Favorite Director's Cut

[imsounoriginal]

Amadeus
Angels & Demons
Blade Runner (Final)
Batman v Superman
Doctor Sleep
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
JFK
Miami Vice
Straight Outta Compton
The Wolverine

[Mothravka]

Eros + Massacre (1969) for me.

[Cremildo]

[Awesome Sauce]

Aliens

If we're counting Extended Cuts in this conversation...

Leon: The Professional
Miami Vice
The Town
The New World
The Wolverine

[Dubstar]

The Lawnmower Man

[BladeRunner2007]

Blade Runner (Final Cut)
Watchmen
Halloween II (2009)

[DR Herbert West]

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

From Beyond
Dust Devil: The Final Cut
Halloween II (2009)

[KManX89]

Kingdom of Heaven
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Troy
Blade Runner
The Wolverine
Watchmen
DareDevil
Dark City

I'm tempted to say DareDevil just because of how much it improved a shitty movie.

[joshsquash729]

LOTR/Hobbit extended editions are the only versions of those films, as far as I'm concerned. It's been so long since I've seen the theatrical cuts, I couldn't even tell you which scenes weren't in them, save Saruman from ROTK (which is criminal). Watchmen's Director's Cut also adds plenty of depth. I'd also consider the Rogue Cut of DoFP to be a "Director's Cut", and I just barely prefer it over the theatrical.

[larsknudsen]

Originally Posted by joshsquash729

I'd also consider the Rogue Cut of DoFP to be a "Director's Cut", and I just barely prefer it over the theatrical.

I thought the Rogue Cut was worse than the theatrical. After I watched it, I thought, "Wow, they actually made the right decision to cut almost all of her scenes."

[CreasyBear]

Dark City is up there, because thankfully it omits that stupid insipid opening narration.

[Canada]

Aliens Directors Cut
Kingdom of Heaven

[avs commenter]

No one has said the Special Editions

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by avs commenter

No one has said Adywan's Revisted editions

Fixed it for you.

Jokes aside though, there are some changes in the special editions that I actually like. (like the added scenes of Cloud City in Empire)

[FiendishlyInventive]

Blade Runner 4K Blu-ray

[J999]

The Abyss...
Star Trek The Motion Picture.... And neither of them are on blu-ray ... Sigh.

Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit... Haven't seen the theatricals since they came out either (But I'll even go for Extended King Kong! Lol)

Honorable mention: Batman V Superman

Oh and Waterworld if it counts! Not a real "Directors cut", but likely close to what one would be. Big improvement!

Best cases where both versions have their pluses:
Superman II
Legend
Edit: Never thought about Star Wars. Guess they would fit here too.

[Ricky G]

Watchmen is the one that comes to mind. It's awesome!

[GoneJoel]

Basic Instinct (Unrated Director’s Cut)

[Alister_M]

In terms of improvement over the theatrical, these are all hugely significant:

Kingdom of Heaven
King Arthur (the Antoine Fuqua one)
Payback
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Chronicles of Riddick


As far as not-an-actual-directors-cut - Alien 3 Assembly Cut. The theatrical no longer exists to me, only this one.

[stardragon9]

Kingdom of Heaven
Blade Runner Final Cut
Watchmen
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Daredevil
Hellboy
Zodiac
Jet Li's Fearless
Dark City