TOP 15 DIRECTORS: (1940 - 1949)

01) - HOWARD HAWKS

HIS GIRL FRIDAY  (1940) - CANON: 4,5503

THE BIG SLEEP  (1946) - CANON: 4,4478

RED RIVER  (1948) - CANON: 4,3935

02) - JOHN FORD

THE GRAPES OF WRATH  (1940) - CANON: 4,5659

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE  (1946) - CANON: 4,5243

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY  (1941) - CANON: 4,2526

03) - ALFRED HITCHCOCK

NOTORIOUS  (1946) - CANON: 4,5727

REBECCA  (1940) - CANON: 4,4287
SHADOW OF A DOUBT  (1943) - CANON: 4,3578
  

04) - ORSON WELLES
CITIZEN KANE  (1941) - CANON: 4,7915
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS  (1942) - CANON: 4,3823
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI  (1947) - CANON: 4,1067
 

05) - ERNST LUBITSCH
TO BE OR NOT TO BE  (1942) - CANON: 4,5305
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) - CANON: 4,5235
HEAVEN CAN WAIT  (1943) - CANON: 3,9938
 

06) - MICHAEL POWELL
THE RED SHOES  (1948) - CANON: 4,4359
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH  (1946) - CANON: 4,2897
LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP  (1943) - CANON: 4,2624

07) - CAROL REED
THE THIRD MAN  (1949) - CANON: 4,6269
ODD MAN OUT  (1947) - CANON: 4,1973
THE FALLEN IDOL  (1948) - CANON: 4,0534
 

08) - JOHN HUSTON
THE MALTESE FALCON  (1941) - CANON: 4,4617
THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE  (1948) - CANON: 4,4532
KEY LARGO  (1948) - CANON: 3,9432
 

09) - PRESTON STURGES
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS  (1941) - CANON: 4,3891
THE LADY EVE  (1941) - CANON: 4,2595
THE PALM BEACH STORY  (1942) - CANON: 4,1651

10) - WILLIAM WYLER
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES  (1946) - CANON: 4,4696
THE HEIRESS  (1949) - CANON: 4,2178
THE LITTLE FOXES  (1941) - CANON: 4,1204
 

11) - DAVID LEAN
BRIEF ENCOUNTER  (1945) - CANON: 4,3683
GREAT EXPECTATIONS  (1946) - CANON: 4,2824
OLIVER TWIST  (1948) - CANON: 4,1525
  

12) - ROBERTO ROSSELLINI
ROMA, CITTA APERTA (1945) - CANON: 4,3327
GERMANIA, ANNO ZERO  (1948) - CANON: 4,2437
PAISA  (1946) - CANON: 4,2003
 

13) - MICHAEL CURTIZ
CASABLANCA  (1942) - CANON: 4,7199
MILDRED PIERCE  (1945) - CANON: 4,0970
THE SEA HAWK  (1940) - CANON: 3,9171
 

14) - JACQUES TOURNEUR
OUT OF THE PAST  (1947) - CANON: 4,3926
CAT PEOPLE  (1942) - CANON: 4,2298
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE  (1943) - CANON: 4,0733
 

15) - BILLY WILDER

DOUBLE INDEMNITY  (1944) - CANON: 4,5794

THE LOST WEEKEND  (1945) - CANON: 4,1041

FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO  (1943) - CANON: 3,7409