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The Best Directors Of All Time

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Directors ranked by number of masterpieces/rank of masterpieces.
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  1. 1

    John Woo

    1946
    #150 on the ultimate list
    “ 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. 2

    David Cronenberg

    1943
    #35 on the ultimate list
    “ The Fly, Naked Lunch, Eastern Promises, Videodrome, Scanners, Spider, The Brood „
  3. 3

    Peter Jackson

    1961
    #20 on the ultimate list
    “ 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. 4

    Joel Coen

    1954
    #9 on the ultimate list
    “ Miller's Crossing, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, Fargo, Blood Simple., Raising Arizona „
  5. 5

    Akira Kurosawa

    1910
    #7 on the ultimate list
    “ High and Low, Rashomon, Ran, Throne of Blood, Kagemusha „
  6. 6

    Ang Lee

    1954
    #52 on the ultimate list
    “ Hulk, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm „
  7. 7

    The Wachowski brothers

    1965
    #149 on the ultimate list
    “ The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix, Bound, Speed Racer „
  8. 8

    Stanley Kubrick

    1928
    #2 on the ultimate list
    “ Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Paths of Glory, The Killing „
  9. 9

    Quentin Tarantino

    1963
    #6 on the ultimate list
    “ Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Inglourious Basterds, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs „
  10. 10

    Terry Gilliam

    1940
    #27 on the ultimate list
    “ Brazil, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Twelve Monkeys, Monty Python and the Holy Grail „
  11. 11

    Steven Spielberg

    1946
    #4 on the ultimate list
    “ Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, War of the Worlds, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark „
  12. 12

    David Fincher

    1962
    #18 on the ultimate list
    “ Alien 3, Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac „
  13. 13

    Paul Greengrass

    1955
    #96 on the ultimate list
    “ The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy, Bloody Sunday, United 93 „
  14. 14

    Sam Raimi

    1959
    #70 on the ultimate list
    “ Evil Dead II, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man 2, The Quick and the Dead „
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    Lau Kar-leung

    1936
    #157 on the ultimate list
    “ Drunken Master II, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Executioners From Shaolin, Eight Diagram Pole Fighter „
  16. 16

    Luc Besson

    1959
    #74 on the ultimate list
    “ Leon, La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element „
  17. 17

    Paul Verhoeven

    1938
    #156 on the ultimate list
    “ RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Total Recall „
  18. 18

    Christopher Nolan

    1970
    #10 on the ultimate list
    “ The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Memento „
  19. 19

    Martin Scorsese

    1942
    #3 on the ultimate list
    “ Taxi Driver, Casino, Raging Bull „
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    Kenji Misumi

    1921
    #129 on the ultimate list
    “ 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. 21

    George Miller

    1945
    #165 on the ultimate list
    “ The Road Warrior, Mad Max, Babe: Pig in the City „
  22. 22

    Sidney Lumet

    1924
    #44 on the ultimate list
    “ 12 Angry Men, Network, Dog Day Afternoon „
  23. 23

    Ridley Scott

    1937
    #11 on the ultimate list
    “ Blade Runner, Alien „
  24. 24

    Fritz Lang

    1890
    #17 on the ultimate list
    “ Metropolis, M „
  25. 25

    Carol Reed

    1906
    #73 on the ultimate list
    “ The Third Man, The Fallen Idol „
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