Top Ten Movies of the Year by Director
1080
2007
8
Sean Penn
Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dierker
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
2794
1913
8
Léonce Perret
Léonce Perret, Louis Leubas, Maurice Lagrenée
Drama
France
French (Silent)
283
1981
4
Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Drama / War / Adventure
West Germany
German
2692
1918
5
R.W. Phillips
Sam Robinson, Walter Brogsdale, Robert Duree, Samuel 'Sambo' Jacks, Yvonne Junior
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
1222
2019
7
Todd Phillips
Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Comic
USA / Canada
English
2692
1917
10
Wray Bartlett Physioc
Grace Darmond, Niles Welch, Herbert Fortier, Violet Axzelle, Charles Brandt
Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1913
6
Hay Plumb
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot, Walter Ringham, Adeleine Bourne
Drama
UK
English (Silent)
23
1974
1
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
253
2002
2
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
256
1965
4
Roman Polanski
Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Thriller / Horror / Drama
UK
English
289
1962
5
Roman Polanski
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka
Drama / Thriller
Poland
Polish
329
1968
6
Roman Polanski
Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Horror / Thriller / Drama / Cult
USA
English
262
1982
4
Sydney Pollack
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange
Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English
637
1969
10
Sydney Pollack
Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
466
1948
6
Abraham Polonsky
John Garfield, Thomas Gomez
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Cult
USA
English
71
1965
1
Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti
Drama / War
Algeria / Italy
French
1232
1903
1
Edwin S. Porter
A.C. Abadie, Walter Cameron
Short / Action / Crime / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2421
1903
2
Edwin S. Porter, George S. Fleming
Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, James White
Short / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2421
1914
4
Edwin S. Porter
Mary Pickford, Harold Lockwood, Olive Carey, David Hartford, Louise Dunlap
Drama / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1912
3
Edwin S. Porter, Joseph A. Golden
James O'Neill, Nance O'Neil, Murdock MacQuarrie, Hobart Bosworth
Drama / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1906
1
Edwin S. Porter
Kitty O'Neil, Walter Griswoll, H.L. Bascomb, W.R. Floyd, E.M. Leslie, N.B. Clarke
Short / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1913
6
Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford
James K. Hackett, Beatrice Beckley, David Torrence, Fraser Coalter
Adventure / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1905
1
Edwin S. Porter
Thomas H. Ince
Short / Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1902
2
Edwin S. Porter
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2421
1915
5
Frank Powell
Theda Bara, Runa Hodges, Mabel Frenyear, Edward José, May Allison
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1910
1
Frank Powell
Henry B. Walthall, Jack Pickford, Florence Barker
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
170
1948
3
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Léonide Massine
Drama / Romance / Music
UK
English
208
1946
6
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough
Fantasy / Romance / Comedy
UK
English
328
1943
1
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
UK
English
420
1960
9
Michael Powell
Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Cult
UK
English
473
1947
3
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons
Drama / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
586
1945
8
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney, Pamela Brown
Drama / Romance / War
UK
English
2809
1918
8
Paul Powell
Carmel Myers, Rudolph Valentino, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Alfred Allen, Fred Kelsey
Comedy / Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
280
1944
3
Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
797
1954
10
Otto Preminger
Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte
Musical / Drama / Romance
USA
English
1347
1926
3
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov, Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
1382
1928
10
Vsevolod Pudovkin
I. Dedintsev, Valéry Inkijinoff, Aleksandr Chistyakov
Action / Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2692
1907
2
Teuvo Puro, Louis Sparre
Eero Kilpi, Teuvo Puro, Teppo Raikas, Alex Rautio, Jussi Snellman
Comedy / Short
Finland
Finnish (Silent)
186
1970
3
Bob Rafelson
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers
Drama / Music
USA
English
388
1993
5
Harold Ramis
Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Fantasy / Comedy / Romance / Family / Cult
USA
English
281
1990
2
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
1818
2024
3
Mohammad Rasoulof
Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Missagh Zareh, Soheila Golestani
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Germany / France
Persian
156
1955
3
Nicholas Ray
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen
Drama / Cult
USA
English
299
1950
7
Nicholas Ray
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
308
1954
6
Nicholas Ray
Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge
Western / Cult
USA
English
37
1955
1
Satyajit Ray
Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi
Drama
India
Bengali
47
1959
3
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Drama
India
Bengali
117
1956
2
Satyajit Ray
Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee
Drama
India
Bengali
2758
1897
1
Enoch J. Rector
James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Billy Madden, George Siler, John L. Sullivan
Documentary / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
75
1949
1
Carol Reed
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee
Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Spy
UK
English
364
1947
2
Carol Reed
James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan
Crime / Thriller / Drama
UK
English
691
1948
10
Carol Reed
Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel
