Directors Ranking List

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  • Fatih Akin

  • 2004 Head-On
  • 2000 Im Juli
  • 1998 Short Sharp Shock
  • 2007 The Edge of Heaven
  • 2009 Soul Kitchen

  • Woody Allen

  • 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters
  • 1992 Husbands and Wives
  • 1977 Annie Hall
  • 1969 Take the Money and Run
  • 1966 What's Up, Tiger Lily?
  • 1971 Bananas
  • 1973 Sleeper
  • 2011 Midnight In Paris
  • 1999 Sweet and Lowdown
  • 2009 Whatever Works
  • 1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
  • 2000 Small Time Crooks

  • Pedro Almodovar

  • 2002 Talk to Her
  • 2011 The Skin I Live In
  • 1999 All About My Mother
  • 2004 Bad Education
  • 2006 Volver
  • 1997 Live Flesh
  • 1995 The Flower of My Secret

  • Robert Altman

  • The Long Goodbye (1973)
  • The Player (1992)
  • California Split (1974)
  • Short Cuts (1993)
  • Gosford Park (2001)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • Popeye (1980)

  • Alejandro Amenábar

  • The Sea Inside (2004)
  • Thesis (Tesis) (1996)
  • Open Your Eyes (1997)
  • The Others (2001)

  • Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Magnolia (1999)
  • Boogie Nights (1997)
  • Hard Eight (1996)
  • Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

  • Wes Anderson

  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • Rushmore (1998)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • Bottle Rocket (1996)
  • The Fantastic Mr Fox (2009)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

  • Roy Andersson

  • 1970 A Swedish Love Story
  • 1975 Giliap
  • 2000 Songs from the Second Floor

  • Dario Argento

  • Suspiria (1977)
  • The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
  • Deep Red (1975)
  • Inferno (1980)

  • Darren Aronofsky

  • The Fountain (2006)
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  • The Wrestler (2008)
  • Black Swan (2010)
  • Pi (1998)

  • Hal Ashby

  • 1979 Being There
  • 1973 The Last Detail
  • 1970 The Landlord
  • 1972 Harold and Maude
  • 1975 Shampoo

  • Jacques Audiard

  • A Prophet (2009)
  • The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
  • Read my Lips (2001)
  • A Self Made Hero (1996)
  • See How They Fall (1994)

  • Ingmar Bergman

  • Wild Strawberries (1957)
  • The Virgin Spring (1960)
  • The Magician/The Face (1958)
  • Persona (1966)
  • Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
  • Winter Light (1962)
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
  • Autumn Sonata (1978)
  • The Silence (1963)
  • Summer with Monika (1953)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • Saraband (2003)
  • Summer Interlude (1951)
  • Dreams (1955)
  • Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
  • From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)

  • Christoffer Boe

  • Beast (2011)
  • Reconstruction (2003)
  • Allegro (2005)
  • Offscreen (2006)

  • Bong Joon-ho

  • Memories of Murder (2003)
  • Mother (2009)
  • The Host (2006)
  • Tokyo ! ("Shaking Tokyo") (2008)
  • Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

  • Danny Boyle

  • 1996 Trainspotting
  • 1994 Shallow Grave
  • 2008 Slumdog Millionaire
  • 2010 127 Hours
  • 2004 Millions
  • 2002 28 Days Later
  • 1997 A Life Less Ordinary

  • Tim Burton

  • 1990 Edward Scissorhands
  • 1989 Batman
  • 1992 Batman Returns
  • 1988 Beetlejuice
  • 1996 Mars Attacks!
  • 2003 Big Fish
  • 1982 Vincent
  • 1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
  • 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • 2005 Corpse Bride
  • 1999 Sleepy Hollow
  • 2001 Planet of the Apes
  • 2012 Dark Shadows
  • 2010 Alice In Wonderland

  • Juan José Campanella

  • El hijo de la novia (2001)
  • The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
  • Same Love, Same Rain (1999)

