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Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: Julianne Moore, David Huddleston, Jeff Bridges
Buddy Film • Comedy • Crime Comedy
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James Ivory • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Period Film
3
Sam Mendes • Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
4
Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert
Comedy Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama
5
James Cameron • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick
Action Thriller • Action • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir
6
David Fincher • Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Crime Thriller • Crime • Police Detective Film
7
David Fincher • Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
8
Harold Ramis • Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Fantasy
9
Lars von Trier • Starring: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean-Marc Barr
Drama • Erotic Drama • Magic Realism
10
Spike Jonze • Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich
11
Milos Forman • Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy Drama
12
Danny Boyle • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
Addiction Drama • Buddy Film • Comedy Drama
13
Frank Darabont • Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Buddy Film • Drama
14
Jay Roach • Starring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
15
Terry Gilliam • Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Dystopian Film • Mindbender
16
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff • Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones
Adventure • Animated Musical • Animation
17
Quentin Tarantino • Starring: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
18
Brian Helgeland • Starring: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
19
Doug Liman • Starring: Vince Vaughn, Patrick Van Horn, Brooke Langton
Buddy Film • Comedy of Manners • Comedy
20
Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama
21
Ang Lee • Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ensemble Film
22
James Foley • Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Ensemble Film
23
Jonathan Demme • Starring: Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Anthony Hopkins
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cannibal Film • Crime Thriller
24
George Armitage • Starring: John Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack
Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Comedy
25
Alejandro Amenábar • Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Fele Martínez
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Drama • Foreign Language Film
26
David O. Russell • Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube
Action • Adventure • Anti-War Film
27
Neil Jordan • Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Costume Romance
28
Gary Ross • Starring: Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy
Americana • Comedy • Fantasy Comedy
29
Amy Heckerling • Starring: Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy of Manners • Comedy
30
Steven Soderbergh • Starring: George Clooney, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Caper • Comedy
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Guy Ritchie • Starring: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
Buddy Film • Caper • Comedy
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Troy Duffy • Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus
Action • Crime • Crime Drama
33
David Fincher • Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger
Mindbender • Mystery • Paranoid Thriller
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Todd Solondz • Starring: Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
35
Paul Thomas Anderson • Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise
Drama • Ensemble Film • Hyperlink Film
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Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi
Americana • Black Comedy • Crime Comedy
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F. Gary Gray • Starring: Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., John Witherspoon, Ice Cube
Buddy Film • Comedy • Slapstick
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John Woo • Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Action Thriller • Action • Chase Movie
39
Luc Besson • Starring: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman
Action Thriller • Action • Buddy Film
40
The Wachowskis • Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
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Vincenzo Natali • Starring: Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett, Nicole deBoer
Canuxploitation • Escape Film • Horror
42
Peter Weir • Starring: Jeff Bridges, Deirdre O'Connell, Rosie Perez
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Disaster Film • Drama
43
Gus Van Sant • Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Psychological Drama
44
Ted Demme • Starring: Matt Dillon, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Ensemble Film
45
Rob Reiner • Starring: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
Based-on-Theatre • Courtroom Drama • Crime Drama
46
Christopher Nolan • Starring: Lucy Russell, John Nolan, Jeremy Theobald
Post-Noir • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
47
John Woo • Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo
Action Thriller • Action • Foreign Language Film
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Bobby & Peter Farrelly • Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
Absurd Comedy • Buddy Film • Comedy
49
Andrew Niccol • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Drama • Dystopian Film
50
Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Erotic Drama
51
Joel Schumacher • Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Raymond J. Barry
Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
52
F. Gary Gray • Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse
Action Thriller • Action • Crime Drama
53
Ben Stiller • Starring: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller
54
Anthony Minghella • Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law
55
Sofia Coppola • Starring: James Woods, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Female-Directed Film
56
Mathieu Kassovitz • Starring: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Saïd Taghmaoui
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Satoshi Kon • Starring: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
Animation • Anime • Crime Thriller
58
Mike Figgis • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands
Addiction Drama • Drama • Prostitution Film
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Tom DiCillo • Starring: Steve Buscemi, Dermot Mulroney, Danielle von Zerneck
Comedy • Ensemble Film • Satire
60
Adrian Lyne • Starring: Tim Robbins, Ving Rhames, Elizabeth Peña
Drama • Horror • Mindbender
61
Roberto Benigni • Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Comedy Drama • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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Kevin Smith • Starring: Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
Comedy Drama • Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film
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Henry Selick • Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Hickey, Paul Reubens
Animated Musical • Animation • Family-Oriented Fantasy
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Alan Parker • Starring: Robert Arkins, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Drama • Musical • Musical Drama
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Peter Cattaneo • Starring: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy
Buddy Film • Comedy • Dance Film
66
Betty Thomas • Starring: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy
67
Todd Solondz • Starring: Matthew Faber, Angela Pietropinto, Victoria Davis
Black Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Domestic Comedy
68
Jonathan Lynn • Starring: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Crime Comedy
69
M. Night Shyamalan • Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Childhood Drama • Drama • Ghost Film
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Lukas Moodysson • Starring: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson
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Bryan Singer • Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Crime Thriller • Crime • Ensemble Film
72
Mark Pellington • Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack
Paranoid Thriller • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
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Tony Kaye • Starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo
Crime • Crime Drama • Drama
74
Tom Tykwer • Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup
75
Gus Van Sant • Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Illeana Douglas, Casey Affleck
Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
76
Michael Mann • Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Action Thriller • Action • Caper
77
Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez • Starring: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams
Folk Horror • Found Footage Film • Horror
78
Mike Judge • Starring: Stephen Root, Gary Cole, John C. McGinley
Black Comedy • Comedy • Workplace Comedy
79
Rob Reiner • Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
80
Peter Weir • Starring: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich
Comedy Drama • Drama • Media Satire
81
Michael Bay • Starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris
82
James Mangold • Starring: Liv Tyler, Joe Grifasi, Shelley Winters
Drama • Psychological Drama • Romantic Drama
83
Gil Junger • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles
Based-on-Shakespeare • Comedy • Romance
84
Jennie Livingston • Starring: Pepper Labeija, Danny Xtravaganza, Brooke
Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Culture and Society • Documentary
85
Martin Scorsese • Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
86
Terry Gilliam • Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire
Absurd Comedy • Avant-garde / Experimental • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
87
Donald Petrie • Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret
Buddy Film • Comedy • Comedy Drama
88
Tim Burton • Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
Comedy Drama • Drama • Fantasy
89
Paul Jay • Starring: Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Brian Pillman
Biography • Documentary • Sports and Recreation
90
Luc Besson • Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm
Action • Adventure • Science Fiction
91
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
92
Lasse Spang Olsen • Starring: Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Black Comedy • Comedy • Crime
93
Peter O'Fallon • Starring: Christopher Walken, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto
Comedy Drama • Comedy Thriller • Crime Comedy
94
Mike Leigh • Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner
Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
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James Cameron • Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere
Action • Action Comedy • Action Thriller
96
Martin Scorsese • Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Thriller • Crime
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Barry Sonnenfeld • Starring: Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Dennis Farina
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Comedy • Crime Comedy
98
Adrian Edmondson • Starring: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Simon Pegg
Comedy • Thriller
99
Jane Campion • Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill
Costume Romance • Drama • Female-Directed Film
100
Dean Parisot • Starring: Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub
Comedy • Sci-Fi Comedy • Science Fiction
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