Movie Directors Top Films - Page 5

Movie directors Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick

Criteria: The movies were ranked according to their influence, their initial and lasting popularity, as well as their initial and lasting acclaim. Most lists rank the director's ten greatest films, while some directors with a particularly small filmography only have five films listed. Feature films, TV films, documentaries, short films, experimental films, essay films, TV miniseries and TV series that were created mainly by the director in question were all eligible.

Danny Boyle

1956 -

  1. Trainspotting (1996)
  2. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  3. 28 Days Later (2002)
  4. 127 Hours (2010)
  5. Shallow Grave (1994)
  6. Sunshine (2007)
  7. Steve Jobs (2015)
  8. Yesterday (2019)
  9. T2 Trainspotting (2017)
10. Millions (2004)

John Brahm

1893 - 1982

  1. The Lodger (1944)
  2. Hangover Square (1945)
  3. The Locket (1946)
  4. The Mad Magician (1954)
  5. Guest in the House (1944)
  6. The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
  7. Singapore (1947)
  8. Hot Rods to Hell (1966)
  9. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
10. The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)

Stan Brakhage

1933 - 2003

  1. Dog Star Man (1961-1964)
  2. Mothlight (1963)
  3. Window Water Baby Moving (1959)
  4. The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971)
  5. Songs (1964-1969)
  6. Scenes from Under Childhood (1967-1970)
  7. The Text of Light (1974)
  8. Anticipation of the Night (1958)
  9. The Art of Vision (1965)
10. The Dante Quartet (1987)

Kenneth Branagh

1960 -

  1. Henry V (1989)
  2. Hamlet (1996)
  3. Belfast (2021)
  4. Cinderella (2015)
  5. Thor (2011)
  6. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  7. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
  8. A Haunting in Venice (2023)
  9. Dead Again (1991)
10. Death on the Nile (2022)

Catherine Breillat

1948 -

  1. Fat Girl (2001)
  2. Last Summer (2023)
  3. The Last Mistress (2007)
  4. Romance (1999)
  5. Anatomy of Hell (2004)
  6. A Real Young Girl (1976)
  7. 36 fillette (1988)
  8. Sex Is Comedy (2002)
  9. Abuse of Weakness (2013)
10. Brief Crossing (2001)

Herbert Brenon

1880 - 1958

  1. Peter Pan (1924)
  2. Beau Geste (1926)
  3. A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
  4. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
  5. Ivanhoe (1913)
  6. War Brides (1916)
  7. The Spanish Dancer (1923)
  8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)
  9. A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
10. Neptune's Daughter (1914)

Robert Bresson

1901 - 1999

  1. A Man Escaped (1956)
  2. Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
  3. Pickpocket (1959)
  4. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
  5. Mouchette (1967)
  6. L'argent (1983)
  7. The Devil, Probably (1977)
  8. Les dames du bois de Boulogne (1945)
  9. Lancelot du Lac (1974)
10. Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)

Martin Brest

1951 -

  1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
  2. Scent of a Woman (1992)
  3. Midnight Run (1988)
  4. Meet Joe Black (1998)
  5. Going in Style (1979)

Philippe de Broca

1933 - 2004

  1. That Man from Rio (1964)
  2. King of Hearts (1966)
  3. Cartouche (1962)
  4. The Man from Acapulco (1973)
  5. On Guard (1997)
  6. Up to His Ears (1965)
  7. Incorrigible (1975)
  8. Dear Inspector (1977)
  9. The Love Game (1960)
10. Viper in the Fist (2004)

Albert Brooks

1947 -

  1. Lost in America (1985)
  2. Modern Romance (1981)
  3. Real Life (1979)
  4. Defending Your Life (1991)
  5. Mother (1996)

James L. Brooks

1940 -

Poster for the movie Terms of Endearment

  1. Terms of Endearment (1983)
  2. As Good as It Gets (1997)
  3. Broadcast News (1987)
  4. Spanglish (2004)
  5. I'll Do Anything (1994)

Mel Brooks

1926 -

  1. Young Frankenstein (1974)
  2. The Producers (1968)
  3. Blazing Saddles (1974)
  4. Silent Movie (1976)
  5. Spaceballs (1987)
  6. High Anxiety (1977)
  7. History of the World: Part I (1981)
  8. The Twelve Chairs (1970)
  9. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
10. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Richard Brooks

1912 - 1992

Poster for the movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  1. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
  2. In Cold Blood (1967)
  3. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  4. Elmer Gantry (1960)
  5. The Professionals (1966)
  6. Deadline – U.S.A. (1952)
  7. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
  8. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
  9. Lord Jim (1965)
10. Bite the Bullet (1975)

Clarence Brown

1890 - 1987

  1. National Velvet (1944)
  2. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
  3. Anna Karenina (1935)
  4. The Yearling (1946)
  5. The Last of the Mohicans [with Maurice Tourneur] (1920)
  6. Anna Christie (1930)
  7. The Eagle (1925)
  8. A Free Soul (1931)
  9. Intruder in the Dust (1949)
10. The Human Comedy (1943)

Tod Browning

1880 - 1962

  1. Dracula (1931)
  2. Freaks (1932)
  3. The Unknown (1927)
  4. The Unholy Three (1925)
  5. London After Midnight (1927)
  6. Outside the Law (1920)
  7. The Devil-Doll (1936)
  8. West of Zanzibar (1928)
  9. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
10. The Blackbird (1926)

Luis Buñuel

1900 - 1983

Poster for the 1929 movie Un chien andalou

  1. Un chien andalou (1929)
  2. Viridiana (1961)
  3. L'âge d'or (1930)
  4. Los olvidados (1950)
  5. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
  6. Belle de jour (1967)
  7. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
  8. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
  9. Tristana (1970)
10. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

Charles Burnett

1944 -

  1. Killer of Sheep (1977)
  2. To Sleep with Anger (1990)
  3. My Brother's Wedding (1983)
  4. The Glass Shield (1994)
  5. When It Rains (1995)
  6. Several Friends (1969)
  7. Nightjohn (1996)
  8. Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
  9. The Horse (1973)
10. Relative Stranger (2009)

Tim Burton

1958 -

  1. Batman (1989)
  2. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  3. Ed Wood (1994)
  4. Big Fish (2003)
  5. Beetlejuice (1988)
  6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
  7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  8. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
  9. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
10. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

David Butler

1894 - 1979

Poster for the 1935 movie The Little Colonel

  1. The Little Colonel (1935)
  2. Road to Morocco (1942)
  3. Bright Eyes (1934)
  4. Calamity Jane (1953)
  5. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
  6. Just Imagine (1930)
  7. Sunny Side Up (1929)
  8. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
  9. The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
10. Captain January (1936)

Michael Cacoyannis

1921 - 2011

  1. Zorba the Greek (1964)
  2. Stella (1955)
  3. Iphigenia (1977)
  4. Electra (1962)
  5. A Girl in Black (1956)
  6. A Matter of Dignity (1958
  7. Windfall in Athens (1954)
  8. The Trojan Women (1971)
  9. Attila '74: The Rape of Cyprus (1975)
10. Our Last Spring (1960)

James Cameron

1954 -

  1. The Terminator (1984)
  2. Titanic (1997)
  3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  4. Avatar (2009)
  5. Aliens (1986)
  6. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
  7. The Abyss (1989)
  8. True Lies (1994)
  9. Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
10. Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)

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