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1
Rob Reiner • Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Anti-War Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Combat Films
3
John McTiernan • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo
Action • Alien Invasion Films • Horror
4
Brian De Palma • Starring: Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Crime Thriller • Crime • Gangster Film
5
Wim Wenders • Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander
Fantasy • Foreign Language Film • Magic Realism
6
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Kassie Wesley, Lou Hancock
Black Comedy • Haunted House Film • Horror Comedy
7
Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson
Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
8
Mel Brooks • Starring: Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Cyborg / Android / Robot
9
Richard Donner • Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Action Thriller • Action • Buddy Film
10
Louis Malle • Starring: Gaspard Manesse, Stanislas Carre de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud
Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
11
John Hughes • Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Holiday Film
12
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
Chase Movie • Female-Directed Film • Horror
13
Bruce Robinson • Starring: Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown
Black Comedy • Buddy Film • Comedy
14
James L. Brooks • Starring: William Hurt, Joan Cusack, Albert Brooks
Comedy Drama • Media Satire • Romance
15
Paul Verhoeven • Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy
Action Thriller • Action • Crime Thriller
16
Joel Schumacher • Starring: Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland
Horror Comedy • Horror • Monster Film
17
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Joe Pantoliano
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Childhood Drama
18
David Mamet • Starring: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum
Con Artist / Hustler • Crime Thriller • Crime
19
John Carpenter • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong
Apocalyptic Film • Horror • Religious Horror
20
Gabriel Axel • Starring: Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
21
Woody Allen • Starring: Michael Tucker, Seth Green, Dianne Wiest
Americana • Childhood Drama • Comedy Drama
22
Bernardo Bertolucci • Starring: Peter O'Toole, John Lone, Joan Chen
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Epic
23
Oliver Stone • Starring: Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah, Hal Holbrook
Drama • Urban Drama
24
Barry Levinson • Starring: Robin Williams, Tung Thanh Tran, Bruno Kirby
Comedy Drama • Drama • Military Comedy
25
Fred Dekker • Starring: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht
Comedy • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Fantasy
26
Paul Michael Glaser • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
27
Alan Parker • Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Detective Film • Horror
28
Clive Barker • Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror • Horror
29
Norman Jewison • Starring: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia
Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Romance
30
Jack Sholder • Starring: Michael Nouri, Kyle MacLachlan, Clu Gulager
Action • Alien Invasion Films • Chase Movie
31
Dario Argento • Starring: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini
Foreign Language Film • Giallo • Horror
32
John Sayles • Starring: Bob Gunton, James Earl Jones, Kevin Tighe
Americana • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Chuck Russell • Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette
Horror • Slasher Film • Supernatural Horror
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Fred Schepisi • Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
35
Roger Donaldson • Starring: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young
Political Thriller • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
36
Joe Dante • Starring: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan
Action • Action Comedy • Adventure
37
Howard Deutch • Starring: Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer
Comedy Drama • Teen Movie • Coming-of-Age
38
John Boorman • Starring: Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Sarah Miles, Derrick O'Connor
Childhood Drama • Comedy Drama • Drama
39
Chris Columbus • Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Vincent D'Onofrio
Comedy • Teen Movie
40
Barbet Schroeder • Starring: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige
Addiction Drama • Comedy Drama • Drama
41
Adrian Lyne • Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
Erotic Thriller • Femme Fatale • Psychological Thriller
42
Robert Townsend • Starring: Tatyana Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Eddie Murphy
Comedy • Stand-up Comedy • Concert Film
43
John Glen • Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Joe Don Baker
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
44
Abbas Kiarostami • Starring: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai
Childhood Drama • Drama • Foreign Language Film
45
Tony Scott • Starring: Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Brigitte Nielsen
Action Comedy • Action • Comedy
46
Emile Ardolino • Starring: Jennifer Grey, Jane Brucker, Cynthia Rhodes
Coming-of-Age • Dance Film • Drama
47
Peter Jackson • Starring: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith
Action Comedy • Action • Alien Invasion Films
48
Michael Gornick • Starring: Frank S. Salsedo, Holt McCallany, Jeremy Green
Anthology Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy
49
Steve Rash • Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains
50
Joseph Ruben • Starring: Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
51
Phil Joanou • Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Annie Ryan, Richard Tyson
Comedy • Farce • Teen Movie
52
