Best Dramas by Rank
1
1
1941
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
2
2
1958
Alfred Hitchcock
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance / Film-Noir
USA
English
4
3
1972
Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
5
4
1939
Jean Renoir
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Julien Carette, Tony Corteggiani
Comedy / Drama
France
French
6
5
1953
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
7
6
1948
Vittorio De Sica
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda
Drama
Italy
Italian
8
7
1954
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
Action / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
10
8
1963
Federico Fellini
Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Bruno Agostini, Guido Alberti
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
11
9
1950
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
12
10
1960
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
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13
11
1956
John Ford
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood
Western / Drama / Epic
USA
English
15
12
1959
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama
France
French
16
13
1966
Ingmar Bergman
Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
17
14
1942
Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt
Drama / Romance
USA
English
18
15
1980
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
Drama / Biography / Sports
USA
English
19
16
1994
Quentin Tarantino
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir / Cult
USA
English
20
17
1976
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
21
18
1960
Federico Fellini
Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
22
19
1974
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
25
20
1927
Fritz Lang
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Sci-Fi / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
26
21
1990
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Crime / Drama / Biography / Gangster
USA
English
27
22
1979
Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms
Action / Drama / War / Adventure / Epic / Cult
USA
English
29
23
1967
Arthur Penn
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Biography / Period Film / Caper
USA
English
30
24
1962
David Lean
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif
Adventure / War / Drama / Epic
UK
English
31
25
1970
Bernardo Bertolucci
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio
Drama
Italy / France / West Germany
Italian
33
26
1974
Francis Ford Coppola
Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, John Cazale
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
34
27
1982
Steven Spielberg
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
35
28
1960
Michelangelo Antonioni
Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
36
29
1993
Steven Spielberg
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Drama / War / Biography / Epic
USA
English
37
30
1955
Satyajit Ray
Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi
Drama
India
Bengali
38
31
1950
Billy Wilder
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
39
32
1964
Stanley Kubrick
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
Comedy / War / Drama / Cult
UK
English
41
33
1939
Victor Fleming
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell
Drama / War / Romance / Epic
USA
English
42
34
1954
Elia Kazan
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint
Crime / Romance / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
43
35
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
44
36
1950
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
Drama
USA
English
45
37
1962
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
46
38
1967
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Drama
France / Italy
French
47
39
1959
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Drama
India
Bengali
48
40
1972
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
Adventure / Drama / History / Epic / Cult
West Germany / Peru / Mexico
German
49
41
1927
F.W. Murnau
George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
Drama / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
50
42
1985
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
51
43
1937
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
Drama / War / Adventure / Comedy
France
French
52
44
2000
Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Thailand
Cantonese
54
45
1952
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri
Drama
Japan
Japanese
55
46
1975
Robert Altman
Henry Gibson, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakely, Lily Tomlin
Drama / Music
USA
English
56
47
1989
Spike Lee
Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, Spike Lee
Comedy / Drama / Crime
USA
English
57
48
1946
Frank Capra
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers
Drama / Fantasy / Family / Romance / Religion / Cult
USA
English
58
49
1967
Mike Nichols
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
59
50
1987
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
60
51
1925
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Drama / War / Experimental / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
63
52
1972
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France / Italy / Spain
French
64
53
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
65
54
1982
Ingmar Bergman
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
Sweden / France / West Germany
Swedish
66
55
1934
Jean Vigo
Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France
French
67
56
1997
Curtis Hanson
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA
English
68
57
1975
Milos Forman
Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
69
58
1928
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Drama / History / Biography / Religion
France
French (Silent)
70
59
1945
Marcel Carné
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
71
60
1965
Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti
Drama / War
Algeria / Italy
French
72
61
1998
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Matt Damon
Action / Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
74
62
1992
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett
Western / Drama / Crime
USA
English
80
63
1953
Kenji Mizoguchi
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura
Drama / Thriller / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
82
64
2001
David Lynch
Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Justin Theroux, Brent Briscoe
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Experimental / Post-Noir / Cult
France / USA
English
83
65
1960
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
84
66
1969
Sam Peckinpah
William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates
Action / Drama / Western / Crime
USA
English
85
67
1957
David Lean
William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
Adventure / Drama / War
UK / USA
English
86
68
1982
Ridley Scott
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Sci-Fi / Drama / Action / Tech-Noir / Cult
USA
English
90
69
1945
Roberto Rossellini
Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno
Drama / War
Italy
Italian
91
70
1958
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
92
71
1973
Víctor Erice
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent
Drama
Spain
Spanish
94
72
1955
Charles Laughton
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Cult
USA
English
95
73
1931
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Family
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
96
74
1967
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle
Comedy / Drama
France / Italy
French
98
75
1946
Jean Cocteau, René Clément
Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Paré, ly, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
France / Luxembourg
French
99
76
1948
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
100
77
1946
William Wyler
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
Drama / Romance
USA
English
101
78
1961
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Musical / Romance / Drama / Family
USA
English
102
79
1966
Michelangelo Antonioni
Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, John Castle, Jane Birkin
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Cult
UK / Italy
English
103
80
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
104
81
1974
Francis Ford Coppola
Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA
English
105
82
1963
Jean-Luc Godard
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang
Drama
France / Italy
French
109
84
1951
Elia Kazan
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond
Drama
USA
English
112
85
1962
John Frankenheimer
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva
Drama / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
113
86
1993
Jane Campion
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Australia / New Zealand / France
English
117
87
1956
Satyajit Ray
Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee
Drama
India
Bengali
118
88
1966
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev
Drama / War / History / Biography / Epic / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
119
89
1972
Bob Fosse
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper
Musical / Drama
USA
English
121
90
1975
Stanley Kubrick
Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
122
91
1939
John Ford
Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell
Action / Western / Drama / Romance
USA
English
123
92
1999
Pedro Almodóvar
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Penélope Cruz
Drama / Comedy
Spain / France
Spanish
124
93
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
125
94
1954
Federico Fellini
Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere
Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
126
95
1951
Robert Bresson
Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre, André Guibert, Rachel Bérendt
Drama / Religion
France
French
127
96
1970
Robert Altman
Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall
Comedy / War / Drama
USA
English
128
97
1986
David Lynch
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
130
98
1971
William Friedkin
Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
131
99
1978
Michael Cimino
Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken
Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
132
100
1935
James Whale
Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester
Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
133
101
1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
Poland / France / Switzerland
French
134
102
1971
Peter Bogdanovich
Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman
Drama
USA
English
135
103
1964
George Cukor
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Comedy / Family / Musical / Romance / Drama
USA
English
137
104
2002
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
138
105
1973
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Drama / Comedy
France / Italy
French
139
106
1972
Andrei Tarkovsky
Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
Soviet Union
Russian
141
108
1961
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano
Drama / Religion / Comedy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
142
109
1993
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
143
110
1980
Louis Malle
Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Post-Noir
USA / Canada / France
English
144
111
2001
Alfonso Cuarón
Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
Mexico / USA
Spanish
148
113
1976
Alan J. Pakula
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
149
114
2001
Hayao Miyazaki
Miyu Irino, Rumi Hîragi, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô
Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Drama / Family
Japan
Japanese
150
115
1989
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Henryk Baranowski, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama
Poland
Polish
152
116
1964
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante
Drama / Religion
France / Italy
Italian
155
117
1953
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Antonio Centa, Folco Lulli
Thriller / Adventure / Action / Drama
France / Italy
French
156
118
1955
Nicholas Ray
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen
Drama / Cult
USA
English
158
119
1957
Alexander Mackendrick
