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1
Quentin Tarantino • Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
Drama • Revenge Film • Revisionist Western
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2
Joss Whedon • Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth
Action • Adventure • Alien Invasion Films
3
Christopher Nolan • Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-Comics
4
Wes Anderson • Starring: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray
Childhood Drama • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age
5
Thomas Vinterberg • Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Drama
6
Sam Mendes • Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
7
Paul Thomas Anderson • Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Drama • Period Film • Psychological Drama
8
Drew Goddard • Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins
Black Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
9
Rian Johnson • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt
Action • Action Thriller • Crime
10
Ben Affleck • Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama
11
David O. Russell • Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Drama
12
Stephen Chbosky • Starring: Emma Watson, Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Drama
13
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler
Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama • Drama
14
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
15
Noah Baumbach • Starring: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver
Comedy Drama • Drama • Mumblecore
16
Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn • Starring: Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara
Culture and Society • Documentary • Foreign Language Film
17
Michael Haneke • Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Romance
18
Jeff Nichols • Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Sam Shepard
Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
19
Ang Lee • Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature
20
Pete Travis • Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey
Action • Based-on-Comics • Crime
21
Rich Moore • Starring: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman
Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Animation
22
Derek Cianfrance • Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
23
Don Hertzfeldt • Starring: Don Hertzfeldt
Animation • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
24
David Ayer • Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick
Action • Action Thriller • Buddy Film
25
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller • Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson
Action • Action Comedy • Based-on-Television
26
Martin McDonagh • Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson
Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
27
Leos Carax • Starring: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Kylie Minogue
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Fantasy
28
Benh Zeitlin • Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander
Drama • Fantasy • Magic Realism
29
Tom Tykwer, The Wachowskis • Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent
30
Peter Jackson • Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Epic
31
Gary Ross • Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature
32
Malik Bendjelloul • Starring: Malik Bendjelloul, Rodriguez
Biography • Documentary • Music
33
J.A. Bayona • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Geraldine Chaplin
Based-on-a-True-Story • Disaster Film • Drama
34
Mamoru Hosoda • Starring: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Ohsawa, Haru Kuroki
Animation • Anime • Coming-of-Age
35
Josh Trank • Starring: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan
Drama • Fantasy • Found Footage Film
36
Ridley Scott • Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Action • Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot
37
Tom Hooper • Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
38
Colin Trevorrow • Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson
Comedy Drama • Drama • Magic Realism
39
Sarah Polley • Starring: Andrew Church, Peter Evans, Justin Goodhand
Biography • Culture and Society • Docudrama
40
Chris Butler, Sam Fell • Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Casey Affleck
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
41
Jay Oliva • Starring: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby
Action • Animation • Based-on-Comics
42
Joe Carnahan • Starring: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Frank Grillo
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure Drama
43
Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman
Addiction Drama • Disaster Film • Drama
44
Bart Layton • Starring: Adam O'Brian, Anna Ruben, Ken Appledorn
Culture and Society • Documentary
45
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris • Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina
Comedy Drama • Drama • Fantasy Comedy
46
John Hillcoat • Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama
47
Marc Webb • Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
Action • Based-on-Comics • Sci-Fi Action
48
Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman • Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Animation
49
Lorene Scafaria • Starring: Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, William Petersen
Apocalyptic Film • Comedy Drama • Drama
50
Toby Haynes • Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Detective Film • Made-for-Television
51
Joss Whedon • Starring: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Reed Diamond
Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Comedy
52
Jason Moore • Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Comedy • Musical Comedy
53
Jacques Audiard • Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Corinne Masiero
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Foreign Language Film
54
Christopher McQuarrie • Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins
55
Seth MacFarlane • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Fantasy
56
Scott Derrickson • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Hall D'Addario
Haunted House Film • Horror • Supernatural Horror
57
Paul McGuigan • Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves
58
Jake Schreier • Starring: Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler
Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Crime
59
Nikolaj Arcel • Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Følsgaard
Based-on-a-True-Story • Costume Romance • Drama
60
Andrew Dominik • Starring: Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Crime Comedy
61
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner • Starring: Pauline Brunner, Lambert Wilson, Anne-Marie Loop
Animal Picture • Animation • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
62
Ben Lewin • Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy Drama
63
Harmony Korine • Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson
Black Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Crime Comedy
64
Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish • Starring: Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, Cristin Milioti
Based-on-a-True-Story • Comedy Drama • Drama
65
John Kahrs • Starring: John Kahrs, Jeff Turley, Kari Wahlgren
Animation • Cartoon • Comedy
66
Craig Zobel • Starring: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Thriller • Crime
67
Tim Burton • Starring: Charlie Tahan, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder
68
Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky • Starring: Jonathan Blow, Phil Fish, Edmund McMillen
Culture and Society • Documentary • Female-Directed Film
69
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Detective Film • Made-for-Television
70
Ben Wheatley • Starring: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Monica Dolan
Black Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
71
Peter Ramsey • Starring: Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman
Adventure • Animation • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature
72
Steven Soderbergh • Starring: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
73
Lauren Montgomery • Starring: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg
74
Jay Roach • Starring: Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris
75
Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt • Starring: Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tennant
76
Andrew Stanton • Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe
Action • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
77
Joe Wright • Starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Romance • Drama
78
Tony Gilroy • Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
79
Barry Sonnenfeld • Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin
Action • Action Comedy • Alien Invasion Films
80
Judd Apatow • Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow
Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Romance
81
Amy Berg • Starring: Damien Wayne Echols, Jessie Misskelley
Documentary • Female-Directed Film • History
82
Felix Van Groeningen • Starring: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Catrysse
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Foreign Language Film
83
Don Coscarelli • Starring: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti
Black Comedy • Fantasy • Horror
84
Lauren Greenfield
85
Lee Toland Krieger • Starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina
86
Nicholas Stoller • Starring: Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
87
David Koepp • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung
Action • Action Thriller • Thriller
88
Todd Berger • Starring: Julia Stiles, David Cross, America Ferrera
Apocalyptic Film • Comedy
89
Haifaa Al-Mansour • Starring: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Female-Directed Film
90
Simon West • Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Action • Action Thriller • Adventure
91
Franck Khalfoun • Starring: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo
Horror • Psychological Horror • Serial Killer Film
92
Kirby Dick
Culture and Society • Documentary • Military and War
93
Sacha Gervasi • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
94
Peter Strickland • Starring: Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Antonio Mancino
Drama • Giallo • Horror
95
James Watkins • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Ghost Film
96
Daniel Espinosa • Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Vera Farmiga
Action Thriller • Action • Thriller
97
Christopher Kenneally • Starring: Keanu Reeves, James Cameron, David Fincher
Documentary • Media Documentary
98
Neil Jordan • Starring: Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Horror
99
David France • Starring: David Barr, Gregg Bordowitz, Jim Eigo
100
David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard • Starring: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard
Anthology Film • Found Footage Film • Haunted House Film
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