Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
832
11
Vera Chytilová
Jitka Cerhova, Ivana Karbanova, Julius Albert
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Czechoslovakia
Czech
940
12
Lewis Gilbert
Michael Caine, Shelley Winters
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
995
13
Karel Reisz
David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
996
14
Claude Lelouch
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
France
French
1023
15
Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey
Brigid Berlin, Randy Borscheidt, Christian Aaron Boulogne
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
1029
16
Silvio Narizzano
James Mason, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling
Comedy / Romance
UK
English
1253
17
John Frankenheimer
Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer, Jeff Corey, Richard Anderson
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Mystery / Drama
USA
English
1421
18
Norman Jewison
Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin
Comedy / War
USA
English
1444
19
James Hill, Tom McGowan
Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen
Family / Drama / Adventure
UK / USA
English
1474
20
Alain Resnais
Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold
Drama
France / Sweden
French
1599
21
Robert Wise
Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen
Drama / Romance / War / Adventure / History / Epic
USA
English
1674
22
Roman Polanski
Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander
Thriller / Drama / Comedy / Crime
UK
English
1712
23
François Truffaut
Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring
Sci-Fi / Drama
UK
English
1805
24
Jack Smight
Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
1904
25
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2001
26
Sidney Lumet
Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Joanna Pettet
Drama
USA
English
2018
27
Ousmane Sembene
Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek
Drama
France / Senegal
French
2028
28
Richard Brooks
Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode
Western / Adventure
USA
English
2069
29
Bruce Brown
Michael Hynson, Robert August, Bruce Brown
Documentary / Sports / Cult
USA
English
2133
30
Roger Corman
Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Buck Taylor
Drama / Action / Crime
USA
English
2141
31
Carlos Saura
Ismael Merlo, Alfredo Mayo, José María Prada
Drama / Adventure
Spain
Spanish
2151
32
Roy Boulting
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, John Mills, Marjorie Rhodes
Comedy / Romance
UK
English
2259
33
George Kuchar
Donna Kerness, George Kuchar, Stella Kuchar, Andrea Lunin, Hope Morris
Short / Drama
USA
English
2266
34
Bryan Forbes
Jeremy Lloyd, John Mills, Michael Caine, James Villiers, Peter Sellers
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2305
35
Seijun Suzuki
Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Ryuji Kita, Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Japan
Japanese
2311
36
King Hu
Pei-pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Hei Chan, Hung Lieh Chen, Yin-Chieh Han, Feng Ku
Action / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2349
37
Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo
Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, Bart Allison, Reginald Marsh
Drama / Fantasy / War / Sci-Fi
UK
English
2360
38
Don Chaffey
Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick
Adventure / Fantasy
UK
English
2379
39
Francis Ford Coppola
Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Peter Kastner, Rip Torn
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2434
40
Richard Lester
Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford
Comedy / Musical
UK / USA
English
2446
41
John Frankenheimer
James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune, Brian Bedford
Drama / Sports
USA
English
2471
42
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Caper
USA
English
2485
43
John Huston
John Huston, Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris
Drama / Epic / Religion
USA / Italy
English
2493
44
Richard Fleischer
Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence
Adventure / Sci-Fi / Action
USA
English
2525
45
Ken Loach
Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis, Wally Patch, Adrienne Frame
Drama
UK
English
2556
46
Ronald Neame
Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom, Roger C. Carmel
Comedy / Crime / Caper / Thriller
USA
English
2587
47
Jean-Pierre Melville
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Gangster / Caper / Post-Noir
France
French
2591
48
Mary Ellen Bute
Martin J. Kelley, Jane Reilly, Peter Haskell, Page Johnson, John V. Kelleher
Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
2606
49
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska
Drama / History / Epic / War
Poland
Polish
2612
50
Roberto Rossellini
Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Silvagni, Katharina Renn
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
2628
51
Robert Ellis Miller
Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Dean Jones, Rosemary Murphy, Ann Prentiss
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2628
51
Stanley Donen
Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, Carl Duering, John Merivale
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Action / Spy / Comedy
USA
English
2628
51
Leslie H. Martinson
Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Family / Fantasy / Comic
USA
English
2628
51
John Guillermin
George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Karl Michael Vogler
Adventure / Drama / War / Action
UK
English
2628
51
Arthur Penn
Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2628
51
René Clément
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, George Chakiris, Gert Fröbe
Drama / History / War / Epic
France / USA
French
2628
51
Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon
Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War / Epic
UK
English
2628
51
Philippe de Broca
Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Jean-Claude Brialy, Julien Guiomar
Drama / Comedy / War / Romance / Adventure / Cult
France / Italy
French
2628
51
Byron Paul
Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff, Arthur Malet, Tyler McVey
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Romance
USA
English
2628
51
Joseph Losey
Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, Michael Craig
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Spy / Comic / Detective
UK
English
2628
51
Daniel Mann
James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Benson Fong, Shelby Grant
Adventure / Comedy / Spy / Action / Cult
USA
English
2628
51
Phil Karlson
Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Victor Buono, Arthur O'Connell
Action / Comedy / Spy / Cult / Romance / Adventure
USA
English
2628
51
Alfred Hitchcock
Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova
Mystery / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2645
52
Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Sergio Rossi
Documentary / Experimental
Italy
Italian
2645
52
John Olden, Claus Peter Witt
Horst Tappert, Hans Cossy, Günther Neutze
Crime / Thriller / Drama
West Germany
German
2645
52
Henning Carlsen
Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitte Federspiel, Knud Rex
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Norway / Sweden
Norwegian
2645
52
Bruce Herschensohn
Gregory Peck, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Earl Warren
Documentary / History / Biography
USA
English
2657
53
Andrei Konchalovsky
Iya Savvina, Aleksandr Sirin, Lyubov Sokolova, Gennadi Yegorychyov, Ivan Petrov
Drama / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
2657
53
Sergio Corbucci
Franco Nero, José Bódalo, Loredana Nusciak
Western / Cult
Italy / Spain
Italian
2661
54
Bruce Baillie
Short / Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2661
54
unknown
Documentary / History / Short
USA
English
2661
54
Alfred Clah
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2661
54
Johnny Nelson
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2661
54
Susie Benally
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2661
54
Mike Anderson
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2661
54
Susie Benally
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2661
54
Johnny Nelson
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2661
54
Mary J. Tsosie, Maxine Tsosie
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2661
54
Steve Sabol
John Facenda
Sports / Documentary
USA
English
2661
54
Bill Jersey
Documentary / Religion
USA
English
2674
55
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Rossana Di Rocco
Comedy
Italy
Italian
2688
56
Alexander Kluge
Alexandra Kluge, Guenter Mack, Eva-Maria Meineke, Hans Korte
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
2688
56
Conrad Rooks
Jean-Louis Barrault, Conrad Rooks, William S. Burroughs
Drama / Experimental
USA / France
English
2688
56
Larisa Shepitko
Mayya Bulgakova, Sergey Nikonenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Panteleymon Krymov
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
2697
57
Peter Schamoni
Helmut Förnbacher, Christian Doermer, Andrea Jonasson, Monika Peitsch
Drama
West Germany
German
2699
58
Roger Vadim
Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery, Tina Aumont
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
2699
58
Mai Zetterling
Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Jörgen Lindström, Lena Brundin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2699
58
Vittorio De Seta
Jacques Perrin, Ilaria Occhini, Rosemarie Dexter, Gianni Garko
Drama
Italy
Italian
2699
58
Zoltán Fábri
Antal Páger, Klári Tolnay, Lajos Básti
Drama
Hungary
Hungarian
2700
59
Norman Panama
Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Carroll O'Connor
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2700
59
Paul Czinner
Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, David Blair, Desmond Doyle
Musical
UK
English
2700
59
Daniel Petrie
Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries, Eric Sykes
Comedy / Spy
UK
English
2719
60
Louis McMahon
Robert Miller, Doris Burnell, Alan G. Barbour, Barney Noto, John Cullen
Sci-Fi / Action / Comedy / Serial
USA
English
2719
60
Dwight Hemion
Barbra Streisand
Comedy / Music
USA
English
2719
60
Hamilton Luske
Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Chet Huntley, Dick Van Dyke
Documentary / Adventure / Biography / Drama / Family / Western
USA
English
2719
60
Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Frank Tashlin, Hawley Pratt, Robert McKimson, Arthur Davis, Robert Clampett
Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Sheldon Leonard, June Foray, John T. Smith
Animation / Family / Comedy / Short
USA
English
2734
61
Bruce Baillie
Ella Fitzgerald
Short / Music / Experimental
USA
English
2751
62
Kenneth Anger
Anaïs Nin, Kenneth Anger, Marjorie Cameron
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2751
62
Jean-Daniel Pollet
Laurent Terzieff
Mystery / Short
France
French
2751
62
George Axelrod
Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Ruth Gordon
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2751
62
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Crime / Mystery / Thriller
France
French