Best Movie Directors by Rank
1594
2709
1961
3
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1594
2314
1992
1
Australia
English
1594
2314
1967
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1594
2533
2010
2
Greece
Greek
1595
2315
2002
1
Italy
English
1596
2466
1971
3
USA
English
1596
2316
1990
1
France
French
1597
2536
2006
2
China
Mandarin
1598
2320
2000
1
South Korea
Korean
1598
2320
2016
1
USA
English
1599
2529
2022
2
USA
English
1599
2321
2022
1
UK
English
1600
2322
1944
1
UK
English
1600
2691
1969
3
West Germany
German
1601
2325
1998
1
USA
English
1601
2637
1977
2
USA
English
1601
2325
1991
1
Australia
English
1601
2325
1996
1
USA
English
1601
2637
1901
2
UK
English
1601
2637
1903
2
UK
English
1601
2637
1911
2
Denmark
Danish
1601
2637
1910
2
USA
English
1601
2637
1910
2
USA
English
1601
2637
1913
2
France
French
1601
2637
1911
2
USA
English
1601
2637
1911
2
Italy
Italian
1601
2637
1913
2
UK
English
1601
2637
1922
2
USA
English
1601
2637
1922
2
Russia
Russian
1601
2637
1946
2
West Germany
German
1601
2637
1948
2
USA
English
1601
2637
1952
2
East Germany
German
1601
2637
1953
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1601
2637
1958
2
Italy
Italian
1601
2637
1981
2
USA
English
1602
2326
1965
1
UK
English
1602
2326
1965
1
UK
English
1602
2326
1996
1
France
French
1602
2326
2025
1
Germany
German
1603
2327
2015
1
Germany
German
1604
2692
1955
3
West Germany
German
1605
2329
2003
1
Japan
Japanese
1606
2529
2013
2
UK
English
1607
2522
2016
2
USA
English
1607
2522
2016
2
USA
English
1608
2709
2001
3
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1608
2550
2009
2
France
French
1608
2406
2018
2
USA
English
1609
2529
1981
3
USA
English
1609
2334
1984
1
France
French
1609
2598
1996
3
UK
English
1610
2335
1973
1
USA
English
1610
2335
1980
1
Botswana
English
1611
2699
1986
3
West Germany
German
1611
2516
2017
2
USA
English
1612
2337
2008
1
USA
English
1613
2597
2020
2
USA
English
1614
2529
1948
2
USA
English
1614
2338
1982
1
USA
English
1614
2338
1982
1
USA
English
1614
2338
1982
1
USA
English
1614
2529
2015
2
UK
English
1615
2417
1995
2
Sweden
Swedish
1616
2343
1961
1
USA
English
1617
2344
1965
1
France
French
1617
2637
1932
2
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1617
2344
1955
1
USA
English
1617
2637
1939
2
Germany
German
1617
2344
1930
1
USA
English
1617
2344
2010
1
UK
English
1617
2702
2019
3
USA
English
1618
2637
1963
2
UK
English
1618
2546
1999
2
Australia
English
1618
2536
2009
2
USA
English
1619
2348
2002
1
USA
English
1619
2563
2017
2
USA
English
1619
2555
2020
2
USA
English
1620
2349
2003
1
Denmark
Danish
1620
2349
2012
1
USA
English
1620
2566
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1620
2566
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1620
2349
2024
1
USA
English
1620
2349
2025
1
USA
English
1620
2349
2025
1
UK
English
1620
2349
2025
1
France
French
1620
2349
2025
1
France
French
1621
2352
1966
1
UK
English
1622
2354
2008
1
Australia
English
1623
2355
1979
1
West Germany
German
1624
2356
2002
1
France
Arabic
1625
2704
1971
3
USA
English
1626
2360
2010
1
Canada
English
1627
2577
1995
2
USA
English
1627
2539
2002
2
USA
English
1627
2577
2007
2
USA
English
1628
2562
2010
2
Switzerland
French
1629
2654
1935
2
France
French
1629
2363
1960
1
UK
English
1629
2363
1977
1
USA
English
1629
2363
1986
1
USA
English
1629
2363
2020
1
Italy
Italian
1630
2364
2004
1
UK
English
1630
