Best Directors Based On My Average Rated Movie

1. S. Craig Zahler

S. Craig Zahler was born on January 23, 1973 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Bone Tomahawk (2015), Dragged Across Concrete (2018) and Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017).

20* 45/30 1. Bone Tomahawk 10*, 2. Brawl in Cell Block 99 10*, 3. Dragged Across Concrete 10*

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...

19.7* 195+11(2)/110 1. Hateful Eight 10*, 2. Django 10*, 3. Inglorious Bastards 10*, 4. Pulp Fiction 10*, 5. Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood 10*, 6. Resevoir Dogs 9*, 7. Kill Bill 10 *, 8. Jackie Brown 10*, 9. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 9*, 10. Death Proof 9* 11. Four Rooms 8*

3. Na Hong-jin

Writer | Chugyeokja

Na Hong-jin born in 1974 is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His debut film The Chaser (2008) won Best Director at the 45th Grand Bell Awards in 2008. The film also won the award for Best Film. His follow up film, The Yellow Sea, was released in South Korea on December 15, 2010. It is...

16.7* 50/30 1. The Wailing 10*, 2. The Chaser 9*, 3. The Yellow Sea 9*

4. Mel Gibson

Actor | Braveheart

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...

15.5* 62/40 1. Apcalypto 10*, 2. Passion of the Christ 10*, 3. Hacksaw Ridge 9*, 4. Braveheart 7*

5. Gareth Evans

Writer | Serbuan maut

Welsh born writer/director, in 2003 directed a short film "Samurai Monogatari" telling the tale of a Samurai waiting to be executed. The short was in Japanese language and starred students from Tokyo who were studying at Cardiff University at the time.

In 2003 he also graduated with an MA in ...

15.3* 61/40 1. The Raid 2 10*, 2. The Raid: Redemption 10*, 3. Apostle 6*, 4. V/H/S 2 9*

6. Timo Tjahjanto

Director | V/H/S/2

Timo Tjahjanto is known for V/H/S/2 (2013), Killers (2014) and The Night Comes for Us (2018).

13.5* 75+6/60 1. Macabre 9*, 2. The Night Comes for Us 8* 3. Killers 9*, 4. May the Devil Take you 8* 5. Headshot 8*, 6. V/H/S 2 9*

7. Bong Joon Ho

Writer | Snowpiercer

Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker. The recipient of three Academy Awards, his filmography is characterized by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the ...

13.1* 86+6/70 1. Memories of Murder 9*, 2. The Host 8*, 3. Parasite 10*, 4. Okja 9*, 5. Snowpiercer 8*, 6. Mother 8*, 7. Barking Dogs Never Bite 6*

8. 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 ...

13.0* 165+10(3)/150 1. Shutter Island 8*, 2. The Departed 10*, 3. Gangs of New York 9*, 4. Goodfellas 10*, 5. Casino 9*, 6. Taxi Driver 8*, 7. Silence 7*, 8. Hugo 7*, 9. Cape Fear 8*, 10. Bringing Out the Dead 6*, 11. Raging Bull 4*, 12. Killers of the Flower Moon 9*, 13. After Hours 8*, 14. The Aviator 8*, 15. The Irishman 6*,

9. Park Chan-wook

Director | Oldeuboi

Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Oldboy (2003), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.

13.0* 74+4/60 1. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 10*, 2. Joint Security Area 8*, 3. Old Boy 9*, 4. Thirst 9*, 5. Three... Extremes 7*, 6. Stoker 7*

10. Adrian Garcia Bogliano

Director | Late Phases

Adrian Garcia Bogliano was born on July 4, 1980 in Madrid, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Night of the Wolf (2014), Here Comes the Devil (2012) and Come Play with Me (2021).

13.0* 60+5/50 1. Scherzo Diabolico 9*, 2. Night of the Wolf 9*, 3. Heres Comes the Devil 8*, 4. Cold Sweat 8*, 5. Penumbra 8*

11. André Øvredal

Director | Trolljegeren

André Øvredal was born on May 6, 1973. He is a director and writer, known for Troll Hunter (2010), The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) and Tunnelen (2016).

12.0* 36/30 The Autopsy of Jane Doe 9*, 2. Trollhunters 9*, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 6*

12. 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 ...

12.9* 96+7/80 1. Requiem for a Dream 10*, 2. Mother! 8*, 3. The Wrestler 9*, 4. Black Swan 8*, 5. The Fountain 8*, 6. Pi 8*, 7. Noah 6*, 8. The Whale 9*

13. Adam Green

Writer | Frozen

Adam Green is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor known for his success within the horror genre with films like the "Hatchet" franchise, "Frozen," and "Digging Up The Marrow." He is also the creator, writer, director, star, and show runner of the television comedy series "...

12.8* 72+5/60 1. Hatchet 10*, 2. Victor Crowley 8*, 3. Frozen 9*, 4. Hatchet 2 8*, 5. Digging Up the Marrow 8*, 6. Chillerama 7*

14. 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 ...

