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.

Last Updated: 2025-04-27
Antoine Fuqua
1966 -
Antoine Fuqua movie director
  1. Training Day (2001)
  2. The Equalizer (2014)
  3. Coolio feat. L.V.: Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
  4. Shooter (2007)
  5. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
  6. Southpaw (2015)
  7. The Magnificent Seven (2016)
  8. The Equalizer 2 (2018)
  9. King Arthur (2004)
10. The Guilty (2021)
Poster for the movie Training Day

Leonid Gaidai
1923 - 1993
Leonid Gaidai movie director
  1. The Diamond Arm (1969)
  2. Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
  3. Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)
  4. Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
  5. Twelve Chairs (1971)
  6. Bootleggers (1961)
  7. Strictly Business (1962)
  8. It Can't Be! (1975)
  9. Sportloto-82 (1982)
10. Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961)
Poster for the movie The Diamond Arm

Abel Gance
1889 - 1981
Abel Gance movie director
  1. Napoléon (1927)
  2. J'accuse (1919)
  3. La roue (1923)
  4. Au secours! (1924)
  5. La folie du Docteur Tube (1915)
  6. The Tenth Symphony (1918)
  7. The Torture of Silence (1917)
  8. J'accuse (1938)
  9. Blind Venus (1941)
10. Austerlitz (1960)
Poster for the 1927 movie Napoléon

Luis García Berlanga
1921 - 2010
Luis García Berlanga movie director
  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)
Poster for the movie El verdugo

Philippe Garrel
1948 -
Philippe Garrel movie director
  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)
Poster for the movie Regular Lovers

Aleksei German, Sr.
1938 - 2013
Aleksei German, Sr. movie director
  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
Pietro Germi movie director
  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)
Divorce Italian Style movie poster

Clyde Geronimi
& Hamilton Luske
CG: 1901 - 1989
HL: 1903 - 1968
Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske movie directors
  1. Pinocchio [HL with Ben Sharpsteen; supervisors] (1940)
  2. Cinderella [with Wilfred Jackson] (1950)
  3. Alice in Wonderland [with Wilfred Jackson] (1951)
  4. Lady and the Tramp [with Wilfred Jackson] (1955)
  5. One Hundred and One Dalmatians [with Wolfgang Reitherman] (1961)
  6. Sleeping Beauty [CG; supervisor] (1959)
  7. Peter Pan [with Wilfred Jackson] (1953)
  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
Ritwik Ghatak movie director
  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 -
Mel Gibson movie director
  1. Braveheart (1995)
  2. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
  3. Apocalypto (2006)
  4. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
  5. The Man Without a Face (1993)
Poster for the movie Braveheart

Lewis Gilbert
1920 - 2018
Lewis Gilbert movie director
  1. Alfie (1966)
  2. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  3. You Only Live Twice (1967)
  4. Educating Rita (1983)
  5. Moonraker (1979)
  6. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
  7. Reach for the Sky (1956)
  8. Shirley Valentine (1989)
  9. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
10. H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
Poster for the 1966 movie Alfie

Burt Gillett
1891 - 1971
Burt Gillett movie director
  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 -
Terry Gilliam movie director
  1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail [with Terry Jones] (1975)
  2. Brazil (1985)
  3. 12 Monkeys (1995)
  4. The Fisher King (1991)
  5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  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)
Poster for the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Jonathan Glazer
1965 -
Jonathan Glazer movie director
  1. The Zone of Interest (2023)
  2. Under the Skin (2013)
  3. Sexy Beast (2000)
  4. Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity (1996)
  5. Birth (2004)
  6. Radiohead: Karma Police (1997)
  7. UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke: Rabbit in Your Headlights (1998)
  8. Blur: The Universal (1995)
  9. Radiohead: Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1996)
10. Massive Attack: Karmacoma (1995)
The Zone of Interest movie poster

John Glen
1932 -
John Glen movie director
  1. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  2. Octopussy (1983)
  3. The Living Daylights (1987)
  4. Licence to Kill (1989)
  5. A View to a Kill (1985)
For Your Eyes Only movie poster

Jean-Luc Godard
1930 - 2022
Jean-Luc Godard movie director
  1. Breathless (1960)
  2. Contempt (1963)
  3. Pierrot le fou (1965)
  4. Vivre sa vie (1962)
  5. Alphaville (1965)
  6. Week-End (1967)
  7. Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998)
  8. Bande à part (1964)
  9. Masculin féminin (1966)
10. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
Poster for the movie Breathless

Bobcat Goldthwait
1962 -
Bobcat Goldthwait actor and movie director
  1. World's Greatest Dad (2009)
  2. God Bless America (2011)
  3. Willow Creek (2013)
  4. Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)
  5. Call Me Lucky (2015)
  6. Shakes the Clown (1991)
  7. Windy City Heat (2003)
  8. Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (2017)
  9. Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time (2014)
10. Joy Ride (2021)
Poster for the movie World's Greatest Dad

Michel Gondry
1963 -
Michel Gondry movie director
  1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  2. The Science of Sleep (2006)
  3. Daft Punk: Around the World (1997)
  4. The White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl (2002)
  5. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
  6. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
  7. Mood Indigo (2013)
  8. Foo Fighters: Everlong (1997)
  9. Human Nature (2001)
10. The Chemical Brothers: Star Guitar (2002)
Poster for the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Alejandro González Iñárritu
1963 -
Alejandro González Iñárritu movie director
  1. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
  2. Amores perros (2000)
  3. The Revenant (2015)
  4. Babel (2006)
  5. 21 Grams (2003)
  6. Biutiful (2010)
  7. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
  8. Flesh and Sand (2017)
  9. Nike: Write the Future (2010)
10. The Hire: Powder Keg (2001)
Birdman movie DVD cover

Stuart Gordon
1947 - 2020
Stuart Gordon movie director
  1. Re-Animator (1985)
  2. From Beyond (1986)
  3. Dolls (1987)
  4. Stuck (2007)
  5. Dagon (2001)
  6. Edmond (2005)
  7. Fortress (1992)
  8. Castle Freak (1995)
  9. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
10. Robot Jox (1990)
Poster for the movie Re-Animator

Edmund Goulding
1891 - 1959
Edmund Goulding movie director
  1. Grand Hotel (1932)
  2. Nightmare Alley (1947)
  3. Dark Victory (1939)
  4. The Razor's Edge (1946)
  5. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
  6. Love (1927)
  7. The Old Maid (1939)
  8. The Great Lie (1941)
  9. The Trespasser (1929)
10. The Constant Nymph (1943)
Poster for the movie Grand Hotel

F. Gary Gray
1969 -
F. Gary Gray movie director
  1. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
  2. Friday (1995)
  3. The Negotiator (1998)
  4. The Italian Job (2003)
  5. TLC: Waterfalls (1995)
  6. The Fate of the Furious (2017)
  7. Set It Off (1996)
  8. Ice Cube: It Was a Good Day (1993)
  9. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
10. OutKast: Ms. Jackson (2000)
Straight Outta Compton movie poster

James Gray
1969 -
James Gray movie director
  1. Ad Astra (2019)
  2. Two Lovers (2008)
  3. The Immigrant (2013)
  4. The Lost City of Z (2016)
  5. We Own the Night (2007)
  6. Little Odessa (1994)
  7. Armageddon Time (2022)
  8. The Yards (2000)
  9. Welcome Back Future (2021)
10. Cowboys and Angels (1991)
Ad Astra 2019 movie poster