cinemababu Steven Spielberg movies may not contain Nolan type of brain twisting stories but he is much more superior director than Nolan considering his filmography.i am a big Nolan fan but still Nolan to attempt many genres . Dunkirk success is very important for Nolan to secure a place in all time great directors where as Steven speilberg reached that position many years ago
Nolan filmography
Crime/thriller
Memento -A great film with never before screenplay – A classic
Following-A great film
Insomnia – A good movie
Scifi
Prestiage (thriller) – A great film
Interstellar – Pretty OK
Inception – a great film- classic
Comic book series/larger than life stories
Batman begins – A great film
Dark knight – best super hero film – A classic
Dark knight returns- A great film
Steven speilberg filmography
Disaster /Animal films
Jaws – a great film – thriller with sharks backdrop – A classic
War of the worlds – an average film – aliens invasion – a scifi film
jurassic park – A great film -A visual extravaganza- A classic
Scifi films
E.T – A great film – best alien based movie – A classic
close encounters of the third kind- A great film
Minority report- A great film- nice thriller with twists
Artificial intelligence – A good film
Dramas not biopics
The Color Purple – a great film – based on a novel
Amistad – a great film
warhorse – a good film
Bridge of Spies – a good film
biopics/history
Empire of the Sun – a great film – A classic
Schindler’s List – a great film – best director Oscar – holocaust movie-classic
Saving Private Ryan – a great film-war movie- classic
Catch Me If You Can- a great film
Munich – a great film-classic
Catch Me If You Can- a great film
Lincoln- a great film-classic
Adventure /fantasy film
hook – a bad film
Indian jones series – Great films – some are classics in series -classic
bfg- an average film
crime/thriller
The Sugarland Express – A good film
Romantic /comedies
1941 – An average film-based on war
The Terminal – a good film
always – A good film
Animation
The Adventures of Tintin – a good film
Horror
Twilight zone – a good film – one story directed by speilberg
By the list itself shows the genres Spielberg attempted .Many movies are scifi thrillers,action comedy,adventure action like that etc can be divided into sub genres .
Spielberg is a legend in history of cinema .Nolan is definitely a great filmmaker in current generation and I am sure he will reach the position of Spielberg in his life time but I don’t think he will be able to direct that many movies in current time because filmmaking became a time taking process( due to CGI,marketing and production houses) unlike Spielberg era where marketing is very less ,Even not so importance of CGI and Production process also very fast