Best Movies of 20th Century by Rank
537
477
Ermanno Olmi
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianin
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
538
478
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
539
479
James Cameron
Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen
Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Horror / Action
USA / UK
English
540
480
Samuel Fuller
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Drama / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
540
480
Robert Aldrich
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
541
481
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
542
482
Marcel Ophüls
Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger, Charles Braun
Documentary / War / History
France / Switzerland / West Germany
French
544
483
George Cukor
Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
545
484
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
546
485
Elia Kazan
Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Drama
USA
English
550
487
Joseph Losey
Julie Christie, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
551
488
Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Comedy / Romance / Drama / War
Italy
Italian
554
490
Oliver Stone
Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman
Drama / War / Biography
USA
English
554
490
Robert Stevenson
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley
Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
555
491
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
556
492
Bernardo Bertolucci
Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
557
493
Stanley Donen
Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair
Romance / Comedy / Musical
USA
English
558
494
Alan J. Pakula
Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
559
495
Ron Howard
Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
Drama / History / Family
USA
English
560
496
F.W. Murnau
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
561
497
Theo Angelopoulos
Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Dimitris Kaberidis
Drama
France / Greece / Italy
Greek
562
498
Jim Sheridan
Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
Drama / Biography
Ireland / UK
English
563
499
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
564
500
Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK
English
565
501
Leo McCarey
Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall
Drama
USA
English
566
502
Steven Soderbergh
James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
Drama
USA
English
567
503
Leni Riefenstahl
Rolf Wernicke, Glenn Morris
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
569
505
Terry Zwigoff
Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Robert Hughes
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
570
506
Jean-Pierre Melville
Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Howard Vernon, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama / Caper / Gangster / Film-Noir / Detective
France
French
571
507
Souleymane Cissé
Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
French
572
508
Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies
Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram
Adventure / Family / Fantasy
UK / USA
English
573
509
Terry Gilliam
Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Cult
UK
English
574
510
John Ford
Henry Fonda, Alice Brady
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
575
511
Peter Weir
Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
Australia
English
575
511
Danny Boyle
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
576
512
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
577
513
Preston Sturges
Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton
Comedy
USA
English
579
514
Mikhail Kalatozov
Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov
Drama / Romance / War
Soviet Union
Russian
580
515
M. Night Shyamalan
Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
581
516
Hayao Miyazaki
Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
Japan / USA
Japanese
582
517
Tobe Hooper
Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn
Horror / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
584
518
Lowell Sherman
Mae West, Cary Grant
Comedy / Western / Crime
USA
English
585
519
Alain Resnais
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia
Drama / Comedy
France
French
587
520
Mel Brooks
Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Horror
USA
English
588
521
Stanley Kubrick
James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Gary Cockrell
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA / UK
English
591
522
Chris Noonan
Christine Cavanaugh, James Cromwell
Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Australia / USA
English
593
523
Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
Drama / Romance
France / Switzerland
French
594
524
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
595
525
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
Drama / War / Action / History / Epic
USA
English
596
526
François Truffaut
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Romance / War
France
French
600
529
James Ivory
Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave
Drama / Period Film
UK / Japan
English
601
530
Rupert Julian, Ernst Laemmle, Edward Sedgwick
Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
Drama / Horror
USA
English (Silent)
602
531
Jacques Tourneur
Simone Simon, Tom Conway
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
603
532
John Sturges
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn
Adventure / War / Action / Drama / History / Family
USA
English
604
533
John McTiernan
Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Action / Thriller
USA
English
605
534
King Vidor
John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English (Silent)
607
535
Rouben Mamoulian
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith
Drama / Romance / History / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
608
536
John Singleton
Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut
Crime / Drama
USA
English
609
537
Barbara Loden
Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes, Peter Shupenes
Drama
USA
English
610
538
Howard Hawks
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell
Drama / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
611
539
