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The Best Directors Of All Time By deathshrike [8 more lists]
Directors ranked by number of masterpieces/rank of masterpieces.
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1946Mission: Impossible II, Broken Arrow, Face/Off, The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow 2, Last Hurrah for Chivalry, Windtalkers, BMW films, Red Cliff, Heroes Shed No Tears, Paycheck, Just Heroes, Red Cliff II, Reign of Assassins, Blackjack, Once a Thief , Once a Thief, Hand Of Death, Once a Thief, All the Invisible Children, Hostage, Fist to Fist, The Robinsons: Lost in Space MoreUnited States of America, ChinaGuangzhou“ Hard-Boiled, The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Red Cliff II, A Better Tomorrow, Bullet in the Head, Last Hurrah for Chivalry, Red Cliff „ - 2
1943A History of Violence, Crash, Dead Ringers, Eastern Promises, ExistenZ, ... MoreCanadaToronto“ The Fly, Naked Lunch, Eastern Promises, Videodrome, Scanners, Spider, The Brood „ - 3
1961Forgotten Silver, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Frighteners, The Valley, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, The Hobbit: Part 2, The Lovely Bones, Dead Alive, The Hobbit: Part 1, Bad Taste, Heavenly Creatures, Meet the Feebles, Crossing the Line MoreNew ZealandPukerua Bay“ Heavenly Creatures, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Frighteners „ - 4
1954The Hudsucker Proxy, The Man Who Wasn't There, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Paris, je t'aime, Intolerable Cruelty, To Each His Own Cinema, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Blood Simple, The Ladykillers, Miller's Crossing, A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, Hail Caesar, The Big Lebowski, Suburbicon MoreUnited States of AmericaMinneapolis“ Miller's Crossing, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, Fargo, Blood Simple., Raising Arizona „ - 5
1910Red Beard, Dreams, Sanshiro Sugata, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, Ran, Yojimbo, Ikiru, The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail, The Bad Sleep Well, Kagemusha, The Lower Depths, The Most Beautiful, Drunken Angel, No Regrets for Our Youth, Sanjuro, I Live in Fear, Rhapsody in August, Stray Dog, Dodesukaden, Rashomon, The Quiet Duel, High and Low, Scandal, One Wonderful Sunday, Madadayo, Seven Samurai, Hakuchi, Those Who Make Tomorrow, Sanshiro Sugata Part II, Dersu Uzala, Gendai no Noh MoreJapanOta, Tokyo“ High and Low, Rashomon, Ran, Throne of Blood, Kagemusha „ - 6
1954Hulk, BMW films, Chosen, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Wedding Banquet, Brokeback Mountain, Pushing Hands, Taking Woodstock, Lust, Caution, The Ice Storm, Sense and Sensibility, Life of Pi , Eat Drink Man Woman, Ride with the Devil MoreUnited States of America, TaiwanPingtung City“ Hulk, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm „ - 7 1965Bound, Speed Racer, The Animatrix, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions MoreUnited States“ The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix, Bound, Speed Racer „
- 8 1928The Shining, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Spartacus, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory, Barry Lyndon, Day of the Fight, The Killing, Lolita, Killer's Kiss, One-Eyed Jacks, Fear and Desire, The Seafarers, Flying Padre MoreUnited States of AmericaManhattan“ Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Paths of Glory, The Killing „
- 9 1963Sin City, Grindhouse, Death Proof, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol. 3, Kill Bill Volume 1, Four Rooms, Inglourious Basterds, My Best Friend's Birthday, Pulp Fiction, The Vega Brothers, Kill Bill Volume 2, Reservoir Dogs, Django Unchained, Django Unchained, pokpok MoreUnited States of America, United StatesKnoxville“ Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Inglourious Basterds, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs „
- 10 1940Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Tideland, Brazil, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Jabberwocky, The Brothers Grimm, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Twelve Monkeys, And Now For Something Completely Different, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Crimson Permanent Assurance, The Fisher King, The Legend of Hallowdega, Zero Theorem MoreUnited States of America, United KingdomMinneapolis“ Brazil, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Twelve Monkeys, Monty Python and the Holy Grail „
