Spike Lee Inside Man, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, She's Gotta Have It, Chi-Raq, He Got Game, Bamboozled 1. Do the Right Thing 2. Da Five Bloods 3. BlackkKlansman 4. Oldboy

J.J. Abrams MI3 1. Star Trek 2. The Force Awakens 3. Star Trek: Into Darkness 4. The Rise of Skywalker

Rian Johnson Brick, The Brothers Bloom 1. Looper 2. Knives Out 3. Glass Onion 4. The Last Jedi

Todd Phillips Old School, War Dogs 1. Joker 2. The Hangover 3. The Hangover Part II 4. The Hangover Part III

The Russo Brothers 1. Avengers: Infinity War 2. Captain America: Civil War 3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 4. Avengers: Endgame

Henry Selick 1. Coraline 2. The Nightmare Before Christmas 3. James and the Giant Peach 4. Wendell and Wild

Bryan Singer Superman Returns, Bohemian Rhapsody 1. X-Men: Days of Future Past 2. X2 3. X-Men: Apocalypse 4. X-Men

Steven Soderbergh Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Kafka, King of the Hill, The Underneath, Schizopolis, Gray’s Anatomy, Out of Sight, The Limey, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Full Frontal, Solaris, Bubble, Bubble, Che 1-2, The Girlfriend Experience, The Informant!, Contagion, Haywire, Magic Mike, Side Effects, Behind the Candelabra, Unsane, High Flying Bird, The Laundromat, Let Them All Talk, No Sudden Move, Kimi, Magic Mike 2 1. Ocean's 11 2. Logan Lucky 3. Ocean's 13 4. Oceans 12

<p>Sylvester Stallone<br />The Expendables<br />1. Rocky II<br />2. Rocky IV<br />3. Rocky III<br />4. Rocky Balboa</p>

<p>Gore Verbinski<br>1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl<br>2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest<br>3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End<br>4. Rango</p>

Taika Waititi What We Do in the Shadows, Eagle vs. Shark 1. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2. Jojo Rabbit 3. Thor: Ragnarok 4. Thor: Love and Thunder

John G. Avildsen Karate Kid 2-3, Joe 1. Rocky 2. The Karate Kid 3. Rocky V

Brad Bird The Iron Giant 1. The Incredibles 2. Ratatouille 3. Incredibles 2

Frank Capra Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Meet John Doe, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Lady for a Day, Lost Horizon 1. It's a Wonderful Life 2. It Happened One Night 3. Arsenic and Old Lace

John Cassavetes<br>Opening Night, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Faces<br>1. A Woman Under the Influence<br>2. Husbands<br>3. Shadows

Chris Columbus Home Alone 2, Harry Potter 1-2, Adventure in Babysitting, Bicentennial Man 1. Home Alone 2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part III, Dracula, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Rainmaker, New York Story 1. The Godfather 2. Apocalypse Now 3. The Godfather Part II

George Cukor The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, The Women 1. Gaslight 2. Holiday 3. A Star is Born

Jon Favreau The Lion King, Made 1. Elf 2. Iron Man 3. Iron Man 2

Tobe Hooper Salem's Lot 1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 3. Poltergeist

Terrence Malick The Thin Red Line, Song to Song, Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Voyage of Time, The Tree of Life, The Way of the Wind 1. The New World 2. Badlands 3. Days of Heaven

Peyton Reed Bring It On 1. Ant-Man 2. Ant-Man and the Wasp 3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Matt Reeves The Batman 1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2. War for the Planet of the Apes 3. Cloverfield

Paul Verhoeven The 4th Man, Soldier of Orange, Showgirls 1. Robocop 2. Starship Trooper 3. Total Recall

Jon Watts Wolfs 1. Spider-Man: Homecoming 2. Spider-Man: No Way Home 3. Spider-Man: Far From Home

Darren Aronofsky The Wrestler, Mother, The Fountain, Pi, Noah 1. Black Swan 2. Requiem for a Dream

Noah Baumbach The Meyerowitz Stories, Kicking and Screaming, Margot at the Wedding, Greenberg, While We're Young, Mistress America, White Noise 1. Frances Ha 2. The Squid and the Whale