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
612
540
Bertrand Tavernier
Sabine Azéma, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Geneviève Mnich
Drama / Period Film
France
French
613
541
Leo McCarey
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald
Comedy / Drama / Religion / Musical
USA
English
614
542
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
615
543
George Marshall
Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart
Western / Comedy
USA
English
617
545
Victor Fleming, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Paul Muni, Luise Rainer
Drama / Epic
USA
English
618
546
Luchino Visconti
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Drama / Crime / Thriller
Italy
Italian
619
547
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA / France
English
621
548
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
622
549
Mike Newell
Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas
Comedy / Romance / Drama
UK
English
623
550
Sergei Parajanov
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Soviet Union
Armenian
623
550
Anatole Litvak
Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn
Drama
USA
English
624
551
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud
Comedy / Drama / War
Spain / Switzerland
English
625
552
George Stevens
Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Adventure / Comedy / War
USA
English
626
553
Fritz Lang
Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis
Drama / Pre-Noir / Crime
USA
English
628
555
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert
Drama
France / Sweden
French
629
556
Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
630
557
Jim Jarmusch
John Lurie, Eszter Balint
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA / West Germany
English
632
559
Federico Fellini
Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Italy / France / West Germany
Italian
633
560
William A. Wellman, Jack Conway
Janet Gaynor, Fredric March
Drama / Romance
USA
English
635
562
Robert J. Flaherty
Nanook, Nyla, Cunayou, Allee, Allegoo
Documentary / Drama / Biography
USA
English (Silent)
636
563
Edgar Reitz
Marita Breuer, Edgar Reitz, Gudrun Landgrebe
Drama / History / Epic
West Germany
German
637
564
Blake Edwards
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
639
565
Mike Figgis
Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue
Drama / Romance
France / USA / UK
English
640
566
Cecil B. DeMille
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter
Drama / Adventure / Religion / Biography / Family / Epic
USA
English
640
566
David O. Russell
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze
War / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Caper
USA
English
641
567
David Lynch
Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts
Fantasy / Drama / Horror / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
642
568
Oliver Stone
Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA / France
English
643
569
Tony Richardson
Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah
Drama
UK
English
Affiliate Link
645
571
Arthur Penn
Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson
Drama / Biography / Family
USA
English
645
571
George Sluizer
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Netherlands / France
Dutch
646
572
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney, Pamela Brown
Drama / Romance / War
UK
English
647
573
Jean-Pierre Melville
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann
Drama / War
France / Italy
French
648
574
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk
Thriller / Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
649
575
Joseph H. Lewis
Peggy Cummins, John Dall
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
651
576
John Schlesinger
Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft
Drama / Romance
UK
English
653
577
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam
Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
653
577
Juzo Itami
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho
Comedy
Japan
Japanese
655
578
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Fernandez
Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Music / Gangster / Cult
France
French
656
579
Sydney Pollack
Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
660
581
Jean Renoir
Nora Swinburne, Patricia Walters, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Suprova Mukerjee
Drama / Romance
France / India / USA
English
661
582
Bille August
Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
662
583
David Lean
Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee
Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
663
584
István Szabó
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda
Drama
West Germany / Hungary / Austria
Hungarian
664
585
Peter Weir
Mark Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Lathalu Yunipingli
Drama / War
Australia
English
665
586
Terry Jones
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Comedy / Religion / Cult
UK
English
666
587
Robert Wise
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Family
USA
English
668
588
Howard Hawks
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Thriller / War / Romance / Drama
USA
English
670
589
Richard Brooks
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
Drama
USA
English
670
589
Georges Franju
Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel
Horror / Thriller
France / Italy
French
671
590
Anthony Mann
James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea
Western
USA
English
673
591
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz
Comedy / Drama / Crime
USA
English
675
592
John Huston
Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark
Drama / Sports / Cult
USA
English
676
593
Franco Zeffirelli
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / Italy
English
677
594
Cameron Crowe
Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
678
595
George Stevens
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
680
596
Peter Yates
Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
682
597
Richard Brooks
Robert Blake, Scott Wilson
Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
683
598
Mira Nair
Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Sarfuddin Quarrassi, Raghuvir Yadav
Drama
UK / India / France
Hindi
684
599
Jack Cardiff
Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller
Drama
UK
English
686
600
Alfred Hitchcock
Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen, Billie Whitelaw
Thriller / Crime / Detective
UK
English
687
601
Errol Morris
Randall Adams, David Harris III, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson, Marshall Touchton
Documentary / Crime / Biography
USA
English
687
601
Lindsay Anderson
Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell
Drama / Sports
UK
English
688
602
David Lean
Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
689
603
Sidney Lumet
Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Crime / Drama / Detective / Biography
Italy / USA
English
691
605
Rouben Mamoulian
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, Charles Butterworth
Musical / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
693
606
Roy Ward Baker
Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Action / Drama
UK
English
694
607
Ron Shelton
Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
694
607
Peter Weir
Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
695
608
Sydney Pollack
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Drama / Romance / Epic / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
696
609
Gabriel Axel
Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
697
610
Henry King
Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
Drama / War
USA
English
698
611
Lasse Hallström
Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén
Drama / Comedy / Family
Sweden
Swedish
699
612
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Short / Fantasy / Experimental
USA
English
702
614
Leo McCarey
Charles Laughton, Mary Boland
Comedy / Western
USA
English
703
615
Jean Renoir
Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jane Marken
Drama / Short / Romance / Comedy
France
French
704
616
David Fincher
Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
705
617
Arthur Penn
Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan
Comedy / Drama / Western / Adventure / War / Epic
USA
English
706
618
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow
Drama / Mystery / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
707
619
Joseph Losey
Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox
Drama / Cult
UK
English
709
620
Norman Jewison
Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
710
621
Brian De Palma
Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
711
622
John Schlesinger
Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
UK
English
711
622
Carol Reed
Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel
Drama / Thriller
UK
English
712
623
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Drama
West Germany
German
714
625
Charles Vidor
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Romance / Mystery
USA
English
717
627
Andrei Tarkovsky
Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn
Mystery / Sci-Fi
West Germany / Soviet Union
Russian
718
628
George Miller
Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Crime / Cult
Australia
English
719
629
Agnieszka Holland
Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
Drama / War / Comedy
Germany / France / Poland
German
720
630
Steven Spielberg
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
722
632
George Cukor
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
723
633
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn
Crime / Drama / Romance
France
French
724
634
Preston Sturges
Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest
Comedy / War
USA
English
725
635
Tod Browning
Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
726
636
Stephen Frears
Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir
USA
English
727
637
Michael Curtiz
James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
728
638
Robert Altman
Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
729
639
Lars von Trier
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Italy
Danish
729
639
Mike Leigh
Allan Corduner, Jim Broadbent, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith
Comedy / Drama / Music / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
731
640
Steven Spielberg
Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
732
641
Mehboob Khan
Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar
Drama / Musical / Family / Epic
India
Hindi
733
642
Federico Fellini
Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Drama / Period Film / Fantasy / History
Italy / France
Italian
733
642
Bruce Robinson
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick
Comedy / Cult
UK
English
735
643
Spike Lee
Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr.
Drama / Biography
USA
English
736
644
Victor Fleming
Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney
Adventure / Drama / Family
USA
English
736
644
David Cronenberg
Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
738
646
Mike Hodges
Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne
Thriller / Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster / Cult
UK
English
739
647
Richard Boleslawski
Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
740
648
Alexander Korda
Charles Laughton, Robert Donat
Drama / History / Biography / Epic
UK
English
741
649
Hector Babenco
William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves
Drama
Brazil / USA
English
743
651
Leo McCarey
Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
744
652
Alexander Hall
Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Rita Johnson, Edward Everett Horton
Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
745
653
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
746
654
Michael Mann
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Caper
USA
English
746
654
Alfred Hitchcock
Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll
Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Drama
USA
English
747
655
Mel Brooks
Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens
Comedy / Western
USA
English
748
656
James Bridges
Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady
Thriller / Drama
USA
English
749
657
Bernardo Bertolucci
Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Pippo Campanini, Franco Giovanelli
Drama / Mystery
Italy
Italian
751
658
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Cult
UK
English
753
659
László Benedek
Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell
Drama
USA
English
Affiliate Link
754
660
Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall, Googie Withers
