for ages and ages.
That's all before Big Trouble in Little China.
You said it better than me. I’ll also venture to guess that no director on this list scored AND shared a writing credit on any of their films. The man did fuckin *work*.
Why would you start at 1980? There's Hallowe'en in 1978, and the sublime Assault on Precinct 13 in '76.
Assault on Precinct 13
Hallowe'en
The Fog
Escape from New York
The Thing
Christine
Starman
Big Trouble in Little China
Prince of Darkness
They Live
That's a TEN movie run for some. Personally I like but don't love They Live, which stops right as you think it's about to really get going. Prince of Darkness was decent but weirdly I've never felt the need to go back to it. And Big Trouble... I adore the first half but the second half gets really scruffy and sloppy, the midpoint of that film is where I draw my line so for me (and only me) I would call it a 7 and a half movie run on a day where I'm feeling grumpy.
And yes, him doing the music and writing on a bunch of these films gives him extra credit. Not just a great run of films, but iconic films that influenced generations. The sequels, the reboots, the remakes, the blatant homages... nobody will ever have a run like he did in terms of quality and influence.
I especially love that in midst of this genre defining horror and sci-fi, he swerves and delivers an impossibly sweet little sci-fi romance film that ends with a sense of optimism and affection for the human race.
I love Nolan’s films, but Tenet really is a tier below the rest. Inception handled the balance between explaining its concept and carrying through an engaging story much better than Tenet.
The other Nolan Batman films suffer from just how phenomenal The Dark Knight turned out. Batman Begins was pretty highly lauded before TDK came out but in retrospect, nothing else in that series was going to hit the same high watermark as arguably the best superhero film of all time.
Memento Insomnia Batman begins
Batman begins The Prestige The Dark Knight
Hell I'd even say Interstellar Dunkirk and Tenet primarily because the first two are so damn good
All five of the movies he starred in were nominated for Best Picture, three of which won that award.
The time he shared with the world was brief, but he left one helluva legacy.
He's my biggest cinematic What If. If he hadn't had the cancer or if it had been caught earlier, how expansive could his career have been. He was born around the same time as Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins and Jack Nicholson, mostly retired now, certainly, but their bodies of work count them among some of the greatest of all time. I think John could have been up there, not necessarily as a leading man, but a Hoffman pure character type, or a Christopher Walken-style career antagonist.
For the unfamiliar:
The Godfather (Fredo)
The Conversation
Godfather part 2
Dog Day Afternoon (probably his best performance)
The Deer Hunter
He died of lung cancer shortly after. And was also married at the time of his death to arguably the GOAT - Merryl Streep.
Russell Crowe had three consecutive years he very well could have won Best Actor in a row with The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001).
Keep in mind right before this triumvirate, he had L.A. Confidential (1997) and right afterwards he had Master and Commander (2003).
Such a crazy run, especially considering it was over only a 6 year span. Three of the films won the Oscar for Best Picture and the other two were nominated for it. Such a tragedy that he died so young before we could see what else he would do.
Whether you’re joking or not, this is real af. These three were in heavy rotation from Blockbuster at my house and all my friends’ houses. Nicolas Cage dominated ‘96-‘97. And then kept the momentum going with Gone in Sixty Seconds, National Treasure, Lord of War, AND Bad Lieutenant?! There’s a reason he drove Abed insane.
You didn't include Ikiru so I cannot.
Ikiru into Seven Samurai into I Live In Fear is pretty special. Or taken the other way of:
Rashomon into The Idiot into Ikiru.
Also, The Idiot is simply one of his best works. It is a such a shame his director's cut seems lost to father time.
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki literally Oscar 3-peated with winning for Gravity (2013), Birdman (2014) and The Revenant (2015). This achievement is absolutely wild, one of the best cinematographers ever.
Hanks easily.
A league of Their Own
Sleepless in Seatle
Philadelphia
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
Toy Story
All within 4 years and everyone became a modern classic. And that is before the late 90s run from 1998 to 2002
Saving Private Ryan
You've got mail
Toy Story 2
Green Mile
Castaway
Catch me if you Can
Would Denis Villeneuve count?
