Best Movies of 2004 by Director
2688
73
Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
1536
23
Fatih Akin
Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kirac, Meltem Cumbul
Drama / Romance
Germany / Turkey
German
2803
90
Woody Allen
Radha Mitchell, Chloë Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
1137
10
Pedro Almodóvar
Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Lluís Homar
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Post-Noir
Spain
Spanish
2790
87
Gianni Amelio
Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Charlotte Rampling, Alla Faerovich
Drama / Family
Italy / France / Germany
Italian
1140
11
Alejandro Amenábar
Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Biography / Drama
Spain / France / Italy
Spanish
2798
88
Wes Anderson
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe
Adventure / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2803
90
Gregg Araki
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg
Drama
USA / Netherlands
English
2667
68
Olivier Assayas
Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar
Drama
Canada / France / UK
French
2475
53
Shona Auerbach
Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans, Sharon Small, Sophie Main
Drama
UK
English
2803
90
Steve Balderson
Mike Patton, Karen Black, Susan Traylor, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jak Kendall
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
1643
27
Christophe Barratier
Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad
Romance / Drama / Music
France / Switzerland / Germany
French
2809
92
Gregg Barson
Phyllis Diller, Rip Taylor, Don Rickles, Roseanne Barr, Red Buttons, Lily Tomlin
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
1494
22
Timur Bekmambetov
Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina, Valeriy Zolotukhin
Action / Fantasy / Thriller
Russia
Russian
2446
51
Peter Berg
Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez
Action / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2768
83
Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, Rob Letterman
Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie
Animation / Comedy / Family / Adventure
USA
English
2798
88
Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Bob Rock, Eric Avery Weiss
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2022
32
Susanne Bier
Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sarah Juel Werner
Drama / War
Denmark
Danish
1484
21
Brad Bird
Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2809
92
Christopher Bird, Kevin Brownlow
Buster Keaton, James Karen, Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
2469
52
Danny Boyle
Alexander Nathan Etel, Lewis Owen McGibbon, Leslie Phillips, James Nesbitt
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Family / Adventure
UK / USA
English
2686
72
Zach Braff
Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Jean Smart, Ann Dowd
Drama / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2050
35
Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
Shanti Das, Avijit, Suchitra, Manik, Gour, Puja Mukerjee, Tapasi, Mamuni
Documentary
India / USA
Bengali
2818
93
James L. Brooks
Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2803
90
Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Jeb Bush, Steven Glaser
Documentary / Biography / Crime
UK / USA
English
2803
90
Jim Brown
Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leon Bibb, Theodore Bikel, Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2809
92
Margaret Brown
Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Townes van Zandt
Documentary / Biography / Music
USA
English
2108
39
Shane Carruth
Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2809
92
D.J. Caruso
Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA / Canada
English
2515
56
Nick Cassavetes
Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2809
92
Eric Chaikin, Julian Petrillo
Mike Birbiglia, Joe Edley, Stefan Fatsis, Matt Graham, Marlon Hill, Joel Sherman
Documentary / Comedy / Biography
USA
English
2790
87
Guido Chiesa
Tommaso Ramenghi, Marco Luisi, Claudia Pandolfi, Valerio Mastandrea
Drama
Italy
Italian
1977
31
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow, Xiaogang Feng, Wah Yuen, Zhi Hua Dong, Kwok Kuen Chan
Action / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy / Period Film / Gangster
China / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2768
83
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst
Comedy / Crime / Caper
USA
English
1847
29
Bill Condon
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
2057
36
Kerry Conran
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Period Film / Tech-Noir
USA / UK / Italy
English
2180
40
Alfonso Cuarón
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Cult
UK / USA
English
2495
54
Brian Dannelly
Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Heather Matarazzo
Comedy / Drama / Religion
USA
English
2803
90
Guillermo del Toro
Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Comic
USA
English
2316
44
Jonathan Demme
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War
USA
English
2096
38
Claire Denis
Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva
Drama
France
French
2790
87
Arnaud Desplechin
Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve
Drama / Comedy
France
French
2843
96
Lav Diaz
Elryan de Vera, Angie Ferro, Pen Medina, Marife Necesito, Ronnie Lazaro
Drama / Epic
Philippines
Filipino
2803
90
Ernest R. Dickerson
DMX, Michael Ealy, Drew Sidora, Antwon Tanner, Robby Robinson, Luenell Campbell
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
2809
92
Michael Dowse
Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan, Mike Wilmot, Neil Maskell
Comedy / Drama / Music
UK / Canada
English
2699
78
Laurence Dunmore
Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter, Stanley Townsend
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
468
3
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie
