There's no denying that a filmmaker of a certain pedigree often has higher expectations to knock their latest film out of the park, but let's face it: They all can't be winners.
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Steven Spielberg's1941
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The Coen Brothers' The Ladykillers
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Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful
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Spike Lee's She Hate Me
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John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
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Sidney Lumet's A Stranger Among Us
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Paul Schrader's The Canyons
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William Friedkin's The Guardian
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Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars
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Ben Affleck's Live by Night
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Robert Zemeckis' Welcome to Marwen
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Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings
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Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go, Bernadette
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Clint Eastwood's Hereafter
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Kathryn Bigelow's The Weight of Water
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Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes
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Francis Ford Coppola's Jack