Drama / Thriller
UK
English
2692
1918
5
Frank Reicher
Mary Boland, Lucy Cotton, Raymond Bloomer, Alfred Kappeler, Harris Gordon
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
396
1984
4
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Fran Drescher
Comedy / Music / Cult
USA
English
407
1989
4
Rob Reiner
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
948
1986
8
Rob Reiner
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Adventure / Drama / Family
USA
English
2692
1913
6
Max Reinhardt
Paul Davidson, Erika De Planque, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Mary Dietrich
Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
380
1960
8
Karel Reisz
Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts
Drama
UK
English
768
2009
5
Jason Reitman
George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1054
2007
7
Jason Reitman
Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Olivia Thirlby
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
671
1984
9
Edgar Reitz
Marita Breuer, Edgar Reitz, Gudrun Landgrebe
Drama / History / Epic
West Germany
German
5
1939
1
Jean Renoir
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Julien Carette, Tony Corteggiani
Comedy / Drama
France
French
51
1937
1
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
Drama / War / Adventure / Comedy
France
French
433
1932
3
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hainia
Comedy
France
French
445
1931
7
Jean Renoir
Michel Simon, Janie Marese, Georges Flamant, Roger Gaillard
Drama
France
French
450
1952
8
Jean Renoir
Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Dante
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France / Italy
English
666
1951
10
Jean Renoir
Nora Swinburne, Patricia Walters, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Suprova Mukerjee
Drama / Romance
France / India / USA
English
674
1936
8
Jean Renoir
Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jane Marken
Drama / Short / Romance / Comedy
France
French
159
1961
3
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
266
1959
6
Alain Resnais
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
Drama / Romance / War
France / Japan
French
2421
1922
10
Lynn Reynolds
Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eva Novak
Western / Action / Adventure / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
242
1963
4
Tony Richardson
Albert Finney, Susannah York
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
651
1961
10
Tony Richardson
Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah
Drama
UK
English
485
1935
8
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
491
1938
5
Leni Riefenstahl
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
544
1938
6
Leni Riefenstahl
Rolf Wernicke, Glenn Morris
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
419
1963
6
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell
Drama / Western / Action
USA
English
296
1974
4
Jacques Rivette
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
574
1991
8
Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
Drama / Romance
France / Switzerland
French
2692
1915
7
Hal Roach
Harold Lloyd, Jane Novak, Roy Stewart
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
101
1961
1
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Musical / Romance / Drama / Family
USA
English
520
1989
5
Phil Alden Robinson
Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta
Fantasy / Drama / Sports / Family
USA
English
237
1973
8
Nicolas Roeg
Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato
Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Cult
Italy / UK
English
435
1971
7
Nicolas Roeg
Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver
Drama / Adventure
UK
English
529
1969
7
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
621
1970
9
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
2692
1908
1
Vladimir Romashkov
Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky
Short / History
Russia
Russian (Silent)
309
1968
4
George A. Romero
Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
731
1978
6
George A. Romero
David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross
Action / Horror / Drama / Cult
Italy / USA
English
454
1967
9
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Drama
USA
English
90
1945
2
Roberto Rossellini
Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno
Drama / War
Italy
Italian
526
1952
9
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Drama
Italy
Italian
1213
1947
9
Robert Rossen
John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad
Drama / Film-Noir / Sports
USA
English
625
1999
9
David O. Russell
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze
War / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Caper
USA
English
1208
2010
8
David O. Russell
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe, Jack McGee
Drama / Sports / Biography
USA
English
1291
2012
8
David O. Russell
Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
451
1998
6
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira
Drama
Brazil / France
Portuguese
2159
2024
9
Walter Salles
Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Otavio Linhares, Selton Mello
Biography / Drama / History
Brazil / France
Portuguese
120
1935
1
Mark Sandrich
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
1083
1934
8
Mark Sandrich
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
534
1976
5
Carlos Saura
Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall, Florinda Chico
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Spain
Spanish
860
1996
9
John Sayles
Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Romance
USA
English
303
1970
6
Franklin J. Schaffner
George C. Scott, Karl Malden
Drama / War / Epic / Biography
USA
English
432
1968
8
Franklin J. Schaffner
Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore
Action / Drama / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
870
1978
10
Fred Schepisi
Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson
Drama
Australia
English
1235
2009
10
Lone Scherfig
Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, William Melling
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
456
1979
8
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
414
2007
3
Julian Schnabel