12.7* 72+4/60 1. The Shining 10*, 2. A Clockwork Orange 8*, 3. Full Metal Jacket 9*, 4. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 7*, 5. Eyes Wide Shut 5*, 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey 9*

15. 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...

12.6* 95+6/80 1. Seven 10*, 2. Fight Club 8*, 3. Panic Room 9*, 4. Zodiac 9*, 5. Gone Girl 9*, 6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 8*, 7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 4*, 8. Mank 6*

16. 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 ...

11.8* 153+8(3)/150 1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 10*, 2. Fargo 10*, 3. True Grit 8*, 4. No Country for Old Men 9*, 5. The Ladykillers 7*, 6. The Big Lebowski 8*, 7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 8*, 8. Burn After Reading 9*, 9. Inside LLewyn Davis 7*, 10. A Serious Man 8*, 11. Raising Arizona 7*, 12. Miller's Crossing 7*, 13. Hail Caesar 6*, 14. Blood Simple 5*, 15. The Tragedy of Macbeth 4*

17. 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 ...

11.7* 115+7(2)/110 1.Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring 10*, 2. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers 9*, 3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 9*, 4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 8*, 5. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug 8*, 6. The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies 8*, 7. King Kong 7*, 8. The Lovely Bones 6*, 9. Dead Alive 8*, 10. Bad Taste 6*, 11. The Frighteners 6*

18. 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, ...

11.6* 187+11(3)/190 1. Jurassic Park 10*, 2. Jaws 10*, 3. Saving Private Ryan 9*, 4. War of the Worlds 9*, 5. Raiders of the Lost Ark 8*, 6. Minority Report 8*, 7. Lincoln 8*, 8. Hook 6*, 9. The adventures of Tintin 6*, 10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 4*, 11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 7*, 12. Ready Player One 8*, 13. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 8*, 14. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 3*, 15. E.T.the Extraterrestrial 7*, 16. Catch Me If You Can 8*, 17. Twilight Zone: The Movie 8*, 18. Duel 7*,, 19. The Fabelmans 7*

19. John Carpenter

Writer | The Fog

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...

10.9* 170+9(3)/180 1. The Thing 10*, 2. Halloween 10*, 3. Christine 8*, 4. They Live 8*, 5. Assault on Precinct 13 9*, 6. Escape from New York 7*, 7. Prince of Darkness 8*, 8. The Fog 8*, 9. Ghosts of Mars 8*, 10. Big Trouble in Little China 7*, 11. Vampires 8*, 12. In the Mouth of Madness 5* 13. Escape from L.A. 5*, 14. Dark Star 5*, 15. Starman 7*, 16. Body Bags 7*, 17. Memoirs of an Invisible Man 7*, 18. Village of the Damned 5*

20. James Mangold

Producer | Logan

James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).

Mangold also wrote and directed Cop...

10.9* 81+6/80 1. Logan 8*, 2. 3:10 to Yuma 9*, 3. Ford v Ferrari 8*, 4. Walk the Line 9*, 5. Knight and Day 6*, 6. Identity 8*, 7. Copland 8*, 8. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 5*

21. 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 ...

10.6* 161+10(3)/180 1. Unforgiven 10*, 2. Gran Torino 9*, 3. Richard Jewell 8*, 4. The Mule 7*, 5. Jersey Boys 8*, 6. Million Dollar Baby 8*, 7. American Sniper 8*, 8. Mystic River 8*, 9. Sully 8*, 10. Changeling 7*, 11. 15:17 to Paris 3*, 12. Invictus 4*, 13. Play Misty for Me 8*, 14. Absolute Power 8*, 15. True Crime 7*, 16. Sudden Impact 7*, 17. Heartbreak Ridge 6*, 18. Cry Macho 5*,

22. Ti West

Director | Pearl

Ti West is most notable for directing horror films, as well as being an actor, writer, producer, and editor. Ti broke out, after directing various projects, in 2009, when he directed two feature films - 2009's The House Of The Devil and Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. Ti later directed, with his ...

10.5* 79+5/80 1. The Innkeepers 9*, 2. In a Valley of Violence 6*, 3. The Sacrament 9*, 4. The House of the Devil 8*, 5. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever 7*, 6. X 8*, 7. V/H/S 8*, 8. Pearl 6*,

23. Jee-woon Kim

Director | Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom

Kim Ji-woon was born in Seoul, South Korea. He began his career as an actor before becoming a stage director with productions such as "Hot Sea" in 1994 and "Movie, Movie" in 1995. He then began scripting for films, his first work, 97's "Wonderful Seasons" won Best Screenplay award at Korea's ...

