TOP 50 ALL TIME DIRECTORS: # 26 to # 50

26) FRANK CAPRA

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE  (1946) - CANON: 4,6090 - RATING: 5/5
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) - CANON: 4,4613 - RATING: 4,5/5
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON  (1939) - CANON: 4,3980 - RATING:  4,5/5
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU  (1938) - CANON: 4,0766 - RATING: 5/5
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN  (1936) - CANON: 4,0662 - RATING: 3,5/5
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE  (1944) - CANON:  3,9825 - RATING: 4,5/5
LOST HORIZON  (1937) - CANON:  3,9578 - RATING: 4,5/5

27) MICHAEL POWELL

THE RED SHOES  (1948) - CANON: 4,4567 - RATING: 4,5/5
PEEPING TOM  (1960) - CANON: 4,3067 - RATING: 4/5
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH  (1946) - CANON: 4,2795 - RATING: 3/5
LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943) - CANON: 4,2548 - RATING: 2/5
BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) - CANON: 4,2007 - RATING: 2,5/5
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (1945) - CANON: 4,0714 - RATING: 3,5/5
THE SMALL BACK ROOM  (1949) - CANON: 3,9774 - RATING: 3/5

28) JOHN HUSTON

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) - CANON: 4,4710 - RATING: 5/5
THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE (1948) - CANON: 4,4635 - RATING: 3,5/5
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) - CANON: 4,3891 - RATING: 5/5
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) - CANON: 4,1345 - RATING: 3/5
THE DEAD (987) - CANON: 4,0704 - RATING: 3,5/5
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975) - CANON: 4,0393 - RATING: 4/5
KEY LARGO (1948) - CANON: 3,9655 - RATING: 4,5/5

29) WILLIAM WYLER

THE BEAST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) - CANON: 4,4832 - RATING: 4/5
THE HEIRESS  (1949) - CANON: 4,2335 - RATING: 3/5
BEN-HUR (1959) - CANON: 4,1302 - RATING: 2/5
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) - CANON: 4,1258 - RATING: 3/5
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941) - CANON: 4,1208 - RATING: 3/5
DODSWORTH (1936) - CANON: 4,1141 - RATING: 4/5
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) - CANON: 4,0741 - RATING: 4,5/5

30) HAYAO MIYAZAKI

SPIRITED AWAY (2001) - CANON: 4,4925 - RATING: 3,5/5
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) - CANON: 4,2932 - RATING: 4,5/5
PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) - CANON: 4,1815 - RATING: 4/5
LAPUTA, CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986) - CANON: 4,1540 - RATING: 4,5/5
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE  (1989) - CANON: 4,0952 - RATING: 4,5/5
NAUSICA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WINDS  (1984) - CANON: 4,0292 - RATING: 4/5
PONYO ON THE CLIFF OF THE SEA (2008) - CANON: 3,9758 - RATING: 4/5

31)  CARL THEODOR DREYER

LA PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC (1928) - CANON: 4,7308 - RATING: 3/5
ORDET (1955) - CANON: 4,6513 - RATING: 5/5
DAY OF WRATH akd VREDENS DAG - CANON: 4,5022 - RATING: 5/5
GERTRUD (1964) - CANON: 4,2099 - RATING: 4,5/5
VAMPYR (1932)  - CANON: 4,0507
THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE (1925) - CANON: 3,5734
THE PARSON'S WIDOW (1920) - CANON: 3,4982

32) LUCHINO VISCONTI

IL GATTOPARDO (1963) - CANON: 4,4927 - RATING: 4,5/5
ROCCO E I SUOI FRATELLI (1960) - CANON: 4,4289 - RATING: 4,5/5
LA TERRA TREMA (1948) - CANON: 4,2525 - RATING: 1/5
OSSESSIONE  (1943) - CANON: 4,0756 - RATING: 2,5/5
LE NOTTI BIANCHE (1957) - CANON: 4,0284
MORTE A VENEZIA (1971) - CANON: 4,0164
SENSO (1954) - CANON: 3,9057 - RATING: 3,5/5

33) ROBERT ALTMAN

NASHVILLE (1975) - CANON: 4,4803 - RATING: 3,5/5
SHORT CUTS (1993) - CANON: 4,3077 - RATING:  5/5
THE PLAYER  (1992) - CANON: 4,2526 - RATING: 4,5/5
McCABE AND MRS. MILLER  (1971) - CANON: 4,1317 - RATING: 2,5/5
THE LONG GOODBYE (1973) - CANON: 4,0957 - RATING: 1,5/5
THREE WOMEN (1977) - CANON: 3,9756
SECRET HONOR (1984) - CANON: 3,9287

34) KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI

TROIS COULEURS: ROUGE (1994) - CANON: 4,3971 - RATING: 3,5/5
DEKALOG (1989) - CANON: 4,3554
TROIS COULEURS: BLUE (1939) - CANON: 4,2292 - RATING: 3/5
A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (1988) - CANON: 4,1546
LA DOUBLE VIE DE VERONIQUE (1991) - CANON: 4,1171
A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE (1988) - CANON: 4,0057 - RATING: 1/5
AMATOR aka CAMERA BUFF  (1979) - CANON: 3,9105

35) DAVID LYNCH

MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) - CANON: 4,3878 - RATING: 4,5/5
THE ELEPHANT MAN  (1980) - CANON: 4,3608 - RATING: 4/5
THE STRAIGHT STORY  (1999) - CANON: 4,3599 - RATING: 5/5
BLUE VELVET (1986) - CANON: 4,3195 - RATING:  4/5
ERASERHEAD (1977) - CANON: 3,9952
LOST HIGWAY (1997) - CANON: 3,8648 - RATING: 3/5
TWIN PEAKS (1990) - CANON: 3,8257 - RATING: 3,5/5

