Movie Directors Top Films - Page 12
Criteria: The movies were ranked according to their influence, their initial and lasting popularity, as well as their initial and lasting acclaim. Most lists rank the director's ten greatest films, while some directors with a particularly small filmography only have five films listed. Feature films, TV films, documentaries, short films, experimental films, essay films, TV miniseries and TV series that were created mainly by the director in question were all eligible.
Terence Fisher
1904 - 1980
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1. Dracula (1958)
2. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
3. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
5. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
6. The Mummy (1959)
7. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
8. The Brides of Dracula (1960)
9. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
10. So Long at the Fair [with Antony Damborough] (1950)
2. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
3. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
5. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
6. The Mummy (1959)
7. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
8. The Brides of Dracula (1960)
9. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
10. So Long at the Fair [with Antony Damborough] (1950)
Robert J. Flaherty
1884 - 1951
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1. Nanook of the North (1922)
2. Man of Aran (1934)
3. Moana (1926)
4. Louisiana Story (1948)
5. Elephant Boy [with Zoltan Korda] (1937)
6. The Land (1942)
7. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo [with Richard Lyford & Curt Oertel] (1950)
8. The Twenty-Four-Dollar Island (1927)
9. Industrial Britain [with Arthur Elton & Basil Wright] (1933)
10. The Pottery Maker (1925)
2. Man of Aran (1934)
3. Moana (1926)
4. Louisiana Story (1948)
5. Elephant Boy [with Zoltan Korda] (1937)
6. The Land (1942)
7. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo [with Richard Lyford & Curt Oertel] (1950)
8. The Twenty-Four-Dollar Island (1927)
9. Industrial Britain [with Arthur Elton & Basil Wright] (1933)
10. The Pottery Maker (1925)
Dave Fleischer
1894 - 1979
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1. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
2. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
3. Superman (1941)
4. Snow-White (1933)
5. Minnie the Moocher (1932)
6. Popeye the Sailor (1933)
7. The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
8. Swing You Sinners! (1930)
9. Gulliver's Travels (1939)
10. Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
2. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
3. Superman (1941)
4. Snow-White (1933)
5. Minnie the Moocher (1932)
6. Popeye the Sailor (1933)
7. The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
8. Swing You Sinners! (1930)
9. Gulliver's Travels (1939)
10. Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
Richard Fleischer
1916 - 2006
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1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
2. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
3. Tora! Tora! Tora! [with Kinji Fukasaku & Toshio Masuda] (1970)
4. The Narrow Margin (1952)
5. The Vikings (1958)
6. Compulsion (1959)
7. The Boston Strangler (1968)
8. Soylent Green (1973)
9. Barabbas (1961)
10. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
2. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
3. Tora! Tora! Tora! [with Kinji Fukasaku & Toshio Masuda] (1970)
4. The Narrow Margin (1952)
5. The Vikings (1958)
6. Compulsion (1959)
7. The Boston Strangler (1968)
8. Soylent Green (1973)
9. Barabbas (1961)
10. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
Victor Fleming
1889 - 1949
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1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
3. Captains Courageous (1937)
4. Red Dust (1932)
5. The Virginian (1929)
6. Test Pilot (1938)
7. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
8. Bombshell (1933)
9. A Guy Named Joe (1943)
10. When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
3. Captains Courageous (1937)
4. Red Dust (1932)
5. The Virginian (1929)
6. Test Pilot (1938)
7. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
8. Bombshell (1933)
9. A Guy Named Joe (1943)
10. When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
Bryan Forbes
1926 - 2013
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1. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
2. The Stepford Wives (1975)
3. Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
4. King Rat (1965)
5. The L-Shaped Room (1962)
6. The Wrong Box (1966)
7. The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
8. The Whisperers (1967)
9. International Velvet (1978)
10. The Raging Moon (1971)
2. The Stepford Wives (1975)
3. Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
4. King Rat (1965)
5. The L-Shaped Room (1962)
6. The Wrong Box (1966)
7. The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
8. The Whisperers (1967)
9. International Velvet (1978)
10. The Raging Moon (1971)
John Ford
