Best Movies of 2002 by Director
2803
96
Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder
Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain, Marisa Coughlan
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2137
39
Paul Thomas Anderson
Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2244
46
Miguel Arteta
Jennifer Aniston, Deborah Rush, Mike White, John Carroll Lynch, Jake Gyllenhaal
Drama / Comedy / Romance
USA / Germany / Netherlands
English
2798
95
Olivier Assayas
Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloë Sevigny, Dominique Reymond
Thriller / Drama / Mystery
France
French
2826
101
Roger Avary
James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Kip Pardue, Jessica Biel, Ian Somerhalder
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2809
97
Stuart Baird
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama / Family / Cult
USA
English
2414
51
Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain
Hugo Chavez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell, George Tenet
Documentary / History / War
Ireland / Netherlands / USA / Germany / Finland / UK
English
2777
91
Walt Becker
Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn, Teck Holmes, Daniel Cosgrove
Comedy / Romance
Germany / USA
English
2352
49
Lucas Belvaux
Dominique Blanc, Gilbert Melki, Ornella Muti, Catherine Frot
Crime / Drama
France / Belgium
French
2352
49
Lucas Belvaux
Ornella Muti, François Morel, Valérie Mairesse, Bernard Mazzinghi
Comedy / Romance
France / Belgium
French
2352
49
Lucas Belvaux
Lucas Belvaux, Catherine Frot, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti, Gilbert Melki
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Post-Noir
France / Belgium
French
1102
14
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff, Kiron Kher
Romance / Drama / Musical
India
Hindi
2809
97
Susanne Bier
Mads Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerregaard
Drama / Romance
Denmark
Danish
2064
36
Jeffrey Blitz
Harry Altman, Angela Arenivar, Ted Brigham, April DeGideo, Neil Kadakia
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2790
93
Sergei Bodrov
Rebecka Liljeberg, Joachim Król, Sergei Bodrov Jr.
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Germany / Sweden / Russia / Spain / France / Italy
English
2790
93
Winfried Bonengel
Aaron Hildebrand, Christian Blümel, Jule Flierl, Detlef Kapplusch
Drama / Crime
Germany / Italy
German
2694
84
Carlos Bosch, Josep Maria Domenech
Guillermo Armas, Maria Celeste Arraras, Rafael Cano, Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton
Documentary
Spain
Spanish
2700
85
Danny Boyle
Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen, David Schneider, Cillian Murphy
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
UK / France
English
2803
96
Nick Broomfield
The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Nick Broomfield, Russell Poole, David Hicken
Documentary / Music / Biography / Crime
UK
English
2809
97
Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft
Kenneth Branagh, Sydney Chaplin, Charles Chaplin, Adolph Hitler
Documentary / Biography / History / War
UK
English
2687
79
Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Robert Evans, Eddie Albert, William Castle, Francis Ford Coppola
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2803
96
Eric Byler
Jacqueline Kim, Eugenia Yuan, Michael Idemoto, Matt Westmore, Shizuko Hoshi
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2594
69
Patricia Cardoso
America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez, Brian Sites
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2814
98
Peter Care
Jodie Foster, Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jena Malone
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1578
25
Niki Caro
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis
Drama / Family
New Zealand / Germany
English
2201
44
Carlos Carrera
Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón
Drama / Romance / Religion
Mexico / Spain / Argentina / France
Spanish
2433
53
Liliana Cavani
Ray Winstone, John Malkovich, Uwe Mansshardt, Hanns Zischler, Paolo Paoloni
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Gangster
Italy / UK / USA
English
1753
29
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya
Drama
Turkey
Turkish
2099
38
Gurinder Chadha
Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sports
UK / Germany
English
2790
93
Tso-chi Chang
Wing Fan, Meng-jie Gao, Wan-mei Yu, Mao-ying Tien, Yu-chih Wu
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
2608
70
Christian Charles
Jerry Seinfeld, Greg Giraldo, Sherrod Small, Jim Norton, Allan Havey, Colin Quinn
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
2414
51
Kaige Chen
Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen, Qiang Chen
Drama / Music
China / South Korea
Mandarin
2803
96
Austin Chick
Mark Ruffalo, Maya Stange, Kathleen Robertson, Kel O'Neill, Ben Tolpin
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2608
70
Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
Ian Holm, Kurt Gerron, Robby Lantz, Eleonore Hertzberg, Lone Koppel
Documentary / History / Biography / War
USA / Canada / Germany / UK
English
2689
80
George Clooney
Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Rutger Hauer
Biography / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Spy
USA / Canada / Germany
English
2803
96
Rob Cohen
Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Roof
Adventure / Action / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2849
104
Laetitia Colombani
Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Clément Sibony
Romance / Thriller / Comedy / Drama
France
French
2785
92
Chris Columbus
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Cult
UK / USA
English
2090
37
David Cronenberg
Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave
Drama / Mystery
Canada / UK
English
2559
67
Sijie Dai
Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
France / China
Mandarin
641
8
Stephen Daldry
Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1562
24
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Remy Renaud
Drama
Belgium / France
French
2819
100
Fernando León de Aranoa
Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Angel Egido, Nieve de Medina
Drama
Spain / France / Italy
Spanish
2794
94
Eduardo de Gregorio
Liberto Rabal, Sylvie Testud, Guy Marchand, Juan Echanove
Musical / Comedy
Spain / France
French
2454
56
Rolf de Heer
David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Australia
English
2451
55
Brian De Palma
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote
Thriller / Crime / Fantasy / Mystery
France
English
2538
66
Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald
Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
USA
English
2803
96
Guillermo del Toro
Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus
Action / Thriller / Horror / Comic
USA / Germany
English
2790
93
Michel Deville
Simon Abkarian, Zabou, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal
Drama / War / Period Film
France
French
2826
101
Danny DeVito
Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, Jon Stewart
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Musical / Thriller
USA / UK / Germany
English
2842
102
Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Mai Thi Kim, Heidi Neville-Bub, Gerald Ford, Tom Miller, Tran Tuong Nhu
Documentary / Biography / War
USA
English
2790
93
Doris Dörrie
Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann, Alexandra Maria Lara
Comedy / Drama
Germany
German
2803
96
Eric Eason
Franky G, Leo Minaya, Manuel Cabral, Jessica Morales, Julissa Lopez
Drama / Family
USA
English
2803
96
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2819
100
Atom Egoyan
Charles Aznavour, David Alpay, Arsinée Khanjian, Christopher Plummer
Drama
Canada / France
English
2608
70
Chris Eyre
Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Noah Watts, Lois Red Elk
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2776
90
David Fincher
Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto
Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2194
43
Stephen Frears
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi López, Benedict Wong
Drama / Thriller / Crime
UK
English
2790
93
Piergiorgio Gay
Sergio Rubini, Bruno Ganz, Sandra Ceccarelli
Drama
Italy
Italian
2819
100
Delphine Gleize
Chiara Mastroianni, Ángela Molina, Lio, Lucia Sanchez, Esther Gorintin
Drama
France / Belgium / Spain / Switzerland
French
2790
93
Flora Gomes
Fatou N'Diaye, Jean-Christophe Dollé, Ângelo Torres
Musical / Romance / Comedy
Portugal / France / Luxembourg
Kabuverdianu
2803
96
Sam Green, Bill Siegel
Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan, David Gilbert, Bill Ayers
Documentary / History
USA
English
2179
42
Paul Greengrass
James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Allan Gildea, Gerard Crossan
Drama
UK / Ireland
English
2718
88
John Lee Hancock
Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones
Biography / Drama / Family / Sports
USA
English
2501
62
Curtis Hanson
Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Evan Jones
Drama / Music
USA / Germany
English
506
5
Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
2818
99
Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
William Bell, Jerry Butler, The Chi-Lites, Isaac Hayes, Sam Moore, Ann Peebles
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2608
70
André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
Traudl Junge
Documentary / Biography / History / War
Austria
German
2809
97
Michael Hoffman
Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Edward Herrmann
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2790
93
Agnieszka Holland
Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau, Ryan Smith
Drama / Romance / Religion
Germany / Canada / Poland / USA
English
2785
92
Ron Howard
Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
Drama / History / Family
USA
English
265
3
Peter Jackson
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen
Fantasy / Adventure / Action / Epic / Family / Cult
USA / New Zealand / Germany
English
2414
51
Steve James
Steve James, Stephen Fielding, Tonya Gregory, Bernice Hagler, Verna Hagler
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2819
100
Zhang Ke Jia
Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Qing Feng Zhou, Hong Wei Wang, Ru Bai, Xi An Liu
Drama / Gangster / Caper
South Korea / France / Japan / China
Cantonese
572
7
Spike Jonze
Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2803
96
Neil Jordan
Nick Nolte, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Tchéky Karyo, Saïd Taghmaoui
Crime / Drama / Caper / Thriller
France / UK / Ireland / Canada
English
2460
57
Paul Justman
Richard 'Pistol' Allen, Jack Ashford, Bob Babbitt, Benny 'Papa Zita' Benjamin
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
1207
17
Aki Kaurismäki
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
Comedy / Fantasy / Drama / Romance
Finland / Germany / France
Finnish
719
9
Abbas Kiarostami
Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh
Drama / Documentary / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
Persian
2694
84
Dylan Kidd
Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Berkley
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2790
93
Takeshi Kitano
Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2790
93
Andrei Konchalovsky
Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Yevgeni Mironov
Drama / Comedy / War / Romance
Russia / France
Chechen
2608
70
Peter Kosminsky
Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn, Renée Zellweger
Drama / Crime
USA / Germany
English
2803
96
Neil LaBute
Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey
Romance / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
USA / UK
