Best Drama Movies by Rank
1
1
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
2
2
Alfred Hitchcock
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance / Film-Noir
USA
English
4
3
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
5
4
Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Epic
USA
English
6
5
Jean Renoir
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Julien Carette, Tony Corteggiani
Comedy / Drama
France
French
7
6
Vittorio De Sica
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda
Drama
Italy
Italian
8
7
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
Action / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
9
8
Federico Fellini
Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Bruno Agostini, Guido Alberti
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
11
9
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
12
10
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
13
11
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama
France
French
14
12
John Ford
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood
Western / Drama / Epic
USA
English
16
13
Ingmar Bergman
Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
17
14
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
Drama / Biography / Sports
USA
English
18
15
Federico Fellini
Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
19
16
Quentin Tarantino
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir / Cult
USA
English
20
17
Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt
Drama / Romance
USA
English
21
18
Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms
Action / Drama / War / Adventure / Epic / Cult
USA
English
22
19
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
25
20
Fritz Lang
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Sci-Fi / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
26
21
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Crime / Drama / Biography / Gangster
USA
English
27
22
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
28
23
Bernardo Bertolucci
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio
Drama
Italy / France / West Germany
Italian
30
24
David Lean
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif
Adventure / War / Drama / Epic
UK
English
31
25
Arthur Penn
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Biography / Period Film / Caper
USA
English
32
26
Michelangelo Antonioni
Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
33
27
Steven Spielberg
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
34
28
Francis Ford Coppola
Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, John Cazale
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Epic
USA
English
36
29
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
37
30
Satyajit Ray
Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi
Drama
India
Bengali
38
31
Steven Spielberg
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Drama / War / Biography / Epic
USA
English
39
32
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
40
33
Billy Wilder
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
41
34
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
42
35
Stanley Kubrick
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
Comedy / War / Drama / Cult
UK
English
43
36
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
44
37
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
Drama
USA
English
46
38
Elia Kazan
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint
Crime / Romance / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
47
39
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
Adventure / Drama / History / Epic / Cult
West Germany / Peru / Mexico
German
48
40
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Drama
India
Bengali
49
41
F.W. Murnau
George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
Drama / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
50
42
Victor Fleming
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell
Drama / War / Romance / Epic
USA
English
51
43
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Drama
France / Italy
French
52
44
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
Drama / War / Adventure / Comedy
France
French
53
45
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri
Drama
Japan
Japanese
54
46
Robert Altman
Henry Gibson, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakely, Lily Tomlin
Drama / Music
USA
English
55
47
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
56
48
Spike Lee
Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, Spike Lee
Comedy / Drama / Crime
USA
English
58
49
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France / Italy / Spain
French
59
50
Ingmar Bergman
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
Sweden / France / West Germany
Swedish
60
51
Mike Nichols
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
61
52
Frank Capra
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers
Drama / Fantasy / Family / Romance / Religion / Cult
USA
English
62
53
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Drama / War / Experimental / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
64
54
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
66
55
David Lynch
Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Justin Theroux, Brent Briscoe
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Experimental / Post-Noir / Cult
France / USA
English
67
56
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Drama / History / Biography / Religion
France
French (Silent)
68
57
Jean Vigo
Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France
French
69
58
Curtis Hanson
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA
English
70
59
Milos Forman
Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
71
60
Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti
Drama / War
Algeria / Italy
French
72
61
Marcel Carné
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
73
62
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Matt Damon
Action / Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
75
63
Kenji Mizoguchi
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura
Drama / Thriller / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
76
64
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett
Western / Drama / Crime
USA
English
79
65
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
82
66
Víctor Erice
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent
Drama
Spain
Spanish
83
67
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
85
68
Ridley Scott
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Sci-Fi / Drama / Action / Tech-Noir / Cult
USA
English
87
69