1894 - 1973
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1. The Searchers (1956)
2. Stagecoach (1939)
3. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
5. My Darling Clementine (1946)
6. The Quiet Man (1952)
7. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
8. Fort Apache (1948)
9. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
10. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
2. Stagecoach (1939)
3. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
5. My Darling Clementine (1946)
6. The Quiet Man (1952)
7. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
8. Fort Apache (1948)
9. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
10. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Miloš Forman
1932 - 2018
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1. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
2. Amadeus (1984)
3. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
4. The Firemen's Ball (1967)
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
6. Hair (1979)
7. Man on the Moon (1999)
8. Ragtime (1981)
9. Taking Off (1971)
10. Valmont (1989)
2. Amadeus (1984)
3. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
4. The Firemen's Ball (1967)
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
6. Hair (1979)
7. Man on the Moon (1999)
8. Ragtime (1981)
9. Taking Off (1971)
10. Valmont (1989)
Marc Forster
1969 -
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1. Finding Neverland (2004)
2. Monster's Ball (2001)
3. Stranger than Fiction (2006)
4. World War Z (2013)
5. The Kite Runner (2007)
6. Quantum of Solace (2008)
7. Christopher Robin (2018)
8. A Man Called Otto (2022)
9. White Bird (2024)
10. Stay (2005)
2. Monster's Ball (2001)
3. Stranger than Fiction (2006)
4. World War Z (2013)
5. The Kite Runner (2007)
6. Quantum of Solace (2008)
7. Christopher Robin (2018)
8. A Man Called Otto (2022)
9. White Bird (2024)
10. Stay (2005)
Bill Forsyth
1946 -
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1. Local Hero (1983)
2. Gregory's Girl (1980)
3. Housekeeping (1987)
4. Comfort and Joy (1984)
5. That Sinking Feeling (1979)
6. Breaking In (1989)
7. Being Human (1994)
8. Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
9. Andrina (1981)
10. Islands of the West (1972)
2. Gregory's Girl (1980)
3. Housekeeping (1987)
4. Comfort and Joy (1984)
5. That Sinking Feeling (1979)
6. Breaking In (1989)
7. Being Human (1994)
8. Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
9. Andrina (1981)
10. Islands of the West (1972)
Bob Fosse
1927 - 1987
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1. Cabaret (1972)
2. All That Jazz (1979)
3. Lenny (1974)
4. Star 80 (1983)
5. Sweet Charity (1969)
2. All That Jazz (1979)
3. Lenny (1974)
4. Star 80 (1983)
5. Sweet Charity (1969)
Hollis Frampton
1936 - 1984
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1. Zorns Lemma (1970)
2. Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia) (1971)
3. Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice (1972)
4. Lemon (1969)
5. Process Red (1966)
6. Artificial Light (1969)
7. Straits of Magellan (1974-1975)
8. Surface Tension (1968)
9. Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass (1971)
10. Palindrome (1969)
2. Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia) (1971)
3. Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice (1972)
4. Lemon (1969)
5. Process Red (1966)
6. Artificial Light (1969)
7. Straits of Magellan (1974-1975)
8. Surface Tension (1968)
9. Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass (1971)
10. Palindrome (1969)
Georges Franju
1912 - 1987
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1. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
2. Blood of the Beasts (1949)
3. Judex (1963)
4. Head Against the Wall (1959)
5. Hôtel des Invalides (1952)
6. Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962)
7. Thomas the Impostor (1965)
8. Nuits rouges (1974)
9. La première nuit (1958)
10. Le grand Méliès (1952)
2. Blood of the Beasts (1949)
3. Judex (1963)
4. Head Against the Wall (1959)
5. Hôtel des Invalides (1952)
6. Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962)
7. Thomas the Impostor (1965)
8. Nuits rouges (1974)
9. La première nuit (1958)
10. Le grand Méliès (1952)
John Frankenheimer
1930 - 2002
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1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
2. Seconds (1966)
3. The Train (1964)
4. Seven Days in May (1964)
5. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
6. Grand Prix (1966)
7. Ronin (1998)
8. French Connection II (1975)
9. Black Sunday (1977)
10. The Young Savages (1961)
2. Seconds (1966)
3. The Train (1964)
4. Seven Days in May (1964)
5. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
6. Grand Prix (1966)
7. Ronin (1998)
8. French Connection II (1975)
9. Black Sunday (1977)
10. The Young Savages (1961)
Stephen Frears
1941 -
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1. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
2. The Queen (2006)
3. High Fidelity (2000)
4. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
5. Philomena (2013)
6. The Grifters (1990)
7. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
8. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
9. The Hit (1984)
10. Hero (1992)
2. The Queen (2006)
3. High Fidelity (2000)
4. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
5. Philomena (2013)
6. The Grifters (1990)
7. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
8. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
9. The Hit (1984)
10. Hero (1992)
Friz Freleng
1906 - 1995
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1. You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
2. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
3. Baseball Bugs (1946)
4. Tweetie Pie (1947)
5. The Pink Phink (1964)
6. Speedy Gonzales (1955)
7. Birds Anonymous (1957)
8. High Diving Hare (1949)
9. Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
10. Rhapsody Rabbit (1948)
2. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
3. Baseball Bugs (1946)
4. Tweetie Pie (1947)
5. The Pink Phink (1964)
6. Speedy Gonzales (1955)
7. Birds Anonymous (1957)
8. High Diving Hare (1949)
9. Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
10. Rhapsody Rabbit (1948)
William Friedkin
1935 - 2023
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1. The Exorcist (1973)
2. The French Connection (1971)
3. The Boys in the Band (1970)
4. Sorcerer (1977)
5. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
6. Cruising (1980)
7. Killer Joe (2011)
8. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
9. 12 Angry Men (1997)
10. Bug (2006)
2. The French Connection (1971)
3. The Boys in the Band (1970)
4. Sorcerer (1977)
5. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
6. Cruising (1980)
7. Killer Joe (2011)
8. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
9. 12 Angry Men (1997)
10. Bug (2006)
Toshiya Fujita
1932 - 1997
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1. Lady Snowblood (1973)
2. Wet Sand in August (1971)
3. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
4. Kaerazaru hibi (1978)
5. Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
6. So Soft, So Cunning (1979)
7. The Red Lantern (1974)
8. Play It, Boogie-Woogie (1981)
9. Stray Cat Rock: Crazy Rider '71 (1971)
10. The Miracle of Joe Petrel (1984)
2. Wet Sand in August (1971)
3. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
4. Kaerazaru hibi (1978)
5. Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
6. So Soft, So Cunning (1979)
7. The Red Lantern (1974)
8. Play It, Boogie-Woogie (1981)
9. Stray Cat Rock: Crazy Rider '71 (1971)
10. The Miracle of Joe Petrel (1984)
Kinji Fukasaku
1930 - 2003
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1. Battle Royale (2000)
2. The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
3. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
4. Graveyard of Honor (1975)
5. The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Hiroshima Deathmatch (1973)
6. Shogun's Samurai (1978)
7. Fall Guy (1982)
8. The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War (1973)
9. Black Lizard (1968)
10. House on Fire (1986)
2. The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
3. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
4. Graveyard of Honor (1975)
5. The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Hiroshima Deathmatch (1973)
6. Shogun's Samurai (1978)
7. Fall Guy (1982)
8. The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War (1973)
9. Black Lizard (1968)
10. House on Fire (1986)
Cary Joji Fukunaga
1977 -
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1. True Detective [Season 1] (2014)
2. Beasts of No Nation (2015)
3. No Time to Die (2021)
4. Jane Eyre (2011)
5. Sin nombre (2009)
2. Beasts of No Nation (2015)
3. No Time to Die (2021)
4. Jane Eyre (2011)
5. Sin nombre (2009)
Lucio Fulci
1927 - 1996
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1. Zombi 2 (1979)
2. The Beyond (1981)
3. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
4. City of the Living Dead (1980)
5. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
6. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
7. The Psychic (1977)
8. The New York Ripper (1982)
9. Perversion Story (1969)
10. Massacre Time (1966)
2. The Beyond (1981)
3. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
4. City of the Living Dead (1980)
5. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
6. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
7. The Psychic (1977)
8. The New York Ripper (1982)
9. Perversion Story (1969)
10. Massacre Time (1966)
Samuel Fuller
1912 - 1997
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1. Pickup on South Street (1953)
2. Shock Corridor (1963)
3. The Big Red One (1980)
4. The Naked Kiss (1964)
5. The Steel Helmet (1951)
6. Forty Guns (1957)
7. White Dog (1982)
8. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
9. The Crimson Kimono (1959)
10. House of Bamboo (1955)
2. Shock Corridor (1963)
3. The Big Red One (1980)
4. The Naked Kiss (1964)
5. The Steel Helmet (1951)
6. Forty Guns (1957)
7. White Dog (1982)
8. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
9. The Crimson Kimono (1959)
10. House of Bamboo (1955)
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