The top 250 directors and their best film according to TSPDT/DtC (2012)
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This list contains 250 films by the 250 greatest directors of all time, according to "they shoot pictures don't they?". Each director has one entry; their most critically acclaimed film. Two directors appear more than once on the list (Michael Powell and Stanley Donen) and all together there are 5 director couples (Powell/Pressburger, Donen/Kelly, Coen Brothers, Cooper/Schoedsack and Straub/Huillet). #76 is a TV-mini-series; #81, #151, #157, #180, #190 and #202 are short features, the rest of the entries are featured films.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
234 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
27 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
64 new
Pulp Fiction
1994, in 38 top lists Check -
213 new
Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
79 new
The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
57 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
116 new
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
46 new
Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
51 new
Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
123 new
Fargo
1996, in 27 top lists Check -
38 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
163 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
72 new
Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
129 new
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
192 new
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
199 new
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
124 new
The Terminator
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
198 new
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961, in 9 top lists Check -
171 new
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
30 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
15 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
165 new
The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
89 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
152 new
Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
119 new
Fantasia
1940, in 20 top lists Check -
17 new
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
223 new
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
90 new
The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
66 new
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
59 new
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
13 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
60 new
Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
101 new
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974, in 15 top lists Check -
232 new
Dazed and Confused
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
132 new
Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
135 new
Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
117 new
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
26 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
224 new
Rushmore
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
233 new
RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
175 new
Evil Dead II
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
153 new
Carrie
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
220 new
The Blues Brothers
1980, in 11 top lists Check -
99 new
Unforgiven
1992, in 24 top lists Check -
9 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source