Drama / Sports
USA
English
2809
92
Fernando Eimbcke
Enrique Arreola, Diego Cataño, Daniel Miranda, Danny Perea
Comedy / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2803
90
David R. Ellis
Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Eric Christian Olsen, Jessica Biel
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2809
92
Roland Emmerich
Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2229
42
Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker
Elliot Lovett, Nick Moncrief, Stuart Wilf, Devon Dixon, Javorn Drummond
Documentary / War / Biography
USA
English
2854
97
Jacob Aaron Estes
Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2396
46
Ismaël Ferroukhi
Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian, Ghina Ognianova
Drama / Religion
France / Morocco
French
2809
92
Will Finn, John Sanford
Roseanne, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Randy Quaid
Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical / Western / Adventure
USA
English
2608
61
Frédéric Fonteyne
Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet, Alice Verlinden
Drama / Period Film
Belgium / France / Luxembourg / Italy / Switzerland
French
783
8
Marc Forster
Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK / USA
English
2742
80
Eytan Fox
Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Carola Regnier
Drama / Spy
Israel / Sweden
English
2608
61
Antoine Fuqua
B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Macy Gray, Buddy Guy
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2842
95
Zézé Gamboa
Makena Diop, Milton 'Santo' Coelho, Maria Ceiça, Patrícia Bull
Drama / War
Angola / France / Portugal
Portuguese
1168
14
Terry George
Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte
Drama / History / War
UK / Italy / South Africa
English
2785
86
Bahman Ghobadi
Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman
Drama / War
Iran / France / Iraq
Kurdish
2023
33
Mel Gibson
James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Hristo Jivkov, Francesco De Vito
Drama / Religion
USA
Aramaic
2790
87
Amos Gitai
Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla, Anne Parillaud
Drama
Israel / France / UK
Arabic
2288
43
Jonathan Glazer
Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Danny Huston, Lauren Bacall
Drama / Mystery / Romance
USA
English
2806
91
Jean-Luc Godard
Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer, Simon Eine
Drama / Experimental
France / Switzerland
French
717
7
Michel Gondry
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byrne, Elijah Wood
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Comedy
USA
English
2684
71
David Gordon Green
Jamie Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan, Shiri Appleby
Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2818
93
Paul Greengrass
Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban
Adventure / Mystery / Thriller / Action / Drama / Spy
USA / Germany
English
1367
20
Taylor Hackford
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell
Biography / Drama / Music
USA
English
624
5
Paul Haggis
Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2803
90
John Lee Hancock
Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson
Drama / History / War / Western / Epic
USA
English
2842
95
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Documentary / Religion / Biography
Netherlands
Indonesian
2809
92
Jared Hess
Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Efren Ramirez, Aaron Ruell, Diedrich Bader, Tina Majorino
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA
English
448
2
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes
Drama / History / War / Biography
Germany / Italy / Austria
German
2790
87
Kwon-taek Im
Seung-woo Cho, Min-sun Kim, Hak-jun Kim, Ha-jun You, Hye-yeong Lee
Action / Drama
South Korea
Korean
2809
92
Gregory Jacobs
John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Mullan, Zitto Kazann
Drama / Comedy / Crime / Caper
USA
English
2573
60
Ken Jacobs
Jack Smith, Jerry Sims, Gib Taylor, Bill Carpenter, Cecilia Swan, Ken Jacobs
Experimental
USA
English
2690
74
Agnès Jaoui
Marilou Berry, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Laurent Grévill
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France / Italy
French
1723
28
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth
Drama / Mystery / Romance / War / Period Film
France / USA
French
2663
66
Zhang Ke Jia
Tao Zhao, Taisheng Chen, Jue Jing, Zhong-wei Jiang, Yi-qun Wang
Drama / Romance
China / Japan / France
Mandarin
2608
61
Joe Johnston
Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle
Action / Drama / Adventure / Western / Period Film
USA
English
2776
84
Cédric Kahn
Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard, Charline Paul
Drama / Thriller
France
French
2690
74
Nicole Kassell
Kevin Bacon, David Alan Grier, Eve, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt, Carlos Leon
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2504
55
Lodge H. Kerrigan
Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Tormey
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
1544
24
Ki-duk Kim
Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jin-mo Ju
Drama / Romance
South Korea / Japan
Korean
NR
-
Deborah Koons
Percy Schmeiser, Andrew Kimbrell, Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Dr. Charles Benbrook
Documentary
USA
English
2803
90
Hirokazu Koreeda
Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan, You
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2785
86
Ashvin Kumar
Julfuqar Ali, Sushil Sharma, Megnaa Mehtaa
Drama / Short
India / UK
Hindi
2785
86
Chris Landreth
Felicity Fanjoy, Derek Lamb, Chris Landreth, Ryan Larkin
Animation / Short / Drama / Biography
Canada
English
2803
90
Patrice Leconte
Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet
Drama / Mystery / Comedy / Romance
France
French
946
9
Mike Leigh
Imelda Staunton, Heather Craney, Philip Davis, Peter Wight
Drama / Period Film
UK / France / New Zealand
English
