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.