Movie Directors Top Films - Page 21

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: 2025-08-03

Ernst Lubitsch

1892 - 1947

  1. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
  2. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
  3. Ninotchka (1939)
  4. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
  5. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
  6. The Love Parade (1929)
  7. Design for Living (1933)
  8. The Merry Widow (1934)
  9. Cluny Brown (1946)
10. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

DVD cover for the movie To Be or Not to Be

George Lucas

1944 -

  1. Star Wars (1977)
  2. American Graffiti (1973)
  3. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
  4. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
  5. THX 1138 (1971)

Baz Luhrmann

1962 -

  1. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
  2. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  3. Elvis (2022)
  4. Strictly Ballroom (1992)
  5. The Great Gatsby (2013)

Sidney Lumet

1924 - 2011

  1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  2. Network (1976)
  3. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  4. The Verdict (1982)
  5. Serpico (1973)
  6. The Pawnbroker (1964)
  7. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  8. Fail-Safe (1964)
  9. The Hill (1965)
10. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Auguste & Louis Lumière

AL: 1862-1954
LL: 1864-1948

Auguste and Louis Lumière movie directors

  1. L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896)
  2. Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)
  3. L'arroseur arrosé (1895)
  4. Démolition d'un mur (1896)
  5. Repas de bébé (1895)
  6. Bataille de neige (1897)
  7. Barque sortant du port (1896)
  8. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895)
  9. La charcuterie mécanique (1895)
10. Partie de cartes (1896)

L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat movie DVD cover

Ida Lupino

1918 - 1995

  1. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
  2. The Bigamist (1953)
  3. Outrage (1950)
  4. The Trouble with Angels (1966)
  5. Not Wanted (1949)

David Lynch

1946 - 2025

  1. Twin Peaks [with Mark Frost] (1990-1991)
  2. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
  3. Blue Velvet (1986)
  4. The Elephant Man (1980)
  5. Eraserhead (1977)
  6. The Straight Story (1999)
  7. Lost Highway (1997)
  8. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
  9. Inland Empire (2006)
10. Wild at Heart (1990)

Adrian Lyne

1941 -

  1. Fatal Attraction (1987)
  2. Flashdance (1983)
  3. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
  4. Unfaithful (2002)
  5. Indecent Proposal (1993)
  6. 9½ Weeks (1986)
  7. Lolita (1997)
  8. Foxes (1980)
  9. Deep Water (2022)
10. Mr. Smith (1976)

DVD cover for the movie Fatal Attraction

Seth MacFarlane

1973 -

  1. Family Guy (1999-)
  2. Ted (2012)
  3. American Dad! [with Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman] (2005-)
  4. The Orville (2017-2022)
  5. Ted 2 (2015)
  6. Ted [TV series] (2024-)
  7. The Cleveland Show [with Richard Appel & Mike Henry] (2009-2013)
  8. A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
  9. Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (2008-2009)
10. The Life of Larry (1995)

Juliusz Machulski

1955 -

  1. Sexmission (1984)
  2. Vabank (1981)
  3. Kiler (1997)
  4. King Size (1988)
  5. Point of No Return (1984)
  6. Vinci (2004)
  7. Kiler-ów 2-óch (1999)
  8. Déjà vu (1989)
  9. Money Is Not Everything (2001)
10. Kołysanka (2010)

Alexander Mackendrick

1912 - 1993

  1. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  2. The Ladykillers (1955)
  3. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
  4. Whisky Galore! (1949)
  5. The Maggie (1954)
  6. Mandy (1952)
  7. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
  8. Don't Make Waves (1967)
  9. Sammy Going South (1963)
10. The Hidden Fury [The Defenders episode] (1964)

DVD cover for the movie Sweet Smell of Success

Guy Maddin

1956 -

  1. My Winnipeg (2007)
  2. The Heart of the World (2000)
  3. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
  4. Brand upon the Brain! (2006)
  5. The Forbidden Room (2015)
  6. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
  7. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
  8. Careful (1992)
  9. Archangel (1990)
10. Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)

Dušan Makavejev

1932 - 2019

  1. W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
  2. Sweet Movie (1974)
  3. Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967)
  4. Man Is Not a Bird (1965)
  5. Innocence Unprotected (1968)
  6. Montenegro (1981)
  7. The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
  8. Gorilla Bathes at Noon (1993)
  9. Manifesto (1988)
10. Hole in the Soul (1994)

DVD cover for the movie W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

1957 -

  1. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
  2. Kandahar (2001)
  3. Salaam Cinema (1995)
  4. Gabbeh (1996)
  5. The Cyclist (1987)
  6. The President (2014)
  7. Once upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
  8. The Silence (1998)
  9. The Peddler (1987)
10. The Marriage of the Blessed (1989)

DVD cover for the movie A Moment of Innocence

Terrence Malick

1943 -

  1. Days of Heaven (1978)
  2. Badlands (1973)
  3. The Tree of Life (2011)
  4. The Thin Red Line (1998)
  5. The New World (2005)
  6. A Hidden Life (2019)
  7. To the Wonder (2012)
  8. Knight of Cups (2015)
  9. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience (2016)
10. Song to Song (2017)

Louis Malle

1932 - 1995

  1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
  2. Au revoir les enfants (1987)
  3. Atlantic City (1980)
  4. The Fire Within (1963)
  5. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
  6. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
  7. Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
  8. The Lovers (1958)
  9. Zazie dans le métro (1960)
10. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

Poster for the 1958 movie Elevator to the Gallows

Djibril Diop Mambéty

1945 - 1998

  1. Touki Bouki (1973)
  2. Hyènes (1992)
  3. The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (1999)
  4. Contras'city (1969)
  5. Badou Boy (1970)