Best Movie Directors by Language
1943
2778
1994
1
Cyprus
Serbo-Croatian
1952
2790
1980
1
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1892
2709
2009
1
Sri Lanka
Sinhala
562
813
1970
3
Czechoslovakia
Slovak
745
813
1965
1
Czechoslovakia
Slovak
1894
2711
1996
1
Czech Republic
Slovak
1897
2714
2015
1
Czech Republic
Slovak
1887
2705
2024
1
Canada
Somali
1913
2732
2014
1
USA
Somali
49
110
2001
18
Spain
Spanish
134
131
2006
6
USA
Spanish
276
82
1982
2
Spain
Spanish
314
488
1982
9
Spain
Spanish
583
955
1990
4
USA
Spanish
585
1969
2018
8
Chile
Spanish
591
1050
2000
3
Spain
Spanish
606
953
1985
3
Cuba
Spanish
682
790
2005
2
Argentina
Spanish
715
1913
1946
6
Mexico
Spanish
724
760
1985
1
Argentina
Spanish
774
1161
1977
3
Mexico
Spanish
781
1835
2007
4
Argentina
Spanish
835
999
2025
1
France
Spanish
863
2435
1956
7
Spain
Spanish
924
1401
1993
2
Mexico
Spanish
939
2533
1956
6
Spain
Spanish
943
1687
2016
4
Chile
Spanish
951
1982
2006
3
Spain
Spanish
1057
1449
2022
1
Argentina
Spanish
1091
1512
2004
1
USA
Spanish
1099
2164
2008
4
Mexico
Spanish
1105
2549
1987
4
Spain
Spanish
1130
1581
2014
1
Argentina
Spanish
1150
1840
2019
2
USA
Spanish
1151
2182
2009
2
Spain
Spanish
1187
1880
1994
2
Cuba
Spanish
1199
2072
2010
2
Mexico
Spanish
1279
1822
1998
1
Spain
Spanish
1312
2081
1998
2
Mexico
Spanish
1330
2338
2017
2
Spain
Spanish
1335
2399
1960
3
Mexico
Spanish
1342
2346
1971
2
Peru
Spanish
1343
2285
1965
2
Spain
Spanish
1343
1928
2012
1
Chile
Spanish
1377
1984
2019
1
Guatemala
Spanish
1396
2231
2017
2
Colombia
Spanish
1419
2050
2009
1
Chile
Spanish
1430
2281
1965
2
Argentina
Spanish
1488
2622
1983
3
Argentina
Spanish
1511
2181
2000
1
Argentina
Spanish
1551
2614
1978
2
Mexico
Spanish
1551
2614
1975
2
Spain
Spanish
1569
2282
1992
1
Spain
Spanish
1586
2614
1985
2
Argentina
Spanish
1589
2309
1969
1
Cuba
Spanish
1620
2566
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1620
2566
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1633
2367
1931
1
USA
Spanish
1637
2372
2009
1
Spain
Spanish
1655
2392
1986
1
Argentina
Spanish
1660
2614
1963
2
Mexico
Spanish
1660
2399
1960
1
Mexico
Spanish
1691
2452
1956
1
Mexico
Spanish
1693
2623
1992
2
Chile
Spanish
1701
2654
1993
2
Spain
Spanish
1711
2480
2023
1
Mexico
Spanish
1721
2691
2018
2
Mexico
Spanish
1727
2504
1944
1
Spain
Spanish
1741
2699
1955
2
Spain
Spanish
1748
2529
2007
1
Argentina
Spanish
1756
2707
1978
2
Argentina
Spanish
1757
2654
2021
2
Chile
Spanish
1767
2550
1996
1
Mexico
Spanish
1773
2704
2009
2
Spain
Spanish
1781
2569
2022
1
Mexico
Spanish
1784
2572
2009
1
Spain
Spanish
1804
2598
1991
1
Spain
Spanish
1804
2732
2011
2
Spain
Spanish
1816
2670
1982
2
USA
Spanish
1819
2614
1992
1
Argentina
Spanish
1819
2614
1997
1
France
Spanish
1819
2614
1989
1
Puerto Rico
Spanish
1819
2614
1974
1
Argentina
Spanish
1821
2616
1986
1
Mexico
Spanish
1824
2622
1968
1
Argentina
Spanish
1824
2622
1968
1
Argentina
Spanish
1828
2627
1977
1
Cuba
Spanish
1836
2637
1917
1
Argentina
Spanish
1836
2637
1926
1
Spain
Spanish
1836
2637
1930
1
