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1
Stanley Kubrick • Starring: George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Peter Sellers
Anti-War Film • Apocalyptic Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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2
Carol Reed • Starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles
British Noir • Film Noir • Mystery
3
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger • Starring: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Dance Film • Drama
4
Edgar Wright • Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Apocalyptic Film • Comedy • Horror Comedy
5
David Lean • Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-a-True-Story
6
David Lean • Starring: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ensemble Film
7
Danny Boyle • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
Addiction Drama • Buddy Film • Comedy Drama
8
Jack Clayton • Starring: Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • British New Wave • Ghost Film
9
Martin Campbell • Starring: Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Daniel Craig
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
10
Robert Hamer • Starring: Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood
Black Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
11
Martin McDonagh • Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Jérémie Renier
Black Comedy • Buddy Film • Comedy Drama
12
Duncan Jones • Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott
Drama • Psychological Sci-Fi • Science Fiction
13
Alex Garland • Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander
Cyborg / Android / Robot • Psychological Sci-Fi • Psychological Thriller
14
Paul Greengrass • Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn
15
Guy Ritchie • Starring: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
Buddy Film • Caper • Comedy
16
Alfonso Cuarón • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Adventure • Family-Oriented Adventure • Family-Oriented Fantasy
17
Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan • Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Female-Directed Film
18
Sam Mendes • Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
19
Mike Leigh • Starring: Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, David Thewlis
Black Comedy • Drama • Psychological Drama
20
Michelangelo Antonioni • Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles
Mindbender • Mystery • Psychological Thriller
21
Fred Zinnemann • Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw
Based-on-Theatre • Courtroom Drama • Drama
22
Chris Columbus • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Family-Oriented Adventure
23
Martin McDonagh • Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Crime Drama
24
Denis Villeneuve • Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård
Action • Adventure Drama • Adventure
25
Tom Hooper • Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
26
Alfonso Cuarón • Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama
27
Paul King • Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Gleeson
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Animal Picture
28
Mike Leigh • Starring: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn
Drama • Family Drama • Reunion Films
29
Steve McQueen • Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale
Addiction Drama • Drama • Erotic Drama
30
Armando Iannucci • Starring: Peter Capaldi, Gina McKee, Tom Hollander
Based-on-Television • Comedy • Farce
31
David Cronenberg • Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Crime Thriller • Crime • Gangster Film
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Charles Crichton • Starring: Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Stanley Holloway
Caper • Comedy • Crime
33
Martin McDonagh • Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
34
John Frankenheimer • Starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau
Action • Action Thriller • Adventure
35
Steve McQueen • Starring: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham
36
Danny Boyle • Starring: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn
37
Martin Ritt • Starring: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner
Drama • Spy Film • Thriller
38
Shane Meadows • Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Period Film
39
Jonathan Glazer • Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
40
Richard Curtis • Starring: Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson
Comedy Drama • Ensemble Film • Holiday Film
41
Asif Kapadia • Starring: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams
Biography • Documentary • Sports and Recreation
42
Peter Glenville • Starring: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud
Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Theatre • Biopic
43
Jonathan Glazer • Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Paul Brannigan
Alien Invasion Films • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror
44
John Crowley • Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen
Drama • Period Film • Romance
45
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller
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Danny Boyle • Starring: Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, Keith Allen
Crime Thriller • Crime • Thriller
47
Armando Iannucci • Starring: Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin
Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Comics • Comedy Drama
48
Carol Reed • Starring: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack
Chase Movie • Crime Drama • Crime
49
Yorgos Lanthimos • Starring: Léa Seydoux, Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz
Absurd Comedy • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
50
Christopher Morris • Starring: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay
51
James Marsh • Starring: Philippe Petit
Biography • Culture and Society • Documentary
52
Carol Reed • Starring: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel
British Noir • Childhood Drama • Drama
53
Laurence Olivier • Starring: Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Norman Wooland
Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
54
Morten Tyldum • Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
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Lone Scherfig • Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Olivia Williams
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Female-Directed Film
56
Shane Meadows • Starring: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Jo Hartley
Crime • Crime Thriller • Revenge Film
57
Martin McDonagh • Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson
Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
58
Florian Zeller • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Family Drama
59
Anton Corbijn • Starring: Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson
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Alexander Mackendrick • Starring: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Comedy • Satire • Sci-Fi Comedy
61
Tomas Alfredson • Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Spy Film • Thriller
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Sidney Lumet • Starring: Harry Andrews, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis
Drama • Prison Film • War Drama
63
Joe Wright • Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Epic
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Paul King • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ben Whishaw, Peter Capaldi
Animal Picture • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
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Shekhar Kapur • Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes
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Andrea Arnold • Starring: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing
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Kevin Macdonald • Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington
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Emerald Fennell • Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie
69
Neil Jordan • Starring: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson
Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Drama • Political Thriller
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Joseph Losey • Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig
British New Wave • Drama • Psychological Drama
71
David Lean • Starring: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh
Adventure • Adventure Drama • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature
72
Sidney J. Furie • Starring: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Mystery • Political Thriller
73
Joe Wright • Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Donald Sutherland
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners
74
Paul Thomas Anderson • Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn
Absurd Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comedy
75
Tom Hooper • Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
76
Jean Renoir • Starring: Arthur Shields, Esmond Knight, Thomas E. Breen
Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama
77
Paul Greengrass • Starring: Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert, Ray Charleson
Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama • Drama
78
David Lean • Starring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Derek Blomfield
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Domestic Comedy
79
Robert Altman • Starring: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Ensemble Film
80
Mike Leigh • Starring: Anna Keaveney, Eddie Marsan, Richard Graham
Drama • Period Film • Social Problem Film
81
Richard Loncraine • Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent
82
Stephen Daldry • Starring: Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Stuart Wells
Childhood Drama • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age
83
Kevin Macdonald • Starring: Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Nicholas Aaron
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Culture and Society
84
Stephen Frears • Starring: Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sergi López
Crime Thriller • Crime • Drama
85
Stephen Frears • Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Docudrama
86
Mike Leigh • Starring: Jim Broadbent, Alan Corduner, Lesley Manville
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy Drama
87
Richard Eyre • Starring: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Melodrama
88
Cary Joji Fukunaga • Starring: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Ralph Fiennes
Action • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
89
Mike Leigh • Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
90
Karel Reisz • Starring: Albert Finney, Norman Rossington, Hylda Baker
British New Wave • Drama • Romance
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James Marsh • Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox
92
Peter Cattaneo • Starring: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy
Buddy Film • Comedy • Dance Film
93
Nicholas Hytner • Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Amanda Donohoe, Helen Mirren
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Comedy of Manners
94
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Family Drama
95
Fernando Meirelles • Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy
Drama • Mystery • Political Thriller
96
Steve Box, Nick Park • Starring: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter
Animation • Comedy • Family
97
Richard Attenborough • Starring: Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, Michael Denison
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Costume Romance
98
Stanley Donen • Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
99
Edgar Wright • Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Diana Rigg
Horror • Mystery • Period Film
100
Michael Winterbottom • Starring: Steve Coogan, Raymond Waring, Dylan Moran
Based-on-18th-Century-Literature • Comedy • Ensemble Film
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