2564
2006
2
USA
English
1631
2636
2009
2
USA
English
1632
2545
2012
2
USA
English
1633
2367
1916
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1916
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1916
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1916
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1916
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1914
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1903
1
USA
English
1633
2637
1905
2
USA
English
1633
2367
1912
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1914
1
USA
English
1633
2637
1914
2
USA
English
1633
2637
1916
2
USA
English
1633
2367
1931
1
USA
Spanish
1633
2637
1977
2
USA
English
1633
2367
1982
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1982
1
USA
English
1633
2367
1982
1
USA
English
1634
2560
2004
2
USA
English
1634
2369
2003
1
USA
English
1634
2549
2019
2
USA
English
1635
2725
2005
3
USA
English
1636
2371
1979
1
USA
English
1636
2371
2002
1
France
English
1636
2371
1999
1
China
Mandarin
1637
2372
2009
1
Spain
Spanish
1638
2373
2000
1
Morocco
Arabic
1638
2373
2006
1
UK
English
1638
2373
1998
1
France
French
1638
2373
2002
1
USA
English
1639
2375
2009
1
USA
English
1640
2377
2012
1
USA
English
1641
2378
1971
1
France
French
1642
2725
1999
3
USA
English
1642
2716
2012
3
USA
English
1643
2561
2009
2
UK
English
1643
2381
2020
1
Switzerland
French
1643
2381
2019
1
France
French
1644
2598
2008
2
Israel
Arabic
1645
2598
1964
2
USA
English
1645
2382
2004
1
USA
English
1645
2382
1990
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1645
2598
1995
2
France
French
1646
2383
2004
1
France
French
1646
2383
2008
1
USA
Persian
1647
2651
1961
2
USA
English
1648
2386
1954
1
USA
English
1648
2654
1938
2
USA
English
1648
2386
2002
1
Japan
Japanese
1648
2595
2016
2
USA
English
1648
2576
2022
2
USA
English
1649
2577
2007
2
USA
English
1649
2725
2007
3
USA
English
1649
2577
2008
2
USA
English
1649
2577
2011
2
USA
English
1649
2577
2009
2
UK
English
1649
2577
2013
2
USA
English
1649
2577
2015
2
USA
English
1649
2577
2014
2
USA
English
1650
2387
1998
1
USA
English
1651
2597
2016
2
USA
English
1651
2579
2020
2
USA
English
1651
2569
2024
2
USA
English
1651
2569
2024
2
USA
English
1652
2389
1961
1
France
French
1653
2718
2012
3
USA
English
1653
2390
2019
1
USA
English
1654
2391
2006
1
USA
English
1654
2391
2019
1
USA
English
1655
2637
1960
2
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1655
2614
1980
2
Japan
Japanese
1655
2392
1986
1
Argentina
Spanish
1656
2393
1947
1
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1657
2732
1938
3
USA
English
1657
2637
1944
2
Japan
Japanese
1657
2732
1968
3
USA
English
1657
2765
1961
4
Japan
Japanese
1657
2395
1976
1
USA
English
1657
2732
1955
3
USA
English
1657
2732
1953
3
USA
English
1657
2395
2008
1
USA
English
1657
2732
1948
3
USA
English
1657
2732
1930
3
USA
English
1657
2732
1926
3
USA
English
1658
2614
1964
2
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1658
2397
2010
1
USA
English
1658
2397
2010
1
USA
English
1658
2397
2011
1
USA
English
1659
2398
1999
1
USA
English
1659
2597
2008
2
USA
English
1660
2614
1963
2
Mexico
Spanish
1660
2399
2002
1
Ireland
English
1660
2598
1979
2
USA
English
1660
2399
1961
1
Denmark
Danish
1660
2399
1992
1
Germany
German
1660
2399
1960
1
Mexico
Spanish
1660
2614
1985
2
West Germany
German
1660
2399
1992
1
USA
English
1660
2399
1992
1
USA
English
1660
