Seen of "They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?"'s Top 100 Directors
Submitted by wertoi on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 05:49
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1. Orson Welles
- 1. Citizen Kane (1941)
- 2. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- 3. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
- 4. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
- 5. Touch of Evil (1958)
- 6. The Trial (1962)
- 7. F for Fake (1974)
2. Alfred Hitchcock
- 1. The Lodger (1927)
- 2. 39 Steps (1935)
- 3. Saboteur (1942)
- 4. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- 5. Spellbound (1945)
- 6. Notorious (1946)
- 7. Rope (1948)
- 8. Strangers on a Train (1951)
- 9. Rear Window (1954)
- 10. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- 11. Vertigo (1958)
- 12. North by Northwest (1959)
- 13. Psycho (1960)
- 14. The Birds (1963)
- 15. Marnie (1964)
3. Stanley Kubrick
- 1. The Killing (1956)
- 2. Paths of Glory (1957)
- 3. Lolita (1962)
- 4. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- 6. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- 7. Barry Lyndon (1975)
- 8. The Shining (1980)
- 9. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- 10. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
4. Federico Fellini
- 1. La Strada (1954)
- 2. La Dolce Vita (1960)
- 3. 8 ½ (1963)
- 4. Amarcord (1974)
5. Akira Kurosawa
- 1. Rashomon (1950)
- 2. Ikiru (1952)
- 3. The Seven Samurai (1954)
- 4. Throne of Blood (1957)
- 5. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- 6. Yojimbo (1961)
- 7. Sanjuro (1962)
- 8. High and Low (1963)
- 9. Dersu Uzala (1975)
- 10. Kagemusha (1980)
- 11. Ran (1985)
- 12. Rhapsody in August (1991)
6. Jean Renoir
- 1. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
- 2. La Grande Illusion (1937)
- 3. Bete Humaine (1938)
- 4. Rules of the Game (1939)
- 5. The River (1951)
7. Ingmar Bergman
- 1. The Seventh Seal (1957)
- 2. Wild Strawberries (1957)
- 3. The Virgin Spring (1960)
- 4. Persona (1966)
- 5. Cries and Whispers (1972)
- 6. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
8. John Ford
- 1. Stagecoach (1939)
- 2. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
- 3. Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- 4. My Darling Clementine (1946)
- 5. The Searchers (1956)
- 6. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
9. Jean-Luc Godard
- 1. Breathless (1960)
- 2. My Life to Live (1962)
- 3. Contempt (1963)
- 4. Weekend (1967)
10. Francis Ford Coppola
- 1. The Godfather (1972)
- 2. The Conversation (1974)
- 3. The Godfather part II (1974)
- 4. Apocalypse Now (1979)
- 5. Cotton Club (1984)
- 6. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- 7. The Godfather part III (1990)
- 8. Jack (1996)
11. Charles Chaplin
- 1. The Gold Rush (1925)
- 2. City Lights (1931)
- 3. Modern Times (1936)
- 4. The Great Dictator (1940)
- 5. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
- 6. Limelight (1952)
12. Martin Scorsese
- 1. Mean Streets (1973)
- 2. Taxi Driver (1976)
- 3. Raging Bull (1980)
- 4. Goodfellas (1990)
- 5. Gangs of New York (2002)
- 6. The Departed (2006)
13. Carl Dreyer
- 1. Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- 2. Vampyr (1932)
- 3. Day of Wrath (1943)
- 4. Ordet (1955)
- 5. Gertrude (1964)
14. Luis Bunuel
- 1. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
- 2. L’Age D’Or (1930)
- 3. Viridiana (1961)
- 4. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- 5. Belle de Jour (1967)
- 6. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- 7. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
15. Billy Wilder
- 1. Double Indemnity (1944)
- 2. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- 3. Stalag 17 (1953)
- 4. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- 5. Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 6. The Apartment (1960)
16. Robert Bresson
- 1. A Man Escaped (1956)
- 2. Pickpocket (1959)
- 3. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
- 4. Lancelot du Lac (1974)
17. FW Murnau
- 1. Nosferatu (1922)
- 2. The Last Laugh (1924)
- 3. Faust (1926)
- 4. Sunrise (1927)
- 5. Tabu (1931)
18. Sergei Eisenstein
- 1. The Battleship Potempkin (1925)
- 2. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
- 3. Ivan the Terrible (1944-1946)
19. Yasujiro Ozu
- 1. Late Spring (1949)
- 2. Early Summer (1951)
- 3. Tokyo Story (1953)
- 4. Floating Weeds (1959)
20. Howard Hawks
- 1. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- 2. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- 3. His Girl Friday (1940)
- 4. Sergeant York (1941)
- 5. The Big Sleep (1946)
- 6. Red River (1948)
- 7. Rio Bravo (1959)
21. Andrei Tarkovsky
- 1. Andrei Rublev (1969)
- 2. Solaris (1972)
- 3. The Mirror (1975)
- 4. Stalker (1979)
- 5. Sacrifice (1986)
22. Buster Keaton
- 1. Our Hospitality (1923)
- 2. Sherlock Jr (1924)
- 3. The Navigator (1924)
- 4. The General (1927)
- 5. Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
- 6. The Cameraman (1928)
23. Kenji Mizoguchi
- 1. Sisters of the Gion (1936)
