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1
Derek Cianfrance • Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel
Drama • Marriage Drama • Romance
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Damien Chazelle • Starring: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Finn Wittrock
Drama • Musical Romance • Musical
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Darren Aronofsky • Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder
Dance Film • Drama • Mindbender
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Joe Carnahan • Starring: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Frank Grillo
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure Drama
5
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Female-Directed Film
6
Asghar Farhadi • Starring: Peyman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat
Drama • Ensemble Film • Foreign Language Film
7
Stephen Chbosky • Starring: Emma Watson, Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Drama
8
Tom Hooper • Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
9
Lenny Abrahamson • Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen
Childhood Drama • Drama • Escape Film
10
Christopher Nolan • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe
Action Thriller • Action • Caper
11
Jeff Nichols • Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Katy Mixon
Drama • Family Drama • Psychological Drama
12
Philip Seymour Hoffman • Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Richard Petrocelli
Comedy Drama • Romance • Romantic Comedy
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Mike Mills • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
14
Spike Jonze • Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams
15
Nicolas Winding Refn • Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Chase Movie • Crime Thriller
16
Abdellatif Kechiche • Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jeremie Laheurte
Based-on-Comics • Coming-of-Age • Drama
17
Gareth Evans • Starring: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah
Action Thriller • Action • Foreign Language Film
18
Thomas Vinterberg • Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Drama
19
Steve McQueen • Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale
Addiction Drama • Drama • Erotic Drama
20
Ang Lee • Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature
21
Makoto Shinkai • Starring: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Masami Nagasawa
Animation • Anime • Coming-of-Age
22
Mike Leigh • Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton
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Christopher Nolan • Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Mark Rylance
Action Thriller • Action • Combat Films
24
Craig Johnson • Starring: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson
Comedy Drama • Drama • Family Drama
25
Lisa Cholodenko • Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Josh Hutcherson
Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Female-Directed Film
26
Paul Feig • Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne
Comedy • Farce • Romance
27
Martin Scorsese • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Kyle Chandler
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
28
Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi • Starring: Alex Honnold
Biography • Documentary • Female-Directed Film
29
Anton Corbijn • Starring: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten
Hitman / Assassin Film • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
30
Lauren Greenfield
Culture and Society • Documentary
31
Don Hertzfeldt • Starring: Don Hertzfeldt
Animation • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
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Brad Bird • Starring: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
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Edgar Wright • Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jamie Foxx
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Damien Chazelle • Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser
Drama • Psychological Drama
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Ari Aster • Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
Drama • Horror • Psychological Drama
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Asif Kapadia • Starring: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams
Biography • Documentary • Sports and Recreation
37
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig
Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Animation
38
Abbas Kiarostami • Starring: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Romance
39
Olivia Wilde • Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jason Sudeikis
Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age
40
Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland • Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart
Drama
41
Bo Burnham • Starring: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
42
Shane Black • Starring: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice
Action Comedy • Action • Black Comedy
43
Jordan Peele • Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
44
Naoko Yamada • Starring: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki
Animation • Anime • Based-on-Comics
45
Destin Daniel Cretton • Starring: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever
Drama • Social Problem Film
46
Shin'ichirô Ueda • Starring: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama
Black Comedy • Foreign Language Film • Horror Comedy
47
Garth Davis • Starring: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-a-True-Story
48
Drake Doremus • Starring: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence
Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama
49
Céline Sciamma • Starring: Noémie Merlant, Adele Haenel, Luàna Bajrami
Costume Romance • Drama • Female-Directed Film
50
Glenn Ficarra, John Requa • Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Romance
51
David Lowery • Starring: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Will Oldham
Drama • Fantasy • Ghost Film
52
Bong Joon Ho • Starring: Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, So-dam Park
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comedy Thriller
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Gareth Evans • Starring: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra
Action Thriller • Action • Crime Thriller
54
Lynn Shelton • Starring: Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt
Comedy Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
55
Michael Winterbottom • Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Margo Stilley
Based-on-Television • Buddy Film • Comedy
56
Alexandre Lehmann • Starring: Mark Duplass, Sarah Paulson, Clu Gulager
Comedy Drama • Drama • Mumblecore
57
Ti West • Starring: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis
Ghost Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
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Richard Ayoade • Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins
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Morten Tyldum • Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aksel Hennie, Julie R. Ølgaard
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature
60
Nat Faxon, Jim Rash • Starring: Liam James, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell
61
Jonathan Levine • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Seth Rogen
Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Drama
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Lorene Scafaria • Starring: Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, William Petersen
Apocalyptic Film • Comedy Drama • Drama
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Chris Kelly • Starring: Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford
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Jason Reitman • Starring: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
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Kenneth Lonergan • Starring: Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, C.J. Wilson
Drama • Family Drama • Slice of Life
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Jason Reitman • Starring: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass
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Roman Polanski • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams
Drama • Mystery • Political Thriller
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Christopher Morris • Starring: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay
69
Denis Villeneuve • Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis
Crime • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
70
Leslye Headland • Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan
Comedy • Farce • Female-Directed Film
71
Werner Herzog • Starring: Werner Herzog, Jason Burkett, Michael Perry
Culture and Society • Documentary • Law and Crime
72
Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
73
Chan-wook Park • Starring: Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Costume Romance
74
Dan Gilroy • Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo
Crime Thriller • Crime • Media Satire
75
Jennifer Fox • Starring: Laura Dern, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
76
Martin McDonagh • Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson
Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
77
Boots Riley • Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, Omari Hardwick, Steven Yeun
Absurd Comedy • Black Comedy • Dystopian Film
78
Danny Boyle • Starring: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn
79
Antonio Campos • Starring: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts
80
Will Gluck • Starring: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy • Satire
81
Ben Affleck • Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Caper • Crime Drama
82
Azazel Jacobs • Starring: John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki, Creed Bratton
Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Teen Movie
83
Matt Reeves • Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins
Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
84
Jennifer Kent • Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
Female-Directed Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
85
Kirby Dick
Culture and Society • Documentary • Military and War
86
John Cameron Mitchell • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Family Drama
87
John Crowley • Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen
Drama • Period Film • Romance
88
Pete Docter • Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling
Animation • Comedy • Family
89
Danny Boyle • Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen
90
Mike Mills • Starring: Elle Fanning, Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig
Comedy Drama • Drama • Period Film
91
Ridley Scott • Starring: Matt Damon, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Daniels
92
Noah Baumbach • Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Alan Alda, Adam Driver
Comedy Drama • Drama • Marriage Drama
93
Joe Cornish • Starring: Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega
Action • Alien Invasion Films • Horror
94
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman • Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld
Action Comedy • Action • Adventure Comedy
95
George Miller • Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult
Action Thriller • Action • Carsploitation
96
Pedro Almodóvar • Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Blanca Suárez
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Drama
97
Drew Goddard • Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins
Black Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
98
Danny Boyle • Starring: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel
Caper • Crime • Crime Thriller
99
Bradley Cooper • Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott
Addiction Drama • Drama • Musical Drama
100
Paul Schrader • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer
Drama • Paranoid Thriller • Psychological Drama
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