Taxi Driver was '76.
Raging Bull is one of my top 5 movies of all time, but Scorcese ran out of ideas with that film. I can just about forgive him for Goodfellas and Casino but there are so many plot similarities and cliches in his direction that there's no way I'd put him that high in the list.
Cameron and Spielberg may be a little mainstream, but you can't argue with the variety and universal appeal of their output.
I'd actually also say that Coppola is a little overrated here. He made 3 amazing movies and that was it.
It's tricky knowing what you're voting for, though. Does one era defining movie trump 3 or 4 semi-classics? If so, Lucas would probably deserve to be in there but I doubt anybody wants to see that.
Maybe
Was just thinking i'd struggle to make a top 3 let alone top 5.
Very few directors i like. Like Miyazaki, love his movies but a lot of that is due to the art and stuff that isn't really related to the direction.
Or ridley scott - i adore blade runner (possibly my favourite movie ever), love alien but beyond that i dont like any of his other movies (gladiator was good i guess).
Similar with Cameron.
Dunno, just not that into directors.
I flat out dislike some of the more popular ones too.
I know taxi driver wasn't the 90's btw
Would agree his output has been pretty meh since the 70's but tbf to him he created a lot of the cliches hasn't he?
Sergio Leone would make my list, think hes pretty flawless, after that i'd struggle.