- 2. Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
- 3. Life of Oharu (1952)
- 4. Ugetsu (1953)
- 5. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
- 6. Street of Shame (1956)
24. Michelangelo Antonioni
- 1. L’Avventura (1960)
- 2. Blow Up (1966)
25. Francois Truffaut
- 1. The 400 Blows (1959)
- 2. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
- 3. Jules et Jim (1962)
26. David Lean
- 1. Brief Encounter (1945)
- 2. Great Expectations (1946)
- 3. The Bridge Over the River Kwai (1957)
- 4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- 5. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
27. Fritz Lang
- 1. Metropolis (1927)
- 2. M (1931)
- 3. The Last Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
- 4. Scarlet Street (1945)
- 5. The Big Heat (1953)
- 6. While the City Sleeps (1956)
- 7. Tiger of Eschnapur (1958)
- 8. Indian Tomb (1959)
28. DW Griffith
- 1. Birth of a Nation (1915)
- 2. Intolerance (1916)
- 3. Broken Blossoms (1919)
- 4. Way Down East (1920)
29. Vittorio De Sica
- 1. Bicycle Thief (1948)
- 2. Miracle in Milan (1951)
- 3. Umberto D. (1952)
30. Roberto Rossellini
- 1.Voyage in Italy (1954)
31. Satyajit Ray
- 1. Pather Panchali (1955)
- 2. Aparajito (1956)
- 3. World of Apu (1959)
32. Max Ophuls
- 1. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- 2. Earrings of Madame De… (1953)
33. Jean Vigo
- 1. L’Atalante (1934)
34. Steven Spielberg
- 1. Jaws (1975)
- 2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- 3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- 4. E.T.-the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- 5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- 6. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 7. Hook (1991)
- 8. Schindler’s List (1993)
- 9. Jurassic Park (1993)
- 10. Jurassic Part II: the Lost World (1997)
- 11. Amistad (1997)
- 12. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- 13. A.I-Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- 14. Minority Report (2002)
- 15. The Terminal (2004)
- 16. The War of the Worlds (2005)
35. Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly
- 1. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- 2. Charade (1963)
36. Roman Polanski
- 1. Repulsion (1965)
- 2. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- 3. Chinatown (1974)
- 4. The Tenant (1976)
- 5. The Pianist (2002)
37. Robert Altman
- 1. MASH (1970)
- 2. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
- 3. Nashville (1975)
- 4. Short Cuts (1993)
- 5. Gosford Park (2001)
38. Luchino Visconti
- 1. The Leopard (1963)
39. John Huston
- 1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- 2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- 3. The African Queen (1950)
40. Woody Allen
- 1. Take the Money and Run (1969)
- 2. Annie Hall (1977)
- 3. Manhattan (1979)
- 4. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- 5. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- 6. Might Aphrodite (1995)
41. Alain Resnais
- 1. Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)
- 2. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
42. Ernst Lubitsch
- 1. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- 2. Ninotchka (1939)
- 3. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
- 4. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
43. Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger
- 1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
- 2. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
- 3. A Matter of Life and Death/Stairway to Heaven (1946)
- 4. Black Narcissus (1947)
- 5. The Red Shoes (1948)
- 6. Peeping Tom (1960) (solo Powell)
44. Frank Capra
- 1. It Happened One Night (1936)
- 2. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- 3. Meet John Doe (1941)
- 4. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
45. Sergio Leone
- 1. Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- 2. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
- 3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
- 4. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- 5. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
46. Carol Reed
- 1. Odd Man Out (1947)
- 2. The Third Man (1949)
47. Bernardo Bertolucci
- 1. The Conformist (1970)
- 2. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
- 3. Little Buddha (1994)
48. Marcel Carne
- 1. Children of Paradise (1945)
49. Sam Peckinpah
- 1. The Wild Bunch (1969)
- 2. Straw Dogs (1971)
- 3. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
50. John Cassavetes
- 1. Faces (1968)
- 2. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- 3. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
51. Michael Curtiz
- 1. Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- 2. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- 3. Casablanca (1942)
52. Preston Sturges
- 1. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- 2. The Lady Eve (1941)
- 3. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
53. Victor Fleming
- 1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
- 2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
54. David Lynch
- 1. Eraserhead (1977)