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle
Comedy / Drama
France / Italy
French
88
70
David Lean
William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
Adventure / Drama / War
UK / USA
English
91
71
Charles Laughton
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Cult
USA
English
93
72
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Family
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
94
73
Roberto Rossellini
Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno
Drama / War
Italy
Italian
96
74
Jean Cocteau, René Clément
Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Paré, ly, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
France / Luxembourg
French
97
75
Sam Peckinpah
William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates
Action / Drama / Western / Crime
USA
English
98
76
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
99
77
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
100
78
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Musical / Romance / Drama / Family
USA
English
101
79
William Wyler
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
Drama / Romance
USA
English
103
80
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
104
81
Michelangelo Antonioni
Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, John Castle, Jane Birkin
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Cult
UK / Italy
English
105
82
Francis Ford Coppola
Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA
English
106
83
Jean-Luc Godard
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang
Drama
France / Italy
French
107
84
Jane Campion
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Australia / New Zealand / France
English
108
85
Hayao Miyazaki
Miyu Irino, Rumi Hîragi, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô
Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Drama / Family
Japan
Japanese
109
86
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
110
87
Pedro Almodóvar
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Penélope Cruz
Drama / Comedy
Spain / France
Spanish
113
89
Elia Kazan
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond
Drama
USA
English
114
90
Satyajit Ray
Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee
Drama
India
Bengali
115
91
Stanley Kubrick
Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
116
92
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev
Drama / War / History / Biography / Epic / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
118
93
Robert Bresson
Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre, André Guibert, Rachel Bérendt
Drama / Religion
France
French
119
94
Federico Fellini
Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere
Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
123
95
John Frankenheimer
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva
Drama / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
124
96
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
Poland / France / Switzerland
French
127
97
Bob Fosse
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper
Musical / Drama
USA
English
129
98
Andrei Tarkovsky
Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
Soviet Union
Russian
130
99
Robert Altman
Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall
Comedy / War / Drama
USA
English
131
100
Alfonso Cuarón
Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
Mexico / USA
Spanish
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132
101
Michael Cimino
Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken
Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
133
102
William Friedkin
Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
134
103
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano
Drama / Religion / Comedy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
135
104
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
136
105
John Ford
Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell
Action / Western / Drama / Romance
USA
English
137
106
David Lynch
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
138
107
Peter Bogdanovich
Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman
Drama
USA
English
139
108
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Drama / Comedy
France / Italy
French
140
109
George Cukor
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Comedy / Family / Musical / Romance / Drama
USA
English
141
110
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante
Drama / Religion
France / Italy
Italian
142
111
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Henryk Baranowski, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama
Poland
Polish
146
114
James Whale
Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester
Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
148
115
Alan J. Pakula
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
149
116
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / War / Period Film
Mexico / Spain / USA
Spanish
150
117
Louis Malle
Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Post-Noir
USA / Canada / France
English
151
118
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Antonio Centa, Folco Lulli
Thriller / Adventure / Action / Drama
France / Italy
French
153
119
Ang Lee
Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway
Drama / Romance / Western
USA
English
154
120
Luchino Visconti
Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou
Drama
France / Italy
Italian
156
121
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
158
122
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France / Germany
French
162
124
René Clément
Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Drama / War
France
French
163
125
Stanley Kubrick
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Cult
UK
English
164
126
Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach
Action / Western / Drama / Epic
Italy / Spain
English
165
127
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France
French
168
129
Alexander Mackendrick
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
169
130
Giuseppe Tornatore
Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
170
131
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Léonide Massine
Drama / Romance / Music
UK
English
172
133
Nicholas Ray
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen
Drama / Cult
USA
English
174
134
Ingmar Bergman
Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
175
135
Sergio Leone
Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Western / Drama / Epic / Cult
Italy / USA
English
177
137
Frank Capra
Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee
Drama / Comedy / Family
USA
English
179
138
