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1
Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ensemble Film
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2
Hayao Miyazaki • Starring: Rumi Hîragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki
Adventure • Animation • Anime
3
Steven Soderbergh • Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia
Caper • Comedy • Crime Comedy
4
Pete Docter • Starring: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, James Coburn
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
5
Jean-Pierre Jeunet • Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus
Comedy • Foreign Language Film • Magic Realism
6
Richard Kelly • Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
7
David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Tony To • Starring: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston
Action • Based-on-a-True-Story • Combat Films
8
Wes Anderson • Starring: Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Drama
9
Ron Howard • Starring: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
10
Guillermo del Toro • Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film • Gothic Film
11
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson • Starring: Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Vincent Cassel
Animation • Comedy • Fairy Tales and Legends
12
Chris Columbus • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Family-Oriented Adventure
13
Antoine Fuqua • Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn
Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
14
Ridley Scott • Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana
Action • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story
15
David Lynch • Starring: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Mindbender
16
Alfonso Cuarón • Starring: Maribel Verdú, Diego Luna, Ana López Mercado
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Foreign Language Film
17
John Cameron Mitchell • Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Michael Pitt
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy Drama • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
18
Satoshi Kon • Starring: Mami Koyama, Shozo Izuka, Hirotaka Suzuoki
Animation • Anime • Drama
19
Shinichirô Watanabe • Starring: Koichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara
Action • Animation • Anime
20
Ben Stiller • Starring: Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
21
David Wain • Starring: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter
Comedy • Farce • Parody/Spoof
22
Terry Zwigoff • Starring: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi
Based-on-Comics • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age
23
Michael Haneke • Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel
Drama • Erotic Drama • Foreign Language Film
24
Baz Luhrmann • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo
Costume Romance • Jukebox Musical • Musical Romance
25
Takashi Miike • Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Susumu Terajima
Based-on-Comics • Based-on-Manga • Black Comedy
26
Todd Field • Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
27
Richard Linklater • Starring: Wiley Wiggins, Kim Krizan, Ethan Hawke
Animation • Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama
28
Jay Chandrasekhar • Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Farce
29
Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: Michael Badalucco, Tony Shalhoub, Adam Alexi-Malle
Comedy Drama • Crime Drama • Crime
30
Bill Paxton • Starring: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
31
Ted Demme • Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà
Addiction Drama • Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime
32
Alejandro Amenábar • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston
Ghost Film • Gothic Film • Haunted House Film
33
Brian Helgeland • Starring: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon
Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure
34
Christophe Gans • Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne
Adventure • Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film
35
Jean-Jacques Annaud • Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Bob Hoskins
Combat Films • Drama • Epic
36
Kevin Smith • Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Shannon Elizabeth
Buddy Film • Comedy • Road Movie
37
Stephen Chow • Starring: Stephen Chow, Man Tat Ng, Yin Tse
Action Comedy • Action • Comedy
38
Robert Altman • Starring: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Ensemble Film
39
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Cyborg / Android / Robot
40
Brad Anderson • Starring: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle
Ghost Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
41
Oliver Hirschbiegel • Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Prison Film