2614
1975
2
Israel
Hebrew
1660
2399
1997
1
USA
English
1660
2598
1974
2
USA
English
1660
2577
2004
2
USA
English
1660
2399
2002
1
Ireland
English
1660
2399
1992
1
USA
English
1660
2399
2005
1
USA
English
1660
2399
2005
1
USA
English
1660
2399
2000
1
USA
English
1660
2399
2006
1
USA
English
1660
2399
2008
1
USA
English
1660
2399
2010
1
USA
English
1660
2399
2013
1
Estonia
Russian
1661
2401
2005
1
France
English
1661
2401
1978
1
West Germany
German
1661
2600
2014
2
USA
English
1661
2401
2009
1
USA
English
1662
2542
1970
2
USA
English
1662
2403
2016
1
USA
English
1662
2716
2021
3
USA
English
1663
2595
2018
2
USA
English
1664
2637
1957
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1664
2637
1957
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1664
2725
1994
3
Canada
French
1665
2597
2012
2
USA
English
1665
2597
2019
2
USA
English
1665
2597
2019
2
USA
English
1666
2598
1986
2
USA
English
1666
2598
1976
2
USA
English
1666
2598
2007
2
USA
English
1666
2598
1933
2
USA
English
1666
2586
2008
2
USA
English
1667
2670
1966
2
USA
English
1667
2670
1901
2
USA
English
1667
2480
2000
2
USA
English
1667
2670
1960
2
USA
English
1667
2670
1895
2
USA
English
1667
2409
2003
1
USA
English
1667
2670
1937
2
USA
English
1667
2670
1966
2
USA
English
1667
2480
2000
2
USA
English
1667
2670
1934
2
USA
English
1667
2637
1952
2
Sweden
Swedish
1667
2670
1973
2
USA
English
1668
2411
1999
1
USA
English
1669
2414
2012
1
Belgium
Flemish
1669
2414
2019
1
Poland
Polish
1670
2577
2003
2
USA
English
1670
2416
2007
1
USA
English
1670
2416
2014
1
USA
English
1670
2416
2015
1
UK
English
1670
2416
2015
1
UK
English
1671
2417
1997
1
UK
English
1671
2597
2007
2
USA
English
1671
2417
2023
1
Japan
Japanese
1671
2703
2020
3
South Korea
Korean
1672
2666
1993
2
USA
English
1672
2418
1982
1
USA
English
1673
2419
2005
1
USA
English
1673
2598
2013
2
USA
English
1673
2419
2003
1
USA
English
1674
2420
2013
1
USA
English
1675
2732
2010
3
USA
English
1676
2421
1992
1
USA
English
1677
2611
2017
2
USA
English
1678
2424
1974
1
USA
English
1678
2424
1974
1
USA
English
1679
2614
2004
2
Sweden
Swedish
1679
2425
2011
1
Belgium
Dutch
1680
2637
1934
2
Germany
English
1681
2430
2019
1
USA
English
1681
2430
2019
1
USA
English
1682
2431
2010
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1682
2431
2010
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1682
2431
2010
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1683
2435
1997
1
UK
English
1684
2666
1996
3
USA
English
1684
2666
2002
2
France
French
1685
2437
1961
1
USA
English
1685
2637
1955
2
Italy
Italian
1685
2637
1969
2
USA
English
1685
2637
1975
2
USA
English
1686
2616
1989
2
Canada
English
1687
2654
1940
2
Germany
German
1687
2446
1977
1
Philippines
English
1687
2654
1936
2
Germany
German
1688
2732
2012
3
USA
English
1689
2670
1993
2
USA
English
1690
2449
1929
1
USA
English
1691
2654
1987
2
Italy
Italian
1691
2452
1935
1
France
French
1691
2452
1982
1
USA
English
1691
2654
1958
2
France
French
1691
2452
1948
1
USA
English
1691
2654
1944
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1691
2452
1956
1
Mexico
Spanish
1691
2637
1989
2
USA
English
1691
2452
2017
1
France
French
1692
2453
1955
1
France
Italian
1692
2453
1955
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1692
2453
1948
1
Germany
German
1692
2453
1980
1
USA
English
1693
2654
1970
2
UK
English
1693
2654
1950
2
UK
English
1693
2454
2002
1
France