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
180
139
James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
181
140
Robert Hamer
Dennis Price, Alec Guinness
Comedy / Drama / Crime
UK
English
182
141
Steven Spielberg
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
183
142
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
185
143
Jirí Menzel
Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
Comedy / Drama / War
Czechoslovakia
Czech
186
144
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
War / Drama / Action / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
Japan
Japanese
187
145
George Lucas
Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
188
146
Bob Rafelson
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers
Drama / Music
USA
English
189
147
Jean Vigo
Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Léon Larive
Comedy / Short / Drama
France
French
191
149
Terrence Malick
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
192
150
Luis Buñuel
Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Drama / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
194
151
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Musical / Family / Drama / Romance / Cult
USA
English
195
152
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos, Antonio Casas
Drama
France / Italy / Spain
Spanish
198
153
Thomas Vinterberg
Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
198
153
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
199
154
Federico Fellini
Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
201
155
D.W. Griffith
Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner, Sam De Grasse, Vera Lewis
Drama / Epic / History
USA
English (Silent)
202
156
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Drama
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
203
157
Milos Forman
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
Drama / Music / Biography / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
204
158
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
France / Italy
French
206
159
Kathryn Bigelow
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
Action / Drama / Thriller / War
USA
English
207
160
Max Ophüls
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
208
161
William Friedkin
Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Religion / Cult
USA
English
209
162
Pedro Almodóvar
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
210
163
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig
Drama / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
213
164
Sidney Lumet
Al Pacino, John Cazale
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
214
165
David Lean
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
Romance / Drama
UK
English
215
166
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
218
167
Abel Gance
Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
Drama / War / Epic / History / Biography
Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany
French (Silent)
219
168
Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Experimental
France
French
221
169
Alfred Hitchcock
Farley Granger, Robert Walker
Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English
223
170
Norman Jewison
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Timothy Scott
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
225
171
Hugh Hudson
Ian Charleson, Ben Cross
Drama / Sports / Period Film / Family
UK
English
226
172
David Lean
John Mills, Anthony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Family
UK
English
227
173
Luchino Visconti
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Italy / France
English
228
174
Jacques Tourneur
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Crime / Romance / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
229
175
Ridley Scott
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Thriller / Action / Crime / Drama
USA
English
230
176
Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Comedy
France / UK
English
231
177
Jacques Demy
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
Drama / Musical / Romance
France / West Germany
French
232
178
Roman Polanski
Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Thriller / Horror / Drama
UK
English
233
179
John Boorman
Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed Ramey
Adventure / Thriller / Drama / Cult
USA
English
234
180
William Wyler
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Epic / Religion / History
USA
English
235
181
Robert Bresson
Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin
Drama
France / Sweden
French
236
182
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
237
183
Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
238
184
Luis Buñuel
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
239
185
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir
USA
English
240
186
John Badham
John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pape
Drama / Romance / Music / Cult
USA
English
241
187
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
242
188
David Lean
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness
Drama / Romance / Epic / History / Period Film
USA
English
243
189
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
247
191
Fred Zinnemann
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
248
192
Ingmar Bergman
Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
249
193
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton
Drama / Epic / History / Biography / Romance
USA
English
250
194
John Ford
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
252
195
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
253
196
Lewis Milestone
Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander
War / Drama / Epic
USA
English
254
197
Alain Resnais
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
Drama / Romance / War
France / Japan
French
Affiliate Link
256
198
Elem Klimov
Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
257
199
John G. Avildsen
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith
Drama / Romance / Sports / Family
USA
English
258
200
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh
Drama / War / Western / Epic / History
USA
English (Silent)
259
201
Robert Altman
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
260
202
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
263
204
Claude Chabrol
Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara
Drama / Thriller / Horror
France / Italy
French
263
204
Robert Mulligan
Gregory Peck, Mary Badham
Drama / Family
USA
English
264
205
Pedro Almodóvar
Javier Cámara, Dario Grandinetti
Drama / Romance
Spain
Spanish
265
206
Stanley Kubrick