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny
Biography / Drama
France / USA
French
857
1990
7
Barbet Schroeder
Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra
Drama
USA / Japan / UK
English
802
2019
2
Céline Sciamma
Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Drama / Romance
France
French
18
1980
1
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
Drama / Biography / Sports
USA
English
20
1976
1
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
27
1990
1
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Crime / Drama / Biography / Gangster
USA
English
225
1973
7
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir
USA
English
295
1982
5
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
553
2002
6
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
576
2004
4
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Japan / Germany
English
607
1995
6
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA / France
English
612
2006
4
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
806
2019
3
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jesse Plemons, Anna Paquin, Joe Pesci, Stephen Graham
Biography / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
806
1978
8
Martin Scorsese
Robbie Robertson, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Dr. John
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
866
2023
5
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal
Crime / Drama / History / Mystery / Romance / Western / Epic
USA
English
886
2011
4
Martin Scorsese
Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz
Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
963
2013
5
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Jon Bernthal
Biography / Comedy / Crime / Drama
USA
English
1004
1993
10
Martin Scorsese
Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
86
1982
3
Ridley Scott
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Sci-Fi / Drama / Action / Tech-Noir / Cult
USA
English
228
1991
3
Ridley Scott
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Thriller / Action / Crime / Drama / Comedy
USA
English
391
2000
4
Ridley Scott
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris
Drama / Action / Epic / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1405
2015
7
Ridley Scott
Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
838
1947
7
George Seaton
Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
2758
1898
1
William Selig
Gertie Brown, Saint Suttle
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2171
1914
2
Mack Sennett
Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett
Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1912
3
Mack Sennett
Ford Sterling, Mabel Normand, Fred Mace
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1912
3
Mack Sennett
Ford Sterling, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Avery, Bobby Dunn, George Jeske, Hank Mann
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1913
6
Mack Sennett
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1913
6
Mack Sennett
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Hank Mann, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Al St. John
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1912
3
Mack Sennett
Mabel Normand, Mae Busch, Edward Dillon, Fred Mace, Mary Maxwell, Mack Sennett
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
354
1941
6
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
646
1988
8
Ron Shelton
Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
566
1989
7
Jim Sheridan
Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
Drama / Biography
Ireland / UK
English
561
1933
5
Lowell Sherman
Mae West, Cary Grant
Comedy / Western / Crime
USA
English
2754
1912
4
Dorothy G. Shore
Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin, Ethel Jewett
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
1122
1943
10
Herman Shumlin, Hal Mohr
Bette Davis, Paul Lukas
Drama / Spy / War
USA
English
546
1999
7
M. Night Shyamalan
Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2692
1918
5
Scott Sidney
Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, True Boardman, Kathleen Kirkham, George B. French
Action / Adventure / Comic
USA
English (Silent)
190
1956
3
Don Siegel
Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
404
1971
6
Don Siegel
Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Detective
USA
English
815
1976
7
Don Siegel
John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Drama / Western
USA
English
353
1995
2
Bryan Singer
Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Post-Noir / Caper / Cult
USA / Germany
English
599
1991
9
John Singleton
Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut
Crime / Drama
USA
English
1884
1930
10
Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann
Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen
Documentary / Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
390
1946
9
Robert Siodmak
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama
USA
English
1432
2014
6
Abderrahmane Sissako
Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Drama
France / Mauritania
French
1775
1924
9
Victor Sjöström
Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall
Drama / Thriller
USA
English (Silent)
1853
1921
5
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
Drama / Fantasy
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2095
1918
1
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Drama / Crime / Romance / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2618
1913
4
Victor Sjöström
Hilda Borgström, Aron Lindgren, Erik Lindholm
Drama
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2660
1917
9
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, August Falck, Bergliot Husberg
Drama
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2692
1912
3
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Gösta Ekman, Lili Bech, Gunnar Bohman, John Ekman
Drama
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
1357
2022
7
Jerzy Skolimowski
Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Drama
Poland / Italy
Polish
635
1988
7
George Sluizer
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Netherlands / France
Dutch
2421
1916
5
Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
Marie Walcamp, C. Norman Hammond, Tyrone Power Sr.
