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Terrence Malick • Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard
Costume Romance • Drama • New Hollywood
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Michael Cimino • Starring: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
Anti-War Film • Drama • Ensemble Film
3
John Landis • Starring: John Belushi, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Gross-Out Comedy
4
George A. Romero • Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
Horror • Monster Film • Post-Apocalyptic Film
5
John Carpenter • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
Horror • Slasher Film • Teen Movie
6
Ingmar Bergman • Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
7
Philip Kaufman • Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright
Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
8
Richard Donner • Starring: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve
Action • Adventure • Based-on-Comics
9
Martin Scorsese • Starring: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond
Biography • Concert Film • Documentary
10
Chia-Liang Liu • Starring: Yang Yu, Chia Hui Liu, Lieh Lo
Action • Foreign Language Film • Martial Arts
11
Alan Parker • Starring: John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
12
Randal Kleiser • Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy Drama • Musical Romance
13
Woo-ping Yuen • Starring: Dean Shek, Yuen Shun-Yi, Jackie Chan
Action Comedy • Action • Comedy
14
Walter Hill • Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani
Action Thriller • Action • Carsploitation
15
Martin Rosen • Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox
Adventure Drama • Animal Picture • Animation
16
Hal Ashby • Starring: Bruce Dern, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight
Anti-War Film • Drama • New Hollywood
17
Paul Schrader • Starring: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
18
Franklin J. Schaffner • Starring: James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Steve Guttenberg
Political Thriller • Thriller
19
Charles Burnett • Starring: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy
Drama • Family Drama
20
Errol Morris • Starring: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts
Culture and Society • Documentary
21
John Guillermin • Starring: Peter Ustinov, Angela Lansbury, David Niven
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Detective Film • Ensemble Film
22
Woody Allen • Starring: Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, E.G. Marshall
Drama • Family Drama • New Hollywood
23
Colin Higgins • Starring: Goldie Hawn, Rachel Roberts, Dudley Moore
Comedy Thriller • Comedy • Mystery
24
Ulu Grosbard • Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Harry Dean Stanton
Caper • Crime Drama • Crime
25
Warren Beatty, Buck Henry • Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Fantasy
26
Lou Adler • Starring: Cheech Marin, Edie Adams, Tom Skerritt
Absurd Comedy • Adventure • Adventure Comedy
27
Richard Attenborough • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Burgess Meredith, Ann-Margret
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
28
Daryl Duke, Curtis Hanson • Starring: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York
Canuxploitation • Crime Thriller • Crime
29
Michael Crichton • Starring: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Caper • Crime Thriller
30
Steve Rash • Starring: Fred Travalena, Dick O'Neill, Jim Beach
31
Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee • Starring: Bruce Lee, Dean Jagger, Colleen Camp
Action Thriller • Action • Martial Arts
32
Peter Hyams • Starring: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro
Ensemble Film • New Hollywood • Thriller
33
Brian De Palma • Starring: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress
Horror • New Hollywood • Sci-Fi Horror
34
Ralph Bakshi • Starring: Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes
Adventure • Animation • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
35
James Fargo • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Beverly D'Angelo
Action • Adventure • Romantic Adventure
36
Enzo G. Castellari • Starring: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten
Action Comedy • Action Thriller • Action
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Edouard Molinaro • Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
38
Michael Crichton • Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Psychological Thriller
39
Cheh Chang • Starring: Sheng Chiang, Philip Kwok, Feng Lu
Action • Crime • Foreign Language Film
40
Joe Dante • Starring: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy
Comedy • Exploitation Film • Horror Comedy
41
Guy Hamilton • Starring: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Edward Fox
Action • Adventure • War
42
Blake Edwards • Starring: Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Burt Kwouk
Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
43
Eric Idle, Gary Weis • Starring: Eric Idle, John Hasley, Ricky Fataar
Comedy • Mockumentary • Musical
44
Don Taylor • Starring: William Holden, Lee Grant, Robert Foxworth
Horror • Mystery • Religious Horror
45
Woo-ping Yuen • Starring: Jackie Chan, Siu-Tin Yuen, Hark-On Fung
46
Meir Zarchi • Starring: Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace
Exploitation Film • Horror • Revenge Film
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Paul Mazursky • Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Cliff Gorman
Comedy Drama • Drama • Feminist Film
48
Richard A. Colla • Starring: Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Action • Adventure • Cyborg / Android / Robot
49
Jeannot Szwarc • Starring: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Adventure • Horror • Monster Film
50
Cheh Chang • Starring: Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Lu, Philip Kwok
51
Hal Needham • Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent
52
Louis Malle • Starring: Keith Carradine, Antonio Fargas, Susan Sarandon
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Erotic Drama