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
UK
English
757
661
Stanley Kubrick
Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Film-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
758
662
George A. Romero
David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross
Action / Horror / Drama / Cult
Italy / USA
English
758
662
Fred Zinnemann
Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair
Thriller
UK / France
English
759
663
Anthony Harvey
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
760
664
Sam Peckinpah
Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna
Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK / USA
English
761
665
Lewis Milestone
Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges
Drama / War
USA
English
762
666
Otto Preminger
Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte
Musical / Drama / Romance
USA
English
762
666
George Cukor
Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
764
667
Dusan Makavejev
Milena Dravic, Ivica Vidovic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg
Drama / Comedy / Fantasy
Yugoslavia / West Germany
Serbo-Croatian
766
668
Jack Clayton
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Horror / Thriller
UK
English
767
669
Alexander Mackendrick
Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood, Wylie Watson
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
768
670
Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton
Drama / Experimental / Cult
UK
English
769
671
Michael Anderson
David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Noel Coward
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English
770
672
Alfred Hitchcock
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Spy / Comedy
UK
English
771
673
Peter Glenville
Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt
Drama / History / Epic / Biography
UK / USA
English
773
674
Laurence Olivier
Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud
Biography / Drama / History / War / Epic
UK
English
777
675
Marcel Camus
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Brazil / France / Italy
Portuguese
778
676
Jean-Luc Godard
Joseph Gehrard, Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret
Drama
France
French
779
677
Elia Kazan
Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan
Drama / Period Film / Family
USA
English
780
678
Douglas Sirk
Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel
Drama / Romance
USA
English
781
679
Martin Scorsese
Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Green Bush, Diane Ladd
Drama / Romance
USA
English
782
680
Ken Russell
Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
783
681
Morton DaCosta
Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
Musical / Comedy / Family / Romance
USA
English
784
682
Ingmar Bergman
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Anita Wall, Jan Malmsjo
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
787
684
Frank Capra
Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt
Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Family
USA
English
787
684
Robin Hardy
Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt
Horror / Musical / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
UK
English
788
685
Rouben Mamoulian
Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
USA
English
788
685
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Mar me Niang, Magaye Niang, Ousseynou Diop
Drama / Family / Romance
Senegal
Wolof
792
687
Denys Arcand
Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening
Drama / Religion
Canada / France
French
793
688
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Matthew Broderick, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson
Family / Adventure / Animation / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy
USA
English
794
689
Gus Van Sant
Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros, Heather Graham
Crime / Drama
USA
English
796
690
Alan Crosland
Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer
Drama / Music
USA
English
797
691
David Lean
Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin
Romance / Drama
UK / USA
English
798
692
Robert Clouse
Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Kien Shih, Ahna Capri
Action / Crime / Thriller / Cult
Hong Kong / USA
English
799
693
Tay Garnett
Lana Turner, John Garfield
Drama / Film-Noir / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
800
694
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski, Jirí Stanislav
Drama
UK / West Germany
English
801
695
Hideo Nakata
Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Sato
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
802
696
John Cromwell, George Cukor, W.S. Van Dyke
Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Adventure / Drama / Romance
USA
English
804
697
Alexander Mackendrick
Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama
UK
English
805
698
Richard Donner
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Romance / Crime / Family / Comic
UK
English
807
700
Bill Forsyth
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson
Comedy / Drama / Cult
UK
English
808
701
Alain Resnais
Michel Bouquet, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Julius Streicher
Documentary / Short / History / War
France
French
809
702
James Ivory
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
810
703
Sam Peckinpah
Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan
Western
USA
English
811
704
Carl Franklin
Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
812
705
Alfred Hitchcock
Joel McCrea, Laraine Day
Thriller / Spy
USA
English
813
706
Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivková
Drama / War
Czechoslovakia
Slovak
814
707
Edward Yang
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Guozhu Zhang, Elaine Jin, Wang Juan, Zhang Han
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Mandarin
814
707
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
818
708
Wes Anderson
Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox
Romance / Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
820
709
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti, Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Venera Bonaccorso
Drama
Italy
Italian
821
710
Chris Marker
Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Sci-Fi / Short / Experimental / Romance / Fantasy
France
French
822
711
Randal Kleiser
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