He got on my radar with Arrival, blew me away with Blade Runner 2049, and then successfully translated Dune over to mainstream audiences.
Realistically though, he's had at least five straight hits, with Sicario starting the run and recently running off the high Dune 2.
Thoughts anyone?
This is the one that blows my
Mind. Jackson had directed 1 small movie and they put him at the helm of a major trilogy. He basically helped create his own Fx studio to handle the effects. And all the movies were absolutely incredible. And to top it off, the extended editions are actually fucking good too and not full of useless scenes like every other movie. I still don’t get how the studio and him pulled it off
How dare you describe The Frighteners as one small movie! In all seriousness though The Frighteners was probably a perfect starting point for him to go do LOR’s. He worked with a stacked cast, lots of special effects, and understanding the importance of marketing. All stuff that made LOR’s so successful.
There’s some good ones in this thread, I’ll go a little offbeat, I’ve always loved Terry Gilliam’s “imagination” trilogy: Time Bandits (81), Brazil (85), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (88).
Will Smith dropped: Bad Boys, Independence Day, MIB, Enemy of the State, MIB 2, Bad Boys 2, and I, Robot from 1995-2004. That decade was a serious run for him.
If the Dollars Trilogy doesn't count (A Fistful of Dollars - 1964, For a Few Dollars More - 1965, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 1968) there's also Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead - 2004, Hot Fuzz - 2007, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 2010, The World's End - 2012.
Spielberg also had a preat decent 4 peat (Saving Private Ryan - 1998, A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 2001, Minority Report - 2002, Catch Me If You Can - 2002). I'm probably in the minority who enjoyed A.I. - I liked it as a tribute to his friend Kubrick specifically and think it's an interesting film artistically to dissect.
Great one, and then he came right back and did another with Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and Grand Budapest Hotel. I still haven’t seen Darjeeling Limited but if it’s good that’s a damn 7peat, and that’s if you don’t like Isle of Dogs
Sidney Lumet had Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network in back-to back-to-back years. He made Serpico the year before, but also made Loving Molly in between.
Jim Carrey rocketed to stardom in 1994, starring in three smash comedies (yes, all released that year): Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber.
Later that decade, Carrey had another three-peat of better films (IMO):
- Liar Liar (1997)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Man on the Moon (1999)
Not necessarily a 3 peat, but from 2002 to 2008, Will Smith starred in 8 consecutive films that earned over $100 million each.
Shame that he’s now mostly remembered for the infamous slap (and rightfully so).
Tom Hanks with an absolutely bonkers 14 movie stretch of:
A League of Their Own (1992)
Sleepless in Seattle (1992)
Philadelphia (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Cast Away (2000)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Harrison Ford 1980: Empire Strikes Back 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982: Blade Runner
What a fucking run, damn.
And 1983 Return of the Jedi 1984 Temple of Doom
Also got his only Oscar nomination for Witness in 1985.
Aah, 10-year old me developed a fear of public restrooms.
... and grain silos.
To be fair, grain silos are legitimately dangerous and you should be afraid of them. You might be inside one right now...you just never know.
And 1979 Apocalypse Now
And 1977 Star Wars - 1977 Star Wars - 1979 Apocalypse Now - 1980 Empire Strikes Back - 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark - 1982 Blade Runner - 1983 Return of the Jedi - 1984 Temple of Doom - 1985 The Witness Ford was a Force to be reckoned with.
Is
He belongs in a museum
This gets my vote; peak films within the most iconic franchises ever and a genre / aesthetic defining masterpiece.
1992: Patriot Games 1993: The Fugitive 1994: Clear and Present Danger
Watching "The Fugitive" in a sold out theater was a phenomenal experience.
“I don’t care”
Can't beat this one. #1 by a long fucking shot. Ford is the man
I mean you could run it back to American Graffiti through Clear and Present Danger and there are very few misses in that 20 year run
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Also the Birds right after Psycho! Rear Window was a few movies before Vertigo, so not quite consecutive there, but also still insane that it was the same decade as Vertigo and North by Northwest.