  • John Carpenter

  • 1986 Big Trouble in Little China
  • 1981 Escape from New York
  • 1976 Assault on Precinct 13
  • 1978 Halloween
  • 1988 They Live
  • 1982 The Thing
  • 1995 In the Mouth of Madness
  • 1980 The Fog
  • 1984 Starman
  • 1987 Prince of Darkness
  • 1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man
  • 1998 Vampires
  • 2010 The Ward
  • 1974 Dark Star
  • 2001 Ghosts of Mars

  • Coen Brothers

  • 1998 The Big Lebowski
  • 1990 Miller's Crossing
  • 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There
  • 1991 Barton Fink
  • 1984 Blood Simple
  • 1987 Raising Arizona
  • 2004 The Ladykillers
  • 2009 A Serious Man
  • 1996 Fargo
  • 2010 True Grit
  • 2003 Intolerable Cruelty
  • 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy
  • 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Francis Ford Coppola

  • 1972 The Godfather
  • 1974 The Godfather Part II
  • 1990 The Godfather Part III
  • 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • 1979 Apocalypse Now
  • 1974 The Conversation
  • 1983 Rumble Fish
  • 1996 Jack

  • Wes Craven

  • 1972 The Last House on the Left
  • 1996 Scream
  • 2011 Scream 4
  • 1991 The People Under the Stairs
  • 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street
  • 1997 Scream 2
  • 1977 The Hills Have Eyes
  • 1995 Vampire in Brooklyn
  • 2000 Scream 3

  • David Cronenberg

  • Videodrome (1983)
  • Crash (1996)
  • The Fly (1986)
  • Shivers (1975)
  • Scanners (1981)
  • A History of Violence (2005)
  • Eastern Promises (2007)
  • Dead Ringers (1988)
  • eXistenZ (1999)
  • Spider (2002)

  • Joe Dante

  • (1984) Gremlins
  • (1989) The 'Burbs
  • (1993) Matinee
  • (1990) Gremlins 2: The New Batch
  • (1998) Small Soldiers
  • (1987) Innerspace
  • (2010) The Hole

  • Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne’s

  • The Promise (1996)
  • The Kid with a Bike (2011)
  • The Son (2002)
  • L’Enfant (2005)
  • The Silence of Lorna (2008)
  • Rosetta (1999)

  • Guillermo Del Toro

  • 2004 Hellboy
  • 1993 Cronos
  • 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
  • 2001 The Devil's Backbone
  • 2002 Blade 2
  • 1997 Mimic

  • Brian De Palma

  • The Untouchables (1987)
  • Carlito's Way (1993)
  • Scarface (1983)
  • Carrie (1976)
  • Raising Cain (1992)
  • Snake Eyes (1998)
  • Casualties of War (1989)
  • Blow Out (1981)
  • Mission: Impossible (1996)
  • Femme Fatale (2002)
  • Greetings (1968)
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

  • Arnaud Desplechin

  • Kings and Queen (2004)
  • La Vie des morts (1991) short
  • Un conte de Noël (2008)
  • My Sex Life ... or How I Got into an Argument (1996)
  • La Sentinelle (1992)
  • Esther Kahn (2000)

  • Clint Eastwood

  • 1992 Unforgiven
  • 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • 1985 Pale Rider
  • 2008 Gran Torino
  • 1971 Play Misty for Me
  • 1973 High Plains Drifter
  • 1977 The Gauntlet
  • 1993 A Perfect World
  • 1983 Sudden Impact
  • 1990 The Rookie
  • 1997 Absolute Power
  • 2010 Hereafter
  • 1975 The Eiger Sanction
  • 1999 True Crime
  • 1982 Honkytonk Man
  • 2000 Space Cowboys
  • 1980 Bronco Billy
  • 1995 The Bridges of Madison County
  • 1982 Firefox

  • Farrelly Brothers

  • Dumb and Dumber (1994)
  • Kingpin (1996)
  • Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
  • There's Something About Mary (1998)
  • Stuck on You (2003)
  • The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
  • Hall Pass (2011)
  • Shallow Hal (2001)
  • Fever Pitch (2005)

