David Fincher is one of the best directors in the business today, To celebrate his birthday today I am going to look at my top 5 favourite pieces of directed work from the great man. His directing has ranged from music videos, tv shows and Oscar winning films.

5. Zodiac (2007)

I admit I took my time to watch this as I had seen the film out year earlier that was nowhere near this quality. This follows a reporter and police officer trying to find the infamous Zodiac killer.

4. Panic Room (2002)

A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house’s safe room, when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune.

3. The Game (1997)

Wealthy San Francisco financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life.

2. Fight Club (1999)

It would fair to say this would be most people’s number one but not mine. An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker and they form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more…

1. Se7en (1995)

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. I pick this as my number one as it offers the most shocks in the story and shows that even the good guy can snap if he is pushed that far.