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Best Movie Directors by Rank

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

1

Hitchcock, Alfred

2

45

2

14

60

3

Spielberg, Steven

33

32

4

Scorsese, Martin

17

30

5

Bergman, Ingmar

16

27

6

45

38

7

Kurosawa, Akira

8

21

8

24

23

9

51

20

10

Kubrick, Stanley

3

12

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

11

89

31

12

84

30

13

101

30

14

Truffaut, François

13

22

15

Godard, Jean-Luc

12

36

16

Fellini, Federico

9

17

17

6

28

18

30

16

19

Coppola, Francis Ford

5

16

20

23

32

21

29

36

22

Curtiz, Michael

20

37

23

Chaplin, Charles

93

35

24

46

15

25

61

28

26

1

17

27

54

26

28

161

21

29

111

34

30

Polanski, Roman

27

17

31

Powell, Michael

170

19

32

Zinnemann, Fred

117

18

33

81

19

34

Minnelli, Vincente

205

23

35

81

19

36

Lubitsch, Ernst

122

30

37

Stevens, George

171

14

38

45

26

39

45

25

40

Eastwood, Clint

76

31

41

Antonioni, Michelangelo

32

10

42

37

13

43

Fleming, Victor

45

20

44

100

19

45

10

16

46

150

18

47

De Sica, Vittorio

7

11

48

143

28

49

Almodóvar, Pedro

110

18

50

85

20

51

Visconti, Luchino

154

14

52

Bresson, Robert

118

12

53

Kieslowski, Krzysztof

124

10

54

Pressburger, Emeric

170

12

55

66

13

56

78

16

57

Sturges, Preston

120

10

58

4

14

59

70

10

60

47

24

61

Tarantino, Quentin

19

12

62

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

44

15

63

Bertolucci, Bernardo

28

10

64

201

44

65

39

14

66

99

11

67

697

30

68

49

8

69

Eisenstein, Sergei M.

62

8

70

Dreyer, Carl Theodor

67

9

71

294

28

72

55

17

72

von Sternberg, Josef

215

23

73

Wellman, William A.

336

19

74

156

15

75

Mizoguchi, Kenji

75

18

76

Tarkovsky, Andrei

116

7

77

Anderson, Paul Thomas

243

10

78

Rossellini, Roberto

94

13

79

60

16

80

31

11

81

Mamoulian, Rouben

299

14

82

180

12

83

Fassbinder, Rainer Werner

324

15

84

172

15

85

Schlesinger, John

145

12

86

499

13

87

56

20

88

178

12

89

Preminger, Otto

273

18

90

230

18

91

425

17

92

Nolan, Christopher

375

13

93

87

7

94

207

9

95

Malick, Terrence

191

7

96

Chabrol, Claude

263

20

97

272

16

98

Frears, Stephen

355

19

99

Demme, Jonathan

77

17

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

100

97

10

101

von Trier, Lars

367

11

102

Milestone, Lewis

253

14

103

146

11

104

10

8

105

297

11

106

36

8

107

286

19

108

212

13

109

Clément, René

96

10

110

35

7

111

164

6

112

Pollack, Sydney

255

16

113

Soderbergh, Steven

516

23

114

Aldrich, Robert

359

17

115

83

12

116

Payne, Alexander

287

8

117

Cassavetes, John

325

10

118

Jewison, Norman

223

15

119

384

13

120

Haneke, Michael

345

8

121

72

8

122

637

17

123

Kiarostami, Abbas

298

13

124

Kramer, Stanley

440

11

125

2639

85

126

Zemeckis, Robert

366

15

127

Miyazaki, Hayao

108

9

128

1015

27

129

Hathaway, Henry

1019

22

130

96

5

131

DeMille, Cecil B.

640

27

132

404

12

133

525

19

134

Cuarón, Alfonso

131

6

135

Melville, Jean-Pierre

204

9

136

Dieterle, William

331

14

137

Luske, Hamilton

222

13

138

Frankenheimer, John

123

12

139

Cronenberg, David

692

13

140

Brooks, Richard

670

13

141

399

14

142

Cline, Edward F.

302

24

143

Hill, George Roy

173

11

144

Pakula, Alan J.

