The IMDb Top 250
By: MUBI
The IMDb’s Big 250, as of 3 June 2011 (to be updated monthly).
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01Frank Darabont
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02Francis Ford Coppola
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03Francis Ford Coppola
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04Sergio Leone
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05Quentin Tarantino
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06Sidney Lumet
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07Steven Spielberg
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08Miloš Forman
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09Christopher Nolan
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10Christopher Nolan
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11Irvin Kershner
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12Peter Jackson
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13Akira Kurosawa
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14David Fincher
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15Martin Scorsese
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16George Lucas
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17Michael Curtiz
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18Peter Jackson
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19Fernando Meirelles
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20Sergio Leone
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21Alfred Hitchcock
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22Steven Spielberg
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23Andy Wachowski
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24Alfred Hitchcock
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25Bryan Singer
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26Jonathan Demme
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27David Fincher
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28Frank Capra
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29Christopher Nolan
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30Peter Jackson
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31Robert Zemeckis
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32Billy Wilder
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33Luc Besson
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34Lee Unkrich
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35Stanley Kubrick
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36Francis Ford Coppola
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37Orson Welles
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38Tony Kaye
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39Alfred Hitchcock
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40Sam Mendes
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41Martin Scorsese
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42James Cameron
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43Steven Spielberg
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44Ridley Scott
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45Karel Kachyna
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46Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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47Hayao Miyazaki
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48Stanley Kubrick
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49Stanley Kubrick
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50Andrew Stanton
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51Charlie Chaplin
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52Roman Polanski
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53Billy Wilder
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54Fritz Lang
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55David Lean
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56Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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57Stanley Kubrick
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58Martin Scorsese
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59Robert Mulligan
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60James Cameron
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61Michel Gondry
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62Darren Aronofsky
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63Wolfgang Petersen
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64Charlie Chaplin
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65Quentin Tarantino
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66Carol Reed
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67Curtis Hanson
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68Roberto Benigni
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69Roman Polanski
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70Robert Zemeckis
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71John Huston
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72Christopher Nolan
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73Terry Gilliam
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74Giuseppe Tornatore
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75Martin Scorsese
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76Frank Darabont
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77Guillermo del Toro
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78Sergio Leone
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79Akira Kurosawa
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80Stanley Donen
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81Billy Wilder
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82Miloš Forman
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83David Lean
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84Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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85Vittorio De Sica
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86Charlie Chaplin
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87Stanley Kubrick
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88Stanley Kubrick
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89Mel Gibson
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90Darren Aronofsky
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91Billy Wilder
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92Quentin Tarantino
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93Ridley Scott
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94Fritz Lang
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95Oliver Hirschbiegel
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96Park Chan-wook
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97Clint Eastwood
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98Pete Docter
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99George Roy Hill
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100Clint Eastwood
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101David Lynch
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102Frank Capra
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103John Huston
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104Richard Marquand
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105Elia Kazan
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106Steven Spielberg
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107Alfred Hitchcock
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108Hayao Miyazaki
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109Frank Miller
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110John McTiernan
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111John Sturges
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112Ingmar Bergman
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113Christopher Nolan
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114Tom Hooper
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115Buster Keaton
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116Ridley Scott
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117Joel Coen
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118Michael Mann
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119Steven Spielberg
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120Terry George
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121Sergio Leone
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122Akira Kurosawa
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123Ethan Coen
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124Isao Takahata
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125Orson Welles
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126Akira Kurosawa
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127Billy Wilder
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128Victor Fleming
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129Guy Ritchie
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130Ingmar Bergman
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131Danny Boyle
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132Roger Allers
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133Michael Cimino
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134M. Night Shyamalan
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135Joel Coen
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136Woody Allen
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137Stuart Rosenberg
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138Alfred Hitchcock
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139Richard Kelly
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140Frank Capra
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141Quentin Tarantino
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142Fred Zinnemann
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143John Lasseter
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144Oliver Stone
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145Sean Penn
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146Neill Blomkamp
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147Paul Thomas Anderson
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148Clint Eastwood
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149Charlie Chaplin
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150Alfred Hitchcock
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151Brian De Palma
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152George Roy Hill
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153Danny Boyle
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154Victor Fleming
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155F.W. Murnau
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156John Ford
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157Harold Ramis
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158Charlie Chaplin
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159William Wyler
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160Alejandro González Iñárritu
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161Akira Kurosawa
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162Howard Hawks
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163John Frankenheimer
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164Mike Nichols
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165Henri-Georges Clouzot
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166Terry Jones
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167Andrew Stanton
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168Juan José Campanella
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169James Cameron
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170Guy Ritchie
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171William Wyler
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172Darren Aronofsky
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173Martin Scorsese
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174John Carpenter
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175Paul Greengrass
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176Rob Reiner
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177James Cameron
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178Terry Gilliam
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179Dean DeBlois
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180Sidney Lumet
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181James McTeigue
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182Henri-Georges Clouzot
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183Richard Attenborough
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184Hayao Miyazaki
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185Brad Bird
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186Stanley Kramer
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187Federico Fellini
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188Charles Laughton
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189Gus Van Sant
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190Rob Reiner
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191Sidney Lumet
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192Gillo Pontecorvo
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193François Truffaut
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194Stanley Kubrick
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195J.J. Abrams
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196Robert Rossen
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197Federico Fellini
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198David Fincher
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199Adam Elliot
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200Mike Nichols
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201Alfred Hitchcock
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202Julian Schnabel
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203Ingmar Bergman
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204William Friedkin
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205Brad Bird
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206Elia Kazan
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207Sam Peckinpah
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208Billy Wilder
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209Martin McDonagh
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210Carl Theodor Dreyer
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211Ingmar Bergman
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212Lewis Milestone
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213Robert Hamer
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214John G. Avildsen
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215Tomas Alfredson
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216Tim Burton
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217Stanley Kubrick
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218Clint Eastwood
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219Tim Burton
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220Peter Weir
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221Paul Thomas Anderson
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222Alfonso Cuarón
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223Federico Fellini
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224Roman Polanski
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225Woody Allen
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226Thomas Vinterberg
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227Andrew Lau
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228Hayao Miyazaki
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229Buster Keaton
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230William Wyler
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231Quentin Tarantino
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232Franklin J. Schaffner
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233Gore Verbinski
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234Alfred Hitchcock
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235Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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236John Ford
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237Leo McCarey
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238Clint Eastwood
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239Howard Hawks
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240Henry Koster
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241Frank Capra
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242Pete Docter
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243Krzysztof Kieślowski
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244Kim Ki-duk
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245Martin Scorsese
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246Barry Levinson
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247Otto Preminger
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248Gary Trousdale
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249George Cukor
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250Jean Renoir