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

  • 1969 Love Is Colder Than Death
  • 1970 Gods of the Plague
  • 1970 The American Soldier
  • 1982 Veronika Voss
  • 1969 Katzelmacher
  • 1970 Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

  • David Fincher

  • The Game (1997)
  • Seven (1995)
  • The Social Network (2010)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • Panic Room (2002)
  • Alien 3 (1992)

  • Kinji Fukasaku

  • 2000 Battle Royale
  • 1972 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
  • 1971 Sympathy for the Underdog
  • 1977 Hokuriku Proxy War
  • 1975 State Police vs. Organized Crime
  • 1972 Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
  • 1970 Bloodstained Clan Honor
  • 1977 Doberman Detective
  • 1973 Battles Without Honor
  • 1961 Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
  • 1972 Street Mobster
  • 1976 Yakuza Graveyard
  • 1975 Graveyard of Honor

  • Matteo Garrone

  • Primo amore (2003)
  • The Embalmer (2002)
  • Gomorrah (Gomorra) (2008)

  • Terry Gilliam

  • The Fisher King (1991)
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  • Time Bandits (1981)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • 12 Monkeys (1995)
  • The Brothers Grimm (2005)

  • Jean-Luc Godard

  • Pierrot le fou (1965)
  • Vivre sa vi/My Life to Live (1962)
  • À bout de souffle / Breathless (1960)
  • Bande à part (1964) aka Band of Outsiders
  • Le Mépris/ Contempt (1963)
  • Éloge de l'amour (2001) aka In Praise of Love
  • Notre musique (2004) aka Our Music

  • Hideo Gosha

  • 1964 Three Outlaw Samurai
  • 1965 Sword of the Beast
  • 1967 Samurai Wolf II
  • 1966 Samurai Wolf
  • 1969 Hitokiri/Tenchu
  • 1966 Cash Calls Hell
  • 1969 Goyokin
  • 1971 The Wolves
  • 1966 The Secret of the Urn
  • 1974 Violent Streets

  • Christopher Guest

  • Best in Show (2000)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)
  • Waiting for Guffman (1996)
  • Almost Heroes (1998)

  • Bent Hamer

  • O'Horten (2008)
  • Kitchen Stories (2003)
  • Home for Christmas (2010)
  • Water Easy Reach (1998)

  • Michael Haneke

  • La Pianiste (2002)
  • Benny's Video (1992)
  • Hidden (2005)
  • Funny Games (1997)
  • The White Ribbon (2009)
  • Code Unknown (2000)
  • Time of the Wolf (2003)
  • Funny Games (2008)
  • The Seventh Continent (1989)
  • 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)

  • Werner Herzog

  • Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  • My Best Fiend (1999) DOC
  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) DOC
  • Wings of Hope (2000) DOC
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
  • Woyzeck (1979)
  • Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
  • Signs of Life (1968)
  • Fata Morgana (1971)

  • Alfred Hitchcock

  • Rear Window (1954)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • Dial M for Murder (1954)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  • Rope (1948)
  • Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  • Strangers on a Train (1951)
  • To Catch a Thief (1955)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • Marnie (1964)
  • Notorious (1946)
  • Frenzy (1972)
  • The Birds (1963)
  • Saboteur (1942)
  • Lifeboat (1944)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
  • Blackmail (1929)
  • The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  • The 39 Steps (1935)
  • Torn Curtain (1966)
  • Young and Innocent (1937)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
  • The Paradine Case (1947)

  • Hong Sang-soo

  • Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000)
  • On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)
  • The Power of Kangwon Province (1998)
  • Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)
  • The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996)

  • Hou Hsiao-Hsien

  • 1982 The Green, Green Grass of Home
  • 1984 A Summer at Grandpa's
  • 1983 The Boys From Fengkuei
  • 1985 A Time to Live, A Time to Die
  • 1987 Daughter of the Nile
  • 1986 Dust In The Wind

  • John Hughes

  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
  • Uncle Buck (1989)
  • The Breakfast Club (1985)
  • Sixteen Candles (1984)
  • Weird Science (1985)
  • Curly Sue (1991)
  • She's Having a Baby (1988)

