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1
Gus Van Sant • Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Psychological Drama
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2
Curtis Hanson • Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime
3
Luc Besson • Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm
Action • Adventure • Science Fiction
4
Hayao Miyazaki • Starring: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka
Adventure • Animation • Anime
5
Barry Sonnenfeld • Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino
Action Comedy • Action • Alien Invasion Films
6
Paul Thomas Anderson • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore
Comedy Drama • Drama • Ensemble Film
7
Satoshi Kon • Starring: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
Animation • Anime • Crime Thriller
8
Roberto Benigni • Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Comedy Drama • Drama • Foreign Language Film
9
Quentin Tarantino • Starring: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
10
James Cameron • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
Adventure • Costume Romance • Disaster Film
11
George Armitage • Starring: John Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack
Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Comedy
12
Atom Egoyan • Starring: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, David Hemblen
Disaster Film • Drama • Ensemble Film
13
David Fincher • Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger
Mindbender • Mystery • Paranoid Thriller
14
Jay Roach • Starring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
15
Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki • Starring: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura
Action • Animation • Anime
16
Andrew Niccol • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Drama • Dystopian Film
17
Mike Newell • Starring: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime • Crime Drama
18
Paul Verhoeven • Starring: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
19
Kevin Smith • Starring: Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
Comedy Drama • Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film
20
James L. Brooks • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
21
Michael Haneke • Starring: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch
Crime Thriller • Crime • Foreign Language Film
22
Ang Lee • Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ensemble Film
23
David Lynch • Starring: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Robert Blake
Mindbender • Mystery • Post-Noir
24
John Woo • Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Action Thriller • Action • Chase Movie
25
Wong Kar-Wai • Starring: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Gay and Lesbian Film
26
Alejandro Amenábar • Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Fele Martínez
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Drama • Foreign Language Film
27
Abbas Kiarostami • Starring: Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Iranian New Wave
28
Simon West • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Cusack
Action Thriller • Action • Crime Thriller
29
David Mamet • Starring: Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Felicity Huffman
Crime Thriller • Crime • Post-Noir
30
Wolfgang Petersen • Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson
Action • Action Thriller • Thriller
31
Tom Shadyac • Starring: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Swoosie Kurtz
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Domestic Comedy
32
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite
33
Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Psychological Sci-Fi
34
Woody Allen • Starring: Woody Allen, Richard Benjamin, Billy Crystal
Comedy • Comedy of Manners • Ensemble Film
35
Taylor Hackford • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Religious Horror
36
Ron Clements, John Musker • Starring: Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Animation
37
Vincenzo Natali • Starring: Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett, Nicole deBoer
Canuxploitation • Escape Film • Horror
38
Takeshi Kitano • Starring: Tetsu Watanabe, Susumu Terajima, Takeshi Kitano
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
39
Neil LaBute • Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, Mark Rector
Drama • Psychological Drama
40
James Mangold • Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro
Crime • Crime Thriller • Drama
41
Robert Duvall • Starring: Miranda Richardson, John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett
Drama • Psychological Drama • Religious Drama
42
Francis Ford Coppola • Starring: Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Courtroom Drama • Crime
43
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Courtroom Drama
44
Barry Levinson • Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche
Comedy • Media Satire • Political Satire
45
Paul Schrader • Starring: Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek
Addiction Drama • Crime Drama • Crime
46
Paul W.S. Anderson • Starring: Richard T. Jones, Joely Richardson, Laurence Fishburne
Horror • Sci-Fi Horror • Science Fiction
47
Pedro Almodóvar • Starring: Liberto Rabal, Jose Sancho, Ángela Molina
Drama • Erotic Drama • Foreign Language Film
48
Jonathan Mostow • Starring: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan
Crime • Crime Thriller • Psychological Thriller
49
William Friedkin • Starring: Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, James Gandolfini
Based-on-Theatre • Courtroom Drama • Drama
50
Lee Tamahori • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Harold Perrineau
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama
51
Peter Cattaneo • Starring: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy
Buddy Film • Comedy • Dance Film
52
Harmony Korine • Starring: Jacob Reynolds, Jacob Sewell, Nick Sutton