Comedy / Musical / Romance / Family
USA
English
823
712
David Mamet
Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Cult
USA
English
824
713
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Leslie Daniels, Natalia Ray
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
825
714
Edmund Goulding
Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan
Drama / Romance
USA
English
826
715
Steven Spielberg
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Horror / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
827
716
Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred
Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Comedy / Cult
Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden
Danish
827
716
Martin Scorsese
Robbie Robertson, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Dr. John
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
828
717
Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
Drama / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
829
718
Bruce Beresford
Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Drama / War
Australia
English
830
719
Don Siegel
John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Drama / Western
USA
English
831
720
William Wyler
Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire
Drama / Religion / War
USA
English
832
721
Howard Hawks
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
Drama / War / Biography
USA
English
833
722
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens
Western
USA
English
834
723
Vera Chytilová
Jitka Cerhova, Ivana Karbanova, Julius Albert
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Czechoslovakia
Czech
835
724
Fred Zinnemann
Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
Drama / Biography
USA
English
835
724
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
836
725
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Animation / Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult / Comic
Japan
Japanese
836
725
Peter Jackson
Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent
Drama / Romance / Crime / Fantasy / Thriller / Horror
UK / Germany / New Zealand
English
837
726
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
838
727
Neil Jordan
Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle II, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen
Comedy / Drama
Ireland / USA
English
838
727
John Huston
José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon
Drama / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
839
728
Monte Hellman
James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
Drama / Cult
USA
English
841
729
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton
Comedy / Drama / Family
USA
English
842
730
Buster Keaton, John G. Blystone
Buster Keaton, Joe Keaton
Comedy / Family / Romance / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
844
731
Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron
Comedy / Romance / Family / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
845
732
Adrian Lyne
Michael Douglas, Glenn Close
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
845
732
John Sayles
Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Romance
USA
English
846
733
Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts
Documentary / Music
USA
English
847
734
Julien Duvivier
Jean Gabin, Line Noro, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux, Gabriel Gabrio
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
848
735
Marcel Pagnol
Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Robert Vattier, Robert Bassac
Comedy / Drama
France
French
849
736
Gillian Armstrong
Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
Australia
English
851
737
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
852
738
Bertrand Tavernier
Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Yves Afonso, Julien Bertheau
Crime / Drama
France
French
854
739
Milos Forman
Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson
Drama / Biography
Canada / USA
English
856
740
Henry Cornelius
Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall
Comedy / Adventure
UK
English
857
741
Robert Aldrich
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown
War / Drama / Adventure
UK / USA
English
858
742
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
860
743
Fred Zinnemann
Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb
Drama
USA
English
862
744
Miklós Jancsó
József Madaras, Tibor Molnár
Drama / War
Hungary / Soviet Union
Hungarian
864
745
Rob Reiner
Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Family / Cult
USA
English
865
746
George Seaton
Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
866
747
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Günter Lamprecht, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal
Drama / Epic / Period Film / History
Italy / West Germany
German
Affiliate Link
867
748
Jacques Tourneur
Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett
Horror / Drama
USA
English
868
749
Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger
Action / Drama / War / Epic / Family
USA
English
869
750
David Lynch
Sissy Spacek, Richard Farnsworth, Jane Galloway
Drama / Adventure / Cult
France / UK / USA
English
870
751
Basil Dearden
Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls
Crime / Drama
UK
English
871
752
Jules Dassin
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Drama / Detective
USA
English
872
753
Shekhar Kapur
Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes
Drama / History / Epic / Biography
UK
English
873
754
James L. Brooks
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
874
755
Alexander Mackendrick
Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner
Comedy / Crime / Caper / Family
UK
English
875
756
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux
Drama
France / Belgium
French
877
757
Chris Marker
Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
878
758
Barbet Schroeder
Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra
Drama
USA / Japan / UK
English
880
759
Edward Zwick
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
Drama / War / Action / History / Epic
USA
English
881
760
Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson
Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
USA
English
884
761
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada
Drama / Comedy / Romance
Japan
Japanese
884
761
