Favorite Directors

By: Ally the Manic Listmak​er

My favorite directors. I have listed a movie by each below to give you an idea of the kinds of directors I like (not necessarily my favorite). Ranked.

This list is also on IMDB.

Alfred Hitchcock
Claude Chabrol
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Woody Allen
Luis Buñuel
Pedro Almodóvar
François Truffaut
Billy Wilder
Agnès Varda
Eric Rohmer

Roman Polanski
Ernst Lubitsch
Alain Resnais
Jacques Rivette
Michael Haneke
Coen Bros.
William “Wild Bill” Wellman
Fritz Lang
Robert Bresson
Henri-Georges Clouzot

Rainer Werner “Fassy” Fassbinder
Maurice Pialat
Julien Duvivier
Marcel Pagnol
Dorothy Arzner
Marcel Carné
Sacha Guitry
John Cassavetes
Robert Altman
Mike Leigh

Bertrand Tavernier
David Lynch
Michelangelo Antonioni
John Huston
Anne Fontaine
Patrice Leconte
Catherine Breillat
Andrzej Munk
Bertrand Blier
Frank Borzage

Frank Capra
Louis Malle
David Cronenberg
Nicholas Ray
Leo McCarey
André Téchiné
Claire Denis
Jacques Demy
Elia Kazan
Jim Jarmusch

Georges Méliès
Alice Guy-Blaché
Claude Berri
René Clément
Raoul Walsh
René Clair
Valerio Zurlini
Howard Hawks
Alain Corneau
Bernardo Bertolucci

Miloš Forman
Atom Egoyan
Olivier Assayas
Raoul Ruiz
Alfred E. Green
Georges Franju
Buster Keaton
Tim Burton
Gregory La Cava
Mikio Naruse

Francis Ford Coppola
Brian DePalma
D.W. Griffith
Edward Dmytryk
Allan Dwan
Lina Wertmüller
Carlos Saura
Charlie Kaufman
Maysles Bros.
Éric Rochant

Martin Scorsese
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Christophe Honoré
Norman McLaren
Nicholas Roeg
Robert Benton
Céline Sciamma
Barbara Kopple
Catherine Corsini
Edward Yang

François Ozon
Věra Chytilová
Costa-Gavras
Emir Kusturica
Coline Serreau
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
John Waters
Diane Kurys
Wes Anderson
Sidney Lumet

Honorable mention:
Marco Ferreri
Claudia Llosa
Michel Deville
Neil Jordan
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Valérie Lemercier
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Julian Schnabel
Otto Preminger
Pierre Salvadori
Michael Powell
Paul Auster
Elaine May
Ida Lupino
Edmund Goulding
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Isabel Coixet
Dziga Vertov
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Christophe Barratier
Andy Warhol
Dennis Hopper
Curtis Hanson
William Friedkin
Noah Baumbach
Luc Besson

