Best Classic Movies 30+ Years Old by Rank
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1
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
2
2
Alfred Hitchcock
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance / Film-Noir
USA
English
3
3
Stanley Kubrick
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter
Sci-Fi / Adventure / Experimental / Epic / Cult
UK / USA
English
4
4
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
5
5
Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Epic
USA
English
6
6
Jean Renoir
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Julien Carette, Tony Corteggiani
Comedy / Drama
France
French
7
7
Vittorio De Sica
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda
Drama
Italy
Italian
8
8
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
Action / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
9
9
Federico Fellini
Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Bruno Agostini, Guido Alberti
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
10
10
Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell
Musical / Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English
11
11
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
12
12
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
13
13
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama
France
French
14
14
John Ford
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood
Western / Drama / Epic
USA
English
15
15
Alfred Hitchcock
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
16
16
Ingmar Bergman
Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
17
17
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
Drama / Biography / Sports
USA
English
18
18
Federico Fellini
Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
19
19
Quentin Tarantino
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir / Cult
USA
English
20
20
Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt
Drama / Romance
USA
English
21
21
Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms
Action / Drama / War / Adventure / Epic / Cult
USA
English
22
22
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
23
23
Fritz Lang
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Pre-Noir / Cult
Germany
German
24
24
Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien
Comedy / Romance / Music / Family
USA
English
25
25
Fritz Lang
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Sci-Fi / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
26
26
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Crime / Drama / Biography / Gangster
USA
English
27
27
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
28
28
Bernardo Bertolucci
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio
Drama
Italy / France / West Germany
Italian
29
29
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
30
30
David Lean
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif
Adventure / War / Drama / Epic
UK
English
31
31
Arthur Penn
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Biography / Period Film / Caper
USA
English
32
32
Michelangelo Antonioni
Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
33
33
Steven Spielberg
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
34
34
Francis Ford Coppola
Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, John Cazale
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Epic
USA
English
35
35
George Lucas
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Alec Guinness
Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Family / Cult
USA
English
37
36
Satyajit Ray
Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi
Drama
India
Bengali
38
37
Steven Spielberg
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Drama / War / Biography / Epic
USA
English
39
38
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
40
39
Billy Wilder
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
41
40
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
42
41
Stanley Kubrick
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
Comedy / War / Drama / Cult
UK
English
43
42
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
44
43
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
Drama
USA
English
45
44
Victor Fleming, King Vidor, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley
Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Musical / Cult
USA
English
46
45
Elia Kazan
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint
Crime / Romance / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
47
46
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
Adventure / Drama / History / Epic / Cult
West Germany / Peru / Mexico
German
48
47
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Drama
India
Bengali
49
48
F.W. Murnau
George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
Drama / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
50
49
Victor Fleming
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell
Drama / War / Romance / Epic
USA
English
51
50
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Drama
France / Italy
French
52
51
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
Drama / War / Adventure / Comedy
France
French
53
52
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri
Drama
Japan
Japanese
54
53
Robert Altman
Henry Gibson, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakely, Lily Tomlin
Drama / Music
USA
English
55
54
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
56
55
Spike Lee
Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, Spike Lee
Comedy / Drama / Crime
USA
English
57
56
Billy Wilder
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
Mystery / Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller
USA
English
58
57
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France / Italy / Spain
French
59
58
Ingmar Bergman
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
Sweden / France / West Germany
Swedish
60
59
Mike Nichols
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
61
60
Frank Capra
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers
Drama / Fantasy / Family / Romance / Religion / Cult
USA
English
62
61
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Drama / War / Experimental / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
63
62
F.W. Murnau
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach
Horror / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
64
63
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
65
64
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Adventure / Thriller / Mystery / Spy / Romance / Family
USA
English
67
65
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Drama / History / Biography / Religion
France
French (Silent)
68
66
Jean Vigo
Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France
French
70
67
Milos Forman
Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
71
68
Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti
Drama / War
Algeria / Italy
French
72
69
Marcel Carné
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
74
70
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
75
71
Kenji Mizoguchi
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura
Drama / Thriller / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
76
72
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett
Western / Drama / Crime
USA
English
77
73
Jonathan Demme
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine
Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult / Horror
USA
English
78
74
Carol Reed
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee
Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Spy
UK
English
79
75
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
80
76
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson
Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Horror / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
81
77
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Crime / Thriller / Comedy / Detective / Cult
USA / UK
English
82
78
Víctor Erice
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent
Drama
Spain
Spanish
83
79
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
84
80
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane
Film-Noir / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
85
81
Ridley Scott
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Sci-Fi / Drama / Action / Tech-Noir / Cult
USA
English
86
82
Frank Capra
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas
Romance / Comedy / Family
USA
English
87
83
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle
Comedy / Drama
France / Italy
French
88
84
David Lean
William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
Adventure / Drama / War
UK / USA
English
89
85
Howard Hawks
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald
Family / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
90
86
Steven Spielberg
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies
Action / Adventure / Family
USA
English
91
87
Charles Laughton
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Cult
USA
English
92
88
Alfred Hitchcock
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr
Thriller / Mystery / Film-Noir / Romance
USA
English
93
89
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Family
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
94
90
Roberto Rossellini
Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno
Drama / War
Italy
Italian
95
91
Orson Welles
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
96
92
Jean Cocteau, René Clément
Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Paré, ly, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
France / Luxembourg
French
97
93
Sam Peckinpah
William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates
Action / Drama / Western / Crime
USA
English
98
94
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
100
95
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Musical / Romance / Drama / Family
USA
English
101
96
William Wyler
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
Drama / Romance
USA
English
102
97
Steven Spielberg
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Adventure / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
103
98
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
104
99
Michelangelo Antonioni
Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, John Castle, Jane Birkin
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Cult
UK / Italy
English
105
100
Francis Ford Coppola
Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA
English
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106
101
Jean-Luc Godard
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang
Drama
France / Italy
French
107
102
Jane Campion
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Australia / New Zealand / France
English
111
103
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom
Comedy / Romance / War / Action / Adventure / Family
USA
English (Silent)
113
105
Elia Kazan
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond
Drama
USA
English
114
106
Satyajit Ray
Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee
Drama
India
Bengali
115
107
Stanley Kubrick
Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
116
108
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev
Drama / War / History / Biography / Epic / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
117
109
Fred Zinnemann
Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly
Thriller / Western
USA
English
118
110
Robert Bresson
Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre, André Guibert, Rachel Bérendt
Drama / Religion
France
French
118
110
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin
Film-Noir / Romance / Thriller / Spy / Mystery
USA
English
119
111
Federico Fellini
Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere
Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
120
112
Preston Sturges
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
121
113
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl
Documentary / War / History
France
English
122
114
Ernst Lubitsch
Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles
Comedy / Romance / Crime
USA
English
123
115
John Frankenheimer
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva
Drama / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
124
116
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
Poland / France / Switzerland
French
125
117
David Hand
Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert
Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
USA
English
126
118
Mark Sandrich
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
127
119
Bob Fosse
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper
Musical / Drama
USA
English
128
120
Richard Lester
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell
Comedy / Musical / Family / Cult
UK
English
129
121
Andrei Tarkovsky
Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
Soviet Union
Russian
130
122
Robert Altman
Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall
Comedy / War / Drama
USA
English
132
123
Michael Cimino
Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken
Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
133
124
William Friedkin
Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
134
125
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano
Drama / Religion / Comedy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
135
126
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
136
127
John Ford
Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell
Action / Western / Drama / Romance
USA
English
137
128
David Lynch
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
138
129
Peter Bogdanovich
Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman
Drama
USA
English
139
130
