Movie Directors Top Films - Page 13

Movie directors Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick

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.

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Last Updated: 2020-05-07

Antoine Fuqua

1966 -

  1. Training Day (2001)
  2. The Equalizer (2014)
  3. The Magnificent Seven (2016)
  4. Southpaw (2015)
  5. Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
  6. Shooter (2007)
  7. The Equalizer 2 (2018)
  8. Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
  9. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
10. What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019)

Leonid Gaidai

1923 - 1993

  1. The Diamond Arm (1969)
  2. Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
  3. Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)
  4. Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
  5. Twelve Chairs (1971)
  6. Bootleggers (1961)
  7. Strictly Business (1962)
  8. It Can't Be! (1975)
  9. Pyos Barbos i neobychnyj kross (1961)
10. Borrowing Matchsticks [with Risto Orko] (1980)

Abel Gance

1889 - 1981

  1. Napoléon (1927)
  2. La roue (1923)
  3. J'accuse (1919)
  4. Beethoven's Great Love (1937)
  5. Vénus aveugle (1941)
  6. J'accuse (1938)
  7. The Torture of Silence (1917)
  8. Au secours (1924)
  9. La folie du Docteur Tube (1915)
10. Austerlitz (1960)

Luis García Berlanga

1921 - 2010

  1. El verdugo (1963)
  2. Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
  3. Plácido (1961)
  4. The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
  5. La escopeta nacional (1978)
  6. The Heifer (1985)
  7. Miracles of Thursday (1957)
  8. That Happy Couple [with Juan Antonio Bardem] (1953)
  9. Everyone Off to Jail (1993)
10. National Heritage (1981)

Philippe Garrel

1948 -

  1. Regular Lovers (2005)
  2. Le révélateur (1968)
  3. L'enfant secret (1979)
  4. Wild Innocence (2001)
  5. The Birth of Love (1993)
  6. The Inner Scar (1972)
  7. J'entends plus la guitare (1991)
  8. The Virgin's Bed (1969)
  9. Jealousy (2013)
10. Lover for a Day (2017)

Aleksei German, Sr.

1938 - 2013

  1. My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984)
  2. Trial on the Road (1971)
  3. Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998)
  4. Twenty Days Without War (1976)
  5. Hard to Be a God (2013)

Poster for the movie My Friend Ivan Lapshin

Pietro Germi

1914 - 1974

  1. Divorce Italian Style (1961)
  2. Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
  3. The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
  4. The Railroad Man (1956)
  5. Path of Hope (1950)
  6. The Facts of Murder (1959)
  7. In the Name of the Law (1949)
  8. Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
  9. Four Ways Out (1951)
10. A Man of Straw (1958)

Clyde Geronimi
& Hamilton Luske

CG: 1901 - 1989
HL: 1903 - 1968

  1. Pinocchio [HL with Ben Sharpsteen; supervisors] (1940)
  2. Cinderella [with Wilfred Jackson] (1950)
  3. One Hundred and One Dalmatians [with Wolfgang Reitherman] (1961)
  4. Lady and the Tramp [with Wilfred Jackson] (1955)
  5. Alice in Wonderland [with Wilfred Jackson] (1951)
  6. Peter Pan [with Wilfred Jackson] (1953)
  7. Sleeping Beauty [CG; supervisor] (1959)
  8. Donald in Mathmagic Land [HL; supervisor] (1959)
  9. The Pointer [CG] (1939)
10. Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi [CG] (1943)

Poster for the 1940 animated movie Pinocchio

Ritwik Ghatak

1925 - 1976

  1. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
  2. Subarnarekha (1965)
  3. Reason, Debate and a Story (1974)
  4. A River Named Titas (1973)
  5. Ajantrik (1958)
  6. Komal Gandhar (1961)
  7. Nagarik (1952)
  8. Bari Theke Paliye (1959)
  9. Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
10. Bedeni (1952)

Poster for the movie The Cloud-Capped Star

Mel Gibson

1956 -

  1. Braveheart (1995)
  2. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
  3. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
  4. Apocalypto (2006)
  5. The Man Without a Face (1993)