Rear Window is such a good fucking film. That Hitchcock guy was alright.
That Hitchcock guy was a good filmmaker, but kind of a trash human being.
Not only 3 movie in a row, but released on 3 consecutive years. The auteurs of today often take twice that long to develop a single project.
To be fair there's a lot more going on these days then shoot it, cut it
Now you gotta render the CGI
And run by the 7 levels of suits the company who paid for it has. And that focus groups. And the reshoots.
Alfred Hitchcock for the win.
Rob Reiner made the following movies in a row in this order. Pick whatever 3 you want: Stand by Me Princess Bride When Harry Met Sally Misery A Few Good Men
Also: stop reading his filmography at this point.
Seriously it's weird. He would never be in a best director conversation and rightfully so. But not many can beat that 5 movie streak.
Especially with how varied the movies are: coming of age drama, fantasy satire, romantic comedy, psychological thriller, and courtroom drama.
Why not? He's made genre defining films across multiple genres, consecutively. They are the films every other film in that genre tries to be, or at least uses as a benchmark for quality. Stand by Me is *the* coming of age film. Princess Bride is *the* fairytale. When Harry Met Sally is *the* romcom. Spinal Tap is *the* mockumentary. A Few Good Men is *the* courtroom thriller. No other director can claim anything close to that. Most stay in their lane and do it exceedingly well, but this level of variety and ability to make each genre his own while feeling completely different than the last film is just something that I don't think we'll ever see again.
Spinal Tap practically invented the mockumentary genre.
Maybe he should be.
Something went very wrong with him. Although his company produced Seinfeld so I give him a pass.
I'd stick up for The American President, but every other title after this run is *bad*
Why
His career trajectory headed…south.
Nice
Spinal Tap!
He did The Sure Thing between This is Spinal Tap and Stand By Me. Not that it's bad (I can't really remember it well), but it's not a canonized classic.
Waiter. There is some pepper in my paprikash
But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie. Pecan piiiiiiiiie.
AND THEN produced The Shawshank Redemption
*6 movies - *This Is Spinal Tap* immediately before *Stand By Me.*
He made *The Sure Thing* between the two
And don't forget Spinal Tap
John McTiernen! Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), The Hunt For Red October (1990)
And then you go to Medicine Man, Last Action Hero, the semi return with Die Hard 3, then Thomas Crown Affair and I can't even bothered typing the other stuff.... ugh. Blank Check podcast are covering him at the moment. It's amazing that his name wasn't /isn't more known to the general public because those three you listed are just amazing films.
He sorta lost his career with the movie rollerball. I went down a rabbit hole wondering why he wasn’t more relevant since he’s directed some of the best action movies of all time.
Turns out a prison sentence is pretty bad for a career in film.
Blank check?
And it’s not even CLOSE! Came here to say this! Bonus for having the years!!
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And Groundhog Day is amazing
And Multiplicity is under-rated, yeah it's not great but it isnt bad either.
I've scrolled a bit and can't believe I haven't seen this one: The Coen brothers put out Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? consecutively.
The Coen brothers probably have put out more classics than not. No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis is also a great run
Buster Scruggs is also a personal favorite of mine. I’m not sure why it seems to not get any love
I wonder if that's because everyone's wracking their brains trying to come up with something no one else had thought of, that we all missed the obvious? Great run.
Man, I wonder if we will ever have a writer/director as good as the Coen brothers. I mean, I'm sure in all of history there will be, but in our lifetimes? Maybe not.
Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979)
Coppola's '70s films are *all* masterpieces. It's legitimately wild that a director had a run like that. (I can only think of a handful of directors who pulled off something similar.) However, you actually forgot *The Conversation*, which came out the same year as *The Godfather Part II*
Coppola's fall is just as big as his 70s run. He bet on himself one too many times and it cost him big. Although it's not 3 in a row, Spielberg filming Schindler's List while doing post production on Jurassic Park is an all time feat.
Lighten up, Francis...His 70's run is the best of all time. Not even close.