Mandarin
1693
2454
2003
1
France
French
1693
2454
1970
1
UK
English
1693
2454
2014
1
Israel
Hebrew
1693
2454
2014
1
Israel
Hebrew
1693
2623
1992
2
Chile
Spanish
1694
2456
2011
1
USA
English
1694
2456
2011
1
USA
English
1695
2457
1994
1
USA
English
1696
2597
2015
3
USA
English
1697
2637
1940
2
USA
English
1697
2459
1983
1
USA
English
1697
2637
1961
2
France
French
1697
2637
1912
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1916
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1916
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1924
2
Germany
German
1697
2637
1919
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1916
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1920
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1941
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1923
2
UK
English
1697
2637
1925
2
France
French
1697
2459
1927
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1697
2637
1928
2
USA
English
1697
2459
1927
1
UK
English
1697
2459
1929
1
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1697
2637
1947
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1951
2
USA
English
1697
2459
1955
1
USA
English
1697
2459
1955
1
USA
English
1697
2637
1942
2
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Italian
1697
2459
1975
1
USA
English
1697
2459
1973
1
USA
English
1697
2459
1959
1
USA
English
1697
2637
1964
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1973
2
Canada
English
1698
2460
1997
1
UK
English
1698
2709
1929
3
France
French
1699
2662
1996
2
Iran
Persian
1700
2670
2014
2
USA
English
1701
2654
1993
2
Spain
Spanish
1702
2644
1949
2
USA
English
1702
2464
1951
1
USA
English
1702
2644
1940
2
USA
English
1702
2464
2000
1
France
French
1702
2644
1948
2
USA
English
1702
2464
2022
1
Austria
German
1703
2466
1954
1
France
French
1703
2466
1947
1
USA
English
1703
2466
1981
1
Canada
English
1704
2666
1998
2
USA
English
1704
2637
1974
2
USA
English
1704
2637
1985
2
USA
English
1704
2468
1982
1
USA
English
1705
2469
2010
1
Australia
English
1706
2641
2021
2
USA
English
1707
2474
1998
1
USA
English
1707
2474
2006
1
USA
English
1707
2474
2006
1
USA
English
1708
2475
1971
1
USA
English
1709
2476
1934
1
France
French
1709
2476
1958
1
USA
English
1709
2476
1958
1
USA
English
1709
2654
1934
2
Germany
Japanese
1709
2654
1995
2
UK
English
1709
2654
1938
2
Germany
German
1710
2477
2023
1
Ukraine
Ukrainian
1711
2480
2014
1
Ukraine
Russian Sign Language
1711
2480
2023
1
Mexico
Spanish
1712
2697
2006
2
Austria
German
1713
2680
2009
2
Australia
English
1714
2486
2001
1
UK
English
1714
2486
1998
1
UK
English
1714
2666
2006
2
USA
English
1714
2486
2014
1
Austria
German
1714
2486
2014
1
Austria
German
1714
2486
2025
1
Iceland
Icelandic
1715
2487
2024
1
Ireland
English
1716
2489
2017
1
UK
English
1717
2491
2002
1
USA
English
1717
2491
2010
1
USA
English
1718
2492
2019
1
Rep of N Macedonia
Turkish
1718
2492
2019
1
Rep of N Macedonia
Turkish
1719
2494
1991
1
USA
English
1719
2690
1981
2
India
Bengali
1720
2666
2002
2
USA
English
1721
2691
2018
2
Mexico
Spanish
1722
2497
1953
1
USA
English
1722
2670
1971
2
USA
English
1722
2497
1953
1
USA
English
1722
2670
1991
2
USA
English
1722
2497
1928
1
USA
English
1722
2497
1919
1
USA
English
1722
2670
2000
2
USA
English
1722
2497
1926
1
USA
English
1722
2497
1930
1
USA
English
1722
2497
2008
1
USA
English
1722
2670
2003
2
USA
English
1722
2497
1928
1
USA
English