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
Romance / War / Action / Drama / Epic / History / Adventure
USA
English
266
207
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson
Adventure / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
267
208
Ernst Lubitsch
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill
Comedy / Drama / War
USA
English
268
209
Mike Nichols
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Thriller / Drama
USA
English
269
210
James Whale
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
USA
English
271
211
Marcel Carné
Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty, Mady Berry, René Génin
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Romance
France
French
275
213
Howard Hawks
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Western / Romance / Drama
USA
English
276
214
John Huston
Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Caper / Gangster
USA
English
277
215
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel
Drama / Music / Romance
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
French
277
215
Costa-Gavras
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner
Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Algeria / France
French
278
216
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
279
217
Federico Fellini
Giulietta Masina, François Périer
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
281
218
Milos Forman
Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Czechoslovakia
Czech
282
219
Lloyd Bacon
Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee
Musical / Romance / Drama / Comedy
USA
English
284
221
Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Drama / War / Adventure
West Germany
German
284
221
Roman Polanski
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka
Drama / Thriller
Poland
Polish
286
222
Robert Altman
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie
Drama / Western
USA
English
287
223
Alexander Payne
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
Adventure / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
288
224
Frank Darabont
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
289
225
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani
Drama / Crime / Experimental / Romance
France / Italy
French
290
226
Neil Jordan
Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea
Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
UK / Japan
English
291
227
James Ivory
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Denholm Elliott
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
292
228
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Preben Lerdorff Rye, Birgitte Federspiel, Emil Hass Christensen
Drama / Religion
Denmark
Danish
293
229
Jacques Rivette
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
294
230
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
295
231
Sofia Coppola
Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray
Drama / Comedy
USA / Japan
English
296
232
Spike Jonze
John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Ned Bellamy
Comedy / Fantasy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
297
233
David Fincher
Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
298
234
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
300
235
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton
Drama / War / History / Epic / Biography
UK
English
301
236
Anthony Minghella
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
Romance / Drama / War / Epic / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
303
237
Vittorio De Sica
Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova, Elena Rea
Drama
Italy
Italian
306
238
Lindsay Anderson
Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick
Drama / Comedy / Cult
UK
English
307
239
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
308
240
Franklin J. Schaffner
George C. Scott, Karl Malden
Drama / War / Epic / Biography
USA
English
309
241
Nicholas Ray
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
310
242
Wim Wenders
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
UK / France / West Germany / USA
English
313
243
Tomas Alfredson
Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist
Drama / Horror / Romance
Sweden
Swedish
314
244
Jacques Audiard
Niels Arestrup, Alaa Oumouzoune, Tahar Rahim, Gilles Cohen, Farid Elouardi
Crime / Drama / Gangster
France / Italy
French
315
245
John Sturges
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Western
USA
English
316
246
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Spy
UK
English
317
247
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
318
248
Robert Bresson
Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal
Crime / Drama
France
French
319
249
John Ford
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara
Drama / Romance
USA
English
320
250
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Drama / Period Film
France / Switzerland / Italy
French
320
250
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
UK
English
324
253
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
Drama / War
West Germany
German
325
254
John Cassavetes
John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel
Drama
USA
English
327
255
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
329
257
Max Ophüls
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France / West Germany
French
329
257
Louis Malle
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale
Drama
France / Italy / West Germany
French
330
258
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
331
259
William Dieterle
Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard
Drama / Biography
USA
English
332
260
Michael Curtiz
James Cagney, Joan Leslie
Drama / Music / Biography
USA
English
334
261
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
335
262
Louis Malle
Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
Drama / War
France / West Germany
French
336
263
William A. Wellman
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
337
264
David Lynch
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Cult
UK / USA
English
338
265
Charles Burnett
Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry
Drama
USA
English
340
266
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
342
267
Hal Ashby
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart
Drama / Comedy
USA / UK / West Germany / Japan
English
343
268
Frank Lloyd
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
344
269
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy
Adventure / Drama
Peru / West Germany
English
345
270
Michael Haneke
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Drama
France / Germany / Austria
