Great Directors

1. Edgar Wright

Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg...

-Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) 8/10

Hot Fuzz (2007) 8/10
Shaun of the Dead (2004) 8/10

2. Christopher Nolan

Writer | Tenet

Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed Academy Award winner writer/director/producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London, England. Over the course of more than 25 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the ...

-The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 10/10

Inception (2010) 9/10
The Dark Knight (2008) 10/10
The Prestige (2006) 9/10
Batman Begins (2005) 9/10
Insomnia (2002) 7/10
Memento (2000) 8/10
Following (1998) 7/10

3. Darren Aronofsky

Writer | Pi

Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...

-Black Swan (2010) 8/10

The Wrestler (2008) 9/10
The Fountain (2006) 7/10
Requiem for a Dream (2000) 9/10
Pi (1998) 7/10

4. Guy Ritchie

Director | Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...

-Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (2011) 6/10 -Sherlock Holmes (2009) 7/10

RocknRolla (2008) 9/10
Snatch. (2000) 8/10
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7/10

5. Robert Rodriguez

Producer | El mariachi

Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.

Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...

-Machete (2010) 6/10

Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007) 7/10
Sin City (2005) 8/10
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) 7/10
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) 7/10
Desperado (1995) 7/10
Four Rooms (Part) (1995) 7/10
El mariachi (1992) 6/10

6. Zack Snyder

Director | 300

Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...

-Sucker Punch (2011) 8/10

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) 7/10
Watchmen (2009) 9/10
300 (2006) 8/10
Dawn of the Dead (2004) 6/10

7. Quentin Tarantino

Writer | Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.

In January of...

-Django Unchained (2012) -/- -Inglourious Basterds (2009) 9/10

Grindhouse: Death Proof (2007) 7/10
Sin City (2005) 8/10
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8/10
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8/10
Jackie Brown (1997) 7/10
Four Rooms (Part) (1995) 7/10
Pulp Fiction (1994) 9/10
Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8/10

8. David Fincher

Director | Se7en

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...

-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) -/- -The Social Network (2010) 8/10

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 8/10
Zoadiac (2007) 7/10
Panic Room (2002) 7/10
Fight Club (1999) 8/10
The Game (1997) 8/10
Se7en (1995) 9/10
Alien 3 (1992) 7/10

9. Peter Jackson

Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...

-The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) -/-

King Kong (2005) 8/10
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 10/10
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 9/10
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 10/10
The Frighteners (1996) -/-
Heavenly Creatures (1994) 6/10
Braindead (1992) 7/10

10. Tim Burton

Producer | Edward Scissorhands

Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...

-Alice in Wonderland (2010) 7/10

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) -/-
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) -/-
Big Fish (2003) 7/10
Sleepy Hollow (1999) 6/10
Ed Wood (1994) -/-
Batman Returns (1992) 6/10
Edward Scissorhands (1990) 8/10
Batman (1989) 7/10
Beetle Juice (1988) -/-
Vincent (1982) 8/10

11. Danny Boyle

Director | 127 Hours

Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...

-127 Hours (2010) 8/10

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 8/10
Sunshine (2007) 7/10
28 Days Later... (2002) 7/10
The Beach (2000/I) 6/10
Trainspotting (1996) 7/10

12. Joel Coen

Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...

-True Grit (2010) 7/10

No Country for Old Men (2007) 8/10
The Ladykillers (2004) 6/10
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) -/-
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 7/10
The Big Lebowski (1998) 7/10
Fargo (1996) 8/10
Miller's Crossing (1990) -/-
Raising Arizona (1987) 8/10

13. James Cameron

Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...

