
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)
6 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 / 2 other films cited GF

7. Lars von Trier (9) ⬆
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF

8. Bong Joon-ho (7)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF

9. Céline Sciamma (8)
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. Tsai Ming-liang (12)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 9 other films cited GF

13. Alfonso Cuarón (13)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited GF

14. Jia Zhangke (17) ⬆
9 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF

15. Claire Denis (14)
8 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF

16. Agnès Varda (18) ⬆
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF

17. Béla Tarr (15)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF

18. Christopher Nolan (16)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

19. Richard Linklater (19)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 11 other films cited GF

20. Pedro Costa (20)
5 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. Kelly Reichardt (23) ⬆
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF

23. Barry Jenkins (22)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

24. Quentin Tarantino (24)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF

25. Wes Anderson (25)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 7 other films cited GF

26. Nuri Bilge Ceylan (27) ⬆
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF

27. Ang Lee (26)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

28. Pedro Almodóvar (28)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 7 other films cited GF

29. David Fincher (29)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF

30. Hong Sang-soo (37) ⬆
11 films in the Top 1,000 / 19 other films cited GF

31. Michel Gondry (31)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 9 other films cited GF

32. Martin Scorsese (30)
8 films in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF

33. Hou Hsiao-hsien (33)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF

34. Steve McQueen (32)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 10 other films cited

35. Steven Spielberg (34)
7 films in the Top 1,000 / 9 other films cited GF

36. Jonathan Glazer (38) ⬆
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

37. Peter Jackson (35)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF

38. Sofia Coppola (36)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF

39. Wang Bing (40) ⬆
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 16 other films cited

40. Jean-Luc Godard (42) ⬆
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 10 other films cited GF

41. Jordan Peele (39)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited

42. Gus Van Sant (44) ⬆
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

43. Guillermo del Toro (46) ⬆
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 7 other films cited GF

44. Asghar Farhadi (43)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited

45. Todd Haynes (41)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

46. Roy Andersson (45)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited GF

47. Clint Eastwood (47)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 13 other films cited GF

48. Park Chan-wook (50) ⬆
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited

49. Andrea Arnold (49)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited

50. George Miller (52) ⬆
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF

51. Lynne Ramsay (48)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited GF

52. Alejandro González Iñárritu (51)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited

53. Lee Chang-dong (54) ⬆
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited

54. Aleksandr Sokurov (53)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 7 other films cited GF

55. Lav Diaz (57) ⬆
8 films in the Top 1,000 / 14 other films cited

56. Hirokazu Koreeda (55)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited GF

57. Cristi Puiu (56)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

58. Leos Carax (59) ⬆
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF

59. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (58)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

60. Maren Ade (62) ⬆
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

61. Abbas Kiarostami (61)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF

62. Darren Aronofsky (63)⬆
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited

63. Joshua Oppenheimer (60)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

64. Jacques Audiard (67) ⬆
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited

65. David Cronenberg (66) ⬆
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

66. Jafar Panahi (64)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited

67. Carlos Reygadas (65)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

68. Denis Villeneuve (71) ⬆
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited

69. Yorgos Lanthimos (76) ⬆
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited

70. Andrew Stanton (69)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

71. Kenneth Lonergan (72) ⬆
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited

72. Alexander Payne (70)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

73. Aki Kaurismäki (68)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF

74. Andrey Zvyagintsev (73)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited

75. Gaspar Noé (78) ⬆
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited

76. Spike Lee (74)
6 films in the Top 1,000 / 11 other films cited GF

77. Patricio Guzmán (75)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited GF

78. Olivier Assayas (77)
5 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited

79. Charlie Kaufman (79)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 0 other films cited

80. Werner Herzog (83) ⬆
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 14 other films cited GF

81. Paolo Sorrentino (82) ⬆
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited

82. Jonas Mekas (87) ⬆
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited GF

83. James Benning (81)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 20 other films cited

84. Miguel Gomes (new) ⬆
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF

85. Ryusuke Hamaguchi (98)⬆
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

86. Cristian Mungiu (80)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited

87. Steven Soderbergh (85)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 23 other films cited

88. Alice Rohrwacher (new) ⬆
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 3 other films cited GF

89. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (84)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

90. Abderrahmane Sissako (86)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

91. Joanna Hogg (88)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited

92. Jane Campion (89)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF

93. Chloé Zhao (90)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

94. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (94)
1 film in the Top 1,000 / 4 other films cited

95. Pete Docter (93)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 1 other film cited

96. Noah Baumbach (92)
4 films in the Top 1,000 / 6 other films cited

97. Chantal Akerman (99) ⬆
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 5 other films cited GF

98. Pawel Pawlikowski (91)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited

99. Kathryn Bigelow (97)
2 films in the Top 1,000 / 2 other films cited GF

100. Kim Ki-duk (95)
3 films in the Top 1,000 / 8 other films cited

Directors that fell off this year's list-: Edgar Wright and Fernando Meirelles.