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1
William Friedkin • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Mercedes McCambridge
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Horror
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Tobe Hooper • Starring: Marilyn Burns, Jim Siedow, Paul A. Partain
Cannibal Film • Exploitation Film • Horror
3
Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
4
Tobe Hooper • Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke
Ghost Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
5
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror
6
John Landis • Starring: Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Griffin Dunne
Black Comedy • Body Horror • Horror Comedy
7
Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Psychological Horror
8
John Carpenter • Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter
Alien Invasion Films • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror
9
Frank Oz • Starring: Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Horror Comedy
10
David Cronenberg • Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror • Horror
11
Richard Donner • Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner
Horror • Religious Horror • Supernatural Horror
12
Ridley Scott • Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm
Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Horror
13
Stuart Gordon • Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Body Horror
14
John Carpenter • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
Horror • Slasher Film • Teen Movie
15
Dan O'Bannon • Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa
Comedy • Horror Comedy • Horror
16
Roman Polanski • Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • New Hollywood
17
Hong-jin Na • Starring: Jung-min Hwang, Do Won Kwak, Woo-hee Chun
Foreign Language Film • Horror • K-Horror
18
Joe Dante • Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman
Comedy • Holiday Film • Horror Comedy
19
Ti West • Starring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Emma Jenkins-Purro
Horror • Period Film • Psychological Horror
20
David Lynch • Starring: Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts
Avant-garde / Experimental • Body Horror • Dystopian Film
21
Jordan Peele • Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
22
Tobe Hooper • Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson
Black Comedy • Cannibal Film • Horror Comedy
23
Stuart Gordon • Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree
24
James Whale • Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Gothic Film • Horror
25
F.W. Murnau • Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film • German Expressionist Film
26
Philip Kaufman • Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright
Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
27
Jack Arnold • Starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent
28
Sion Sono • Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Tamao Sato
Foreign Language Film • Horror • Mystery
29
Tod Browning • Starring: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
Drama • Horror • Melodrama
30
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Kassie Wesley, Lou Hancock
Black Comedy • Haunted House Film • Horror Comedy
31
Roman Polanski • Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
32
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
Haunted House Film • Horror • Monster Film
33
Ti West • Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov
Haunted House Film • Horror • Religious Horror
34
Charles E. Sellier Jr. • Starring: Robert Brian Wilson, Danny Wagner, Lilyan Chauvin
Holiday Film • Horror • Slasher Film
35
Robin Hardy • Starring: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Folk Horror • Horror
36
Noel Marshall • Starring: Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith
Animal Picture • Horror • Jungle Film
37
Drew Goddard • Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins
Black Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
38
Jee-woon Kim • Starring: Soo-jung Lim, Geun-Young Moon, Jung-ah Yum
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
39
Andrzej Zulawski • Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Horror
40
Chan-wook Park • Starring: Kang-ho Song, Ok-vin Kim, Hae-sook Kim
Black Comedy • Drama • Foreign Language Film
41
Ken Russell • Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Charles Haid
Body Horror • Horror • Mindbender
42
Chris Butler, Sam Fell • Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Casey Affleck
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
43
Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor
Horror • Natural Horror
44
Kaneto Shindô • Starring: Taiji Tonoyama, Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura
Costume Horror • Drama • Folk Horror
45
Robert Eggers • Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
Costume Horror • Folk Horror • Gothic Film
46
Dan Trachtenberg • Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.