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Drama / Comedy
France / Italy
French
140
131
George Cukor
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Comedy / Family / Musical / Romance / Drama
USA
English
141
132
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante
Drama / Religion
France / Italy
Italian
142
133
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Henryk Baranowski, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama
Poland
Polish
143
134
Leo McCarey
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont
Comedy / Musical / Family
USA
English
146
136
James Whale
Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester
Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
147
137
Luis Buñuel
Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff
Short / Fantasy / Experimental / Cult
France
French (Silent)
148
138
Alan J. Pakula
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
150
139
Louis Malle
Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Post-Noir
USA / Canada / France
English
151
140
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Antonio Centa, Folco Lulli
Thriller / Adventure / Action / Drama
France / Italy
French
152
141
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly, Ward Crane
Comedy / Short / Family / Romance / Fantasy / Cult
USA
English (Silent)
154
142
Luchino Visconti
Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou
Drama
France / Italy
Italian
155
143
Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles
Action / Adventure / Romance / Family
USA
English
156
144
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
157
145
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
Comedy / Family
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
159
146
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax, Louis Perrault
Comedy
France
French
160
147
Preston Sturges
Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English
162
149
René Clément
Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Drama / War
France
French
163
150
Stanley Kubrick
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Cult
UK
English
164
151
Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach
Action / Western / Drama / Epic
Italy / Spain
English
165
152
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France
French
167
154
Ingmar Bergman
Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist
Comedy / Romance
Sweden
Swedish
168
155
Alexander Mackendrick
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
169
156
Giuseppe Tornatore
Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
170
157
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Léonide Massine
Drama / Romance / Music
UK
English
172
159
Nicholas Ray
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen
Drama / Cult
USA
English
173
160
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones
Western / Adventure / Crime / Family / Cult
USA
English
174
161
Ingmar Bergman
Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
175
162
Sergio Leone
Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Western / Drama / Epic / Cult
Italy / USA
English
177
164
Frank Capra
Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee
Drama / Comedy / Family
USA
English
181
165
Robert Hamer
Dennis Price, Alec Guinness
Comedy / Drama / Crime
UK
English
182
166
Steven Spielberg
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
183
167
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
185
169
Jirí Menzel
Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
Comedy / Drama / War
Czechoslovakia
Czech
186
170
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
War / Drama / Action / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
Japan
Japanese
187
171
George Lucas
Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
188
172
Bob Rafelson
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers
Drama / Music
USA
English
189
173
Jean Vigo
Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Léon Larive
Comedy / Short / Drama
France
French
191
175
Terrence Malick
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
192
176
Luis Buñuel
Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Drama / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
193
177
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite
Comedy / Family / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
194
178
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Musical / Family / Drama / Romance / Cult
USA
English
195
179
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos, Antonio Casas
Drama
France / Italy / Spain
Spanish
196
180
Mel Brooks
Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Renée Taylor
Comedy / Musical / Cult
USA
English
197
181
Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson
John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
Western / Action / Adventure / Epic
USA
English
199
182
Federico Fellini
Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
200
183
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard
Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Film-Noir
France
French
201
184
D.W. Griffith
Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner, Sam De Grasse, Vera Lewis
Drama / Epic / History
USA
English (Silent)
203
185
Milos Forman
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
Drama / Music / Biography / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
204
186
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
France / Italy
French
205
187
Vincente Minnelli
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch
Musical / Romance
USA
English
207
189
Max Ophüls
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
208
190
William Friedkin
Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Religion / Cult
USA
English
209
191
Pedro Almodóvar
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
210
192
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig
Drama / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
212
193
Don Siegel
Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
213
194
Sidney Lumet
Al Pacino, John Cazale
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
214
195
David Lean
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
Romance / Drama
UK
English
215
196
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
216
197
John Ford
Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan
Western
USA
English
217
198
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough
Fantasy / Romance / Comedy
UK
English
219
200
Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Experimental
France
French
220
201
Vincente Minnelli
Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien
Musical / Family / Romance
USA
English
221
202
Alfred Hitchcock
Farley Granger, Robert Walker
Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English
222
203
Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen
