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1
Richard Marquand • Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Action • Adventure • Cyborg / Android / Robot
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Brian De Palma • Starring: Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michelle Pfeiffer
Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
3
David Cronenberg • Starring: James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry
Body Horror • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Horror
4
Philip Kaufman • Starring: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
5
Bob Clark • Starring: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley
Americana • Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy
6
John Landis • Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Satire
7
Terry Jones • Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
Absurd Comedy • Anthology Film • Based-on-Television
8
Harold Ramis • Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Farce
9
Woody Allen • Starring: Woody Allen, Deborah Rush, Mary Louise Wilson
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Magic Realism
10
David Cronenberg • Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Supernatural Drama
11
John Badham • Starring: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood
Drama • Paranoid Thriller • Psychological Thriller
12
James L. Brooks • Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
Comedy Drama • Drama • Family Drama
13
Bill Forsyth • Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Drama
14
Francis Ford Coppola • Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Drama
15
Lawrence Kasdan • Starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum
16
Chris Marker • Starring: Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Avant-garde / Experimental • Culture and Society • Documentary
17
Paul Brickman • Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
18
Mike Nichols • Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Craig T. Nelson
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Docudrama
19
Andrei Tarkovsky • Starring: Oleg Yankovskiy, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano
Drama • Epic • Foreign Language Film
20
Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas • Starring: Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Max von Sydow
Absurd Comedy • Based-on-Television • Buddy Film
21
Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller, Steven Spielberg • Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow
Anthology Film • Based-on-Television • Fantasy
22
John Carpenter • Starring: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Horror
23
Bruce Beresford • Starring: Robert Duvall, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin
Drama • Family Drama • Showbiz Drama
24
Francis Ford Coppola • Starring: Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper
25
Tony Scott • Starring: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon
Drama • Erotic Drama • Gothic Film
26
Robert Hiltzik • Starring: Felissa Rose, Mike Kellin, Jonathan Tiersten
Horror • Slasher Film • Teen Movie
27
Clint Eastwood • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
Action Thriller • Action • Police Detective Film
28
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung • Starring: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Hung
Action • Action Comedy • Comedy
29
Jack Clayton • Starring: Jason Robards, Diane Ladd, Shawn Carson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Horror
30
Robert Bresson • Starring: Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
31
Bruce Gowers • Starring: Eddie Murphy
Comedy • Concert Film • Made-for-Television
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Stan Dragoti • Starring: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Ann Jillian
Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Satire
33
Carroll Ballard • Starring: Charles Martin Smith, Samson Jorah, Hugh Webster
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Animal Picture
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Martha Coolidge • Starring: Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Coming-of-Age
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Shôhei Imamura • Starring: Mitsuko Baisho, Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
36
Nagisa Ôshima • Starring: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Thompson, Takeshi Kitano
Drama • War • War Drama
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Rick Rosenthal • Starring: Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai Morales
38
John Glen • Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
39
Lewis Gilbert • Starring: Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy Drama • Drama
40
Carl Reiner • Starring: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
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Irvin Kershner • Starring: Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow
42
Alan Johnson • Starring: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson
Comedy • Satire • Showbiz Comedy
43
Richard Franklin • Starring: Hugh Gillin, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
44
Paul Verhoeven • Starring: Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman, Dolf de Vries
Black Comedy • Erotic Thriller • Foreign Language Film
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Gerald Kargl • Starring: Erwin Leder, Silvia Rabenreither, Edith Rosset
Crime Thriller • Crime • Foreign Language Film
46
Bill Cosby • Starring: Bill Cosby
Comedy • Stand-up Comedy
47
Peter Yates • Starring: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones
Action • Adventure • Fantasy Adventure
48
John Landis • Starring: Michael Jackson, Ola Ray, Vincent Price
Horror • Made-for-Television • Monster Film
49
Martin Davidson • Starring: Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano
Drama • Musical Drama • Musical
50
Kenneth Johnson • Starring: Jane Badler, Faye Grant, Marc Singer
Action • Alien Invasion Films • Made-for-Television
51
Nicholas Meyer • Starring: Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, JoBeth Williams