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
159
120
1961
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
160
121
1966
Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach
Action / Western / Drama / Epic
Italy / Spain
English
161
122
1960
Luchino Visconti
Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou
Drama
France / Italy
Italian
162
123
1971
Stanley Kubrick
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Cult
UK
English
163
124
1976
Sidney Lumet
Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
166
126
1968
Sergio Leone
Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Western / Drama / Epic / Cult
Italy / USA
English
169
128
1939
Frank Capra
Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee
Drama / Comedy / Family
USA
English
170
129
1948
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Léonide Massine
Drama / Romance / Music
UK
English
171
130
1988
Giuseppe Tornatore
Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
173
131
1952
René Clément
Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Drama / War
France
French
174
132
1977
Steven Spielberg
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
175
133
2006
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / War / Period Film
Mexico / Spain / USA
Spanish
177
135
1973
George Lucas
Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
178
136
1997
James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
179
137
2005
Ang Lee
Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway
Drama / Romance / Western
USA
English
179
137
1949
Robert Hamer
Dennis Price, Alec Guinness
Comedy / Drama / Crime
UK
English
181
138
1950
Luis Buñuel
Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Drama / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
182
139
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
183
140
2001
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France / Germany
French
186
141
1970
Bob Rafelson
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers
Drama / Music
USA
English
188
143
1979
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
189
144
1933
Jean Vigo
Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Léon Larive
Comedy / Short / Drama
France
French
191
145
1957
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
War / Drama / Action / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
Japan
Japanese
192
146
1966
Jirí Menzel
Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
Comedy / Drama / War
Czechoslovakia
Czech
194
147
1978
Terrence Malick
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
195
148
1916
D.W. Griffith
Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner, Sam De Grasse, Vera Lewis
Drama / Epic / History
USA
English (Silent)
197
149
1965
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Musical / Family / Drama / Romance / Cult
USA
English
200
150
1947
Jacques Tourneur
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Crime / Romance / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
201
151
1970
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos, Antonio Casas
Drama
France / Italy / Spain
Spanish
202
152
1945
David Lean
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
Romance / Drama
UK
English
203
153
1984
Milos Forman
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
Drama / Music / Biography / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
205
154
1967
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
France / Italy
French
206
155
1973
Federico Fellini
Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
207
156
1973
William Friedkin
Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Religion / Cult
USA
English
209
157
1951
Alfred Hitchcock
Farley Granger, Robert Walker
Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English
210
158
1975
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France
French
213
159
1998
Thomas Vinterberg
Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
214
160
1930
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
217
163
1975
Sidney Lumet
Al Pacino, John Cazale
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Comedy
USA
English
218
164
1988
Pedro Almodóvar
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
219
165
1967
Norman Jewison
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Timothy Scott
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
220
166
1950
Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Experimental
France
French
221
167
1972
John Boorman
Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed Ramey
Adventure / Thriller / Drama / Cult
USA
English
222
168
1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig
Drama / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
223
169
1953
Max Ophüls
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
224
170
1946
David Lean
John Mills, Anthony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Family
UK
English
225
171
1973
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir
USA
English
226
172
1963
Luchino Visconti
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Italy / France
English
227
173
1940
Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
228
174
1991
Ridley Scott
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Thriller / Action / Crime / Drama / Comedy
USA
English
229
175
1981
Hugh Hudson
Ian Charleson, Ben Cross
Drama / Sports / Period Film / Family
UK
English
231
176
1915
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh
Drama / War / Western / Epic / History
USA
English (Silent)
232
177
1927
Abel Gance
Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
Drama / War / Epic / History / Biography
Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany
French (Silent)
233
178
1977
John Badham
John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pape
Drama / Romance / Music / Cult
USA
English
234
179
1959
William Wyler
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Epic / Religion / History
USA
English
235
180
1965
David Lean
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness
Drama / Romance / Epic / History / Period Film
USA
English
239
182
1942
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
240
183
1931
James Whale
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
USA
English
241
184
1930
Luis Buñuel
