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Ivan Reitman • Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Fantasy
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James Cameron • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn
Action Thriller • Action • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir
3
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan
Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure
4
Wim Wenders • Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski
Drama • New German Cinema • Road Movie
5
Hayao Miyazaki • Starring: Sumi Shimamoto, Ichirô Nagai, Mahito Tsujimura
Adventure • Animation • Anime
6
Rob Reiner • Starring: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
Comedy • Mockumentary • Musical
7
Milos Forman • Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge
Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Theatre • Biopic
8
Jonathan Demme • Starring: Alex Weir, Steve Scales, David Byrne
Concert Film • Documentary • Music
9
Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
Crime Thriller • Crime • Post-Noir
10
Sergio Leone • Starring: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime
11
Joe Dante • Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman
Comedy • Holiday Film • Horror Comedy
12
John G. Avildsen • Starring: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue
Action • Coming-of-Age • Drama
13
Barry Levinson • Starring: Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
Americana • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama
14
Martin Brest • Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton
Action Comedy • Action • Comedy
15
Jim Jarmusch • Starring: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson
Buddy Film • Comedy • Road Movie
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Wes Craven • Starring: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp
Horror • Slasher Film • Supernatural Horror
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Roland Joffé • Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
Based-on-a-True-Story • Drama • Newspaper Film
18
Woody Allen • Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Showbiz Comedy
19
John Hughes • Starring: Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling
Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Romance
20
Alex Cox • Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter
Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
21
Wolfgang Petersen • Starring: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach
Adventure • Family • Family-Oriented Adventure
22
Jim Abrahams • Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
23
Brian De Palma • Starring: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
Erotic Thriller • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
24
Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
Action • Action Comedy • Adventure
25
John Carpenter • Starring: Richard Jaeckel, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen
Fantasy • Psychological Sci-Fi • Road Movie
26
Leonard Nimoy • Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
27
Nick Castle • Starring: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart
Action • Comedy • Science Fiction
28
W.D. Richter • Starring: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin
Action Comedy • Action • Adventure Comedy
29
John Milius • Starring: Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure Drama
30
Thom Eberhardt • Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran
Action • Comedy • Disaster Film
31
Rob Epstein • Starring: Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg
Biography • Documentary • Gay and Lesbian Film
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Michael Radford • Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Dystopian Film
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David Lynch • Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer
Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Sci-Fi Action
34
Roger Donaldson • Starring: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox
Adventure • Adventure Drama • Based-on-a-True-Story
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Jeff Kanew • Starring: Robert Carradine, Julia Montgomery, Timothy Busfield
Comedy • Teen Movie • Sex Comedy
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Walter Hill • Starring: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Amy Madigan
Action • Action Thriller • Biker Film
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Frank Oz • Starring: Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Juliana Donald
Based-on-Television • Comedy • Family
38
Peter Hyams • Starring: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Mystery
39
Neil Jordan • Starring: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner
Costume Horror • Fairy Tales and Legends • Fantasy
40
Stephen Frears • Starring: John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Tim Roth
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Crime Drama
41
Herbert Ross • Starring: Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Sarah Jessica Parker
Drama • Musical • Dance Film
42
Joseph Zito • Starring: Crispin Glover, Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman
Horror • Slasher Film • Teen Movie
43
Ron Howard • Starring: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy
Comedy • Fantasy • Fantasy Comedy
44
Hugh Wilson • Starring: Bubba Smith, Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall
Comedy • Police Comedy • Slapstick
45
David Lean • Starring: Judy Davis, James Fox, Peggy Ashcroft
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Period Film
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Carl Reiner • Starring: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Dana Elcar
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Sammo Hung • Starring: Lola Forner, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
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Robert Benton • Starring: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris
Americana • Drama • Family Drama
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Neal Israel • Starring: Adrian Zmed, Robert Prescott, Angela Aames
Comedy • Sex Comedy
50
Amy Heckerling • Starring: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner
Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
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John Cassavetes • Starring: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Eddy Donno
Drama • Psychological Drama
52
