digitaldreamdoor.com logo, name, link image


Movie Directors Top Films - Page 18


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.

Edited By: pauldrach, Deany, PBR Streetgang, Sodacake, AgentAJD, erikk, Tim
Last Updated: 2025-07-03
Irvin Kershner
1923 - 2010
Irvin Kershner movie director
  1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  2. Never Say Never Again (1983)
  3. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
  4. Raid on Entebbe (1976)
  5. The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
  6. RoboCop 2 (1990)
  7. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
  8. The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
  9. Up the Sandbox (1972)
10. A Fine Madness (1966)
Poster for the movie The Empire Strikes Back

Fyodor Khitruk
1917 - 2012
Fyodor Khitruk movie director
  1. Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
  2. Film, Film, Film (1968)
  3. The Story of a Crime (1962)
  4. Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting (1971)
  5. Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972)
  6. Island (1973)
  7. Boniface's Holiday (1965)
  8. Man in the Frame (1966)
  9. I Give You a Star (1975)
10. Icarus and the Wise Men (1976)
Poster for the movie Winnie-the-Pooh

Marlen Khutsiev
1925 - 2019
Marlen Khutsiev movie director
  1. Spring on Zarechnaya Street [with Feliks Mironer] (1956)
  2. I Am Twenty (1965)
  3. July Rain (1966)
  4. Two Fyodors (1958)
  5. Epilogue (1983)
  6. It Was in May (1970)
  7. Infinitas (1992)
  8. And Still I Believe... [with Mikhail Romm & Elem Klimov] (1974)
  9. People of 1941 (2001)
10. Gradostroiteli (1950)
Poster for the movie Spring on Zarechnaya Street

Abbas Kiarostami
1940 - 2016
Abbas Kiarostami movie director
  1. Close-Up (1990)
  2. Taste of Cherry (1997)
  3. Where Is the Friend's Home? (1987)
  4. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
  5. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
  6. Certified Copy (2010)
  7. Life, and Nothing More... (1992)
  8. Ten (2002)
  9. Like Someone in Love (2012)
10. Homework (1989)
Poster for the movie Close-Up

Krzysztof Kieślowski
1941 - 1996
Krzysztof Kieslowski movie director
  1. Dekalog (1989 - 1990)
  2. Three Colors: Red (1994)
  3. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
  4. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
  5. Three Colors: White (1994)
  6. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
  7. A Short Film About Love (1988)
  8. Blind Chance (1981)
  9. Camera Buff (1979)
10. No End (1985)
Poster for the movie The Decalogue

Kim Jee-Woon
1964 -
Kim Jee-Woon movie director
  1. I Saw the Devil (2010)
  2. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
  3. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
  4. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
  5. The Age of Shadows (2016)
  6. The Quiet Family (1998)
  7. The Last Stand (2013)
  8. The Foul King (2000)
  9. Cobweb (2023)
10. Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018)
I Saw the Devil movie poster

Kim Ki-Duk
1960 - 2020
Kim Ki-Duk movie director
  1. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
  2. 3-Iron (2004)
  3. Pietà (2012)
  4. The Isle (2000)
  5. Samaritan Girl (2004)
  6. Time (2006)
  7. The Bow (2005)
  8. Bad Guy (2001)
  9. Address Unknown (2001)
10. Moebius (2013)
Poster for the movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

Henry King
1886 - 1982
Henry King movie director
  1. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
  2. Tol'able David (1921)
  3. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
  4. The Gunfighter (1950)
  5. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
  6. The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
  7. In Old Chicago (1938)
  8. The Black Swan (1942)
  9. Stella Dallas (1925)
10. The White Sister (1923)
Poster for the movie Twelve O'Clock High

Keisuke Kinoshita
1912 - 1998
Keisuke Kinoshita movie director
  1. The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
  2. Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
  3. Carmen Comes Home (1951)
  4. She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
  5. Immortal Love (1961)
  6. A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
  7. The River Fuefuki (1960)
  8. Army (1944)
  9. Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)
10. The Garden of Women (1954)
The Ballad of Narayama movie poster