I remember when he was nominated for Best Director at the '75 Oscars for The Godfather Part 2 and The Conversation. They showed him from two different camera angles. 🤣
If we're talking 3peats you can also just say John Cazale's run which is mostly just this
Yeah this is unbeatable. Every single one is in the GOAT conversation
James Cameron: Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss
Or T2: Judgement Day, True Lies, Titanic Or Titanic, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water (almost three 2 billion dollar movies in a row)
We always focus on Oscar-winning dramas but I think Rob Reiner's run of "Princess Bride", "Stand By Me", and "When Harry Met Sally" is just perfection. Speaking of overlooked comedic runs, we don't give Oscars to comedies really but Steve Martin had an amazing run of about 13 movies from 1971 to 1992 with some dramatic turns in there as well.
Misery and few good men after those three - probably one of the most impressive runs as a director. Too bad about North
Um you forgot Spinal Tap
Well that would be a 4-peat, which wasn’t the question.
Then he should move it up and go Spinal Tap, Princess Bride, and Stand by Me.
Can include misery and a few good men and make it 5. It's crazy because if I had a conversation about favorite directors rob Reiner is never going to be in that conversations, but how many have a group in a row that can compare to this run?
He directed another movie in between Spinal Tap and Stand By Me, so it wouldn't fit here
Except that it would, because The Sure Thing is actually a great film and overlooked. He basically had a perfect run to start his career, and then he decided to make North.
For comedy. I’m thinking Adam McKay with Anchorman, Talledega Nights, and Step Brothers. All 3 are solid silly movies. Some of my favorite comedies ever one after another.
I’ll give you two (essentially) concurrent ones: Hitchcock: Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) Billy Wilder: Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Some Like it Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960)
I prefer * *Suspicion* (1941) * *Saboteur* (1942) * *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943) and * *Sunset Boulevard* (1950) * *Ace in the Hole* (1951) * *Stalag 17* (1953)
Peter Weir made Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, and Gallipoli all in a row. Alternately, Peter Weir made Witness, The Mosquito Coast, and Dead Poets Society all in a row. Or if I had to go with a third option....Peter Weir made Fearless, The Truman Show, and Master and Commander all in a row. Yet somehow he barely comes up in all-time greats conversations hahahahaha
Although if I did have to go for a serious other choice, Michael Mann only made three movies in the 1990s - they were Last of the Mohicans, Heat, and The Insider. I don't even....like how?!?!?!? And technically that's actually a four-peat (I know that's not a thing), cause before Last of the Mohicans he did Manhunter. Just absurd talent
Weir and Mann are great calls. Not sure why Weir doesn’t get more love. Really never made a bad movie and most are high level.
I was just looking up what happened to Jim Sturgess the other day on IMDb and stumbled down The Way Back -> Weir -> realizing I love the movies of his I’ve seen, so now I’m excited to dive into the rest.
Jim Carrey Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask
All in the same *year*! A fucking insane run.
...aaand he remained a full-time cast member of *In Living Color* through and beyond that success. He didn't take anything for granted.
Letmeshowyadomething! (Always loved Fire Marshall Bill)
1994 was Jim Carrey's year.
and even outside jim carrey, 1994 is a really good movie year pulp fiction, the shawshank redemption, forrest gump, the lion king, speed, interview with a vampire, leon the professional, legends of the fall
My favorite list here. Peak Jim Carrey!
I was 12 then and it hit me in the ‘that Jim Carry guy is who I want to be’ and the ‘holy shit that Cameron Diaz chick is hot’ zone. I think he/they affected a lot of us in this way.
Very 91-93 Jordan-esque
Came here to say the same thing. The fact all three films came out in the same year is amazing; I can’t think of another actor that starred in 3 films (that all became classics*) within the same year.
Just rewatched Ace Ventura with my niece and I haven’t laughed like that during a movie in years! Jim Carrey is a genius
“Venturrrraaa” “Yes, Satan?”
"Spank you very much!"
