Top 10 Joel Schumacher Movies

2. The Lost Boys (1987)

The Lost Boys Review

If Flatliners is “one of” Schumacher’s most iconic movies, then The Lost Boys (1987) is certainly taking the cake. This archetypal 80s movie, starring the likes of Alex Winter (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), Kiefer Sutherland (of whom Schumacher would collaborate with again on the likes of Flatliners and Phone Booth), Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, is a vampire movie unlike any other yet hugely influential to the vampire movies that followed it.

This “not very Twilight” 80s vampire picture is somewhat timeless in how attached to the 80s it is, and though that seems like a contradiction in statements, The Lost Boys is just one of those movies you have to see to believe. There’s a reason Schumacher headed into the 90s with a lot of New Hollywood steam…

1. Falling Down (1993)

Undisputedly the greatest movie directed by Joel Schumacher is 1993 capitalist critique Falling Down starring late-80s/early-90s megastar Michael Douglas as a man so overcome with the inconveniences of modern life that he sees his mental state, and life prospects, spiral over the course of an overwhelming day in Los Angeles.

This is a start to finish rollercoaster of a thriller that features all of Schumacher’s most iconic traits, not least the moral ambiguity on offer in following a desperate man as he steals and murders his way into notoriety. As sad as it is tense and unmissable, Falling Down is about as underrated of a gem as there gets and is the crown jewel of Schumacher’s filmography; the number one movie of his long and established career.

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So there you go, 10 utterly watchable films from a director who is perhaps unfairly associated only with his work on the mid-90s Batman atrocities Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, but; what do you think? Have we unfairly left off any of your favourites? Would you have chosen a different order? Let us know in the comments below!

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