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Movie Directors Top Films - Page 2

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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: 2020-05-30
Theodoros Angelopoulos
1935 - 2012
Theodoros Angelopoulos movie director
  1. The Travelling Players (1975)
  2. Landscape in the Mist (1988)
  3. Eternity and a Day (1998)
  4. Voyage to Cythera (1984)
  5. The Weeping Meadow (2004)
  6. Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
  7. The Beekeeper (1986)
  8. The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991)
  9. Days of 36 (1972)
10. The Hunters (1977)
DVD cover for the movie Travelling Players

Kenneth Anger
1927 -
Kenneth Anger movie director
  1. Scorpio Rising (1964)
  2. Lucifer Rising (1972)
  3. Fireworks (1947)
  4. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
  5. Rabbit's Moon (1950)
  6. Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
  7. Eaux d'artifice (1953)
  8. Puce Moment (1949)
  9. Kustom Kar Kommandos (1970)
10. The Man We Want to Hang (2002)
DVD cover for the movie Scorpio Rising

Jean-Jacques Annaud
1943 -
Jean-Jacques Annaud movie director
  1. The Name of the Rose (1986)
  2. Quest for Fire (1981)
  3. The Bear (1988)
  4. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
  5. Black and White in Color (1976)
  6. Wolf Totem (2015)
  7. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
  8. Wings of Courage (1995)
  9. The Lover (1992)
10. Two Brothers (2004)
Poster for the movie The Name of the Rose

Nimród Antal
1973 -
Nimród Antal movie director
  1. Kontroll (2003)
  2. Predators (2010)
  3. Metallica Through the Never (2013)
  4. Vacancy (2007)
  5. Armored (2009)
DVD cover for the movie Kontroll

Emile de Antonio
1919 - 1989
Emile de Antonio movie director
  1. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
  2. Point of Order! (1964)
  3. Painters Painting (1972)
  4. Millhouse (1971)
  5. Underground [with Mary Lampson & Haskell Wexler] (1976)
  6. Rush to Judgment (1967)
  7. Mr. Hoover and I (1989)
  8. In the King of Prussia (1983)
  9. America Is Hard to See (1970)
10. McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter (1975)
Poster for the movie In the Year of the Pig

Michelangelo Antonioni
1912 - 2007
Michelangelo Antonioni movie director
  1. L'avventura (1960)
  2. Blowup (1966)
  3. L'eclisse (1962)
  4. Red Desert (1964)
  5. La notte (1961)
  6. The Passenger (1975)
  7. Il grido (1957)
  8. Zabriskie Point (1970)
  9. Le amiche (1955)
10. Identification of a Woman (1982)
DVD cover for the movie L'avventura

Judd Apatow
1967 -
Judd Apatow movie director
  1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
  2. Knocked Up (2007)
  3. Trainwreck (2015)
  4. Undeclared (2001-2002)
  5. Funny People (2009)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin poster

Michael Apted
1941 -
Michael Apted movie director
  1. Up series [with Paul Almond] (1964-2019)
  2. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
  3. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
  4. Stardust (1974)
  5. Thunderheart (1992)
  6. Gorky Park (1983)
  7. P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)
  8. Nell (1994)
  9. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
10. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
DVD cover for the Up series

Gregg Araki
1959 -
Gregg Araki movie director
  1. Mysterious Skin (2004)
  2. The Living End (1992)
  3. Nowhere (1997)
  4. The Doom Generation (1995)
  5. Kaboom (2010)
  6. Smiley Face (2007)
  7. Totally F***ed Up (1993)
  8. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
  9. Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987)
10. Splendor (1999)
Mysterious Skin movie poster

Denys Arcand
1941 -
Denys Arcand movie director
  1. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
  2. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
  3. Jesus of Montreal (1989)
  4. Love and Human Remains (1993)
  5. The Fall of the American Empire (2018)
  6. Réjeanne Padovani (1973)
  7. The Crime of Ovid Plouffe [with Gilles Carle] (1984)
  8. Comfort and Indifference (1982)
  9. Days of Dakness (2007)
10. Stardom (2000)
The Barbarian Invasions movie poster

Dario Argento
1940 -
Dario Argento movie director
  1. Suspiria (1977)
  2. Deep Red (1975)
  3. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
  4. Tenebre (1982)
  5. Phenomena (1985)
  6. Opera (1987)
  7. Inferno (1980)
  8. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
  9. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
10. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
DVD cover for the movie Suspiria

Andrea Arnold
1961 -
Andrea Arnold movie director
  1. Fish Tank (2009)
  2. American Honey (2016)
  3. Red Road (2006)
  4. Wuthering Heights (2011)
  5. Wasp (2003)
DVD cover for the movie Fish Tank