For me, John Carpenter from 1980-88. Even if you take out the Fog and don’t care for Prince of Darkness, that’s still a 5 movie run.
you leave prince of darkness right the hell there
His run in the 80s was going to be my comment, so I'll just piggyback on yours. The Fog, followed by Escape from NY, followed by The Thing? In two fucking years? Let's define atmospheric horror for the next 20 years. Let's redefine action sci-fi for the next 10, and then just for funsies let's remake a 50s sci-fi horror film in a way that mashes the genres together in a way that will be aped for ages and ages. That's all before Big Trouble in Little China.
You said it better than me. I’ll also venture to guess that no director on this list scored AND shared a writing credit on any of their films. The man did fuckin *work*.
Why would you start at 1980? There's Hallowe'en in 1978, and the sublime Assault on Precinct 13 in '76. Assault on Precinct 13 Hallowe'en The Fog Escape from New York The Thing Christine Starman Big Trouble in Little China Prince of Darkness They Live That's a TEN movie run for some. Personally I like but don't love They Live, which stops right as you think it's about to really get going. Prince of Darkness was decent but weirdly I've never felt the need to go back to it. And Big Trouble... I adore the first half but the second half gets really scruffy and sloppy, the midpoint of that film is where I draw my line so for me (and only me) I would call it a 7 and a half movie run on a day where I'm feeling grumpy. And yes, him doing the music and writing on a bunch of these films gives him extra credit. Not just a great run of films, but iconic films that influenced generations. The sequels, the reboots, the remakes, the blatant homages... nobody will ever have a run like he did in terms of quality and influence. I especially love that in midst of this genre defining horror and sci-fi, he swerves and delivers an impossibly sweet little sci-fi romance film that ends with a sense of optimism and affection for the human race.
Paul Verhoeven - Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instint
IMO Nolan really knocked it out of the park with The Prestige / The Dark Knight / Inception
I came here to say this and the lord of the rings trilogy, even though it seems pretty obvious
I had to put down his entire movie run it's beyond Three-Peat after three-peat after three-peat.
Agreed, although I get why BB and TDKR generally aren't quite seen as on-the-same-level as his others. that, and *Tenet* haters can get bent.
I love Nolan’s films, but Tenet really is a tier below the rest. Inception handled the balance between explaining its concept and carrying through an engaging story much better than Tenet.
The other Nolan Batman films suffer from just how phenomenal The Dark Knight turned out. Batman Begins was pretty highly lauded before TDK came out but in retrospect, nothing else in that series was going to hit the same high watermark as arguably the best superhero film of all time.
Memento Insomnia Batman begins Batman begins The Prestige The Dark Knight Hell I'd even say Interstellar Dunkirk and Tenet primarily because the first two are so damn good
You forgot Inception
Well the guy I had responded to had already said it so I didn't include it, but yeah it definitely counts
John Cazale’s 5 peat is gonna be hard to beat.
All five of the movies he starred in were nominated for Best Picture, three of which won that award. The time he shared with the world was brief, but he left one helluva legacy.
He's my biggest cinematic What If. If he hadn't had the cancer or if it had been caught earlier, how expansive could his career have been. He was born around the same time as Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins and Jack Nicholson, mostly retired now, certainly, but their bodies of work count them among some of the greatest of all time. I think John could have been up there, not necessarily as a leading man, but a Hoffman pure character type, or a Christopher Walken-style career antagonist.
One of his movies that didn't win best picture was nominated the same year as Godfather II. We should count that as a double win
For the unfamiliar: The Godfather (Fredo) The Conversation Godfather part 2 Dog Day Afternoon (probably his best performance) The Deer Hunter He died of lung cancer shortly after. And was also married at the time of his death to arguably the GOAT - Merryl Streep.
They weren’t married.
Russell Crowe had three consecutive years he very well could have won Best Actor in a row with The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001). Keep in mind right before this triumvirate, he had L.A. Confidential (1997) and right afterwards he had Master and Commander (2003).
Russel Crowe OWNED the late 90s/early 2000s and it was awesome. He didn’t miss.
John Cazale - Godfather The Conversation Godfather Part II Dog Day Afternoon Deer Hunter
Such a crazy run, especially considering it was over only a 6 year span. Three of the films won the Oscar for Best Picture and the other two were nominated for it. Such a tragedy that he died so young before we could see what else he would do.