- 11 1946Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Hook, 1941, Amistad, Catch Me If You Can, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Saving Private Ryan, The Sugarland Express, Jaws, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Jurassic Park, The Attack of the Mummies, Amazing Stories, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Color Purple, Munich, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, Amblin, War Horse, Savage, The Terminal, Empire of the Sun, Empire of the Sun, Always, Duel, Lincoln, Robopocalypse, Firelight, Interstellar, Lincoln, Something Evil, Amazing Stories: Book One, Slipstream MoreUnited States of AmericaCincinnati“ Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, War of the Worlds, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark „
- 12 1962Seven, Alien³, Panic Room, Zodiac, Fight Club, The Game, The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Torso, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo, Alien Quadrilogy, Benjamin Button, The Beat of the Live Drum, Cleopatra MoreUnited States of AmericaDenver“ Alien 3, Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac „
- 13 1955The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Bourne, Green Zone, The One That Got Away, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, Bloody Sunday, United 93, The Theory of Flight, Resurrected, The Fix, Open Fire, United 93: Bonus Material MoreUnited Kingdom, EnglandCheam“ The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy, Bloody Sunday, United 93 „
- 14 1959Army of Darkness, Darkman, Clockwork, The Evil Dead, Spider-Man 3, The Quick and the Dead, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Within the Woods, Drag Me to Hell, For Love of the Game, The Gift, Evil Dead II, A Simple Plan, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Crimewave, Oz, The Great and Powerful, It's Murder! MoreUnited States of AmericaRoyal Oak“ Evil Dead II, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man 2, The Quick and the Dead „
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Lau Kar-leung
1936Drunken Monkey, The Legend of Drunken Master, Tiger on Beat, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Heroes of the East, My Young Auntie, Executioners from Shaolin, Breakout from Oppression, Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter, Mad Monkey Kung Fu, Return to the 36th Chamber, Shaolin Mantis, Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin, Disciples of the 36th Chamber, Shaolin and Wu Tang, Dirty Ho, Martial Club, Cat Vs Rat, Lady Is the Boss, Legendary Weapons of China, Challenge of the Masters, Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit, Shaolin Warrior MoreChinaHong Kong“ Drunken Master II, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Executioners From Shaolin, Eight Diagram Pole Fighter „ - 16
Luc Besson
1959The Fifth Element, Léon: The Professional, Nikita, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, Subway, Le Dernier Combat, Angel-A, Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Atlantis, Arthur and the Invisibles, Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard, The Big Blue, Arthur and the Invisibles: The New Minimoy Adventures, The Lady MoreFranceParis“ Leon, La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element „ - 17 1938Starship Troopers, RoboCop, Total Recall, Hollow Man, Flesh & Blood, The Fourth Man, Basic Instinct, Black Book, Business Is Business, Katie Tippel, Turkish Delight, Beast of Bataan, Soldier of Orange, Showgirls, Spetters, The Topkapi Affair, Kneeling on a Bed of Violets, Vergiß die Liebe nicht, De Worstelaar, Salonwagen E 417, Azazel, Heidelberger Romanze, All Things Pass MoreNetherlandsAmsterdam“ RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Total Recall „
- 18 1970Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Following, The Prestige, Insomnia, Memento, The Dark Knight Rises, Doodlebug, The Dark Knight: Bonus Material MoreUnited States of America, EnglandLondon“ The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Memento „
- 19 1942The Color of Money, Bringing Out the Dead, The King of Comedy, The Departed, The Aviator, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, Cape Fear, Italianamerican, After Hours, Street Scenes, Kundun, Shine a Light, Goodfellas, A Letter to Elia, The Key to Reserva, Hugo, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, New York Stories, The Age of Innocence, Who's That Knocking at My Door, The Last Temptation of Christ, Public Speaking, Casino, My Voyage to Italy, New York, New York, Boxcar Bertha, Bad, Untitled The Departed 2 Sequel, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, No Direction Home, Silence, It's Not Just You, Murray!, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, The Big Shave, Sinatra , Made in Milan, Made in Milan, Back Home Years Ago: The Real Casino MoreUnited States of AmericaQueens“ Taxi Driver, Casino, Raging Bull „