  • Sogo Ishii

  • 1994 Angel Dust 116min
  • 1984 The Crazy Family
  • 1998 August in the Water
  • 2001 Electric Dragon 80.000 V

  • Juzo Itami

  • The Funeral (1984)
  • Tampopo (1985)
  • A Taxing Woman (1987)

  • Agnès Jaoui

  • The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) (2000)
  • Look at Me (2004)
  • Let’s Talk About The Rain (2008)

  • Jean-Pierre Jeunet

  • Delicatessen (1991)
  • Amélie (2001)
  • Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009)
  • Alien Resurrection (1997)

  • Anders Thomas Jensen

  • The Green Butchers (2003)
  • Flickering Lights (2000)
  • Adam's Apples (2005)
  • Election Night (1998)
  • Wolfgang (1997)
  • Ernst & lyset (1996)

  • Neil Jordan

  • Mona Lisa (1986)
  • The Crying Game (1992)
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
  • Interview with the Vampire (1994)
  • Michael Collins (1996)
  • High Spirits (1988)
  • The Good Thief (2002)
  • We're No Angels (1989)

  • Aki Kaurismaki

  • Shadows in Paradise, 1986
  • Ariel, 1988
  • Calamari Union, 1985
  • La Vie de Bohème, 1992
  • Drifting Clouds, 1996
  • Hamlet Goes Business, 1987
  • Leningrad Cowboys Go America, 1989
  • Crime and Punishment, 1983
  • The Man Without a Past, 2002
  • The Match Factory Girl, 1990
  • Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana, 1994
  • Lights in the Dusk, 2006
  • I Hired a Contract Killer, 1990
  • Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, 1994
  • Juha, 1999

  • Mika Kaurismaki

  • Cha Cha Cha (1989)
  • Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991)
  • The Worthless (Arvottomat) (1982)
  • Amazon (1990)
  • Paper Star (Paperitähti) (1989)
  • The House of Branching Love (2009)
  • Three Wise Men (2008)
  • Helsinki Napoli - All Night Long (1987)
  • Rosso (1985)

  • Krzysztof Kieslowski

  • Camera Buff (1979)
  • A Short Film About Love (Krótki film o miłości) (1989)
  • Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
  • No End (1984)
  • Three Colors: Blue (1993)
  • A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu) (1988)
  • Three Colors: White (1994)
  • Personnel (1975)
  • The Scar (1976)
  • Blind Chance (1981)
  • The Double Life of Véronique (1991)

  • Kim Ji-woon

  • 1998 The Quiet Family
  • 2000 The Foul King
  • 2005 A Bittersweet Life
  • 2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird
  • 2003 A Tale of Two Sisters
  • 2002 Three (Segment: Memories)

  • Kim Ki-duk

  • 2004 Samaritan Girl
  • 2005 The Bow
  • 2001 Bad Guy
  • 2001 Address Unknown
  • 2000 The Isle
  • 2003 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
  • 1998 Birdcage Inn
  • 1996 Crocodile
  • 1996 Wild Animals
  • 2006 Time
  • 2002 The Coast Guard
  • 2004 3-Iron
  • 2008 Dream
  • 2007 Breath
  • 2000 Real Fiction

  • Takeshi Kitano

  • 2003 Zatōichi
  • 1993 Sonatine
  • 1990 Boiling Point
  • 1996 Kids Return
  • 1997 Hana-bi
  • 2008 Achilles and the Tortoise
  • 1999 Kikujiro
  • 1989 Violent Cop
  • 2002 Dolls
  • 2000 Brother
  • 2010 Outrage
  • 2005 Takeshis'
  • 1991 A Scene at the Sea
  • 1995 Getting Any?
  • 2007 Glory to the Filmmaker!

