Directors ranked based on how much i liked their movies
by zaeem0101 | created - 16 Dec 2019 | updated - 1 month ago | Public
1. 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...
Stray dog: 8/10
Roshomon: 9/10
İkiru : 9/10
Seven Samurai: 10/10
throne of blood: 6/10
the hidden fortress: 8/10
The bad sleep well: 7/10
Yojimbo :7/10
High and low: 10/10
Ran : 10/10
Average of top five: 9,6
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 ...
Following : 7/10
memento: 10/10
insomnia: 7/10
batman begins: 7/10
the prestige: 9/10
the dark knight: 9/10
inception: 9/10
the dark knight rises: 6/10
interstellar: 8/10
dunkirk: 6/10
tenet: 7/10
Oppenheimer: 10/10
average of top five: 9.4
3. 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 ...
mean streets: 4/10
taxi driver: 7/10
raging bull: 9/10
the king of comedy: 9/10
after hours : 8/10
goodfellas: 9/10
cape fear: 7/10
the age of innocence: 7/10
casino: 7/10
gangs of new york : 2/10
the aviator : 9/ 10
the departed: 8/10
shutter island: 10/10
hugo: 5/10
the wollf of wallstreet: 7/10
silence: 5/10
the irishman: 7/10
killers of the flower moon: 9/10
average of top five : 9.2
4. 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...
reservoir dogs: 8/10
pulp fiction: 10/10
jackie brown: 6/10
kill bill vol.1: 10/10
kill bill vol.2: 8/10
death proof: 7/10
inglorious bastards: 9/10
django unchained: 7/10
the hateful eight: 4/10
once upon a time in hollywood: 5/10
average of top five : 9.0
5. 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 ...
Knife in the water: 7/10
repulsion: 6/10
cul-de-sac: 9/10
rosemary's baby: 10/10
tragedy of macbeth: 7/10
chinatown: 9/10
the tenant: 6/10
tess: 8/10
bitter moon : 6/10
pianist: 9/10
oliver twist: 7/10
the ghost writer: 8/10
carnage: 8/10
average of top five : 9.0
6. 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 ...
the killing: 9/10
dr.strangelove: 10/10
2001: A Space odyssey: 8/10
A clockwork orange: 8/10
barry lyndon: 9/10
the shining: 7/10
full metal jacket: 3/10
eyes wide shut : 1/10
average of top five: 8,8
7. 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, ...
jaws: 9/10
close encounters of the third kind : 8/10
raiders of the lost ark: 7/10
E.T. the extra-terrestrial: 6/10
The color purple : 6/10
empire of the sun : 2/10
schindler's list: 10/10
saving private ryan: 8/10
AI: artificial intelligence: 5/10
catch me if you can: 5/10
the terminal: 7/10
war horse: 8/10
lincoln: 4/10
bridge of spies 7/10
the bfg: 3/10
ready player one: 8/10
west side story: 7/10
the fabelmans: 8/10
average of top five: 8.6
8. Richard Linklater
Director | Waking Life
Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. ...
dazed and confused 7/10
before sunrise : 10/10
waking life : 4/10
the school of rock : 8/10
before sunset: 9/10
before midnight: 8/10
boyhood: 8/10
everybody wants some!!: 7/10
average of top five: 8.6
9. 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 ...
rebecca: 7/10
shadow of a doubt: 7/10
spellbound: 6/10
notorious: 7/10
rope: 7/10
strangers on a train: 5/10
dial m for murder : 9/10
rear window 6/10
to cactch a thief: 3/10
vertigo: 8/10
north by northwest 7/10
psycho: 10/10
the birds: 8/10
average of top five 8.4
10. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul on January 26th, 1959. In 1976, he began studying chemical engineering at Istanbul Technical University, in a context of strong student unrest, boycotts and political polarization. In 1978, he switched courses to Electrical Engineering at Bogazici University. ...
the small town: 4/10
clouds of may: 6/10
distant: 7/10
climates: 8/10
three monkeys: 5/10
Once upon a time in Anatolia: 8/10
winter sleep: 9/10
the wild pear tree: 9/10
about dry grasses: 8/10
average: 8.4
11. Abbas Kiarostami
Writer | Copie conforme
Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career ...
