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Movie Directors Top Films - Page 16


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: 2025-05-25
Ron Howard
1954 -
Ron Howard movie director
  1. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  2. Apollo 13 (1995)
  3. Rush (2013)
  4. Frost/Nixon (2008)
  5. Cinderella Man (2005)
  6. Cocoon (1985)
  7. Splash (1984)
  8. Parenthood (1989)
  9. Willow (1988)
10. Ransom (1996)
DVD cover for the movie A Beautiful Mind

King Hu
1931 - 1997
King Hu movie director
  1. A Touch of Zen (1971)
  2. Dragon Inn (1967)
  3. Come Drink with Me (1966)
  4. Raining in the Mountain (1979)
  5. Legend of the Mountain (1979)
  6. The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
  7. The Valiant Ones (1975)
  8. The Swordsman (1990)
  9. All the King's Men (1983)
10. Sons of the Good Earth (1965)
DVD cover for the movie A Touch of Zen

John Hughes
1950 - 2009
John Hughes movie director
  1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
  2. The Breakfast Club (1985)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  4. Sixteen Candles (1984)
  5. Uncle Buck (1989)
DVD cover for the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off

John Huston
1906 - 1987
John Huston movie director
  1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  3. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
  4. The African Queen (1951)
  5. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
  6. Key Largo (1948)
  7. The Dead (1987)
  8. Fat City (1972)
  9. The Misfits (1961)
10. Moby Dick (1956)
Poster for the movie The Maltese Falcon

Kon Ichikawa
1915 - 2008
Kon Ichikawa movie director
  1. The Burmese Harp (1956)
  2. Fires on the Plain (1959)
  3. An Actor's Revenge (1963)
  4. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
  5. Enjō (1958)
  6. Odd Obsession (1959)
  7. The Makioka Sisters (1983)
  8. Her Brother (1960)
  9. The Inugami Family (1976)
10. The Heart (1955)
Poster for the movie The Burmese Harp

Álex de la Iglesia
1965 -
Álex de la Iglesia movie director
  1. The Day of the Beast (1995)
  2. The Last Circus (2010)
  3. Crimen Ferpecto (2004)
  4. Common Wealth (2000)
  5. Witching & Bitching (2013)
  6. Acción mutante (1993)
  7. The Bar (2017)
  8. Perfect Strangers (2017)
  9. The Oxford Murders (2008)
10. Perdita Durango (1997)
Poster for the movie The Day of the Beast

Shōhei Imamura
1926 - 2006
Shōhei Imamura movie director
  1. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
  2. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
  3. Black Rain (1989)
  4. Intentions of Murder (1964)
  5. The Insect Woman (1963)
  6. Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
  7. Pigs and Battleships (1961)
  8. The Eel (1997)
  9. The Pornographers (1966)
10. A Man Vanishes (1967)
Poster for the movie The Ballad of Narayama

Hiroshi Inagaki
1905 - 1980
Hiroshi Inagaki movie director
  1. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
  2. Chūshingura (1962)
  3. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
  4. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
  5. The Rickshaw Man (1958)
  6. Machibuse (1970)
  7. The Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943)
  8. Samurai Banners (1969)
  9. Samurai Saga (1959)
10. The Birth of Japan (1959)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto movie poster

Rex Ingram
1892 - 1950
Rex Ingram movie director
  1. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
  2. Scaramouche (1923)
  3. The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
  4. Mare nostrum (1926)
  5. The Conquering Power (1921)
  6. The Magician (1926)
  7. The Garden of Allah (1927)
  8. Trifling Women (1922)
  9. The Arab (1924)
10. Black Orchids (1917)
Poster for the movie The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Jūzō Itami
1933 - 1997
Jūzō Itami movie director
  1. Tampopo (1985)
  2. A Taxing Woman (1987)
  3. The Funeral (1984)
  4. Minbo (1992)
  5. A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
  6. Supermarket Woman (1996)
  7. Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
  8. Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
  9. The Last Dance (1993)
10. A Quiet Life (1995)
Tampopo movie poster

Ivan Ivanov-Vano
1900 - 1987
Ivan Ivanov-Vano movie director
  1. The Humpbacked Horse (1947)
  2. The Twelve Months [with Mikhail Botov] (1956)
  3. The Battle of Kerzhenets [with Yuriy Norshteyn] (1971)
  4. The Adventures of Buratino [with Dmitriy Babichenko & Mikhail Botov] (1960)
  5. The Humpbacked Horse [with Boris Butakov] (1975)
  6. The Seasons of the Year [with Yuriy Norshteyn] (1969)
  7. The Snow Maiden [with Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya] (1952)
  8. The Tale of Tsar Saltan [with Lev Milchin] (1984)
  9. Black and White [with Leonid Amalrik] (1932)
10. Left-Hander [with Vladimir Danilevich] (1964)
Poster for the movie The Humpbacked Horse

