Movie Directors Top Films - Page 32

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.

Zack Snyder
1966 -
 
  1. 300 (2006)
  2. Watchmen (2009)
  3. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
  4. Man of Steel (2013)
  5. Justice League (2017)
  6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
  7. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
  8. Sucker Punch (2011)
  9. Superman 75 [with Bruce Timm] (2013)
10. Michael Jordan's Playground (1990)
Michele Soavi
1957 -
 
  1. Cemetery Man (1994)
  2. Stage Fright (1987)
  3. The Goodbye Kiss (2006)
  4. The Church (1989)
  5. The Devil's Daughter (1991)
Steven Soderbergh
1963 -
 
  1. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
  2. Traffic (2000)
  3. Erin Brockovich (2000)
  4. Out of Sight (1998)
  5. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  6. Contagion (2011)
  7. Side Effects (2013)
  8. The Knick (2014-2015)
  9. Logan Lucky (2017)
10. Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Alexander Sokurov
1951 -
 
  1. Russian Ark (2002)
  2. Mother and Son (1997)
  3. The Sun (2005)
  4. Days of Eclipse (1988)
  5. The Second Circle (1990)
  6. The Lonely Voice of Man (1987)
  7. Taurus (2001)
  8. Moloch (1999)
  9. Alexandra (2007)
10. Faust (2011)
Todd Solondz
1959 -
 
  1. Happiness (1998)
  2. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
  3. Storytelling (2001)
  4. Life During Wartime (2009)
  5. Palindromes (2004)
  6. Wiener-Dog (2016)
  7. Dark Horse (2011)
  8. Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989)
  9. Feelings (1984)
10. Schatt's Last Shot (1985)
Barry Sonnenfeld
1953 -
 
  1. Men in Black (1997)
  2. Get Shorty (1995)
  3. Men in Black 3 (2012)
  4. Addams Family Values (1993)
  5. The Addams Family (1991)
  6. Men in Black II (2002)
  7. Big Trouble (2002)
  8. Wild Wild West (1999)
  9. RV (2006)
10. For Love or Money (1993)
Paolo Sorrentino
1970 -
 
  1. The Great Beauty (2013)
  2. The Consequences of Love (2004)
  3. Il divo (2008)
  4. Youth (2015)
  5. The Young Pope (2016)
  6. This Must Be the Place (2011)
  7. The New Pope (2019-2020)
  8. One Man Up (2001)
  9. Loro (2018)
10. The Family Friend (2006)
Penelope Spheeris
1945 -
 
  1. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
  2. Wayne's World (1992)
  3. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
  4. Suburbia (1983)
  5. Black Sheep (1996)
  6. The Little Rascals (1994)
  7. The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)
  8. The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
  9. The Boys Next Door (1985)
10. Senseless (1998)
Steven Spielberg
1946 -
 
  1. Jaws (1975)
  2. Schindler's List (1993)
  3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  5. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  7. Jurassic Park (1993)
  8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  9. Lincoln (2012)
10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Andrew Stanton
1965 -
 
  1. Finding Nemo (2003)
  2. WALL•E (2008)
  3. Finding Dory (2016)
  4. John Carter (2012)
  5. A Story (1987)
Josef von Sternberg
1894 - 1969
 
  1. The Blue Angel (1930)
  2. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
  3. Shanghai Express (1932)
  4. The Docks of New York (1928)
  5. Morocco (1930)
  6. The Last Command (1928)
  7. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
  8. Underworld (1927)
  9. Anatahan (1953)
10. Blonde Venus (1932)
George Stevens
1904 - 1975
 
  1. Shane (1953)
  2. A Place in the Sun (1951)
  3. Swing Time (1936)
  4. Giant (1956)
  5. Gunga Din (1939)
  6. Woman of the Year (1942)
  7. The Talk of the Town (1942)
  8. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
  9. The More the Merrier (1943)
10. I Remember Mama (1948)
Robert Stevenson
1905 - 1986
 
  1. Mary Poppins (1964)
  2. Old Yeller (1957)
  3. Jane Eyre (1943)
  4. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
  5. The Love Bug (1968)
  6. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
  7. In Search of the Castaways (1962)
  8. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
  9. That Darn Cat! (1965)
10. Son of Flubber (1963)
Ben Stiller
1965 -
 
  1. Tropic Thunder (2008)
  2. Zoolander (2001)
  3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
  4. Reality Bites (1994)
  5. The Cable Guy (1996)
Mauritz Stiller
1883 - 1928
 
  1. Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
  2. The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924)
  3. Erotikon (1920)
  4. Thomas Graal's Best Film (1917)
  5. The Blizzard (1923)
  6. Johan (1921)
  7. The Wings (1916)
  8. Song of the Scarlet Flower (1919)
  9. Hotel Imperial (1927)
10. Thomas Graal's Best Child (1918)
Whit Stillman
1952 -
 
  1. Metropolitan (1990)
  2. Love & Friendship (2016)
  3. The Last Days of Disco (1998)
  4. Barcelona (1994)
  5. Damsels in Distress (2011)
Oliver Stone
1946 -
 
  1. Platoon (1986)
  2. JFK (1991)
  3. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  4. Natural Born Killers (1994)
  5. Salvador (1986)
  6. Wall Street (1987)
  7. Nixon (1995)
  8. Any Given Sunday (1999)
  9. The Doors (1991)
10. Talk Radio (1988)
Jean-Marie Straub (& Danièle Huillet)
(JMS: 1933- | DH: 1936-2006)
 
  1. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
  2. Sicilia! (1999)
  3. Not Reconciled [Straub] (1965)
  4. Too Early, Too Late (1982)
  5. Klassenverhältnisse (1984)
  6. From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979)
  7. Moses und Aron (1975)
  8. The Death of Empedocles (1987)
  9. En racâchant (1982)
10. Antigone (1992)
Erich von Stroheim
1885 - 1957
 
  1. Greed (1924)
  2. Foolish Wives (1922)
  3. The Wedding March (1928)
  4. Queen Kelly (1929)
  5. The Merry Widow (1925)

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