10.3* 89+4/90 1. The Good ,The Bad and the Weird 8*, 2. I Saw The Devil 10*, 3. The Quiet Family 8*, 4. A Bittersweet Life 9*, 5. A Tale of Two Sisters 7*, 6. The Foul King 7*, 7. Age of Shadows 7*, 8. The Last Stand 7*, 9. Illang: The Wolf Brigade 6*

24. Greg McLean

Director | Wolf Creek

After training as a fine artist before working as a director in Theatre and Opera, Australian writer, director, and producer Greg McLean's filmmaking career began when he wrote and directed the horror smash hit 'Wolf Creek.' The film played at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals before going ...

10.3* 59+3/60 1. Wolf Creek 2 9*, 2. Rogue 9* 3. The Belko Experiment 8*, 4. Wolf Creek 7*, 5. Jungle 7*, 6. The Darkness 5*

25. Jordan Peele

Writer | Nope

Jordan Peele is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director, writer, actor, producer, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions. Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," was a critically acclaimed blockbuster, recognized with four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The film would earn Peele the ...

9.0* 27/30 1. Get Out 8*, 2. Us 7*, 3. Nope 8*

26. 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 ...

8.5* 65+3/80 1. Snatch 8*, 2. The Gentlemen 8*, 3. Sherlock Holmes 6*, 4. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 6*, 5. Aladdin 4*, 6. Wrath of Man 9*, 7. Revolver 7*, 8. The Covenant 7*

27. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...

8.3* 108+4(2)/140 1. Forrest Gump 10*, 2. Flight 9*, 3. Cast Away 8*, 4. The Walk 8*, 5. Back to The Future 6*, 6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 7*, 7. Contact 6*, 8. Beowulf 3*, 9. Back to the Future Part 3 5*, 10. Allied 3*, 11. Back to the Future Part 2 5*, 12. What Lies Beneath 7*, 13. Romancing the Stone 6, 14. The Polar Express 5*

28. Joe Dante

Director | Innerspace

Joe Dante is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. After a stint as a film reviewer, he began his filmmaking apprenticeship in 1974 as trailer editor for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He made his directorial debut in 1976 with Hollywood Boulevard (1976) (co-directed with Allan Arkush)...

8.2* 84+3(2)/110 1. Matinee 8*, 2. Small Soldiers 9*, 3. The 'Burbs 7*, 4. Gremlins 8*, 5. The Howling 7*, 6. The Hole 7*, 7. Burying the Ex 5*, 8. Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2*, 9. Twilight Zone: The Movie 8*, 10. Gremlins 2 6*, 11. Nightmare Cinema 5*

29. 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 ...

7.7* 123+5(3)/180 1. Gladiator 10*, 2. Hannibal 8*, 3. Black Hawk Down 7*, 4. American Gangster 9*, 5. Alien 7*, 6. Exodus: Gods and Kings 6*, 7. All the Money in the World 6*, 8. Gi Jane 6*, 9. Alien Covenant 5*, 10. The Martian 5*, 11. Thelma & Louise 7*, 12. Prometheus 4*, 13. Blade Runner 5*, 14. The Counsellor 2*, 15. The Last Duel 8*, 16. Napolean 8*, 17. Matchstick Men 6*, 18. House of Gucci 4*

30. 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 ...

7.7* 71+3(2)/100 1. Dunkirk 8*, 2. The Dark Knight 6*, 3. The Prestige 8*, 4. Memento 8*, 5. The Dark Knight Rises 5*, 6. Interstellar 6*, 7. Batman Begins 6*, 8. Inception 7*, 9. Oppenheimer 7* 10. Tenet 4*

31. Roland Emmerich

Writer | Independence Day

Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original ...

7.1* 62+2/90 1. Independence Day 9*, 2. The Patriot 8*, 3. Midway 7*, 4. Stargate 6*, 5. Godzilla 6*, 6. White House Down 5*, 7. 10,000 BC 5*, 8. Universal Soldier 4*, 9. Moonfall 4*

32. Damien Chazelle

Writer | La La Land

Damien Sayre Chazelle is an American director and screenwriter. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Celia Sayre (Martin) Chazelle, is an American-Canadian writer and professor of history at The College of New Jersey. His father, Bernard Chazelle, is a French-American Eugene Higgins...

9.3 28/30 1. Whiplash 10*, 2. La La Land 10*, 3. First Man 8*

33. Dominic Sena

Director | Kalifornia

Dominic Sena was born on April 26, 1949 in Niles, Ohio, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Kalifornia (1993), Whiteout (2009) and Swordfish (2001).

9.3 28/30 1. Kalifornia 10*, 2. Gone in Sixty Seconds 9*, 3. Swordfish 9*

34. Rob Reiner

Actor | All in the Family

Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.

As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...

(9.2*) 8.7 52/60 1. Stand By Me 10*, 2. The Princess Bride 10*, 3. Misery 9*, 4. A Few Good Men 9*, 5. The Bucket List 8*, 6. This is Spinal Tap 6*

35. Wilson Yip

Director | Ip Man

Wilson Yip is known for Ip Man (2008), Kill Zone (2005) and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019).

