Steven Spielberg, the director of Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg directed many of the top films in Hollywood history, including the blockbusters Jaws, E.T., and many more. The thriller Jaws made Spielberg a known name, and over the next 20 years he grew into the most successful movie entrepreneur alive. His directing credits include hits like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and War of the Worlds.

In 1994, Steven Spielberg co-founded the studio Dreamworks SKG. Spielberg then went many years without winning an Academy Award, but he broke through with best director and best picture Oscars for Schindler's List, given in 1994. He also won a best director Oscar for Saving Private Ryan and was given the Academy's Irving Thalberg Award in 1987 for his contributions to the industry.

For better or worse, here’s a list of Spielberg’s greatest movies in my opinion. 

- Jaws

- E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

- Schindler’s List

- Saving Private Ryan

- A.I. Artificial Intelligence

- Minority Report

- Munich

- Close Encounters of the Third Kind

- Empire of the Sun

- Jurassic Park

- Catch Me If You Can

In drafting this list, I was struck with something profound: I actually don’t like a great deal of Spielberg’s movies.  For every classic, there seems to be two letdowns.  Again, this argument is fruitless, given the fact that one name can be billed to so many indisputable masterpieces...