1. Alfred Hitchcock (1)
13 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 33 other films cited
2. Orson Welles (2)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
3. Stanley Kubrick (3)
11 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
4. Federico Fellini (4)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
5. Jean-Luc Godard (5)
14 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 52 other films cited 21stC
6. Francis Ford Coppola (6)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
7. Ingmar Bergman (7)
14 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited
8. Akira Kurosawa (8)
12 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
9. John Ford (10) ⬆
14 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 39 other films cited
10. Jean Renoir (9)
10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited
11. Yasujiro Ozu (11)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
12. Martin Scorsese (12)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited 21stC
13. Andrei Tarkovsky (13)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
14. Luis Buñuel (14)
15 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
15. Charles Chaplin (15)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited
16. Robert Bresson (16)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
17. Billy Wilder (17)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
18. Carl Theodor Dreyer (18)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
19. F.W. Murnau (19)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
20. Howard Hawks (21) ⬆
10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
21. Michelangelo Antonioni (20)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
22. David Lynch (22)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
23. Fritz Lang (23)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited
24. Steven Spielberg (26) ⬆
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 26 other films cited 21stC
25. François Truffaut (25)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
26. Kenji Mizoguchi (24)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited
27. Roberto Rossellini (27)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
28. Chantal Akerman (29) ⬆
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 26 other films cited
29. Sergei Eisenstein (28)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
30. Wong Kar-wai (30)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
31. Abbas Kiarostami (31)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited 21stC
32. Vittorio De Sica (34) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
33. Luchino Visconti (33)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
34. John Cassavetes (32)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
35. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (37)⬆
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
36. Satyajit Ray (36)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited
37. Ernst Lubitsch (38) ⬆
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited
38. Woody Allen (35)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 40 other films cited
39. Alain Resnais (40) ⬆
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited
40. David Lean (39)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
41. Sergio Leone (41)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
42. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (42)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
43. Jean Vigo (44) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
44. Ridley Scott (46) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
45. Roman Polanski (45)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
46. Max Ophüls (43)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
47. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (47)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
48. Agnès Varda (50) ⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited 21stC
49. Robert Altman (49)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
50. Buster Keaton (48)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
51. Terrence Malick (51)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
52. Pier Paolo Pasolini (52)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
53. Jacques Tati (53)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
54. Chris Marker (58) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited
55. Werner Herzog (54)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited 21stC
56. Dziga Vertov (57) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
57. Krzysztof Kieslowski (55)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
58. Claire Denis (59) ⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited 21stC
59. Hou Hsiao-hsien (56)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited 21stC
60. Paul Thomas Anderson (63) ⬆
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited 21stC
61. Bernardo Bertolucci (62)⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
62. D.W. Griffith (60)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 35 other films cited
63. Edward Yang (61)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
64. Michael Curtiz (67) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 34 other films cited
65. Quentin Tarantino (64)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
66. John Huston (65)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
67. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (66)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
68. Frank Capra (68)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
69. Nicholas Ray (71) ⬆
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
70. Sam Peckinpah (70)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
71. Vincente Minnelli (69)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
72. Hayao Miyazaki (74) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
73. Wim Wenders (73)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited
74. Douglas Sirk (72)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited
75. Spike Lee (75)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited 21stC
76. Carol Reed (80) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
77. Leo McCarey (79) ⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
78. Lars von Trier (76)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
79. Béla Tarr (78)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
80. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (77)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited 21stC
81. Victor Fleming (85) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
82. Jacques Rivette (83) ⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
83. Eric Rohmer (81)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
84. Preston Sturges (82)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
85. Milos Forman (89) ⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
86. Michael Haneke (84)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
87. Elia Kazan (87)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
88. Jane Campion (86)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited 21stC
89. Marcel Carné (88)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
90. Nicolas Roeg (92) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
91. Gillo Pontecorvo (93) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
92. Jacques Demy (94) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
93. Erich von Stroheim (90)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
94. Jean-Pierre Melville (96)⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
95. David Cronenberg (91)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited 21stC
96. Víctor Erice (97) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
97. Claude Lanzmann (98) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
98. Josef von Sternberg (95)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
99. Pedro Almodóvar (99)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited 21stC
100. Jacques Tourneur (100)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
101. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (101)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
102. Brian De Palma (102)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited
103. Jean Eustache (105) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
104. Glauber Rocha (106) ⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
105. John Carpenter (108) ⬆
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
106. Sidney Lumet (109) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 27 other films cited
107. George Cukor (103)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 31 other films cited
108. Clint Eastwood (107)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 34 other films cited 21stC
109. King Vidor (110) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 27 other films cited
110. James Cameron (111) ⬆
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
111. Theo Angelopoulos (104)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
112. William Wyler (113)⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
113. Tsai Ming-liang (112)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited 21stC
114. Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet (114)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 26 other films cited
115. Lucrecia Martel (116) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited 21stC
116. Michael Cimino (118)⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
117. Elem Klimov (122) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
118. Jim Jarmusch (117)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
119. Ousmane Sembene (119)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
120. Ken Loach (115)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 other films cited
121. David Fincher (121)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited 21stC
122. Bong Joon-ho (125) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
123. Mikio Naruse (123)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited
124. Mike Leigh (124)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