9.0 27/30 1. Ip Man 10*, 2. Ip Man 2 10*, 3. Ip Man 3 7*

36. Fede Alvarez

Writer | Don't Breathe

Fede Alvarez was born on February 9, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a writer and producer, known for Don't Breathe (2016), Evil Dead (2013) and The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018).

9.0 27/30 1. Don't Breathe 10*, 2. Evil Dead 9*, 3. A Girl in the Spider's Web 8*,

37. Colin Trevorrow

Producer | Safety Not Guaranteed

Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, Colin Trevorrow started making short films when he was 12 years old. He studied film and dramatic writing at New York University. After graduation, he wrote and directed "Home Base" a digital short that became one of the early viral successes on the ...

9.0 18/20 1. Jurassic World 9*, 2. Safety Not Guaranteed 9*

38. Pete Travis

Writer | The Gunman

Pete Travis is known for The Gunman (2015), Dredd (2012) and Vantage Point (2008).

9.0 18/20 1. Dredd 10*, 2. Vantage Point 8*

39. M. Night Shyamalan

Producer | Lady in the Water

Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.

He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...

(8.9*) 8.2 82/100 1. Unbreakable 10*, 2. The Sixth Sense 10*, 3. Split 10*, 4. Signs 9*, 5. Glass 9*, 6. The Village 9*, 7. The Visit 8*, 8. After Earth 6*, 9. The Happening 6*, 10. The Last Airbender 5*

40. Sam Mendes

Producer | 1917

Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-...

(8.8*) 8.5 51/60 1. 1917 10*, 2. American Beauty 9*, 3. Road to Perdition 9*, 4. Skyfall 8*, 5. Revolutionary Road 8*, 6. Jarhead 7*

41. F. Gary Gray

Director | Set It Off

Felix Gary Gray is an African-American music video director, film producer and film director from New York City known for directing films such as Friday, Men in Black: International, Be Cool, The Fate of the Furious, Set It Off, The Negotiator, Straight Outta Compton and The Italian Job. He ...

(8.8*) 8.5 51/60 1. Set it Off 10*, 2. The Negotiator 10*, 3. Law Abiding Citizen 10*, 4. Straight Outta Compton 7*, 5. Friday 7*, 6. Men In Black: International 7*

42. Sion Sono

Director | Ai no mukidashi

Shion Sono is a Japanese director, writer and poet. Born in Aichi Perfecture in 1961 he started his career working as a poet before taking his first steps in film directing. As a student he shot a series of short films in Super 8 and managed to make his first feature films in the late 80s and early...

8.8 35/40 1. Why Don't You Play in Hell? 10*, 2. Cold Fish 10*, 3. Tokyo Tribe 8*, 4. Tag 7*

43. Wes Craven

Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.

Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...

(8.7*) 8.2 74/90 1. Scream 10*, 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 10*, 3. Scream 2 9*, 4. Scream 3 8*, 5. Scream 4 9*, 6. My Soul to Take 8*, 7. New Nightmare 7*, 8. The People Under the Stairs 7*, 9. Shocker 6*,

44. David Yates

Director | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

David Yates was born on October 8, 1963 in St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Legend of Tarzan (2016) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).

(8.7*) 8.4 59/70 1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 9*, 2. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 9*, 3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part1 9*, 4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2 9*, 5. The Legend of Tarzan 8*, 6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 8*, 7. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 7*

45. 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 ...

(8.7*) 8.3 58/70 1. Titanic 10*, 2. Aliens 9*, 3. The Terminator 9*, 4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day 9*, 5. True Lies 8*, 6. Avatar 7*, 7. Piranha 2 6*

46. Antoine Fuqua

Producer | The Magnificent Seven

Antoine Fuqua is an American film director, known for his work in the film Training Day as well as The Replacement Killers, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter, Brooklyn's Finest, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer.

He has directed music videos for such artists as Arrested Development, Prince, ...

(8.7*) 8.6 60/70 1. Training Day 10*, 2. Shooter 9*, 3. Southpaw 9*, 4. The Equalizer 2 8*, 5. The Equalizer 8*, 6. The Magnificent Seven 8*, 7. Olympus Has Fallen 8*

47. Matthew Vaughn

Producer | Kick-Ass

Matthew Vaughn is an English film producer and director. He is known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) and for directing the crime thriller, Layer Cake (2004), the fantasy epic, Stardust (2007), the superhero comedy, Kick-Ass (2010), and the ...

8.7 26/30 1. Kingsman: The Secret Service 10*, Kingsman: The Golden Circle 9*, 3. X-Men: First Class 7*

48. Edgar Wright

Director | Shaun of the Dead

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...

8.7 26/30 1. Baby Driver 10*, 2. Shaun of the Dead 8*, 3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 8*

49. Gus Van Sant

Director | Elephant

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...

8.7 26/30 1. Good Will Hunting 10*, 2. Finding Forrester 9*, 3. Paranoid Park 7*

50. Denis Villeneuve

Director | Dune

Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director and writer. He was born in 1967, in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. He started his career as a filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada. He is best known for his feature films Arrival (2016), Sicario (2015), Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), ...

