Movie Directors Top Films - Page 14

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.

David Gordon Green
1975 -
 
  1. George Washington (2000)
  2. Pineapple Express (2008)
  3. All the Real Girls (2003)
  4. Joe (2013)
  5. Halloween (2018)
  6. Stronger (2017)
  7. Prince Avalanche (2013)
  8. Snow Angels (2007)
  9. Undertow (2004)
10. Good Vibes (2011)
Peter Greenaway
1942 -
 
  1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
  2. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
  3. Drowning by Numbers (1988)
  4. The Pillow Book (1996)
  5. A Zed & Two Naughts (1986)
  6. Prospero's Books (1991)
  7. The Belly of an Architect (1987)
  8. The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
  9. The Falls (1980)
10. Nightwatching (2007)
Paul Greengrass
1955 -
 
  1. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  2. United 93 (2006)
  3. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
  4. Captain Phillips (2013)
  5. Bloody Sunday (2002)
  6. Jason Bourne (2016)
  7. Green Zone (2010)
  8. 22 July (2018)
  9. The Theory of Flight (1998)
10. The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999)
D.W. Griffith
1875 - 1948
 
  1. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
  2. Intolerance (1916)
  3. Broken Blossoms (1919)
  4. Way Down East (1920)
  5. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
  6. True Heart Susie (1919)
  7. A Corner in Wheat (1909)
  8. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
  9. The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
10. The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Christopher Guest
1948 -
 
  1. Best in Show (2000)
  2. A Mighty Wind (2003)
  3. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
  4. For Your Consideration (2006)
  5. The Big Picture (1989)
  6. Mascots (2016)
  7. Family Tree [with Jim Piddock] (2013)
  8. Almost Heroes (1998)
  9. Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
10. The Thick of It (2007)
Sacha Guitry
1885 - 1957
 
  1. Confessions of a Cheat (1936)
  2. La poison (1951)
  3. Pearls of the Crown (1937)
  4. Faisons un rêve... (1936)
  5. Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
  6. Napoléon (1955)
  7. La vie d'un honnête homme (1953)
  8. Mon père avait raison (1936)
  9. Désiré (1937)
10. Ceux de chez nous (1915)
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
1928 - 1996
 
  1. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
  2. Strawberry and Chocolate [with Juan Carlos Tabío] (1993)
  3. Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
  4. The Last Supper (1976)
  5. Guantanamera [with Juan Carlos Tabío] (1995)
  6. The Twelve Chairs (1962)
  7. The Survivors (1979)
  8. Stories of the Revolution (1960)
  9. Up to a Certain Point (1983)
10. Letters from the Park (1989)
Alice Guy-Blaché
1873 - 1968
 
  1. La fée aux choux (1896)
  2. The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906)
  3. Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)
  4. Falling Leaves (1912)
  5. A Fool and His Money (1912)
  6. Esmeralda (1905)
  7. Making an American Citizen (1912)
  8. Algie the Miner [with Edward Warren & Harry Schenck] (1912)
  9. A House Divided (1913)
10. The Consequences of Feminism (1906)
Taylor Hackford
1944 -
 
  1. Ray (2004)
  2. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
  3. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
  4. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
  5. Against All Odds (1984)
  6. Blood In Blood Out (1993)
  7. Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
  8. The Idolmaker (1980)
  9. Proof of Life (2000)
10. White Nights (1985)
Lasse Hallström
1946 -
 
  1. My Life as a Dog (1985)
  2. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
  3. The Cider House Rules (1999)
  4. Chocolat (2000)
  5. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
  6. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
  7. A Dog's Purpose (2017)
  8. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
  9. The Shipping News (2001)
10. The Hoax (2006)
Robert Hamer
1911 - 1963
 
  1. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  2. It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
  3. School for Scoundrels (1960)
  4. Father Brown (1954)
  5. The Long Memory (1953)
  6. The Scapegoat (1959)
  7. The Spider and the Fly (1949)
  8. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
  9. To Paris with Love (1955)
10. His Excellency (1952)
Guy Hamilton
1922 - 2016
 
  1. Goldfinger (1964)
  2. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
  3. Live and Let Die (1973)
  4. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
  5. The Colditz Story (1955)
  6. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
  7. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
  8. Battle of Britain (1969)
  9. The Best of Enemies (1961)
10. An Inspector Calls (1954)
David Hand
1900 - 1986
 
  1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [supervisor] (1937)
  2. Bambi [supervisor] (1942)
  3. Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
  4. Thru the Mirror (1936)
  5. The Mad Doctor (1933)
  6. Building a Building (1933)
  7. Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
  8. The Flying Mouse (1934)
  9. Three Little Wolves (1936)
10. Pluto's Judgment Day (1935)
Michael Haneke
1942 -
 
  1. Caché (2005)
  2. Amour (2012)
  3. The White Ribbon (2009)
  4. The Piano Teacher (2001)
  5. Funny Games (1997)
  6. The Seventh Continent (1989)
  7. Code Unknown (2000)
  8. Benny's Video (1992)
  9. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
10. Happy End (2017)
Mia Hansen-Løve
1981 -
 
  1. Things to Come (2016)
  2. The Father of My Children (2009)
  3. Goodbye First Love (2011)
  4. Eden (2014)
  5. All Is Forgiven (2007)
Curtis Hanson
1945 - 2016
 
  1. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  2. Wonder Boys (2000)
  3. 8 Mile (2002)
  4. In Her Shoes (2005)
  5. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
  6. The Bedroom Window (1987)
  7. The River Wild (1994)
  8. Bad Influence (1990)
  9. Too Big to Fail (2011)
10. Chasing Mavericks [with Michael Apted] (2012)
Catherine Hardwicke
1955 -
 
  1. Twilight (2008)
  2. Thirteen (2003)
  3. Lords of Dogtown (2005)
  4. The Nativity Story (2006)
  5. Red Riding Hood (2011)
Renny Harlin
1959 -
 
  1. Die Hard 2 (1990)
  2. Cliffhanger (1993)
  3. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
  4. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
  5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
  6. Mindhunters (2004)
  7. Devil's Pass (2013)
  8. Prison (1988)
  9. Skiptrace (2016)
10. Cleaner (2007)
Hal Hartley
1959 -
 
  1. Trust (1990)
  2. The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
  3. Henry Fool (1997)
  4. Simple Men (1992)
  5. Amateur (1994)
  6. The Book of Life (1998)
  7. Surviving Desire (1991)
  8. Fay Grim (2006)
  9. Flirt (1995)
10. Ned Rifle (2014)
Wojciech Has
1925 - 2000
 
  1. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
  2. The Hour-Glass Sanatorium (1973)
  3. The Noose (1958)
  4. How to Be Loved (1963)
  5. Farewells (1958)
  6. The Doll (1968)
  7. The Codes (1966)
  8. The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988)
  9. Memoirs of a Sinner (1986)
10. Goodbye to the Past (1961)
Henry Hathaway
1898 - 1985
 
  1. True Grit (1969)
  2. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
  3. Peter Ibbetson (1935)
  4. Kiss of Death (1947)
  5. How the West Was Won [with John Ford & George Marshall] (1962)
  6. Call Northside 777 (1948)
  7. Niagara (1953)
  8. The House on 92nd Street (1945)
  9. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
10. 14 Hours (1951)

Last Updated: 2020-05-31