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• 01
  Vertigo
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 02
  Hannah and Her Sisters
  Woody Allen
• 03
  The Butcher
  Claude Chabrol
• 04
  Three Colors: Red
  Krzysztof Kieślowski
• 05
  Belle de jour
  Luis Buñuel
• 06
  Volver
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 07
  Witness for the Prosecution
  Billy Wilder
• 08
  Jules and Jim
  François Truffaut
• 09
  Funny Games U.S.
  Michael Haneke
• 10
  Salut les cubains
  Agnès Varda
• 11
  Au hasard Balthazar
  Robert Bresson
• 12
  The Shop Around the Corner
  Ernst Lubitsch
• 13
  Nadja in Paris
  Éric Rohmer
• 14
  Death and the Maiden
  Roman Polanski
• 15
  A Star is Born
  William A. Wellman
• 16
  Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• 17
  The Royal Tenenbaums
  Wes Anderson
• 18
  Girl on the Bridge
  Patrice Leconte
• 19
  The Clockmaker of St. Paul
  Bertrand Tavernier
• 20
  Angele
  Marcel Pagnol
• 21
  Secrets & Lies
  Mike Leigh
• 22
  Hôtel du Nord
  Marcel Carné
• 23
  Nathalie...
  Anne Fontaine
• 24
  Permanent Vacation
  Jim Jarmusch
• 25
  Merrily We Go to Hell
  Dorothy Arzner
• 26
  A Real Young Girl
  Catherine Breillat
• 27
  Le pont du Nord
  Jacques Rivette
• 28
  Chloe
  Atom Egoyan
• 29
  Elegy
  Isabel Coixet
• 30
  Zabriskie Point
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 31
  Spider
  David Cronenberg
• 32
  Wild at Heart
  David Lynch
• 33
  The Red Head
  Julien Duvivier
• 34
  Bon voyage
  Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• 35
  Baby Face
  Alfred E. Green
• 36
  Silver Lode
  Allan Dwan
• 37
  Time to Leave
  François Ozon
• 38
  The Night of the Iguana
  John Huston
• 39
  La belle personne
  Christophe Honoré
• 40
  L'enfance nue
  Maurice Pialat
• 41
  Summer Hours
  Olivier Assayas
• 42
  La répétition
  Catherine Corsini
• 43
  M
  Fritz Lang
• 44
  Diabolique
  Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 45
  Amadeus
  Miloš Forman
• 46
  Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
  Bertrand Blier
• 47
  The Long Goodbye
  Robert Altman
• 48
  Viva Maria!
  Louis Malle
• 49
  Feast of Love
  Robert Benton
• 50
  Arizona Dream
  Emir Kusturica
• 51
  Dillinger Is Dead
  Marco Ferreri
• 52
  Lola
  Jacques Demy
• 53
  Wild Grass
  Alain Resnais
• 54
  Pursued
  Raoul Walsh
• 55
  After You
  Pierre Salvadori
• 56
  It Happened One Night
  Frank Capra
• 57
  Bigger Than Life
  Nicholas Ray
• 58
  Gimme Shelter
  David Maysles
• 59
  Synecdoche, New York
  Charlie Kaufman
• 60
  Walkabout
  Nicolas Roeg
• 61
  All About Eve
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 62
  The Chorus
  Christophe Barratier
• 63
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Julian Schnabel
• 64
  The French Connection
  William Friedkin
• 65
  L.A. Confidential
  Curtis Hanson
• 66
  A Brighter Summer Day
  Edward Yang
• 67
  Man with a movie camera
  Dziga Vertov
• 68
  Three Lives and Only One Death
  Raúl Ruiz
• 69
  Violent Summer
  Valerio Zurlini
• 70
  Goodfellas
  Martin Scorsese
• 71
  Sherlock Jr.
  Buster Keaton
• 72
  The Dreamers
  Bernardo Bertolucci
• 73
  Falling Leaves
  Alice Guy-Blaché
• 74
  A Serious Man
  Ethan Coen
• 75
  History Is Made at Night
  Frank Borzage
• 76
  Laura
  Otto Preminger
• 77
  Amores perros
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 78
  Orphans of the Storm
  D.W. Griffith
• 79
  The Squid and the Whale
  Noah Baumbach
• 80
  The Girl on the Train
  André Téchiné
• 81
  My Man Godfrey
  Gregory La Cava
• 82
  Bad Luck
  Andrzej Munk
• 83
  Love Without Pity
  Éric Rochant
• 84
  Pinky
  Elia Kazan
• 85
  Eyes Without a Face
  Georges Franju
• 86
  Romuald et Juliette
  Coline Serreau
• 87
  Léon: The Professional
  Luc Besson
• 88
  Diva
  Jean-Jacques Beineix
• 89
  Colors
  Dennis Hopper
• 90
  Love and Anarchy
  Lina Wertmüller
• 91
  Série noire
  Alain Corneau
• 92
  Harlan County USA
  Barbara Kopple
• 93
  Avenue Montaigne
  Danièle Thompson
• 94
  Vinyl
  Andy Warhol
• 95
  White Material
  Claire Denis
• 96
  Pas de Deux
  Norman McLaren
• 97
  The Hilarious Posters
  Georges Méliès
• 98
  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  Howard Hawks
• 99
  The Milk of Sorrow
  Claudia Llosa
• 100
  Entre nous
  Diane Kurys
• 101
  Peeping Tom
  Michael Powell
• 102
  The Inner Life of Martin Frost
  Paul Auster
• 103
  The Untouchables
  Brian De Palma
• 104
  Ishtar
  Elaine May
• 105
  The Bigamist
  Ida Lupino
• 106
  Daisies
  Věra Chytilová
• 107
  Eden Is West
  Costa-Gavras
• 108
  The Story of a Cheat
  Sacha Guitry
• 109
  Palais royal!
  Valérie Lemercier