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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My Beautiful Laundrette
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
249 new
The Falls
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
248 new
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943, in 14 top lists Check -
247 new
7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
246 new
Le boucher
1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check -
245 new
The Nutty Professor
1963, in 11 top lists Check -
244 new
The Art of Vision
1965, in 2 top lists Check -
243 new
Lone Star
1996, in 6 top lists Check -
242 new
Lacombe Lucien
1974, in 8 top lists Check -
241 new
Samson and Delilah
1949, in 4 top lists Check -
240 new
Vale Abraão
1993 — a.k.a. Abraham's Valley, in 5 top lists Check -
239 new
Safe
1995, in 8 top lists Check -
238 new
My Own Private Idaho
1991, in 10 top lists Check -
237 new
Caché
2005, in 15 top lists Check -
236 new
Koroshi no rakuin
1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill, in 8 top lists Check -
235 new
Mat i syn
1997 — a.k.a. Mother and Son, in 7 top lists Check -
234 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
233 new
RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
232 new
Dazed and Confused
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
231 new
Hana-bi
1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check -
230 new
Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach
1968 — a.k.a. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, in 6 top lists Check -
229 new
Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari
1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check -
228 new
Man of the West
1958, in 8 top lists Check -
227 new
Shock Corridor
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
226 new
Potomok Chingis-Khana
1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check -
225 new
Hable con ella
2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check -
224 new
Rushmore
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
223 new
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
222 new
Beau travail
1999, in 15 top lists Check -
221 new
Ba wang bie ji
1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check -
220 new
The Blues Brothers
1980, in 11 top lists Check -
219 new
Naked
1993, in 9 top lists Check -
218 new
Van Gogh
1991, in 5 top lists Check -
217 new
Funny Face
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
216 new
Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
215 new
Le roman d'un tricheur
1936 — a.k.a. The Story of a Cheat, in 7 top lists Check -
214 new
Xala
1975, in 7 top lists Check -
213 new
Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
212 new
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975, in 15 top lists Check -
211 new
The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
210 new
Cléo de 5 à 7
1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check -
209 new
Boogie Nights
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
208 new
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
207 new
The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
206 new
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
205 new
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971, in 13 top lists Check -
204 new
Underground
1995, in 9 top lists Check -
203 new
Soy Cuba
1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check -
202 new
Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
201 new
The Producers
1967, in 14 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source