John Irvin • Starring: Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle
War • War Drama • Combat Films
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Michele Soavi • Starring: David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore
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Garry Marshall • Starring: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann
55
George Miller • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon
Black Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Fantasy
56
Siu-Tung Ching • Starring: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu
Action Comedy • Action • Adventure Comedy
57
John Woo • Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Dean Shek
Action Thriller • Action • Crime
58
John Badham • Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe
Comedy Thriller • Comedy • Police Comedy
59
Carl Reiner • Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas
60
Herbert Ross • Starring: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, John Pankow
Comedy • Farce • Urban Comedy
61
Tom Mankiewicz • Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer
Based-on-Television • Comedy • Crime
62
Danny DeVito • Starring: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist
Black Comedy • Comedy • Crime
63
Tibor Takács • Starring: Jennifer Irwin, Kelly Rowan, Stephen Dorff
Canuxploitation • Horror • Supernatural Horror
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Bille August • Starring: Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Bjorn Granath
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Family Drama
65
Luis Valdez • Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Docudrama
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Richard Attenborough • Starring: Alec McCowen, Josette Simon, Miles Anderson
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
67
Jonathan Demme • Starring: Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston, Ira Wheeler
Comedy • Stand-up Comedy
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Jerry Rees • Starring: Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Timothy E. Day
Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Animation
69
James Ivory • Starring: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves
Costume Romance • Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film
70
Stuart Gordon • Starring: Bunty Bailey, Ian Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Horror • Supernatural Horror
71
Marek Kanievska • Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr.
Addiction Drama • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama
72
Walter Hill • Starring: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside
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Barry Levinson • Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, John Mahoney, Jackie Gayle
Comedy Drama • Period Film
74
Matthew Robbins • Starring: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae
Comedy Drama • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Drama
75
Joe Dante • Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Carrie Fisher, Griffin Dunne
Absurd Comedy • Anthology Film • Comedy
76
Kevin Sullivan • Starring: Jonathan Crombie, Frank Converse, Colleen Dewhurst
Coming-of-Age • Costume Romance • Drama
77
Stephen Frears • Starring: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy
78
Hector Babenco • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker
Addiction Drama • Drama • Period Film
79
Jackie Chan • Starring: David Lam, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau
80
Peter Harris, Eric Till • Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz
Comedy • Family • Family-Oriented Comedy
81
Pedro Almodóvar • Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Erotic Thriller • Foreign Language Film • Gay and Lesbian Film
82
David Hugh Jones • Starring: Judi Dench, Jean de Baer, Eleanor David
83
Leonard Nimoy • Starring: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Farce
84
Yimou Zhang • Starring: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Marriage Drama
85
Peter Yates • Starring: Cher, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney
Mystery • Courtroom Drama • Drama
86
William Dear • Starring: Kevin Peter Hall, John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon
Adventure • Comedy • Family-Oriented Adventure
87
Robert Townsend • Starring: Robert Townsend, Craigus R. Johnson, Helen Martin
Comedy • Media Satire • Satire
88
Bruce Pittman • Starring: Michael Ironside, Wendy Lyon, Louis Ferreira
Canuxploitation • Horror • Slasher Film
89
Bill Forsyth • Starring: Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Domestic Comedy
90
J. Michael Muro • Starring: Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil, Vic Noto
Black Comedy • Body Horror • Exploitation Film
91
Hiroyuki Yamaga • Starring: Masahiro Anzai, Leo Morimoto, Chikao Otsuka
Action • Animation • Anime
92
Menahem Golan • Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely
Action • Drama
93
Frédéric Back • Starring: Philippe Noiret, Christopher Plummer
Animation • Drama • Family-Oriented Fantasy
94
Werner Herzog • Starring: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Jose Lewgoy
Adventure • Adventure Drama • Drama
95
Robert Day • Starring: Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw
Traditional Western • Western
96
John Schlesinger • Starring: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Thriller • Crime
97
John Huston • Starring: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dara Clarke
Drama • Marriage Drama • Period Film
98
Ringo Lam • Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Carrie Ng
Crime Thriller • Crime • Foreign Language Film
99
Blake Edwards • Starring: Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, John Larroquette
Comedy • Farce • Romance
100
Gary Goddard • Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster
Action • Adventure • Based-on-Television
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