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Movie Directors Top Films - Page 17

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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: 2020-06-01
Norman Jewison
1926 -
Norman Jewison movie director
  1. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
  2. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  3. Moonstruck (1987)
  4. A Soldier's Story (1984)
  5. The Hurricane (1999)
  6. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
  7. ...And Justice for All (1979)
  8. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
  9. The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
10. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Poster for the movie In the Heat of the Night

Jia Zhangke
1970 -
Jia Zhangke movie director
  1. Platform (2000)
  2. Still Life (2006)
  3. A Touch of Sin (2013)
  4. The Pickpocket (1997)
  5. Ash Is Purest White (2018)
  6. The World (2004)
  7. Unknown Pleasures (2002)
  8. 24 City (2008)
  9. Mountains May Depart (2015)
10. I Wish I Knew (2010)
Poster for the movie Platform

Alejandro Jodorowsky
1929 -
Alejandro Jodorowsky movie director
  1. El Topo (1970)
  2. The Holy Mountain (1973)
  3. Santa sangre (1989)
  4. The Dance of Reality (2013)
  5. Fando and Lis (1968)
  6. Endless Poetry (2016)
  7. La cravate [with Saul Gilbert & Ruth Michelly] (1957)
  8. The Rainbow Thief (1990)
  9. Psychomagie, un art pour guérir (2019)
=10. Tusk (1980)
El Topo movie poster

Roland Joffé
1945 -
Roland Joffé movie director
  1. The Killing Fields (1984)
  2. The Mission (1986)
  3. The Spongers [Play for Today episode] (1978)
  4. Vatel (2000)
  5. United Kingdom [Play for Today episode] (1981)
  6. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
  7. Sun Records (2017)
  8. City of Joy (1992)
  9. There Be Dragons (2011)
10. Goodbye Lover (1998)
Poster for the movie The Killing Fields

Rian Johnson
1973 -
Rian Johnson movie director
  1. Knives Out (2019)
  2. Looper (2012)
  3. Ozymandias [Breaking Bad episode] (2013)
  4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
  5. Brick (2005)
Poster for the 2019 movie Knives Out

Joe Johnston
1950 -
Joe Johnston movie director
  1. Jumanji (1995)
  2. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  3. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
  4. October Sky (1999)
  5. The Rocketeer (1991)
  6. Hidalgo (2004)
  7. Jurassic Park III (2001)
  8. The Wolfman (2010)
  9. The Pagemaster [with Pixote Hunt] (1994)
10. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms [with Lasse Hallström] (2018)
Poster for the movie Jumanji

Chuck Jones
1912 - 2002
Chuck Jones movie director and cartoonist
  1. Duck Amuck (1953)
  2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
  3. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
  4. One Froggy Evening (1955)
  5. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
  6. Rabbit of Seville (1950)
  7. Feed the Kitty (1952)
  8. Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
  9. Rabbit Fire (1951)
10. The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
Poster for the film Duck Amuck

Terry Jones
1942 - 2020
Terry Jones movie director
  1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail [with Terry Gilliam] (1975)
  2. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  3. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  4. The Wind in the Willows (1996)
  5. Erik the Viking (1989)
Poster for the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Spike Jonze
1969 -
Spike Jonze movie director
  1. Being John Malkovich (1999)
  2. Adaptation. (2002)
  3. Her (2013)
  4. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
  5. Praise You (1999)
Poster for the movie Being John Malkovich

Neil Jordan
1950 -
Neil Jordan movie director
  1. The Crying Game (1992)
  2. Mona Lisa (1986)
  3. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
  4. The Company of Wolves (1984)
  5. The Butcher Boy (1997)
  6. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
  7. Michael Collins (1996)
  8. The Borgias (2011-2013)
  9. The End of the Affair (1999)
10. Byzantium (2012)
Poster for the movie The Crying Game

Mikhail Kalatozov
1903 - 1973
Mikhail Kalatozov movie director
  1. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
  2. I Am Cuba (1964)
  3. Letter Never Sent (1959)
  4. Salt for Svanetia (1930)
  5. The Red Tent (1969)
  6. True Friends (1954)
  7. Valery Chkalov (1941)
  8. Nail in the Boot (1931)
  9. Courage (1939)
10. Conspiracy of the Doomed (1950)
Poster for the movie The Cranes Are Flying

