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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    2004
    Michel Gondry
    Drama, Science Fiction, Romance Film
    Tom Wilkinson, Deirdre O'Connell, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst, Debbon Ayer, Brian Price, Thomas Jay Ryan, Jim Carrey, Josh Flitter, Mark Ruffalo, Ryan Whitney, Jane Adams, Lola Daehler, Kate Winslet, Amir Ali Said, Paul Litowsky, David Cross More
  2. 2
    2005
    Jim Jarmusch
    Drama, Comedy, Mystery
    Ryan Donowho, Chloë Sevigny, Frances Conroy, Meredith Patterson, Christopher McDonald, Tilda Swinton, Mark Webber, Julie Delpy, Jeffrey Wright, Bill Murray, Alexis Dziena, Nicole Abisinio, Brea Frazier, Sharon Stone, Pell James, Jessica Lange, Heather Simms More
  3. 3
    1998
    Wes Anderson
    Drama, Comedy
    Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Luke Wilson, Keith McCawley, Marietta Marich, Brian Cox, Bill Murray, Andrew Wilson, Seymour Cassel, Connie Nielsen, Mason Gamble, Alexis Bledel, Ronnie McCawley More
  4. 4
    1979
    Hal Ashby
    Comedy, Parody, Drama Film, Comedy-drama, Political cinema, Satire, New Hollywood More
    Denise DuBarry, Ruth Attaway, Richard Basehart, Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, Fran Brill More
  5. 5
    1982
    Martin Scorsese
    Drama, Comedy, Black comedy, Documentary
    Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Chuck Cooper, Pearl Harbour, Bill Minkin, Mick Jones, Leslie Levinson, Doc Lawless, Dennis Mulligan, Whitey Ryan, Alan Potashnick, Frederick de Cordova, Tony Devon, Jimmy Raitt, Shelley Hack, Robert De Niro, Ralph Monaco, Harry J. Ufland, Vinnie Gonzales, Edgar J. Scherick, Gerard Murphy, Peter Fain, Marta Heflin, Diane Rachell, Richard Baratz, Paul Simonon, Gary Salter, Matt Russo, Lou Brown, Katherine Wallach, Peter Potulski, Loretta Clemens Tupper, Michael F. Stodden, Jerry Baxter-Worman, Victor Borge, Martin Scorsese, Ellen Foley, Michael Kolba, Diahnne Abbott, Ed Herlihy, Thomas M. Tolan, Catherine Scorsese, Sel Vitella, Chuck Low, Tony Boschetti, Joe Strummer, Sandra Bernhard, Ramon Rodriguez, Jerry Lewis, Margo Winkler, Audrey Dummett, Richard Dioguardi, Scotty Bloch, Cathy Scorsese, Joyce Brothers, Charles Kaleina, Robert Colston, Kosmo Vynil, Don Letts, Thelma Leeds, George Kapp, Rob-Jamere Wess, Kim Chan, June Prud'Homme, Ray Dittrich, Jay Julien, Jim Lyness More
  6. 6
    2002
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film
    Salvador Curiel, Jason Andrews, Mia Weinberg, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jorge Barahona, Rico Bueno, Don R. McManus, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Smigel, Julie Hermelin, Karen Kilgariff, Luis Guzmán, Lisa Spector, Ernesto Quintero, Adam Sandler, Hazel Mailloux, Julius Steuer, Nicole Gelbard, Karen Hermelin More
  7. 7

