1. Alfred Hitchcock (1)
13 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 33 other films cited
2. Orson Welles (2)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
3. Stanley Kubrick (3)
11 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
4. Federico Fellini (4)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
5. Francis Ford Coppola (6) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited
6. Jean-Luc Godard (5)
13 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 54 other films cited 21stC
7. Ingmar Bergman (7)
13 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
8. Akira Kurosawa (8)
12 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
9. Jean Renoir (10) ▲
10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited
10. John Ford (9)
14 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 39 other films cited
11. Yasujiro Ozu (11)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
12. Martin Scorsese (12)
10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 27 other films cited 21stC
13. Andrei Tarkovsky (13)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
14. Luis Buñuel (14)
15 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
15. Charles Chaplin (15)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited
16. Robert Bresson (16)
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
17. Billy Wilder (17)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
18. Carl Theodor Dreyer (18)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
19. F.W. Murnau (19)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
20. Howard Hawks (20)
10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
21. Michelangelo Antonioni (21)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
22. David Lynch (22)
10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
23. Steven Spielberg (24) ▲
9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 26 other films cited 21stC
24. Fritz Lang (23)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited
25. François Truffaut (25)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
26. Kenji Mizoguchi (26)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited
27. Roberto Rossellini (27)
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited
28. Chantal Akerman (28)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
29. Sergei Eisenstein (29)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
30. Wong Kar-wai (30)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
31. Abbas Kiarostami (31)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited 21stC
32. Vittorio De Sica (32)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
33. John Cassavetes (34) ▲
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
34. Luchino Visconti (33)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
35. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (35)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
36. Satyajit Ray (36)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited
37. Ernst Lubitsch (37)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 other films cited
38. Woody Allen (38)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 41 other films cited
39. David Lean (40) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
40. Alain Resnais (39)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited
41. Sergio Leone (41)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
42. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (42)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
43. Ridley Scott (44) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
44. Roman Polanski (45) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
45. Jean Vigo (43)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
46. Max Ophüls (46)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
47. Agnès Varda (48) ▲
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited 21stC
48. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (47)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
49. Robert Altman (49)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
50. Buster Keaton (50)
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
51. Terrence Malick (51)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
52. Pier Paolo Pasolini (52)
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
53. Jacques Tati (53)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
54. Chris Marker (54)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited
55. Werner Herzog (55)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited 21stC
56. Dziga Vertov (56)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
57. Hou Hsiao-hsien (59) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
58. Paul Thomas Anderson (60) ▲
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited 21stC
59. Krzysztof Kieslowski (57)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
60. Claire Denis (58)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited 21stC
61. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (67) ▲
7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
62. Bernardo Bertolucci (61)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
63. Michael Curtiz (64) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 34 other films cited
64. Quentin Tarantino (65) ▲
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
65. John Huston (66) ▲
8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
66. Edward Yang (63)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
67. D.W. Griffith (62)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 35 other films cited
68. Frank Capra (68)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
69. Hayao Miyazaki (72) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
70. Nicholas Ray (69)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
71. Sam Peckinpah (70)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
72. Vincente Minnelli (71)
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 26 other films cited
73. Wim Wenders (73)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited
74. Douglas Sirk (74)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited
75. Spike Lee (75)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited 21stC
76. Carol Reed (76)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
77. Lars von Trier (78) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
78. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (80) ▲
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
79. Béla Tarr (79)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
80. Leo McCarey (77)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
81. Victor Fleming (81)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
82. Eric Rohmer (83) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
83. Jacques Rivette (82)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited
84. Michael Haneke (86) ▲
6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
85. Milos Forman (85)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
86. Jane Campion (88) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
87. Preston Sturges (84)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
88. Elia Kazan (87)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
89. Marcel Carné (89)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
90. Nicolas Roeg (90)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
91. Gillo Pontecorvo (91)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
92. Jacques Demy (92)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
93. David Cronenberg (95) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited 21stC
94. Erich von Stroheim (93)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
95. Jean-Pierre Melville (94)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
96. Víctor Erice (96)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
97. Claude Lanzmann (97)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
98. Josef von Sternberg (98)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
99. Pedro Almodóvar (99)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited 21stC
100. Jacques Tourneur (100)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
101. Brian De Palma (102) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited
102. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (101)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
103. Sidney Lumet (106) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited
104. Jean Eustache (103)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
105. John Carpenter (105)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
106. James Cameron (110) ▲
5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
107. Glauber Rocha (104)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
108. Clint Eastwood (108)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 34 other films cited 21stC
109. George Cukor (107)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 31 other films cited
110. William Wyler (112) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
111. King Vidor (109)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 27 other films cited
112. Theo Angelopoulos (111)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
113. Tsai Ming-liang (113)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited 21stC
114. Michael Cimino (116) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
115. Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet (114)
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 27 other films cited
116. Lucrecia Martel (115)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited 21stC
117. David Fincher (121) ▲
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited 21stC
118. Mike Leigh (124) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited
119. Elem Klimov (117)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
120. Bong Joon-ho (122) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
121. Jim Jarmusch (118)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
122. Ken Loach (120)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 other films cited
123. Ousmane Sembene (119)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
124. Céline Sciamma (126) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited 21stC
125. Robert Zemeckis (137) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
126. William Friedkin (129) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