Christian Rub, Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Mel Blanc, Evelyn Venable
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
USA
English
223
204
Norman Jewison
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Timothy Scott
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
224
205
Nicolas Roeg
Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato
Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Cult
Italy / UK
English
225
206
Hugh Hudson
Ian Charleson, Ben Cross
Drama / Sports / Period Film / Family
UK
English
226
207
David Lean
John Mills, Anthony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Family
UK
English
227
208
Luchino Visconti
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Italy / France
English
228
209
Jacques Tourneur
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Crime / Romance / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
229
210
Ridley Scott
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Thriller / Action / Crime / Drama
USA
English
230
211
Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Comedy
France / UK
English
230
211
Tony Richardson
Albert Finney, Susannah York
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
231
212
Jacques Demy
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
Drama / Musical / Romance
France / West Germany
French
232
213
Roman Polanski
Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Thriller / Horror / Drama
UK
English
233
214
John Boorman
Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed Ramey
Adventure / Thriller / Drama / Cult
USA
English
234
215
William Wyler
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Epic / Religion / History
USA
English
235
216
Robert Bresson
Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin
Drama
France / Sweden
French
236
217
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
237
218
Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
238
219
Luis Buñuel
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
239
220
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir
USA
English
240
221
John Badham
John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pape
Drama / Romance / Music / Cult
USA
English
241
222
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
242
223
David Lean
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness
Drama / Romance / Epic / History / Period Film
USA
English
244
224
Guy Hamilton
Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee
Action / Thriller / Adventure / Spy / Family / Cult
UK
English
247
227
Fred Zinnemann
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
248
228
Ingmar Bergman
Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
249
229
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton
Drama / Epic / History / Biography / Romance
USA
English
250
230
John Ford
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
251
231
Howard Hawks
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone
Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance
USA
English
252
232
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
253
233
Lewis Milestone
Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander
War / Drama / Epic
USA
English
254
234
Alain Resnais
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
Drama / Romance / War
France / Japan
French
255
235
Sydney Pollack
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange
Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English
256
236
Elem Klimov
Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
257
237
John G. Avildsen
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith
Drama / Romance / Sports / Family
USA
English
258
238
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh
Drama / War / Western / Epic / History
USA
English (Silent)
259
239
Robert Altman
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
260
240
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
262
242
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
Adventure / Romance / War / Comedy
UK / USA
English
263
243
Claude Chabrol
Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara
Drama / Thriller / Horror
France / Italy
French
263
243
Robert Mulligan
Gregory Peck, Mary Badham
Drama / Family
USA
English
265
244
Stanley Kubrick
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
Romance / War / Action / Drama / Epic / History / Adventure
USA
English
266
245
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson
Adventure / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
267
246
Ernst Lubitsch
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill
Comedy / Drama / War
USA
English
268
247
Mike Nichols
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Thriller / Drama
USA
English
269
248
James Whale
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
USA
English
271
249
Marcel Carné
Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty, Mady Berry, René Génin
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Romance
France
French
272
250
René Clair
Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla France, Paul Ollivier, Jacques Shelly
Comedy / Musical
France
French
274
252
George Cukor
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
275
253
Howard Hawks
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Western / Romance / Drama
USA
English
276
254
John Huston
Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Caper / Gangster
USA
English
277
255
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel
Drama / Music / Romance
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
French
277
255
Costa-Gavras
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner
Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Algeria / France
French
279
256
Federico Fellini
Giulietta Masina, François Périer
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
280
257
Ernst Lubitsch
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
281
258
Milos Forman
Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Czechoslovakia
Czech
282
259
Lloyd Bacon
Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee
Musical / Romance / Drama / Comedy
USA
English
284
261
Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Drama / War / Adventure
West Germany
German
284
261
Roman Polanski
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka
Drama / Thriller
Poland
Polish
285
262
Vincente Minnelli
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
286
263
Robert Altman
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie
Drama / Western
USA
English
286
263
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
288
264
Frank Darabont
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
289
265
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani
Drama / Crime / Experimental / Romance
France / Italy
French
290
266
Neil Jordan
Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea
Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