  • Hirokazu Koreeda

  • Still Walking (2008)
  • Air Doll (2009)
  • After Life (1998)
  • Nobody Knows (2004)
  • Hana (2006)
  • Distance (2001)
  • Maborosi (1995)

  • Stanley Kubrick

  • 1971 A Clockwork Orange
  • 1999 Eyes Wide Shut
  • 1987 Full Metal Jacket
  • 1980 The Shining
  • 1956 The Killing
  • 1957 Paths of Glory
  • 1955 Killer's Kiss
  • 1960 Spartacus
  • 1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • 1975 Barry Lyndon

  • Akira Kurosawa

  • 1948 Drunken Angel
  • 1957 Throne of Blood
  • 1949 Stray Dog
  • 1962 Sanjuro
  • 1961 Yojimbo
  • 1950 Rashomon
  • 1949 The Quiet Duel
  • 1950 Scandal
  • 1943 Sanshiro Sugata
  • 1944 The Most Beautiful
  • 1945 Sanshiro Sugata Part II
  • 1945 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa

  • 1997 Cure
  • 1998 License to Live
  • 1998 Serpent's Path
  • 2001 Kairo
  • 2001 Seance
  • 1998 Eyes of the Spider
  • 2000 Charisma
  • 1999 Barren Illusions

  • John Landis

  • Trading Places (1983)
  • The Blues Brothers (1980)
  • An American Werewolf in London (1981)
  • ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
  • Coming to America (1988)
  • Spies Like Us (1985)
  • Burke and Hare (2009)
  • National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

  • Mike Leigh

  • Nuts in May (1976)
  • Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • High Hopes (1988)
  • Meantime (1983)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Another Year (2010)
  • Naked (1993)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Abigail's Party (1977)
  • Career Girls (1997)

  • Ken Loach

  • Family Life (1971)
  • My Name Is Joe (1998)
  • Raining Stones (1993)
  • Riff-Raff (1990)
  • Sweet Sixteen (2002)
  • Ladybird, Ladybird (1994)
  • The Navigators (2001)
  • Looks and Smiles (1981)
  • Up the Junction (1965)
  • Carla's Song (1996)
  • Which Side Are You On? (1984)
  • Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
  • Poor Cow (1967)
  • Cathy Come Home (1966)
  • Land and Freedom (1995)
  • Bread and Roses (2000)
  • It's a Free World... (2007)
  • Hidden Agenda (1990)

  • David Lynch

  • 1999 The Straight Story
  • 1986 Blue Velvet
  • 1997 Lost Highway
  • 2001 Mulholland Drive

  • David Mamet

  • House of Games (1987)
  • Heist (2001)
  • The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

  • Michael Mann

  • 1995 Heat
  • 1992 The Last of the Mohicans
  • 2004 Collateral
  • 1986 Manhunter
  • 2001 Ali
  • 1999 The Insider
  • 1981 Thief
  • 2006 Miami Vice
  • 1983 The Keep

  • Yasuzo Masumura

  • Blind Beast (1969)
  • Red Angel (1966)
  • Afraid to Die (1960)
  • Kisses (1957)
  • Giants and Toys (1958)
  • The Black Test Car (1962)

  • Shane Meadows

  • This Is England (2006)
  • Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
  • A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
  • Somers Town (2008)
  • Twenty Four Seven (1997)
  • Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
  • Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009)

  • Jean-Pierre Melville

  • 1949 Le Silence de la mer (The Silence of the Sea)
  • 1953 Quand tu liras cette lettre (When You Read This Letter)
  • 1970 Le Cercle rouge (The Red Circle)
  • 1962 Le Doulos (The Finger Man)
  • 1950 Les Enfants terribles (The Terrible Children)
  • 1955 Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler)
  • 1959 Deux hommes dans Manhattan (Two Men in Manhattan)

  • Takashi Miike

  • 2001 Ichi the Killer
  • 2010 13 Assassins
  • 1999 Audition
  • 1999 Dead or Alive
  • 2000 Dead or Alive 2: Birds
  • 2003 Gozu
  • 2007 Sukiyaki Western: Django
  • 2001 Visitor Q

  • Kenji Mizoguchi

  • 1953 Ugetsu monogatari
  • 1936 Naniwa Elegy aka Osaka Elegy
  • 1953 Gion Bayashi
  • 1936 Sisters of the Gion
  • 1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
  • 1948 Women of the Night
  • 1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako Bayashi