Where is the friends house? : 9/10
cloes up: 8/10
And life goes on: 7/10
through the olive trees: 8/10
taste of cherry: 6/10
the wind will carry us: 9/10
certified copy: 8/10
average : 8.4
12. Paul Thomas Anderson
Director | Punch-Drunk Love
Anderson was born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their teeth making...
boogie nights: 6/10
magnolia: 7/10
punch-drunk love: 6/10
there will be blood: 10/10
the master: 9/10
inherent vice: 5/10
phantom thread: 7/10
licorice pizza: 8/10
average: 8.2
13. Michael Mann
Producer | The Insider
As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...
thief: 8/10
manhunter: 7/10
last of the mohicans: 4/10
heat: 10/10
the insider: 8/10
ali: 5/10
collateral: 8/10
ferrari: 5/10
average: 8.2
14. 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 ...
back to the future: 9/10
back to the future 2: 9/10
back to the future 3: 6/10
forrest gump: 9/10
Contact: 5/10
flight: 7/10
the walk 7/10
average of top five: 8.2
15. 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 ...
blade runner: 10/10
thelma and louise: 7/10
gladiator: 9 / 10
kingdom of heaven: 7/10
american gangster: 7/10
body of lies: 1/10
robin hood: 6/10
exodus: 4/10
the martian 6/10
the last duel: 6/10
napoleon: 5/10
average of top five : 8.0
16. Lars von Trier
Writer | Dancer in the Dark
Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, The Element of Crime (1984). A highly ...
dogville : 10/10
manderlay: 7/10
antichrist: 7/10
melancholia: 9/10
Nymphomaniac vol1: 6/10
the house that jack built: 7/10
average of top five: 8.0
17. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director | Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...
Amores perros: 9/10
21 grams: 9/10
Babel: 5/10
Birdman: 9/10
The revenant: 8/10
average: 8.0
18. 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 ...
12 angry men: 9/10
Murder on the orient express: 6/10
Dog day afternoon: 8/10
Network : 9/10
the verdict: 7/10
Before the devil knows you're dead: 7/10
Average : 8.0
19. 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...
se7en: 9/10
the game 4/10
fight club 7/10
zodiac 5/10
the curious case of benjamin button 9/10
the social network 5/10
the girl with dragon tattoo 8/10
gone girl 5/10
Mank 7/10
The Killer 5/10
average of top five : 8,0
20. 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 ...
The Godfather: 10/10
The Conversation: 6/10
The Godfather part II: 8/10
Apocalypse Now: 8/10
The Godfather part III: 7/10
Bram Stoker's Dracula:5/10
average of top five: 7.8
21. Brian De Palma
Director | Body Double
Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...
Carrie: 8/10
Dressed to Kill: 7/10
Blow Out: 8/10
Scarface: 10/10
Body Double: 6/10
The Untouchables: 4/10
Average: 7.8
22. Asghar Farhadi
Writer | Forooshande
Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...
Fireworks wednesday: 8/10
about elly: 7/10
a seperation: 8/10
the salesman: 7/10
a hero: 9/10
average: 7.8
23. 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 ...
and Ethan Coen
Blood Simple: 5/10
Miller's Crossing: 8/10
Barton Fink: 7/10
Fargo : 8/10
The Big Lebowski: 3/10
No country for old men: 8/10
Burn After Reading: 1/10
True grit: 7/10
The ballad of Buster Scruggs: 8/10
The Tragedy of Macbeth: 7/10
averge of top five : 7.8
24. 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 ...
The devil's backbone: 7/10
Hellboy: 5/10
Pan's labyrinth: 10/10
Crimson peak: 7/10
The shape of water: 7/10
nightmare alley: 7/10
pinocchio: 7/10
Average of top five: 7.6
25. Spike Lee
Director | Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...