1723
2654
1932
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1724
2692
1957
2
West Germany
German
1724
2499
2019
1
France
English
1725
2680
1998
2
USA
English
1725
2500
1964
1
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1726
2501
1971
1
Canada
French
1726
2501
1999
1
India
Tamil
1727
2504
1944
1
Spain
Spanish
1727
2637
1919
2
USA
English
1727
2701
2020
2
France
Turkish
1728
2505
2000
1
Canada
English
1729
2697
1999
2
France
Romanian
1729
2697
2007
2
Italy
Italian
1730
2577
1988
2
USA
English
1730
2690
2013
2
Germany
Bulgarian
1731
2680
2004
2
USA
English
1731
2680
2009
2
Sweden
Swedish
1731
2701
2022
2
Georgia
Georgian
1732
2702
2019
2
USA
English
1732
2699
2024
2
Norway
Norwegian
1733
2670
1966
2
USA
English
1733
2511
1999
1
UK
English
1733
2511
1983
1
Japan
Japanese
1733
2511
1988
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1733
2511
1963
1
Italy
Italian
1734
2512
1986
1
France
French
1734
2512
1945
1
Spain
French
1734
2512
1945
1
Spain
French
1735
2754
1978
3
France
French
1736
2693
2021
2
Germany
English
1737
2704
2003
2
USA
English
1737
2701
2018
2
USA
English
1737
2701
2022
2
Italy
Italian
1738
2680
2005
2
USA
English
1738
2514
2021
1
USA
English
1739
2680
1991
2
USA
English
1739
2516
2017
1
Australia
English
1739
2516
1972
1
Angola
Portuguese
1740
2517
2018
1
USA
English
1741
2699
1955
2
Spain
Spanish
1742
2519
2005
1
USA
English
1743
2520
2010
1
Russia
Russian
1744
2521
2007
1
France
French
1745
2598
1998
2
USA
English
1745
2686
2010
2
USA
English
1746
2525
1995
1
UK
English
1746
2525
1996
1
USA
English
1747
2527
1971
1
India
Urdu
1748
2529
1995
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1993
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1993
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1983
1
USA
English
1748
2529
2007
1
Argentina
Spanish
1748
2529
1938
1
UK
English
1748
2529
1983
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1938
1
USA
English
1748
2529
2004
1
Canada
English
1748
2529
1992
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1992
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1992
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1992
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1992
1
USA
English
1748
2529
2008
1
Denmark
English
1748
2529
2012
1
USA
English
1748
2529
2013
1
Israel
Hebrew
1748
2529
2013
1
Israel
Hebrew
1748
2529
2013
1
France
French
1748
2529
2014
1
UK
English
1748
2529
2014
1
UK
English
1748
2529
2014
1
France
French
1748
2529
2016
1
UK
English
1748
2529
2016
1
Iran
Persian
1748
2529
2016
1
Japan
Japanese
1748
2529
2018
1
USA
English
1748
2529
2017
1
France
English
1748
2529
2019
1
UK
English
1748
2529
2018
1
UK
English
1748
2529
2021
1
USA
English
1748
2529
2021
1
Belgium
French
1749
2709
2002
2
Austria
German
1749
2709
2002
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
2002
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
1963
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
1963
2
Sweden
Swedish
1749
2709
2006
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
2006
2
Russia
Russian
1749
2709
2008
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
1998
2
Poland
Polish
1749
2709
2010
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
2010
2
Philippines
Filipino
1749
2709
2014
2
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1749
2709
2017
2
Greece
Greek
1749
2701
2015
2
Italy
Italian
