Movie Directors Top Films - Page 6

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: 2025-03-01

Martin Campbell

1940 -

  1. Casino Royale (2006)
  2. Edge of Darkness [TV serial] (1985)
  3. GoldenEye (1995)
  4. The Mask of Zorro (1998)
  5. The Foreigner (2017)
  6. Edge of Darkness (2010)
  7. Green Lantern (2011)
  8. The Protégé (2021)
  9. Reilly, Ace of Spies [with Jim Goddard] (1983)
10. Vertical Limit (2000)

Jane Campion

1954 -

  1. The Piano (1993)
  2. The Power of the Dog (2021)
  3. An Angel at My Table (1990)
  4. Top of the Lake [with Garth Davis] (2013)
  5. Bright Star (2009)
  6. Sweetie (1989)
  7. In the Cut (2003)
  8. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
  9. Holy Smoke! (1999)
10. A Girl's Own Story (1984)

Frank Capra

1897 - 1991

  1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  2. It Happened One Night (1934)
  3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  4. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
  5. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
  6. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  7. Meet John Doe (1941)
  8. Lost Horizon (1937)
  9. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
10. Lady for a Day (1933)

Poster for the movie It's a Wonderful Life

Leos Carax

1960 -

  1. Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
  2. Holy Motors (2012)
  3. Mauvais sang (1986)
  4. Annette (2021)
  5. Boy Meets Girl (1984)
  6. Pola X (1999)
  7. It's Not Me (2024)
  8. Sans titre (1997)
  9. Gradiva (2014)
10. My Last Minute (2006)

Poster for the movie Les amants du Pont-Neuf

Marcel Carné

1906 - 1996

  1. Children of Paradise (1945)
  2. Port of Shadows (1938)
  3. Le jour se lève (1939)
  4. Hôtel du Nord (1938)
  5. Les visiteurs du soir (1942)
  6. Drôle de drame (1937)
  7. Thérèse Raquin (1953)
  8. Gates of the Night (1946)
  9. Les tricheurs (1958)
10. Air of Paris (1954)

Poster for the 1945 movie Children of Paradise

John Carpenter

1948 -

  1. Halloween (1978)
  2. The Thing (1982)
  3. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
  4. Escape from New York (1981)
  5. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
  6. Dark Star (1974)
  7. They Live (1988)
  8. The Fog (1980)
  9. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
10. Christine (1983)

John Cassavetes

1929 - 1989

  1. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
  2. Faces (1968)
  3. Shadows (1959)
  4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
  5. Opening Night (1977)
  6. Love Streams (1984)
  7. Husbands (1970)
  8. Gloria (1980)
  9. Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
10. A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Poster for the 1974 movie A Woman Under the Influence

Nick Cassavetes

1959 -

  1. The Notebook (2004)
  2. John Q. (2002)
  3. My Sister's Keeper (2009)
  4. Unhook the Stars (1996)
  5. The Other Woman (2014)
  6. She's So Lovely (1997)
  7. Alpha Dog (2006)
  8. God Is a Bullet (2023)
  9. Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)
10. Yellow (2012)

Enzo G. Castellari

1938 -

  1. Keoma (1976)
  2. The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
  3. The Big Racket (1976)
  4. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
  5. High Crime (1973)
  6. Street Law (1974)
  7. Escape from the Bronx (1983)
  8. The New Barbarians (1983)
  9. The Heroin Busters (1977)
10. Any Gun Can Play (1967)

William Castle

1914 - 1977

  1. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
  2. The Tingler (1959)
  3. Homicidal (1961)
  4. When Strangers Marry (1944)
  5. Strait-Jacket (1965)
  6. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
  7. Macabre (1958)
  8. The Whistler (1944)
  9. 13 Ghosts (1960)
10. The Night Walker (1964)