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2647
1913
5
Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
Lois Weber, Val Paul, Douglas Gerrard, Sam Kaufman
Short / Drama / Thriller
USA
English (Silent)
550
1989
6
Steven Soderbergh
James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
Drama
USA
English
564
2000
7
Steven Soderbergh
Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Germany / USA
English
462
1998
7
Todd Solondz
Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker
Drama / Comedy / Cult
USA
English
2692
1910
1
Harry Solter
Florence Lawrence, King Baggot
Short / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1910
1
Harry Solter
Florence Lawrence, King Baggot, Owen Moore
Short / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
1078
2023
7
Celine Song
Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
Drama / Romance
USA / South Korea
English
1509
2020
7
Aaron Sorkin
Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch
Drama / History / Thriller / Crime
USA / UK / India
English
1093
2013
6
Paolo Sorrentino
Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte
Comedy / Drama
Italy
Italian
1561
2021
8
Paolo Sorrentino
Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri
Drama
Italy
Italian
34
1982
1
Steven Spielberg
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
36
1993
1
Steven Spielberg
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Drama / War / Biography / Epic
USA
English
72
1998
1
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Matt Damon
Action / Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
88
1981
1
Steven Spielberg
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies
Action / Adventure / Family
USA
English
97
1975
3
Steven Spielberg
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Adventure / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
174
1977
3
Steven Spielberg
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
754
1993
7
Steven Spielberg
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Horror / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
859
2012
4
Steven Spielberg
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader
Biography / Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / India
English
1015
2005
7
Steven Spielberg
Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler
Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1046
2022
3
Steven Spielberg
Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Jeannie Berlin
Drama
USA
English
1228
2021
6
Steven Spielberg
Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno
Crime / Drama / Musical / Romance
USA
English
1515
2017
10
Steven Spielberg
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1597
2011
8
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Jeremy Irvine
Drama / War / Epic
USA
English
769
2003
9
Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
USA
English
824
2008
6
Andrew Stanton
Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
Animation / Comedy / Family / Romance / Sci-Fi / Adventure
USA
English
2692
1912
3
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Short / Animation / Comedy
Russia
Russian (Silent)
2692
1912
3
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Animation / Short / Fantasy / Family
Russia
Russian (Silent)
331
1936
3
George Stevens
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
365
1951
7
George Stevens
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
Drama / Film-Noir / Romance
USA
English
645
1942
9
George Stevens
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
1106
1943
8
George Stevens
Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
543
1964
9
Robert Stevenson
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley
Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
2556
1917
7
Mauritz Stiller
Victor Sjöström, Karin Molander, Albin Lavén
Comedy / Romance
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
1081
1990
10
Whit Stillman
Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
589
1989
8
Oliver Stone
Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman
Drama / War / Biography
USA
English
640
1991
10
Oliver Stone
Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA / France
English
300
1955
7
John Sturges
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Western
USA
English
595
1963
8
John Sturges
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn
Adventure / War / Action / Drama / History / Family
USA
English
114
1941
3
Preston Sturges
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
151
1941
4
Preston Sturges
Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Family
USA
English
368
1942
7
Preston Sturges
Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno
Romance / Comedy
USA
English
565
1944
5
Preston Sturges
Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton
Comedy
USA
English
706
1944
9
Preston Sturges
Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest
Comedy / War
USA
English
1977
1916
2
Charles Swickard, William S. Hart, Clifford Smith
William S. Hart, Clara Williams, Jack Standing
Western
USA
English (Silent)
656
1981
7
István Szabó
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda
Drama
West Germany / Hungary / Austria
Hungarian
2692
1906
1
Charles Tait
Elizabeth Tait, John Tait, Bella Cola, Vera Linden, Frank Mills, Ollie Wilson
Biography / Drama
Australia
English (Silent)
791
2001
9
Danis Tanovic
Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis
War / Drama / Comedy
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / UK / Belgium
Serbo-Croatian
19
1994
1
Quentin Tarantino
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir / Cult
USA
English
614
1992
4
Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
697
2009
4
Quentin Tarantino
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender
Drama / War / Adventure
USA / Germany / France
English
1089
2019
5
Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
UK / USA / China
English
118
1966
3
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev
Drama / War / History / Biography / Epic / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
139
1972
5
Andrei Tarkovsky
Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
Soviet Union
Russian
603
1975
8
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
96
1967
4
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle
Comedy / Drama
France / Italy
French
157
1953
4
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax, Louis Perrault
Comedy
France
French
400
1958
5
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
Comedy
Italy / France
French
630
1984
8
Bertrand Tavernier
Sabine Azéma, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Geneviève Mnich
Drama / Period Film
France
French
1045
1986
9
Bertrand Tavernier
Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Drama / Music
USA / France
English
555
1982
9
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli
Drama / Fantasy / War
Italy
Italian
405
1964
7
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
171
1988
1
Giuseppe Tornatore
Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
200
1947
1
Jacques Tourneur
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Crime / Romance / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
590
1942
8
Jacques Tourneur
Simone Simon, Tom Conway
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
760
1943
6
Jacques Tourneur
Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett
Horror / Drama
USA
English
2421
1918
3
Maurice Tourneur
Tula Belle, Robin Macdougall, Lillian Cook, Edwin E. Reed
Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2493
1917
5
Maurice Tourneur
Mary Pickford
Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2585
1914
7
Maurice Tourneur
Vivian Martin, Alec B. Francis, Chester Barnett, Gyp Williams
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1917
10
Maurice Tourneur
Mary Pickford, Matt Moore, Warren Cook, Kathryn Browne-Decker, Edward Roseman
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
1918
8
Maurice Tourneur
Warren Cook, Florence Billings, Ethel Hallor, Henry West, Flora Revalles
Drama / War
USA
English (Silent)
1462
2021
7
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Mia McGovern Zaini, Maria Grazia Di Meo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Norway / France / Sweden / Denmark
Norwegian
763
2023
2
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France
French
2692
1913
6
Laurence Trimble
John Bunny, James Prior, Sidney Hunt, Fred Hornby, Arthur Ricketts, H.P. Owen
Comedy / Short
UK / USA
English (Silent)
2758
1912
5
Laurence Trimble
John Bunny, Flora Finch, Leah Baird, Charles Eldridge, William R. Dunn
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
403
1991
4
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers
Animation / Family / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
15
1959
1
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama
France
French
45
1962
2
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
138
1973
2
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Drama / Comedy
France / Italy
French
508
1971
9
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Romance / Drama / Period Film
France
French
524
1960
10
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
557
1968
9
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
2225
1913
1
George Loane Tucker
Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner, Matt Moore, William Welsh
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1916
9
George Loane Tucker
Gerald Ames, Manora Thew, Kenelm Foss, Douglas Munro, Marga La Rubia
Crime / Detective
UK
English (Silent)
2692
1919
10
George Loane Tucker
Lon Chaney, Betty Compson, Joseph J. Dowling, J.M. Dumont, Elinor Fair
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1910
1
Otis Turner
Patrick Long, Johnnie Mullens, Charles Fuqua, Henry Grammar, Tom Mix
Short / Western
USA
English (Silent)
430
1998
5
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
1136
2014
5
Morten Tyldum
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance
Biography / Drama / Thriller / War
UK / USA
English
1167
1934
9
Edgar G. Ulmer
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
Horror / Crime / Adventure
USA
English
2692
1910
1
unknown
John Bunny, Kate Price
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2692
1914
8
unknown
Fred Evans
Comedy / Short
UK
English (Silent)
2692
1912
3
unknown
Vinnie Burns, Lillian DeLesque, Nat C. Goodwin, Stuart Holmes, Jack Hopkins
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2758
1910
2
unknown
James J. Jeffries, Jack Johnson
Documentary / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2758
1906
2
unknown
Documentary / Short / History
USA
English (Silent)
1193
2010
7
Lee Unkrich
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
282
1934
3
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
865
1936
9
W.S. Van Dyke
Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt
Drama / Romance / Musical
USA
English
749
1989
9
Gus Van Sant
Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros, Heather Graham
Crime / Drama
USA
English
918
2008
7
Gus Van Sant
Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill
Biography / Drama
USA
English
626
1985
10
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
2758
1913
7
George Veditz
George Veditz
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
983
1990
9
Michael Verhoeven
Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
664
1983
6
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk
Thriller / Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
954
1977
10
Paul Verhoeven
Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé
War / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
1410
2016
7
Paul Verhoeven
Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira
Drama / Thriller
France / Germany / Belgium
French
81
1929
1
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
532
1925
4
King Vidor
John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English (Silent)
1241
1929
4
King Vidor
Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine
Musical / Drama / Religion
USA
English
2068
1926
10
King Vidor
Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell, Roy D'Arcy
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2308
1922
9
Robert G. Vignola
Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Lyn Harding, Theresa Maxwell Conover
Romance / Drama / History
USA
English (Silent)
66
1934
1
Jean Vigo
Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France
French
189
1933
3
Jean Vigo
Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Léon Larive
Comedy / Short / Drama
France
French
972
2016
5
Denis Villeneuve
Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA
English
1099
2021
4
Denis Villeneuve
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Epic
USA / Canada
English
1279
2010
9
Denis Villeneuve
Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard
Drama
Canada
French
213
1998
2
Thomas Vinterberg
Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
1454
2020
5
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, Maria Bonnevie
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands
Danish
161
1960
6
Luchino Visconti
Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou
Drama
France / Italy
Italian
226
1963
3
Luchino Visconti
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Italy / France
English
500
1954
9
Luchino Visconti
Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
Italy
English
516
1971
10
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Drama / Period Film
Italy / France
English
602
1943
4
Luchino Visconti
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Drama / Crime / Thriller
Italy
Italian
328
2006
2
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
214
1930
1
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
777
1932
8
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
813
1934
5
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
1299
1928
9
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
1590
1927
9
Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler, Helen Lynch, Larry Semon
Crime / Drama / Pre-Noir / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
1116
1922
4
Erich von Stroheim
Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
1623
1929
8
Erich von Stroheim, Richard Boleslawski, Edmund Goulding, Irving Thalberg, Sam Wood
Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Sidney Bracey
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
1828
1925
10
Erich von Stroheim
Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2514
1919
5
Erich von Stroheim
Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
394
1996
5
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
521
2003
5
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
734
1998
9
Lars von Trier
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Italy
Danish
1149
2011
6
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Sci-Fi
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
English
398
1999
5
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi
USA
English
469
1970
8
Michael Wadleigh
Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Roger Daltrey
Documentary / Music
USA
English
1307
2019
9
Taika Waititi
Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi
Comedy / Drama / War
Czech Republic / New Zealand
English
91
1958
2
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
272
1949
3
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
461
1924
3
Raoul Walsh
Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston, Sojin
Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
934
1941
10
Raoul Walsh
Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
Drama / Pre-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Gangster / Caper
USA
English
1991
1926
7
Raoul Walsh
Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Dolores del Rio, William V. Mong, Phyllis Haver
Comedy / Drama / War
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2333
1915
4
Raoul Walsh
Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson
Drama / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
1610
2016
10
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby
Drama
USA
English
2480
1916
6
Lois Weber
Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mattie Witting, Jessie Arnold, William V. Mong
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
1364
1920
3
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch
Fantasy / Horror / Religion
Germany
German (Silent)
556
1985
8
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
580
1975
7
Peter Weir
Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
Australia
English
660
1981
8
Peter Weir
Mark Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Lathalu Yunipingli
Drama / War
Australia
English
712
2003
8
Peter Weir
Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall
Action / Drama / Adventure / War
USA
English
1
1941
1
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
93
1958
3
Orson Welles
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
239
1942
2
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
631
1965
9
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud
Comedy / Drama / War
Spain / Switzerland
English
812
1947
6
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
USA
English
305
1931
5
William A. Wellman
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
359
1943
2
William A. Wellman
Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews
Drama / Western
USA
English
628
1937
8
William A. Wellman, Jack Conway
Janet Gaynor, Fredric March
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1521
