Personal Favourites
By: trolley freak
It’s impossible to say what the ‘Best’ films are but everyone has their own personal favourites. Here’s mine (in roughly chronological order). My criteria is films I’ve rated worthy of 4 or 5 stars…
1920’s
Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) I loved Harold as a child. I still do…
1930’s
Ronald Colman (1891-1958) A favourite of mine, especially in Lost Horizon and The Prisoner Of Zenda (1937)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939) A magnificent Hawks movie and my favourite of the 1930’s…
1940’s
Bogey (1899-1957) A remarkable run of classics for him in this decade: High Sierra, Casablanca etc. etc….
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) John Huston directs his father to Oscar-winning glory…
1950’s
The Life Of Oharu (1952) Kinuyo Tanaka gives one of THE great performances in this Japanese masterpiece…
Some Like It Hot (1959) At the end of the decade Wilder made this wildy entertaining and hilarious classic…
1960’s
Toshiro Mifune (1920-97) Mifune continued his legendary partnership with Kurosawa in the 1960’s…
The Apartment (1960) Another Wilder masterpiece…
1970’s
Fassbinder (1945-82) Between 1969 and 1982 he made over 40 films. Remarkable…
Don’t Look Now (1973) Every film Roeg made in the 1970’s was significant. This is his masterpiece…
1980’s
John Hurt (1940- ) A National Treasure. Here he is in The Elephant Man (1980)…
Blade Runner (1982) Simply, the greatest science fiction film ever made…
1990’s
JFK (1991) Stone’s ‘take’ on the Kennedy assassination. Brilliant…
2000’s
The Lives Of Others (2006) The best film I’ve seen since the turn of the millenium…
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01Hal Roach
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02Fred C. Newmeyer
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03Buster Keaton
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04F.W. Murnau
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05Carl Theodor Dreyer
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06Lewis Milestone
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07René Clair
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08Rouben Mamoulian
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09James Whale
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10James W. Horne
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11Fritz Lang
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12Yasujirô Ozu
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13Ernest B. Schoedsack
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14James Parrott
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15James Whale
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16Merian C. Cooper
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17Yasujirô Ozu
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18Wu Yonggang
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19Frank Capra
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20Norman Z. McLeod
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21Yasujirô Ozu
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22W.S. Van Dyke
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23James Whale
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24Yasujirô Ozu
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25Alfred Hitchcock
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26Jean Renoir
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27Jean Renoir
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28Yasujirô Ozu
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29Kenji Mizoguchi
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30Leo McCarey
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31William Wyler
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32Jean Renoir
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33Sadao Yamanaka
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34Frank Capra
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35Leo McCarey
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36John Cromwell
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37Michael Curtiz
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38Howard Hawks
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39Alfred Hitchcock
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40Victor Fleming
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41Frank Capra
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42Ernst Lubitsch
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43Howard Hawks
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44Michael Powell
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45John Ford
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46Kenji Mizoguchi
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47Jean Renoir
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48Victor Fleming
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49Edward F. Cline
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50Alfred Hitchcock
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51Howard Hawks
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52George Cukor
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53Alfred Hitchcock
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54Ernst Lubitsch
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55Ludwig Berger
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56Howard Hawks
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57Orson Welles
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58Raoul Walsh
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59Preston Sturges
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60John Huston
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61Michael Curtiz
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62Orson Welles
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63Preston Sturges
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64Yasujirô Ozu
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65Ernst Lubitsch
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66Henri-Georges Clouzot
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67Carl Theodor Dreyer
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68Billy Wilder
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69Robert Stevenson
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70Norman Foster
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71Alfred Hitchcock
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72Billy Wilder
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73Otto Preminger
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74Vincente Minnelli
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75Edward Dmytryk
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76John Cromwell
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77Howard Hawks
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78David Lean
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79Robert Bresson
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80Edgar G. Ulmer
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81Billy Wilder
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82Fritz Lang
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83Elia Kazan
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84William Wyler
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85Howard Hawks
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86Charles Vidor
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87David Lean
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88Frank Capra
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89Robert Siodmak
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90John Ford
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91Alfred Hitchcock
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92Tay Garnett
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93Robert Siodmak
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94Lewis Milestone
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95Orson Welles
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96Michael Powell
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97Elia Kazan
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98John Boulting
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99Orson Welles
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100Carol Reed
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101Jacques Tourneur
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102Henri-Georges Clouzot
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103Yasujirô Ozu
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104Jacques Tati
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105Vittorio De Sica
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106Akira Kurosawa
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107Carol Reed
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108Roberto Rossellini
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109Yasujirô Ozu
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110John Huston
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111Orson Welles
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112David Lean
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113William Dieterle
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114Howard Hawks
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115Fred Zinnemann
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116John Huston
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117William Wyler
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118Jacques Tati
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119Robert Hamer
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120Yasujirô Ozu
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121Jean-Pierre Melville
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122Akira Kurosawa
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123Carol Reed
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124Raoul Walsh
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125Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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126John Huston
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127Nicholas Ray
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128Elia Kazan
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129Akira Kurosawa
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130Max Ophüls
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131Billy Wilder
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132Billy Wilder
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133John Huston
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134William Wyler
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135Yasujirô Ozu
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136Akira Kurosawa
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137Kenji Mizoguchi
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138Vittorio De Sica
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139George Stevens
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140Brian Desmond Hurst
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141Alfred Hitchcock
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142Otto Preminger
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143Vincente Minnelli
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144Jacques Becker
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145Yasujirô Ozu
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146Fred Zinnemann
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147Akira Kurosawa
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148Kenji Mizoguchi
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149John Ford
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150Stanley Donen
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151Vittorio De Sica
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152Douglas Sirk
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153Fritz Lang
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154Fred Zinnemann
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155Ida Lupino
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156Samuel Fuller
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157William Wyler
