Closet Picks

writer-director

Lee Daniels

One visit, reaching 21 films in the collection.

2 Aug 2024

The writer-director talks about how Federico Fellini and John Waters gave him the passion and confidence to become a filmmaker, shares his poignant experience watching Claudine as a young man, and selects favorites such as Pickup on South Street, Do the Right Thing, and The Piano.

Chose Director Year
1 Federico Fellini 1963
2 Essential Fellinibox set, 14 films
3 Do the Right Thing Spike Lee 1989
4 Querelle Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1982
5 Female Trouble John Waters 1974
6 Pickup on South Street Samuel Fuller 1953
7 The Piano Jane Campion 1993
8 Claudine John Berry 1974
9 Spartacus Stanley Kubrick 1960

Least-picked choice here: Querelle , taken by 1 other visits.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit

Closest taste

Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Lee Daniels is left out, since they picked from one list.

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Jodie Foster 2 0.100 Essential Fellini, The Piano
Diego Calva 2 0.087 8½, Do the Right Thing
Laura Dern 2 0.071 Do the Right Thing, Essential Fellini