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Kenji Misumi
1921Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Zatoichi: Vol. 8: Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, The Tale of Zatoichi, Asatarō garasu, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Land of Demons, Flowery Brothers, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Ken, Gonpachi, Freelance Samurai, Destiny's Son, Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred, Daimajin Ikaru MoreJapanKyoto“ Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart In the Land of Demons, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart In Hades, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx „ - 21 1945Babe: Pig in the City, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Mad Max, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Attack of the Sabertooth, Tidal Wave: No Escape, Lorenzo's Oil, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Happy Feet, The Witches of Eastwick, Happy Feet Two, Andre, Cybermutt, Mad Max 4: Fury Road, Journey to the Center of the Earth, 40,000 Years of Dreaming, Over the Hill, Happy Feet MoreAustraliaChinchilla“ The Road Warrior, Mad Max, Babe: Pig in the City „
- 22 1924The Wiz, Equus, Q&A, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Gloria, Strip Search, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Prince of the City, A Stranger Among Us, The Hill, The Deadly Affair, Getting Out, Guilty as Sin, The Morning After, Network, Child's Play, Garbo Talks, Daniel, The Group, The Fugitive Kind, The Pawnbroker, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, The Iceman Cometh, The Offence, The Sea Gull, Murder on the Orient Express, Lovin' Molly, The Verdict, Find Me Guilty, Night Falls on Manhattan, Running on Empty, The Anderson Tapes, Fail-Safe, 12 Angry Men, Bye Bye Braverman, Critical Care, Family Business, The Wiz, Last of the Mobile Hot Shots, Stage Struck, The Appointment, King: a Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis, Deathtrap, That Kind of Woman, Just Tell Me What You Want, Power MoreUnited States of AmericaPhiladelphia“ 12 Angry Men, Network, Dog Day Afternoon „
- 23 1937Thelma & Louise, Blade Runner, G.I. Jane, Black Rain, Body of Lies, Robin Hood, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, Prometheus, Gladiator, A Good Year, Boy and Bicycle, American Gangster, Legend, Alien, 1492 Conquest of Paradise, Matchstick Men, The Duellists, White Squall, All the Invisible Children, Blade Runner: Theatrical and Director's Cut, Alien Quadrilogy, Someone to Watch Over Me, 1984 MoreEnglandSouth Shields“ Blade Runner, Alien „
- 24 1890Moonfleet, Metropolis, The Spiders, The Return of Frank James, Spies, American Guerrilla in the Philippines, Hangmen Also Die, The Blue Gardenia, Human Desire, The Woman in the Window, While the City Sleeps, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, You and Me, Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, Moontide, You Only Live Once, Kämpfende Herzen, M, Man Hunt, Woman in the Moon, Master of Love, Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Liliom, Clash by Night, Der müde Tod, Western Union, The Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship, In Night and Ice, Scarlet Street, Secret Beyond the Door..., House by the River, Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Cloak and Dagger, Ministry of Fear, Fury, The Indian Tomb, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, Harakiri, The Big Heat, Rancho Notorious, Das wandernde Bild, Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis, Halbblut MoreUnited States of America, Germany, AustriaVienna“ Metropolis, M „
- 25 1906Kipps, The Young Mr Pitt, Outcast of the Islands, Mutiny on the Bounty, A Kid for Two Farthings, The Way Ahead, Trapeze, Our Man in Havana, Climbing High, The Stars Look Down, The Running Man, The Man Between, The Fallen Idol, Flap , Follow Me!, Who's Your Lady Friend?, Oliver!, The Third Man, The Agony and the Ecstasy, The True Glory, A Letter from Home, Odd Man Out, A Girl Must Live, Girl in the News, The Key, Night Train to Munich, Penny Paradise, Bank Holiday, Midshipman Easy, It Happened in Paris, Laburnum Grove MoreUnited Kingdom, EnglandPutney“ The Third Man, The Fallen Idol „
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