2809
92
Michael Lembeck
Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Stephen Spinella, Alec Mapa
Comedy / Gangster
USA
English
1166
13
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
2803
90
Chuan Lu
Duobuji, Zhang Lei, Qi Liang, Xueying Zhao, Ma Zhanlin
Action / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2809
92
Peter Lydon, Thaddeus O'Sullivan
James Wilby, Clare Holman, Owen Teale, Julia Ford, Philip Glenister
Drama / War / Period Film / Romance
UK
English
2785
86
David Mamet
Tia Texada, Derek Luke, Val Kilmer, Jeremie Campbell, Bob Jennings
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2854
97
Luis Mandoki
Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus, Gustavo Muñoz
Drama / War / Period Film
Mexico / USA / Puerto Rico
Spanish
1619
26
Michael Mann
Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
1597
25
Joshua Marston
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Yenny Paola Vega
Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA / Colombia
Spanish
2803
90
Michael Mayer
Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek, Erik Smith
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2809
92
Joseph P. McDonald
Paul Hunter, Eva Ray, Frank Gurney, Darla Baxter, Walter Stevens
Sci-Fi / Comedy / Cult
USA
English
2809
92
Brad McGann
Matthew Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barclay, Colin Moy, Jimmy Keen
Mystery / Drama / Thriller
New Zealand / UK
English
2809
92
E. Elias Merhige
Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix, Kevin Chamberlin
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
UK / Germany / USA
English
2790
87
Marzieh Meshkini
Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari, Jamil Ghanazideh
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
2803
90
Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park
Ling Bai, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Meme, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Miki Yeung
Horror / Thriller
Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea
English
2024
34
Hayao Miyazaki
Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Josh Hutcherson
Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Family
Japan
English
2801
89
Lukas Moodysson
Thorsten Flinck, Björn Almroth, Sanna Bråding, Goran Marjanovic
Drama / Experimental
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
1146
12
Michael Moore
Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Khalil Bin Laden
Documentary / War
USA
English
2692
76
Niels Mueller
Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Brad William Henke
Drama
USA / Mexico
English
2629
63
Mira Nair
Gabriel Byrne, Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai, James Purefoy
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2088
37
Mike Nichols
Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Colin Stinton
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2803
90
Tommy O'Haver
Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Aidan McArdle, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Adventure / Family
USA / Ireland / UK
English
2790
87
Nikos Panayotopoulos
Thanos Samaras, Alexia Kaltsiki, Dimitris Imelos, Errikos Litsis
Drama
Greece
Greek
2524
57
Trey Parker
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa, Daran Norris, Phil Hendrie
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy
USA
English
2288
43
Pawel Pawlikowski
Nathalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine, Dean Andrews, Michelle Byrne
Drama / Romance
UK
English
304
1
Alexander Payne
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
Adventure / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2414
49
Stacy Peralta
Greg Noll, Jeff Clark, Darrick Doerner, Laird John Hamilton, Dave Kalama
Documentary / Sports / Biography
USA / France
English
2434
50
Wolfgang Petersen
Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / War / Epic
USA / Malta / UK
English
2790
87
Michele Placido
Stefano Accorsi, Barbora Bobulova, Violante Placido
Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
2712
79
Kay Pollak
Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Music / Religion
Sweden
Swedish
2217
41
Sally Potter
Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Sheila Hancock
Drama / Romance
UK / USA
English
2809
92
Michael Pressman
Lou Antonio, Jillian Armenante, Kathy Baker, Lisa Chess, Hector Elizondo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2790
87
Svetlana Proskurina
Dana Agisheva, Vladimir Ilyin, Yelena Rufanova, Alexander Plaskin
Drama
Russia
Russian
2854
97
Alex Proyas
Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Bruce Greenwood
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2608
61
Michael Radford
Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA / Italy / Luxembourg / UK
English
1262
18
Sam Raimi
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina
Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic
USA
English
2636
64
Peter Raymont
Roméo Dallaire
Documentary / Biography / History / War
Canada
English
2819
94
Nicolas Winding Refn
Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester, Kurt Nielsen, Zlatko Buric, Maria Erwolter
Action / Drama / Crime / Gangster
Denmark / UK
Danish
2809
92
Jacques Richard
Henri Langlois, Claude Berri, Claude Chabrol, Jack Valenti, Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Documentary / Biography
France
French
2803
90
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Albano, Eric Bogosian
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2608
61
Eran Riklis
Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom, Eyad Sheety
Comedy / Drama
France / Germany / Israel
Arabic
NR
-
Jay Roach
Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner
Comedy
USA
English
2712
79
Darrell Roodt
Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Kenneth Khambula, Harriet Lenabe
Drama
South Africa
Zulu
2397
47
David O. Russell
Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law
Comedy
USA / Germany