UK / Japan
English
291
267
James Ivory
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Denholm Elliott
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
292
268
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Preben Lerdorff Rye, Birgitte Federspiel, Emil Hass Christensen
Drama / Religion
Denmark
Danish
293
269
Jacques Rivette
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
294
270
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
298
271
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
299
272
Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
300
273
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton
Drama / War / History / Epic / Biography
UK
English
301
274
Anthony Minghella
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
Romance / Drama / War / Epic / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
302
275
Edward F. Cline
W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph
Comedy / Crime / Family
USA
English
303
276
Vittorio De Sica
Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova, Elena Rea
Drama
Italy
Italian
305
278
John Lasseter
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Adventure
USA
English
306
279
Lindsay Anderson
Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick
Drama / Comedy / Cult
UK
English
307
280
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
308
281
Franklin J. Schaffner
George C. Scott, Karl Malden
Drama / War / Epic / Biography
USA
English
309
282
Nicholas Ray
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
310
283
Wim Wenders
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
UK / France / West Germany / USA
English
311
284
Jules Dassin
Jean Servais, Carl Mohner
Crime / Thriller / Caper / Gangster / Film-Noir
France
French
312
285
Nicholas Ray
Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge
Western / Cult
USA
English
315
286
John Sturges
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Western
USA
English
316
287
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Spy
UK
English
318
288
Robert Bresson
Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal
Crime / Drama
France
French
319
289
John Ford
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara
Drama / Romance
USA
English
320
290
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Drama / Period Film
France / Switzerland / Italy
French
320
290
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
UK
English
Affiliate Link
323
293
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Horror / Thriller / Cult
UK
English
324
294
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
Drama / War
West Germany
German
325
295
John Cassavetes
John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel
Drama
USA
English
326
296
George A. Romero
Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
329
298
Max Ophüls
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France / West Germany
French
329
298
Louis Malle
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale
Drama
France / Italy / West Germany
French
330
299
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
331
300
William Dieterle
Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard
Drama / Biography
USA
English
332
301
Michael Curtiz
James Cagney, Joan Leslie
Drama / Music / Biography
USA
English
333
302
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack
Comedy / Family / Cult
USA
English
334
303
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
335
304
Louis Malle
Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
Drama / War
France / West Germany
French
336
305
William A. Wellman
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
337
306
David Lynch
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Cult
UK / USA
English
338
307
Charles Burnett
Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry
Drama
USA
English
339
308
George Stevens
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
340
309
David Hand, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Graham Heid, Perce Pearce, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright
Hardie Albright, Donnie Dunagan, Bobby Stewart, Peter Behn, Stan Alexander
Animation / Family / Drama / Fantasy / Musical
USA
English
342
311
Hal Ashby
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart
Drama / Comedy
USA / UK / West Germany / Japan
English
343
312
Frank Lloyd
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
344
313
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy
Adventure / Drama
Peru / West Germany
English
346
314
Charles Crichton
Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass
Comedy / Crime / Caper
UK
English
349
316
Roman Polanski
Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Horror / Thriller / Drama / Cult
USA
English
352
317
Scott Hicks
Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud
Drama / Romance / Music / Biography
Australia
English
354
318
Ben Sharpsteen, Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Margaret Wright, Sterling Holloway, Cliff Edwards
Drama / Family / Animation / Musical / Fantasy
USA
English
355
319
Stephen Frears
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
356
320
James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen
Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Julietta Novis, Corey Burton, Walt Disney
Family / Animation / Fantasy / Musical / Cult
USA
English
357
321
Irvin Kershner
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels
Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Family / Cult
USA
English
358
322
Frank Capra
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
359
323
Robert Aldrich
Ralph Meeker, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Maxine Copper, Albert Dekker
Thriller / Film-Noir / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
360
324
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
362
325
Bryan Singer
Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Post-Noir / Caper / Cult
USA / Germany
English
363
326
René Clair
Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier
Musical / Comedy
France
French
364
327
William Wyler
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
365
328
Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
366
329
Robert Zemeckis
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
367
330
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
368
331
Robert Bresson
François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod
Adventure / Drama / War
France
French
368
331
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
Drama
Italy / France / Switzerland
French
370
332
George Cukor
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan
Drama / Musical
USA
English
371
333
George Stevens
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
Drama / Film-Noir / Romance
USA
English
373
335
Richard Attenborough
Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard
Drama / Epic / History / Biography / Religion