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
USA
English
885
762
Brian De Palma
Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
886
763
Mervyn LeRoy
Warren William, Joan Blondell
Musical / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
887
764
Abel Gance
Severin-Mars, Ivy Close, Gabriel de Gravone, Pierre Magnier
Drama
France
French (Silent)
888
765
Ronald Neame
Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser
Drama / War
UK
English
889
766
Walter Lang
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner
Musical / Comedy / Family / Adventure / Romance / Drama
USA
English
889
766
Mathieu Kassovitz
Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Drama
France
French
890
767
Masaki Kobayashi
Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Horror / Fantasy / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
891
768
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud
Drama / History / Epic / Biography
USA
English
892
769
Wes Craven
Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
894
771
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Isao Yamagata, Yataro Kurokawa
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
896
772
Alfred Hitchcock
Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
Thriller / Drama
UK
English
898
773
Charles Crichton, John Cleese
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Comedy / Crime / Caper
USA / UK
English
899
774
Fred M. Wilcox
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Cult
USA
English
900
775
William Wyler
Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
902
776
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
903
777
Robert Z. Leonard
Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
904
778
King Hu
Hsu Feng, Pai Ying, Tien Peng, Roy Chiao, Shih Chun
Action / Adventure / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
905
779
George Dunning
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Animation / Fantasy / Music / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
906
780
Sidney J. Furie
Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd
Thriller / Spy
UK
English
906
780
W.S. Van Dyke
Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt
Drama / Romance / Musical
USA
English
907
781
Sidney Lumet
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez
Drama
USA
English
910
782
John Boulting
Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Comedy
UK
English
913
783
Bertrand Tavernier
Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Drama / Music
USA / France
English
914
784
Fred Schepisi
Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson
Drama
Australia
English
915
785
Luis Buñuel
Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Italy / France
French
916
786
James Whale
Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
917
787
Max Ophüls
Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon
Drama / Comedy
France
French
918
788
Alan Parker
Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Adventure / Biography
UK / USA
English
920
789
Edward Dmytryk
Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Miles Mander
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
921
790
Bruce Beresford
Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
923
791
Kimberly Peirce
Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard
Drama
USA
English
925
792
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine
Musical / Comedy / Romance / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
926
793
Marcel Carné
Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan
Drama / Romance / Crime / Gangster / Pre-Noir
France
French
927
794
Richard Lester
Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks II, Michael Crawford
Comedy / Romance
UK
English
928
795
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger
Drama / War
Italy / Switzerland / West Germany
Italian
929
796
Jean-Luc Godard
Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff
Mystery / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
France / Italy
French
930
797
Steven Spielberg
Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton
Drama / Crime
USA
English
931
798
Alan J. Pakula
Warren Beatty, William Daniels, Hume Cronyn, Kenneth Mars, Walter McGinn
Thriller
USA
English
933
799
Blake Edwards
Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman
Romance / Drama
USA
English
936
801
Mitchell Leisen
Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
937
802
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller
UK / USA / Italy
English
937
802
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
938
803
Billy Wilder
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Drama / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
938
803
Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney
Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün
Drama
Turkey / Switzerland / France
Turkish
939
804
Howard Hawks
Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
941
806
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Albert Finney
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
942
807
Erick Zonca
Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin
Drama
France
French
942
807
Michael Verhoeven
Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
944
809
Sam Wood
Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan
Drama / Romance
USA
English
945
810
Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey
Comedy / Romance / Family / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
947
811
Isao Takahata
Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
Animation / War / Drama
Japan
Japanese
948
812
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Ruth Dwyer
Comedy / Family / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
948
812
Nicholas Ray
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen
Crime / Film-Noir / Romance / Drama
USA
English
950
813
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Hong Kong
Cantonese
951
814
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin
Action / Drama / War / History / Epic / Biography
UK
English
952
815
John Dahl
Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses, Zack Phifer
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir
USA
English
953
816
James Whale
Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
953
816
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez
Drama
Cuba
Spanish
955
817
Gregory Nava