Mick Jackson • Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly
Anti-War Film • Disaster Film • Drama
53
John Sayles • Starring: Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards, Steve James
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Norman Jewison • Starring: Adolph Caesar, David Alan Grier, Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Richard Fleischer • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilt Chamberlain, Mako
Action • Adventure • Fantasy Adventure
56
Stuart Rosenberg • Starring: Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah
Coming-of-Age • Crime • Crime Drama
57
Albert Magnoli • Starring: Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Billy Sparks
Romance • Drama • Rock Musical
58
Alan Parker • Starring: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Psychological Drama
59
Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman • Starring: Andree Maranda, Cindy Manion, Mitch Cohen
Action Comedy • Action • Black Comedy
60
Charles E. Sellier Jr. • Starring: Robert Brian Wilson, Danny Wagner, Lilyan Chauvin
Holiday Film • Horror • Slasher Film
61
Francis Ford Coppola • Starring: Gregory Hines, Bob Hoskins, Nicolas Cage
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime • Drama
62
Robert Altman • Starring: Philip Baker Hall
Drama • Political Drama • Political Satire
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Richard Tuggle • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya
Police Detective Film • Psychological Thriller • Serial Killer Film
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Joseph Ruben • Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer
Mindbender • Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller
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Douglas Cheek • Starring: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry
Cannibal Film • Horror • Monster Film
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Stewart Raffill • Starring: Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas
Action • Adventure • Adventure Drama
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Koji Hashimoto • Starring: Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki
Action • Action Thriller • Foreign Language Film
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Fritz Kiersch • Starring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Folk Horror • Horror
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Mark L. Lester • Starring: Drew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Chase Movie • Psychological Thriller
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Tim Burton • Starring: Barret Oliver, Daniel Stern, Shelley Duvall
Animal Picture • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
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Paul Mazursky • Starring: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Drama
72
Hugh Hudson • Starring: Ian Holm, Christopher Lambert, Ralph Richardson
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
73
Clive Donner • Starring: George C. Scott, David Warner, Susannah York
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Drama
74
Richard Franklin • Starring: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy
Action • Action Thriller • Adventure
75
Arthur Hiller • Starring: Charles Grodin, Steve Lawrence, Julie Payne
Comedy • Romantic Comedy • Comedy of Manners
76
Russell Mulcahy • Starring: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Chris Haywood
Australian New Wave • Exploitation Film • Horror
77
Chia-Liang Liu • Starring: Gordon Liu, Sheng Fu, Lung Wei Wang
Action • Foreign Language Film • Martial Arts
78
Stewart Raffill • Starring: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts
79
John Huston • Starring: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
80
Richard T. Heffron • Starring: Jane Badler, Michael Ironside, Marc Singer
Action • Alien Invasion Films • Made-for-Television
81
Michael Crichton • Starring: Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley
Action • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Cyborg / Android / Robot
82
Taylor Hackford • Starring: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods
Crime • Mystery • Post-Noir
83
Noboru Ishiguro • Starring: Mari Iijima, Akira Kamiya, Mika Doi
Animation • Anime • Based-on-Television
84
Danny Steinmann • Starring: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer
Action • Action Thriller • Exploitation Film
85
Satyajit Ray • Starring: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Mohan Agashe
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Made-for-Television
86
Ken Russell • Starring: Anthony Perkins, Annie Potts, Norman Burton
Erotic Thriller • Prostitution Film • Thriller
87
Fred Schepisi • Starring: Timothy Hutton, John Lone, David Strathairn
Science Fiction • Drama • Psychological Sci-Fi
88
Ulu Grosbard • Starring: Meryl Streep, Sonny Abagnale, Florence Anglin
Romance • Drama • Romantic Drama
89
Joseph Zito • Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, James Hong
90
Garry Marshall • Starring: Matt Dillon, Jessica Walter, Leon Robinson
Comedy Drama • Teen Movie • Coming-of-Age
91
Charles Band • Starring: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani
Action • Sci-Fi Action • Science Fiction
92
Alan Rudolph • Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Rae Dawn Chong, Gailard Sartain
Romance • Comedy Drama • Ensemble Film
93
Mark Rydell • Starring: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey
Drama • Family Drama • Rural Drama
94
Arthur Hiller • Starring: Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch
Comedy Drama • Drama • Satire
95
Tony Richardson • Starring: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Matthew Modine
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comedy
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Gene Wilder • Starring: Gene Wilder, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna
Comedy • Farce • Romance
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Steve Barron • Starring: Maxwell Caulfield, Howland Chamberlain, Mary Doran
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Romantic Comedy
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Larry Stewart • Starring: Vera Miles, Daphne Zuniga, Clu Gulager
Horror • Slasher Film
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Hal Needham • Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise
100
Steven J. Santos • Starring: George Carlin
Comedy • Concert Film • Made-for-Television
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