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 (new)⬆
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
245. Mel Brooks (new) ⬆
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 (new) ⬆
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 (new) ⬆
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.
2. Orson Welles (2)
3. Stanley Kubrick (3)
4. Federico Fellini (4)
5. Jean-Luc Godard (5)
6. Francis Ford Coppola (6)
7. Ingmar Bergman (7)
8. Akira Kurosawa (8)
9. John Ford (10)
10. Jean Renoir (9)
11. Yasujiro Ozu (11)
12. Martin Scorsese (12)
13. Andrei Tarkovsky (13)
14. Luis Buñuel (14)
15. Charles Chaplin (15)
16. Robert Bresson (16)
17. Billy Wilder (17)
18. Carl Theodor Dreyer (18)
19. F.W. Murnau (19)
20. Howard Hawks (21)
21. Michelangelo Antonioni (20)
22. David Lynch (22)
23. Fritz Lang (23)
24. Steven Spielberg (26)
25. François Truffaut (25)
26. Kenji Mizoguchi (24)
27. Roberto Rossellini (27)
28. Chantal Akerman (29)
29. Sergei Eisenstein (28)
30. Wong Kar-wai (30)
31. Abbas Kiarostami (31)
32. Vittorio De Sica (34)
33. Luchino Visconti (33)
34. John Cassavetes (32)
35. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (37)
36. Satyajit Ray (36)
37. Ernst Lubitsch (38)
38. Woody Allen (35)
39. Alain Resnais (40)
40. David Lean (39)
41. Sergio Leone (41)
42. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (42)
43. Jean Vigo (44)
44. Ridley Scott (46)
45. Roman Polanski (45)
46. Max Ophüls (43)
47. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (47)
48. Agnès Varda (50)
49. Robert Altman (49)
50. Buster Keaton (48)
51. Terrence Malick (51)
52. Pier Paolo Pasolini (52)
53. Jacques Tati (53)
54. Chris Marker (58)
55. Werner Herzog (54)
56. Dziga Vertov (57)
57. Krzysztof Kieslowski (55)
58. Claire Denis (59)
59. Hou Hsiao-hsien (56)
60. Paul Thomas Anderson (63)
61. Bernardo Bertolucci (62)
62. D.W. Griffith (60)
63. Edward Yang (61)
64. Michael Curtiz (67)
65. Quentin Tarantino (64)
66. John Huston (65)
67. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (66)
68. Frank Capra (68)
69. Nicholas Ray (71)
70. Sam Peckinpah (70)
71. Vincente Minnelli (69)
72. Hayao Miyazaki (74)
73. Wim Wenders (73)
74. Douglas Sirk (72)
75. Spike Lee (75)
76. Carol Reed (80)
77. Leo McCarey (79)
78. Lars von Trier (76)
79. Béla Tarr (78)
80. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (77)
81. Victor Fleming (85)
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192. Joseph Losey (198)
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