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
244
185
1930
Lewis Milestone
Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander
War / Drama / Epic
USA
English
245
186
1967
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
246
187
1969
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson
Adventure / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
246
187
1962
Robert Mulligan
Gregory Peck, Mary Badham
Drama / Family
USA
English
247
188
1960
Stanley Kubrick
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
Romance / War / Action / Drama / Epic / History / Adventure
USA
English
249
189
1953
Fred Zinnemann
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
250
190
1964
Jacques Demy
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
Drama / Musical / Romance
France / West Germany
French
251
191
1966
Robert Bresson
Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin
Drama
France / Sweden
French
252
192
1952
John Ford
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
253
193
2002
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
254
194
1981
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton
Drama / Epic / History / Biography / Romance
USA
English
255
195
1996
Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Comedy
France / UK
English
255
195
1942
Ernst Lubitsch
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill
Comedy / Drama / War
USA
English
256
196
1965
Roman Polanski
Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Thriller / Horror / Drama
UK
English
257
197
1933
Lloyd Bacon
Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee
Musical / Romance / Drama / Comedy
USA
English
258
198
2007
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
259
199
1976
John G. Avildsen
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith
Drama / Romance / Sports / Family
USA
English
260
200
1966
Mike Nichols
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Thriller / Drama
USA
English
264
201
2000
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Drama
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
266
202
1959
Alain Resnais
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
Drama / Romance / War
France / Japan
French
268
204
1986
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
269
205
1972
Ingmar Bergman
Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
270
206
1971
Robert Altman
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie
Drama / Western
USA
English
271
207
1950
John Huston
Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Caper / Gangster
USA
English
272
208
1949
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
273
209
1957
Federico Fellini
Giulietta Masina, François Périer
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
274
210
1970
Claude Chabrol
Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara
Drama / Thriller / Horror
France / Italy
French
275
211
1939
Marcel Carné
Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty, Mady Berry, René Génin
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Romance
France
French
276
212
1992
Robert Altman
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
277
213
1959
Howard Hawks
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Western / Romance / Drama
USA
English
279
215
1985
Elem Klimov
Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
281
216
1990
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
283
217
1981
Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Drama / War / Adventure
West Germany
German
287
218
1965
Milos Forman
Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Czechoslovakia
Czech
289
220
1962
Roman Polanski
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka
Drama / Thriller
Poland
Polish
290
221
1969
Costa-Gavras
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner
Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Algeria / France
French
291
222
2008
Kathryn Bigelow
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
Action / Drama / Thriller / War
USA
English
292
223
1944
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton
Drama / War / History / Epic / Biography
UK
English
293
224
1935
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Spy
UK
English
294
225
1952
Vittorio De Sica
Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova, Elena Rea
Drama
Italy
Italian
295
226
1982
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
296
227
1974
Jacques Rivette
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
297
228
1993
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel
Drama / Music / Romance
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
French
298
229
1999
Spike Jonze
John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Ned Bellamy
Comedy / Fantasy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
299
230
1950
Nicholas Ray
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
300
231
1955
John Sturges
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Western
USA
English
302
232
1992
Neil Jordan
Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea
Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
UK / Japan
English
303
233
1970
Franklin J. Schaffner
George C. Scott, Karl Malden
Drama / War / Epic / Biography
USA
English
304
234
2004
Alexander Payne
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
Adventure / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
305
235
1931
William A. Wellman
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
307
236
1968
Lindsay Anderson
Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick
Drama / Comedy / Cult
UK
English
310
237
1996
Anthony Minghella
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
Romance / Drama / War / Epic / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
311
238
1965
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani
Drama / Crime / Experimental / Romance
France / Italy
French
311
238
2007
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
312
239
1941
John Ford
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara
Drama / Romance
USA
English
313
240
1959
Robert Bresson
Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal
Crime / Drama
France
French
314
241
1994
Frank Darabont
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
