Greatest Movie Directors Version 1-2
The List From 10-31-04 to 5-9-05
Newly added names are in RED
  1. Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho)
  2. Stanley Kubrick (Dr Strangelove)
  3. Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull)
  4. Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai)
  5. Orson Welles (Citizen Kane)
  6. Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
  7. Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard)
  8. Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal)
  9. Federico Fellini (La Dolce Vita)
10. John Ford (The Searchers)
11. Frank Capra (It's A Wonderful Life)
12. Elia Kazan (On The Waterfront)
13. Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather)
14. John Huston (African Queen)
15. Oliver Stone (Platoon)
16. Sergio Leone (The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly)
17. David Lean (Bridge On The River Kwai)
18. William Wyler (Ben Hur)
19. David Lynch (Blue Velvet)
20. Luis Bunuel (The Golden Age)
21. Ridley Scott (Gladiator)
22. Sydney Lumet (Network)
23. Francois Truffaut (The 400 Blows)
24. Roman Polanski (Chinatown)
25. Laurence Olivier (Hamlet)
26. George Lucas (Star Wars)
27. Jean Luc Godard (Breathless)
28. D.W. Giffith (Birth Of A Nation)
29. Sergei Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin)
30. John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate)
31. Charlie Chaplin (City Lights)
32. Milos Forman (Amadeus)
33. Robert Altman (Nashville)
34. Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch)
35. Cecil B. De Mille (Cleopatra)
36. Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands)
37. Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing)
38. Woody Allen (Annie Hall)
39. Jean Renoir (The Rules Of The Game)
40. Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
41. Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump)
42. Steven Soderbergh (Traffic)
43. Erich Von Stroheim (Greed)
44. Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights)
45. Alan J Pakula (Sophie's Choice)
46. Michael Mann (Heat)
47. Joel Cohen (Fargo)
48. F.W. Murnau (Sunrise)
49. Jim Jarmusch (Night On Earth)
50. Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)
51. Terry Gilliam (Brazil)
52. John Cassavetes (Opening Night)
53. David Fincher (Seven)
54. James Cameron (Titanic)
55. Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For A Dream)
56. George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid)
57. Sydney Pollack (Out Of Africa)
58. Howard Hawks (His Girl Friday)
59. John Carpenter (Halloween)
60. Fred Zinneman (High Noon)
61. George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story)
62. John Schlessinger (Midnight Cowboy)
63. Norman Jewison (In The Heat Of The Night)
64. Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly)
65. Buster Keaton (Our Hospitality)
66. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
67. Mike Nichols (The Graduate)
68. Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On The Western Front)
69. Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally)
70. Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects)
71. Christopher Nolan (Insomnia)
72. Jonathan Demme (The Silence Of The Lambs)
73. Brian De Palma (Scarface)
74. William Friedkin (The Exorcist)
75. Michael Curtiz (Casablanca)
76. Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line)
77. Victor Fleming (Gone With The Wind)
78. Joseph L Mankiewicz (All About Eve)
79. Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter)
80. Peter Jackson (Lord Of The Rings)
81. Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles)
82. Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet)
83. Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without A Cause)
84. Arthur Penn (Bonnie And Clyde)
85. Clarence Brown (Anna Christie)
86. Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show)
87. Blake Edwards (A Shot In The Dark)
88. Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential)
89. Sam Mendes (American Beauty)
90. Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter)
91. Vincente Minnelli (An American In Paris)
92. Robert Wise (The Sound Of Music)
93. John Woo (Face Off)
94. Sam Wood (A Night At The Opera)
95. Carol Reed (The Third Man)
96. Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
97. Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy)
98. Don Siegel (Dirty Harry)
99. Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day)
100. George Romero (Night Of The Living Dead)


The List From 10-1-04 to 10-31-04
Newly added names are in RED
  1. Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho)
  2. Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull)
  3. Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
  4. Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard)
  5. Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai)
  6. Oliver Stone (Platoon)
  7. Orson Welles (Citizen Kane)
  8. Stanley Kubrick (Dr Strangelove)
  9. Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather)
10. John Ford (The Searchers)
11. Elia Kazan (On The Waterfront)
12. Frank Capra (It's A Wonderful Life)
13. Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal)
14. John Huston (African Queen)
15. Federico Fellini (La Dolce Vita)
16. Sergio Leone (The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly)
17. Ridley Scott (Gladiator)
18. David Lean (Bridge On The River Kwai)
19. William Wyler (Ben Hur)
20. Sydney Lumet (Network)
21. George Lucas (Star Wars)
22. Roman Polanski (Chinatown)
23. David Lynch (Blue Velvet)
24. Laurence Olivier (Hamlet)
25. Steven Soderbergh (Traffic)
26. Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights)
27. D.W. Giffith (Birth Of A Nation)
28. Michael Mann (Heat)
29. Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing)
30. John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate)
31. Milos Forman (Amadeus)
32. Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
33. Robert Altman (Nashville)
34. Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch)
35. Woody Allen (Annie Hall)
36. Joel Cohen (Fargo)
37. David Fincher (Seven)
38. James Cameron (Titanic)
39. Cecil B. De Mille (Cleopatra)
40. Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For A Dream)
41. Charlie Chaplin (City Lights)
42. Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump)
43. George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid)
44. Howard Hawks (His Girl Friday)
45. John Carpenter (Halloween)
46. Fred Zinneman (High Noon)
47. George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story)
48. John Schlessinger (Midnight Cowboy)
49. Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects)
50. Christopher Nolan (Insomnia)
51. Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands)
52. Jim Jarmusch (Night On Earth)
53. Brian De Palma (Scarface)
54. Alan J Pakula (Sophie's Choice)
55. Terry Gilliam (Brazil)
56. William Friedkin (The Exorcist)
57. Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
58. Victor Fleming (Gone With The Wind)
59. Sydney Pollack (Out Of Africa)
60. Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)
61. John Cassavetes (Opening Night)
62. F.W. Murnau (Sunrise)
63. Jonathan Demme (The Silence Of The Lambs)
64. Erich Von Stroheim (Greed)
65. Carol Reed (The Third Man)
66. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
67. Mike Nichols (The Graduate)
68. Norman Jewison (In The Heat Of The Night)
69. Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally)
70. Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet)
71. M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense)
72. Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter)
73. Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On The Western Front)
74. Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
75. Jean Renoir (The Rules Of The Game)
76. Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles)
77. Buster Keaton (Our Hospitality)
78. Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without A Cause)
79. Arthur Penn (Bonnie And Clyde)
80. Michael Curtiz (Casablanca)
81. John Woo (Face Off)
82. Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day)
83. Clarence Brown (Anna Christie)
84. Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show)
85. Blake Edwards (A Shot In The Dark)
86. Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line)
87. Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly)
88. Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential)
89. Peter Jackson (Lord Of The Rings)
90. Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves)
91. Sam Mendes (American Beauty)
92. Don Siegel (Dirty Harry)
93. Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter)
94. Vincente Minnelli (An American In Paris)
95. Robert Wise (The Sound Of Music)
96. Sam Wood (A Night At The Opera)
97. Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy)
98. Joseph L Mankiewicz (All About Eve)
99. George Romero (Night Of The Living Dead)
100. Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct)

- - This List Began Oct. 1. 2004 - -

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