Charlie Chaplin Modern Times, City Lights, The Great Dictator, The Circus, The Gold Rush, Limelight, Monsieur Verdoux, The Immigrant, A Woman of Paris, Shoulder Arms 1. The Kid 2. A Dog's Life

Damien Chazelle Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Babylon 1. Whiplash 2. Lala Land

Ryan Coogler Fruitvale Station 1. Black Panther 2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Wes Craven 1. A Nightmare On Elm Street 2. The Hills Have Eyes

Ruben Fleischer Zombieland 2, Venom, Uncharted 1. Zombieland 2. 30 Minutes or Less

Greta Gerwig Lady Bird, Nights and Weekends 1. Barbie 2. Lady Bird

James Gunn The Suicide Squad, Slither, GOTG3 1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Alfred Hitchcock The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Lady Vanishes, Foreign Correspondent, Rebecca, Lifeboat, Rear Window, Shadow of a Doubt, The Wrong Man, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, Rope, Strangers on a Train, To Catch a Thief, Frenzy 1. Vertigo 2. Dial M for Murder

James Mangold Ford v Ferrari, Girl Interrupted, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, Identity, Indiana Jones 5 1. Logan 2. The Wolverine

Emeric Pressburger/Michael Powell The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, A Canterbury Tale, I Know Where I'm Going, The Thief of Bagdad, The Small Back Room 1. Black Narcissus 2. Peeping Tom

Harold Ramis Vacation, Bedazzled, Analyze This, Analyze That 1. Groundhog Day 2. Caddyshack

Rob Reiner A Few Good Men, Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally 1. Stand By Me 2. This Is Spinal Tap

Nicolas Roeg Don't Look Now, Walkabout, Bad Timing 1. The Man Who Fell To Earth 2. The Witches

Zack Snyder Justice League, Batman v. Superman, Man of Steel, Sucker Punch 1. Watchmen 2. 300

Tim Story Ride Along 2, Shaft, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 1. Fantastic 4 2. Tom and Jerry

Matthew Vaughn Kingsman 1-3, Stardust 1. Kick Ass 2. X-Men: First Class

The Wachowski Sisters Matrices, Cloud Atlas, Bound 1. The Matrix 2. The Matrix Reloaded

Ti West 1. X 2. Pearl

Robert Zemeckis Back to the Future, Polar Express, Contact, Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Flight 1. Back to the Future 2. Forrest Gump

Robert Altman Nashville, 3 Women, Mash, California Split, Secret Honor 1. The Player

Ari Aster Beau is Afraid 1. Hereditary

Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Detroit, Near Dark, Strange Days, Blue Steel 1. The Loveless

Shane Black The Nice Guys, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Predator, Cold Warrior 1. Iron Man 3

Kenneth Branagh Henry V, Dead Again, Much Ado About Nothing, Frankenstein, Cinderella, Murder on the Orient Express, Atremis Fowl, Belfast 1. Thor

Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood 1. The Producers

<p>Destin Daniel Cretton<br />Short Term 12, The Glass Castle, Avengers 5, Shang Chi 2<br />1. Shang Chi</p>

Michael Curtiz Mildred Pierce, Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Captain Blood 1. Casablanca

Frank Darabont Buried Alive, The Majestic, The Mist 1. The Shawshank Redemption

Scott Derickson Black Phone, Sinister, Labyrinth 2 1. Doctor Strange

Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly On the Town, Its Always Fair Weater, Charade, Funny Face, Two for the Road, Indiscreet, Charade 1. Singin' in the Rain

Abel Ferrera King of New York, Driller Killer, The Addiction, New Rose Hotel, Body Snatchers 1. Ms .45

Victor Fleming Captain Courageous, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Red Dust 1. The Wizard of Oz

John Ford The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, My Darling Clementine, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Quiet Man, How the West Was Won, Fort Apache, The Wagon Master, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1. Stagecoach

John Frankenheimer The Train, Ronin, Seven Days in May, Bird Man of Alcatraz 1. The Manchurian Candidate