42
Ashutosh Gowariker • Starring: Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Bollywood • Comedy Drama • Drama
43
David Mamet • Starring: Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay
Caper • Crime Thriller • Crime
44
Rob Cohen • Starring: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster
Action • Action Thriller • Carsploitation
45
Danis Tanovic • Starring: Branco Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic
Anti-War Film • Black Comedy • Comedy
46
Ridley Scott • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cannibal Film • Crime Drama
47
Billy Crystal • Starring: Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall
Drama • Made-for-Television • Sports Drama
48
Marc Forster • Starring: Heath Ledger, Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry
Drama • Melodrama • Psychological Drama
49
Michael Mann • Starring: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
50
Cameron Crowe • Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Penélope Cruz
Mindbender • Mystery • Psychological Sci-Fi
51
Henry Bean • Starring: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Psychological Drama
52
Tony Scott • Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack
Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller • Spy Film
53
Julio Medem • Starring: Paz Vega, Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire
54
Frank Pierson • Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth
Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama • Drama
55
Kiyoshi Kurosawa • Starring: Koyuki, Haruhiko Katô, Kumikô Aso
Foreign Language Film • Horror • J-Horror
56
Rintaro • Starring: Rebecca Forstadt, Brianne Siddall, Michael Reisz
57
Brett Ratner • Starring: Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang
Action Comedy • Action • Buddy Film
58
Jae-young Kwak • Starring: Jun Ji-hyun, Cha Tae-hyun
Comedy • Comedy of Errors • Foreign Language Film
59
Mira Nair • Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty
Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
60
Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Psychological Drama
61
Sean Penn • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Mirren, Aaron Eckhart
Drama • Mystery • Police Detective Film
62
Irwin Winkler • Starring: Jena Malone, Mike Weinberg, Scotty Leavenworth
Drama • Family Drama • Medical Drama
63
Stacy Peralta • Starring: Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Jeff Ament
Biography • Documentary • Social History
64
Larry Clark • Starring: Rachel Miner, Nick Stahl, Brad Renfro
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime • Drama
65
Frank Darabont • Starring: Jim Carrey, Gerry Black, Brent Briscoe
Americana • Drama • Period Film
66
Robert Luketic • Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair
Comedy • Comedy of Manners • Romance
67
Ray Lawrence • Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong
Drama • Ensemble Film • Hyperlink Film
68
Stephen Sommers • Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Costume Adventure
69
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise • Starring: Michael J. Fox, Phil Morris, Cree Summer
Adventure • Animation • Family-Oriented Adventure
70
Sion Sono • Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Tamao Sato
Foreign Language Film • Horror • Mystery
71
Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes • Starring: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Comics • Costume Horror
72
Rod Lurie • Starring: Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo, Delroy Lindo
Action • Action Thriller • Prison Film
73
Shusuke Kaneko • Starring: Chiharu Niiyama, Ryûdô Uzaki, Masahiro Kobayashi
Action • Action Thriller • Fantasy
74
Jan Harlan • Starring: Katharina Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Tom Cruise
Biography • Documentary • Media Documentary
75
Peter Chelsom • Starring: John Cusack, Bridget Moynahan, Jeremy Piven
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
76
Frank Oz • Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando
Caper • Crime • Crime Drama
77
Todd Solondz • Starring: Selma Blair, Mark Webber, Paul Giamatti
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
78
Jessie Nelson • Starring: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
79
Jon Favreau • Starring: Vince Vaughn, Sean Combs, Famke Janssen
Buddy Film • Comedy • Crime
80
Sharon Maguire • Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Female-Directed Film
81
J.B. Rogers • Starring: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan
Comedy • Ensemble Film • Gross-Out Comedy
82
Takashi Miike • Starring: Naomi Nishida, Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka
Comedy • Foreign Language Film • Horror
83
Tom Tykwer • Starring: Benno Fürmann, Joachim Krol, Lars Rudolph
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Drama
84