(8.6*) 8.3 50/60 1. Arrival 10*, 2. Sicario 9*, 3. Prisoners 9*, 4. Polytechnique 8*, 5. Enemy 7*, 6. Blade Runner 2049 7*

51. Joel Schumacher

Director | The Phantom of the Opera

Joel Schumacher was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and fashion designer from New York City. He rose to fame in the 1980s for directing the coming-of-age drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), and the vampire-themed horror film "The Lost Boys" (1987). In the 1990s, he worked on two ...

(8.6*) 8.2 49/60 1. A Time to Kill 10*, 2. The Lost Boys 9*, 3. Falling Down 9*, 4. Phone Booth 8*, 5. Trespass 7*, 6. Batman & Robin 6*

52. Takashi Miike

Director | Jûsan-nin no shikaku

Takashi Miike was born in the small town of Yao on the outskirts of Osaka, Japan. His main interest growing up was motorbikes, and for a while he harbored ambitions to race professionally. At the age of 18 he went to study at the film school in Yokohama founded by renowned director Shôhei Imamura, ...

(8.5*) 8.1 57/70 1. Blade of the Immortal 10*, 2. Ichi the Killer 10*, 3. Audition 9*, 4. 13 Assassins 8*, 5. Yakuza Apocalypse 7*, 6. The Happiness of the Katakuris 7*, 7. Gozu 6*

53. Jon Turteltaub

Director | Cool Runnings

Jon Turteltaub was born on August 8, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995) and Phenomenon (1996). He has been married to Amy Eldon since July 6, 2006. They have three children.

(8.5*) 8.0 40/50 1. Cool Runnings 9*, 2. National Treasure 9*, 3. National Treasure: Book of Secrets 8*, 4. The Meg 8*, 5. 3 Ninjas 6*

54. Doug Liman

Producer | Edge of Tomorrow

Douglas Eric Liman is a Jewish-American filmmaker and producer who directed Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Chaos Walking, Jumper, Go, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fair Game, Locked Down, Edge of Tomorrow, The Wall and American Made. He executive produced the Bourne sequels except The Bourne Legacy, The ...

(8.5*) 7.8 39/50 1. Jumper 9*, 2. Edge of Tomorrow 9*, 3. The Wall 8*, 4. Mr. & Mrs. Smith 8*, 5. American Made 5*

55. Alexandre Aja

Director | Haute tension

Alexandre Aja was born on August 7, 1978 in Paris, France. He is a producer and director, known for High Tension (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and Piranha 3D (2010). He is married to Laïla Marrakchi.

8.5* 34/40 1. The Hills Have Eyes 10*, 2. Piranha 3D 9*, 3. Crawl 8*, 4. High Tension 7*,

56. James Gunn

Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy

James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and James Francis Gunn. He is from a large Catholic family, with Irish and Czech ancestry. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age ...

8.5 34/40 1. Super 10*, 2. Slither 9*, 3. Guardians of the Galaxy 8*, 4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 7*

57. Danny DeVito

Actor | Matilda

Danny DeVito has amassed a formidable and versatile body of work as an actor, producer and director that spans the stage, television and film.

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. was born on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey, to Italian-American parents. His mother, Julia (Moccello), was a homemaker. ...

8.5 17/20 Matilda 10*, Hoffa 7*,

58. Peter Farrelly

Producer | Green Book

Peter Farrelly was born on December 17, 1956 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Green Book (2018), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Dumb and Dumber (1994). He has been married to Melinda Farrelly since December 31, 1996. They have two children.

(8.4*) 8.1 65/80 1. Dumb and Dumber 10*, 2. There's Something About Mary 10*, 3. Kingpin 9*, 4. Green Book 9*, 5. Osmosis Jones 8*, 6. Shallow Hal 7*, 7. Dumb and Dumber To 6*, 8. Hall Pass 6*,

59. Richard Donner

Director | Superman

Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...

(8.4*) 8.4 67/80 1. Lethal Weapon 3 9*, 2. Lethal Weapon 9*, 3. Lethal Weapon 4 9*, 4. Timeline 8*, 5. Maverick 8*, 6. Lethal Weapon 2 8*, 7. Conspiracy Theory 8*, 8. The Goonies 8*

60. Harold Ramis

Writer | Ghostbusters

Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" ...

(8.3*) 7.6 38/50 1. Caddyshack 10*, 2. Analyze This 8*, 3. Groundhog Day 8*, 4. Analyze That 7*, 5. Year One 5*

61. Jaume Collet-Serra

Producer | The Shallows

Jaume Collet-Serra was born on March 23, 1974 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the age of 18, he moved to Los Angeles and attended Columbia College Hollywood, working as an editor on the side. Upon graduation, he began shooting music videos and caught the eye of several production ...