Jack Arnold
1916 - 1992
Jack Arnold movie director
  1. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
  2. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
  3. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
  4. Tarantula (1955)
  5. The Mouse That Roared (1959)
  6. High School Confidential! (1958)
  7. Boss Nigger (1975)
  8. No Name on the Bullet (1959)
  9. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
10. Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Poster for the 1957 movie The Incredible Shrinking Man

Darren Aronofsky
1969 -
Darren Aronofsky movie director
  1. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  2. Black Swan (2010)
  3. The Wrestler (2008)
  4. Pi (1998)
  5. The Fountain (2006)
DVD cover for the movie Requiem for a Dream

Dorothy Arzner
1897 - 1979
Dorothy Arzner movie director
  1. The Wild Party (1929)
  2. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
  3. Christopher Strong (1933)
  4. Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
  5. Craig's Wife (1936)
  6. Get Your Man (1927)
  7. Fashions for Women (1927)
  8. The Bride Wore Red (1937)
  9. Sarah and Son (1930)
10. First Comes Courage (1943)
Poster for the movie The Wild Party

Hal Ashby
1929 - 1988
Hal Ashby movie director
  1. Harold and Maude (1971)
  2. Being There (1979)
  3. The Last Detail (1973)
  4. Coming Home (1978)
  5. Bound for Glory (1976)
  6. Shampoo (1975)
  7. The Landlord (1970)
  8. Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)
  9. Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
10. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
DVD cover for the movie Harold and Maude

Anthony Asquith
1902 - 1968
Anthony Asquith movie director
  1. Pygmalion [with Leslie Howard] (1938)
  2. The Browning Version (1951)
  3. A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
  4. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
  5. The Winslow Boy (1948)
  6. The Way to the Stars (1945)
  7. The V.I.P.s (1963)
  8. Underground (1928)
  9. We Dive at Dawn (1943)
10. The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Pygmalion movie poster

Olivier Assayas
1955 -
Olivier Assayas movie director
  1. Irma Vep (1996)
  2. Carlos (2010)
  3. Summer Hours (2008)
  4. Late August, Early September (1998)
  5. Personal Shopper (2016)
  6. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
  7. Cold Water (1994)
  8. Demonlover (2002)
  9. Clean (2004)
10. Something in the Air (2012)
DVD cover for the movie Irma Vep

Richard Attenborough
1923 - 2014
Richard Attenborough movie director
  1. Gandhi (1982)
  2. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
  3. Shadowlands (1993)
  4. Cry Freedom (1987)
  5. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
  6. Chaplin (1992)
  7. Magic (1978)
  8. Young Winston (1972)
  9. A Chorus Line (1985)
10. Closing the Ring (2007)
Poster for the movie Gandhi

Jacques Audiard
1952 -
Jacques Audiard movie director
  1. A Prophet (2009)
  2. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
  3. Rust and Bone (2012)
  4. Read My Lips (2001)
  5. Dheepan (2015)
A Prophet movie poster

Bille August
1948 -
Bille August movie director
  1. Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
  2. The Best Intentions (1992)
  3. Les misérables (1998)
  4. Zappa (1983)
  5. Busters verden (1984)
  6. A Fortunate Man (2018)
  7. Twist and Shout (1984)
  8. Goodbye Bafana (2007)
  9. Silent Heart (2014)
10. A Song for Martin (2001)
Poster for the movie Pelle the Conqueror

Claude Autant-Lara
1901 - 2000
Claude Autant-Lara movie director
  1. Devil in the Flesh (1947)
  2. Four Bags Full (1956)
  3. Douce (1943)
  4. The Red Inn (1951)
  5. Love Is My Profession (1958)
  6. Thou Shalt Not Kill (1961)
  7. The Red and the Black (1954)
  8. Keep an Eye on Amelia (1949)
  9. The Green Mare (1959)
10. The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
Devil in the Flesh movie poster

Tex Avery
1908 - 1980
Tex Avery movie director
  1. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
  2. King-Size Canary (1947)
  3. I Love to Singa (1936)
  4. Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
  5. A Wild Hare (1940)
  6. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
  7. Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
  8. Blitz Wolf (1942)
  9. Magical Maestro (1952)
10. Screwball Squirrel (1944)
DVD cover for the movie Red Hot Riding Hood

John G. Avildsen
1935 - 2017
John G. Avildsen movie director
  1. Rocky (1976)
  2. The Karate Kid (1984)
  3. Save the Tiger (1973)
  4. Joe (1970)
  5. Lean on Me (1989)
  6. The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
  7. Neighbors (1981)
  8. Rocky V (1990)
  9. Cry Uncle! (1971)
10. The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
DVD cover for the movie Rocky

David Ayer
1968 -
David Ayer movie director
  1. Fury (2014)
  2. End of Watch (2012)
  3. Suicide Squad (2016)
  4. Bright (2017)
  5. Street Kings (2008)
Fury movie poster