Joris Ivens
1898 - 1989
Joris Ivens movie director
  1. Rain [with Mannus Franken] (1929)
  2. A Tale of the Wind (1988)
  3. Valparaiso (1965)
  4. The Spanish Earth (1937)
  5. De brug (1928)
  6. Misère au Borinage [with Henri Storck] (1933)
  7. The Seine Meets Paris (1957)
  8. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War [with Marceline Loridan] (1968)
  9. How Yukong Moved the Mountains [with Marceline Loridan Ivens] (1976)
10. Pour le mistral (1966)
Poster for the movie Rain

James Ivory
1928 -
James Ivory movie director
  1. The Remains of the Day (1993)
  2. A Room with a View (1985)
  3. Howards End (1992)
  4. Maurice (1987)
  5. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
  6. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
  7. The Europeans (1979)
  8. Heat and Dust (1983)
  9. Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
10. The White Countess (2005)
Poster for the movie The Remains of the Day

Peter Jackson
1961 -
Peter Jackson movie director
  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  4. Braindead (1992)
  5. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
  6. King Kong (2005)
  7. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
  8. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
  9. Bad Taste (1987)
10. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Poster for the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Wilfred Jackson
1906 - 1988
Wilfred Jackson movie director
  1. The Old Mill (1937)
  2. The Band Concert (1935)
  3. Song of the South [with Harve Foster] (1946)
  4. The Wise Little Hen (1934)
  5. The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
  6. The Goddess of Spring (1934)
  7. The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
  8. Music Land (1935)
  9. The Country Cousin (1936)
10. Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
See also: Clyde Geronimi & Hamilton Luske
Poster for the 1937 animated film The Old Mill

Steve James
1953 -
Steve James movie director
  1. Hoop Dreams (1994)
  2. Life Itself (2014)
  3. The Interrupters (2011)
  4. Stevie (2002)
  5. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016)
  6. No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (2010)
  7. America to Me (2018)
  8. City So Real (2020)
  9. At the Death House Door [with Peter Gilbert] (2008)
10. Head Games (2012)
Hoop Dreams movie poster

Miklós Jancsó
1921 - 2014
Miklós Jancsó movie director
  1. The Round-Up (1966)
  2. The Red and the White (1967)
  3. Red Psalm (1972)
  4. My Way Home (1965)
  5. Silence and Cry (1968)
  6. Electra, My Love (1974)
  7. The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999)
  8. The Confrontation (1969)
  9. Cantata (1963)
10. Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Poster for the movie The Round-Up

Derek Jarman
1942 - 1994
Derek Jarman movie director
  1. Blue (1993)
  2. Caravaggio (1986)
  3. Jubilee (1978)
  4. Edward II (1991)
  5. Sebastiane [with Paul Humfress] (1976)
  6. The Last of England (1988)
  7. Wittgenstein (1993)
  8. The Garden (1990)
  9. The Angelic Conversation (1985)
10. The Tempest (1979)
Poster for the movie Blue

Jim Jarmusch
1953 -
Jim Jarmusch movie director
  1. Stranger than Paradise (1984)
  2. Down by Law (1986)
  3. Dead Man (1995)
  4. Paterson (2016)
  5. Night on Earth (1991)
  6. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
  7. Mystery Train (1989)
  8. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
  9. Broken Flowers (2005)
10. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
DVD cover for the movie Stranger than Paradise

Humphrey Jennings
1907 - 1950
Humphrey Jennings movie director
  1. Listen to Britain [with Stewart McAllister] (1942)
  2. Fires We Started (1943)
  3. A Diary for Timothy (1945)
  4. London Can Take It! [with Harry Watt] (1940)
  5. Spare Time (1939)
  6. The Silent Village (1943)
  7. Words for Battle (1941)
  8. Family Portrait (1950)
  9. The First Days [with Pat Jackson & Harry Watt] (1939)
10. The Heart of Britain (1941)
Poster for the movie Listen to Britain

Anders Thomas Jensen
1972 -
Anders Thomas Jensen movie director
  1. Riders of Justice (2020)
  2. Adam's Apples (2005)
  3. Flickering Lights (2000)
  4. The Green Butchers (2003)
  5. Men & Chicken (2015)
Riders of Justice movie poster

Jean-Pierre Jeunet
1953 -
Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie director
  1. Amélie (2001)
  2. Delicatessen [with Marc Caro] (1991)
  3. The City of Lost Children [with Marc Caro] (1995)
  4. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
  5. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
  6. Micmacs (2009)
  7. The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet (2013)
  8. BigBug (2022)
  9. Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (1989)
10. The Bunker of the Last Gunshots [with Marc Caro] (1981)
Poster for the movie Amélie