- 2. Blue Velvet (1986)
- 3. Lost Highway (1997)
- 4. Mulhollad Dr. (2001)
55. Krzysztof Kieslowski
- 1. The Decalogue (1988)
- 2. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
- 3. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
- 4. Bleu (1993)
- 5. Blanc (1994)
- 6. Rouge (1994)
56. Werner Herzog
- 1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
- 2. Stroszek (1977)
- 3. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
- 4. Rescue Dawn (2006)
57. Abbas Kiarostami
- 1. Close-Up (1990)
- 2. A Taste of Cherry (1997)
- 3. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
58. George Cukor
- 1. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
59. RW Fassbinder
- 1. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- 2. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
- 3. Veronika Voss (1982)
60. Pier Paolo Passolini
61. Jacques Tati
- 1. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
- 2. Playtime (1967)
62. Douglas Sirk
- 1. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- 2. Written on the Wind (1956)
- 3. Imitation of Life (1959)
63. Leo McCarey
- 1. Duck Soup (1933)
64. Vincente Minnelli
65. Elia Kazan
- 1. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- 2. On the Waterfront (1954)
- 3. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
66. Joseph von Sternberg
- 1. The Blue Angel (1930)
- 2. Morocco (1930)
- 3. The Scarlet Empress (1932)
- 4. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
67. Ridley Scott
- 1. Alien (1979)
- 2. Blade Runner (1982)
- 3. Gladiator (2000)
- 4. Black Hawk Down (2001)
- 5. Hannibal (2001)
- 6. Matchstick Men (2003)
- 7. American Gangster (2007)
68. Eric von Stroheim
- 1. Foolish Wives (1922)
- 2. Greed (1924)
- 3. Queen Kelly (1929)
69. Nicholas Ray
- 1. In a Lonely Place (1950)
- 2. Rebel without a Cause (1955)
- 3. Bitter Victory (1957)
70. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1. All About Eve (1950)
71. Jacques Rivette
- 1. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
72. Jacques Tourneur
- 1. Cat People (1942)
- 2. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
- 3. Out of the Past (1947)
- 4. Night of the Demon (1957)
73. William Wyler
- 1. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- 2. Roman Holiday (1953)
- 3. Ben-Hur (1959)
74. Quentin Tarantino
- 1. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- 2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
- 3. Jackie Brown (1997)
- 4. Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003)
- 5. Kill Bill vol. 2 (2004)
- 6. Grindhouse (2007) (with Rodriguez, et al)
75. Wim Wenders
- 1. Paris, Texas (1984)
76. Chris Marker
77. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- 1. The Puppetmaster (1993)
78. Milos Forman
- 1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- 2. Amadeus (1984)
79. Wong Kar-Wai
- 1. Days of Being Wild (1991)
- 2. Chungking Express (1994)
- 3. Ashes of Time (1994)
- 4. Happy Together (1997)
- 5. In the Mood for Love (2000)
80. Terrence Malick
- 1. Badlands (1972)
- 2. Days of Heaven (1978)
- 3. The Thin Red Line (1998)
- 4. The New World (2005)
81. Alexander Dovzhenko
- 1. Earth (1930)
82. King Vidor
- 1. The Crowd (1928)
83. David Cronenberg
- 1. Videodrome (1983)
- 2. A History of Violence (2005)
- 3. Eastern Promises (2007)
84. Stan Brakhage
- 1. The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981)
- 2. Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (1991)
- 3. Water for Maya (2000)
85. Jacques Demy
- 1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
86. Eric Rohmer
87. Joel Coen
- 1. Miller’s Crossing (1990)
- 2. Barton Fink (1991)
- 3. Fargo (1996)
- 4. The Big Lebowski (1998)
- 5. O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
- 6. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
- 7. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- 8. The Ladykillers (2004)
- 9. No Country for Old Men (2007)
88. Jean Cocteau
- 1. Blood of the Poet (1930)
- 2. Belle et la Bete (1946)
- 3. Orpheus (1950)
89. Sidney Lumet
- 1. Network (1976)
90. Robert Flaherty
91. James Whale
- 1. Frankenstein (1931)
- 2. The Bride of Frankenstien (1935)
92. Otto Preminger
- 1. Laura (1944)
93. Theo Angelopoulos
- 1. Landscape in the Mist (1988)
- 2. Eternity and a Day (1998)
94. George Lucas
- 1. American Graffiti (1973)
- 2. Star Wars (1977)
- 3. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 4. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
- 5. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
95. Nicolas Roeg
- 1. Walkabout (1971)
96. George Stevens
- 1. Shane (1953)
97. George Romero
- 1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
98. Brian De Palma
- 1. Dressed to Kill (1980)
- 2. Scarface (1983)
- 3. Body Double (1984)
- 4. The Untouchables (1987)
- 5. Mission Impossible (1996)
- 6. Mission to Mars (2000)
99. James Cameron
- 1. The Terminator (1984)
- 2. Aliens (1986)
- 3. The Abyss (1989)
- 4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
- 5. True Lies (1994)
- 6. Titanic (1997)
100. Glauber Rocha








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