148

10

145

Lester, Richard

128

13

146

Richardson, Tony

230

8

147

Mackendrick, Alexander

168

6

148

233

8

149

414

13

150

Clouzot, Henri-Georges

151

7

151

224

6

152

Jackson, Wilfred

354

13

153

Sharpsteen, Ben

222

5

154

De Palma, Brian

710

20

155

Bogdanovich, Peter

138

13

156

Linklater, Richard

389

20

157

Friedkin, William

133

8

158

Brown, Clarence

1233

20

159

196

8

160

Tourneur, Jacques

228

11

161

321

11

162

369

12

163

68

2

164

460

11

165

340

4

166

671

19

167

del Toro, Guillermo

149

12

168

Verhoeven, Paul

648

11

169

Levinson, Barry

397

13

170

291

9

171

127

5

172

342

7

173

Iñárritu, Alejandro González

401

6

174

794

14

175

634

9

176

107

11

177

Armstrong, Samuel

340

3

178

311

10

179

550

15

180

144

8

181

633

14

182

Tavernier, Bertrand

612

15

183

412

20

184

315

9

185

126

8

186

Keighley, William

155

10

187

Aleksandrov, Grigori

62

6

188

522

12

189

559

14

190

Goulding, Edmund

825

13

191

Pasolini, Pier Paolo

141

12

192

283

8

193

482

7

194

190

5

195

282

14

196

Dmytryk, Edward

503

13

197

340

12

198

Jeunet, Jean-Pierre

158

5

199

181

5

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

200

231

8

201

125

4

202

Schaffner, Franklin J.

308

7

203

Litvak, Anatole

623

16

204

290

10

205

Olivier, Laurence

300

5

206

320

5

207

661

10

208

Crichton, Charles

346

6

209

Pabst, Georg Wilhelm

210

9

210

Audiard, Jacques

314

9

211

918

11

212

353

9

213

296

4

214

261

6

215

von Stroheim, Erich

246

8

216

Bigelow, Kathryn

206

7

217

McLeod, Norman Z.

512

9

218

69

4

219

845

15

220

Carpenter, John

454

10

221

1261

18

222

Rivette, Jacques

293

11

223

802

16

224

Siodmak, Robert

419

12

225

417

10

226

Fleischer, Richard

1300

17

227

Schoedsack, Ernest B.

80

7

228

Anderson, Lindsay

306

5

229

573

11

230

Riefenstahl, Leni

496

4

231

630

10

232

510

19

233

Villeneuve, Denis

857

8

234

1258

16

235

Russell, David O.

640

8

236

Asquith, Anthony

564

15

237

Beresford, Bruce

829

10

238

466

12

239

Park, Chan-wook

327

9

240

Attenborough, Richard

373

8

241

Korda, Alexander

572

8

242

Flaherty, Robert J.

635

7

243

889

14

244

188

9

245

343

14

246

Romero, George A.

326

8

247

277

7

248

Brooks, James L.

519

5

249

Akerman, Chantal

165

11

250

Cooper, Merian C.

80

4

251

Ferguson, Norman

354

3

252

989

11

253

572

10

254

754

10

255

443

10

256

888

12

257

Kasdan, Lawrence

479

7

258

305

7

259

347

6

260

Dardenne, Jean-Pierre

875

7

260

875

7

261

Aronofsky, Darren

795

9

262

392

5

263

Meirelles, Fernando

109

3

264

1247

11

265

Daldry, Stephen

521

5

266

Leisen, Mitchell

936

15

267

1188

12

268

622

8

269

218

6

270

672

6

271

Kaufman, Philip

383

9

272

74

5

273

317

7

274

687

9

274

Pontecorvo, Gillo

71

4

275

Stevenson, Robert

554

15

276

Leonard, Robert Z.

903

9

277

82

2

278

Vinterberg, Thomas

198

3

279

421

6

280

Satterfield, Paul

340

2

281

Bruckman, Clyde

111

7

282

450

13

283

Kaurismäki, Aki

1155

9

284

394

6

285

135

7

286

Marshall, George

615

12

287

Mulligan, Robert

263

10

288

1312

12

289

202

5

290

422

3

291

Cimino, Michael

132

3

292

1533

18

293

362

9

294

249

5

295

Leconte, Patrice

1240

9

296

La Cava, Gregory

430

8

297

Redford, Robert

427

7

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

298

589

4

299

Branagh, Kenneth

951

11

300

893

8

301

Tornatore, Giuseppe

169

5

302

Geronimi, Clyde

1339

11

303

Greengrass, Paul

1097

9

304

Menzies, William Cameron

572

7

305

Minghella, Anthony

301

4

306

458

8

307

Laughton, Charles

91

2

308

462

9

309

244

8

310

185

5

311

Farhadi, Asghar

350

4

312

333

6

313

Stanton, Andrew

658

6

314

Zeffirelli, Franco

676

8

315

488

9

316

Walters, Charles

1106

12

317

Mikhalkov, Nikita

973

8

318

Avildsen, John G.

