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1
Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ensemble Film
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Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund • Starring: Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Crime Drama
3
Doug Liman • Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
4
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
5
Danny Boyle • Starring: Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy
Dystopian Film • Horror • Monster Film
6
Sam Raimi • Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe
Action • Based-on-Comics • Sci-Fi Action
7
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Chase Movie
8
Martin Scorsese • Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime
9
Roman Polanski • Starring: Maureen Lipman, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
10
Spike Jonze • Starring: Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Nicolas Cage
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
11
Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak • Starring: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
12
Chan-wook Park • Starring: Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Doona Bae
Action Thriller • Action • Crime Thriller
13
Sam Mendes • Starring: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law
Based-on-Comics • Crime Drama • Crime
14
Chris Columbus • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Family-Oriented Adventure
15
Pedro Almodóvar • Starring: Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Medical Drama
16
Paul Thomas Anderson • Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Absurd Comedy • Comedy Drama • Romance
17
Yimou Zhang • Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung
Action • Epic • Foreign Language Film
18
Spike Lee • Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper
19
Gaspar Noé • Starring: Monica Bellucci, Albert Dupontel, Vincent Cassel
20
Jim Sheridan • Starring: Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger
Childhood Drama • Comedy Drama • Drama
21
Todd Haynes • Starring: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Patricia Clarkson
Drama • Marriage Drama • Melodrama
22
Michael Winterbottom • Starring: Shirley Henderson, Lennie James, Paddy Considine
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy Drama
23
Kurt Wimmer • Starring: Christian Bale, Angus MacFadyen, Sean Bean
Action • Dystopian Film • Psychological Sci-Fi
24
Steven Shainberg • Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Spader, Jeremy Davies
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
25
M. Night Shyamalan • Starring: Mel Gibson, Abigail Breslin, Rory Culkin
Alien Invasion Films • Mystery • Psychological Sci-Fi
26
Don Coscarelli • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce
Black Comedy • Horror Comedy • Horror
27
Chris Weitz • Starring: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age
28
George Clooney • Starring: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney
29
Neil Marshall • Starring: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby
Horror • Monster Film • Werewolf Film
30
Yôji Yamada • Starring: Nenji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kanbe, Miki Itou
Action • Costume Romance • Drama
31
Dean DeBlois • Starring: Chris Sanders, Jason Scott Lee, Daveigh Chase
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
32
Paul Greengrass • Starring: James Nesbitt, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Gerard Crossan
Docudrama • Drama • Political Drama
33
Kevin Reynolds • Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominczyk
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature
34
Chris Wedge • Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Animation
35
Stephen Frears • Starring: Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sergi López
Crime Thriller • Crime • Drama
36
Lucky McKee • Starring: Jeremy Sisto, Nichole M. Hiltz, Angela Bettis
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
37
Hiroyuki Morita • Starring: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Tetsu Watanabe
Adventure • Animation • Anime
38
Michael Moore • Starring: Charlton Heston, Matt Stone, Marilyn Manson
Culture and Society • Documentary • Law and Crime
39
Niki Caro • Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
Childhood Drama • Drama • Family Drama
40
Gore Verbinski • Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Mystery
41
George Lucas • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen
Action • Adventure • Cyborg / Android / Robot
42
Joe Carnahan • Starring: Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, Busta Rhymes
Crime • Crime Thriller • Police Detective Film
43
Aleksandr Sokurov • Starring: Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Avant-garde / Experimental • Foreign Language Film
44
Christopher Nolan • Starring: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank
Crime Thriller • Crime • Police Detective Film
45
Jeffrey Blitz • Starring: Angela Arenivar, Neil Kadakia, Nupur Lala
Biography • Culture and Society • Documentary
46
Rob Marshall • Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Musical Drama
47
Curtis Hanson • Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer
Drama • Urban Drama
48
David Fincher • Starring: Jodie Foster, Dwight Yoakam, Forest Whitaker
Crime Thriller • Crime • Home Invasion Film
49
Guillermo del Toro • Starring: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-Comics
50
Lukas Moodysson • Starring: Elina Benenson, Oksana Akinshina, Artiom Bogucharski
Based-on-a-True-Story • Coming-of-Age • Crime Drama
51
Phillip Noyce • Starring: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan
Adventure • Adventure Drama • Drama
52
Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen • Starring: Jason Statham, Matt Schulze, Ric Young