Apocalyptic Film • Disaster Film • Drama
52
Gregory Nava • Starring: Lupe Ontiveros, Alicia del Lago, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama
53
Adrian Lyne • Starring: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Sunny Johnson
Dance Film • Drama • Musical
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John Badham • Starring: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark
Action • Action Thriller • Police Detective Film
55
Douglas Trumbull • Starring: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Drama • Psychological Sci-Fi
56
Lewis Teague • Starring: Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly
Animal Picture • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror
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Michael Chapman • Starring: Paul Carafotes, Sandy Faison, Paige Lyn Price
Drama • Sports Drama • Coming-of-Age
58
Eric Rohmer • Starring: Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Coming-of-Age
59
Burny Mattinson • Starring: Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith
Animation • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Fantasy
60
Michael Apted • Starring: William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy
Crime • Detective Film • Drama
61
Ted Kotcheff • Starring: Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Fred Ward
Action • Adventure
62
Steve Carver • Starring: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera
Action Thriller • Action • Martial Arts
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James Signorelli • Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Joe Pesci
Comedy • Farce
64
Lynne Littman • Starring: Jane Alexander, Lilia Skala, Kevin Costner
Anti-War Film • Disaster Film • Drama
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Peter Yates • Starring: Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Tom Courtenay
Drama • Psychological Drama • Showbiz Drama
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Ralph Bakshi • Starring: Big Yank, Le Tari, James Bridges
Action • Adventure • Animation
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Maurice Pialat • Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Christophe Odent
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Family Drama
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Bob Fosse • Starring: Roger Rees, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
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Michael Mann • Starring: Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror
70
Roger Spottiswoode • Starring: Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman
Drama • Political Thriller • Thriller
71
Richard Pryor • Starring: Richard Pryor
Comedy • Concert Film • Stand-up Comedy
72
Víctor Erice • Starring: Omero Antonutti, Icíar Bollaín, Lola Cardona
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Romance
73
Wilford Leach • Starring: Kevin Kline, George Rose, Rex Smith
Adventure • Based-on-Theatre • Costume Adventure
74
Richard Schickel • Starring: Mark Hamill, George Lucas, Anthony Daniels
Documentary • Made-for-Television • Media Documentary
75
Jim McBride • Starring: William Tepper, Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky
76
Mori Masaki • Starring: Issei Miyazaki, Yoshie Shimamura, Masaki Kôda
Animation • Anime • Based-on-Comics
77
Barbra Streisand • Starring: Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Drama • Female-Directed Film
78
Peter Moffatt • Starring: Richard Hurndall, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee
Made-for-Television • Science Fiction
79
Joseph Sargent • Starring: Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen
Anthology Film • Horror • Monster Film
80
J. Lee Thompson • Starring: Charles Bronson, Gene Davis, Andrew Stevens
81
Tommy Chong • Starring: Cheech Marin, Susan Hahn, Hans Man in't Veld
Comedy • Stoner Comedy • Slapstick
82
Daniel Vigne • Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Nathalie Baye
Costume Romance • Drama • Foreign Language Film
83
Robert Guenette • Starring: Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Jim Henson
Documentary • Media Documentary
84
Andrzej Wajda • Starring: Marek Kondrat, Boguslaw Linda, Wojciech Pszoniak
85
François Truffaut • Starring: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Comedy • Crime • Foreign Language Film
86
Sam Peckinpah • Starring: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson
Action • Drama • Political Thriller
87
Mel Damski • Starring: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin
Adventure Comedy • Comedy • Farce
88
Terry Gilliam • Starring: Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, Andrew Bicknell
Absurd Comedy • Adventure • Adventure Comedy
89
Clive A. Smith • Starring: Paul Le Mat, Susan Roman, Don Francks
Animation • Fantasy • Musical
90
Richard Lester • Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Richard Pryor
Action • Adventure • Based-on-Comics
91
Sam Firstenberg • Starring: Sho Kosugi, Virgil Frye, Arthur Roberts
92
Luc Besson • Starring: Jean Bouise, Maurice Lamy, Jean-Michel Castanie
Disaster Film • Foreign Language Film • Post-Apocalyptic Film
93
Barry Levinson • Starring: Mike Binder, Max Cantor, Michael Madsen
Comedy • Made-for-Television • Short Film
94
Paul Nicholas • Starring: Stella Stevens, John Vernon, Sybil Danning
Crime • Exploitation Film • Prison Film
95
George P. Cosmatos • Starring: Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane
Horror • Natural Horror
96
Jan Svankmajer
Animation • Black Comedy • Foreign Language Film
97
Slava Tsukerman • Starring: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas
Black Comedy • Comedy • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir
98
Hark Tsui • Starring: Biao Yuen, Hoi Mang, Adam Cheng
Action • Adventure • Fantasy
99
Osamu Dezaki • Starring: Tetsurô Sagawa, Gorô Naya, Toshiko Fujita
Action Thriller • Animation • Anime
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Sammo Hung • Starring: Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Charlie Chin
Action Comedy • Comedy • Crime Comedy
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