Spain
Spanish
1836
2637
1930
1
Spain
Spanish
1842
2644
2002
1
Spain
Spanish
1842
2644
2002
1
Spain
Spanish
1843
2699
1988
2
Spain
Spanish
1848
2654
1996
1
Cuba
Spanish
1848
2654
1965
1
Spain
Spanish
1861
2666
2004
1
Argentina
Spanish
1862
2670
1956
1
USA
Spanish
1862
2670
1976
1
USA
Spanish
1862
2670
1930
1
USA
Spanish
1862
2670
1930
1
USA
Spanish
1862
2670
1994
1
Mexico
Spanish
1874
2692
1954
1
Argentina
Spanish
1881
2699
1978
1
Spain
Spanish
1881
2699
1978
1
Spain
Spanish
1881
2699
1959
1
Spain
Spanish
1881
2699
1978
1
Spain
Spanish
1885
2703
2009
1
Uruguay
Spanish
1885
2703
2004
1
Argentina
Spanish
1885
2703
2007
1
France
Spanish
1886
2704
2011
1
Argentina
Spanish
1887
2705
2003
1
Spain
Spanish
1887
2705
2007
1
Argentina
Spanish
1887
2705
2007
1
Mexico
Spanish
1889
2709
2002
2
Spain
Spanish
1890
2707
1976
1
Mexico
Spanish
1890
2707
1957
1
Spain
Spanish
1892
2709
1961
1
Argentina
Spanish
1892
2709
1996
1
Colombia
Spanish
1892
2709
1997
1
Spain
Spanish
1892
2709
1953
1
Spain
Spanish
1892
2709
1991
1
Spain
Spanish
1892
2709
2007
1
Spain
Spanish
1892
2709
2015
1
Argentina
Spanish
1892
2709
2016
1
Chile
Spanish
1892
2709
2016
1
Mexico
Spanish
1892
2709
2018
1
Argentina
Spanish
1892
2709
2024
1
Argentina
Spanish
1894
2711
1964
1
Mexico
Spanish
1896
2713
2024
1
Spain
Spanish
1896
2713
2025
1
Argentina
Spanish
1896
2713
2022
1
Mexico
Spanish
1897
2714
2013
1
Mexico
Spanish
1899
2716
2015
1
Mexico
Spanish
1899
2716
2017
1
Spain
Spanish
1901
2718
2001
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
2003
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
1992
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
2007
1
Argentina
Spanish
1907
2725
1959
1
Venezuela
Spanish
1907
2725
2009
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
2010
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
2016
1
Spain
Spanish
1907
2725
2011
1
Mexico
Spanish
1913
2732
2004
1
Mexico
Spanish
1913
2732
2008
1
USA
Spanish
1913
2732
2008
1
Mexico
Spanish
1916
2738
2019
1
Mexico
Spanish
1921
2742
2015
1
Cuba
Spanish
1922
2743
2025
1
Argentina
Spanish
1923
2744
2002
1
Argentina
Spanish
1930
2755
1979
1
Spain
Spanish
1932
2759
2018
1
Argentina
Spanish
1933
2779
1971
2
Argentina
Spanish
1938
2769
2006
1
Mexico
Spanish
1938
2769
2011
1
Chile
Spanish
1938
2769
2014
1
France
Spanish
1938
2769
2024
1
USA
Spanish
1938
2769
2024
1
USA
Spanish
1939
2770
1969
1
Argentina
Spanish
1939
2770
1978
1
Colombia
Spanish
1939
2770
1978
1
Colombia
Spanish
1939
2770
1978
1
Spain
Spanish
1944
2779
1967
1
Argentina
Spanish
1948
2785
1955
1
Spain
Spanish
1952
2790
1991
1
Mexico
Spanish
1952
2790
1999
1
Mexico
Spanish
1952
2790
1972
1
Argentina
Spanish
1897
2714
2016
1
Kenya
Swahili
5
16
1965
27
Sweden
Swedish
403
313
2009
2
Sweden
Swedish
467
1383
1982
6
Sweden
Swedish
489
1495
1973
6
Sweden
Swedish
526
1229
2017
3
Sweden
Swedish
677
1336
2010
4
Sweden
Swedish
774
1668
2003
5
Sweden
Swedish
823
1458
1947
2
Sweden
Swedish
957
2216
1922
5
Sweden
Swedish
1031
1401
2009
1
Sweden
Swedish
1076
