Best Movies of 20th Century by Director

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Rating
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
4 Stars
1424
1201
1993
Woo-ping Yuen
Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Shi-Kwan Yen, James Wong
Action / Crime / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2.5 Stars
2657
2190
1978
Woo-ping Yuen
Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Ching Chiang, Ging Man Fung
Comedy / Action
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2.5 Stars
2628
2171
1955
Sergei Yutkevich
Sergei Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Andrei Popov, Vladimir Soshalsky
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2645
2182
1931
Sergei Yutkevich
Yuri Korvin-Krukovsky, V. Fedoseyev, Nikolai Michurin
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2681
2207
1953
Sergei Yutkevich
Akaki Khorava, Besa Imami, Adivie Alibali, Semyon Sokolovsky
Drama
Albania / Soviet Union
Albanian
2.5 Stars
2706
2228
1969
Peter Zadek
Heinz Baumann, Wolfgang Schneider, Guido Baumann, Margot Trooger
Drama / Comedy
West Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2366
1975
1993
Steven Zaillian
Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2396
2000
1998
Steven Zaillian
John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2322
1940
1996
Jerry Zaks
Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2424
2021
1947
Luigi Zampa
Aldo Fabrizi, Gar Moore, Mirella Monti, John Kitzmiller
Drama / War / Comedy
Italy
Italian
Rating
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2699
2221
1947
Luigi Zampa
Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi, Ernesto Almirante
Drama
Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2699
2221
1999
Gianni Zanasi
Stefania Rivi, Andrea Corneti, Wilson Saba, Paolo Sassanelli
Comedy / Drama
Italy
Italian
3 Stars
2017
1691
1984
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka
Romance / Drama / War
Poland / West Germany / USA
Polish
2.5 Stars
2284
1906
1980
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magda Jaroszowna
Drama / Comedy
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2547
2114
1975
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Piotr Fronczewski, Marek Piwowski
Drama
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2591
2144
1977
Krzysztof Zanussi
Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul-Podlasky, Mariusz Dmochowski
Comedy / Drama
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2681
2207
1980
Krzysztof Zanussi
Tadeusz Bradecki, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski
Drama
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2688
2212
1982
Krzysztof Zanussi
Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Sigfrit Steiner, Matthias Habich, Jan Biczycki
Drama
West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2642
2181
1963
Abraham Zapruder
John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally
Documentary / Short / History / Crime
USA
English
4.5 Stars
677
596
1968
Franco Zeffirelli
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / Italy
English
4 Stars
1485
1255
1982
Franco Zeffirelli
Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil
Drama / Musical
Italy
Italian
3.5 Stars
1737
1453
1986
Franco Zeffirelli
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli
Drama / Musical
Italy / Netherlands
Italian
3.5 Stars
1771
1482
1967
Franco Zeffirelli
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2463
2053
1990
Franco Zeffirelli
Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm
Drama
USA / UK / France
English
2.5 Stars
2628
2171
1972
Franco Zeffirelli
Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague
Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film
Italy / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2645
2182
1965
Franco Zeffirelli
Mirella Freni, Adriana Martino, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai
Musical / Drama
West Germany
Italian
2.5 Stars
2712
2234
1996
Franco Zeffirelli
Anna Paquin, Nic Knight, Nicola Howard, Sasha Graff, Fiona Shaw, John Wood
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy / UK
English
5 Stars
367
338
1988
Robert Zemeckis
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
5 Stars
416
383
1994
Robert Zemeckis
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
5 Stars
444
406
1985
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2228
1857
1997
Robert Zemeckis
Jena Malone, David Morse, Jodie Foster, Geoffrey Blake, William Fichtner
Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2392
1996
1984
Robert Zemeckis
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman
Action / Adventure / Family / Comedy / Romance
Mexico / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2591
2144
1990
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Western / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2628
2171
1980
Robert Zemeckis
Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Deborah Harmon
Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
1989
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2699
2221
1966
Mai Zetterling
Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Jörgen Lindström, Lena Brundin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2776
2290
1964
Mai Zetterling
Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré,
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2404
2007
1999
Yang Zhang
Wu Jiang, Quanxin Pu, He Zeng, Xu Zhu
Comedy / Drama
China
Mandarin
5 Stars, Top 100
39
38
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
745
655
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
835
728
1992
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
936
805
1994
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
4 Stars
1126
953
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
3 Stars
2071
1731
1995
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Baotian Li
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Hong Kong / China / France
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2506
2088
1999
Yimou Zhang
Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao, Zhimei Sun
Drama / Comedy
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2693
2215
1999
Yimou Zhang
Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao, Bin Li, Guifa Chang, Wencheng Sung
Drama / Romance
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2699
2221
1997
Yimou Zhang
Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Qu Ying, You Ge, Yimou Zhang
Comedy / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2699
2221
1999
Yuan Zhang
Lin Liu, Bingbing Li, Yeding Li, Song Liang, Yun Li
Drama / Crime
Italy / China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2628
2171
1920
Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
G. Budzhalov, A. Solovyov, Nikolai Kostromskoy, Ye. Sokolova, M. Kudelko
Drama
Russia
Russian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2776
2290
1949
Junli Zheng
Dan Zhao, Yinyan Wu, Daolin Sun, Yunzhu Shangguan
Drama
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2240
1868
1994
Xiaowen Zhou
Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge, Haiyan Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Xiao Yang
Drama / Comedy
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2341
1954
1975
Howard Zieff
Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner
Western / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2591
2144
1978
Howard Zieff
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2628
2171
1980
Howard Zieff
Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2712
2234
1991
Howard Zieff
Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2764
2279
1994
Rafal Zielinski
Renée Humphrey, Alicia Witt, William R. Moses, Leslie Hope, Ania Suli
Drama / Crime
Canada
English
2.5 Stars
2690
2214
1969
Zelimir Zilnik
Milja Vujanovic, Bogdan Tirnanic, Cedomir Radovic, Marko Nikolic
Comedy / Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2.5 Stars
2765
2280
1995
Zelimir Zilnik
Vjeran Miladinovic, Nenad Rackovic, Milja Milenkovic, Milan Mumin
Comedy / Drama / War
Fed Rep of Yugoslavia
Serbian
5 Stars
117
112
1952
Fred Zinnemann
Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly
Thriller / Western
USA
English
5 Stars
247
233
1953
Fred Zinnemann
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
5 Stars
361
332
1966
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
4.5 Stars
549
489
1959
Fred Zinnemann
Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
Drama / Religion
USA
English
4.5 Stars
757
665
1973
Fred Zinnemann
Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair
Thriller
UK / France
English
4.5 Stars
833
726
1977
Fred Zinnemann
Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
Drama / Biography
USA
English
4.5 Stars
861
748
1950
Fred Zinnemann
Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb
Drama
USA
English
4 Stars
1081
922
1960
Fred Zinnemann
Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
Drama / Adventure
UK / Australia
English
4 Stars
1088
927
1948
Fred Zinnemann
Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotna, Wendell Corey
Drama / War
Switzerland / USA
English
4 Stars
1383
1164
1957
Fred Zinnemann
Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan
Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1768
1479
1955
Fred Zinnemann
Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Musical / Romance / Western
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2352
1963
1948
Fred Zinnemann
Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter
Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2456
2047
1952
Fred Zinnemann
Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2628
2171
1944
Fred Zinnemann
Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead
Drama / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2699
2221
1951
Fred Zinnemann
Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Patricia Collinge, Richard Bishop
Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
942
811
1998
Erick Zonca
Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin
Drama
France
French
4 Stars
1463
1235
1988
David Zucker
Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1751
1465
1990
Jerry Zucker
Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
Romance / Thriller / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
NR
-
1995
Jerry Zucker
Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2673
2203
1962
Albert Zugsmith
Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo, June Kyoto Lu
Drama / Action / Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2604
2151
1981
Andrzej Zulawski
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neil, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer
Drama / Horror / Experimental
France / West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2765
2280
1988
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Epic
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2741
2257
1979
Iván Zulueta
Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Will More, Marta Fernández Muro
Drama / Horror
Spain
Spanish
3 Stars
2127
1775
1961
Valerio Zurlini
Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
2.5 Stars
2682
2208
1962
Valerio Zurlini
Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Salvo Randone, Sylvie
Drama
France / Italy
French
2.5 Stars
2488
2074
1988
Charlotte Zwerin
Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby, John Coltrane, Ray Copeland
Documentary / Biography / Music
USA
English
4.5 Stars
999
857
1989
Edward Zwick
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
Drama / War / Action / History / Epic
USA
English
3 Stars
2104
1756
1996
Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon
Action / Drama / War / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2420
2018
1986
Edward Zwick
Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2655
2188
1994
Edward Zwick
Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2768
2282
1998
Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila
Action / Thriller / Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
569
507
1994
Terry Zwigoff
Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Robert Hughes
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2712
2234
1986
Terry Zwigoff
Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Cab Calloway, Les Blank, Alan Governar
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
Rating
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language