Disaster Film • Horror • Monster Film
47
Pier Paolo Pasolini • Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle
Based-on-18th-Century-Literature • Drama • Exploitation Film
48
Robert Aldrich • Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Drama • Gothic Film • Horror
49
Alejandro Jodorowsky • Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Fantasy
50
Ari Aster • Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter
Folk Horror • Horror
51
Yorgos Lanthimos • Starring: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan
52
Joachim Trier • Starring: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Foreign Language Film
53
Georges Franju • Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob
Body Horror • Drama • Foreign Language Film
54
Thom Eberhardt • Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran
Action • Comedy • Disaster Film
55
David Cronenberg • Starring: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle
Body Horror • Canuxploitation • Horror
56
Jack Hill • Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker
Black Comedy • Gothic Film • Horror Comedy
57
Don Siegel • Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
58
Dario Argento • Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci
Fantasy • Gothic Film • Horror
59
Robert Wise • Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ensemble Film • Ghost Film
60
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi • Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Yôko Minamida
Avant-garde / Experimental • Comedy • Fantasy Comedy
61
Rupert Julian • Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Gothic Film
62
J. Lee Thompson • Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Folk Horror • Gothic Film
63
Darren Aronofsky • Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Home Invasion Film
64
Joe Dante • Starring: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan
Horror • Monster Film • Mystery
65
Wolf Rilla • Starring: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Mystery
66
S. Craig Zahler • Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox
Cannibal Film • Horror • Hybrid Western
67
James Whale • Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
68
Fred Dekker • Starring: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht
Comedy • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Fantasy
69
Jaume Collet-Serra • Starring: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman
Horror • Mystery • Thriller
70
Agnieszka Smoczynska • Starring: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Kinga Preis
Body Horror • Fairy Tales and Legends • Female-Directed Film
71
Zack Snyder • Starring: Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Sarah Polley
Horror • Monster Film • Zombie Film
72
Merian C. Cooper • Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Adventure • Horror • Jungle Film
73
Robert Bierman • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
Black Comedy • Drama • Horror Comedy
74
Christian Tafdrup • Starring: Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt
Foreign Language Film • Horror • Psychological Horror
75
Tobe Hooper • Starring: Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin
76
Brian De Palma • Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Horror
77
William Wyler • Starring: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne
78
Masaki Kobayashi • Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Keiko Kishi
Anthology Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror
79
Frank Marshall • Starring: Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman
80
James Cameron • Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn
Action • Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot
81
Quentin Dupieux • Starring: Oulaya Amamra, Alain Chabat, Anaïs Demoustier
Absurd Comedy • Anthology Film • Black Comedy
82
Mike Flanagan • Starring: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Dave Levine
Horror • Supernatural Horror
83
Toshio Matsumoto • Starring: Katsuo Nakamura, Yasuko Sanjo, Juro Kara
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Horror
84
Andrew Bowser • Starring: Andrew Bowser, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jeffrey Combs
Black Comedy • Horror Comedy • Horror
85
Alex Garland • Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu
Body Horror • Folk Horror • Horror
86
Siu-Tung Ching • Starring: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu
Action Comedy • Action • Adventure Comedy
87
Guillermo del Toro • Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain
Costume Horror • Costume Romance • Ghost Film
88
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett • Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien
Black Comedy • Chase Movie • Horror Comedy
89
Robert Hiltzik • Starring: Felissa Rose, Mike Kellin, Jonathan Tiersten
90
Anna Biller • Starring: Samantha Robinson, Laura Waddell, Gian Keys
Black Comedy • Comedy • Female-Directed Film
91
Gary Sherman • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd
Cannibal Film • Horror • Mystery
92
Ti West • Starring: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow
Horror • Period Film • Sex Horror
93
David R. Ellis • Starring: A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, Ali Larter
94
Gerard Johnstone • Starring: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru
Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Crime
95
Dario Argento • Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Fantasy • Giallo • Horror
96
Kon Ichikawa • Starring: Kôji Ishizaka, Yoko Shimada, Teruhiko Aoi
Crime Drama • Crime • Detective Film
97
Scott Derrickson • Starring: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Horror
98
Jack Starrett • Starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit
Action Thriller • Action • Carsploitation
99
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Brion James, Paul L. Smith
Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
100
Freddie Francis • Starring: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson
Costume Horror • Gothic Film • Horror
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