1. Wong Kar-wai (1)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
2. David Lynch (2)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
3. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (3)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 11 other films cited GF
4. Paul Thomas Anderson (4)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
5. Michael Haneke (5)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
6. Lucrecia Martel (6)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF
7. Bong Joon-ho (8) ▲
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
8. Lars von Trier (7)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF
9. Céline Sciamma (9)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited GF
10. Hayao Miyazaki (10)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
11. Terrence Malick (11)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF
12. Alfonso Cuarón (13) ▲
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited GF
13. Tsai Ming-liang (12)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 10 other films cited GF
14. Richard Linklater (19) ▲
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 11 other films cited GF
15. Jia Zhangke (14)
8 films in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF
16. Christopher Nolan (18) ▲
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
17. Kelly Reichardt (22) ▲
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF
18. Agnès Varda (16)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
19. Béla Tarr (17)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF
20. Claire Denis (15)
8 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
21. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (21)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
22. Quentin Tarantino (24) ▲
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
23. Pedro Costa (20)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
24. Barry Jenkins (23)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
25. Wes Anderson (25)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited GF
26. Ang Lee (27) ▲
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
27. David Fincher (29) ▲
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF
28. Nuri Bilge Ceylan (26)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
29. Pedro Almodóvar (28)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 7 other films cited GF
30. Hong Sang-soo (30)
12 films in the Top 1,000 / 20 other films cited GF
31. Michel Gondry (31)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 9 other films cited GF
32. Steven Spielberg (35) ▲
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 9 other films cited GF
33. Martin Scorsese (32)
8 films in the Top 1,000 / 7 other films cited GF
34. Hou Hsiao-hsien (33)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited GF
35. Steve McQueen (34)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 10 other films cited
36. Jonathan Glazer (36)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
37. Peter Jackson (37)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF
38. Jordan Peele (41) ▲
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited GF
39. Sofia Coppola (38)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF
40. Guillermo del Toro (43) ▲
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited GF
41. Park Chan-wook (48) ▲
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited
42. Wang Bing (39)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 16 other films cited
43. Gus Van Sant (42)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF
44. Asghar Farhadi (44)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited
45. Jean-Luc Godard (40)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 10 other films cited GF
46. Todd Haynes (45)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF
47. Roy Andersson (46)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF
48. Clint Eastwood (47)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 13 other films cited GF
49. George Miller (50) ▲
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF
50. Lynne Ramsay (51) ▲
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
51. Andrea Arnold (49)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited
52. Alejandro González Iñárritu (52)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited
53. Hirokazu Koreeda (56) ▲
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited GF
54. Jafar Panahi (66) ▲
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited
55. Lee Chang-dong (53)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited
56. Aleksandr Sokurov (54)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited GF
57. Lav Diaz (55)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 17 other films cited
58. Maren Ade (60) ▲
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
59. David Cronenberg (65) ▲
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF
60. Cristi Puiu (57)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
61. Leos Carax (58)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
62. Joshua Oppenheimer (63) ▲
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
63. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (59)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF
64. Darren Aronofsky (62)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited
65. Jacques Audiard (64)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited
66. Abbas Kiarostami (61)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF
67. Carlos Reygadas (67)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
68. Denis Villeneuve (68)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited
69. Yorgos Lanthimos (69)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited
70. Alexander Payne (72) ▲
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
71. Andrew Stanton (70)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
72. Spike Lee (76) ▲
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 13 other films cited GF
73. Kenneth Lonergan (71)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited
74. Aki Kaurismäki (73)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF
75. Andrey Zvyagintsev (74)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
76. Steven Soderbergh (85) ▲
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 25 other films cited
77. Gaspar Noé (75)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited
78. Olivier Assayas (78)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 9 other films cited
79. Patricio Guzmán (77)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited
80. Miguel Gomes (84) ▲
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited
81. Paolo Sorrentino (81)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 9 other films cited
82. Werner Herzog (80)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 14 other films cited GF
83. Charlie Kaufman (79)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited
84. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (89) ▲
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
85. Ryusuke Hamaguchi (85)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
86. Cristian Mungiu (86)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited
87. Jonas Mekas (82)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF
88. Alice Rohrwacher (88)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited
89. Kathryn Bigelow (99) ▲
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF
90. Ryan Coogler (-) ▲
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
91. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (94) ▲
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited
92. Abderrahmane Sissako (90)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited
93. Edgar Wright (-) ▲
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited
94. Chloé Zhao (93)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited
95. Alain Guiraudie (-) ▲
2 films in the Top 1000 / 6 other films cited
96. Joanna Hogg (91)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited
97. Jane Campion (92)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF
98. James Benning (83)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 23 other films cited
99. Kim Ki-duk (100) ▲
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited
100. Noah Baumbach (96)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 7 other films cited
Directors that fell off this year's list-: Pete Docter, Chantal Akerman and Pawel Pawlikowski.