UK / India
English
377
336
Bernardo Bertolucci
John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
France / Italy / UK
English
378
337
Vincente Minnelli
Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Family / Comedy / Musical
USA
English
379
338
William A. Wellman
Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews
Drama / Western
USA
English
381
339
Stanley Donen
Jane Powell, Howard Keel
Comedy / Family / Musical / Romance / Western
USA
English
382
340
Alfred Hitchcock
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
383
341
Philip Kaufman
Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
385
343
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
386
344
Max Ophüls
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith
Drama / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
386
344
Alfred Hitchcock
Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten
Film-Noir / Thriller
USA
English
387
345
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Adventure
Japan
Japanese
388
346
William Wyler
Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
390
347
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Germany
German (Silent)
393
349
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe
Drama
Denmark
Danish
393
349
Bernardo Bertolucci
Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi
Drama / Romance / Adult
Italy / France
English
394
350
Karel Reisz
Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts
Drama
UK
English
395
351
Preston Sturges
Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno
Romance / Comedy
USA
English
396
352
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Period Film / Gangster / Family / Cult
USA
English
397
353
Barry Levinson
Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Kevin Bacon
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
398
354
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
398
354
Carol Reed
James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan
Crime / Thriller / Drama
UK
English
399
355
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell
Drama / Western / Action
USA
English
399
355
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
Comedy
Italy / France
French
400
356
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
France / Poland / Norway
French
402
358
Michael Curtiz
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
403
359
Harold Ramis
Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Fantasy / Comedy / Romance / Family / Cult
USA
English
404
360
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Fran Drescher
Comedy / Music / Cult
USA
English
405
361
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
406
362
John Huston
Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
408
363
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Ivan Klyukvin, Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
409
364
Vittorio De Sica
Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda
Drama / War
Italy / West Germany
Italian
410
365
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
411
366
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe
Drama
France
French
412
367
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers
Animation / Family / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
412
367
Ken Loach
David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland
Drama
UK
English
414
368
Samuel Fuller
Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Action / Drama / War
USA
English
416
369
Robert Zemeckis
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
419
371
Robert Siodmak
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama
USA
English
424
374
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hainia
Comedy
France
French
425
375
Sam Wood
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Comedy / Family / Romance / Musical
USA
English
426
376
Ang Lee
Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
428
378
Rob Reiner
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
430
379
Gregory La Cava
William Powell, Carole Lombard
Romance / Comedy
USA
English
431
380
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Comedy / Drama
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
Polish
432
381
Don Siegel
Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Detective
USA
English
435
383
Michael Powell
Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
UK
English
436
384
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
Affiliate Link
437
385
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
438
386
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
439
387
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
Comedy / War
USA
English
440
388
Bob Fosse
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange
Musical / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
440
388
Stanley Kramer
Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
Drama / Action / Crime
USA
English
441
389
Nicolas Roeg
Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver
Drama / Adventure
UK
English
442
390
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
446
391
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Janie Marese, Georges Flamant, Roger Gaillard
Drama
France
French
447
392
Yasujiro Ozu
Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Drama
Japan
Japanese
451
393
Vincente Minnelli
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
453
395
Jean Renoir
Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Dante
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France / Italy
English
454
396
John Carpenter
Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
455
397
Fritz Lang
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
457
398
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
458
399
Kon Ichikawa
Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Drama / War
Japan
Japanese
460
400
Agnès Varda
Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Drama
France / Italy
French
461
401
Billy Wilder
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady
Drama / Film-Noir / Comedy
USA
English
463
402
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Drama / War / Epic / History
Japan
Japanese
465
403
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
465
403
Michael Wadleigh
Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Roger Daltrey
Documentary / Music
USA
English
467
405
Mervyn LeRoy
Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell
Crime / Pre-Noir / Drama
USA
English
470
407
Franklin J. Schaffner
Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore
Action / Drama / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
472
408
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Drama
USA
English
474
409
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons
Drama / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
476
410
George Cukor
Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Harry Beresford
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
USA
English
477
411
John Huston
Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
478
412
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Romance / Drama / Period Film
France
French
479
413
Lawrence Kasdan
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
480
414
Luchino Visconti
Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
Italy
English
482
416
Peter Yates
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
Drama / Comedy / Sports / Family
USA
English
484
417
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
486
418
George Cukor
Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell, Elizabeth Allan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
487
419
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Horror
France / Germany
German
488
420
Carlos Saura
Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall, Florinda Chico
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Spain
Spanish
488
420
Dario Argento
Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé
Horror
Italy / West Germany
English
489
421
Raoul Walsh
Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston, Sojin
Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
490
422
James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Drama
France / USA
English
491
423
Michelangelo Antonioni
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
492
424
Abraham Polonsky
John Garfield, Thomas Gomez
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Cult
USA
English
492
424
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau
Drama / Comedy
France / Spain
French
493
425
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli
Drama / Fantasy / War
Italy
Italian
495
426
Gianni Amelio
Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Drama / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
496
427
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
497
428
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Drama
Italy
Italian
498
429
John Boorman
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
499
430
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
500
431
Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Pascal Benezech, Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance / Fantasy / Cult
France
French
502
432
Jean Eustache
Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Drama
France
French
503
433
Edward Dmytryk
Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
504
434
Mervyn LeRoy
Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
505
435
Steve James
William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Curtis Gates
Documentary / Sports / Biography
USA
English
506
436
Sergio Leone
Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
508
437
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov
War / Action / Drama / History / Epic / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
509
438
Phil Alden Robinson
Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta
Fantasy / Drama / Sports / Family
USA
English
510
439
Michael Apted
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Drama / Music / Biography
USA
English
511
440
Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Adventure / Drama / Western / Epic / Family
USA
English
512
441
Norman Z. McLeod
W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Tommy Bupp
Comedy / Family
USA
English
515
442
Peter Yates
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Drama
UK
English
517
443
Samuel Fuller
Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye
Film-Noir / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
518
444
Robert Altman
Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Mystery
USA
English
519
445
James L. Brooks
William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
520
446
Werner Herzog
Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
West Germany
German
523
447
Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller
Musical / Adventure / Comedy
USA
English
524
448
Robert Bresson
Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Vincent Risterucci
Crime / Drama
France / Switzerland
French
525
449
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
526
450
Leni Riefenstahl
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
528
451
James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action / Cult / Tech-Noir
USA
English
529
452
William Wyler
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
Drama / Romance
USA
English
531
453
Ernst Lubitsch
James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
532
454
George Cukor
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
533
455
James L. Brooks
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
534
456
Sergei Bondarchuk
Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Gennadi Ivanov, Irina Gubanova
Drama / War / Epic / History / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
535
457
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Drama / Period Film
Italy / France
English
536
458
Louis Malle
Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément
Drama / War / Romance
France / West Germany / Italy
French
537
459
Ermanno Olmi
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianin
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
538
460
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
539
461
James Cameron
Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen
Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Horror / Action
USA / UK
English
540
462
Samuel Fuller
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Drama / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
540
462
Robert Aldrich
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
541
463
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
542
464
Marcel Ophüls
Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger, Charles Braun
Documentary / War / History
France / Switzerland / West Germany
French
544
465
George Cukor
Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
545
466
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
546
467
Elia Kazan
Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Drama
USA
English
550
469
Joseph Losey
Julie Christie, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
554
471
Oliver Stone
Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman
Drama / War / Biography
USA
English
554
471
Robert Stevenson
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley
Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
555
472
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
556
473
Bernardo Bertolucci
Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
557
474
Stanley Donen
Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair
Romance / Comedy / Musical
USA
English
558
475
Alan J. Pakula
Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English