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Barry Sonnenfeld • Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson
Action Comedy • Action • Alien Invasion Films
54
D.J. Caruso • Starring: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg
Addiction Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
55
Randall Wallace • Starring: Chris Klein, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott
Combat Films • Drama • War
56
Dylan Kidd • Starring: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Beals
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Drama
57
Julie Taymor • Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Costume Romance
58
Oliver Parker • Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Frances O'Connor
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Comedy of Errors
59
Burr Steers • Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Claire Danes, Ryan Phillippe
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Coming-of-Age
60
Roger Avary • Starring: James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel
61
Peter Mullan • Starring: Nora-Jane Noone, Eileen Walsh, Geraldine McEwan
Drama • Escape Film • Period Film
62
Jay Roach • Starring: Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Green
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Parody/Spoof
63
Ron Clements, John Musker • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Laurie Metcalf, Brian Murray
Adventure • Animation • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature
64
Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe • Starring: Bernard Bouix, René Cleitman, Johnny Depp
Documentary • Media Documentary
65
Paul Schrader • Starring: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson
66
Alexander Payne • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners
67
Brett Ratner • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Thriller • Crime
68
Danny DeVito • Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener
Black Comedy • Comedy • Showbiz Comedy
69
Miguel Arteta • Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mike White
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
70
Phillip Noyce • Starring: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen
Drama • Period Film • Political Drama
71
David Cronenberg • Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Mindbender
72
Stephen Daldry • Starring: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman
Drama • Feminist Film • Period Film
73
Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen • Starring: Robert Evans
Biography • Documentary • History
74
Paul W.S. Anderson • Starring: Milla Jovovich, Colin Salmon, Michelle Rodriguez
Action • Dystopian Film • Girls-with-Guns
75
Jeff Tremaine • Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn
Based-on-Television • Comedy • Documentary
76
J.M. Kenny • Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier
Comedy • Concert Film • Stand-up Comedy
77
Steven Soderbergh • Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Marriage Drama
78
Gurinder Chadha • Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Domestic Comedy
79
Gus Van Sant • Starring: Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Avant-garde / Experimental • Buddy Film • Drama
80
Brian De Palma • Starring: Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote
Crime Thriller • Crime • Erotic Thriller
81
John Lee Hancock • Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jay Hernandez, Rick Gonzalez
82
Mark Romanek • Starring: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan
Psychological Thriller • Thriller
83
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: Kathleen McDermott, Samantha Morton, Paul Popplewell
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Feminist Film
84
Adrian Lyne • Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez
Crime • Crime Drama • Drama
85
Walter Becker • Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Kal Penn, Tara Reid
Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Gross-Out Comedy
86
Denzel Washington • Starring: Derek Luke, Denzel Washington, Joy Bryant
87
Jake Kasdan • Starring: Schuyler Fisk, Jack Black, Colin Hanks
Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Teen Movie
88
François Ozon • Starring: Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Catherine Deneuve
Black Comedy • Comedy of Manners • Comedy
89
Jonas Åkerlund • Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Mena Suvari, Brittany Murphy
Black Comedy
90
Charles Herman-Wurmfeld • Starring: Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Scott Cohen
Comedy Drama • Gay and Lesbian Film • Romance
91
Aki Kaurismäki • Starring: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Anneli Sauli
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Foreign Language Film
92
Rob Bowman • Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco
Action • Adventure • Fantasy
93
Eli Roth • Starring: Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent, Arie Verveen
Black Comedy • Body Horror • Horror Comedy
94
Takashi Shimizu • Starring: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara
Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
95
Nick Cassavetes • Starring: Denzel Washington, James Woods, Kimberly Elise
96
Peter Kosminsky • Starring: Renée Zellweger, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Melodrama
97
Vincenzo Natali • Starring: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Dystopian Film • Mindbender
98
Adam Shankman • Starring: Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah
Drama • Melodrama • Romance
99
Joel Zwick • Starring: John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Nia Vardalos
Comedy • Comedy of Manners • Domestic Comedy
100
Nicole Holofcener • Starring: Catherine Keener, Raven Goodwin, Jake Gyllenhaal
Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
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