Best Movies of the Last 20 Years by Director
2125
2019
Olivia Wilde
Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Lisa Kudrow
Comedy / Adventure
USA
English
2727
2022
Carey Williams
RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter, Maddie Nichols
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
2738
2024
Charles Williams
Cosmo Jarvis, Guy Pearce, Toby Wallace, Tammy Macintosh, Sean Millis
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Australia
English
2592
2016
Roger Ross Williams
Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind
Documentary / Animation / Family / Biography
France / USA
English
2727
2022
Stephen Williams
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Ronke Adekoluejo, Marton Csokas
Biography / Drama / History / Music / Epic
USA
English
2711
2024
Dougal Wilson
Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Oliver Maltman, Joel Fry, Robbie Gee, Sanjeev Bhaskar
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Mystery / Animation / Action
UK / France / Japan / USA
English
2738
2021
Adam Wingard
Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / Australia / Canada / India
English
2727
2019
Dan Wingate
Kaye Ballard, Carol Burnett, Joy Behar, Carol Channing, Doris Day
Biography / Documentary
USA
English
2739
2009
Gary Winick
Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2720
2009
Joe Winston
Angel Dillard, Brittany Barden, Donn Teske
Documentary
USA
English
2399
2007
Michael Winterbottom
Angelina Jolie, Archie Panjabi, Edwin Reck, Scott A. Stevens, Irfan Khan
Drama / History / Thriller
USA / UK
English
2593
2014
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner, Claire Keelan, Marta Barrio
Comedy / Drama
UK / Italy
English
2718
2006
Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Afran Usman, Shahid Iqbal, Sher Khan
Drama
UK
English
2720
2011
Michael Winterbottom
Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Anurag Kashyap, Roshan Seth, Kalki Koechlin
Drama / Romance
UK
English
2727
2010
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Margo Stilley, Rebecca Johnson
Comedy
UK
English
2739
2010
Michael Winterbottom
Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA / Sweden / UK / Canada
English
2709
2018
Carmel Winters
Hazel Doupe, Dara Devaney, Johnny Collins
Drama
Ireland
English
2727
2014
Tommy Wirkola
Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr, Jocelyn DeBoer, Ingrid Haas
Action / Comedy / Horror
Norway / Iceland
Norwegian
NR
2007
Len Wiseman
Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Justin Long, Jeffrey Wright
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
UK / USA
English
2096
2020
George C. Wolfe
Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts
Drama / Music
USA
English
2738
2023
George C. Wolfe
Colman Domingo, Aml Ameen, Glynn Turman, Chris Rock, Gus Halper
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2530
2020
Jason Woliner
Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, Dani Popescu, Manuel Vieru
Comedy
UK / USA
English
2727
2009
Bruno Wollheim
David Hockney
Documentary / Biography
UK
English
2649
2013
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Benshan Zhao
Action / Biography / Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2592
2008
John Woo
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War / Epic
China
Mandarin
2764
2011
Andrés Wood
Francisca Gavilán, Thomas Durand, Luis Machín, Gabriela Aguilera
Biography / Music / Drama
Chile / Argentina / Brazil
Spanish
2727
2014
Chuck Workman
Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2711
2023
Sam Wrench
Taylor Swift, Mike Meadows, Max Bernstein, Paul Sidoti, Amos Heller
Documentary / Music
USA
English
1788
2017
Edgar Wright
Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm
Action / Crime / Music / Thriller / Drama
UK / USA
English
2082
2010
Edgar Wright
Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Comic
USA
English
2592
2013
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Thomas Law
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
UK
English
2713
2007
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton
Action / Comedy / Mystery / Detective
UK / France
English
655
2007
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
1762
2017
Joe Wright
Lily James, Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Dillane
Biography / Drama / History / War
UK
English
2361
2021
Joe Wright
Haley Bennett, Peter Dinklage, Ben Mendelsohn, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Drama / Musical / Romance
UK / USA / Canada / Italy
English
2509
2011
Joe Wright
Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett, Paris Arrowsmith
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller
USA / UK / Germany
English
2738
2012
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Matthew MacFadyen, Domhnall Gleeson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2727
2021
Robin Wright
Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie
Adventure / Drama
USA / Canada
English
2711
2020
Alice Wu
Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz, Collin Chou
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
NR
2017
Jing Wu
Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade, Gang Wu, Hans Zhang, Qian Yu, Nan Yu
Action / Drama / War / Adventure / Thriller
China
Mandarin
NR
2011
Rupert Wyatt
James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2412
2023
Takashi Yamazaki
Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki
Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Japan
Japanese
NR
2019
Yu Yang
Yanting Lü, Joseph, Mo Han, Hao Chen, Qi Lü, Jiaming Zhang
Animation / Fantasy / Thriller
China
Mandarin
1685
2011
David Yates
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes
Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Family / Epic / Cult
UK / USA
English
2411
2009
David Yates
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent
Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2688
2007
David Yates
Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Melling, Jason Boyd, Richard Macklin, Kathryn Hunter
Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Cult
UK / USA
English
2737
2010
David Yates
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Family / Epic / Cult
UK / USA
English
NR
2016
David Yates
Eddie Redmayne, Sam Redford, Scott Goldman, Tim Bentinck, Tom Clarke Hill
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Action
UK / USA
English
NR
2018
David Yates
