Define “Iconic”

I’m picking up on this meme started by Kottke, picked up by Renaudr. Choose your favorite film by each of the following iconic, modern-day (1950′s-present) film directors. There are inevitably questions of inclusion with these lists, so I’ve added quite a few.

Here’s (my expanded version of) the list:

1. Joel & Ethan Coen
2. Wes Anderson
3. Hal Ashby
4. Francis Ford Coppola
5. Quentin Tarantino
6. Stanley Kubrick
7. P.T. Anderson
8. Errol Morris
9. Alfred Hitchcock
10. Lars Von Trier
11. Werner Herzog
12. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
13. David Fincher
14. David Lynch
15. John Cassavetes
16. Martin Scorsese
17. Francois Truffaut
18. Jean-Luc Godard
19. Jim Jarmusch
20. Robert Altman
21. John Hughes
22. Steven Spielberg
23. Woody Allen
24. Oliver Stone
25. Tim Burton
26. Ingmar Bergman
27. Federico Fellini

And here are my choices…

1. Joel & Ethan Coen = TIE: The Big Lebowski & O Brother Where Art Thou
2. Wes Anderson = The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Hal Ashby = Harold & Maude
4. Francis Ford Coppola = The Conversation
5. Quentin Tarantino = Kill Bill
6. Stanley Kubrick = Eyes Wide Shut
7. P.T. Anderson = Punch Drunk Love
8. Errol Morris = Haven’t seen enough to say, not a fan.
9. Alfred Hitchcock = Haven’t seen enough to say, not a fan.
10. Lars Von Trier = Breaking The Waves
11. Werner Herzog = I’ve only seen Rescue Dawn, but I loved that.
12. Jean-Pierre Jeunet = City of Lost Children
13. David Fincher = Not really a fan, looking forward to The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons though.
14. David Lynch = The Elephant Man
15. John Cassavetes = TIE: Woman Under The Influence/Husbands
16. Martin Scorsese = Not a fan, The Color of Money maybe?
17. Francois Truffaut = The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: 400 Blows (1959) to Love on the Run (1979)
18. Jean-Luc Godard = Masculin Feminin (Although I just bought Pierrot le Fou and have high hopes for that.)
19. Jim Jarmusch = Broken Flowers
20. Robert Altman = Brewster McCloud
21. John Hughes = The Breakfast Club
22. Steven Spielberg = Close Encounters of the Third Kind
23. Woody Allen = TIE: Sleeper or Manhattan
24. Oliver Stone = Talk Radio, otherwise meh.
25. Tim Burton = Meh.
26. Ingmar Bergman = Scenes from a Marriage
27. Federico Fellini = Amarcord