-Avatar (2009) 8/10

Titanic (1997) 7/10
True Lies (1994) 7/10
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 10/10
The Abyss (1989) 7/10
Aliens (1986) 9/10
The Terminator (1984) 9/10

14. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) -/-

War of the Worlds (2005) 7/10
Munich (2005) -/-
The Terminal (2004) 8/10
Catch Me If You Can (2002) 7/10
Minority Report (2002) 7/10
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) 8/10
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 9/10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 7/10
Schindler's List (1993) 9/10
Jurassic Park (1993) 8/10
Hook (1991) 6/10
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8/10
Empire of the Sun (1987) 7/10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 6/10
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7/10
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 7/10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 7/10
Jaws (1975) 7/10

15. David Lynch

Writer | Twin Peaks

Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...

-Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7/10

The Straight Story (1999) -/-
Lost Highway (1997) -/-
Wild at Heart (1990) -/-
Blue Velvet (1986) -/--
Dune (1984) 6/10
The Elephant Man (1980) -/-
Eraserhead (1976) 7/10

16. Martin Scorsese

Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...

-Shutter Island (2010) 9/10

The Departed (2006) 8/10
The Aviator (2004) 7/10
Gangs of New York (2002) 7/10
Casino (1995) 8/10
Cape Fear (1991) 7/10
Goodfellas (1990) 8/10
The King of Comedy (1982) 8/10
Raging Bull (1980) 9/10
Taxi Driver (1976) 7/10
Mean Streets (1973) 8/10

17. George A. Romero

Writer | Land of the Dead

George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...

-Survival of the Dead (2009) -/-

Diary of the Dead (2007) -/-
Land of the Dead (2005) -/-
The Dark Half (1993) -/-
Day of the Dead (1985) 6/10
Creepshow (1982) -/-
Dawn of the Dead (1978) 7/10
Night of the Living Dead (1968) 8/10

18. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...

-Dracula (1992) -/-

The Godfather: Part III (1990) 7/10
Apocalypse Now (1979) 9/10
The Conversation (1974) 7/10
The Godfather: Part II (1974) 10/10
The Godfather (1972) 9/10

19. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...

-Robin Hood (2010) 7/10

Body of Lies (2008) 7/10
American Gangster (2007) 8/10
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) -/-
Matchstick Men (2003) -/-
Black Hawk Down (2001) 8/10
Hannibal (2001) 7/10
Gladiator (2000) 9/10
Thelma & Louise (1991) 7/10
Blade Runner (1982) 7/10
Alien (1979) 8/10

20. Woody Allen

Writer | Annie Hall

Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.

Allen ...

-Whatever Works (2009) 6/10

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) 7/10
Cassandra's Dream (2007) 6/10
Match Point (2005) 8/10
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) -/-
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) -/-
Manhattan (1979) -/-
Annie Hall (1977) 7/10

21. Roman Polanski

Director | Chinatown

Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.

His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years ...

-The Ghost Writer (2010) 7/10

Oliver Twist (2005) -/-
The Pianist (2002) 8/10
The Ninth Gate (1999) 6/10
Frantic (1988) 7/10
Chinatown (1974) 7/10
Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7/10
Repulsion (1965) 7/10

22. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...

Gran Torino (2008) 9/10
Changeling (2008) 9/10
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8/10
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) 7/10
Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8/10
Mystic River (2003) 8/10
Unforgiven (1992) 8/10
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 7/10

23. Sergio Leone

Writer | Once Upon a Time in America

Sergio Leone was virtually born into the cinema - he was the son of Roberto Roberti (A.K.A. Vincenzo Leone), one of Italy's cinema pioneers, and actress Bice Valerian. Leone entered films in his late teens, working as an assistant director to both Italian directors and U.S. directors working in ...

-Once Upon a Time in America (1984) -/-

C'era una volta il West (1968) 8/10
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) 8/10
Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8/10
Per un pugno di dollari (1964) 7/10

24. Stanley Kubrick

Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...