French
347
271
Baz Luhrmann
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
Drama / Musical / Romance
Australia / USA
English
349
273
Roman Polanski
Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Horror / Thriller / Drama / Cult
USA
English
350
274
Asghar Farhadi
Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi
Drama
Iran
Persian
351
275
Julian Schnabel
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny
Biography / Drama
France / USA
French
352
276
Scott Hicks
Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud
Drama / Romance / Music / Biography
Australia
English
353
277
Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Tanay Chheda
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK / USA
English
354
278
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
279
Stephen Frears
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
358
280
Frank Capra
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
360
281
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
361
282
John Madden
Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
USA / UK
English
364
283
William Wyler
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
365
284
Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
367
285
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
368
286
Robert Bresson
François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod
Adventure / Drama / War
France
French
368
286
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
Drama
Italy / France / Switzerland
French
370
288
George Cukor
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan
Drama / Musical
USA
English
371
289
George Stevens
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
Drama / Film-Noir / Romance
USA
English
Affiliate Link
374
292
Ridley Scott
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris
Drama / Action / Epic / Period Film
UK / USA
English
375
293
Christopher Nolan
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action / Fantasy
USA / UK
English
376
294
Cristian Mungiu
Adi Carauleanu, Luminita Gheorghiu, Vlad Ivanov, Anamaria Marinca
Drama
Romania
English
377
295
Bernardo Bertolucci
John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
France / Italy / UK
English
379
296
William A. Wellman
Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews
Drama / Western
USA
English
380
297
Terrence Malick
Sean Penn, James Caviezel, Adrien Brody, Ben Chaplin
Action / Drama / War
Canada / USA
English
382
298
Alfred Hitchcock
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
383
299
Philip Kaufman
Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
385
301
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
386
302
Max Ophüls
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith
Drama / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
387
303
Ari Folman
Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel Lazarov, Mickey Leon
Animation / Biography / Drama / War / History
Israel / Germany / France
Hebrew
387
303
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Adventure
Japan
Japanese
388
304
William Wyler
Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
389
305
Richard Linklater
Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith, Lorelei Linklater
Drama
USA
English
392
307
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira
Drama
Brazil / France
Portuguese
393
308
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe
Drama
Denmark
Danish
393
308
Bernardo Bertolucci
Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi
Drama / Romance / Adult
Italy / France
English
394
309
Karel Reisz
Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts
Drama
UK
English
396
310
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Period Film / Gangster / Family / Cult
USA
English
397
311
Barry Levinson
Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Kevin Bacon
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
398
312
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
398
312
Carol Reed
James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan
Crime / Thriller / Drama
UK
English
399
313
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell
Drama / Western / Action
USA
English
400
314
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
France / Poland / Norway
French
401
315
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal
Thriller / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
402
316
Michael Curtiz
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
405
317
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
406
318
John Huston
Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
407
319
Paul Thomas Anderson
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
408
320
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Ivan Klyukvin, Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
409
321
Vittorio De Sica
Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda
Drama / War
Italy / West Germany
Italian
410
322
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
411
323
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe
Drama
France
French
412
324
Ken Loach
David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland
Drama
UK
English
413
325
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler
Drama / Period Film
Austria / France / Germany
German
414
326
Samuel Fuller
Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Action / Drama / War
USA
English
415
327
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
416
328
Robert Zemeckis
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
417
329
Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
419
331
Robert Siodmak
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama
USA
English
422
334
Denys Arcand
Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Dorothée Berryman
Drama / Comedy
Canada / France
French
423
335
Michael Haneke
Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Drama / Thriller
France / Austria / Germany / Italy
French
426
336
Ang Lee
Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
431
338
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Comedy / Drama
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
Polish
432
339
Don Siegel
Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Detective
USA
English
433
340
Alfonso Cuarón
Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Drama
Mexico / USA
Spanish
435
342
Michael Powell
Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
UK
English
436
343
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
437
344
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
438
345
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
440
346
Bob Fosse