316
243
1930
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
318
244
1979
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
Drama / War
West Germany
German
319
245
1955
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Preben Lerdorff Rye, Birgitte Federspiel, Emil Hass Christensen
Drama / Religion
Denmark
Danish
320
246
2002
Pedro Almodóvar
Javier Cámara, Dario Grandinetti
Drama / Romance
Spain
Spanish
321
247
1968
John Cassavetes
John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel
Drama
USA
English
322
248
1990
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
324
250
1942
Michael Curtiz
James Cagney, Joan Leslie
Drama / Music / Biography
USA
English
326
251
1984
Wim Wenders
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
UK / France / West Germany / USA
English
327
252
1937
William Dieterle
Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard
Drama / Biography
USA
English
328
253
1943
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
UK
English
328
253
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
329
254
1968
Roman Polanski
Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Horror / Thriller / Drama / Cult
USA
English
330
255
1942
David Hand, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Graham Heid, Perce Pearce, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright
Hardie Albright, Donnie Dunagan, Bobby Stewart, Peter Behn, Stan Alexander
Animation / Family / Drama / Fantasy / Musical
USA
English
334
256
1935
Frank Lloyd
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
337
258
1985
James Ivory
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Denholm Elliott
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
340
260
1980
David Lynch
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Cult
UK / USA
English
341
261
1955
Max Ophüls
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France / West Germany
French
342
262
1971
Louis Malle
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale
Drama
France / Italy / West Germany
French
343
263
1982
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy
Adventure / Drama
Peru / West Germany
English
344
264
1987
Louis Malle
Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
Drama / War
France / West Germany
French
346
265
2003
Sofia Coppola
Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray
Drama / Comedy
USA / Japan
English
347
266
1988
Stephen Frears
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
347
266
1936
Frank Capra
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
348
267
1963
Alfred Hitchcock
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
349
268
1954
George Cukor
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan
Drama / Musical
USA
English
350
269
1979
Hal Ashby
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart
Drama / Comedy
USA / UK / West Germany / Japan
English
351
270
1932
Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
352
271
1962
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
354
272
1941
Ben Sharpsteen, Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Margaret Wright, Sterling Holloway, Cliff Edwards
Drama / Family / Animation / Musical / Fantasy
USA
English
355
273
1939
William Wyler
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
358
275
1978
Charles Burnett
Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry
Drama
USA
English
359
276
1943
William A. Wellman
Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews
Drama / Western
USA
English
362
278
1972
Bernardo Bertolucci
Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi
Drama / Romance / Adult
Italy / France
English
364
279
1947
Carol Reed
James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan
Crime / Thriller / Drama
UK
English
365
280
1951
George Stevens
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
Drama / Film-Noir / Romance
USA
English
366
281
1953
William Wyler
Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
367
282
1945
Michael Curtiz
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
369
283
1986
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Drama / Period Film
France / Switzerland / Italy
French
370
284
1982
Barry Levinson
Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Kevin Bacon
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
372
285
1998
John Madden
Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
USA / UK
English
374
287
1966
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
376
288
1987
Bernardo Bertolucci
John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
France / Italy / UK
English
377
289
2008
Tomas Alfredson
Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist
Drama / Horror / Romance
Sweden
Swedish
377
289
2003
Chan-wook Park
Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh, Byeong-ok Kim
Action / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
South Korea
Korean
378
290
1945
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
379
291
1996
Scott Hicks
Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud
Drama / Romance / Music / Biography
Australia
English
380
292
1960
Karel Reisz
Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts
Drama
UK
English
381
293
1983
Philip Kaufman
Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
383
294
1948
Max Ophüls
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith
Drama / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
384
295
1961
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Adventure
Japan
Japanese
386
297
1973
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Period Film / Gangster / Family / Cult
USA
English
387
298
1956
Robert Bresson
François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod
Adventure / Drama / War
France
French
389
299
1997
Paul Thomas Anderson
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
390
300
1946
Robert Siodmak
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama
USA
English
391
301
2000
Ridley Scott
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris
Drama / Action / Epic / Period Film
UK / USA
English
392
302
1982
Richard Attenborough
Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard
Drama / Epic / History / Biography / Religion
UK / India
English
394
303
1996
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