127. George Lucas (130) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
128. Stan Brakhage (125)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 72 other films cited
129. Mikio Naruse (123)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 other films cited
130. Sergei Parajanov (127)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
131. Michael Mann (138) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
132. Richard Linklater (133) ▲
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited 21stC
133. Maurice Pialat (132)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
134. Michael Snow (128)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
135. Bob Fosse (140) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
136. Charles Burnett (131)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
137. Hal Ashby (148) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
138. Peter Weir (139) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
139. Rob Reiner (147) ▲
4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
140. Djibril Diop Mambéty (134)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
141. Věra Chytilová (136)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
142. Terry Gilliam (141)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
143. Andrzej Wajda (135)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited
144. Todd Haynes (146) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
145. Nagisa Oshima (144)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
146. Raoul Walsh (145)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 45 other films cited
147. Jean Cocteau (143)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
148. Alexander Dovzhenko (142)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
149. Mike Nichols (159) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
150. George A. Romero (150)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
151. Abel Gance (149)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
152. Ang Lee (155) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
153. Otto Preminger (151)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited
154. Robert Aldrich (152)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited
155. Tobe Hooper (158) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
156. Robert J. Flaherty (154)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited
157. Alfonso Cuarón (169) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
158. Zhang Yimou (153)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
159. Luis García Berlanga (156)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
160. Wes Anderson (163) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited 21stC
161. Mikhail Kalatozov (157)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
162. Gus Van Sant (161)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
163. Frederick Wiseman (160)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 36 other films cited
164. Christopher Nolan (170) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited 21stC
165. Andy Warhol (162)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 34 other films cited
166. Jia Zhangke (166)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited 21stC
167. Manoel de Oliveira (164)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 other films cited
168. Terence Davies (165)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
169. Peter Bogdanovich (176) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
170. Maya Deren (168)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
171. George Miller (182) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited 21stC
172. Pedro Costa (173) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited 21stC
173. Henri-Georges Clouzot (174) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
174. Aleksandr Sokurov (171)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited 21stC
175. Ritwik Ghatak (172)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
176. Samuel Fuller (167)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
177. Paul Verhoeven (184) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
178. Emir Kusturica (175)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
179. Louis Malle (177)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited
180. John Boorman (180)
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited
181. Robert Wise (185) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
182. Hirokazu Koreeda (191) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited 21stC
183. Arthur Penn (178)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
184. Alexander Mackendrick (181)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
185. Victor Sjöström (179)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
186. Leos Carax (188) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
187. George Stevens (190) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
188. Shohei Imamura (183)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 films cited
189. Marguerite Duras (186)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
190. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack (195) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
191. Ermanno Olmi (194) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
192. Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski (193) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
193. G.W. Pabst (187)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
194. Fei Mu (189)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
195. Joseph Losey (192)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 25 other films cited
196. Lynne Ramsay (201) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited 21stC
197. Jonathan Demme (202) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited
198. James Whale (197)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
199. Barry Jenkins (196)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited 21stC
200. Tod Browning (200)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
201. Peter Jackson (203) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited 21stC
202. Tim Burton (205) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
203. Jonas Mekas (199)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited 21stC
204. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (201)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited 21stC
205. Nuri Bilge Ceylan (208) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited 21stC
206. Larisa Shepitko (206)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited
207. Dario Argento (204)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
208. Kelly Reichardt (215) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
209. Sofia Coppola (207)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
210. Michael Powell (210)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
211. John Schlesinger (222) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
212. Guru Dutt (214) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
213. Michel Gondry (229) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited 21stC
214. Frank Borzage (209)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 31 other films cited
215. Alan J. Pakula (232) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
216. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (212)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
217. Aki Kaurismäki (218) ▲
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 films cited 21stC
218. King Hu (211)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
219. Anthony Mann (213)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 films cited
220. Roy Andersson (225) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
221. Kathryn Bigelow (228) ▲
3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited 21stC
222. Claude Chabrol (221)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 33 other films cited
223. Georges Franju (217)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
224. Jacques Becker (220)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
225. Louis Feuillade (219)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
226. Hong Sang-soo (241) ▲
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 films cited 21stC
227. Lindsay Anderson (216)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
228. Errol Morris (223)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited
229. Julie Dash (227)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
230. Francesco Rosi (224)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited
231. Fred Zinnemann (226)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
232. René Clair (231)
0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 films cited
233. Raúl Ruiz (230)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 30 other films cited
234. Giuseppe Tornatore (235) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
235. Jean Rouch (233)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited
236. Sydney Pollack (-) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited
237. Boris Barnet (234)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited
238. John Waters (243) ▲
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited
239. Robert Hamer (237)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited
240. Don Siegel (239)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited
241. Robert Wiene (236)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited
242. Aleksei German (238)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited
243. David Hand (240)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 0 other films cited
244. Harold Ramis (-) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
245. Mel Brooks (245)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
246. Derek Jarman (242)
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited
247. Guillermo del Toro (249) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited 21stC
248. Jordan Peele (-) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited 21stC
249. Peter Watkins (244)
2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited
250. Oliver Stone (-) ▲
1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited
Directors that fell off this year's list-: Chen Kaige, Georges Méliès, Miklós Jancsó and Patricio Guzmán.