Movie Directors Top Films - Page 20

Movie directors Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick
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.

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Last Updated: 2025-07-19
Mervyn LeRoy
1900 - 1987
Mervyn LeRoy movie director
  1. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
  2. Little Caesar (1931)
  3. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
  4. Random Harvest (1942)
  5. Quo Vadis (1951)
  6. Mister Roberts [with John Ford] (1955)
  7. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)
  8. Waterloo Bridge (1940)
  9. The Bad Seed (1956)
10. Five Star Final (1931)
Poster for the movie I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Richard Lester
1932 -
Richard Lester movie director
  1. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
  2. Superman II (1980)
  3. Help! (1965)
  4. The Three Musketeers (1973)
  5. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
  6. Petulia (1968)
  7. The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965)
  8. Robin and Marian (1976)
  9. The Four Musketeers (1974)
10. Juggernaut (1974)
Poster for the movie A Hard Day's Night

Barry Levinson
1942 -
Barry Levinson movie director
  1. Rain Man (1988)
  2. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
  3. Diner (1982)
  4. The Natural (1984)
  5. Bugsy (1991)
  6. Wag the Dog (1997)
  7. Avalon (1990)
  8. Sleepers (1996)
  9. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
10. Disclosure (1994)
Poster for the movie Rain Man

Shawn Levy
1968 -
Shawn Levy movie director
  1. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
  2. Free Guy (2021)
  3. Night at the Museum (2006)
  4. Real Steel (2011)
  5. The Adam Project (2022)
  6. Date Night (2010)
  7. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
  8. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
  9. The Internship (2013)
10. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Deadpool and Wolverine movie poster

Herschell Gordon Lewis
1929 - 2016
Herschell Gordon Lewis movie director
  1. Blood Feast (1963)
  2. Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
  3. The Wizard of Gore (1970)
  4. The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
  5. Color Me Blood Red (1965)
  6. The Gruesome Twosome (1967)
  7. She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
  8. Something Weird (1967)
  9. A Taste of Blood (1967)
10. Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)
DVD cover for the movie Blood Feast

Jerry Lewis
1926 - 2017
Jerry Lewis movie director
  1. The Nutty Professor (1963)
  2. The Ladies Man (1961)
  3. The Bellboy (1960)
  4. The Errand Boy (1961)
  5. The Patsy (1964)
  6. The Family Jewels (1965)
  7. The Big Mouth (1967)
  8. Three on a Couch (1966)
  9. Cracking Up (1983)
10. Hardly Working (1980)
DVD cover for the movie The Nutty Professor

Joseph H. Lewis
1907 - 2000
Joseph H. Lewis movie director
  1. Gun Crazy (1950)
  2. The Big Combo (1955)
  3. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
  4. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
  5. So Dark the Night (1946)
  6. The Undercover Man (1949)
  7. A Lawless Street (1955)
  8. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
  9. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
10. Boys of the City (1940)
Poster for the 1950 movie Gun Crazy

Doug Liman
1965 -
Doug Liman movie director
  1. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
  2. The Bourne Identity (2002)
  3. Swingers (1996)
  4. Go (1999)
  5. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
  6. American Made (2017)
  7. Fair Game (2010)
  8. Road House (2024)
  9. Jumper (2008)
10. Chaos Walking (2021)
Edge of Tomorrow movie poster

Richard Linklater
1960 -
Richard Linklater movie director
  1. Boyhood (2014)
  2. Before Sunrise (1995)
  3. Dazed and Confused (1993)
  4. Before Sunset (2004)
  5. Slacker (1990)
  6. Before Midnight (2013)
  7. Waking Life (2001)
  8. School of Rock (2003)
  9. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
10. Hit Man (2023)
DVD cover for the movie Boyhood

Anatole Litvak
1902 - 1974
Anatole Litvak movie director
  1. The Snake Pit (1948)
  2. All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
  3. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
  4. Decision Before Dawn (1951)
  5. Anastasia (1956)
  6. City for Conquest (1940)
  7. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
  8. Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia [with Frank Capra] (1943)
  9. Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
10. The Night of the Generals (1967)
DVD cover for the movie The Snake Pit

Liu Chia-Liang
1936 - 2013
Liu Chia-Liang movie director
  1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
  2. Drunken Master II (1994)
  3. Heroes of the East (1978)
  4. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
  5. Dirty Ho (1979)
  6. Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
  7. Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
  8. Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
  9. Tiger on Beat (1988)
10. Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
DVD cover for the movie The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Frank Lloyd
1886 - 1960
Frank Lloyd movie director
  1. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
  2. Cavalcade (1933)
  3. The Sea Hawk (1924)
  4. Oliver Twist (1922)
  5. Blood on the Sun (1945)
  6. If I Were King (1938)
  7. Children of Divorce (1927)
  8. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
  9. The Divine Lady (1929)
10. Berkeley Square (1933)
DVD cover for the movie Mutiny on the Bounty

Ken Loach
1936 -
Ken Loach movie director
  1. Kes (1969)
  2. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
  3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
  4. Land and Freedom (1995)
  5. My Name Is Joe (1998)
  6. Riff-Raff (1991)
  7. Cathy Come Home (1966)
  8. Raining Stones (1993)
  9. Sorry We Missed You (2019)
10. Sweet Sixteen (2002)
DVD cover for the movie Kes

Joshua Logan
1908 - 1988
Joshua Logan movie director
  1. Picnic (1955)
  2. South Pacific (1958)
  3. Sayonara (1957)
  4. Bus Stop (1956)
  5. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
  6. Fanny (1961)
  7. Camelot (1967)
  8. Tall Story (1960)
  9. Ensign Pulver (1964)
10. I Met My Love Again [with Arthur Ripley] (1938)
DVD cover for the movie Picnic

Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
PL: 1975- | CM: 1975-
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller movie director
  1. The Lego Movie (2014)
  2. 21 Jump Street (2012)
  3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
  4. 22 Jump Street (2014)
  5. Clone High [with Bill Lawrence] (2002-2003)
Poster for the movie The Lego Movie

Joseph Losey
1909 - 1984
Joseph Losey movie director
  1. The Servant (1963)
  2. The Go-Between (1970)
  3. Mr. Klein (1976)
  4. Accident (1967)
  5. The Prowler (1951)
  6. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
  7. King & Country (1964)
  8. M (1951)
  9. The Damned (1963)
10. Time Without Pity (1957)
Poster for the movie The Servant