Chris Nahon • Starring: Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Laurence Ashley
Action Thriller • Action • Martial Arts
85
Garry Marshall • Starring: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Erik Von Detten
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
86
John Dahl • Starring: Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn
Carsploitation • Psychological Thriller • Road Movie
87
Joe Johnston • Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
88
Léa Pool • Starring: Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs, Mimi Kuzyk
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Female-Directed Film
89
Larry Blamire • Starring: Larry Blamire, Brian Howe, Susan McConnell
Comedy • Parody/Spoof • Sci-Fi Comedy
90
Takashi Miike • Starring: Kenichi Endo, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy
91
John Moore • Starring: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gabriel Macht
Action • Adventure • Escape Film
92
Victor Salva • Starring: Gina Philips, Jonathan Breck, Eileen Brennan
Horror • Monster Film • Teen Movie
93
John Boorman • Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Leonor Varela, Brendan Gleeson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
94
Richard Eyre • Starring: Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Juliet Aubrey
95
Scott Hicks • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem
Americana • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Childhood Drama
96
Dominic Sena • Starring: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
Caper • Crime • Crime Thriller
97
Zacharias Kunuk • Starring: Sylvia Ivalu, Peter Arnatsiaq, Pakkak Innukshuk
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Costume Romance
98
Jacques Perrin • Starring: Jacques Perrin
Animal Picture • Documentary
99
Barry Levinson • Starring: Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton
Buddy Film • Comedy • Crime Comedy
100
Ivan Reitman • Starring: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones
Alien Invasion Films • Comedy • Sci-Fi Comedy
101
Gregor Jordan • Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Comedy Drama • Military Comedy • Satire
102
Jerry Zucker • Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jon Lovitz
Chase Movie • Comedy • Ensemble Film
103
James Mangold • Starring: Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne
Comedy • Fantasy • Fantasy Comedy
104
Lasse Hallström • Starring: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench
Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama
105
Lee Tamahori • Starring: Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, Kimberly Hawthorne
Thriller • Police Detective Film • Psychological Thriller
106
Michael Bay • Starring: Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ben Affleck
Epic • Period Film • Romance
107
Jordan Melamed • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrienne Rollo, Maggie Baird
Coming-of-Age • Drama
108
Simon West • Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen
Action • Adventure • Fantasy Adventure
109
Scott McGehee • Starring: Raymond Barry, Josh Lucas, Tilda Swinton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime
110
Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan • Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, Tara Reid
Based-on-Comics • Based-on-Television • Comedy
111
Dennis Dugan • Starring: Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Jason Biggs
Black Comedy • Buddy Film • Gross-Out Comedy
112
Gérard Krawczyk • Starring: Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller
Action • Action Comedy • Comedy
113
Mike Nichols • Starring: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Made-for-Television
114
Petter Naess • Starring: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age
115
Nanni Moretti • Starring: Jasmine Trinca, Stefano Accorsi, Silvio Orlando
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
116
Michael Cuesta • Starring: Adam Le Fevre, Walter Masterson, Marcia de Bonis
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film
117
Stephen Herek • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Flemyng
Drama • Musical Drama • Period Film
118
Stuart Gordon • Starring: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Merono
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Fantasy • Horror
119
Michel Gondry • Starring: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Satire
120
Jill Sprecher • Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Alan Arkin, John Turturro
Drama • Ensemble Film • Female-Directed Film
121
Gore Verbinski • Starring: J.K. Simmons, Gene Hackman, Brad Pitt
Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
122
Catherine Breillat • Starring: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo
123
James Wong • Starring: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo
Action • Action Thriller • Martial Arts
124
Ronny Yu • Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer
Action • Action Comedy • Buddy Film
125
Iain Softley • Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Alfre Woodard
Drama • Psychological Drama • Psychological Sci-Fi
126
Thomas Carter • Starring: Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney
Dance Film • Drama • Musical
127
Woody Allen • Starring: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt
Comedy • Detective Film • Mystery
128
Demian Lichtenstein • Starring: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox
Action • Action Comedy • Caper
129
Dennie Gordon • Starring: David Spade, Dennis Miller, Adam Beach
Comedy • Female-Directed Film • Gross-Out Comedy
130
Cory McAbee • Starring: Tom Aldredge, Gregory Cook, Mark Manley
Comedy Western • Comedy • Hybrid Western
131
Brian Robbins • Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Julian Griffith, Bryan Hearne
Comedy Drama • Urban Drama • Sports Drama
132
Barry Skolnick • Starring: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings
Comedy • Prison Film • Sports Comedy
133
Alan Cumming • Starring: John Benjamin Hickey, Denis O'Hare, Gwyneth Paltrow
Comedy Drama • Ensemble Film • Marriage Drama
134
Claire Denis • Starring: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle
Cannibal Film • Female-Directed Film • Foreign Language Film
135
Brendan Malloy, Emmett Malloy • Starring: Jason London, Lee Majors, Zach Galifianakis
Comedy • Gross-Out Comedy • Sports Comedy
136
Steve Beck • Starring: Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Tony Shalhoub
137
John Stockwell • Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Taryn Manning
138
Bobby & Peter Farrelly • Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander
139
Peter Bogdanovich • Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard
140
David Mirkin • Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman
Comedy • Con Artist / Hustler • Crime Comedy
141
Peter Howitt • Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Claire Forlani, Tim Robbins
Thriller • Paranoid Thriller
142
Penny Marshall • Starring: Drew Barrymore, Adam Garcia, Steve Zahn
143
Karan Johar • Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood • Drama • Family Drama
144
Tony Goldwyn • Starring: Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei
145
Michael Cristofer • Starring: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane
Costume Romance • Crime • Crime Drama
146
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo • Starring: Antonio Dechent, Max von Sydow, Leonardo Sbaraglia
Foreign Language Film • Magic Realism • Psychological Thriller
147
Kunihiko Yuyama • Starring: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart
Anime • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Family
148
Daniel Minahan • Starring: Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Richard Venture
Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Media Satire
149
Joel Gallen • Starring: Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Eric Christian Olsen
Comedy • Gross-Out Comedy • Parody/Spoof
150
Shunji Iwai • Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Foreign Language Film
151
Pat O'Connor • Starring: Michael Rosenbaum, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron
Romance • Romantic Drama • Drama
152
Joe Roth • Starring: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones
153
Tim Burton • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure Drama
154
James Isaac • Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Chuck Campbell
Action • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Girls-with-Guns
155
Gary Fleder • Starring: Sean Bean, Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy
Psychological Thriller • Thriller
156
Roman Coppola • Starring: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Élodie Bouchez
Comedy • Period Film • Showbiz Comedy
157
Tommy O'Haver • Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller
158
Robert Rodriguez • Starring: Antonio Banderas, Daryl Sabara, Tony Shalhoub
Adventure • Comedy • Family
159
Harald Zwart • Starring: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman
Black Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
160
Hironobu Sakaguchi • Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames
Action • Adventure • Alien Invasion Films
161
Michael Apted • Starring: Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Drama • Romance • Spy Film
162
David Atkins • Starring: Kevin Bacon, Len Bajenski, Jobe Cerny
Comedy Drama • Black Comedy • Crime Comedy
163
Ming-liang Tsai • Starring: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-Ching Lu
164
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade • Starring: Brenton Butler, Patrick McGuinness, Ann Linnel
Biography • Culture and Society • Documentary
165
John Carpenter • Starring: Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Jason Statham
Action • Escape Film • Horror