Lewis Gilbert

1920 - 2018

  1. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  2. You Only Live Twice (1967)
  3. Alfie (1966)
  4. Educating Rita (1983)
  5. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
  6. Reach for the Sky (1956)
  7. Shirley Valentine (1989)
  8. Moonraker (1979)
  9. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
10. The Admirable Crichton (1957)

Burt Gillett

1891 - 1971

  1. Three Little Pigs (1933)
  2. Flowers and Trees (1932)
  3. Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
  4. Mickey's Orphans (1931)
  5. King Neptune (1932)
  6. Gulliver Mickey (1934)
  7. Playful Pluto (1934)
  8. Giantland (1933)
  9. The Chain Gang (1930)
10. Just Dogs (1932)

Poster for the 1933 animated movie Three Little Pigs

Terry Gilliam

1940 -

  1. Brazil (1985)
  2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail [with Terry Jones] (1975)
  3. 12 Monkeys (1995)
  4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  5. The Fisher King (1991)
  6. Time Bandits (1981)
  7. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
  8. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
  9. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
10. The Zero Theorem (2013)

Jonathan Glazer

1965 -

  1. Sexy Beast (2000)
  2. Under the Skin (2014)
  3. Virtual Insanity (1996)
  4. Birth (2004)
  5. Rabbit in Your Headlights (1998)

John Glen

1932 -

  1. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  2. Licence to Kill (1989)
  3. Octopussy (1983)
  4. The Living Daylights (1987)
  5. A View to a Kill (1985)

Jean-Luc Godard

1930 - 2022

  1. Breathless (1960)
  2. Contempt (1963)
  3. Pierrot le fou (1965)
  4. Vivre sa vie (1962)
  5. Week-End (1967)
  6. Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998)
  7. Bande à part (1964)
  8. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
  9. Masculin féminin (1966)
10. Alphaville (1965)

Bobcat Goldthwait

1962 -

  1. World's Greatest Dad (2009)
  2. God Bless America (2011)
  3. Call Me Lucky (2015)
  4. Shakes the Clown (1991)
  5. Willow Creek (2013)

Poster for the movie World's Greatest Dad

Michel Gondry

1963 -

  1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  2. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
  3. The Science of Sleep (2006)
  4. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
  5. Mood Indigo (2013)
  6. Human Nature (2001)
  7. Fell in Love with a Girl (2002)
  8. Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)
  9. Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
10. The We and the I (2012)

Poster for the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Alejandro González Iñárritu

1963 -

  1. Birdman (2014)
  2. Amores perros (2000)
  3. The Revenant (2015)
  4. 21 Grams (2003)
  5. Babel (2006)

Stuart Gordon

1947 - 2020

  1. Re-Animator (1985)
  2. From Beyond (1986)
  3. Dolls (1987)
  4. Stuck (2007)
  5. Dagon (2001)
  6. Robot Jox (1990)
  7. Fortress (1992)
  8. Castle Freak (1995)
  9. The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
10. King of the Ants (2003)

Edmund Goulding

1891 - 1959

  1. Grand Hotel (1932)
  2. Dark Victory (1939)
  3. Nightmare Alley (1947)
  4. The Razor's Edge (1946)
  5. The Great Lie (1941)
  6. The Old Maid (1939)
  7. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
  8. Love (1927)
  9. The Trespasser (1929)
10. Mister 880 (1950)

F. Gary Gray

1969 -

  1. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
  2. Friday (1995)
  3. The Italian Job (2003)
  4. Waterfalls (1995)
  5. The Negotiator (1998)
  6. The Fate of the Furious (2017)
  7. Set It Off (1996)
  8. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
  9. Ms. Jackson (2000)
10. Men in Black: International (2019)

James Gray

1969 -

  1. Two Lovers (2008)
  2. Ad Astra (2019)
  3. The Lost City of Z (2016)
  4. The Immigrant (2013)
  5. We Own the Night (2007)