125. Stan Brakhage (120)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 70 other films cited
126. Céline Sciamma (126)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited 21stC
127. Sergei Parajanov (127)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
128. Michael Snow (128)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
129. William Friedkin (129)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
130. George Lucas (131) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
131. Charles Burnett (130)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
132. Maurice Pialat (136) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
133. Richard Linklater (132)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
134. Djibril Diop Mambéty (137) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
135. Andrzej Wajda (133)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited
136. Věra Chytilová (141) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
137. Robert Zemeckis (142) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
138. Michael Mann (135)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
139. Peter Weir (139)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
140. Bob Fosse (154) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
141. Terry Gilliam (138)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
142. Alexander Dovzhenko (134)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
143. Jean Cocteau (143)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
144. Nagisa Oshima (144)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
145. Raoul Walsh (145)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 45 other films cited
146. Todd Haynes (146)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
147. Rob Reiner (153) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
148. Hal Ashby (155) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
149. Abel Gance (152) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
150. George A. Romero (147)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
151. Otto Preminger (149)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited
152. Robert Aldrich (150)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
153. Zhang Yimou (151)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
154. Robert J. Flaherty (140)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
155. Ang Lee (148)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
156. Luis García Berlanga (188) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
157. Mikhail Kalatozov (166) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
158. Tobe Hooper (158)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
159. Mike Nichols (162) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
160. Frederick Wiseman (169) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 36 other films cited
161. Gus Van Sant (163) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
162. Andy Warhol (157)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 34 other films cited
163. Wes Anderson (159)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited 21stC
164. Manoel de Oliveira (161)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited
165. Terence Davies (165)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
166. Jia Zhangke (164)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
167. Samuel Fuller (156)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
168. Maya Deren (172) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
169. Alfonso Cuarón (175) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
170. Christopher Nolan (171)⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited 21stC
171. Aleksandr Sokurov (168)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited 21stC
172. Ritwik Ghatak (170)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
173. Pedro Costa (167)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited 21stC
174. Henri-Georges Clouzot (174)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
175. Emir Kusturica (160)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
176. Peter Bogdanovich (178) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
177. Louis Malle (177)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited
178. Arthur Penn (179) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
179. Victor Sjöström (176)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
180. John Boorman (182) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
181. Alexander Mackendrick (181)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
182. George Miller (189) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited 21stC
183. Shohei Imamura (180)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 films cited
184. Paul Verhoeven (186) ⬆
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
185. Robert Wise (191) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited
186. Marguerite Duras (193) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
187. G.W. Pabst (183)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
188. Leos Carax (187)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
189. Fei Mu (185)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
190. George Stevens (192)⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
191. Hirokazu Koreeda (184)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited 21stC
192. Joseph Losey (198) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
193. Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski (197)⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
194. Ermanno Olmi (195) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
195. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack (196) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
196. Barry Jenkins (200)⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited 21stC
197. James Whale (190)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
198. Lynne Ramsay (201) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited 21stC
199. Jonas Mekas (205) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
200. Tod Browning (199)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
201. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (202) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited 21stC
202. Jonathan Demme (203)⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
203. Peter Jackson (206) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
204. Dario Argento (211) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
205. Tim Burton (194)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
206. Larisa Shepitko (208)⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
207. Sofia Coppola (216) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
208. Nuri Bilge Ceylan (224) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
209. Frank Borzage (204)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited
210. Michael Powell (173)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
211. King Hu (207)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
212. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (209)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
213. Anthony Mann (212)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 films cited
214. Guru Dutt (214)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
215. Kelly Reichardt (219) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
216. Lindsay Anderson (220) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
217. Georges Franju (217)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
218. Aki Kaurismäki (215)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 films cited 21stC
219. Louis Feuillade (210)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
220. Jacques Becker (228)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
221. Claude Chabrol (213)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 32 other films cited
222. John Schlesinger (230) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
223. Errol Morris (221)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
224. Francesco Rosi (222)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
225. Roy Andersson (232) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
226. Fred Zinnemann (225)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
227. Julie Dash (234) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
228. Kathryn Bigelow (223)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
229. Michel Gondry (239) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited 21stC
230. Raúl Ruiz (229)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited
231. René Clair (226)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 films cited
232. Alan J. Pakula (235) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
233. Jean Rouch (227)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
234. Boris Barnet (237) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
235. Giuseppe Tornatore (247) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
236. Robert Wiene (243) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
237. Robert Hamer (238) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
238. Aleksei German (246)⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
239. Don Siegel (231)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
240. David Hand (241) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 0 other films cited
241. Hong Sang-soo (236)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 films cited 21stC
242. Derek Jarman (242)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
243. John Waters (244) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
244. Peter Watkins (-)⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
245. Mel Brooks (-) ⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
246. Chen Kaige (233)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
247. Patricio Guzmán (-) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
248. Georges Méliès (218)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited
249. Guillermo del Toro (-) ⬆
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited 21stC
250. Miklós Jancsó (248)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
Directors that fell off this year's list-: Blake Edwards, Monte Hellman, Jerry Lewis and Oliver Stone.