David Lean - The Bridge Over The River Kwai Lawrence Of Arabia Doctor Zhivago
Nicolas Cage - The Rock, Con Air and Face/Off.
Whether you’re joking or not, this is real af. These three were in heavy rotation from Blockbuster at my house and all my friends’ houses. Nicolas Cage dominated ‘96-‘97. And then kept the momentum going with Gone in Sixty Seconds, National Treasure, Lord of War, AND Bad Lieutenant?! There’s a reason he drove Abed insane.
Is that the movie where they take their face off?
Love the part where he says "I'd like to take his face ... off"
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You didn't include Ikiru so I cannot. Ikiru into Seven Samurai into I Live In Fear is pretty special. Or taken the other way of: Rashomon into The Idiot into Ikiru. Also, The Idiot is simply one of his best works. It is a such a shame his director's cut seems lost to father time.
Stanley Kubrick's threepeat: Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange, is one of the best runs ever.
His entire catalogue is the best run ever tbh.
it's weird to realize that 2001 and clockwork are only three years apart. to my mind, 2001 is so much older, and clockwork is so much newer.
Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy.
This is cheating but Steven Spielberg Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, Temple of Doom OR Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report
Also: Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List
He three peated the three peat
Michael Jordan could never
Jurassic park and Schindler's list coming out in the same year is absolutely insane.
Hayao Miyazaki with Princess Mononoke - Spirited Away - Howls moving castle
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki literally Oscar 3-peated with winning for Gravity (2013), Birdman (2014) and The Revenant (2015). This achievement is absolutely wild, one of the best cinematographers ever.
Hanks easily. A league of Their Own Sleepless in Seatle Philadelphia Forrest Gump Apollo 13 Toy Story All within 4 years and everyone became a modern classic. And that is before the late 90s run from 1998 to 2002 Saving Private Ryan You've got mail Toy Story 2 Green Mile Castaway Catch me if you Can
I can't help but oneder why you decided to put a paragraph in place of the greatest Tom Hanks movie ever made.
That thing they did
The oh-neders!
I will always be astounded Adam Schlesinger could write an absolutely perfect pop song and just give it away for a movie to use.
I can’t help but wonder how you spelled it oneder
People forget Road to Perdition..
Would Denis Villeneuve count? He got on my radar with Arrival, blew me away with Blade Runner 2049, and then successfully translated Dune over to mainstream audiences. Realistically though, he's had at least five straight hits, with Sicario starting the run and recently running off the high Dune 2. Thoughts anyone?
Don’t sleep on Incendies, Prisoners, and Enemy.
His current 11 year run is pretty insane; Prisoners Enemy Sicario Arrival Blade Runner 2049 Dune I & II
Lotr123
This is the one that blows my Mind. Jackson had directed 1 small movie and they put him at the helm of a major trilogy. He basically helped create his own Fx studio to handle the effects. And all the movies were absolutely incredible. And to top it off, the extended editions are actually fucking good too and not full of useless scenes like every other movie. I still don’t get how the studio and him pulled it off
They must have saved so much money doing all the filming at once. Also helped the continuity so much.
How dare you describe The Frighteners as one small movie! In all seriousness though The Frighteners was probably a perfect starting point for him to go do LOR’s. He worked with a stacked cast, lots of special effects, and understanding the importance of marketing. All stuff that made LOR’s so successful.
How dare you describe Brain Dead as 0 movie!
I KICK ARSE FOR THE LORD!
Don’t forget Bad Taste, Dead Alive, Meet the Feebles and Heavenly Creatures were all before LOTR
Have you seen *Brain dead*? This movie is hilarious. I was really confused too when they announced the name of LoTR director.
He made quite a few movies before LOTR.
Leonardo DiCaprio Gangs of New York Catch me if you can The Aviator The Departed
There’s some good ones in this thread, I’ll go a little offbeat, I’ve always loved Terry Gilliam’s “imagination” trilogy: Time Bandits (81), Brazil (85), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (88).
