Best Director's Cuts
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Best Director's Cuts

Which director's cut surpasses the original?

rank title points votes your vote
1 Blade Runner
Ridley Scott hated Harrison Ford's voice-over and the original's happy ending, both of which were removed for the cut. 177 333
2 Apocalypse Now Redux
The crew's stopover at a ghostly plantation is beautifully acted and justifies the extra 49 minutes. 80 292
3 Das Boot
Wolfgang Petersen's submarine mini-series was reduced to 149 minutes and then expanded to 209, restoring character-oriented footage. 21 233
4 Metropolis
Everything about Fritz Lang's sci-fi allegory was big, and the run time was too long for the studio, which axed an hour that's now back in print. 3 215
5 Touch of Evil
Studio execs watered down Welles's perverse creation, but Walter Murch did away with the score, in favor of naturalistic street sounds. -11 211
6 Donnie Darko
Kelly used the director's cut to touch up his ode to misanthropic angst, adding special effects and songs to the eighties soundtrack. -21 243