  • Lukas Moodysson

  • Show Me Love (1998)
  • Lilya 4-ever (2002)
  • A Hole in My Heart (2004)
  • Together (2000)
  • Container (2006)

  • Yoshihiro Nakamura

  • Golden Slumber (2010)
  • The Two in Tracksuits (2008)
  • The Glorious Team Batista (2008)
  • Fish Story (2009)

  • Tetsuya Nakashima

  • Memories of Matsuko (2006)
  • Confessions (2010)
  • Paco and the Magical Picture Book (2008)
  • Kamikaze Girls (2004)

  • Gaspar Noe

  • I Stand Alone (1998)
  • Irréversible (2002)
  • Enter the Void (2009)
  • Sodomites (short film) (1998)
  • Destricted (segment, We Fuck Alone) (2006)
  • Eve (short film) (2005)

  • Christopher Nolan

  • Insomnia 2002
  • The Dark Knight 2008
  • Inception 2010
  • Batman Begins 2005
  • Memento 2000
  • Following 1998

  • Nagisa Oshima

  • 1960 Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1959 A Street of Love and Hope
  • 1960 The Sun's Burial
  • 1999 Taboo
  • 1960 Night and Fog in Japan

  • François Ozon

  • 1999 : Criminal Lovers
  • 2002 : 8 Women
  • 2005 : Time To Leave
  • 1998 : Sitcom
  • 2010 : Potiche
  • 2000 : Water Drops on Burning Rocks
  • 2003 : Swimming Pool
  • 2009 : The Refuge
  • 2004 : 5x2
  • 2000 : Under the Sand

  • Yasujirô Ozu

  • 1949 Late Spring
  • 1936 The Only Son
  • 1951 Early Summer
  • 1937 What Did the Lady Forget?
  • 1941 Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

  • Park Chan-wook

  • Oldboy (2003)
  • Joint Security Area (2000)
  • Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
  • Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

  • Alexander Payne

  • Sideways (2004)
  • About Schmidt (2002)
  • The Descendants (2011)
  • Election (1999)
  • Citizen Ruth (1996)

  • Sam Peckinpah

  • 1971 Straw Dogs
  • 1962 Ride the High Country
  • 1969 The Wild Bunch
  • 1977 Cross of Iron
  • 1965 Major Dundee
  • 1978 Convoy

  • Christian Petzold

  • 2003: Wolfsburg
  • 2008: Jerichow
  • 2000: The State I Am in
  • 2005: Gespenster
  • 2011: Beats Being Dead
  • 2007: Yella

  • Roman Polanski

  • 1965 Repulsion
  • 1974 Chinatown
  • 1968 Rosemary's Baby
  • 1992 Bitter Moon
  • 2011 Carnage
  • 1988 Frantic
  • 2002 The Pianist
  • 1962 Knife in the Water
  • 1999 The Ninth Gate
  • 1966 Cul-de-sac
  • 1967 The Fearless Vampire Killers

  • Sam Raimi

  • 2002 Spider-Man
  • 1999 For Love of the Game
  • 2004 Spider-Man 2
  • 1998 A Simple Plan
  • 1981 The Evil Dead
  • 1987 Evil Dead II
  • 1990 Darkman
  • 1995 The Quick and the Dead
  • 2000 The Gift
  • 2009 Drag Me to Hell

  • Lynne Ramsey

  • 2002 Morvern Callar
  • 2011 We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • 1999 Ratcatcher

  • Nicolas Winding Refn

  • Pusher (1996)
  • Bronson (2009)
  • Bleeder (1999)
  • Drive (2011)
  • Valhalla Rising (2009)

  • Rob Reiner

  • This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • Misery (1990)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • Stand by Me (1986)
  • Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
  • A Few Good Men (1992)
  • When Harry Met Sally...(1989)

