Ten Favorite Movies by Actors Turned Directors
(in order of release, and excluding filmmakers who began their acting and directing careers simultaneously [Charlie Chaplin, Albert Brooks, Woody Allen] or who have become considerably more famous for directing than they were for acting [Sofia Coppola, Ron Howard, Jordan Peele])
The Night of the Hunter (directed by Charles Laughton, 1955)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (directed by Leonard Nimoy, 1986)
The Chocolate War (directed by Keith Gordon, 1988)
Groundhog Day (directed by Harold Ramis, 1993)
Matilda (directed by Danny DeVito, 1996)
Gone Baby Gone (directed by Ben Affleck, 2007)
World’s Greatest Dad (directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, 2009)
Higher Ground (directed by Vera Farmiga, 2011)
The Blue Room (directed by Mathieu Amalric, 2014)
Mass (directed by Fran Kranz, 2021)
— January 4, 2022