10 Film Directors Who Desperately Need A Win

Roland Emmerich built his reputation as being the guy the studios would call if they wanted to make a movie that blew up the world, and it worked out very well for him. Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012 may not have been universally beloved by critics, but they all did huge business and the box office and solidified Emmerich's reputation as Hollywood's pre-eminent master of disaster.

When he finally decided to change things up and move into more serious territory, it coincided with him sliding down the industry's totem pole. Revisionist drama Anonymous tanked at the box office, which led to Emmerich immediately returning to familiar territory with White House Down, which turned out to be the least successful of 2013's competing 'Die Hard in the White House' movies.

Stonewall marked another venture into dramatic territory and was panned by critics, before he again reverted to type with Independence Day: Resurgence, which also suffered scathing reviews and failed to even earn half as much as its predecessor at the box office.

Last year's Midway was basically 'Roland Emmerich does Pearl Harbor', but didn't end up turning a profit for the studio, and with his recent filmography littered with critical and commercial failures, his next move could go a long way to determining if he was a future left at big-budget cinema's top table.