  • Robert Rodriguez

  • 1995 Desperado
  • 1996 From Dusk till Dawn
  • 2007 Planet Terror
  • 1998 The Faculty
  • 2005 Sin City
  • 2010 Machete
  • 2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
  • 1992 El Mariachi
  • 2001 Spy Kids
  • 2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
  • 1994 Roadracers
  • 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

  • Walter Salles

  • Abril Despedaçado (Behind the Sun, 2001)
  • Central do Brasil (Central Station, 1998)
  • Diários de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries, 2004)
  • O Primeiro Dia (Midnight, 1999)
  • Linha de Passe (2008)

  • Paul Schrader

  • Blue Collar (1978)
  • Hardcore (1979)
  • Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)

  • Martin Scorsese

  • 1980 Raging Bull
  • 1990 Goodfellas
  • 1973 Mean Streets
  • 1983 The King of Comedy
  • 1999 Bringing Out the Dead
  • 1986 The Color of Money
  • 1995 Casino
  • 1991 Cape Fear
  • 1973 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • 2010 Shutter Island
  • 1985 After Hours
  • 1977 New York, New York
  • 1972 Boxcar Bertha
  • 1967 Who's That Knocking at My Door
  • 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ
  • 1978 The Last Waltz
  • 1997 Kundun
  • 2002 Gangs of New York

  • Masahiro Shinoda

  • Punishment Island (1966)
  • Samurai Spy (1965)
  • Pale Flower (1964)
  • Assassination (1964)

  • Akihiko Shiota

  • Don't Look Back (1999)
  • Moonlight Whispers (1999)
  • Yomigaeri (2002)
  • Gips (2001)
  • Harmful Insect (2001)

  • M. Night Shyamalan

  • Unbreakable (2000)
  • The Sixth Sense (1999)
  • The Village (2004)
  • Signs (2002)
  • The Happening (2008)

  • Steven Soderbergh

  • 1989 Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • 1998 Out of Sight
  • 2001 Ocean's Eleven
  • 2011 Haywire
  • 2000 Traffic
  • 2002 Solaris
  • 2009 The Girlfriend Experience

  • Todd Solondz

  • Happiness (1998)
  • Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
  • Life During Wartime (2009)
  • Palindromes (2004)
  • Storytelling (2001)

  • Sion Sono

  • Love Exposure (2008)
  • Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
  • Be Sure to Share (2009)
  • Suicide Circle (2001)
  • Exte -Hair Extensions (2007)
  • Strange Circus (2005)
  • HAZARD (2005)
  • Into a Dream (2005)
  • Bicycle Sighs (1991)
  • I Am Keiko (1997) 61min
  • I Am Sono Sion! (1985)
  • The Room (1992)

  • Steven Spielberg

  • Schindler’s List (1993)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Duel (1971)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Minority Report (2002)
  • Jurassic Park (1993)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  • War Horse (2011)
  • Always (1989)
  • Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  • The Terminal (2004)
  • Hook (1991)
  • Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • Empire of the Sun (1987)
  • The Sugarland Express (1974)
  • Amistad (1997)
  • 1941 (1979)

  • Oliver Stone

  • Platoon (1986)
  • Salvador (1986)
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • Talk Radio (1988)
  • Wall Street (1987)
  • U-Turn (1997)
  • Heaven & Earth (1993)
  • JFK (1991)
  • Any Given Sunday (1999)
  • Natural Born Killers (1994)

  • Studio Ghibli

  • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Takahata
  • Spirited Away (2001) Miyazaki
  • Porco Rosso (1992) Miyazaki
  • The Cat Returns (2002) Morita
  • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) Miyazaki
  • Pom Poko (1994) Takahata
  • Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986) Miyazaki
  • Only Yesterday (1991) Takahata
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Miyazaki
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) Miyazaki
  • Ocean Waves (1993) Mochizuki

  • Seijun Suzuki

  • 1967 Branded to Kill
  • 1963 Youth of the Beast
  • 1963 Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards!
  • 1960 Take Aim at the Police Van
  • 1960 Go to Hell, Hoodlums!/Fighting Delinquents
  • 1966 Tokyo Drifter
  • 1965 Story of a Prostitute
  • 1965 Tattooed Life
  • 1964 Gate of Flesh

