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Poll: So you're stranded on a desert island...

A poll by The-Social-Introvert
You have no food. No shelter. No company.

On the plus side, you've got a TV, Blu-Ray player, electricity supply and an entire filmography of a film director with you! What are the chances?!

But whose body of work would you take with you?

Choose from the following (chosen by IMDB poll board members)

Note: The body of work only includes directorial work of feature films - so no TV episodes, documentaries, music videos etc.

Discuss the list here

See also: So you're stranded on ANOTHER desert island...

Results of 4,842 votes:

  1. 1.

    Steven Spielberg

     
    Notable Films: Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET: The Extra Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Duel, Minority Re…
  2. 2.

    Christopher Nolan

     
    Notable Films: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, Memento, Inception, The Prestige (Chosen by Mega-wizard)
  3. 3.

    Martin Scorsese

     
    Notable Films: Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Shutter Island, Casino, The Departed, After Hours, The King of Comedy (Chosen by The-Social-Introvert)
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