Directing: Best 3 in a Row?

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Which director had the best run of three movies in a row, and what were the movies?
 
Fincher:
Se7en, The Game, Fight Club
 
Godfather
The Conversation
Godfather Part II

def worthy of consideration
 
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown

Quentin Tarantino
 
Hitchcock-

Vertigo
North by Northwest
Psycho

More classic, but that’s a hell of a run.

More recent, and maybe less thought about….Rob Reiner:

Stand by Me
Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally

Princess Bride is maybe the weak link for many that negates it, but not for me.
 
dbldwn711 said:
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown

Quentin Tarantino
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As much as I love all Tarantino I actually would go with these three myself (though I recognize this isn’t popular opinion)

Kill Bill
Inglorious Basterds
Django Unchained
 
Thought I would be able to get a great trio from Scorsese but he had a lot of random stuff.
 
Orlando_Eagles said:
As much as I love all Tarantino I actually would go with these three myself (though I recognize this isn’t popular opinion)

Kill Bill
Inglorious Basterds
Django Unchained
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He had “Death Proof” in between Kill Bill and inglorious bastards.

That being said, his last 4 movies (inglorious Bastards, Django, Hateful 8 and Once upon a time in Hollywood) could also have a “best 3” combo.
 
Orlando_Eagles said:
As much as I love all Tarantino I actually would go with these three myself (though I recognize this isn’t popular opinion)

Kill Bill
Inglorious Basterds
Django Unchained
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You can’t just ignore Death Proof though. If we’re allowed to do that I’d go Inglorious Basterds, Django, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
 
dbldwn711 said:
He had “Death Proof” in between Kill Bill and inglorious bastards.

That being said, his last 4 movies (inglorious Bastards, Django, Hateful 8 and Once upon a time in Hollywood) could also have a “best 3 combo).
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Jesus…. That was the most 🥷 of any 🥷 ever.
 
dbldwn711 said:
He had “Death Proof” in between Kill Bill and inglorious bastards.

That being said, his last 4 movies (inglorious Bastards, Django, Hateful 8 and Once upon a time in Hollywood) could also have a “best 3” combo.
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Ah fuck. I thought he only wrote for Death Proof. Not a completely horrid to me….but it breaks up the three. Plus Grindhouse is in there too.

I could go Basterds, Django and OUATIH as the three, but it won’t be right. Hateful 8 is in there, and that movie sucked!

I think you have the best Tarantino three movie run in your post.
 
TheDayMan said:
And of course:

Fargo
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

That’s probably the winning block of three. End thread.
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followed by The Man Who Wasn’t There, which people sleep on. It’s great.
If I was going to play devils advocate, I’d say O Brother isn’t as good as people make it to be.
 
SU Nittany Tide said:
Thought I would be able to get a great trio from Scorsese but he had a lot of random stuff.
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Same with Spielberg. I tried to go through and find a perfect three in a row, I just couldn’t.

If you could go back and make 1941 never happen than you would have Jaws, Close Encounters and Indiana Jones.

I loved 1941 as a kid, laughed my ass off. But, it can’t go in such a list.

Making it a three movie run makes this hard.

Kind of the same for Kubrick, though Dr Strangelove, 2001 and Clockwork Orange is a pretty solid three to me.
 
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