English
1133
16
Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1949
31
Patrice Leconte
Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stéven
Drama / Comedy
France / Germany / UK / Switzerland
French
2790
93
Chang-dong Lee
Kyung-gu Sol, So-ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn, Seung-wan Ryoo
Drama / Romance
South Korea
Korean
1742
28
Spike Lee
Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2679
78
Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland, James Corden
Drama / Comedy
UK / France
English
2809
97
Michael Lembeck
Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
2819
100
Diego Lerman
Tatiana Saphir, Carla Crespo, Veronica Hassan, Beatriz Thibaudin
Comedy / Drama
Argentina / Netherlands
Spanish
2261
47
Doug Liman
Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox
Action / Thriller / Mystery / Drama / Adventure / Spy
USA / Germany / Czech Republic
English
2594
69
Justin Lin
Parry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Shirley Anderson, Nanette Matoba, Kenji Matoba
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2421
52
Ken Loach
Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane
Drama / Crime
UK / Germany / Spain
English
2819
100
Todd Louiso
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, J.D. Walsh, Jimmy Raskin, Stephen Tobolowsky
Comedy / Drama
France / Germany / USA
English
2144
40
George Lucas
Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee
Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Family / Mystery / Romance / Cult
USA
English
2446
54
Guy Maddin
Wei-Qiang Zhang, Tara Birtwhistle, Dave Moroni, CindyMarie Small
Horror / Musical / Fantasy
Canada
English
2798
95
Cathy Malkasian, Jeff McGrath
Lacey Chabert, Tom Kane, Cree Summer, Tim Curry, Lynn Redgrave, Jodi Carlisle
Adventure / Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
USA
English
733
10
Rob Marshall
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah
Musical / Comedy / Crime / Drama
USA / Canada
English
2790
93
Tonie Marshall
Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq
Romance / Drama
France / Spain / Canada
French
2291
48
Douglas McGrath
Charlie Hunnam, Christopher Plummer, Stella Gonet, Andrew Havill
Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
2785
92
Lucky McKee
Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval, Nichole Hiltz, Kevin Gage
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
137
1
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
1476
20
Sam Mendes
Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Crime / Drama / Period Film / Gangster
USA
English
2624
73
Menno Meyjes
John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / War
Hungary / Canada / UK
English
2785
92
Roger Michell
Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2562
68
Rebecca Miller
Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, David Warshofsky
Drama
USA
English
2679
78
Karen Moncrieff
David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, Frances Fisher, A.J. Buckley
Drama
USA
English
2612
71
Lukas Moodysson
Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky, Lyubov Agapova, Liliya Shinkaryova
Drama
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
1496
21
Michael Moore
Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Matt Stone, Marilyn Manson, Dick Clark
Documentary
Canada / USA / Germany
English
2809
97
Gaël Morel
Nicolas Cazalé, Amira Casar, Mohamed Majd, Kheireddine Defdaf
Drama
France / Algeria
French
2803
96
Mark Moskowitz
Carl Brandt, Frank Conroy, Bruce Dobler, Robert C.S. Downs, Robert Ellis
Documentary / Drama / Biography
USA
English
1545
23
Peter Mullan
Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Geraldine McEwan, Dorothy Duffy
Drama / Religion / Period Film
UK / Ireland
English
1251
18
Gaspar Noé
Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia, Philippe Nahon
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Crime
France
French
2063
35
Christopher Nolan
Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
1111
15
Phillip Noyce
Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Australia
English
1434
19
Phillip Noyce
Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija
Drama / Thriller / Romance / War / Period Film
USA / Germany / Australia
English
2509
64
François Ozon
Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert
Musical / Comedy / Crime / Mystery
France / Italy
French
2803
96
José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda
Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel
Documentary / Crime / Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2819
100
Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Yut Lai So, Candy Lo
Drama / Horror / Thriller
Hong Kong / UK / Singapore
Cantonese
887
11
Alexander Payne
Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Kathy Bates, Dermot Mulroney
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1986
33
Nicolas Philibert
Georges Lopez, Alizé, Axel, Guillaume, Jessie, Johan, Johann, Jonathan
Documentary / Family / Biography
France
French
2790
93
Michele Placido
Laura Morante, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Haber, Galatea Ranzi
Romance / Drama
Italy
Italian
253
2
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
1992
34
Sam Raimi
Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson
Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic
USA
English
1692
27
Lynne Ramsay
Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Ruby Milton, Dolly Wells
Drama
UK
English
2689
80
Brett Ratner
Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson
Crime / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2691
82
Carlos Reygadas
Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
Drama / Romance
Mexico / Germany / Netherlands / Spain
Spanish
2706
86
Phil Alden Robinson
Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Ken Jenkins, Liev Schreiber
Action / Drama / Thriller / Spy
