Movie Directors Top Films - Page 4

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: 2025-02-13

Claude Berri

1934 - 2009

  1. Jean de Florette (1986)
  2. Manon of the Spring (1986)
  3. The Two of Us (1967)
  4. Germinal (1993)
  5. Hunting and Gathering (2007)
  6. So Long, Stooge (1983)
  7. Le poulet (1965)
  8. Uranus (1990)
  9. Lucie Aubrac (1997)
10. A Housekeeper (2002)

Bernardo Bertolucci

1940 - 2018

  1. The Conformist (1970)
  2. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
  3. The Last Emperor (1987)
  4. 1900 (1976)
  5. The Spider's Stratagem (1970)
  6. Before the Revolution (1964)
  7. The Dreamers (2003)
  8. The Sheltering Sky (1990)
  9. La luna (1979)
10. Besieged (1998)

Luc Besson

1959 -

  1. Léon: The Professional (1994)
  2. The Fifth Element (1997)
  3. La femme Nikita (1990)
  4. Lucy (2014)
  5. The Big Blue (1988)
  6. Subway (1985)
  7. Le dernier combat (1983)
  8. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
  9. Dogman (2023)
10. Angel-A (2005)

Susanne Bier

1960 -

  1. After the Wedding (2006)
  2. In a Better World (2010)
  3. Open Hearts (2002)
  4. The Night Manager [season 1] (2016)
  5. Brothers (2004)
  6. The Undoing (2020)
  7. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
  8. Bird Box (2018)
  9. The Perfect Couple (2024)
10. The One and Only (1999)

Kathryn Bigelow

1951 -

  1. The Hurt Locker (2008)
  2. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
  3. Near Dark (1987)
  4. Point Break (1991)
  5. Strange Days (1995)
  6. Detroit (2017)
  7. The Loveless [with Monty Montgomery] (1981)
  8. Blue Steel (1990)
  9. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
10. The Weight of Water (2000)

Steve Binder

1933 -

  1. The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)
  2. Elvis [Comeback Special] (1968)
  3. Hullabaloo [with Bill Davis] (1965-1966)
  4. Diana Ross Live from Central Park (1983)
  5. The Barry Manilow Special (1977)
  6. Give 'Em Hell, Harry! (1975)
  7. Diana [TV Special] (1981)
  8. The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
  9. The Big Show [with Tony Charmoli] (1980)
10. Shields and Yarnell (1977-1978)

Brad Bird

1957 -

  1. The Incredibles (2004)
  2. Ratatouille (2007)
  3. The Iron Giant (1999)
  4. Incredibles 2 (2018)
  5. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

J. Stuart Blackton

1875 - 1941

  1. The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
  2. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
  3. Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)
  4. The Haunted Hotel (1907)
  5. The Life of Moses (1909)
  6. The Thieving Hand (1908)
  7. The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898)
  8. Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898)
  9. Lady Godiva (1911)
10. The Automobile Thieves (1906)

Poster for the movie The Enchanted Drawing

Bertrand Blier

1939 - 2025

  1. Going Places (1974)
  2. Buffet froid (1979)
  3. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
  4. Beau-père (1981)
  5. Ménage (1986)
  6. Too Beautiful for You (1989)
  7. The Clink of Ice (2010)
  8. Merci la vie (1991)
  9. Our Story (1984)
10. 1, 2, 3, Sun (1993)

Don Bluth

1937 -

  1. The Secret of NIMH (1982)
  2. The Land Before Time (1988)
  3. Anastasia [with Gary Goldman] (1997)
  4. An American Tail (1986)
  5. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
  6. Titan A.E. [with Gary Goldman] (2000)
  7. The Small One (1978)
  8. Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
  9. Thumbelina [with Gary Goldman] (1994)
10. A Troll in Central Park [with Gary Goldman] (1994)

Budd Boetticher

1916 - 2001

  1. Ride Lonesome (1959)
  2. Seven Men from Now (1956)
  3. The Tall T (1957)
  4. Comanche Station (1960)
  5. Decision at Sundown (1957)
  6. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
  7. The Killer Is Loose (1956)
  8. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
  9. Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
10. The Man from the Alamo (1953)

Peter Bogdanovich

1939 - 2022

  1. The Last Picture Show (1971)
  2. Paper Moon (1973)
  3. What's Up, Doc? (1972)
  4. Targets (1968)
  5. Mask (1985)
  6. Noises Off (1992)
  7. They All Laughed (1981)
  8. Saint Jack (1979)
  9. The Cat's Meow (2001)
10. Texasville (1990)

Poster for the movie The Last Picture Show

Sergei Bondarchuk

1920 - 1994

  1. War and Peace (1965-1967)
  2. Fate of a Man (1959)
  3. Waterloo (1970)
  4. They Fought for Their Country (1975)
  5. Boris Godunov (1987)

Bong Joon-Ho

1969 -

  1. Parasite (2019)
  2. Memories of Murder (2003)
  3. The Host (2006)
  4. Mother (2009)
  5. Snowpiercer (2013)
  6. Okja (2017)
  7. Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
  8. Incoherence (1994)
  9. Influenza (2004)
10. Sink & Rise (2003)

Jan de Bont

1943 -

  1. Speed (1994)
  2. Twister (1996)
  3. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
  4. The Haunting (1999)
  5. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

John Boorman

1933 -

  1. Deliverance (1972)
  2. Point Blank (1967)
  3. Excalibur (1981)
  4. Hope and Glory (1987)
  5. Hell in the Pacific (1968)
  6. The Emerald Forest (1985)
  7. The General (1998)
  8. Zardoz (1974)
  9. The Tailor of Panama (2001)
10. Beyond Rangoon (1995)

Walerian Borowczyk

1923 - 2006

  1. La bête (1975)
  2. Immoral Tales (1974)
  3. Goto, Island of Love (1968)
  4. Blanche (1972)
  5. Dom [with Jan Lenica] (1958)
  6. Les astronautes [with Chris Marker] (1959)
  7. Les jeux des anges (1964)
  8. Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)
  9. Renaissance (1963)
10. The Story of Sin (1975)

Frank Borzage

1894 - 1962

  1. 7th Heaven (1927)
  2. The Mortal Storm (1940)
  3. Street Angel (1928)
  4. Lucky Star (1929)
  5. A Farewell to Arms (1932)
  6. Humoresque (1920)
  7. Three Comrades (1938)
  8. History Is Made at Night (1937)
  9. Man's Castle (1933)
10. Desire (1936)