Movie Directors Top Films - Page 27

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: 2020-05-09
Todd Phillips
1970 -
Todd Phillips movie director
  1. Joker (2019)
  2. The Hangover (2009)
  3. Old School (2003)
  4. Due Date (2010)
  5. War Dogs (2016)
  6. Starsky & Hutch (2004)
  7. Road Trip (2000)
  8. Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies (1993)
  9. The Hangover Part II (2011)
10. The Hangover Part III (2013)
Joker 2019 movie poster

Maurice Pialat
1925 - 2003
Maurice Pialat movie director
  1. À nos amours (1983)
  2. Naked Childhood (1968)
  3. Loulou (1980)
  4. Van Gogh (1991)
  5. Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
  6. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
  7. Graduate First (1979)
  8. The Mouth Agape (1974)
  9. La maison des bois (1971)
10. Police (1985)
DVD cover for the movie À nos amours

Roman Polański
1933 -
Roman Polanski movie director
  1. Chinatown (1974)
  2. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  3. Repulsion (1965)
  4. The Pianist (2002)
  5. The Tenant (1976)
  6. Knife in the Water (1962)
  7. Cul-de-sac (1966)
  8. Tess (1979)
  9. The Ghost Writer (2010)
10. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Poster for the movie Chinatown

Sydney Pollack
1934 - 2008
Sydney Pollack movie director
  1. Tootsie (1982)
  2. Out of Africa (1985)
  3. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
  4. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
  5. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
  6. The Way We Were (1973)
  7. Absence of Malice (1981)
  8. The Firm (1993)
  9. The Interpreter (2005)
10. The Yakuza (1974)
DVD cover for the movie Tootsie

Gillo Pontecorvo
1919 - 2006
Gillo Pontecorvo movie director
  1. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  2. Kapò (1960)
  3. Burn! (1969)
  4. The Wide Blue Road [with Maleno Malenotti] (1957)
  5. Ogro (1979)
DVD cover for the movie The Battle of Algiers

Edwin S. Porter
1870 - 1941
Edwin S. Porter movie director
  1. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
  2. Life of an American Fireman [with George S. Fleming] (1903)
  3. Tess of the Storm Country (1914)
  4. Dream of a Rarebit Fiend [with Wallace McCutcheon] (1906)
  5. Hearts Adrift (1914)
  6. Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King (1901)
  7. The Seven Ages (1905)
  8. Jack and the Beanstalk [with George S. Fleming] (1902)
  9. The Prisoner of Zenda [with Hugh Ford] (1913)
10. What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City [with George S. Fleming] (1901)
The Great Train Robbery movie poster

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
MP: 1905 - 1990
EP: 1902 - 1988
Michael Powell movie director
  1. The Red Shoes [with Pressburger] (1948)
  2. A Matter of Life and Death [with Pressburger] (1946)
  3. Peeping Tom (1960)
  4. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [with Pressburger] (1943)
  5. Black Narcissus [with Pressburger] (1947)
  6. The Thief of Bagdad [with Ludwig Berger & Tim Whelan] (1940)
  7. I Know Where I'm Going! [with Pressburger] (1945)
  8. A Canterbury Tale [with Pressburger] (1944)
  9. 49th Parallel (1941)
10. The Tales of Hoffmann [with Pressburger] (1951)
DVD cover for the movie The Red Shoes

Otto Preminger
1905 - 1986
Otto Preminger movie director
  1. Laura (1944)
  2. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
  3. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
  4. Angel Face (1952)
  5. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
  6. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
  7. Advise & Consent (1962)
  8. Fallen Angel (1945)
  9. River of No Return (1954)
10. Carmen Jones (1954)
Poster for the movie Laura

Alex Proyas
1963 -
Alex Proyas movie director
  1. Dark City (1998)
  2. The Crow (1994)
  3. I, Robot (2004)
  4. Knowing (2009)
  5. Garage Days (2002)
Poster for the movie Dark City

Vsevolod Pudovkin
1893 - 1953
Vsevolod Pudovkin movie director
  1. Mother (1926)
  2. Storm over Asia (1928)
  3. The End of St. Petersburg [with Mikhail Doller] (1927)
  4. Chess Fever [with Nikolai Shpikovsky] (1925)
  5. Deserter (1933)
  6. Suvorov [with Mikhail Doller] (1941)
  7. Admiral Nakhimov (1947)
  8. Mechanics of the Brain (1926)
  9. Minin and Pozharsky [with Mikhail Doller] (1939)
10. Zhukovsky [with Dmitri Vasilyev] (1950)
Poster for the 1926 movie "Mother"

Cristi Puiu
1967 -
Cristi Puiu movie director
  1. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
  2. Sieranevada (2016)
  3. Aurora (2010)
  4. Stuff and Dough (2001)
  5. Cigarettes and Coffee (2004)
Poster for the movie The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Bob Rafelson
1933 -
Bob Rafelson movie director
  1. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
  2. The Monkees [with Bert Schneider] (1966-1968)
  3. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
  4. Head (1968)
  5. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
  6. Mountains of the Moon (1990)
  7. Stay Hungry (1976)
  8. Blood and Wine (1996)
  9. Black Widow (1987)
10. No Good Deed (2002)
DVD cover for the movie Five Easy Pieces

Sam Raimi
1959 -
Sam Raimi movie director
  1. Evil Dead II (1987)
  2. The Evil Dead (1981)
  3. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  4. Spider-Man (2002)
  5. Army of Darkness (1992)
  6. A Simple Plan (1998)
  7. Drag Me to Hell (2009)
  8. Darkman (1990)
  9. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
10. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Evil Dead II DVD cover

Harold Ramis
1944 - 2014
Harold Ramis movie director
  1. Groundhog Day (1993)
  2. Caddyshack (1980)
  3. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
  4. Analyze This (1999)
  5. Bedazzled (2000)
  6. Analyze That (2002)
  7. The Ice Harvest (2005)
  8. Year One (2009)
  9. Multiplicity (1996)
10. Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
Poster for the movie Groundhog Day

Lynne Ramsay
1969 -
Lynne Ramsay movie director
  1. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
  2. Ratcatcher (1999)
  3. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
  4. Morvern Callar (2002)
  5. Gasman (1998)
DVD cover for the movie We Need to Talk About Kevin

Brett Ratner
1969 -
Brett Ratner movie director
  1. Rush Hour (1998)
  2. Red Dragon (2002)
  3. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
  4. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
  5. Tower Heist (2011)
  6. Hercules (2014)
  7. The Family Man (2000)
  8. Rush Hour 3 (2007)
  9. Money Talks (1997)
10. Beautiful Stranger (1999)
Rush Hour movie poster

Nicholas Ray
1911 - 1979
Nicholas Ray movie director
  1. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
  2. In a Lonely Place (1950)
  3. Johnny Guitar (1954)
  4. Bigger than Life (1956)
  5. They Live by Night (1948)
  6. The Lusty Men (1952)
  7. Party Girl (1958)
  8. Bitter Victory (1957)
  9. On Dangerous Ground (1952)
10. The Savage Innocents (1960)
Poster for the movie Rebel Without a Cause

Satyajit Ray
1921 - 1992
Satyajit Ray movie director
  1. Pather Panchali (1955)
  2. The World of Apu (1959)
  3. Aparajito (1956)
  4. The Music Room (1958)
  5. Charulata (1964)
  6. Devi (1960)
  7. Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
  8. Nayak (1966)
  9. The Big City (1963)
10. The Chess Players (1977)
DVD cover for the movie Pather Panchali








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