(8.3*) 8.0 40/50 1. Nonstop 9*, 2. House of Wax 8*, 3. The Commuter 8*, 4. Run All Night 7*, 5. The Shallows 7*

62. Steve Miner

Director | House

Steve Miner has had a very popular career in making films and remains one of Hollywood's most prolific directors and has worked with a variety of stars that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, C. Thomas Howell, Tom Arnold, Amy Steel Rick Moranis, and Bill Pullman.

Before becoming a director, ...

(8.3*) 8.0 40/50 1. Lake Placid 9*, 2. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 8*, 3. Friday the 13th Part III 8*, 4. House 8*, 5. Friday the 13th Part 2 7*

63. David Ayer

Producer | End of Watch

David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as a teenager. Ayer then lived with his cousin in Los Angeles, ...

(8.3*) 8.0 40/50 1. End of Watch 9*, 2. Fury 9*, 3. Suicide Squad 8*, 4. Bright 7*, 5. Sabotage 7*

64. Oliver Stone

Director | JFK

Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.

William Oliver Stone was ...

8.3 33/40 Any Given Sunday 9*, Savages 9*, Natural Born Killers 8*, The Doors 7*,

65. Simon West

Director | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Simon West is a British born and Hollywood based film director and producer. His films include CON AIR starring Nicholas Cage, "THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER" starring John Travolta and "LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER" starring Angelina Jolie. West is the only live action director ever whose first three 3 films ...

8.3 25/30 1. Con Air 10*, 2. Laura Croft: Tomb Raider 8*, 3. The Expendables 2 7*,

66. Marcus Dunstan

Writer | The Collector

Marcus Dunstan was born on April 14, 1975 in Macomb, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Collector (2009), Feast (2005) and The Collection (2012).

8.3* 25/30 1. The Collector 10*, 2. The Collection 8*, 3. The Neighbor 7*

67. Ben Affleck

Producer | Argo

Benjamin Géza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to mother Chris Anne (Boldt), a school teacher, and father Timothy Byers "Tim" Affleck, a social worker. Ben has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975...

8.3 25/30 1. Gone Baby Gone 9*, 2. Argo 9*, 3. The Town 7*

68. Eli Roth

Producer | Thanksgiving

Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H. Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. His family is Jewish (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). He began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight; after watching Ridley ...

(8.2*) 7.9 55/70 1. Death Wish 9*, 2. Hostel 9*, 3. Green Inferno 8*, 4. Knock Knock 8*, 5. Cabin Fever 8*, 6. The House with a Clock in Its Walls 7*, 7. Hostel Part 2 6*

69. Tony Scott

Producer | Domino

Tony Scott was a British-born film director and producer. He was the youngest of three brothers, one of whom is fellow film director Ridley Scott. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England to parents Jean and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. As a result of his father's career in the British...

(8.2*) 8.0 48/60 1. True Romance 9*, 2. Taking of Pelham 123 9*, 3. Unstoppable 8*, 4. Man on Fire 8*, 5. Enemy of the State 7*, 6. Deja Vu 7*

70. Guillermo del Toro

Writer | El laberinto del fauno

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...

(8.1*) 8.0 64/80 1. Shape of Water 9*, 2. Pans Labyrinth 9*, 3. Devil's Backbone 8*, 4. Pacific Rim 8*, 5. Mimic 8*, 6. Crimson Peak 8*, 7. Hell Boy 7*, 8. Cronos 7*

71. Peter Berg

Actor | Chicago Hope

Peter Berg is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. His first role was in the Adam Rifkin road movie Never on Tuesday (1988). He went on to star in the World War 2 film A Midnight Clear (1992). Roles in Fire in the Sky (1993) and Cop Land (1997) followed, and the Tom Cruise films ...

(8.0*) 7.8 62/80 1. Deepwater Horizon 10*, 2. Friday Night Lights 9*, 3. Patriots Day 9*, 4. Lone Survivor 8*, 5. Mile 22 8*, 6. The Rundown 7*, 7. Very Bad Things 7*, 8. Hancock 6*

72. Luc Besson

Writer | Le Cinquième Élément

Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in ...

(8.0*) 7.7 46/60 1. Léon: The Professional 9*, 2. The Fifth Element 9*, 3. Anna 8*, 4. The Family 7*, 5. Lucy 7*, 6. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 6*

73. Wes Anderson

Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an ...

(8.0*) 7.6 53/70 1. Fantastic Mr. Fox 9*, 2. The Grand Budapest Hotel 9*, 3. Isle of Dogs 9*, 4. Moonrise Kingdom 8*, 5. The Dharjeeling Limited 7*, 6. The Royal Tenenbaums 6*, 7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5*

74. Mike Flanagan

Writer | The Fall of the House of Usher

Mike Flanagan is a prolific writer, director, and editor. He entered into an exclusive overall deal with Amazon Studios in 2023 for television projects (after a similar exclusive deal with Netflix from 2018-2022), and has made feature films for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Netflix and more. ...

(8.0*) 7.8 39/50 1. Gerald's Games 9*, 2. Ouija: Origins of Evil 8*, 3. Hush 8*, 4. Before I Wake 7*, 5. Oculus 7*

75. J.J. Abrams

Producer | Lost

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....

