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Movie Directors Top Films - Page 7


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: 2025-03-10
Michael Cimino
1939 - 2016
Michael Cimino movie director
  1. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  2. Heaven's Gate (1980)
  3. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
  4. Year of the Dragon (1985)
  5. Desperate Hours (1990)
Poster for the movie The Deer Hunter

René Clair
1898 - 1981
René Clair movie director
  1. À nous la liberté (1931)
  2. Le million (1931)
  3. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
  4. Entr'acte (1924)
  5. Paris qui dort (1925)
  6. And Then There Were None (1945)
  7. The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
  8. I Married a Witch (1942)
  9. Bastille Day (1933)
10. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Poster for the movie À nous la liberté

Bob Clampett
1913 - 1984
Bob Clampett movie director
  1. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
  2. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
  3. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
  4. Time for Beany (1949-1955)
  5. A Corny Concerto (1943)
  6. Book Revue (1946)
  7. Beany and Cecil (1962-1969)
  8. Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)
  9. The Big Snooze (1946)
10. Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943)
Poster for the movie Porky in Wackyland

Bob Clark
1939 - 2007
Bob Clark movie director
  1. Black Christmas (1974)
  2. A Christmas Story (1983)
  3. Porky's (1982)
  4. Deathdream (1972)
  5. Murder by Decree (1979)
  6. Tribute (1980)
  7. Baby Geniuses (1999)
  8. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)
  9. Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
10. Rhinestone (1984)
Poster for the movie Black Christmas

Jack Clayton
1921 - 1995
Jack Clayton movie director
  1. The Innocents (1961)
  2. Room at the Top (1959)
  3. The Great Gatsby (1974)
  4. The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
  5. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
  6. Our Mother's House (1967)
  7. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
  8. The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)
  9. Memento mori [Screen Two episode] (1992)
10. Naples Is a Battlefield (1944)
Poster for the movie The Innocents

René Clément
1913 - 1996
René Clément movie director
  1. Forbidden Games (1952)
  2. Purple Noon (1960)
  3. Gervaise (1956)
  4. Rider on the Rain (1970)
  5. The Battle of the Rails (1946)
  6. The Walls of Malapaga (1949)
  7. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
  8. Joy House (1964)
  9. The Damned (1947)
10. Knave of Hearts (1954)
Poster for the movie Forbidden Games

Edward F. Cline
1892 - 1961
Edward F. Cline movie director
  1. The Bank Dick (1940)
  2. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
  3. My Little Chickadee (1940)
  4. Captain January (1924)
  5. Million Dollar Legs (1932)
  6. The Rag Man (1925)
  7. Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
  8. Cracked Nuts (1931)
  9. Crazy House (1943)
10. Old Clothes (1925)
The Bank Dick movie poster

Edward F. Cline
& Buster Keaton
EFC: 1892-1961
BK: 1895-1966
Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton movie directors
  1. One Week (1920)
  2. Cops (1922)
  3. The Playhouse (1921)
  4. The Boat (1921)
  5. Three Ages (1923)
  6. The High Sign (1921)
  7. The Scarecrow (1920)
  8. The Electric House (1922)
  9. Neighbors (1920)
10. The Paleface (1922)
The One Week movie poster

George Clooney
1961 -
George Clooney movie director and actor
  1. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
  2. The Ides of March (2011)
  3. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
  4. Catch-22 [with Grant Heslov & Ellen Kuras] (2019)
  5. The Monuments Men (2014)
  6. The Boys in the Boat (2023)
  7. The Midnight Sky (2020)
  8. Leatherheads (2008)
  9. The Tender Bar (2021)
10. Suburbicon (2017)
Poster for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck.

Henri-Georges Clouzot
1907 - 1977
Henri-Georges Clouzot movie director
  1. The Wages of Fear (1953)
  2. Les diaboliques (1955)
  3. Le corbeau (1943)
  4. Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
  5. The Truth (1960)
  6. The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
  7. The Mystery of Picasso (1957)
  8. Manon (1949)
  9. La prisonnière (1968)
10. Les espions (1957)
Poster for the movie The Wages of Fear

Jean Cocteau
1889 - 1963
Jean Cocteau movie director
  1. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
  2. Orpheus (1950)
  3. The Blood of a Poet (1932)
  4. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
  5. Les parents terribles (1948)
Poster for the 1946 movie Beauty and the Beast

Joel & Ethan Coen
JC: 1954 - | EC: 1957 -
Joel and Ethan Coen movie directors
  1. Fargo (1996)
  2. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  3. The Big Lebowski (1998)
  4. Barton Fink (1991)
  5. Miller's Crossing (1990)
  6. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
  7. True Grit (2010)
  8. Blood Simple (1984)
  9. Raising Arizona (1987)
10. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Poster for the movie Fargo

Rob Cohen
1949 -
Rob Cohen movie director
  1. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
  2. DragonHeart (1996)
  3. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
  4. xXx (2002)
  5. Daylight (1996)
  6. The Rat Pack (1998)
  7. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
  8. Stealth (2005)
  9. The Boy Next Door (2015)
10. The Skulls (2000)
Poster for the movie The Fast and the Furious

Chris Columbus
1958 -
Chris Columbus movie director
  1. Home Alone (1990)
  2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
  3. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
  4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
  5. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
  6. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
  7. Bicentennial Man (1999)
  8. Stepmom (1998)
  9. Only the Lonely (1991)
10. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Poster for the movie Home Alone

Luigi Comencini
1916 - 2007
Luigi Comencini movie director
  1. Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
  2. Everybody Go Home (1960)
  3. The Scientific Cardplayer (1972)
  4. The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
  5. Misunderstood (1966)
  6. On the Tiger's Back (1961)
  7. Bebo's Girl (1963)
  8. Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954)
  9. The Sunday Woman (1975)
10. Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
Poster for the movie Bread, Love and Dreams

Bill Condon
1955 -
Bill Condon movie director
  1. Dreamgirls (2006)
  2. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
  3. Gods and Monsters (1998)
  4. Kinsey (2004)
  5. Mr. Holmes (2015)
  6. The Good Liar (2019)
  7. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
  8. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
  9. Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
10. The Fifth Estate (2013)
Poster for the 2006 movie Dreamgirls

Jack Conway
1887 - 1952
Jack Conway movie director
  1. Libeled Lady (1936)
  2. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
  3. Boom Town (1940)
  4. Red-Headed Woman (1932)
  5. Saratoga (1937)
  6. Viva Villa! (1934)
  7. A Yank at Oxford (1938)
  8. Love Crazy (1941)
  9. Brown of Harvard (1926)
10. The Hucksters (1947)
Poster for the movie Libeled Lady

Merian C. Cooper
& Ernest B. Schoedsack
MCC: 1893-1973
EBS: 1893-1979
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack movie directors
  1. King Kong (1933)
  2. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
  3. The Most Dangerous Game [EBS with Irving Pichel] (1932)
  4. This Is Cinerama [MCC] (1952)
  5. Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
  6. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
  7. Dr. Cyclops [EBS] (1940)
  8. The Son of Kong [EBS] (1933)
  9. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
10. The Four Feathers [with Lothar Mendes] (1929)
Poster for the 1933 movie King Kong