1927
7
William A. Wellman
Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Gary Cooper
Drama / Romance / War / Action / Adventure
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
59
1987
1
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
326
1984
2
Wim Wenders
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
UK / France / West Germany / USA
English
470
1977
5
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
132
1935
2
James Whale
Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester
Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
240
1931
3
James Whale
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
USA
English
884
1936
10
James Whale
Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
422
1920
1
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
1096
1927
5
Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe, Harold Lloyd, Lewis Milestone
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Leo Willis, Olin Francis
Comedy / Family / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
25
1959
2
Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien
Comedy / Romance / Music / Family
USA
English
38
1950
2
Billy Wilder
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Drama / Film-Noir
USA
English
53
1944
1
Billy Wilder
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
Mystery / Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller
USA
English
83
1960
5
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
449
1951
8
Billy Wilder
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady
Drama / Film-Noir / Comedy
USA
English
2692
1919
10
Irvin Willat
Harry Houdini, Thomas Jefferson, Ann Forrest, Augustus Phillips, Tully Marshall
Adventure / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
197
1965
2
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Musical / Family / Drama / Romance / Cult
USA
English
604
1951
9
Robert Wise
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Family
USA
English
2692
1919
10
Chester Withey
Norma Talmadge, Pedro de Cordoba, Charles K. Gerrard, Stuart Holmes, Marc McDermott
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
52
2000
1
Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Thailand
Cantonese
690
1994
10
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow
Drama / Mystery / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2758
1916
10
Marion Wong
Violet Wong, Harvey Soo Hoo, Marion Wong, Chin Shee
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
375
1935
5
Sam Wood
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Comedy / Family / Romance / Musical
USA
English
914
1942
10
Sam Wood
Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1121
1943
9
Sam Wood
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff
Drama / Romance / Adventure / War
USA
English
1991
1923
5
Wallace Worsley
Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester, Winifred Bryson
Drama / Horror / Period Film / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2514
1920
10
Wallace Worsley
Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney, Milton Ross, Ethel Grey Terry
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Horror
USA
English (Silent)
2604
1919
6
William Worthington
Sessue Hayakawa, Toyo Fujita, Edward Peil Sr., Tsuru Aoki
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
713
2007
6
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
100
1946
3
William Wyler
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
Drama / Romance
USA
English
234
1959
5
William Wyler
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Epic / Religion / History
USA
English
355
1939
8
William Wyler
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
366
1953
9
William Wyler
Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
492
1949
5
William Wyler
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
Drama / Romance
USA
English
264
2000
3
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Drama
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
477
1979
9
Peter Yates
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
Drama / Comedy / Sports / Family
USA
English
523
1983
3
Peter Yates
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Drama
UK
English
1838
2020
9
Jasmila Zbanic
Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Johan Heldenbergh
Drama / War
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria / Romania / Netherlands / Germany / Poland / France / Norway / Turkey
Bosnian
1245
2012
6
Benh Zeitlin
Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Marilyn Barbarin
Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
1236
2020
4
Florian Zeller
Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots
Drama
UK / France
English
357
1988
4
Robert Zemeckis
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
457
1985
5
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
43
1991
1
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
663
2004
6
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
833
1992
8
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
567
2020
1
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
108
1952
3
Fred Zinnemann
Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly
Thriller / Western
USA
English
249
1953
7
Fred Zinnemann
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
374
1966
8
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
846
1977
9
Fred Zinnemann
Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
Drama / Biography
USA
English
925
2014
3
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov
Drama / Documentary
Russia
Russian
1362
2017
8
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Yanina Hope, Matvey Novikov
Drama
Russia / France
Russian
518
1994
6
Terry Zwigoff
Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Robert Hughes
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