166
Andrzej Bartkowiak • Starring: Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington
Action • Police Detective Film
167
Les Mayfield • Starring: Gabriel Macht, Gregory Smith, Will McCormack
Western • Outlaw • Revisionist Western
168
Rocco Urbisci • Starring: George Carlin
Comedy • Concert Film • Made-for-Television
169
Kazuhiro Furuhashi • Starring: Mayo Suzukaze, Miki Fujitani, Mîna Tominaga
170
Farhan Akhtar • Starring: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna
171
John Herzfeld • Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer
Action • Action Thriller • Crime
172
Jesse Dylan • Starring: Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatunde
Buddy Film • Comedy • Farce
173
John Madden • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, Christian Bale
174
Johnnie To • Starring: Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Kelly Lin
Action Thriller • Action • Foreign Language Film
175
Adam Shankman • Starring: Bridgette Wilson, Judy Greer, Joanna Gleason
Comedy • Romantic Comedy • Romance
176
Keenen Ivory Wayans • Starring: Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Ghost Film
177
Toshiya Shinohara • Starring: Don Brown, Richard Ian Cox, Paul Dobson
Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Animation
178
Christine Lahti • Starring: Carol Kane, Michael McKean, Albert Brooks
179
Caroline Link • Starring: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich
180
John Singleton • Starring: Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson, Mo'nique
Drama • Urban Drama • Coming-of-Age
181
Edward Burns • Starring: Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Dennis Farina
Comedy • Hyperlink Film • Romance
182
Tim Blake Nelson • Starring: Daniel Benzali, David Arquette, Harvey Keitel
Drama • Historical Film • War
183
Louis C.K. • Starring: Lance Crouther, Robert Vaughn, Chris Rock
Action Comedy • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
184
Lucrecia Martel • Starring: Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián
Drama • Family Drama • Female-Directed Film
185
Francine McDougall • Starring: Melissa George, Alexandra Holden, Sean Young
Comedy • Teen Movie • Crime Comedy
186
Daniel Sackheim • Starring: Bruce Dern, Kathy Baker, Trevor Morgan
Thriller • Psychological Thriller • Teen Movie
187
Steve Barron • Starring: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh
Comedy • Sports Comedy
188
Bobby & Peter Farrelly • Starring: Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Chris Rock
Action Comedy • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
189
Wayne Wang • Starring: Mel Gorham, John Lombardo, Peter Sarsgaard
Drama • Erotic Drama • Psychological Drama
190
Nick Hamm • Starring: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank
Psychological Thriller • Teen Movie • Thriller
191
Dario Argento • Starring: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli
Crime • Crime Thriller • Police Detective Film
192
Gillian Armstrong • Starring: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Romance
193
Julie Davis • Starring: Dan Bucatinsky, Sasha Alexander, Lisa Kudrow
Comedy • Female-Directed Film • Gay and Lesbian Film
194
Blair Hayes • Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Danny Trejo
Comedy • Farce • Gross-Out Comedy
195
Tatsuo Sato
Animation • Anime • Avant-garde / Experimental
196
Peter Hyams • Starring: Justin Chambers, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth
Action • Adventure • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature
197
Jacques Audiard • Starring: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet
Crime • Drama • Foreign Language Film
198
Paddy Breathnach • Starring: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Josh Hartnett
Comedy • Domestic Comedy
199
Francis Veber • Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Michel Aumont, Gérard Depardieu
200
Tom Green • Starring: Marisa Coughlan, Anthony Michael Hall, Drew Barrymore
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Gross-Out Comedy
201
Erik Skjoldbjærg • Starring: Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs, Michelle Williams
202
Sung-Su Kim • Starring: Woo-sung Jung, Ziyi Zhang, Sung-kee Ahn
Drama • Historical Epic • War Drama
203
Hsiao-hsien Hou • Starring: Qi Shu, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan
204
Michael Tollin • Starring: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brian Dennehy
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
205
George Hickenlooper • Starring: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Olivia Williams
206
Tim Blake Nelson • Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles
Based-on-Shakespeare • Drama • Melodrama
207
Werner Herzog • Starring: Jouko Ahola, Tim Roth, Anna Gourari
Biopic • Drama • Political Drama
208
Mark Waters • Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Monica Potter, Shalom Harlow
