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Top 100 Directors of All Time

The greatest film directors ranked by MovieMagicScore community ratings. Only directors with 3 or more rated films qualify.

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1

Alfred Hitchcock

9.5
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131
2

Steven Spielberg

9.5
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307
3

Akira Kurosawa

9.4
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86
4

Billy Wilder

9.3
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-
74
5

Hayao Miyazaki

9.3
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-
99
6

Orson Welles

9.3
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-
259
7

Stanley Kubrick

9.3
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-
29
8

David Lean

9.2
-
-
33
9

Ingmar Bergman

9.2
-
-
141
10

Christopher Nolan

9.1
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-
49
11

Quentin Tarantino

9.1
-
-
101
12

David Fincher

9
-
-
48
13

Joel Coen

9
-
-
54
14

Martin Scorsese

9
-
-
348
15

Denis Villeneuve

8.9
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-
43
16

Peter Jackson

8.8
-
-
68
17

Alfonso Cuarón

8.7
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-
44
18

James Cameron

8.7
-
-
105
19

Paul Thomas Anderson

8.7
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-
30
20

Park Chan-wook

8.6
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-
51
21

Wes Anderson

8.6
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-
49
22

Wong Kar-Wai

8.6
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-
69
23

Alejandro González Iñárritu

8.5
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-
33
24

Damien Chazelle

8.5
-
-
23
25

Elia Kazan

8.5
-
-
47
26

Fritz Lang

8.5
-
-
74
27

George Miller

8.5
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-
41
28

John Huston

8.5
-
-
130
29

Makoto Shinkai

8.5
-
-
20
30

Ridley Scott

8.5
-
-
194
31

Robert Altman

8.5
-
-
103
32

Robert Zemeckis

8.5
-
-
79
33

Roman Polanski

8.5
-
-
122
34

Bernardo Bertolucci

8.4
-
-
102
35

Bob Fosse

8.4
-
-
22
36

Howard Hawks

8.4
-
-
55
37

Hugo Niebeling

8.4
-
-
19
38

Isao Takahata

8.4
-
-
49
39

Kathryn Bigelow

8.4
-
-
28
40

Michael Mann

8.4
-
-
45
41

Sam Mendes

8.4
-
-
37
42

Spike Lee

8.4
-
-
171
43

Woody Allen

8.4
-
-
130
44

Zhang Yimou

8.4
-
-
63
45

Naoko Yamada

8.3
-
-
8
46

Oliver Stone

8.3
-
-
118
47

Mehmet Ada Öztekin

8.2
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-
12
48

Richard Valentine

8.2
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-
16
49

Tim Burton

8.2
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-
88
50

Beverly Joubert

8
-
-
24
51

Elem Klimov

8
-
-
16
52

Guel Arraes

8
-
-
22
53

Kahlil Joseph

8
-
-
17
54

Lee Unkrich

8
-
-
18
55

Soichi Masui

8
-
-
9
56

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

8
-
-
28
57

Adam Elliot

7.9
-
-
10
58

Ahmed Rachedi

7.9
-
-
21
59

Anand Patwardhan

7.9
-
-
18
60

Edward Yang

7.9
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-
22
61

Geraldo Sarno

7.9
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-
41
62

Henry Hills

7.9
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-
30
63

Jonathan Demme

7.9
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-
83
64

Josh Lowell

7.9
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-
40
65

Kevin Sullivan

7.9
-
-
12
66

Kunio Katou

7.9
-
-
7
67

Lee Joon-ik

7.9
-
-
26
68

Michael Beyer

7.9
-
-
58
69

Mitsutoshi Tanaka

7.9
-
-
8
70

Peter Mortimer

7.9
-
-
40
71

Peter Weir

7.9
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-
29
72

Rob Diamond

7.9
-
-
24
73

Theodore Melfi

7.9
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-
16
74

Anthony Russo

7.8
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-
38
75

Bruce Gowers

7.8
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-
49
76

Christopher Storer

7.8
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-
30
77

Dick Carruthers

7.8
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-
49
78

Don Mischer

7.8
-
-
31
79

Douglas Mackinnon

7.8
-
-
12
80

Frank Capra

7.8
-
-
90
81

Frédéric Fougea

7.8
-
-
15
82

Hiroshi Teshigahara

7.8
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-
25
83

Joe Russo

7.8
-
-
42
84

Junichi Sato

7.8
-
-
33
85

Kazuya Tsurumaki

7.8
-
-
17
86

Kurt Kuenne

7.8
-
-
11
87

Lenny Abrahamson

7.8
-
-
13
88

Mamoru Hosoda

7.8
-
-
16
89

Massimo Mazzucco

7.8
-
-
15
90

Peter Clifton

7.8
-
-
12
91

Sidney Lumet

7.8
-
-
88
92

Sophie Muller

7.8
-
-
22
93

Takahiro Miki

7.8
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-
28
94

Tatsuya Nagamine

7.8
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-
9
95

Thea Sharrock

7.8
-
-
6
96

Alex Kendrick

7.7
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-
13
97

Anna Muylaert

7.7
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27
98

Brett Sullivan

7.7
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-
19
99

Chava Cartas

7.7
-
-
16
100

Chris Sanders

7.7
-
-
25

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