With respect, I can assure you I am more than familiar with the names you list above. Much as I admire and enjoy their films (especially Melville, Visconti, Peckinpah, Kurosawa, Leone, and "the Lawrence of Arabia guy" ;) ), I do not subscribe to snobby notions of "commercial crap" when it comes to Spielberg, and find the idea that he "makes movies with crayons" somewhat absurd. I believe he is to film what Shakespeare was to theatre, and will be remembered as such. If you don't like Spielberg then fair enough (although I do feel a bit sorry for someone who isn't thrilled by a film like Jaws or Raiders of the Lost Ark or moved by a film like E.T. The Extra Terrestrial), but in the spirit of "other opinions are available", I can assure you I have found his films "elevating" on multiple occasions. Objectively speaking, his innovations have hugely impacted cinema, which I discuss in detail here if you're interested.

Ralph Fiennes is brilliant in Schindler's List, that's true.

Here are some of my favourite films from the names you mention above: Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard, Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Ran, Once Upon a Time in the West, Great Expectations, Brief Encounter, The Bridge on the River Kwai… With Fellini, my favourite is probably La Strada, Melville it's a toss up between Army of Shadows and Le Samourai. I agree with you on Ridley Scott re: Alien and Blade Runner being his best, but he has made some other gems too (Thelma and Louise, Gladiator, and more recently The Martian, for instance). Welles is a no-brainer for Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil, and I still dream about finding a lost print of his cut of The Magnificent Ambersons. Anyway, I'll leave it there. Thank you for reading and commenting. Always good to have healthy disagreement. :)