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Romance
209
Mamoru Oshii • Starring: Malgorzata Foremniak, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Sci-Fi
210
Harold Becker • Starring: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Matt O'Leary
Thriller • Psychological Thriller
211
Jim Stenstrum • Starring: Scott Innes, Frank Welker, Grey DeLise
212
Luis Mandoki • Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto
Drama • Police Drama • Romance
213
Doug Pray • Starring: Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Shadow, Q-Bert
Biography • Documentary • Music
214
Teddy Chan • Starring: Eric Tsang, Vivian Hsu, Wu Hsing-Kuo
Action • Action Thriller • Adventure
215
María Ripoll • Starring: Hector Elizondo, Elizabeth Peña, Jacqueline Obradors
Comedy Drama • Drama • Family Drama
216
Patrice Chéreau • Starring: Timothy Spall, Alistair Galbraith, Rebecca Palmer
217
Renny Harlin • Starring: Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger
Action • Carsploitation • Drama
218
Thomas Bezucha • Starring: Eric Schweig, Nan Martin, Veanne Cox
Comedy Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film • Romance
219
Xiaoshuai Wang • Starring: Chang Jiayin, Zhang Lei, Wang Yanan
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Urban Drama
220
John A. Davis • Starring: Debi Derryberry, Andrea Martin, Candi Milo
Animation • Comedy • Family
221
Chuck Sheetz • Starring: Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Pamela Segall
Animation • Family • Family-Oriented Adventure
222
Juan José Campanella • Starring: Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Ricardo Darin
223
Maggie Greenwald • Starring: Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Jane Adams
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Period Film
224
Peter Hewitt • Starring: Keira Knightley, Del Synnott, Malcolm McDowell
225
Brent Maddock • Starring: Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Susan Chuang
Action • Comedy • Horror
226
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz • Starring: Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palminteri
Comedy • Comedy Drama • Fantasy
227
Laurent Cantet • Starring: Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet
228
Uli Edel • Starring: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen
Adventure • Drama • Fantasy
229
Russell Mulcahy • Starring: Rick Schroder, Phil McKee, Jamie Harris
Action • Combat Films • Drama
230
Arthur Ginsberg • Starring: Mark Musto, Rocco Fazzolari, Richard Kuklinski
231
Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim • Starring: Tom Herman, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
Culture and Society • Documentary • Social Issues
232
Robert Dornhelm • Starring: Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Ben Kingsley, Tatjana Blacher
Biopic • Childhood Drama • Docudrama
233
Jon Shenk • Starring: George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Dennis Muren
Documentary • Media Documentary
234
J.S. Cardone • Starring: Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Izabella Miko
Horror • Monster Film • Road Movie
235
Rose Troche • Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson, Jessica Campbell
Drama • Ensemble Film • Family Drama
236
Hal Hartley • Starring: Sarah Polley, Helen Mirren, Julie Christie
Comedy Drama • Drama • Fantasy
237
Chris Ver Wiel • Starring: Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, Billy Connolly
Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
238
Walter Salles • Starring: Rodrigo Santoro, José Dumont, Ravi Ramos Lacerda
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Family Drama
239
Adam Simon • Starring: John Carpenter, Wes Craven, John Landis
240
Owen Hurley • Starring: Kelly Sheridan, Kirby Morrow, Tim Curry
Animated Musical • Animation • Fairy Tales and Legends
241
Henry Selick • Starring: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro
Animation • Based-on-Comics • Comedy
242
Ringo Lam • Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent
Action • Psychological Sci-Fi • Science Fiction
243
Ken Burns • Starring: Keith David
Documentary • Made-for-Television • Mini-Series
244
Gregory Poirier • Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jaime Pressly
Comedy • Gross-Out Comedy • Sex Comedy
245
Kenji Kodama • Starring: Minami Takayama, Naoko Matsui, Yukiko Iwai
Animation • Anime • Detective Film
246
Mitch Davis • Starring: Joe Folau, Miriama Smith, Nathaniel Lees
Adventure • Adventure Drama • Coming-of-Age
247
Patrick Stettner • Starring: Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Frederick Weller
Drama • Psychological Drama • Thriller
248
Tae-gyun Kim • Starring: Jang Hyuk, Shin Min-a, Kim Soo-Ro
249
Paul Miller • Starring: Kevin James
250
Jean-Luc Godard • Starring: Bruno Putzulu, Cécile Camp, Jean Davy
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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