Movie Directors Top Films - Page 9

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: 2025-03-23

Michael Curtiz

1886 - 1962

  1. Casablanca (1942)
  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood [with William Keighley] (1938)
  3. Mildred Pierce (1945)
  4. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
  5. Captain Blood (1935)
  6. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  7. The Sea Hawk (1940)
  8. White Christmas (1954)
  9. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
10. Life with Father (1947)

Stephen Daldry

1961 -

  1. The Hours (2002)
  2. Billy Elliot (2000)
  3. The Reader (2008)
  4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
  5. Trash (2014)

Georgiy Daneliya

1930 - 2019

  1. Afonya (1975)
  2. Mimino (1977)
  3. Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
  4. Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
  5. Autumn Marathon (1979)
  6. Don't Grieve! (1969)
  7. The Passport (1990)
  8. Tears Were Falling (1982)
  9. Splendid Days [with Igor Talankin] (1960)
10. Thirty Three (1965)

Tage Danielsson

1928 - 1985

  1. Ronja Robbersdaughter (1984)
  2. The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
  3. Docking the Boat (1965)
  4. The Apple War (1971)
  5. Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975)
  6. The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972)
  7. Herkules Jonssons storverk (1969)
  8. Out of an Old Man's Head [with Per Åhlin] (1968)
  9. Swedish Portraits (1964)
10. SOPOR (1981)

DVD for the 1984 movie Ronja Robbersdaughter

Joe Dante

1946 -

  1. Gremlins (1984)
  2. The Howling (1981)
  3. Piranha (1978)
  4. The 'Burbs (1989)
  5. Innerspace (1987)
  6. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
  7. Explorers (1985)
  8. Matinee (1993)
  9. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
10. Small Soldiers (1998)

Frank Darabont

1959 -

  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  2. The Green Mile (1999)
  3. Days Gone Bye [The Walking Dead pilot] (2010)
  4. The Mist (2007)
  5. Mob City [with Guy Ferland] (2013)

Poster for the movie The Shawshank Redemption

Jean-Pierre
& Luc Dardenne

JPD: 1951 - | LD: 1954 -

  1. Rosetta (1999)
  2. The Son (2002)
  3. L'enfant (2005)
  4. The Kid with a Bike (2011)
  5. Two Days, One Night (2014)
  6. La promesse (1996)
  7. Lorna's Silence (2008)
  8. Tori and Lokita (2022)
  9. The Unknown Girl (2016)
10. Young Ahmed (2019)

Jules Dassin

1911 - 2008

  1. Rififi (1955)
  2. Night and the City (1950)
  3. The Naked City (1948)
  4. Brute Force (1947)
  5. Thieves' Highway (1949)
  6. Topkapi (1964)
  7. Never on Sunday (1960)
  8. The Canterville Ghost (1944)
  9. He Who Must Die (1957)
10. Uptight (1968)

Delmer Daves

1904 - 1977

  1. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
  2. Dark Passage (1947)
  3. Broken Arrow (1950)
  4. Destination Tokyo (1943)
  5. The Hanging Tree (1959)
  6. Pride of the Marines (1945)
  7. A Summer Place (1959)
  8. Jubal (1956)
  9. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
10. The Red House (1947)

DVD cover for the 1957 movie 3:10 to Yuma

Terence Davies

1945 - 2023

  1. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
  2. The Long Day Closes (1992)
  3. The House of Mirth (2000)
  4. The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
  5. A Quiet Passion (2016)
  6. Of Time and the City (2008)
  7. Benediction (2021)
  8. Sunset Song (2015)
  9. The Neon Bible (1995)
10. Death and Transfiguration (1983)

Poster for the 1988 movie Distant Voices, Still Lives

Andrew Davis

1946 -

  1. The Fugitive (1993)
  2. Under Siege (1992)
  3. Holes (2003)
  4. Code of Silence (1985)
  5. Above the Law (1988)
  6. A Perfect Murder (1998)
  7. The Guardian (2006)
  8. The Package (1989)
  9. Chain Reaction (1996)
10. Collateral Damage (2002)

Basil Dearden

1911 - 1971

  1. Victim (1961)
  2. The Blue Lamp (1950)
  3. The League of Gentlemen (1960)
  4. Sapphire (1959)
  5. Khartoum (1966)
  6. The Captive Heart (1946)
  7. The Halfway House (1944)
  8. Pool of London (1951)
  9. The Assassination Bureau (1969)
10. The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

Roy Del Ruth

1893 - 1961

  1. Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
  2. Blonde Crazy (1931)
  3. On Moonlight Bay (1951)
  4. Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
  5. Employees' Entrance (1933)
  6. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
  7. The Desert Song (1929)
  8. Born to Dance (1936)
  9. The Maltese Falcon (1931)
10. Hold Everything (1930)

Poster for the 1929 movie Gold Diggers of Broadway

Cecil B. DeMille

1881 - 1959

  1. The Ten Commandments (1956)
  2. The Cheat (1915)
  3. Samson and Delilah (1949)
  4. The Ten Commandments (1923)
  5. Cleopatra (1934)
  6. The King of Kings (1927)
  7. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
  8. Male and Female (1919)
  9. Union Pacific (1939)
10. The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Poster for the 1956 movie The Ten Commandments

Jonathan Demme

1944 - 2017

  1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  2. Stop Making Sense (1984)
  3. Philadelphia (1993)
  4. Melvin and Howard (1980)
  5. Rachel Getting Married (2008)
  6. Something Wild (1986)
  7. Married to the Mob (1988)
  8. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
  9. Swing Shift (1984)
10. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)

Poster for the 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs

Jacques Demy

1931 - 1990

  1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
  2. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
  3. Lola (1961)
  4. Bay of Angels (1963)
  5. Donkey Skin (1970)
  6. Model Shop (1969)
  7. Une chambre en ville (1982)
  8. The Pied Piper (1972)
  9. Trois places pour le 26 (1988)
10. Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956)

Poster for the movie The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Claire Denis

1946 -

  1. Beau travail (1999)
  2. White Material (2009)
  3. 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
  4. Chocolat (1988)
  5. The Intruder (2004)
  6. Trouble Every Day (2001)
  7. High Life (2018)
  8. Let the Sunshine In (2017)
  9. Bastards (2013)
10. Friday Night (2002)

Brian De Palma

1940 -

  1. Scarface (1983)
  2. Carrie (1976)
  3. The Untouchables (1987)
  4. Blow Out (1981)
  5. Carlito's Way (1993)
  6. Dressed to Kill (1980)
  7. Mission: Impossible (1996)
  8. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
  9. Body Double (1984)
10. Sisters (1973)