English
2679
70
Jay Russell
Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut
Action / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
1257
17
Walter Salles
Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mía Maestro
Adventure / Biography / Drama
USA / Germany / UK / Argentina / Chile / Peru / France
Spanish
2692
76
Gabriele Salvatores
Giuseppe Cristiano, Mattia Di Pierro, Adriana Conserva, Fabio Tetta
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Italy / Spain / UK
Italian
2809
92
Hubert Sauper
Hubert Sauper
Documentary
Austria / Belgium / France / Canada / Finland / Sweden
English
2765
82
John Sayles
Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Huston, Michael Murphy, Kris Kristofferson
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2674
69
Joel Schumacher
Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
USA / UK
English
576
4
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Japan / Germany
English
2620
62
Peter Segal
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Dan Aykroyd
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2809
92
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jason Alexander
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Period Film / Family
Hungary / USA
English
1197
15
Ousmane Sembene
Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Drama
Senegal / France / Burkina Faso / Cameroon / Morocco / Tunisia
Bambara
2803
90
Kevin Smith
Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Raquel Castro, George Carlin, Jason Biggs
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
Steven Soderbergh
Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Ed Kross, Julia Roberts
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Caper
USA / Australia
English
2655
65
Todd Solondz
Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Adly-Guirgis
Drama / Adventure / Comedy / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2777
85
Stephen Sommers
Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley
Action / Adventure / Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
USA / Czech Republic
English
2691
75
Carlos Sorin
Juan Villegas, Walter Donado, Gregorio, Rosa Valsecchi, Mariela Díaz
Drama / Comedy
Argentina / Spain
Spanish
2691
75
Paolo Sorrentino
Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani, Adriano Giannini, Antonio Ballerio
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Italy
Italian
2679
70
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
2818
93
Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Spurlock, John Banzhaf, Bridget Bennett, Kelly Brownell, Ron English
Documentary
USA
English
2809
92
Josh Sternfeld
Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, Mark Webber, Allison Janney, Ron Livingston
Drama
USA
English
1905
30
Quentin Tarantino
Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah
Action / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2809
92
Bertrand Tavernier
Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carré, Bruno Putzulu, Lara Guirao
Drama
France
French
2526
58
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long, Stephen Root
Comedy / Sports
USA / Germany
English
2570
59
Ondi Timoner
Anton Newcombe, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, Peter Holmstrom
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2785
86
James Toback
Neve Campbell, Fred Weller, Ashley Shelton, James Toback, Alex Feldman
Drama
USA
English
2809
92
Pete Travis
Gerard McSorley, Michele Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Stuart Graham, Peter Ballance
Drama
Ireland / UK
English
2809
92
Jon Turteltaub
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Caper
USA
English
2693
77
Matthew Vaughn
Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
UK
English
2803
90
Andrew Wagner
Allen Wagner, Judy Wagner, Emily Wagner, Maggie Wagner, Judy Dixon
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2691
75
Mark Waters
Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows
Comedy / Drama
USA / Canada
English
1323
19
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental / Adventure
Thailand / France / Germany / Italy
Thai
2666
67
Paul Weitz
Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger, David Paymer
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2790
87
Wim Wenders
Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce
Drama
USA / Germany
English
2690
74
Mark Wexler
Peter Bart, Verna Bloom, Billy Crystal, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Milos Forman
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2699
78
Tod Williams
Elle Fanning, Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster, Larry Pine
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2819
94
Gary Winick
Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, Kathy Baker, Phil Reeves
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
USA
English
2803
90
Irwin Winkler
Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally, Sandra Nelson
Biography / Drama / Musical
USA / UK
English
1217
16
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
China / France / Germany / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2785
86
Alexander Woo
Dan Blank, Nicola Russell, Lolita Sahwany
Animation / Short / Adventure
USA
English
2329
45
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran
Comedy / Horror / Romance
UK / France
English
2809
92
Alice Wu
Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang, Guang Lan Koh
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2413
48
Robert Zemeckis
Tom Hanks, Leslie Harter Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
USA
English
2790
87
Greg Zglinski
Gilles Tschudi, Blerim Gjoci, Marie Matheron, Gabriela Muskala
Drama
Switzerland / Belgium / Poland
French
663
6
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2809
92
Yaron Zilberman
Judith Haspel, Trude Hirschler, Anni Lampl, Hanni Lux, Ann Marie Pisker
Documentary / History / Sports / Biography
France / Israel / USA
English