    Big Fan

    2008
    Robert D. Siegel
    Drama, Comedy, Sports, Black comedy
    Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gino Cafarelli, Kevin Corrigan, Sidne Anderson, Serafina Fiore, Polly Humphreys, Michael Rapaport, Patton Oswalt, Matt Servitto, Scott Ferrall More
  8. 8
    1998
    Peter Weir
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Parody, Comedy-drama, Existentialism More
    Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Brian Delate, Blair Slater, Peter Krause, Heidi Schanz, Ron Taylor , Don Taylor, Judy Clayton, Ed Harris, Paul Giamatti More
  9. 9
    2003
    Sofia Coppola
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Indie, Romantic drama
    Anna Faris, Diamond Yukai, François Du Bois, Fumihiro Hayashi, Gregory Pekar, Akiko Takeshita, Bill Murray, Ryuichiro Baba, Giovanni Ribisi, Akira Yamaguchi, Hiroko Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe, Scarlett Johansson More
  10. 10
    1998
    David Veloz
    Drama, Biography, Indie
    Spencer Garrett, Mary Thompson, Andy Dick, Liz Torres, Scott Williamson, Douglas Spain, Peter Greene, Lourdes Benedicto, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Cheryl Ladd, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Owen Wilson, Fred Willard, Jerry Stahl, Charles Fleischer, Sandra Oh More
  11. 11
    1997
    David Mamet
    Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Indie, Heist
    Felicity Huffman, Ricky Jay, Campbell Scott, Ed O'Neill, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Steve Martin, David Pittu, Gary McDonald More
  12. 12
    2002
    Christopher Nolan
    Drama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Suspense, Remake More
    Jay Brazeau, Hilary Swank, Al Pacino, Maura Tierney, Katharine Isabelle, Crystal Lowe, Nicky Katt, Martin Donovan, Lorne Cardinal, Jonathan Jackson, Robin Williams, Paul Dooley, Oliver 'Ole' Zemen More
  13. 13
    2002
    Michael Winterbottom
    Drama, Comedy, Period piece, Biography, Punk rock, Biographical film, Drama Film More
    Paul Popplewell, Kenny Baker, John Simm, Shirley Henderson, Keith Allen, Peter Kay, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Danny Cunningham, Dave Gorman, Sean Harris, Paddy Considine, Christopher Eccleston, Andy Serkis, John Thomson, Lennie James, Enzo Cilenti, Rob Brydon, Chris Coghill, Terri Seymour, Ron Cook, Ralf Little More
  14. 14
    1991
    Terry Gilliam
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Indie, Comedy-drama
    Carlos Carrasco, David Hyde Pierce, Harry Shearer, Amanda Plummer, Michael Jeter, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Ted Ross, Tom Waits, Robin Williams More
  15. 15
    1999
    Miloš Forman
    Drama, Comedy, Period piece, Biography, Biographical film
    Leslie Lyles, Pamela Abdy, Vincent Schiavelli, Norm Macdonald, Danny DeVito, Peter Bonerz, Paul Giamatti, Jim Carrey, Carol Kane, Gerry Becker, Michael Villani, Jerry Lawler, Courtney Love, Richard Belzer, George Shapiro, Michael Kelly, Melanie Vesey, David Letterman More
  16. 16
    2000
    Darren Aronofsky
    Drama, Indie, Tragedy
    Marcia Jean Kurtz, Louise Lasser, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Gullette, Christopher McDonald, Marlon Wayans, Ajay Naidu, Keith David More
  17. 17
    1985
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Period piece, LGBT, Film adaptation
    Leon Rippy, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Susan Beaubian, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh, Adolph Caesar, Leonard Jackson, Desreta Jackson, Dana Ivey, Carl Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Margaret Avery, Akosua Busia, Rae Dawn Chong More
  18. 18

    Six Degrees of Separation

    1993
    Fred Schepisi
    Drama, Comedy, Mystery
    Will Smith, Peter Duchin, J.J. Abrams, Anthony Michael Hall, Catherine Kellner, Mary Beth Hurt, Bruce Davison, Heather Graham, Donald Sutherland, Anthony Rapp, Oz Perkins, Chuck Close, Adèle Chatfield-Taylor, Eric Thal, John Cunningham, Sam Stoneburner, Kazuko, Lou Milione, Stockard Channing, Ian McKellen, Richard Masur, Brooke Hayward, Maeve McGuire, Kelly Bishop, Vasek Simek, Joe Pentangelo More
  19. 19
    1997
    John Madden
    Drama, Costume drama, History, Period piece, Biography, Romance Film, Indie, Romantic drama More
    Georgie Glen, Simon McKerrell, Gerard Butler, Sara Stewart, Alex Menzies, Bridget McConnell, Antony Sher, Finty Williams, Hattie Ladbury, Geoffrey Palmer, Richard Pasco, Claire Nicolson, Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Oliver Kent, David Westhead More
  20. 20
    2006
    Bill Condon
    Drama, Musical, Music, Roadshow theatrical release
    Eddie Murphy, Ralph Harris, Jamie Foxx, Michael-Leon Wooley, John Krasinski, Beyoncé, Mariah I. Wilson, Hinton Battle, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal, Yvette Cason, Ken Page, Danny Glover More

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