(8.0*) 7.8 39/50 1. Super 8 10*, 2. Mission Impossible 3 8*, 3. Star Trek 7*, 4. Star Trek: Into Darkness 7*, 5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 7*

76. Scott Cooper

Director | Crazy Heart

Scott Cooper was born on April 20, 1970 in Abingdon, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Crazy Heart (2009), Hostiles (2017) and Out of the Furnace (2013).

8.0 32/40 1. Hostiles 9*, 2. Crazy Heart 8*, 3. Black Mass 8*, 4. Out of the Furnace 7*

77. Sam Raimi

Director | Spider-Man

Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...

8.0 32/40 1. Spiderman 10*, 2. Quick and the Dead 9*, 3. Evil Dead 7*, 4. Spiderman 2 6*

78. Ron Howard

Producer | Arrested Development

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.

Howard ...

8.0 40/50 1. Apollo 13 9*, 2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 9*, 3. A Beautiful Mind 8*, 4. Ransom 8*, 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6*,

79. Jeremy Saulnier

Cinematographer | Blue Ruin

Jeremy Saulnier has slyly defined a unique cinematic aesthetic that complements his idiosyncratic narrative premises. His sophomore feature, Blue Ruin (2013) a quirky, crime drama set in a pretty, but grimier part of suburban America was a festival darling and supplanted his name within the ...

8.0 32/40 1. Blue Ruin 9*, 2. Green Room 8*, 3. Murder Party 8*, 4. Hold the Dark 7*

80. John Erick Dowdle

Writer | No Escape

John grew up in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. After graduating St. Thomas Academy, an all-boys, military, Catholic highschool, John moved to Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa. There he would make the move from writing to film. Two years later, John moved to Manhattan to attend NYU's film ...

8.0 24/30 1. No Escape 10*, 2. Devil 8*, 3. Quarantine 6*

81. Brian Helgeland

Writer | Finestkind

Brian Helgeland was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in New Bedford Massachusetts. A born worker, Helgeland has endeavored to achieve in the following fields: snow shoveler, scrap newspaper collector, dishwasher, nursing home janitor, drug store clerk and unreliable nightshift gas ...

8.0 24/30 1. Payback 9*, 2. Legend 8*, 3. A Knights Tale 7*

82. David O. Russell

Director | American Hustle

David Owen Russell is an American film writer, director, and producer, known for a cinema of intense, tragi-comedic characters whose love of life can surpass dark circumstances faced in very specific worlds. His films address such themes as mental illness as stigma or hope; invention of self and ...

8.0 24/30 1. The Fighter 8*, 2. Three Kings 8*, 3. Silver Linings Playbook 8*

83. Stephen Sommers

Producer | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Stephen Sommers was born on March 20, 1962 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he attended St. John's University and the University of Seville in Spain. Afterward, Sommers spent the next four years performing as an actor in theater groups and managing rock bands throughout ...

8.0 32/40 Odd Thomas 10*, The Mummy 9*, The Mummy Returns 7*, The Jungle Book 6*,

84. Atom Egoyan

Director | The Sweet Hereafter

Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, he was raised in Western Canada. Both his parents were painters, and he planned to be a playwright, but after making a short film, he became hooked on telling stories visually. Returned to ethnic "homeland" when he filmed Calendar (1993) in Armenia. Won attention ...

8.0 32/40 Remember 10*, The Captive 8*, Devil's Knot 7*, Chloe 7*

85. Morten Tyldum

Director | Hodejegerne

Morten Tyldum was born on May 19, 1967 in Bergen, Norway. He is a director and producer, known for Headhunters (2011), The Imitation Game (2014) and Passengers (2016).

8.0 24/30 1. Head Hunters 9*, 2. The Imitation Game 8*, 3. Passengers 7*

86. Michael Dougherty

Writer | Krampus

Michael Patrick Dougherty is a writer, director, animator, and producer known for his work in a variety of genre films, both big and small. Beginning his career as an animator and illustrator, Dougherty's animated work was featured on MTV, Nickelodeon, and a line of twisted greeting cards published...

8.0 16/20 1. Trick 'r Treat 8*, 2. Krampus 8*

87. James Wan

Writer | Saw

James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...

(7.6*) 7.5 60/80 1. Death Sentence 9*, 2. Saw 9*, 3. Insidious 7*, 4. The Conjuring 7*, 5. Insidious Chapter: 2 7*, 6. Aquaman 7*, 7. Furious 7 7*, 8. Dead Silence 7*,

88. Michael Bay

Producer | Armageddon

A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won...