395
304
1989
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
397
305
1980
Samuel Fuller
Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Action / Drama / War
USA
English
399
306
2019
Joon-ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, So-dam Park, Woo-sik Choi, Sun-kyun Lee, Seo-joon Park
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
401
307
1925
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Ivan Klyukvin, Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
402
308
2009
Jacques Audiard
Niels Arestrup, Alaa Oumouzoune, Tahar Rahim, Gilles Cohen, Farid Elouardi
Crime / Drama / Gangster
France / Italy
French
404
309
1971
Don Siegel
Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Detective
USA
English
405
310
1964
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
408
311
2001
Baz Luhrmann
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
Drama / Musical / Romance
Australia / USA
English
409
312
1964
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe
Drama
Denmark
Danish
412
315
2008
Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Tanay Chheda
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK / USA
English
413
316
2010
David Fincher
Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
414
317
2007
Julian Schnabel
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny
Biography / Drama
France / USA
French
417
320
1961
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
418
321
1969
Ken Loach
David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland
Drama
UK
English
419
322
1963
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell
Drama / Western / Action
USA
English
420
323
1960
Michael Powell
Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
UK
English
421
324
1962
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe
Drama
France
French
422
325
1920
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
424
326
1998
Terrence Malick
Sean Penn, James Caviezel, Adrien Brody, Ben Chaplin
Action / Drama / War
Canada / USA
English
426
328
1952
Vincente Minnelli
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
427
329
1953
Fritz Lang
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
428
330
2000
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal
Thriller / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
429
331
1979
Bob Fosse
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange
Musical / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
430
332
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
431
333
1970
Vittorio De Sica
Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda
Drama / War
Italy / West Germany
Italian
432
334
1968
Franklin J. Schaffner
Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore
Action / Drama / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
435
336
1971
Nicolas Roeg
Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver
Drama / Adventure
UK
English
437
338
1994
Robert Zemeckis
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
438
339
1932
Mervyn LeRoy
Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell
Crime / Pre-Noir / Drama
USA
English
439
340
1997
Abbas Kiarostami
Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama
France / Iran
Persian
440
341
1958
Stanley Kramer
Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
Drama / Action / Crime
USA
English
441
342
1991
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
France / Poland / Norway
French
442
343
1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Comedy / Drama
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
Polish
443
344
1986
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
Drama
Italy / France / Switzerland
French
444
345
2003
Denys Arcand
Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Dorothée Berryman
Drama / Comedy
Canada / France
French
445
346
1931
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Janie Marese, Georges Flamant, Roger Gaillard
Drama
France
French
446
347
2008
Ari Folman
Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel Lazarov, Mickey Leon
Animation / Biography / Drama / War / History
Israel / Germany / France
Hebrew
448
348
2004
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes
Drama / History / War / Biography
Germany / Italy / Austria
German
449
349
1951
Billy Wilder
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady
Drama / Film-Noir / Comedy
USA
English
450
350
1952
Jean Renoir
Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Dante
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France / Italy
English
451
351
1998
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira
Drama
Brazil / France
Portuguese
453
352
2012
Michael Haneke
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Drama
France / Germany / Austria
French
454
353
1967
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Drama
USA
English
456
355
1979
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
458
356
1936
George Cukor
Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell, Elizabeth Allan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
460
358
1974
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
462
359
1998
Todd Solondz
Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker
Drama / Comedy / Cult
USA
English
463
360
1997
Atom Egoyan
Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley
Drama
Canada
English
464
361
2007
Cristian Mungiu
Adi Carauleanu, Luminita Gheorghiu, Vlad Ivanov, Anamaria Marinca
Drama
Romania
English
465
362
1959
Yasujiro Ozu
Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Drama
Japan
Japanese
466
363
1948
Abraham Polonsky
John Garfield, Thomas Gomez
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Cult
USA
English
467
364
1987
John Huston
Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
468
365
2004
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie
Drama / Sports
USA
English
470
366
1977
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
472
368
1931
Mervyn LeRoy
Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
473
369
1947
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons
Drama / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
475
371
1967
John Boorman
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
476
372
1991
