Best Director nominee of the 80s not nominated for Best Picture

[Jeff Beachnau]

Looking at the Best Director nominees of the 80s, there were 12 films nominated for Best Director and not Best Picture. With only 12 nominees, there probably won't be much difference on who the top choices will be (so I'll leave out the poll), but who do you think is the best of the nominees?

So rate them, rank them, whatever, who do you think was most worthy of the nomination and do you think the film should have beeen nominated for Best Picture as well (and if so, what should have been taken out).

1980 Richard Rush - The Stunt Man
1982 Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot
1983 Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
1983 Micke Nichols - Silkwood
1984 Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
1985 Akira Kurosawa - Ran
1986 David Lynch - Blue Velvet
1987 Lasse Hallstrom - My Life as a Dog
1988 Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda
1988 Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ
1989 Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 Kenneth Branagh - Henry V

[Jeff Beachnau]

*bump*
(since it looks like the post was just approved)

[McTeague]

This will be about the only time ever I’ll rank anything Kurosawa-related to anything Bergman-related. But yeah, Ran (and Kuro’s direction) > F&A

1- Kurosawa
2- Bergman
3- Allen (Crimes & Misdemeanors)
4- Lynch
5- Allen (Broadway Danny Rose) – love this movie –
6- Branagh
7- Chrichton

Not seen the others.

[Darbicus]

1. Akira Kurosawa- Ran
2. Ingmar Bergman- Fanny and Alexander
3. Martin Scorsese- The Last Temptation of Christ
4. Woody Allen- Crimes and Misdemeanors
5. David Lynch- Blue Velvet
6. Woody Allen- Broadway Danny Rose
7. Kenneth Branagh- Henry V
8. Wolfgang Petersen- Das Boot
9. Charles Crichton- A Fish Called Wanda
10. Lasse Hallstrom- My Life as a Dog
11. Mike Nichols- Silkwood
12. Richard Rush- The Stunt Man

[crazyfists3600]

I've actually seen them all!!!

If we're ranking the movies...this is my ranking:

1) My Life as a Dog
2) Fanny and Alexander
3) Broadway Danny Rose
4) Ran
5) Das Boot
6) A Fish Called Wanda
7) Silkwood
8) Blue Velvet
9) Crimes and Misdemeanors
10) The Stunt Man
11) Henry V
12) The Last Temptation of Christ

If we're rating the directorial achievement:

1) Peterson
2) Bergman
3) Kurosawa
4) Hallstrom
5) Lynch
6) Allen (BDR)
7) Allen (C&M)
8) Rush
9) Nichols
10) Branagh
11) Chritchon
12) Scorsese

[Genjuro]

It's truly an impressive list of films, much better than the actual best picture winners. Anyway, my ranking:

1.- Akira Kurosawa - Ran
2.- Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
3.- Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
4.- Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
5.- David Lynch - Blue Velvet
6.- Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot
7.- Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ
8.- Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda

[Pingy]

1) 1986 David Lynch - Blue Velvet
1) 1985 Akira Kurosawa - Ran
1) 1983 Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
1) 1988 Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ
2) 1989 Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
2) 1984 Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
3) 1988 Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda
4) 1989 Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
5) 1982 Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot
6) 1983 Mike Nichols - Silkwood

Ehh...(?)
7) 1980 Richard Rush - The Stunt Man
8) 1987 Lasse Hallstrom - My Life as a Dog

[Shy_Hallaman]

1. Kurosawa - Ran
2. Lynch - Velvet
3. Scorsese - Christ
4. Allen - Crimes
5. Petersen - Boot

The rest is either meh or I haven't seen it.

[McTeague]

You rank first the one to scandalously sit Spielberg out of the 1985 race, despite 10 nods for The Color Purple! Yay!

[Shy_Hallaman]

You rank first the one to scandalously sit Spielberg out of the 1985 race, despite 10 nods for The Color Purple! Yay!

11 nods.

And Kurosawa deserved the win, let alone the nomination.

[BBKing44]

1. Kurosawa- Ran
2. Allen- Crimes and Misdemeanors
3. Lynch- Blue Velvet
4. Allen- Broadway Danny Rose
5. Chrichton- A Fish Called Wanda

N/S the rest

[Barger]

A+
1987 Lasse Hallstrom - My Life as a Dog
1982 Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot

A
1988 Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda
1985 Akira Kurosawa - Ran
1984 Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose

A-
1983 Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
1983 Micke Nichols - Silkwood

B+
1989 Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
1988 Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ

B
1986 David Lynch - Blue Velvet

C+
1989 Kenneth Branagh - Henry V