Academy Award Best Director

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Since the very first Oscar ceremony in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored the year’s most outstanding achievement in directing.

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  1. 77 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 48 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  3. 17 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 65 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 73 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 80 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 81 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 49 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  9. 68 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 72 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 67 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 36 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  13. 13 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 71 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 69 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 51 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 66 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 52 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 58 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 31 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  21. 84 -

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 41 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 28 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 60 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 50 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 83 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 76 -

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 24 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 33 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 82 -

    Slumdog Millionaire

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 39 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 34 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 78 -

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 75 -

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 47 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 64 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 22 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 45 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 35 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 79 -

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 8 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 44 -

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 74 -

    Traffic

    2000, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 87 -

    Gravity

    2013, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 62 -

    Rain Man

    1988, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 85 -

    The Artist

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 4 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 56 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 14 -

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 38 -

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
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