Movie Directors Top Films - Page 21

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.

Arthur Lubin
1898 - 1995
Arthur Lubin movie director Poster for the movie Buck Privates
  1. Buck Privates (1941)
  2. Hold That Ghost (1941)
  3. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
  4. In the Navy (1941)
  5. Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
  6. Francis (1950)
  7. Impact (1949)
  8. Black Friday (1940)
  9. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943)
10. Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Ernst Lubitsch
1892 - 1947
Ernst Lubitsch movie director DVD cover for the movie To Be or Not to Be
  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)
George Lucas
1944 -
George Lucas movie director DVD cover for the movie Star Wars
  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 -
Baz Luhrmann movie director Poster for the movie Moulin Rouge!
  1. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
  2. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  3. Elvis (2022)
  4. Strictly Ballroom (1992)
  5. The Great Gatsby (2013)
Sidney Lumet
1924 - 2011
Sidney Lumet movie director DVD cover for the movie 12 Angry Men
  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 L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat movie DVD cover
  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)
Ida Lupino
1918 - 1995
Ida Lupino movie director and actor DVD cover for the movie The Hitch-Hiker
  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
David Lynch movie director DVD cover for the series Twin Peaks
  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 -
Adrian Lyne movie director DVD cover for the movie Fatal Attraction
  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)
Seth MacFarlane
1973 -
Seth MacFarlane actor and movie director Family Guy box cover
  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 -
Juliusz Machulski movie director Poster for the movie Sexmission
  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
Alexander Mackendrick movie director DVD cover for the movie Sweet Smell of Success
  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)
Guy Maddin
1956 -
Guy Maddin movie director DVD cover for the movie My Winnipeg
  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
Dušan Makavejev movie director DVD cover for the movie W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
  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)
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1957 -
Mohsen Makhmalbaf movie director DVD cover for the movie A Moment of Innocence
  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)
Terrence Malick
1943 -
Terrence Malick movie director DVD cover for the movie Days of Heaven
  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
Louis Malle movie director Poster for the 1958 movie Elevator to the Gallows
  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)
Djibril Diop Mambéty
1945 - 1998
Djibril Diop Mambéty movie director DVD cover for the movie Touki Bouki
  1. Touki Bouki (1973)
  2. Hyènes (1992)
  3. The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (1999)
  4. Contras'city (1969)
  5. Badou Boy (1970)
David Mamet
1947 -
David Mamet movie director Poster for the movie House of Games
  1. House of Games (1987)
  2. The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
  3. Heist (2001)
  4. The Winslow Boy (1999)
  5. Homicide (1991)
  6. State and Main (2000)
  7. Things Change (1988)
  8. Spartan (2004)
  9. Redbelt (2008)
10. Phil Spector (2013)

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Last Updated: 2026-03-20

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