Poster for the movie House on Haunted Hill

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

1959 -

  1. Once upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
  2. Distant (2002)
  3. Winter Sleep (2014)
  4. The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
  5. About Dry Grasses (2023)
  6. Three Monkeys (2008)
  7. Climates (2006)
  8. Clouds of May (1999)
  9. Kasaba (1997)
10. Cocoon (1995)

poster for the 2011 movie Once upon a Time in Anatolia

Claude Chabrol

1930 - 2010

  1. Le boucher (1970)
  2. La cérémonie (1995)
  3. This Man Must Die (1969)
  4. The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
  5. Le beau Serge (1958)
  6. Story of Women (1988)
  7. Les cousins (1959)
  8. L'enfer (1994)
  9. Les bonnes femmes (1960)
10. Les biches (1968)

Youssef Chahine

1926 - 2008

  1. Cairo Station (1958)
  2. Salladin the Victorious (1963)
  3. The Land (1969)
  4. The Blazing Sun (1954)
  5. Alexandria... Why? (1979)
  6. The Sparrow (1972)
  7. Jamila, the Algerian (1958)
  8. The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
  9. Destiny (1997)
10. Son of the Nile (1951)

Jackie Chan

1954 -

  1. Police Story (1985)
  2. Project A (1983)
  3. Police Story 2 (1988)
  4. The Young Master (1980)
  5. Armour of God [with Eric Tsang] (1986)
  6. Armour of God II: Operation Condor (1991)
  7. Miracles (1989)
  8. Project A Part II (1987)
  9. Who Am I? [with Benny Chan] (1998)
10. Dragon Lord (1989)

Chang Cheh

1923 - 2002

  1. The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
  2. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
  3. Crippled Avengers (1978)
  4. Five Element Ninjas (1982)
  5. Boxer from Shantung (1972)
  6. The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
  7. The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
  8. Golden Swallow (1968)
  9. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
10. Chinatown Kid (1977)

Poster for the 1967 movie The One-Armed Swordsman

Charles Chaplin

1889 - 1977

  1. City Lights (1931)
  2. Modern Times (1936)
  3. The Gold Rush (1925)
  4. The Kid (1921)
  5. The Great Dictator (1940)
  6. The Circus (1928)
  7. A Dog's Life (1918)
  8. The Immigrant (1917)
  9. Shoulder Arms (1918)
10. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Chen Kaige

1952 -

  1. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
  2. Yellow Earth (1984)
  3. The Battle at Lake Changjin [with Tsui Hark & Dante Lam] (2021)
  4. The Battle at Lake Changjin II [with Tsui Hark & Dante Lam] (2022)
  5. The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
  6. Together (2002)
  7. King of the Children (1987)
  8. Temptress Moon (1996)
  9. Life on a String (1991)
10. The Big Parade (1986)

Häxan for the 1993 movie Farewell My Concubine

Stephen Chow

1962 -

  1. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
  2. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
  3. The Mermaid (2016)
  4. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
  5. The God of Cookery [with Lee Lik-Chi] (1996)
  6. From Beijing with Love [with Lee Lik-Chi] (1994)
  7. Forbidden City Cop [with Vincent Kok] (1996)
  8. King of Comedy [with Lee Lik-Chi] (1999)
  9. CJ7 (2008)
10. Love on Delivery [with Lee Lik-Chi] (1994)

Benjamin Christensen

1879 - 1959

  1. Häxan (1922)
  2. The Mysterious X (1914)
  3. Blind Justice (1916)
  4. The Devil's Circus (1926)
  5. Mockery (1927)
  6. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
  7. The Haunted House (1928)
  8. House of Horror (1929)
  9. Children of Divorce (1939)
10. The Hawk's Nest (1928)

Věra Chytilová

1929 - 2014

  1. Daisies (1966)
  2. Fruit of Paradise (1970)
  3. The Inheritance of Fuckoffguysgoodday (1993)
  4. A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989)
  5. Something Different (1963)
  6. The Jester and the Queen (1988)
  7. Panelstory (1980)
  8. The Apple Game (1977)
  9. Wolf's Trap (1987)
10. The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983)