Avant-garde / Experimental • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
53
Kiyoshi Kurosawa • Starring: Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoushi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
54
Peter O'Fallon • Starring: Christopher Walken, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto
Comedy Drama • Comedy Thriller • Crime Comedy
55
Rob Sitch • Starring: Michael Caton, Stephen Curry, Eric Bana
Comedy • Domestic Comedy
56
Jean-Jacques Annaud • Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
57
Betty Thomas • Starring: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy
58
Don Bluth • Starring: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer
Animated Musical • Animation • Family-Oriented Fantasy
59
Martin Scorsese • Starring: Gyurme Tethong, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Sonam Phunstok
Epic • Historical Epic • Historical Film
60
Danny Boyle • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Delroy Lindo, Cameron Diaz
Comedy • Fantasy • Fantasy Comedy
61
Toshihiko Masuda • Starring: Mark Hamill, Clancy Brown, Tim Daly
Action • Animation • Based-on-Comics
62
Jim Sheridan • Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley
Drama • Political Drama • Romance
63
Errol Morris • Starring: Ray Mendez, Rodney Brooks, George Mendonca
Biography • Culture and Society • Documentary
64
Clint Eastwood • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Political Thriller • Thriller
65
Trey Parker • Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar
Comedy • Science Fiction • Sex Comedy
66
Clint Eastwood • Starring: John Cusack, Jack Thompson, Kevin Spacey
Comedy Drama • Crime Drama • Crime
67
Majid Majidi • Starring: Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Mohammad Amir Naji, Bahare Seddiqi
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Childhood Drama
68
Jon Amiel • Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Alfred Molina
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
69
Erik Skjoldbjærg • Starring: Maria Mathiesen, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal
Crime • Drama • Foreign Language Film
70
Hal Hartley • Starring: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey
Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
71
Richard Donner • Starring: Julia Roberts, Cylk Cozart, Terry Alexander
Thriller • Action • Paranoid Thriller
72
Roger Spottiswoode • Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Teri Hatcher, Michelle Yeoh
73
Iain Softley • Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Charlotte Rampling, Helena Bonham Carter
Costume Romance • Drama • Period Film
74
Jan Pinkava • Starring: Bob Peterson
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
75
Michael Caton-Jones • Starring: Bruce Willis, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora
Action • Action Thriller • Chase Movie
76
Frank Oz • Starring: Kevin Kline, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Gay and Lesbian Film
77
Wes Craven • Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox
Black Comedy • Horror Comedy • Horror
78
David Mirkin • Starring: Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, Julia Campbell
Buddy Film • Comedy • Reunion Films
79
Adrian Lyne • Starring: Melanie Griffith, Keith Reddin, Jeremy Irons
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Erotic Drama
80
Gary Fleder • Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes
Crime • Crime Drama • Drama
81
Werner Herzog • Starring: Werner Herzog, Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick
Biography • Documentary • Foreign Language Film
82
Kasi Lemmons • Starring: Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield
Childhood Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
83
John Madden • Starring: Gerard Butler, Judi Dench, Billy Connolly
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Costume Romance
84
P.J. Hogan • Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz
Comedy • Comedy of Manners • Romance
85
Jean-Pierre Jeunet • Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon
Action • Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot
86
Steve Oedekerk • Starring: Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Kelly Preston
Buddy Film • Comedy • Crime
87
Greg Mottola • Starring: Hope Davis, Pat McNamara, Liev Schreiber
Comedy Drama • Family Drama • Ensemble Film
88
Phillip Noyce • Starring: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija
Action • Action Thriller • Glamorized Spy Film
89
Oliver Stone • Starring: Sean Penn, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight
Black Comedy • Crime Thriller • Crime
90
Guillermo del Toro • Starring: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Giancarlo Giannini
Horror • Natural Horror • Sci-Fi Horror
91
Mark Waters • Starring: Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Parker Posey
Based-on-Theatre • Black Comedy • Sex Comedy
92
Neil Jordan • Starring: Eamonn Owens, Fiona Shaw, Andrew Fullerton
Childhood Drama • Drama • Family Drama
93
Spike Lee • Starring: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues
Biography • Documentary • History
94
Fred Schepisi • Starring: Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay, Maria Aitken
Comedy • Farce • Comedy of Manners
95
Gregg Araki • Starring: Rachel True, James Duval, Ryan Phillippe
96
Vondie Curtis-Hall • Starring: Tupac Shakur, Lynn Blades, Roderick Carr
Comedy Drama • Addiction Drama • Urban Comedy
97
Mick Garris • Starring: Steven Weber, Elliott Gould, Courtland Mead
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ghost Film
98
Mark Dindal • Starring: Scott Bakula, Kathy Najimy, Jasmine Guy
Animated Musical • Animation • Comedy
99
Ole Bornedal • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette
Crime • Crime Thriller • Horror
100
Kevin Costner • Starring: Kevin Costner, Larenz Tate, James Russo
Action • Dystopian Film • Post-Apocalyptic Film
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