Takeshi Kitano
1947 -
Takeshi Kitano movie director
  1. Hana-Bi (1997)
  2. Sonatine (1993)
  3. Zatōichi (2003)
  4. Violent Cop (1989)
  5. Dolls (2002)
  6. Kikujirō (1999)
  7. Brother (2000)
  8. A Scene at the Sea (1991)
  9. Kids Return (1996)
10. Outrage (2010)
Poster for the movie Hana-Bi

Elem Klimov
1933 - 2003
Elem Klimov movie director
  1. Come and See (1985)
  2. Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)
  3. Farewell [with Larisa Shepitko] (1983)
  4. Agony (1981)
  5. Adventures of a Dentist (1965)
Poster for the movie Come and See

Alexander Kluge
1932 -
Alexander Kluge movie director
  1. Yesterday Girl (1966)
  2. Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
  3. Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (1973)
  4. Brutality in Stone [with Peter Schamoni] (1961)
  5. The Power of Emotion (1983)
  6. The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985)
  7. Strongman Ferdinand (1976)
  8. The Patriotic Woman (1979)
  9. In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death [with Edgar Reitz] (1974)
10. The Big Mess (1971)
Poster for the movie Yesterday Girl

Masaki Kobayashi
1916 - 1996
Masaki Kobayashi movie director
  1. Harakiri (1962)
  2. Kwaidan (1964)
  3. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
  4. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
  5. Samurai Rebellion (1967)
  6. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
  7. Black River (1956)
  8. The Fossil (1975)
  9. Inn of Evil (1971)
10. I Will Buy You (1956)
Harakiri movie poster

Satoshi Kon
1963 - 2010
Satoshi Kon movie director
  1. Perfect Blue (1997)
  2. Paprika (2006)
  3. Millennium Actress (2001)
  4. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
  5. Paranoia Agent (2004)
Poster for the movie Perfect Blue

Andrei Konchalovsky
1937 -
Andrei Konchalovsky movie director
  1. Siberiade (1979)
  2. Runaway Train (1985)
  3. Dear Comrades! (2020)
  4. The Odyssey (1997)
  5. The First Teacher (1965)
  6. The Postman's White Nights (2014)
  7. Tango & Cash (1989)
  8. Paradise (2016)
  9. Uncle Vanya (1970)
10. Maria's Lovers (1984)
Poster for the movie Siberiade

Alexander Korda
1893 - 1956
Alexander Korda movie director
  1. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
  2. Marius (1931)
  3. The Prince and the Pauper (1920)
  4. That Hamilton Woman (1941)
  5. Rembrandt (1936)
  6. The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
  7. Harrison and Barrison (1917)
  8. Perfect Strangers (1945)
  9. White Nights (1916)
10. An Ideal Husband (1947)
The Private Life of Henry VIII movie poster

Zoltan Korda
1895 - 1961
Zoltan Korda movie director
  1. The Four Feathers (1939)
  2. Sahara (1943)
  3. Jungle Book (1942)
  4. Elephant Boy [with Robert J. Flaherty] (1937)
  5. Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
  6. Sanders of the River (1935)
  7. The Macomber Affair (1947)
  8. The Drum (1938)
  9. A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
10. Counter-Attack (1945)
The Four Feathers movie poster

Hirokazu Koreeda
1962 -
Hirokazu Koreeda movie director
  1. Shoplifters (2018)
  2. After Life (1998)
  3. Still Walking (2008)
  4. Nobody Knows (2004)
  5. Monster (2023)
  6. Like Father, Like Son (2013)
  7. Maborosi (1995)
  8. Our Little Sister (2015)
  9. After the Storm (2016)
10. I Wish (2011)
Poster for the 2018 movie Shoplifters

Harmony Korine
1973 -
Harmony Korine movie director
  1. Gummo (1997)
  2. Spring Breakers (2012)
  3. Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
  4. The Beach Bum (2019)
  5. Trash Humpers (2009)
  6. Mister Lonely (2007)
  7. Aggro Dr1ft (2023)
  8. Umshini Wam (2011)
  9. Baby Invasion (2024)
10. David Blaine: Above the Below [with Steve Smith] (2003)
Poster for the movie Gummo

