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1
David Fincher • Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
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Quentin Tarantino • Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen
Caper • Crime Thriller • Crime
3
Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: Julianne Moore, David Huddleston, Jeff Bridges
Buddy Film • Comedy • Crime Comedy
4
Christopher Nolan • Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Crime Thriller • Crime • Mindbender
5
Edgar Wright • Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Apocalyptic Film • Comedy • Horror Comedy
6
Tony Kaye • Starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo
Crime • Crime Drama • Drama
7
Mike Judge • Starring: Stephen Root, Gary Cole, John C. McGinley
Black Comedy • Comedy • Workplace Comedy
8
Terry Gilliam • Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Dystopian Film • Mindbender
9
Jean-Pierre Melville • Starring: Lino Ventura, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret
Drama • Foreign Language Film • French New Wave
10
Hayao Miyazaki • Starring: Rumi Hîragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki
Adventure • Animation • Anime
11
Chan-wook Park • Starring: Dal-su Oh, Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu
Based-on-Comics • Based-on-Manga • Drama
12
Tomas Alfredson • Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age
13
Richard Kelly • Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
14
Kevin Smith • Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti
Buddy Film • Comedy • Workplace Comedy
15
James Foley • Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Ensemble Film
16
Tim Burton • Starring: Geena Davis, Catherine O'Hara, Alec Baldwin
Black Comedy • Comedy • Fantasy Comedy
17
Mary Harron • Starring: Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller
18
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
19
Joss Whedon • Starring: Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite
Action • Based-on-Television • Dystopian Film
20
Darren Aronofsky • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly
Addiction Drama • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama
21
John Carpenter • Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
Action • Alien Invasion Films • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
22
John Woo • Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo
Action Thriller • Action • Foreign Language Film
23
Richard Linklater • Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Ensemble Film
24
Rian Johnson • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas
Crime Drama • Crime • Detective Film
25
Shane Black • Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan
Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
26
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi • Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Yôko Minamida
Avant-garde / Experimental • Comedy • Fantasy Comedy
27
Kinji Fukasaku • Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Chiaki Kuriyama, Aki Maeda
Action Thriller • Action • Dystopian Film
28
Michael Lehmann • Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Comedy
29
Mike Leigh • Starring: Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, David Thewlis
Black Comedy • Drama • Psychological Drama
30
Brad Bird • Starring: Eli Marienthal, Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr.
Animation • Buddy Film • Comedy Drama
31
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
Chase Movie • Female-Directed Film • Horror
32
Charlie Kaufman • Starring: Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Drama • Mindbender • Psychological Drama
33
Jonathan Lynn • Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn
Comedy Thriller • Comedy • Mystery
34
George Sluizer • Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Foreign Language Film • Mystery • Psychological Thriller
35
Peter Jackson • Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody
Black Comedy • Body Horror • Horror Comedy
36
Terry Gilliam • Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire
Absurd Comedy • Avant-garde / Experimental • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
37
Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet • Starring: Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Absurd Comedy • Black Comedy • Cannibal Film
38
Tarsem Singh • Starring: Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama
39
David Fincher • Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama • Crime
40
Jim Jarmusch • Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen
Hybrid Western • Road Movie • Western
41
Peter Jackson • Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse
Based-on-a-True-Story • Coming-of-Age • Crime Drama
42
Shane Carruth • Starring: Shane Carruth, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Mindbender • Psychological Sci-Fi • Science Fiction
43
David Cronenberg • Starring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Medical Drama
44
Wes Anderson • Starring: Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Robert Musgrave
Buddy Film • Caper • Comedy
45
Takashi Miike • Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, Eihi Shiina
Foreign Language Film • Horror • Sadistic Horror
46
Troy Duffy • Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus
Action • Crime • Crime Drama
47
Peter Greenaway • Starring: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
48
Paul Verhoeven • Starring: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
49
John Cameron Mitchell • Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Michael Pitt
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy Drama • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
50
John Dahl • Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol
Buddy Film • Drama • Post-Noir
51
Wong Kar-Wai • Starring: Karen Mok, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Leon Lai