1475
1922
1
Denmark
Swedish
1376
2185
1998
2
Sweden
Swedish
1378
2574
2021
3
Denmark
Swedish
1403
2028
1953
1
Sweden
Swedish
1615
2417
1995
2
Sweden
Swedish
1667
2637
1952
2
Sweden
Swedish
1679
2614
2004
2
Sweden
Swedish
1731
2680
2009
2
Sweden
Swedish
1749
2709
1963
2
Sweden
Swedish
1785
2725
2013
2
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
1964
1
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
1991
1
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
2004
1
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
2015
1
Sweden
Swedish
1827
2753
1967
2
Sweden
Swedish
1879
2697
1965
1
Sweden
Swedish
1879
2697
1987
1
Sweden
Swedish
1885
2703
1965
1
Sweden
Swedish
1889
2709
1965
2
Sweden
Swedish
1892
2709
1948
1
Sweden
Swedish
1897
2714
2011
1
Sweden
Swedish
1897
2714
2012
1
Sweden
Swedish
1900
2717
1951
1
Sweden
Swedish
1900
2717
1969
1
Sweden
Swedish
1907
2725
2005
1
Sweden
Swedish
1907
2725
2011
1
Sweden
Swedish
1913
2732
2015
1
Sweden
Swedish
1938
2769
2007
1
Sweden
Swedish
1945
2782
1992
1
Sweden
Swedish
1945
2782
1993
1
Denmark
Swedish
1804
2598
2006
1
Switzerland
Swiss German
1528
2210
1974
2
Philippines
Tagalog
1849
2655
2013
1
UK
Tagalog
1892
2709
1996
1
Taiwan
Taiwanese
1565
2353
1991
2
India
Tamil
1726
2501
1999
1
India
Tamil
1836
2637
1950
1
India
Tamil
1836
2637
1950
1
India
Tamil
1897
2714
2007
1
Mexico
Tarahumara
1897
2714
2007
1
Mexico
Tarahumara
1541
2227
2022
1
India
Telugu
1886
2704
2006
1
India
Telugu
423
1067
2008
7
Thailand
Thai
1861
2666
2000
1
Thailand
Thai
1902
2719
2000
1
Thailand
Thai
1923
2744
2001
1
Thailand
Thai
1923
2744
2003
1
Thailand
Thai
1936
2765
1999
1
Thailand
Thai
1952
2790
1986
1
Thailand
Thai
1448
2094
1999
1
Bhutan
Tibetan
1819
2614
1999
1
France
Tibetan
629
1557
2006
5
Turkey
Turkish
808
938
1982
1
Turkey
Turkish
808
938
1982
1
Turkey
Turkish
1120
1568
2015
1
Turkey
Turkish
1232
1750
1990
1
Switzerland
Turkish
1584
2523
2009
2
Turkey
Turkish
1718
2492
2019
1
Rep of N Macedonia
Turkish
1718
2492
2019
1
Rep of N Macedonia
Turkish
1727
2701
2020
2
France
Turkish
1881
2699
1963
1
Turkey
Turkish
1883
2701
2014
1
Germany
Turkish
1887
2705
2021
1
Turkey
Turkish
1890
2707
1983
1
Turkey
Turkish
1892
2709
1991
1
Turkey
Turkish
1913
2732
2016
1
Turkey
Turkish
1938
2769
2018
1
Turkey
Turkish
361
545
1974
3
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
1710
2477
2023
1
Ukraine
Ukrainian
1752
2709
2023
2
Ukraine
Ukrainian
1938
2769
2024
1
USA
Ukrainian
1938
2769
2024
1
USA
Ukrainian
1747
2527
1971
1
India
Urdu
1808
2602
1960
1
India
Urdu
1886
2704
2012
1
USA
Urdu
1886
2704
2012
1
USA
Urdu
729
1756
2005
4
France
Vietnamese
1819
2614
1992
1
UK
Welsh
658
788
1988
3
Senegal
Wolof
1254
2010
2021
2
France
Wolof
1881
2699
2005
1
South Africa
Xhosa
1592
2312
1939
1
USA
Yiddish
1804
2598
1936
1
Poland
Yiddish
1804
2598
1936
1
Poland
Yiddish
1951
2788
1937
1
Poland
Yiddish
1819
2614
2004
1
South Africa
Zulu
1849
2655
1952
1
Ghana
unknown
1936
2765
1987
1
unknown
unknown
1936
2765
1978
1
unknown
unknown