257

5

319

Negulesco, Jean

1018

14

320

372

7

321

333

5

322

967

8

323

Hallström, Lasse

698

11

324

Robbins, Jerome

100

1

325

Duvivier, Julien

847

10

326

Sjöström, Victor

659

9

327

295

7

328

240

6

329

Petersen, Wolfgang

284

7

330

Franklin, Sidney

617

11

331

Skolimowski, Jerzy

800

8

332

865

8

333

Rosi, Francesco

1333

9

334

Dovzhenko, Aleksandr

307

8

335

964

9

336

742

5

337

Lanzmann, Claude

121

2

338

109

1

339

595

4

340

Méliès, Georges

1205

21

341

708

9

342

Lanthimos, Yorgos

774

6

343

Schlöndorff, Volker

457

8

344

562

5

345

444

5

346

Sedgwick, Edward

601

5

347

940

9

348

197

2

349

880

9

350

Sembene, Ousmane

1043

7

351

495

10

352

Chazelle, Damien

473

4

353

683

7

354

Pawlikowski, Pawel

679

5

355

714

8

356

978

9

357

848

8

358

Porter, Edwin S.

1293

17

359

1276

10

360

456

6

361

Parajanov, Sergei

545

3

362

Babenco, Hector

468

3

363

Kershner, Irvin

357

6

364

361

5

365

Szabó, István

663

7

366

1036

8

367

910

5

368

970

10

369

665

4

370

914

8

371

1102

9

372

Glazer, Jonathan

598

4

373

Koreeda, Hirokazu

882

10

374

Guadagnino, Luca

880

7

375

Hou, Hsiao-hsien

1125

10

376

1077

6

377

1422

15

378

Anderson, Michael

769

7

379

Ulmer, Edgar G.

493

4

380

669

5

381

von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel

278

3

382

Schnabel, Julian

351

5

383

464

3

384

1075

13

385

868

8

386

Lelouch, Claude

996

7

387

354

6

388

569

5

389

734

3

390

333

4

391

Clooney, George

552

8

392

1431

9

393

654

6

394

Lonergan, Kenneth

750

3

395

348

2

396

936

9

397

Darabont, Frank

288

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

398

Greenaway, Peter

1480

7

399

Donner, Richard

805

10

400

Sorrentino, Paolo

863

7

401

Glenville, Peter

771

6

402

782

5

403

Alfredson, Tomas

313

2

404

582

3

405

1038

5

406

1110

7

407

1956

14

408

Assayas, Olivier

1273

12

409

459

3

410

807

4

411

McDonagh, Martin

819

5

412

225

2

413

Angelopoulos, Theo

561

4

414

266

3

415

998

3

416

Thorpe, Richard

1435

7

417

Ophüls, Marcel

542

3

418

Burnett, Charles

338

4

419

530

5

420

Newmeyer, Fred C.

970

8

421

821

6

422

Maysles, Albert

846

4

423

Weerasethakul, Apichatpong

1067

7

424

Mungiu, Cristian

376

5

425

Berkeley, Busby

1475

10

426

2055

17

427

681

6

428

950

5

429

Wachowski, Andy

410

4

430

632

4

431

Thompson, J. Lee

1163

9

432

Boleslawski, Richard

739

6

433

Rappeneau, Jean-Paul

260

2

434

799

10

435

Farrelly, Peter

946

7

436

755

5

437

1464

6

438

1801

10

439

846

3

440

1033

5

441

1152

4

442

Horne, James W.

966

5

443

403

5

444

Holland, Agnieszka

719

8

444

256

1

445

Ritchie, Michael

1083

6

446

1673

16

447

415

5

448

537

3

449

Seiter, William A.

980

8

450

845

5

451

505

4

451

1770

8

452

Blier, Bertrand

1213

6

453

746

4

454

1395

11

455

Wachowski, Larry

410

3

456

352

4

457

984

7

458

Pudovkin, Vsevolod

1378

8

459

Kalatozov, Mikhail

579

3

460

493

3

460

Taviani, Vittorio

493

3

461

Kusturica, Emir

1154

7

462

488

5

463

1419

8

464

969

6

465

356

4

466

Zvyagintsev, Andrey

730

3

467

Becker, Jacques

1092

6

467

1383

6

468

Trousdale, Gary

412

5

468

412

5

469

Davies, Terence

1310

7

470

1282

6

471

Zwerin, Charlotte

846

3

472

Miller, Bennett

764

3

473

Rosenberg, Stuart

472

5

474

Sciamma, Céline

674

4

475

639

6

476

1719

13

477

Rosson, Richard

365

2

478

340

2

479

653

4

480

Hirschbiegel, Oliver

445

3

481

Cavalcanti, Alberto

754

3

482

Sokurov, Aleksandr

1076

8

483

356

2

484

1478

9

485

Green, Alfred E.

1419

7

486

1909

16

487

975

6

488

340

1

488

340

1

489

1019

7

490

1495

6

491

1189

4

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