(7.9*) 7.3 95/130 1. Armageddon 10*, 2. The Rock 10*, 3. 13hrs 9*, 4. Bad Boys 8*, 5. Pearl Harbor 8*, 6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 7*, 7. Transformers: Dark of the Moon 7*, 8. Pain & Gain 7*, 9. Bad Boys 2 7*, 10. Transformers 6*, 11. 6 Underground 6*, 12. Transformers: The Last Knight 5*, 13. Transformers: Age of Extinction 5*

89. Barry Sonnenfeld

Director | Men in Black

Barry Sonnenfeld was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from New York University Film School in 1978. He started work as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated In Our Water (1982). Then Joel Coen and Ethan Coen hired him for Blood Simple (1984). This film began his collaboration...

(7.7*) 7.5 60/80 1. Men in Black 10*, 2. Get Shorty 9*, 3. Men in Black 3 8*, 4. Men in Black 2 7*, 5. The Addams Family 7*, 6. Wild Wild West 7*, 7. R.V. 6*, 8. Nine Lives 6*

90. 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 ...

(7.8*) 7.4 81/110 1. The Faculty 9*, 2. Planet Terror 9*, 3. From Dusk Till Dawn 9*, 4. Machete 9*, 5. Sin City 8*, 6. Machete Kills 7*, 7. Desperado 7*, 8. Spy Kids 6*, 9. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 6*, 10. Spy Kids 4-D: All the Time in the World 6*, 11. Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams 5*

91. Wolfgang Petersen

Director | Das Boot

A controversial film maker, Wolfgang Petersen has at once been lauded for his professionalism and attention to detail and decried for turning out a string of standard commercial Hollywood blockbusters. The son of a naval officer, Petersen held a lifelong fascination with the sea and naval subjects....

7.8 31/40 1. The Never Ending Story 8*, 2. Troy 8*, 3. The Perfect Storm 8*, 4. In the Line of Fire 7*

92. Matt Reeves

Producer | The Batman

Matthew George "Matt" Reeves was born April 27, 1966 in Rockville Center, New York, USA and is a writer, director and producer. Reeves began making movies at age eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. He befriended filmmaker J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old and a public-access ...

7.8 31/40 1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 8*, 2. War for the Planet of the Apes 7*, 3. Let Me In 8*, 4. Cloverfield 8*

93. Ben Stiller

Producer | Tropic Thunder

Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).

His parents made no real...

7.7 23/30 1. The Cable Guy 9*, 2. Zoolander 7*, 3. Tropic Thunder 7*

94. Gore Verbinski

Director | Rango

Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...

(7.7*) 7.5 60/80 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 9*, 2. Mousehunt 8*, 3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 8*, 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End 8*, 5. Rango 7*, 6. The Ring 7*, 7. A Cure for Wellness 7*, The Lone Ranger 6*

95. Steven Soderbergh

Director | Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to ...

7.5 30/40 1. Side Effects 9*, 2. Logan Lucky 8*, 3. Ocean's Eleven 7*, 4. Magic Mike 6*

96. Joe Johnston

Director | Captain America: The First Avenger

Joseph Eggleston Johnston II is an American film director from Texas who is known for directing the cult classic film The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Wolfman, October Sky, The Pagemaster, Jurassic Park III and Captain America: The First Avenger. He was an art director for ...

(7.7*) 7.5 60/80 1. October Sky 10*, 2. Jumanji 9*, 3. Jurassic Park 3 7*, 4. Not Safe for Work7*, 5. Hidalgo 7*, 6. The Wolfman 7*, 7. Honey I Shrunk the Kids 7*, 8. Captain America: The First Avenger 6*,

97. Rupert Wyatt

Director | The Escapist

Writer, Director and Producer Rupert Wyatt was born and raised in the South of England.

He is the founding member of the film collective Picture Farm that along with its prolific Commercial output has produced numerous Documentaries and Feature Films including the multi-award winning DARK DAYS (2001...

7.5 15/20 1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 8*, 2. The Gambler 7*

98. John Lasseter

Writer | Toy Story 2

Although born in Hollywood, John and his twin sister Johanna were raised in Whittier near Los Angeles. His parents were Jewell Mae (Risley), an art teacher, and Paul Eual Lasseter, a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. His mother's profession contributed to his interest in animation and ...

(7.8*) 7.4 37/50 1. Toy Story 10*, 2. Toy Story 2 7*, 3. A Bugs Life 7*, 4. Cars 7*, 5. Cars 2 6*

99. Chris Columbus

Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...

(7.1*) 7.0 56/80 1. Home Alone 2 9*, 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 8*, 3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone 8*, 4. Home Alone 7*, 5. Bicentennial Man 6*, 6. I Love You, Beth Cooper 6*, 7. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 6*, 8. Pixels 6*

100. Bryan Singer

Director | X-Men

Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who got his start writing and co-directing the short film Lions Den with his classmates while he attended USC. He was hired by 20th Century Fox to direct X-Men, which helped kick-start the superhero renaissance. He later directed three sequels....

(7.5*) 7.3 51/70 1. The Usual Suspects 9*, 2. X-Men 9*, 3. Valkyrie 7*, 4. X-Men 2 7*, 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 7*, 6. Jack the Giant Slayer 6*, 7. X-Men: Days of Future Past 6*