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158George Stevens
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159Billy Wilder
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160Ingmar Bergman
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161Yasujirô Ozu
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162Kenji Mizoguchi
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163Henri-Georges Clouzot
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164Kenji Mizoguchi
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165Douglas Sirk
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166Alfred Hitchcock
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167Billy Wilder
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168Kenji Mizoguchi
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169Akira Kurosawa
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170Jacques Becker
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171William A. Wellman
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172Keisuke Kinoshita
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173Douglas Sirk
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174John Sturges
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175Joseph H. Lewis
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176Robert Aldrich
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177William Wyler
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178Henri-Georges Clouzot
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179Mikio Naruse
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180Kon Ichikawa
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181Akira Kurosawa
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182Robert Aldrich
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183Charles Laughton
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184Satyajit Ray
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185Nicholas Ray
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186Jules Dassin
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187Satyajit Ray
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188Jean-Pierre Melville
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189Nicholas Ray
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190Kon Ichikawa
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191Kô Nakahira
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192Yasujirô Ozu
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193George Stevens
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194Don Siegel
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195Robert Bresson
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196Albert Lamorisse
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197John Ford
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198Kenji Mizoguchi
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199Douglas Sirk
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200Douglas Sirk
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201David Lean
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202Louis Malle
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203Yasuzo Masumura
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204Akira Kurosawa
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205Luchino Visconti
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206Stanley Kubrick
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207Ingmar Bergman
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208Billy Wilder
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209Alexander Mackendrick
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210Douglas Sirk
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211Akira Kurosawa
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212Yasujirô Ozu
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213Sidney Lumet
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214Ingmar Bergman
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215William Wyler
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216Yasujirô Ozu
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217Akira Kurosawa
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218Nicholas Ray
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219Vincente Minnelli
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220Douglas Sirk
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221Orson Welles
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222Alfred Hitchcock
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223Otto Preminger
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224William Wyler
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225Kon Ichikawa
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226Yasujirô Ozu
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227François Truffaut
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228Yasujirô Ozu
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229Masaki Kobayashi
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230Douglas Sirk
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231Alfred Hitchcock
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232Howard Hawks
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233Billy Wilder
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234Satyajit Ray
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235Billy Wilder
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236Akira Kurosawa
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237Jean-Luc Godard
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238Nobuo Nakagawa
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239Yasujirô Ozu
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240John Sturges
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241Kaneto Shindô
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242Michael Powell
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243Alfred Hitchcock
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244Luchino Visconti
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245François Truffaut
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246Stanley Kubrick
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247Richard Quine
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248Jacques Becker
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249Ingmar Bergman
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250Mikio Naruse
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251Anthony Mann
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252Yasujirô Ozu
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253J. Lee Thompson
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254Robert Rossen
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255Jean-Pierre Melville
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256Bryan Forbes
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257Jean-Luc Godard
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258Akira Kurosawa
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259Yasujirô Ozu
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260J. Lee Thompson
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261Blake Edwards
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262Jean-Pierre Melville
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263Blake Edwards
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264Masaki Kobayashi
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265Stanley Kubrick
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266David Miller
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267John Frankenheimer
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268Akira Kurosawa
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269Robert Mulligan
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270Robert Aldrich
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271Kon Ichikawa
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272Kon Ichikawa
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273John Schlesinger
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274Alfred Hitchcock
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275John Sturges
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276Akira Kurosawa
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277Kaneto Shindô
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278Philippe de Broca
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279Hiroshi Teshigahara
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280Cy Endfield
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281Masaki Kobayashi
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282Akira Kurosawa
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283Robert Bresson
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284James Hill
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285Roy Boulting
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286Sergio Leone
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287Chuck Jones
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288Yasuzo Masumura
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289Cornel Wilde
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290Yasuzo Masumura
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291Arthur Penn
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292Stuart Rosenberg
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293Robert Aldrich
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294Mike Nichols
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295Richard Brooks
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296Norman Jewison
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297Robert Bresson
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298Jacques Tati
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299John Boorman
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300Jean-Pierre Melville
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301Masaki Kobayashi
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302Peter Yates
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303Ken Hughes
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304Sergio Corbucci
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305John Boorman
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306Kaneto Shindô
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307Gene Saks
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308Sergio Leone
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309Richard Lester
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310Franklin J. Schaffner
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311Stanley Kubrick
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312Tom Gries
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313Jean-Pierre Melville
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314Yasuzo Masumura
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315George Roy Hill
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316Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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317Peter R. Hunt
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318Sydney Pollack
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319Sam Peckinpah
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320Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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321Akira Kurosawa
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322Leonard Kastle
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323Ken Russell
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324Roy Andersson
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325Ken Russell
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326Don Siegel
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327William Friedkin
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328Peter Fonda
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329Alan J. Pakula
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330Peter Bogdanovich
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331Robert Altman
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332Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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333Clint Eastwood
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334Masahiro Shinoda
