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Hollywood Film Director’s League Table

Hollywood director's ranked and rated league table image
Ranking the filmographies of Hollywood’s Best Movie Directors
QUALIFYING CRITERIA:
1 – MUST HAVE MADE 5 FULL LENGTH FEATURES
4 – No Documentaries or specials
2 – No Short films
5 – No collaborations
3 – Must have over 1000 votes on IMDb
6 – Must have released a film in the last 25 years
1
Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

OVERALL SCORE: 8.40 /10
Highest Rated Film: Paths of Glory (1957) 8.86 / 10
Number of Films: 13
2
Christopher Nolan, master film maker

Christopher Nolan

OVERALL SCORE: 8.39 /10
Highest Rated Film: The Dark Knight (2008) – 9.09 / 10
Number of Films: 11
3
quentin tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

OVERALL SCORE: 8.25 /10
Highest Rated Film: Pulp Fiction (1994) – 9.03 / 10
Number of Films: 10
4
Taika Waititi, director of Thor Love and Thunder

Taika Waititi

OVERALL SCORE: 8.12 /10
Highest Rated Film: Jojo Rabbit (2019) – 8.47 / 10
Number of Films: 7
5
Wes Anderson, film director

Wes Anderson

OVERALL SCORE: 8.09 /10
Highest Rated Film: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) – 8.38 / 10
Number of Films: 10
6
Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve

OVERALL SCORE: 7.97 /10
Highest Rated Film: Incendies (2010) – 8.69 / 10
Number of Films: 10
7
David Lynch, the master film director

David Lynch

OVERALL SCORE: 7.92 /10
Highest Rated Film: The Elephant Man (1980) – 8.58 / 10
Number of Films: 10
8
Edgar Wright, Director of Baby Driver

Edgar Wright

OVERALL SCORE: 7.86 /10
Highest Rated Film: Shaun of the Dead (2004) – 8.39 / 10
Number of Films: 6
9
David Fincher, Movie director

David Fincher

OVERALL SCORE: 7.83 /10
Highest Rated Film: Fight Club (1999) – 8.99 / 10
Number of Films:  11
10
Steven Spielberg, Legendary filmmaker

Steven Spielberg

OVERALL SCORE: 7.83 /10
Highest Rated Film: Schindler’s List (1993) – 9.18 / 10
Number of Films:  33
11
The Coen Brothers

The Coen Brothers

OVERALL SCORE: 7.82 /10
No. of Films: 19
Highest Rated Film:  Fargo (1996) – 8.60 / 10
12
Alfonso Cuarón headshot

Alfonso Cuarón

OVERALL SCORE: 7.82 /10
No. of Films: 8
Highest Rated Film:  Children of Men (2006) – 8.27 / 10
13
Brad Bird, movie director

Brad Bird

OVERALL SCORE: 7.78 /10
No. of Films: 6
Highest Rated Film:  The Iron Giant (1999) – 8.48 / 10
14
Ang Lee, film director

Ang Lee

OVERALL SCORE: 7.77 /10
No. of Films: 14
Highest Rated Film:  Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) – 8.35 / 10
15
Jon Watts, director

Jon Watts

OVERALL SCORE: 7.77 /10
No. of Films: 5
Highest Rated Film:  Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) – 8.75 / 10
16
Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

OVERALL SCORE: 7.76 /10
No. of Films: 6
Highest Rated Film:  Amores Perros (2000) – 8.54 / 10
17
Mel Gibson, actor and director

Mel Gibson

OVERALL SCORE: 7.69 /10
No. of Films: 5
Highest Rated Film:  Hacksaw Ridge (2016) – 8.28 / 10
18
Darren Aronofsky headshot

Darren Aronofsky

OVERALL SCORE: 7.68 /10
No. of Films: 7
Highest Rated Film:  Requiem for a Dream (2000) – 8.58 / 10
19
Peter Jackson, Director of The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

Peter Jackson

OVERALL SCORE: 7.66 /10
No. of Films:  13
Highest Rated Film:  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – 9.00 / 10
20
Martin Scorsese, master filmmaker

Martin Scorsese

OVERALL SCORE: 7.65 /10
No. of Films:  25
Highest Rated Film:  Goodfellas (1990) – 9.09 / 10
21
James Cameron

James Cameron

OVERALL SCORE: 7.62 /10
22
Mike Leigh, film Director

Mike Leigh

OVERALL SCORE: 7.60 /10
23
James Gunn, Movie director

James Gunn

OVERALL SCORE: 7.56 /10
24
Paul Greengrass. film director

Paul Greengrass

OVERALL SCORE: 7.56 /10
25
Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

OVERALL SCORE: 7.55 /10
26
Rian Johnson movie director

Rian Johnson

OVERALL SCORE: 7.55 /10
27
Matthew Vaughn, Film director

Matthew Vaughn

OVERALL SCORE: 7.55 /10
28
David Yates, movie maker

David Yates

OVERALL SCORE: 7.54 /10
29
Milos Forman, Film Director

Milos Forman

OVERALL SCORE: 7.54 /10
30
Sam Mendes, Director of Skyfall

Sam Mendes

OVERALL SCORE: 7.52 /10
31
The Russo Brothers

Anthony & Joe Russo

OVERALL SCORE: 7.52 /10
32
J.J. Abrams, director and producer

J.J. Abrams

OVERALL SCORE: 7.52 /10
33
Tom McCarthy, film director

Tom McCarthy

OVERALL SCORE: 7.51 /10
34
Tom Hooper, film director

Tom Hooper

OVERALL SCORE: 7.49 /10
35
Jeff Nichols, film director

Jeff Nichols

OVERALL SCORE: 7.47 /10
36
Alan Parker, film director

Alan Parker

OVERALL SCORE: 7.43 /10
37
Martin Brest, film director

Martin Brest

OVERALL SCORE: 7.43 /10
38
Jim Jarmusch, filmmaker

Jim Jarmusch

OVERALL SCORE: 7.41 /10
39
Matt Reeves filmmaker

Matt Reeves

OVERALL SCORE: 7.41 /10
40
Baz Luhrmann, film director

Baz Luhrmann

OVERALL SCORE: 7.39 /10
41

Alexander Payne

OVERALL SCORE: 7.39 /10
42

Peter Weir

OVERALL SCORE: 7.38 /10
43

Anthony Minghella

OVERALL SCORE: 7.36 /10
44

Roman Polanski

OVERALL SCORE: 7.30 /10
45

Guy Ritchie

OVERALL SCORE: 7.27 /10
46

Zack Snyder

OVERALL SCORE: 7.26 /10
47

Danny Boyle

OVERALL SCORE: 7.25 /10
48

Kathryn Bigelow

OVERALL SCORE: 7.24 /10
49

Paul Verhoeven

OVERALL SCORE: 7.23 /10
50

Stephen Daldry

OVERALL SCORE: 7.23 /10
51

Terry Gilliam

OVERALL SCORE: 7.20 /10
52

Tim Burton

OVERALL SCORE: 7.19 /10
53

F. Gary Gray

OVERALL SCORE: 7.19 /10
54

Jason Reitman

OVERALL SCORE: 7.18 /10
55

James Mangold

OVERALL SCORE: 7.16 /10
56

John Sayles

OVERALL SCORE: 7.14 /10
57

Michael Mann

OVERALL SCORE: 7.12 /10
58

Gavin O Connor

OVERALL SCORE: 7.11 /10
59

Lars von Trier

OVERALL SCORE: 7.10 /10
60

Richard Linklater

OVERALL SCORE: 7.10 /10
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