53
Robert Altman • Starring: Carol Burnett, Paul Dooley, Amy Stryker
Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Ensemble Film
54
Herbert Ross • Starring: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau
Comedy • Drama • Romance
55
Rainer Werner Fassbinder • Starring: Volker Spengler, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar
Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Drama • Foreign Language Film
56
Colin Eggleston • Starring: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen
Australian New Wave • Exploitation Film • Horror
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Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure
Comedy • Ensemble Film • Musical
58
Andrew V. McLaglen • Starring: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris
Action • Action Thriller • Thriller
59
Claudia Weill • Starring: Melanie Mayron, Anita Skinner, Eli Wallach
Comedy Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
60
Robert Mulligan • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy Drama • Drama
61
Irvin Kershner • Starring: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif
Crime Thriller • Crime • Giallo
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Sam Peckinpah • Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine
Carsploitation • Drama • New Hollywood
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Ermanno Olmi • Starring: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli
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Burt Reynolds • Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Strother Martin
Black Comedy
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Karel Reisz • Starring: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty
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Nagisa Ôshima • Starring: Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film
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Jean Rollin • Starring: Brigitte Lahaie, Marie-Georges Pascal, Serge Marquand
Foreign Language Film • Horror • Monster Film
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William Friedkin • Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield
Based-on-a-True-Story • Caper • Comedy
69
Michael Winner • Starring: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Mystery • Post-Noir
70
Robert Moore • Starring: Eileen Brennan, Dom DeLuise, Marsha Mason
Comedy • Parody/Spoof • Crime Comedy
71
Jack Nicholson • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd
Black Comedy • Comedy • Comedy Western
72
John De Bello • Starring: David Miller, Sharon Taylor, Jack Riley
Comedy • Horror Comedy • Parody/Spoof
73
John Milius • Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey
Buddy Film • Drama • New Hollywood
74
Chia-Liang Liu • Starring: Chan Lung, Yuka Mizuno, Gordon Liu
75
John Carpenter • Starring: Charles Cyphers, Grainger Hines, Adrienne Barbeau
Drama • Made-for-Television • Mystery
76
Jerzy Skolimowski • Starring: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt
Drama • Horror
77
Sidney Lumet • Starring: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell
Adventure • Based-on-Theatre • Fantasy Adventure
78
Don Sharp • Starring: David Warner, Karen Dotrice, John Mills
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
79
Norman Tokar • Starring: Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, McLean Stevenson
Animal Picture • Comedy • Family
80
Sidney J. Furie • Starring: Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Scott Hylands
Combat Films • Drama • War
81
Richard Franklin • Starring: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar
82
Norman Jewison • Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle
Action • Adventure • Drama
83
James Toback • Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Michael V. Gazzo
Coming-of-Age • Crime Drama • Crime
84
Fred Schepisi • Starring: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett
Australian New Wave • Drama • Psychological Drama
85
Juraj Herz • Starring: Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska
Costume Horror • Drama • Fairy Tales and Legends
86
John Hough • Starring: Christopher Lee, Ike Eisenmann, Anthony James
Family • Fantasy • Adventure
87
Dennis Donnelly • Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure
Crime Thriller • Crime • Exploitation Film
88
Chantal Akerman • Starring: Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Foreign Language Film
89
Richard Moore • Starring: David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall
Action • Adventure • Fantasy
90
Jon Stone • Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
91
Sergio Martino • Starring: Ursula Andress, Claudio Cassinelli, Stacy Keach
Adventure • Cannibal Film • Exploitation Film
92
Don Bluth • Starring: Sean Marshall, William Woodson, Olan Soule
Adventure • Animation • Family-Oriented Adventure
93
Matthew Robbins • Starring: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
94
Donald Wrye • Starring: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt
Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama
95
Jeremy Kagan • Starring: Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow
Comedy Thriller • Comedy • Detective Film
96
Derek Jarman • Starring: Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell, Toyah Wilcox
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Dystopian Film
97
Marvin J. Chomsky • Starring: James Woods, Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty
Drama • Family Drama • Historical Film
98
Richard Marquand • Starring: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Hildegard Neil
Gothic Film • Horror • Supernatural Horror
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Ted Post • Starring: Burt Lancaster, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer
Action • Combat Films • Drama
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Antonio Bido • Starring: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill
Foreign Language Film • Giallo • Mystery
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