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335Sam Peckinpah
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336Richard Fleischer
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337Monte Hellman
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338Nicolas Roeg
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339Werner Herzog
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340Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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341John Boorman
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342Francis Ford Coppola
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343Terrence Malick
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344François Truffaut
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345Nicolas Roeg
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346William Friedkin
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347Franklin J. Schaffner
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348Víctor Erice
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349Robin Hardy
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350Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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351Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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352Wim Wenders
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353Roman Polanski
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354Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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355Werner Herzog
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356Francis Ford Coppola
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357Robert Bresson
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358Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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359Alan J. Pakula
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360Akira Kurosawa
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361Sidney Lumet
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362Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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363Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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364Steven Spielberg
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365Volker Schlöndorff
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366John Huston
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367Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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368Jack Gold
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369Miloš Forman
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370Jack Starrett
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371François Truffaut
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372Alan J. Pakula
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373Werner Herzog
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374Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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375Nicolas Roeg
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376Clint Eastwood
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377Martin Scorsese
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378Woody Allen
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379Steven Spielberg
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380Donald Cammell
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381Werner Herzog
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382Terrence Malick
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383Michael Cimino
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384John Carpenter
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385Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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386Alan Parker
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387Richard Donner
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388Ridley Scott
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389Francis Ford Coppola
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390Don Siegel
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391Woody Allen
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392Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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393Blake Edwards
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394Jim Abrahams
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395Nicolas Roeg
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396David Lynch
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397Michael Cimino
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398Akira Kurosawa
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399Martin Scorsese
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400Stanley Kubrick
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401Irvin Kershner
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402John Landis
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403Bill Forsyth
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404Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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405Andrzej Żuławski
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406Steven Spielberg
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407Walter Hill
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408Ridley Scott
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409Steven Spielberg
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410Ted Kotcheff
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411Michael Apted
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412Daniel Vigne
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413Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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414James Ivory
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415Martin Scorsese
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416Bill Forsyth
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417Claude Miller
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418Jean Becker
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419James L. Brooks
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420Miloš Forman
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421Woody Allen
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422John Irvin
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423Ken Russell
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424David Lynch
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425Joe Dante
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426Hugh Hudson
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427Stephen Frears
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428Roland Joffé
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429Michael Radford
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430Sergio Leone
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431Wim Wenders
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432Rob Reiner
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433Robert Zemeckis
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434Nicolas Roeg
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435John Huston
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436Akira Kurosawa
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437Peter Weir
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438David Lynch
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439Woody Allen
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440Claude Berri
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441Claude Berri
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442Neil Jordan
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443Francis Ford Coppola
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444Rob Reiner
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445Roger Donaldson
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446John Hughes
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447Rob Reiner
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448Roman Polanski
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449Krzysztof Kieślowski
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450George Sluizer
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451Woody Allen
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452Spike Lee
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453Danny DeVito
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454Warren Beatty
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455Martin Scorsese
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456Rob Reiner
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457David Lynch
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458Barry Levinson
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459Oliver Stone
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460Jonathan Demme
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461James Foley
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462Quentin Tarantino
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463Harold Ramis
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464Akira Kurosawa
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465Steven Spielberg
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466Wong Kar-wai
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467Mike Newell
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468Quentin Tarantino
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469Frank Darabont
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470John Lasseter
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471Anthony Minghella
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472Joel Coen
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473Danny Boyle
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474Takeshi Kitano
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475Ang Lee
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476Curtis Hanson
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477James Cameron
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478Sam Raimi
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479Peter Weir
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480Sam Mendes
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481Stanley Kubrick
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482Robert Zemeckis
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483Wong Kar-wai
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484Roger Donaldson
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485Steven Spielberg
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486Peter Jackson
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487Alexander Payne
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488Todd Haynes
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489Peter Jackson
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490Sam Mendes
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491Quentin Tarantino
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492Anne Fontaine
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493Kevin Macdonald
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494Quentin Tarantino
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495Wong Kar-wai
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496Ang Lee
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497Michael Haneke
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498David Cronenberg
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499Marc Rothemund
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500Mel Gibson
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501Clint Eastwood
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502Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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503Joe Wright
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504Ang Lee
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505Ethan Coen
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506Martin McDonagh
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507John Hillcoat
