Jaws or Schindler's List. I will say Munich would have gotten much better press (and less criticism) if someone else's name wasn't attached to it.
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What is Steven Spielberg's best movie?
- Thread starter Bor Gullet
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You can't make me chose only one. That is impossible.
My top three Spielberg films are Jaws, Schindler's List, and Raider's of the Lost Ark
Honestly though, I could pick another 5 films easily that belong in my top 3.
My top three Spielberg films are Jaws, Schindler's List, and Raider's of the Lost Ark
Honestly though, I could pick another 5 films easily that belong in my top 3.
Both. He's not "hot" anymore and his voice isn't as fresh or in style. He's probably got one of the longest runs in the biz. His skill haven't diminished at all IMO. I don't know if filmmaking still excites him like it used to—Scorsese still talks about cinema like he discovered it yesterday, he's just so passionate—but I'd still take a Spielberg blockbuster over whatever is coming off of Disney's assembly line.
Close Encounters of the Lost Ark.
EDIT: I always forget Schindler's List was a Spielberg movie. It's so out of the norm for him. Easily one of the greatest movies ever made, for a number of reasons.
EDIT: I always forget Schindler's List was a Spielberg movie. It's so out of the norm for him. Easily one of the greatest movies ever made, for a number of reasons.
I'd take the Omaha Beach sequence from SAVING PRIVATE RYAN over many directors' catalogs.
Rewatched that film the other day and that sequence is still mesmerizing. The film is overly sentimental in spots and the structure is a little strange, but the moments that work really work.
Rewatched that film the other day and that sequence is still mesmerizing. The film is overly sentimental in spots and the structure is a little strange, but the moments that work really work.
Jaws is one of my favorite movies of all time. Jurassic Park is up there.
I wish I've seen more of his dramas, because I don't really have much to say about them.
Saving Private Ryan is pretty good overall, I guess.
I wish I've seen more of his dramas, because I don't really have much to say about them.
Saving Private Ryan is pretty good overall, I guess.
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Jaws.
E.T.
Saving Private Ryan.
Schindler's List.
Duel.
Jurassic Park.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
No particular order but that's a hell of a list to pick just one.
Jaws.
E.T.
Saving Private Ryan.
Schindler's List.
Duel.
Jurassic Park.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
No particular order but that's a hell of a list to pick just one.
It's clearly Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is perhaps the closest thing to a perfect film ever made. Not a wasted scene. Covers every genre - action, adventure, horror, comedy, romance. Iconic characters. Iconic themes. Set new standards for set pieces. Top 10 score And theme.
Grew up with ET and Hook, and they are my two favorite Steven Spielberg movies.
Hook gets the win simply because I loved it more as a kid and watched it so much. Often fast-forwarded to the part where Peter remembers everything.
Love this so much, watching it again gives me goosebumps.
Hook gets the win simply because I loved it more as a kid and watched it so much. Often fast-forwarded to the part where Peter remembers everything.
Love this so much, watching it again gives me goosebumps.
E.T.
Schindler's List is also perfect but its masterful portrayal of serious subject matter propels it too far ahead of Spielberg's, or any other director's, other movies. It's not fair.
Schindler's List is also perfect but its masterful portrayal of serious subject matter propels it too far ahead of Spielberg's, or any other director's, other movies. It's not fair.
Munich or Schindler's List.
Depends what day of the week it is. Munich is the more maturely made film where Spielberg doesn't give in to any of his sentimental sensibilities, but exercises restraint all the way through. Spielberg exercises his restraint for a majority of Schindler, but lapses toward the end (I could of got more scene), but it's the overall more impactful work.
Depends what day of the week it is. Munich is the more maturely made film where Spielberg doesn't give in to any of his sentimental sensibilities, but exercises restraint all the way through. Spielberg exercises his restraint for a majority of Schindler, but lapses toward the end (I could of got more scene), but it's the overall more impactful work.
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Voted for Schindler, but there are so many excellent answers. JP, Raiders, ET, Jaws are all masterpieces.
Pleasantly surprised to see a handful of votes for Catch Me If You Can. Such a delightful and rarely mentioned entry in Spielberg's filmography.
Pleasantly surprised to see a handful of votes for Catch Me If You Can. Such a delightful and rarely mentioned entry in Spielberg's filmography.
I love Jurassic Park so much that I watched the VHS everyday for months, and sent a letter to Steven Spielberg to say how much I loved it....but i would not call it his "best" movie.
Shoutout to the people that mentioned The Color Purple, that movie is one example of a white director not bungling a film with a predominantly Black cast.
Shoutout to the people that mentioned The Color Purple, that movie is one example of a white director not bungling a film with a predominantly Black cast.
Crusade is great but it's basically Raiders for kids.
Anyway, the answer miiiight actually be Catch Me If You Can? Or Jurassic Park? Or Schindler's List? How can you even pick?
I was very young when I saw Schindler's List and I wasn't mentally prepared to understand or fully comprehend what I was getting myself into, but I wouldn't be surprised if that movie was the defining moment where I lost my innocence of youth. It left me so emotionally traumatized, horrified, sad and angry that I've only managed to see it once. I have been wanting to see the movie again for some time now though.
So yes, I'd probably rate that as his objectionably best and most important and impactful movie. But when it comes to movies I've enjoyed on multiple viewing I'd go with Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and SPR.
So yes, I'd probably rate that as his objectionably best and most important and impactful movie. But when it comes to movies I've enjoyed on multiple viewing I'd go with Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and SPR.
Voted for Raiders, as it's got to be one of the purest, most beautifully and cleverly made expressions of pop entertainment ever. Schindler's List, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Saving Private Ryan aren't too far behind.
This is really tough, because so many of his films strike different cords that it's really difficult to just nail down ONE movie and call it his best.
Jurassic Park will always hold a special place for me because it literally left my child brain in awe. I couldn't believe what I was seeing onthe big screen. Every choice, every shot, every sound was deliberate and, to my brain, perfect.
Raiders also sticks in my brain as both a product of its time, but also a movie that had incredible vision and would set the standard for so many films that followed it.
I could write a paragraph on so many of his movies and why I love them.
Jurassic Park will always hold a special place for me because it literally left my child brain in awe. I couldn't believe what I was seeing onthe big screen. Every choice, every shot, every sound was deliberate and, to my brain, perfect.
Raiders also sticks in my brain as both a product of its time, but also a movie that had incredible vision and would set the standard for so many films that followed it.
I could write a paragraph on so many of his movies and why I love them.