Henry Koster
1905 - 1988
Henry Koster movie director
  1. Harvey (1950)
  2. The Robe (1953)
  3. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
  4. Three Smart Girls (1936)
  5. One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
  6. Flower Drum Song (1961)
  7. My Cousin Rachel (1952)
  8. Come to the Stable (1949)
  9. It Started with Eve (1941)
10. The Inspector General (1949)
Harvey movie poster

Grigori Kozintsev
1905 - 1973
Grigori Kozintsev movie director
  1. Hamlet [with Iosif Shapiro] (1964)
  2. The New Babylon [with Leonid Trauberg] (1929)
  3. King Lear [with Iosif Shapiro] (1971)
  4. The Overcoat [with Leonid Trauberg] (1926)
  5. The Youth of Maxim [with Leonid Trauberg] (1935)
  6. Alone [with Leonid Trauberg] (1931)
  7. Don Quixote (1957)
  8. The Club of the Big Deed [with Leonid Trauberg] (1927)
  9. The Return of Maxim [with Leonid Trauberg] (1937)
10. The Devil's Wheel [with Leonid Trauberg] (1926)
Hamlet 1964 movie poster

Stanley Kramer
1913 - 2001
Stanley Kramer movie director
  1. Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
  2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
  3. The Defiant Ones (1958)
  4. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
  5. Inherit the Wind (1960)
  6. On the Beach (1959)
  7. Ship of Fools (1965)
  8. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
  9. Not as a Stranger (1955)
10. The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Poster for the movie Judgement at Nuremberg

Peter Kubelka
1934 -
Peter Kubelka movie director
  1. Arnulf Rainer (1960)
  2. Unsere Afrikareise (1966)
  3. Schwechater (1958)
  4. Adebar (1957)
  5. Mosaik im Vertrauen (1955)
Arnulf Rainer movie poster

Stanley Kubrick
1928 - 1999
Stanley Kubrick movie director
  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  4. The Shining (1980)
  5. Paths of Glory (1957)
  6. Barry Lyndon (1975)
  7. Spartacus (1960)
  8. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  9. The Killing (1956)
10. Lolita (1962)
Poster for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

Lev Kuleshov
1899 - 1970
Lev Kuleshov movie director
  1. By the Law (1926)
  2. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924)
  3. The Great Consoler (1933)
  4. Engineer Prite's Project (1918)
  5. On the Red Front (1920)
  6. The Death Ray (1925)
  7. Your Acquaintance (1927)
  8. The Siberians (1940)
  9. We from the Urals (1944)
10. Two-Buldi-Two [with Nina Agadzhanova] (1930)
Poster for the movie By the Law

Akira Kurosawa
1910 - 1998
Akira Kurosawa movie director
  1. Seven Samurai (1954)
  2. Rashōmon (1950)
  3. Ikiru (1952)
  4. Yojimbo (1961)
  5. Ran (1985)
  6. Throne of Blood (1957)
  7. High and Low (1963)
  8. Stray Dog (1949)
  9. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
10. Kagemusha (1980)
Poster for the movie Seven Samurai

Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1955 -
Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie director
  1. Cure (1997)
  2. Pulse (2001)
  3. Tokyo Sonata (2008)
  4. Bright Future (2002)
  5. Wife of a Spy (2020)
  6. To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
  7. Creepy (2016)
  8. Charisma (1999)
  9. Chime (2024)
10. Before We Vanish (2017)
Poster for the 1997 movie Cure

Emir Kusturica
1954 -
Emir Kusturica movie director
  1. Underground (1995)
  2. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
  3. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
  4. When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
  5. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
  6. Arizona Dream (1993)
  7. Life Is a Miracle (2004)
  8. Promise Me This (2007)
  9. On the Milky Road (2016)
10. El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2018)
Poster for the 1995 movie Underground