Paul Schraders 10 Best Movies (As Director) According to IMDb

Paul Schrader’s 10 Best Movies (As Director), According to IMDb

Paul Schrader has been making wonderful movies for decades. Which are the best films he’s directed, according to IMDb?

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Paul Schrader is one of the most accomplished writers and directors Hollywood has seen over the past 45 years. After spending years as a film critic, Schrader altered the course of his career when selling his first screenplay for The Yakuza, which went on to be directed by Sydney Pollack. Two years later, he wrote Taxi Driver for Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

In 1978, Schrader made his directorial debut with the buddy-heist film Blue Collar. Since then, Schrader has directed more than 20 feature films while still working as a screenwriter on other projects. He is currently filming The Card Counter, starring Willem Dafoe and Oscar Isaac, here are Paul Schrader’s 10 best movies (as director), according to IMDb.

10 Patty Hearst (1988) 6.3/10

In one of the few films that Schrader directed but did not write, Patty Hearst tells the true-life account of the American socialite kidnapped by revolutionaries during the 1970s.

Written by Nicolas Kazan, the story follows Patty Hearst (Natasha Richardson), daughter of famed newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst. When 19-year-old Patty is kidnapped by American revolutionaries in 1974, she begins to join the cause as she becomes influenced by Stockholm Syndrome. Schrader earned a Palm d’Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

9 Adam Resurrected (2008) 6.3/10

Based on the Yoram Kaniuk novel, Adam Resurrected tells of the unlikely second chance afforded to a Jewish entertainer after being spared of the gas chamber during WWII.

When Adam Stein (Jeff Goldblum) avoids execution from the Nazis due to their love of his entertainment, the former circus performer becomes a patient and de facto leader of a group of Holocaust survivors. Adam’s charming ways at an asylum in 1961 Israel allows him to touch the hearts and minds of his fellow inmates.

8 The Comfort Of Strangers (1990) 6.3/10

Adapted from the Ian McEwan novel, The Comfort of Strangers tracks an English couple on vacation in Venice, Italy. With their marriage on the rocks, they indulge in wild fantasies upon meeting a mysterious stranger with a devilish charm.

Colin (Rupert Everett) and Mary (Natasha Richardson) are being followed by an unknown person in Venice. After getting lost in the city, the stranger named Robert (Christopher Walken) invites them to his home for drinks. After a wild night, the couple is repulsed by Robert’s twisted fantasies but struggles to escape.

7 Auto Focus (2002) 6.6/10

Based on the Robert Graysmith book, Auto Focus tells the story of movie-star hopeful Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear), who in the wake of major success on the TV sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, went into business with salacious electronics maven John Henry Carpenter (Willem Dafoe). The goal? To create the first wave of home-video pornography.

Crane and Carpenter bond of their mutual interest in having and photographing sex on film. While Crane maintains a spotless image by day, by night he produces pornographic material in the lead up to the home-video market.

6 Light Sleeper (1992) 6.9/10

In Light Sleeper, Willem Dafoe stars as a drug dealer named John LeTour who wrestles with his own sense of morality during his daily crime routine. The film also stars Susan Sarandon, Sam Rockwell, Mary Beth Hurt, Jane Adams, and David Spade.

As a former addict whose wife left him, John has his own inner demons to battle as he continues to provide lethal substances to the people in his community. As John’s mental state deteriorates, a string of grisly murders linked drug-related events transpires.

5 Affliction (1997) 7.0/10

James Coburn won a Best Supporting Oscar for his work in Affliction, adapted by Schrader from the Russell Banks novel. Co-star Nick Nolte as also nominated for Best Leading Actor.

The film traces depressed and downtrodden Wade Whitehouse (Nolte), a small-town cop investigating a mysterious and lethal hunting accident. Wade’s hardscrabble life and dour demeanor color his investigation, which leads to several people questioning his fitness for the job. Coburn plays Wade’s overbearing father, Glen Whitehouse.

4 Hardcore (1979) 7.1/10

In the second feature film of his directorial career, Hardcore tells the story of a conservative and religious Midwestern man (George C. Scott) who travels to California to find his missing daughter among the California porn industry.

Single father Jake Van Dorn (Scott) goes undercover in California as a porno producer and holds several auditions in the off chance of finding his lost daughter, Kristen (Ilah Davis). His search leads to encounters with several colorful characters before attempting to bring Kristen home safely.

3 First Reformed (2017) 7.1/10

Schrader earned an Oscar nod for Best Original Screenplay following the release of First Reformed, a tale of a roiling faith-tested priest doing everything he can to help a grieving young family concerned about environmental degradation.

Ethan Hawke stars as Ernst Toller, a Reverend at First Reformed Church who is planning a gala for the 250th anniversary of the historical place of worship. As Toller counsels a couple concerned of parenting a child in a time of climate change, his faith is put to the ultimate challenge.

2 Blue Collar (1978) 7.5/10

Schrader made his directorial debut with the 1978 release of Blue Collar, a buddy-heist flick starring Harvey Keitel, Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, and Ed Begley Jr.

Zeke (Pryor), Jerry (Keitel), and Smokey (Kotto) are three auto-workers in a Detroit factory who spend every night drinking together after hours. Feeling exploited for their work, the trio decides to steal money from the local union’s safe. As they concoct the perfect plan, the three uncover widespread corruption within the union.

1 Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985) 8.0/10

According to Rotten Tomatoes, the highest-rated film of Paul Schrader’s directing career belongs to Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.

Co-written with Schrader by his brother Leonard, the film traces a fictional recounting of Japanese scribe Yukio Mishima. The film is divided into portions of his life, demarcated by Yukio’s three seminal novels, The Temple of the Golden Pavillion, Kyoko’s House, and Runaway Horses. The film was named winner of the Best Artistic Contribution at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

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