James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Drama
France / USA
English
477
373
1979
Peter Yates
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
Drama / Comedy / Sports / Family
USA
English
478
374
1938
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov
War / Action / Drama / History / Epic / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
479
375
1962
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
481
376
1980
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Drama / War / Epic / History
Japan
Japanese
483
377
1935
George Cukor
Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Harry Beresford
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
USA
English
484
378
1956
Kon Ichikawa
Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Drama / War
Japan
Japanese
487
379
1999
Claire Denis
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet
Drama
France
French
488
380
1995
Ang Lee
Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
489
381
1962
Robert Aldrich
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
490
382
1939
George Cukor
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
492
383
1949
William Wyler
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
Drama / Romance
USA
English
493
384
1985
John Huston
Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
495
385
1973
Robert Altman
Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Mystery
USA
English
496
386
2000
Christopher Nolan
Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
498
387
1949
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
499
388
1973
Jean Eustache
Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Drama
France
French
500
389
1954
Luchino Visconti
Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
Italy
English
501
390
1983
Robert Bresson
Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Vincent Risterucci
Crime / Drama
France / Switzerland
French
501
390
1977
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau
Drama / Comedy
France / Spain
French
502
391
2006
Stephen Frears
Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Paul Barrett
Biography / Drama / History
UK
English
504
392
2010
Tom Hooper
Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Rush
Drama / History / Period Film
UK / Australia
English
505
393
1971
Alan J. Pakula
Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
506
394
2002
Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
508
395
1971
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Romance / Drama / Period Film
France
French
509
396
1947
Edward Dmytryk
Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
511
397
1962
Agnès Varda
Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Drama
France / Italy
French
511
397
2011
Asghar Farhadi
Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi
Drama
Iran
Persian
512
398
2014
Richard Linklater
Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith, Lorelei Linklater
Drama
USA
English
513
399
1974
Werner Herzog
Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
West Germany
German
514
400
2009
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler
Drama / Period Film
Austria / France / Germany
German
515
401
1963
Samuel Fuller
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Drama / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
516
402
1971
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Drama / Period Film
Italy / France
English
517
403
1957
Elia Kazan
Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Drama
USA
English
519
404
1940
Ernst Lubitsch
James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
520
405
1989
Phil Alden Robinson
Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta
Fantasy / Drama / Sports / Family
USA
English
521
406
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
522
407
1984
Sergio Leone
Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
523
408
1983
Peter Yates
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Drama
UK
English
524
409
1960
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
525
410
1990
Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Adventure / Drama / Western / Epic / Family
USA
English
526
411
1952
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Drama
Italy
Italian
528
412
2010
Christopher Nolan
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action / Fantasy
USA / UK
English
529
413
1969
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
530
414
2018
Alfonso Cuarón
Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Drama
Mexico / USA
Spanish
532
415
1925
King Vidor
John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English (Silent)
533
416
2003
Clint Eastwood
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
534
417
1976
Carlos Saura
Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall, Florinda Chico
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Spain
Spanish
535
418
1994
Gianni Amelio
Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Drama / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
536
419
1983
Lawrence Kasdan
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
537
420
1974
Louis Malle
Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément
Drama / War / Romance
France / West Germany / Italy
French
538
421
2005
Michael Haneke
Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Drama / Thriller
France / Austria / Germany / Italy
French
539
422
1956
Jean-Pierre Melville
Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Howard Vernon, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama / Caper / Gangster / Film-Noir / Detective
France
French
541
423
1980
Michael Apted
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Drama / Music / Biography
USA
English
542
424
1924
F.W. Murnau
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
543
425
1964
Robert Stevenson
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley
Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
543
425
1978
Ermanno Olmi
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianin
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
545
426
1938
Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK
English
546
427
1999
M. Night Shyamalan
Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
547
428
2001
Ashutosh Gowariker
Aamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Musical / Drama / Romance / Comedy / Sports / Period Film
India
Hindi
548
429
1950
George Cukor
Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
550
430
1989
Steven Soderbergh
James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
Drama
USA
English
551
431
1999
Paul Thomas Anderson
Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall
Drama
USA
English
552
432
1961
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
553
433
2002
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
554
434
1983
James L. Brooks
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
555
435
1982
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli
Drama / Fantasy / War
Italy
Italian
556
436
1985
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
557
437
1968
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
559
438
1971
Joseph Losey
Julie Christie, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
559
438
1962
Stanley Kubrick
James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Gary Cockrell
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA / UK
English
560
439
1937
Leo McCarey
Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall
Drama
USA
English
562
440
2007
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Tilly Mandelbrot
Animation / Drama / Comic
France
French
564
442
1950
Joseph H. Lewis
Peggy Cummins, John Dall
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
564
442
2000
Steven Soderbergh
Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Germany / USA
English
566
443
1989
Jim Sheridan
Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
Drama / Biography
Ireland / UK
English
567
444
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
568
445
1939
John Ford
Henry Fonda, Alice Brady
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
569
446
1987
James L. Brooks
William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
571
447
1966
Sergei Bondarchuk
Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Gennadi Ivanov, Irina Gubanova
Drama / War / Epic / History / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
572
448
2002
Spike Jonze
Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
573
449
1944
Howard Hawks
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Thriller / War / Romance / Drama
USA
English
574
450
1991
Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
Drama / Romance
France / Switzerland
French
575
451
1957
Mikhail Kalatozov
Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov
Drama / Romance / War
Soviet Union
Russian
575
451
1925
Rupert Julian, Ernst Laemmle, Edward Sedgwick
Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
Drama / Horror
USA
English (Silent)
576
452
2004
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Japan / Germany
English
578
454
2016
Barry Jenkins
Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert, Janelle Monáe
Drama
USA
English
579
455
2016
Damien Chazelle
Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock
Musical / Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
580
456
1975
Peter Weir
Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
Australia
English
581
457
1936
Fritz Lang
Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis
Drama / Pre-Noir / Crime
USA
English
581
457
1933
Rouben Mamoulian
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith
Drama / Romance / History / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
582
458
1939
Howard Hawks
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell
Drama / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
583
459
1987
Souleymane Cissé
Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
French
584
460
1976
Bernardo Bertolucci
Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
586
462
1945
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney, Pamela Brown
Drama / Romance / War
UK
English
587
463
1995
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
Drama / War / Action / History / Epic
USA
English
588
464
1964
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
589
465
1989
Oliver Stone
Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman
Drama / War / Biography
USA
English
590
466
1942
Jacques Tourneur
Simone Simon, Tom Conway
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
591
467
2005
George Clooney
David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr.
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
593
469
1965
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
594
470
1995
Chris Noonan
Christine Cavanaugh, James Cromwell
Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Australia / USA
English
595
471
1963
John Sturges
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn
Adventure / War / Action / Drama / History / Family
USA
English
596
472
1996
Danny Boyle
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
597
473
1961
Michelangelo Antonioni
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
598
474
1988
Theo Angelopoulos
Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Dimitris Kaberidis
Drama
France / Greece / Italy
Greek
599
475
1991
John Singleton
Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut
Crime / Drama
USA
English
600
476
1980
Alain Resnais
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia
Drama / Comedy
France
French
601
477
1984
Jim Jarmusch
John Lurie, Eszter Balint
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA / West Germany
English
602
478
1943
Luchino Visconti
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Drama / Crime / Thriller
Italy
Italian
603
479
1975
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
604
480
1951
Robert Wise
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Family
USA
English
606
482
1937
Victor Fleming, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Paul Muni, Luise Rainer
Drama / Epic
USA
English
607
483
1995
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA / France
English
608
484
1961
Blake Edwards
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
609
485
1980
François Truffaut
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Romance / War
France
French
610
486
1995
Ron Howard
Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
Drama / History / Family
USA
English