  • Quentin Tarantino

  • 1994 Pulp Fiction
  • 2009 Inglourious Basterds
  • 2003 Kill Bill Volume 1
  • 1992 Reservoir Dogs
  • 1997 Jackie Brown
  • 2004 Kill Bill Volume 2
  • 2007 Grindhouse: Death Proof

  • André Téchiné

  • 1976 Barocco
  • 1985 Rendez-vous (Rendez-vous)
  • 1991 I don’t Kiss (J'embrasse pas)
  • 1986 The Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime)
  • 1981 Hotel America (Hôtel des Amériques)
  • 1979 The Bronte Sisters (Les sœurs Brontë)

  • Francois Truffaut

  • The 400 Blows (1959)
  • Antoine et Colette (1962)
  • Jules et Jim (1962)
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
  • The Wild Child (1970)
  • The Bride Wore Black (1968)
  • Les Mistons (1957)
  • Stolen Kisses (1968)
  • Small Change (1976)
  • Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
  • The Man Who Loved Woman (1977)
  • Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
  • The Soft Skin (1964)
  • Love on the Run (1979)
  • The Green Room (1978)
  • A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
  • Day for Night (1973)
  • Bed & Board (1970)
  • The Woman Next Door (1981)
  • The Story of Adele H. (1975)
  • Two English Girls (1971)

  • Tsai Ming-liang

  • The Hole (1998)
  • Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
  • The River (1997)
  • Vive l'Amour (1994)

  • Alex van Warmerdam

  • The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009)
  • Abel (1986)
  • Grimm (2003)
  • The Northerners (1992) De Noorderlingen
  • The Dress (1996) De Jurk
  • Waiter (2006) Ober

  • Francis Veber

  • 1998 : Le dîner de cons
  • 1981 : La chèvre
  • 1983 : Les compères
  • 1989 : Three Fugitives
  • 2000 : Le placard
  • 1986 : Les fugitifs
  • 1996 : Le jaguar
  • 1976 : Le jouet {The Toy}
  • 2006 : La Doublure {The Valet}
  • 1992 : Out on a Limb

  • Paul Verhoeven

  • Basic Instinct (1992)
  • RoboCop (1987)
  • Total Recall (1990)
  • Showgirls (1995)
  • Starship Troopers (1997)

  • Lars von Trier

  • Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  • The Idiots (1998)
  • Breaking the Waves' (1996)
  • Europa (1991)
  • Melancholia (2011)
  • The Element of Crime (1984)
  • Antichrist (2009)
  • Dogville (2003)
  • Medea (1988)
  • Epidemic (1987)

  • Billy Wilder

  • 1959 Some Like It Hot
  • 1960 The Apartment
  • 1957 The Spirit of St. Louis
  • 1944 Double Indemnity
  • 1950 Sunset Boulevard
  • 1943 Five Graves to Cairo

  • Michael Winterbottom

  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  • Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
  • A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
  • Wonderland (1999)
  • Code 46 (2003)
  • The Killer Inside Me (2010)

  • Wong Kar-Wai

  • 2000 In the Mood for Love
  • 1991 Days of Being Wild
  • 1995 Fallen Angels
  • 1997 Happy Together
  • 1988 As Tears Go By
  • 2004 2046
  • 1994 Chungking Express
  • 1994 Ashes of Time

  • John Woo

  • 1992 Hard Boiled
  • 1991 Once a Thief
  • 1997 Face/Off
  • 1996 Broken Arrow
  • 1993 Hard Target
  • 2000 Mission: Impossible II

  • Yoshishige Yoshida

  • Blood Is Dry (1960)
  • Good-for-Nothing (1960)
  • Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
  • Akitsu Springs (1962)

  • Robert Zemeckis

  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  • Back to the Future (1985)
  • Back to the Future Part II (1989)
  • Back to the Future Part III (1990)
  • Romancing the Stone (1984)
  • Death Becomes Her (1992)
  • What Lies Beneath (2000)
Author Comments: 

In Order Of Love