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange
Musical / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
440
346
Stanley Kramer
Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
Drama / Action / Crime
USA
English
441
347
Nicolas Roeg
Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver
Drama / Adventure
UK
English
443
348
Claire Denis
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet
Drama
France
French
444
349
Tom Hooper
Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Rush
Drama / History / Period Film
UK / Australia
English
445
350
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes
Drama / History / War / Biography
Germany / Italy / Austria
German
446
351
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Janie Marese, Georges Flamant, Roger Gaillard
Drama
France
French
447
352
Yasujiro Ozu
Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Drama
Japan
Japanese
448
353
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie
Drama / Sports
USA
English
449
354
Abbas Kiarostami
Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama
France / Iran
Persian
450
355
Atom Egoyan
Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley
Drama
Canada
English
451
356
Vincente Minnelli
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
453
358
Jean Renoir
Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Dante
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France / Italy
English
455
359
Fritz Lang
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
456
360
Todd Solondz
Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker
Drama / Comedy / Cult
USA
English
457
361
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
458
362
Kon Ichikawa
Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Drama / War
Japan
Japanese
459
363
Barry Jenkins
Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert, Janelle Monáe
Drama
USA
English
460
364
Agnès Varda
Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Drama
France / Italy
French
461
365
Billy Wilder
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady
Drama / Film-Noir / Comedy
USA
English
462
366
Steve McQueen
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt, Ashley Dyke
Biography / Drama / History
USA / UK
English
463
367
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Drama / War / Epic / History
Japan
Japanese
464
368
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
465
369
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
467
370
Mervyn LeRoy
Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell
Crime / Pre-Noir / Drama
USA
English
469
372
Christopher Nolan
Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
470
373
Franklin J. Schaffner
Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore
Action / Drama / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
471
374
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
472
375
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Drama
USA
English
473
376
Damien Chazelle
Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock
Musical / Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
474
377
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons
Drama / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
475
378
Stephen Frears
Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Paul Barrett
Biography / Drama / History
UK
English
476
379
George Cukor
Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Harry Beresford
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
USA
English
477
380
John Huston
Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
478
381
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Romance / Drama / Period Film
France
French
479
382
Lawrence Kasdan
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
480
383
Luchino Visconti
Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
Italy
English
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482
385
Peter Yates
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
Drama / Comedy / Sports / Family
USA
English
483
386
Kathryn Bigelow
Jason Clarke, Reda Kateb, Jessica Chastain, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle
Action / Drama / History / Thriller / War
USA
English
484
387
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
485
388
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Tilly Mandelbrot
Animation / Drama / Comic
France
French
486
389
George Cukor
Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell, Elizabeth Allan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
488
390
Carlos Saura
Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall, Florinda Chico
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Spain
Spanish
490
391
James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Drama
France / USA
English
491
392
Michelangelo Antonioni
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
492
393
Abraham Polonsky
John Garfield, Thomas Gomez
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Cult
USA
English
492
393
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau
Drama / Comedy
France / Spain
French
493
394
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli
Drama / Fantasy / War
Italy
Italian
494
395
Spike Jonze
Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
494
395
Clint Eastwood
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
495
396
Gianni Amelio
Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Drama / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
497
397
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Drama
Italy
Italian
498
398
John Boorman
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
499
399
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
501
400
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
502
401
Jean Eustache
Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Drama
France
French
503
402
Edward Dmytryk
Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
503
402
Paul Thomas Anderson
Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall
Drama
USA
English
504
403
Mervyn LeRoy
Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
506
404
Sergio Leone
Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
507
405
Terrence Malick
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler
Drama / Sci-Fi / Period Film
USA
English
508
406
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov
War / Action / Drama / History / Epic / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
509
407
Phil Alden Robinson
Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta
Fantasy / Drama / Sports / Family
USA
English
510
408
Michael Apted
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Drama / Music / Biography
USA
English
511
409
Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Adventure / Drama / Western / Epic / Family
USA
English
513
410
Quentin Tarantino
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender
Drama / War / Adventure
USA / Germany / France
English
514
411
Michel Hazanavicius
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, Missi Pyle
Romance / Comedy / Drama
France / Belgium
English (Semi-Silent)
515
412
Peter Yates
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Drama
UK
English
516
413
Steven Soderbergh
Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Germany / USA
English
518
414
Robert Altman
Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Mystery
USA
English
519
415
James L. Brooks
William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
520
416
Werner Herzog
Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
West Germany
German
521
417
Stephen Daldry
Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
524
418
Robert Bresson
Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Vincent Risterucci
Crime / Drama
France / Switzerland
French
525
419
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
527
420
Ashutosh Gowariker
Aamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Musical / Drama / Romance / Comedy / Sports / Period Film
India
Hindi
529
421
William Wyler
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
Drama / Romance
USA
English
530
422
Tom McCarthy
Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller
USA
English
531
423
Ernst Lubitsch
James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
532
424
George Cukor
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
533
425
James L. Brooks
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
534
426
Sergei Bondarchuk
Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Gennadi Ivanov, Irina Gubanova
Drama / War / Epic / History / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
535
427
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Drama / Period Film
Italy / France
English
536
428
Louis Malle
Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément
Drama / War / Romance
France / West Germany / Italy
French
537
429
Ermanno Olmi
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianin
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
538
430
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
540
431
Samuel Fuller
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Drama / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
540
431
Robert Aldrich
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
541
432
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
543
433
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Japan / Germany
English
544
434
George Cukor
Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
545
435
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
546
436
Elia Kazan
Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Drama
USA
English
549
439
Christopher Nolan
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy / Comic
USA
English
550
440
Joseph Losey
Julie Christie, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
551
441
Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Comedy / Romance / Drama / War
Italy
Italian
552
442
George Clooney
David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr.
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
554
444
Oliver Stone
Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman
Drama / War / Biography
USA
English
554
444
Robert Stevenson
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley
Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
555
445
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
556
446
Bernardo Bertolucci
Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
558
447
Alan J. Pakula
Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
559
448
Ron Howard
Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
Drama / History / Family
USA
English
560
449
F.W. Murnau
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
561
450
Theo Angelopoulos
Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Dimitris Kaberidis
Drama
France / Greece / Italy
Greek
562
451
Jim Sheridan
Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
Drama / Biography
Ireland / UK
English
563
452
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
564
453
Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK
English
565
454
Leo McCarey
Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall
Drama
USA
English
566
455
Steven Soderbergh
James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
Drama
USA
English
570
457
Jean-Pierre Melville
Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Howard Vernon, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama / Caper / Gangster / Film-Noir / Detective
France
French
571
458
Souleymane Cissé
Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
French
574
459
John Ford
Henry Fonda, Alice Brady
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
575
460
Peter Weir
Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
Australia
English
575
460
Danny Boyle
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
576
461
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
578
462
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
579
463
Mikhail Kalatozov
Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov
Drama / Romance / War
Soviet Union
Russian
580
464
M. Night Shyamalan
Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
583
465
Paul Thomas Anderson
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
585
466
Alain Resnais
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia
Drama / Comedy
France
French
588
467
Stanley Kubrick
James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Gary Cockrell
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA / UK
English
589
468
Cameron Crowe
Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee
Drama / Comedy / Music
USA
English
590
469
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
591
470
Chris Noonan
Christine Cavanaugh, James Cromwell
Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Australia / USA
English
592
471
Abdellatif Kechiche
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jeremie Laheurte
Drama / Comic / Romance
France
French
593
472
Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
Drama / Romance
France / Switzerland
French
594
473
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
595
474
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
Drama / War / Action / History / Epic
USA
English
596
475
François Truffaut
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Romance / War
France
French
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