Not exact matches
The lack
of any nominations for his films which are
absolute classics and an integral part
of cinemas
genre history is much more shocking when other filmmakers have simply missed out at the final ballot stage whereas Leone didn't even get to hear the starting pistol fire.
While I wouldn't call it an
absolute classic regardless
of its
genre (only a few films I believe can lay claim to that mantle), director John Sturges» The Magnificent Seven, an Americanized remake
of the often - imitated Seven Samurai, is an
absolute classic for its Western
genre.
Uniting everyone from highbrow cinephiles to explosion - happy
genre fans (the film featured on all but two
of the seventeen lists submitted), George Miller's fourth movie in his post-apocalyptic franchise was an
absolute wonder, literally the best action movie in decades, and a
classic even before the title character (Tom Hardy) has had his mask removed.