USA / Germany
English
2228
45
Mark Romanek
Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Erin Daniels
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2819
100
Eli Roth
Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Arie Verveen
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2818
99
Alan Rudolph
Campbell Scott, Denis Leary, Robin Tunney, Peter Samuel, Hope Davis
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2854
106
Jay Russell
Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Jonathan Jackson, Scott Bairstow
Drama / Romance / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
1948
30
John Sayles
Alex Lewis, Alan King, Cullen Douglas, Clifton James, Eliot Asinof
Drama
USA
English
2803
96
Maximilian Schell
Maria Schell, Maximilian Schell, Falko Skrabal, Gerhard Hannak, Harry Stuhlhofer
Documentary / Drama / Biography
Austria
German
2662
74
Paul Schrader
Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Bruce Solomon
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
553
6
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
2854
106
Steven Shainberg
James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren
Drama / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1654
26
Jim Sheridan
Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger
Drama / Romance / Comedy
Ireland / UK
English
2677
77
M. Night Shyamalan
Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2664
76
Brad Silberling
Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Ellen Pompeo, Aleksia Landeau
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
2859
107
Abderrahmane Sissako
Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed
Drama / Music / Comedy
France / Mauritania
French
2794
94
Michael Snow
Kim Plate, Greg Hermanovic, John Massey, Joanne Tod
Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
2690
81
Steven Soderbergh
George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
USA
English
1082
13
Aleksandr Sokurov
Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Drama / Fantasy / War / Experimental
Russia / Germany
Russian
2483
59
Peter Sollett
Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie Diaz, Altagracia Guzman, Silvestre Rasuk
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France / USA
English
2712
87
Ben Sombogaart
Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl, Ellen Vogel, Gudrun Okras
Drama / Romance / History / Epic
Netherlands / Luxembourg
Dutch
2692
83
Barry Sonnenfeld
Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
1540
22
Steven Spielberg
Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Tech-Noir
USA
English
2505
63
Steven Spielberg
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
Biography / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2803
96
Burr Steers
Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum, Jared Harris, Amanda Peet
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2537
65
Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, Nayef Fahoum Daher
Drama / Romance / War / Comedy
France / Morocco / Germany / Palestine
Arabic
2809
97
Lee Tamahori
Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, Judi Dench
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2385
50
Bertrand Tavernier
Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges
Biography / Drama / War
Spain / France / Germany
French
2168
41
Julie Taymor
Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
USA / Canada / Mexico
English
2809
97
Rich Thorne
Mark Thompson, Kevin Pollak, Dana Delany, Jere Burns, Charles Durning
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2847
103
Leslie Thornton
Drama / Experimental / Epic
USA
English
2794
94
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiao Keng Ye, Si Si Lu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands
Mandarin
2785
92
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Richard White
Animation / Family / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
2809
97
Gus Van Sant
Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Drama / Adventure / Experimental
USA / Argentina / Jordan
English
2790
93
Daniele Vicari
Valerio Mastandrea, Cristiano Morroni, Alessia Barela
Drama / Action
Italy
Italian
2621
72
Randall Wallace
Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell
Action / Drama / History / War
USA / Germany
English
2809
97
Wayne Wang
Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci, Tyler Posey
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2483
59
Denzel Washington
Derek Luke, Malcolm David Kelley, Cory Hodges, Denzel Washington, Joy Bryant
Biography / Drama
USA
English
2826
101
Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Goran Visnjic, Jack Black
Adventure / Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
USA
English
2850
105
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Jansuda, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan, Kanitpat Premkij
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Thailand / France
Thai
2473
58
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK / USA / France / Germany
English
2809
97
Nick Willing
Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Miranda Otto, Sophie Stuckey
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller / Detective
UK / France
English
1960
32
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / France / Netherlands
English
2691
82
Michael Winterbottom
Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Hiddayatullah, Jamau, Wakeel Khan
Drama
UK
English
2500
61
Yoji Yamada
Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Osugi
Action / Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
1002
12
Yimou Zhang
Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / History / Epic
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2485
60
Joel Zwick
Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine
Comedy / Romance
USA / Canada
English