-Eyes Wide Shut (1999) -/-

Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8/10
The Shining (1980) 6/10
Barry Lyndon (1975) -/-
A Clockwork Orange (1971) 9/10
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 6/10
Dr. Strangelove (1964) 8/10
Spartacus (1960) 7/10
Paths of Glory (1957) 8/10
The Killing (1956) 7/10

25. Sidney Lumet

Director | 12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet was a master of cinema, best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first-rate performances from his actors -- and for shooting most of his films in his beloved New York. He made over 40 movies, often complex and emotional, but seldom overly sentimental. Although ...

-Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) 7/10

The Verdict (1982) -/-
Network (1976) -/-
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 9/10
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) -/-
Serpico (1973) 8/10
Fail-Safe (1964) 7/10
12 Angry Men (1957) 10/10

26. Federico Fellini

Writer | Le notti di Cabiria

The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the ...

-Amarcord (1973) -/-

8½ (1963) -/-
La dolce vita (1960) -/-
Le notti di Cabiria (1957) -/-
La strada (1954) 8/10

27. Ingmar Bergman

Writer | Smultronstället

Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born July 14, 1918, the son of a priest. The film and T.V. series, The Best Intentions (1992) is biographical and shows the early marriage of his parents. The film Sunday's Children (1992) depicts a bicycle journey with his father. In the miniseries Private Confessions (...

-Fanny och Alexander (1982) -/-

Höstsonaten (1978) -/-
Viskningar och rop (1972) -/-
Persona (1966) -/-
Nattvardsgästerna (1963) -/-
Såsom i en spegel (1961) -/-
Jungfrukällan (1960) -/-
Det sjunde inseglet (1957) -/-
Smultronstället (1957) 7/10

28. Akira Kurosawa

Writer | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater...

-Ran (1985) -/-

Kagemusha (1980) -/-
Dersu Uzala (1975) -/-
Tengoku to jigoku (1963) -/-
Sanjûrô (1962) -/-
Yôjinbô (1961) -/-
Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) -/-
Kumonosu-jô (1957) -/-
Shichinin no samurai (1954) 9/10
Ikiru (1952) 8/10
Rashômon (1950) 8/10

29. David Lean

Director | Lawrence of Arabia

An important British filmmaker, David Lean was born in Croydon on March 25, 1908 and brought up in a strict Quaker family (ironically, as a child he wasn't allowed to go to the movies). During the 1920s, he briefly considered the possibility of becoming an accountant like his father before finding ...

-A Passage to India (1984) -/-

Doctor Zhivago (1965) -/-
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -/-
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -/-
Hobson's Choice (1954) -/-
Oliver Twist (1948) -/-
Great Expectations (1946) -/-
Brief Encounter (1945) -/-

30. John Huston

Director | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906. His ancestry was English,...

-Prizzi's Honor (1985) -/-

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) -/-
The Night of the Iguana (1964) -/-
The African Queen (1951) -/-
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) -/-
Key Largo (1948) -/-
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) -/-
The Maltese Falcon (1941) 7/10

31. Billy Wilder

Writer | The Apartment

Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid. He broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929 and wrote scripts for many ...

-The Apartment (1960) -/-

Some Like It Hot (1959) -/-
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) -/-
Sabrina (1954) 7/10
Stalag 17 (1953) 8/10
Ace in the Hole (1951) -/-
Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8/10
The Lost Weekend (1945) 9/10
Double Indemnity (1944) 8/10

32. William Wyler

Director | The Best Years of Our Lives

William Wyler was an American filmmaker who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford's four, Wyler's reputation has unfairly suffered as the...

-How to Steal a Million (1966) -/-

Ben-Hur (1959) -/-
Roman Holiday (1953) -/-
The Heiress (1949) -/-
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) -/-
The Little Foxes (1941) -/-
Wuthering Heights (1939) -/-
Dodsworth (1936) 7/10

33. Luis Buñuel

Writer | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the ...

-Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) -/-

Le fantôme de la liberté (1974) -/-
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) -/-
Belle de jour (1967) -/-
El ángel exterminador (1962) 8/10
Viridiana (1961) 7/10
Los olvidados (1950) 7/10
Un chien andalou (1929) 6/10

34. Alfred Hitchcock

Director | Psycho

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...

-Frenzy (1972) -/-

Marnie (1964) -/-
The Birds (1963) 8/10
Psycho (1960) 8/10
North by Northwest (1959) 9/10
Vertigo (1958) 10/10
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) 8/10
The Wrong Man (1956) 8/10
To Catch a Thief (1955) 7/10
The Trouble with Harry (1955) 7/10
Rear Window (1954) 9/10
Dial M for Murder (1954) 8/10
Strangers on a Train (1951) 7/10
Rope (1948) 8/10
Notorious (1946) 6/10
Spellbound (1945) 7/10
Lifeboat (1944) 7/10
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8/10
Suspicion (1941) 8/10
Foreign Correspondent (1940) 7/10
Rebecca (1940) 8/10
The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7/10
The 39 Steps (1935) 6/10

35. Frank Capra

Director | It's a Wonderful Life

One of seven children, Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897, in Bisacquino, Sicily. On May 10, 1903, his family left for America aboard the ship Germania, arriving in New York on May 23rd. "There's no ventilation, and it stinks like hell. They're all miserable. It's the most degrading place you ...

-It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 9/10

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7/10
Meet John Doe (1941) 7/10
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8/10
You Can't Take It with You (1938) 7/10
Lost Horizon (1937) 7/10
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 8/10
It Happened One Night (1934) 7/10

36. Howard Hawks

Director | Rio Bravo

What do the classic films Scarface (1932), Twentieth Century (1934), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Rio Bravo (1959) have in...

-Rio Bravo (1959) -/-

The Thing from Another World (1951) -/-
Red River (1948) -/-
The Big Sleep (1946) -/-
To Have and Have Not (1944) -/-
His Girl Friday (1940) 7/10
Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7/10
Scarface (1932) 6/10

37. John Ford

Director | The Quiet Man

John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "the train". He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, ...

-The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 9/10

The Searchers (1956) -/-
Mister Roberts (1955) 7/10
The Quiet Man (1952) 6/10
My Darling Clementine (1946) 6/10
How Green Was My Valley (1941) 7/10
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8/10
Stagecoach (1939) 7/10

38. Fritz Lang

Actor | Le mépris

Fritz Lang was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1890. His father managed a construction company. His mother, Pauline Schlesinger, was Jewish but converted to Catholicism when Lang was ten. After high school, he enrolled briefly at the Technische Hochschule Wien and then started to train as a painter. ...

-The Big Heat (1953) -/-

Scarlet Street (1945) -/-
The Woman in the Window (1944) -/-
Fury (1936) 8/10
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933) 7/10
M (1931) 9/10
Metropolis (1927) 8/10
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924) 8/10
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) 7/10
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit (1922) 7/10
Der müde Tod (1921) 7/10

39. Charles Chaplin

Writer | The Great Dictator

Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular character, the Little Tramp; the man with the ...

-Limelight (1952) -/-

Monsieur Verdoux (1947) 7/10
The Great Dictator (1940) 8/10
Modern Times (1936) 9/10
City Lights (1931) 10/10
The Circus (1928) 9/10
The Gold Rush (1925) 8/10
The Kid (1921) 8/10

40. F.W. Murnau

Director | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air ...

-Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 8/10

Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage (1926) 7/10
Der letzte Mann (1924) 7/10
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 6/10

41. D.W. Griffith

Director | The Birth of a Nation

David Wark Griffith was born in rural Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake" Griffith, a former Confederate Army colonel and Civil War veteran. Young Griffith grew up with his father's romantic war stories and melodramatic nineteenth-century literature that were to eventually shape his movies. In 1897 ...

-Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) 7/10

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) 7/10
The Birth of a Nation (1915) 5/10