Johnny Depp, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Wolf Roth, Eddie Redmayne
Adventure / Family / Fantasy
UK / USA
English
NR
2016
David Yates
Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2704
2024
Siew Hua Yeo
Chien-Ho Wu, Kang-sheng Lee, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen, Xenia Tan, Pete Teo
Thriller / Mystery
Singapore / Taiwan / France / USA
Mandarin
2704
2019
Yonfan
Sylvia Chang, Wei Zhao
Animation / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2727
2016
Ben Younger
Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds, Ted Levine
Biography / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2704
2008
Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Jô Odagiri, Yi Huang, Milhem Cortaz
Thriller / Gangster
Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
Portuguese
2572
2011
Jennifer Yuh
Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family
USA
English
2711
2022
Jeremiah Zagar
Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangomez, Ben Foster, Kenny Smith
Comedy / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2738
2025
Jeremiah Zagar, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel, Thuso Mbedu
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2740
2018
Jeremiah Zagar
Sheila Vand, Raúl Castillo, Evan Rosado, Josiah Gabriel, Isaiah Kristian
Drama
USA
English
2727
2015
S. Craig Zahler
Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons
Adventure / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Western
USA
English
2764
2007
Christopher Zalla
Jesús Ochoa, Armando Hernández, Jorge Adrián Espíndola
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2102
2015
Martin Zandvliet
Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Drama / History / War
Denmark / Germany
Danish
1682
2020
Jasmila Zbanic
Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Johan Heldenbergh
Drama / War
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria / Romania / Netherlands / Germany / Poland / France / Norway / Turkey
Bosnian
2518
2006
Jasmila Zbanic
Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic, Jasna Beri
Drama
Austria / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia
Serbo-Croatian
1118
2012
Benh Zeitlin
Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Marilyn Barbarin
Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
1106
2020
Florian Zeller
Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots
Drama
UK / France
English
2704
2022
Florian Zeller
Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins
Drama
UK / France
English
2595
2014
David Zellner
Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Drama
USA
English
2704
2022
Roschdy Zem
Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Maïwenn, Rachid Bouchareb, Abel Jafrei
Drama
France
French
2727
2012
Leslie Zemeckis
Violet Hilton, Daisy Hilton, Nancy Allen, Blake Boyd, Tim Stack, Lea Thompson
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2173
2012
Robert Zemeckis
Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood
Drama / Mystery
USA
English
2699
2009
Robert Zemeckis
Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Sage Ryan, Ryan Ochoa, Bobbi Page
Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
USA
English
2727
2016
Robert Zemeckis
Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon, Camille Cottin
Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Mystery
USA / UK
English
2727
2015
Robert Zemeckis
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc, Mark Trafford
Adventure / Biography / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2738
2007
Robert Zemeckis
Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson
Animation / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
2720
2008
Marina Zenovich
Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, Douglas Dalton, Roger Gunson, Mia Farrow
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA / UK
English
2764
2016
Elite Zexer
Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel, Jalal Masrwa
Drama
Israel / France
Arabic
2649
2006
Yimou Zhang
Jay Chou, Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2706
2011
Yimou Zhang
Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe
Drama / History / War
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
NR
2016
Yimou Zhang
Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, Hanyu Zhang
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Period Film / Epic
China / USA
English
467
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
2070
2017
Chloé Zhao
Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Cat Clifford, Terri Dawn Pourier
Drama / Western
USA
English
2121
2025
Chloé Zhao
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart, James Lintern, Joe Alwyn
Biography / Drama / History / Romance
UK
English
1811
2024
Gints Zilbalodis
Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Action
Latvia / Belgium / France
French (No Dialogue)
2572
2012
Yaron Zilberman
Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Imogen Poots, Catherine Keener
Drama / Music
USA
English
2704
2022
Rebecca Zlotowski
Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves
Drama / Comedy
France
French
2777
2012
Craig Zobel
Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2332
2008
Erick Zonca
Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella
Drama / Thriller / Crime
France / USA / Mexico / Belgium
English
731
2014
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov
Drama / Documentary
Russia
Russian
1195
2017
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Yanina Hope, Matvey Novikov
Drama
Russia / France
Russian
NR
2011
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Rozin, Evgeniya Konushkina
Drama
Russia
Russian
2394
2010
Harald Zwart
Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, Rongguang Yu, Zhensu Wu, Zhiheng Wang
Action / Drama / Family / Sports
USA / China
English
2732
2013
Alan Zweig
Aaron Berg, Rodney Dangerfield, Gilbert Gottfried, Howie Mandel, Marc Maron
Documentary / Comedy / Religion
Canada
English
2095
2006
Edward Zwick
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo
Adventure / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2483
2008
Edward Zwick
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay, Alexa Davalos
Drama / War
USA
English
2681
2010
Edward Zwick
Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad, Gabriel Macht
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2727
2006
Terry Zwigoff
Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
