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Hollywood Film Director’s League Table
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
OVERALL SCORE: 8.40 /10
Highest Rated Film: Paths of Glory (1957) 8.86 / 10
Number of Films: 13
2
Christopher Nolan
OVERALL SCORE: 8.39 /10
Highest Rated Film: The Dark Knight (2008) – 9.09 / 10
Number of Films: 11
3
Quentin Tarantino
OVERALL SCORE: 8.25 /10
Highest Rated Film: Pulp Fiction (1994) – 9.03 / 10
Number of Films: 10
4
Taika Waititi
OVERALL SCORE: 8.12 /10
Highest Rated Film: Jojo Rabbit (2019) – 8.47 / 10
Number of Films: 7
5
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
OVERALL SCORE: 7.97 /10
Highest Rated Film: Incendies (2010) – 8.69 / 10
Number of Films: 10
7
David Lynch
OVERALL SCORE: 7.92 /10
Highest Rated Film: The Elephant Man (1980) – 8.58 / 10
Number of Films: 10
8
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
OVERALL SCORE: 7.83 /10
Highest Rated Film: Fight Club (1999) – 8.99 / 10
Number of Films: 11
10
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
OVERALL SCORE: 7.82 /10
No. of Films: 19
Highest Rated Film:
Fargo (1996) – 8.60 / 10
12
Alfonso Cuarón
OVERALL SCORE: 7.82 /10
No. of Films: 8
Highest Rated Film:
Children of Men (2006) – 8.27 / 10
13
Brad Bird
OVERALL SCORE: 7.78 /10
No. of Films: 6
Highest Rated Film:
The Iron Giant (1999) – 8.48 / 10
14
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
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
OVERALL SCORE: 7.76 /10
No. of Films: 6
Highest Rated Film:
Amores Perros (2000) – 8.54 / 10
17
Mel Gibson
OVERALL SCORE: 7.69 /10
No. of Films: 5
Highest Rated Film:
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) – 8.28 / 10
18
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
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
OVERALL SCORE: 7.65 /10
No. of Films: 25
Highest Rated Film:
Goodfellas (1990) – 9.09 / 10
21
James Cameron
OVERALL SCORE: 7.62 /10
22
Mike Leigh
OVERALL SCORE: 7.60 /10
23
James Gunn
OVERALL SCORE: 7.56 /10
24
Paul Greengrass
OVERALL SCORE: 7.56 /10
25
Paul Thomas Anderson
OVERALL SCORE: 7.55 /10
26
Rian Johnson
OVERALL SCORE: 7.55 /10
27
Matthew Vaughn
OVERALL SCORE: 7.55 /10
28
David Yates
OVERALL SCORE: 7.54 /10
29
Milos Forman
OVERALL SCORE: 7.54 /10
30
Sam Mendes
OVERALL SCORE: 7.52 /10
31
Anthony & Joe Russo
OVERALL SCORE: 7.52 /10
32
J.J. Abrams
OVERALL SCORE: 7.52 /10
33
Tom McCarthy
OVERALL SCORE: 7.51 /10
34
Tom Hooper
OVERALL SCORE: 7.49 /10
35
Jeff Nichols
OVERALL SCORE: 7.47 /10
36
Alan Parker
OVERALL SCORE: 7.43 /10
37
Martin Brest
OVERALL SCORE: 7.43 /10
38
Jim Jarmusch
OVERALL SCORE: 7.41 /10
39
Matt Reeves
OVERALL SCORE: 7.41 /10
40
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