William Friedkin To Live and Die in L.A., The French Connection, Sorcerer 1. The Exorcist

Alex Garland Ex Machina 1. Annihilation

Stuart Gordon Fortress, Dagon, Castle Freak, Dolls, From Beyond 1. Re-Animator

Howard Hawks His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Scarface, The Thing From of Another World, To Have and Have Not, Red River, Only Angels Have Wings 1. Bringing Up Baby

Amy Heckerling Clueless, European Vacation, Look Who's Talking Too 1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rush, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Inferno, Frost/Nixon 1. Solo: A Star Wars Story

John Hughes Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Uncle Buck, Planes Trains and Automobiles 1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Joe Johnston Jurassic Park 3, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, October Sky, The Rocketeer 1. Captain America: The First Avenger

David Leitch Atomic Blonde, Atomic Blonde 2, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 1. Deadpool 2

Louis Leterrier Now You See Me, Clash of the Titans, Grimsby, Transporter 2, Fast X 1. The Incredible Hulk

Rob Marshall Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Little Mermaid 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Elaine May A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid 1. Mikey and Nicky

Sam Mendes 1917, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Skyfall, Spectre 1. American Beauty

Mike Nichols Closer, The Birdcage, Wit, Working Girl 1. The Graduate

Alexander Payne Downsizing, The Descendants, Sideways, About Schmidt, Citizen Ruth 1. Election

Sam Peckinpah Straw Dogs, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Getaway, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Cross of Iron, Ride the High Country 1. The Wild Bunch

Lynne Ramsay Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar, Gasman, Swimmer 1. We Need To Talk About Kevin

David O. Russell American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter, Amsterdam, 1. I Heart Huckabees

Safdie Bros Daddy Long Legs, Heaven Knows That, Lenny Cooke, The Pleasure of Being Robbed 1. Uncut Gems

John Sayles<br>The Return of the Secaucus 7, Matewan, Lone Star<br>1. Brother From Another Planet

Tony Scott True Romance, The Taking of Pelham 123, Man on Fire, Crimson Tide, Spy Game 1. Top Gun

Cate Shortland Berlin Syndrome, The Silence, Lore 1. Black Widow

Kevin Smith Clerks 2, Dogma, Mallrats, Tusk, Chasing Amy, Red State 1. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

James Wan The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Aquaman, Aquaman 2, Insidious, Insidious 2, Dead Silence, Death Sentence, Furious 7 1. Saw

Chad Stahelski John Wick 2-4 1. John Wick

Peter Watkins Edvard Munch, Privilege, La Commune, The War Game 1. Punishment Park

Peter Weir Master and Commander, Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, Fearless 1. The Truman Show

Billy Wilder The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, Ace in the Hole, The Lost Weekend, Sabrina, 123, The Seven Year Itch, Stalag 17, Witness for the Prosecution 1. Sunset Boulevard

Robert Wise The Haunting, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Star Trek, The Curse of the Cat People, The Andromeda Strain 1. West Side Story

Chloe Zhao The Rider, Dracula, Songs My Brothers Taught Me 1. Eternals

Robert Aldrich What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Kiss Me Deadly, Attack, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Longest Yard

Hal Ashby The Last Detail, Bound For Glory, The Landlord, Shampoo, Harold and Maude, Coming Home

Peter Bogdanovich Paper Moon, What's Up Doc?, Targets, Saint Jack

John Boorman Excalibur, Point Blank, Zardoz, Exorcist II, Hell in the Pacific, Hope and Glory

Danny Boyle Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Steve Jobs, 127 Hours, The Beach

Richard Brooks Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, In Cold Blood, The Professionals, Sweet Bird of Youth, Elmer Gentry

Tod Browning Freaks, The Devil Doll, Mark of the Vampire, The Unholy Three, West of Zanzibar

Charles Burnett To Sleep with Anger, My Brother's Wedding, The Glass Shield, When It Rains, The Annihilation of Fish, The Final Insult, The Blues, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property Shorts- The Horse, Several Friends, Quiet as Kept

Jane Campion The Piano, In the Cut, An Angel at My Table, Sweetie, Top of the Lake, The Power of the Dog