Crime • Drama • Foreign Language Film
52
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Patrick Swayze
Action Thriller • Action • Female-Directed Film
53
Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza • Starring: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
Foreign Language Film • Found Footage Film • Horror
54
Martha Coolidge • Starring: Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, William Atherton
Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Female-Directed Film
55
Steven Soderbergh • Starring: Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
56
Satoshi Kon • Starring: Mami Koyama, Shozo Izuka, Hirotaka Suzuoki
Animation • Anime • Drama
57
Gregg Araki • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film
58
Paul Thomas Anderson • Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Absurd Comedy • Comedy Drama • Romance
59
Chris Smith • Starring: Mark Borchardt, Tom Schimmels, Monica Borchardt
Biography • Documentary • Media Documentary
60
Russell Mulcahy • Starring: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown
Action • Fantasy • Sword-and-Sorcery
61
Jonathan Glazer • Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
62
Scott Sanders • Starring: Arsenio Hall, Michael Jai White, Richard Edson
Action • Action Comedy • Blaxploitation
63
David Lynch • Starring: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Robert Blake
Mindbender • Mystery • Post-Noir
64
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde • Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel
Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
65
Ben Stiller • Starring: Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
66
David Wain • Starring: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter
Comedy • Farce • Parody/Spoof
67
Gaspar Noé • Starring: Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Mindbender
68
Bong Joon Ho • Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park
Foreign Language Film • Horror • K-Horror
69
The Wachowskis • Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano
70
Stephen Chow • Starring: Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Dong Zhi Hua
Action Comedy • Action • Black Comedy
71
Gaspar Noé • Starring: Monica Bellucci, Albert Dupontel, Vincent Cassel
72
Takashi Miike • Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Susumu Terajima
Based-on-Comics • Based-on-Manga • Black Comedy
73
Vincent Gallo • Starring: Ben Gazzara, Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Gallo
Comedy Drama • Crime • Crime Drama
74
Jared Hess • Starring: Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Carmen Brady
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Coming-of-Age
75
Allan Moyle • Starring: Christian Slater, Mimi Kennedy, Andy Romano
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Teen Movie
76
Sylvain Chomet • Starring: Michel Robin, Michele Caucheteux, Monica Vegas
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
77
Trey Parker • Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller
Action Comedy • Action • Adventure Comedy
78
Béla Tarr • Starring: Janos Derzsi, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Drama
79
Darren Aronofsky • Starring: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman
Avant-garde / Experimental • Mindbender • Psychological Thriller
80
Gus Van Sant • Starring: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Chiara Caselli
Buddy Film • Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film
81
Pascal Laugier • Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin
Foreign Language Film • Horror • New French Extremism
82
Jay Levey • Starring: Weird Al Yankovic, Michael Richards, Victoria Jackson
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Media Satire
83
John Dahl • Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman
Crime • Erotic Thriller • Femme Fatale
84
Abel Ferrara • Starring: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne
Crime Thriller • Crime • Gangster Film
85
Mikhail Kalatozov • Starring: Salvador Wood, Sergio Corrieri, José Gallardo
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Epic
86
Neil Marshall • Starring: Shauna MacDonald, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder
Horror • Monster Film • Survival Film
87
Howard Franklin • Starring: Bill Murray, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards
Comedy • Comedy of Errors • Crime
88
Atom Egoyan • Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Damon D'Oliveira
Drama • Ensemble Film • Erotic Drama
89
Takeshi Kitano • Starring: Tetsu Watanabe, Susumu Terajima, Takeshi Kitano
Action Thriller • Action • Crime
90
Richard Linklater • Starring: John Slate, Steve Anderson, Aleister Barron
Comedy • Ensemble Film • Hyperlink Film
91
Jee-woon Kim • Starring: Soo-jung Lim, Geun-Young Moon, Jung-ah Yum
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
92
Rowdy Herrington • Starring: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara
Action Thriller • Action • Thriller
93
Taylor Hackford • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Religious Horror
94
Sam Raimi • Starring: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels
Action • Revenge Film • Sci-Fi Action
95
Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury • Starring: Béatrice Dalle, Nathalie Roussel, Alysson Paradis
Foreign Language Film • Home Invasion Film • Horror
96
Ti West • Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov
Haunted House Film • Horror • Religious Horror
97
James Gunn • Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker
Body Horror • Horror Comedy • Horror
98
John Fawcett • Starring: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche
Canuxploitation • Coming-of-Age • Feminist Film
99
Neil LaBute • Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, Mark Rector
Drama • Psychological Drama
100
Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Erotic Drama
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