Raj Kapoor
1924 - 1988
Raj Kapoor movie director
  1. Awaara (1951)
  2. Sangam (1964)
  3. Shree 420 (1955)
  4. Mera Naam Joker (1970)
  5. Bobby (1973)
  6. Barsaat (1949)
  7. Prem Rog (1982)
  8. Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
  9. Aag (1948)
10. Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)
Poster for the movie Awaara

Phil Karlson
1908 - 1985
Phil Karlson movie director
  1. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
  2. 99 River Street (1953)
  3. Walking Tall (1973)
  4. The Phenix City Story (1955)
  5. Scandal Sheet (1952)
  6. The Silencers (1966)
  7. Tight Spot (1955)
  8. 5 Against the House (1955)
  9. Hell to Eternity (1960)
10. Hell's Island (1955)
Kansas City Confidential movie poster

Lawrence Kasdan
1949 -
Lawrence Kasdan movie director
  1. The Big Chill (1983)
  2. Body Heat (1981)
  3. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
  4. Silverado (1985)
  5. Grand Canyon (1991)
  6. French Kiss (1995)
  7. Mumford (1999)
  8. I Love You to Death (1990)
  9. Wyatt Earp (1994)
10. Dreamcatcher (2003)
The Big Chill DVD cover

Matti Kassila
1924 - 2018
Matti Kassila movie director
  1. Inspector Palmu's Error (1960)
  2. Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)
  3. The Harvest Month (1956)
  4. The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962)
  5. Radio tekee murron (1951)
  6. Blue Week (1954)
  7. The Scarlet Dove (1961)
  8. Hilmanpäivät (1954)
  9. Red Line (1959)
10. The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988)
Poster for the movie Inspector Palmu's Error

Philip Kaufman
1936 -
Philip Kaufman movie director
  1. The Right Stuff (1983)
  2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
  3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
  4. The Wanderers (1979)
  5. Quills (2000)
  6. Henry & June (1990)
  7. The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
  8. Rising Sun (1993)
  9. Goldstein [with Benjamin Manaster] (1964)
10. Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Poster for the movie The Right Stuff

Aki Kaurismäki
1957 -
Aki Kaurismäki movie director
  1. The Man Without a Past (2002)
  2. The Match Factory Girl (1990)
  3. Le Havre (2011)
  4. Drifting Clouds (1996)
  5. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
  6. The Other Side of Hope (2017)
  7. La vie de bohème (1992)
  8. Ariel (1988)
  9. Shadows in Paradise (1986)
10. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Poster for the movie The Man Without a Past

Jerzy Kawalerowicz
1922 - 2007
Jerzy Kawalerowicz movie director
  1. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
  2. Night Train (1959)
  3. Pharaoh (1966)
  4. Death of a President (1977)
  5. Shadow (1956)
  6. Austeria (1982)
  7. Cellulose (1954)
  8. The Real End of the Great War (1957)
  9. The Game (1969)
10. Quo vadis (2001)
Mother Joan of the Angels movie poster

Elia Kazan
1909 - 2003
Elia Kazan movie director
  1. On The Waterfront (1954)
  2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  3. East of Eden (1955)
  4. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
  5. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
  6. Baby Doll (1956)
  7. America, America (1963)
  8. Wild River (1960)
  9. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
10. Viva Zapata! (1952)
Poster for the movie On The Waterfront

Buster Keaton
1895 - 1966
Buster Keaton movie director and actor
  1. The General [with Clyde Bruckman] (1926)
  2. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
  3. Our Hospitality [with John G. Blystone] (1923)
  4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. [with Charles Reisner] (1928)
  5. The Cameraman [with Edward Sedgwick] (1928)
  6. The Navigator [with Donald Crisp] (1924)
  7. Seven Chances (1925)
  8. One Week [with Edward F. Cline] (1920)
  9. Cops [with Edward F. Cline] (1922)
10. The Playhouse [with Edward F. Cline] (1921)
Poster for the movie The General

Abdellatif Kechiche
1960 -
Abdellatif Kechiche movie director
  1. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
  2. The Secret of the Grain (2007)
  3. Games of Love and Chance (2003)
  4. Black Venus (2010)
  5. Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017)
Poster for the movie Blue Is the Warmest Colour

William Keighley
1889 - 1984
William Keighley movie director
  1. The Adventures of Robin Hood [with Michael Curtiz] (1938)
  2. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
  3. G Men (1935)
  4. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
  5. The Green Pastures [with Marc Connelly] (1936)
  6. Bullets or Ballots (1936)
  7. The Street with No Name (1948)
  8. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
  9 The Fighting 69th (1940)
10. Rocky Mountain (1950)
Poster for the 1938 movie The Adventures of Robin Hood