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Drama / Adventure
USA / UK
Spanish
956
818
Martin Scorsese
Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
956
818
Elia Kazan
Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire
Drama / Romance
USA
English
956
818
John Ford
John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
Western / Romance
USA
English
957
819
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire
Drama / Crime
France / Germany
French
959
820
William Cameron Menzies
Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott
Sci-Fi
UK
English
960
821
Sidney Lumet
Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell
Drama
USA
English
961
822
F.W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty
Anne Chevalier, Matahi
Documentary / Drama / Romance
USA
English
962
823
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, John Matthews
Mystery / Thriller
UK
English
963
824
Rob Reiner
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Adventure / Drama / Family
USA
English
964
825
John Landis
John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Karen Allen
Comedy
USA
English
966
826
George Miller
Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Cult
Australia
English
966
826
James W. Horne
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
Comedy / Western / Family
USA
English
967
827
Daniel Mann
Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan
Drama / Romance
USA
English
968
828
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan
Drama / Action / Thriller / Crime / Cult
USA
English
970
830
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, Westcott Clarke
Action / Comedy / Family / Romance / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
970
830
Robert Siodmak
Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith
Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Film-Noir
USA
English
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973
832
Nikita Mikhalkov
Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller, Yelena Safonova, Pina Cei, Vsevolod Larionov
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Italy
Italian
974
833
Gus Van Sant
River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert
Drama / Cult
USA
English
975
834
Pietro Germi
Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca
Comedy
Italy
Italian
976
835
Howard Hawks
John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
977
836
William Wyler
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Drama / Romance / Musical / Comedy / Biography
USA
English
980
837
William A. Seiter
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Comedy / Family / Cult
USA
English
981
838
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Drama
West Germany
German
982
839
Raoul Walsh
Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
Drama / Pre-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Gangster / Caper
USA
English
983
840
Ivan Reitman
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Comedy / Family / Cult
USA
English
984
841
Nagisa Oshima
Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri
Drama / Adult / Romance
Japan / France
Japanese
987
843
Roman Polanski
Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / UK
English
988
844
Joshua Logan
Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miiko Taka
Drama / Romance / Comedy / War
USA
English
988
844
Paul Verhoeven
Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé
War / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
988
844
Baz Luhrmann
Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Australia
English
989
845
Paul Mazursky
Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman, Patricia Quinn
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
990
846
Joshua Logan
Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Music
USA
English
992
848
Stephen Frears
Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke
Drama / Romance
UK
English
993
849
Richard Marquand
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels
Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Family / Cult
USA
English
994
850
Elia Kazan
Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman
Drama / Biography
USA
English
995
851
Karel Reisz
David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
996
852
Claude Lelouch
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
France
French
997
853
Bob Clark
Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella
Comedy / Family / Drama
USA / Canada
English
999
854
Claude Chabrol
Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Michel Duchaussoy, Maurice Ronet
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
Italy / France
French
1000
855
Mike Newell
Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
1000
855
Michelangelo Antonioni
Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry
Drama
France / Italy / USA / Spain
English
1000
855
Ang Lee
Winston Chao, May Chin, Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Taiwan / USA
Mandarin
1002
856
Robert Wise
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter
Film-Noir / Drama / Sports / Cult
USA
English
1003
857
Fons Rademakers
Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen
Drama / War
Netherlands
Dutch
1004
858
Claude Chabrol
Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac
Drama / Crime / Thriller
France / Italy
French
1005
859
Mike Nichols
Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid
Thriller / Drama / Biography
USA
English
1007
860
Brian De Palma
Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster / Period Film
USA
English
1009
861
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
1010
862
John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn
Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon
Thriller / War / Action / Adventure
USA / France / Italy
English
1011
863
Edmund Goulding
Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1011
863
Peter Weir
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Romance / Drama
Australia
English
1012
864
Andrew Davis
Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore
Action / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
1013
865
Béla Tarr
Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László Lugossy
Drama
Hungary / Germany / Switzerland
Hungarian
1014
866
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Cult
USA / UK
English
1015
867
Frank Borzage
Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan
Drama
USA
English
1016
868
Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Buster Keaton, Frederick Vroom, Kathryn McGuire
Comedy / Adventure / Family
USA
English (Silent)
1017
869
Michael Curtiz
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone
Action / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
1019
871
Henry Hathaway
Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone
Action / War / Adventure / Drama
USA
English
1022
872
Godfrey Reggio
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English (No Dialogue)
1022
872
William Keighley
Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis
Comedy
USA
English
1024
873
Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey
Brigid Berlin, Randy Borscheidt, Christian Aaron Boulogne
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
1024
873
Arthur Penn
Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Ed Binns
Thriller / Post-Noir / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
1025
874
Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, Bob Griffin, Jim King
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
1025
874
Edward Dmytryk
Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson
Drama / War / Adventure
USA
English
1026
875
Daniel Mann
Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel
Drama
USA
English
1027
876
Sam Peckinpah
Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action / Comedy / Cult
Mexico / USA
English
1028
877
Milos Forman
Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey
Comedy / Drama / Music
USA
English
1029
878
Sergei M. Eisenstein, M. Filimonova
Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
1030
879
Silvio Narizzano
James Mason, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling
Comedy / Romance
UK
English
1031
880
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George
Western / Drama
USA
English
1032
881
John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer
Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Adventure
USA
English
1033
882
Martin Brest
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1034
883
Robert Wise
Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
1036
884
Arthur Hiller
George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard A. Dysart
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1037
885
Lina Wertmüller
Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler
Comedy / Drama / War
Italy
Italian
1039
886
Peter Medak
Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
1040
887
Jack Arnold
Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey
Sci-Fi / Horror / Cult
USA
English
1042
888
Preston Sturges
Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest
Comedy
USA
English
1043
889
Ousmane Sembene
Seun Samb, Tierno Leye, Younous Seye, Makhouredia Gueye
Comedy
Senegal
French
1044
890
Stanley Kubrick
Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, R. Lee Ermey
Drama / War
USA
English
1044
890
James Foley
Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey
Drama
USA
English
1047
891
Jonathan Demme
David Byrne, Alex Weir, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
Documentary / Music
USA
English
1048
892
Bob Fosse
Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck
Drama / Biography
USA
English
1049
893
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix
Comedy / Musical / Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
1051
894
Sidney Lumet
Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy
Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English
1052
895
Milcho Manchevski
Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin
Drama / War
Rep of N Macedonia / France / UK
Macedonian
1052
895
Cecil B. DeMille
Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, Cornel Wilde, James Stewart
Drama / Family / Romance / Adventure
USA
English
1052
895
William Wyler
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
1052
895
King Vidor
Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom
Drama / Romance / War / Epic / History
Italy / USA
English
1055
896
Takashi Miike
Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller
South Korea / Japan
Japanese
1056
897
Amy Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1056
897
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Chibisov, Boris Livanov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
1058
899
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
1059
900
Sidney Gilliat
Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Alastair Sim
Mystery / Detective / Crime
UK
English
1060
901
George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
1060
901
George Cukor
Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1061
902
Ingmar Bergman
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery
Sweden
Swedish
1063
903
Lawrence Kasdan
William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson
Crime / Thriller / Post-Noir
USA
English
1063
903
John Mackenzie
Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Gangster
UK
English
1064
904
David Cronenberg
James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Canada / USA
English
1065
905
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Yul Brynner, Charles Aznavour, Claudine Auger
Drama / Experimental
France
French
1066
906
Wolfgang Reitherman
Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway
Family / Animation / Comedy / Musical / Adventure
USA
English
1068
908
Alan Parker
Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron
Drama / War
USA
English
1069
909
D.A. Pennebaker
Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Tito Burns
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
1070
910
Philip Kaufman
Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin
Drama
USA
English
1072
911
Rowland V. Lee, Wilfred Lucas
Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1073
912
Vittorio De Sica
Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano
Drama / Fantasy / Comedy
Italy
Italian
1074
913
Tony Richardson
Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen, James Bolam
Drama / Sports
UK
English
1075
914
James Parrott
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English
1076
915
Sam Wood
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright
Drama / Family / Biography / Sports / History
USA
English
1077
916
John Huston
John Huston, Brad Dourif, Dan Shor, Harry Dean Stanton
Drama / Comedy / Religion
USA / West Germany
English
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