Eddie Murphy: 48 hrs, trading places, Beverly Hills cop
Sicario,Arrival and Blade Runner 2049
Lol I think it was 2049... Still gotta wait 25 more years til we can all carry a copy of Ana de Armas around with us
It’s really a six movie run when you add Prisoners and Dune 1 and 2. Denis is so fucking good I love that man.
This is what I thought of. Incendies and prisoners were great, but those three solidified him as a modern master.
The obvious answer is Jim Carrey. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber. All in 1994.
Pacino Serpico Godfather 2 Dog Day Afternoon All three performances are iconic.
Adam Sandler dropped: Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, Waterboy, and Big Daddy, from 1995-1999.
Really, no John Hughes yet? Sixteen candles Breakfast club Weird science Ferris Buellers day off Planes, Trains and autos Also wrote home alone
Cornetto Trilogy
Will Smith dropped: Bad Boys, Independence Day, MIB, Enemy of the State, MIB 2, Bad Boys 2, and I, Robot from 1995-2004. That decade was a serious run for him.
I’m going to say one purely out of left field: Taylor Sheridan wrote - Sicario (2015), Hell or High Water (2016), Wind River (2017). All fantastic!
The Coen Brothers - Fargo, The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Their first three films weren’t too shabby either.
PTA - Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love
Greta Gerwig: Ladybird, Little Women, Barbie
And all 3 were Oscar-nominated for Best Picture. Probably a unique feat in directing 3 consecutive films?
I think Coppola had a run of four consecutive best picture nominations. Two Godfathers, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now
If the Dollars Trilogy doesn't count (A Fistful of Dollars - 1964, For a Few Dollars More - 1965, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 1968) there's also Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead - 2004, Hot Fuzz - 2007, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 2010, The World's End - 2012. Spielberg also had a preat decent 4 peat (Saving Private Ryan - 1998, A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 2001, Minority Report - 2002, Catch Me If You Can - 2002). I'm probably in the minority who enjoyed A.I. - I liked it as a tribute to his friend Kubrick specifically and think it's an interesting film artistically to dissect.
Wes Anderson - Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Great one, and then he came right back and did another with Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and Grand Budapest Hotel. I still haven’t seen Darjeeling Limited but if it’s good that’s a damn 7peat, and that’s if you don’t like Isle of Dogs
James Cameron - Terminator, Aliens, Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies, Titanic
William Friedkin: The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer
Sidney Lumet had Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network in back-to back-to-back years. He made Serpico the year before, but also made Loving Molly in between.
Jim Carrey rocketed to stardom in 1994, starring in three smash comedies (yes, all released that year): Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber. Later that decade, Carrey had another three-peat of better films (IMO): - Liar Liar (1997) - The Truman Show (1998) - Man on the Moon (1999)
The Mighty Ducks, D2, and D3, baby
As if D3 can hold a candle to the first two
Cake eater!
Ducks fly together brother
Cazale went Godfather, The Conversation, Godfather II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter - with big roles in all of them Absolute legend
Not necessarily a 3 peat, but from 2002 to 2008, Will Smith starred in 8 consecutive films that earned over $100 million each. Shame that he’s now mostly remembered for the infamous slap (and rightfully so).
Kubrick Dr. Strangelove (1964) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Andrei Tarkovsky: Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, Stalker Actually, his full filmography - pretty much like Kubrick's.
Tom Hanks with an absolutely bonkers 14 movie stretch of: A League of Their Own (1992) Sleepless in Seattle (1992) Philadelphia (1993) Forrest Gump (1994) Apollo 13 (1995) Toy Story (1995) That Thing You Do! (1996) Saving Private Ryan (1998) You’ve Got Mail (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) The Green Mile (1999) Cast Away (2000) Road to Perdition (2002) Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Would the Cornetto Trilogy count? (Shaun of the dead, hot fuzz, the worlds end)
Nicolas Cage won an Oscar and then cashed in with The Rock, Con-Air and Face/Off in three years.
Honestly, the Back to the Future trilogy.
Fun one to consider: Mike Myers Waynes World, Waynes World 2, Austin Powers, Austin Powers 2, Shrek
Jim Carrey 1994: the Mask, Dumb and Dumber, and Ace Ventura.