Directors who made a great movie prior to 1970 AND after 1979

Name of director and name of great movies in each period.

Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men/The Verdict.
Sergio Leone, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly/Once Upon a Time in America.

Jean-Luc Godard: Pierrot le fou & Goodbye to Language

Akira Kurosawa: Drunken Angel & Ran

Akira Kurosawa; Stray Dog (pre) & Ran (post)

John Huston; African Queen (pre) & Annie (post)

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With ranking on my personal lists for each in ()

Alain Resnais - Hiroshima Mon Amour (#1) - Mon oncle d'Amérique (#5)

Youssef Chahine - Cairo Station (#1) - An Egyptian Story (#2)

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If we're taking the weaker film, I reckon the strongest so far are either Leone (personally I'd have used FAFDM) or Kurosawa?
What do you guys reckon?
(I haven't seen Godard's Goodbye to Language yet so can't comment, but my perception is that it isn't commonly regarded as being one of the greats).

seeing goodbye to language in theatre was the single most powerful cinematic experience i've ever had. that is absolutely an all timer.

Ingmar Bergman - Wild Strawberries(1957), Fanny and Alexander (1982)


John Cassavettes - Shadows (1959), Gloria (1980)


Costa-Gavras - Z(1969) - Missing (1982)


Roman Polanski - Rosemary's Baby (1969) - The Pianist (2002)


Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Full Metal Jacket (1988)

I'm new here, so I wasn't sure what was expected, but yeah, I chose what was meaningful to me, rather than what the critical or popular consensus was.

With Leone for example, I'd have gone with the two "Once Upons", I don't know if that's the right answer for the masses, but it's what I'd go with.

I also considered Saura (The Hunt or Peppermint Frappe & Deprisa, Deprisa), but I think his greatest works came in between those years with Cria, Angelica, Elisa, and Anna.

Robert Bresson - "Pickpocket" "L'Argent"

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did john huston have a great movie after 1979?? not sure

Andrei Tarkovsky: Andrei Rublev - Nostalgia

Depends on whom you ask. He directed six films after 1979. The only one I've seen is Annie, apparently, which wasn't bad. I only included it so I could have another choice than just Kurosawa. I couldn't think of anyone else.

some of his movies are my favorites. i didn't really follow his later stuff.

I remember admiring his last 3, Volcano, Prizzi's and The Dead, but it's been a long while since I saw them, not sure how they'd hold up for me.

Yeah he has some good ones. I haven't seen a whole lot though. I watched Annie because I was forced to watch it and I figured a movie with Carol Burnett and Tim Curry couldn't be all bad. It was mildly entertaining. I didn't know Huston directed it though.

The Dead is great. John Huston qualifies.

More people need to see Prizzi's Honor it might be Jack's best movie