Do the right thing: 9/10
Jungle fever : 8/10
malcolm x: 9/10
he got game: 6/10
25th hour: 6/10
blackkklansman: 3/10
average:7.6
26. 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...
identity: 8/10
walk the line: 7/10
3:10 to yuma: 7/ 10
knight and day: 5/10
logan: 8/10
ford v ferrari: 8/10
average of top five: 7.6
27. 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 ...
a fistful of dollars: 8/10
for a few dollars more: 10/10
the good the bad and the ugly: 10/10
once upon a time in the west: 4/10
once upon a time in america: 5/10
average: 7,4
28. 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 ...
pi: 3/10
requiem for a dream: 9/10
the wrestler: 4/10
black swan: 10/10
noah: 1/10
mother! : 6/10
the whale: 8/10
average of top five: 7.4
29. 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 ...
Double Indemnity: 7/10
Sunset Blvd.: 5/10
Sabrina: 7/10
Witness for the Prosecution: 8/10
The Appartment: 10/10
Average of top five: 7.4
30. 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 ...
rushmore: 6/10
the darjeeling limited: 6/10
moonrise kingdom: 8/10
the grand budapest hotel: 9/10
Isle of Dogs: 8/10
The french dispatch: 5/10
Asteroid City: 6/10
average of top five: 7.4
31. 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), ...
incendies: 8/10
prisoners: 4/10
sicario: 6/10
arrival: 6/10
blade runner 2049: 9/10
dune: 8/10
average: 7.4
32. 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.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance: 6/10
Oldboy; 8/10
Thirst:7/10
Stoker: 6/10
The Handmaiden: 9/10
Decision to Leave: 7/10
Average of best five: 7.4
33. 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 ...
Beetle juice : 7/10
edward scissorhands: 6/10
ed wood: 8/10
sleepy hollow: 5/10
big fish: 9/10
frankenweenie: 7/10
average of top five: 7.4
34. 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 ...
annie hall: 7/10
manhattan : 8/10
the purple rose of cairo: 6/10
hannah and her sisters: 8/10
vicky cristina barcelona: 6/10
midnight in paris: 8/10
average of top five: 7.4
35. Jafar Panahi
Director | Taxi
Jafar Panahi (Born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi achieved ...
The white balloon: 7/10
the mirror: 7/10
the circle: 7/10
crimson gold: 6/10
offside: 8/10
taxi: 7/10
3 face: 8/10
no bears: 7/10
average of top five: 7.4
36. 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 ...
Memories of murder : 9/10
The host: 6/10
Mother: 6/10
Snowpiercer: 5/10
Parasite : 9/10
Average : 7.0
37. Yorgos Lanthimos
Director | The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta,...
Dogtooth: 5/10
The Lobster: 8/10
The Killing of a Sacred Deer: 7/10
The Favourite: 6/10
Poor Things: 9/10
Average: 7.0
38. Noah Baumbach
Writer | The Squid and the Whale
Born in Brooklyn in 1969 Noah Baumbach is the son of two film critics, Georgia Brown and Jonathan Baumbach (also a writer). His studies at Vassar College were the subject of his first film (made as he was 26 years old), Kicking and Screaming (1995). His second major picture, made ten years later, ...
The squid and the whale: 7/10
Frances ha: 7/10
While we're young: 4/10
Mistress America: 7/10
Marriage story: 9/10
White noise: 5/10
average: 7.0
39. Alfonso Cuarón
Producer | Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...
great expectations: 1/10
Y tu mama tambien: 9/10
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban: 8/10
children of men : 6/10
gravity : 3/10
roma : 6/10
average of top five: 6.4
40. 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 ...
heavenly creatures: 2/10
lord of the rings 1: 8/10
lord of the rings 2: 8/10
lord of the rings 3: 8/10
the lovely bones : 5/10
average: 6,2
41. 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 ...
The sixth sense: 8/10
Unbreakable: 4/10
The village: 6/10
The visit: 6/10
Split:6/10
Glass: 1/10
Old: 1/10
knock at the cabin: 2/10
Average of top five 6.0
42. 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 ...
Eraserhead: 2/10
Dune: 6/10
Blue velvet: 2/10
Lost highway: 1/10
The Straight story: 8/10
Mullholland Drive: 10/10
average of top five: 5.6
43. 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 ...
Sex, lies and videotape: 4/10
Traffic: 5/10
Ocean's eleven: 6/10
Contagion: 3/10
Side effects: 5/10
logan lucky: 7/10
Unsane: 5/10
Kimi: 4/10
Average of top five: 5.6
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