36) MAX OPHULS

MADAME DE ...  (1953) - CANON: 4,4580 - RATING: 5/5
LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948) - CANON: 4,4116 - RATING: 5/5
LIEBELEI (1933) - CANON: 4,1667
LOLA MONTES (1955) - CANON: 4,1175 - RATING: 2/5
LA RONDE (1950) - CANON: 4,0640 - RATING: 3,5/5
THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949) - CANON: 4,0459 - RATING: 4,5/5
LE PLAISIR (1952) - CANON: 3,8366 - RATING: 3/5

37) JOEL COEN

FARGO  (1995) - CANON: 4,4210 - RATING: 5/5
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN  (2007) - CANON: 4,4034 - RATING: 4/5
MILLER'S CROSSING (1990) - CANON: 4,1428 - RATING: 4/5
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) - CANON: 4,1034 - RATING: 4/5
BARTON FINK (1991) - CANON: 4,0357 - RATING: 2/5
THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) - CANON: 4,0124 - RATING: 3/5
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001) - CANON: 3,9338 - RATING: 4,5/5

38) ELIA KAZAN

ON THE WATERFRONT  (1954) - CANON: 4,4324 - RATING: 2,5/5
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) - CANON: 4,3319 - RATING: 3,5/5
EAST OF EDEN (1955) - CANON: 4,1634 - RATING: 2,5/5
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS  (1961) - CANON: 4,0567 - RATING: 5/5
AMERICA, AMERICA (1963) - CANON: 4,0503 - RATING: 2,5/5
A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) - CANON: 3,9981 - RATING: 3/5
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN  (1945) - CANON: 3,9858

39) ROMAN POLANSKI

CHINATOWN (1974) - CANON: 4,5160 - RATING: 4,5/5
ROSEMARY'S BABY  (1968) - CANON: 4,3770 - RATING: 4/5
REPULSION (1965) - CANON: 4,2094 - RATING: 2/5
LE LOCATAIRE (1976) - CANON: 4,0793 - RATING: 3,5/5
LE PIANISTE (2002) - CANON: 4,0705 - RATING: 4,5/5
KNIFE IN THE WATER (1962) - CANON: 3,8969 - RATING: 2,5/5
THE GHOST WRITER  (2010) - CANON: 3,8617 - RATING: 4/5

40)  FRIEDRICH W. MURNAU

SUNRISE  (1927) - CANON: 4,7241 - RATING: 5/5
DER LETZTE MAN  (1924) - CANON: 4,3932 - RATING:  4/5
NOSFERATU (1922) - CANON: 4,3836 - RATING: 4/5
FAUST (1926) - CANON: 4,2599
TABU (1931) - CANON: 3,9695 - RATING: 3,5/5
CITY GIRL (1930) - CANON: 3,8294 - RATING: 4,5/5
TARTUFF  (1926) - CANON: 3,4235

41) QUENTIN TARANTINO

PULP FICTION (1994) - CANON: 4,5012 - RATING: 3/5
RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) - CANON: 4,2106 - RATING: 3/5
JACKIE BROWN (1997) - CANON: 4,0863 - RATING: 4,5/5
KILL VOLUME 1  (2003) - CANON: 4,0740 - RATING: 4/5
KILL VOLUME 2  (2004) - CANON: 4,0696 - RATING: 4,5/5
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (2009) - CANON: 4,0326 - RATING: 3,5/5
DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) - CANON: 4,0069 - RATING: 4/5

42) PRESTON STURGES

SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941) - CANON: 4,4146 - RATING: 5/5
THE LADY EVE (1941) - CANON: 4,2468 - RATING: 5/5
THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942) - CANON: 4,1633 - RATING: 4,5/5
THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944) - CANON: 4,1285 - RATING: 2,5/5
HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (1944) - CANON: 4,0366 - RATING: 4/5
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948) - CANON: 4,0150 - RATING: 2,5/5
CHRISTMAS IN JULY  (1940) - CANON: 3,9550 - RATING: 4/5

43) SIDNEY LUMET

TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957) - CANON: 4,5036 - RATING: 5/5
DOG DAY AFTERNOON  (1975) - CANON: 4,2880 - RATING: 2/5
NETWORK  (1976) - CANON: 4,2522 - RATING: 2,5/5
THE VERDICT (1982) - CANON: 4,0465 - RATING: 4,5/5
FAIL-SAFE (1964) - CANON: 3,9921 - RATING: 3,5/5
THE PAWNBROKER (1964) - CANON: 3,9436 - RATING: 2/5
RUNNING ON EMPTY  (1988) - CANON: 3,9275 - RATING: 4,5/5

44) WERNER HERZOG

AGUIRRE, DER ZORN GOTTES  (1972) - CANON: 4,4722 - RATING: 2/5
FITZCARRALDO  (1982) - CANON: 4,3742
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER  (1974) - CANON: 4,1868
LEKTIONEN IN FINSTERNIS (1992) - CANON: 4,0795
GRIZZLY MAN  (2005) - CANON: 4,0118 - RATING: 4/5
STROSZEK (1977) - CANON: 3,9260
NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT (1979) - CANON: 3,8884

45)  SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN

BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN  (1925) - CANON: 4.5287 - RATING: 3/5
IVAN GROZNI  (1944) - CANON: 4,3542 - RATING:  2/5
IVAN GROZNI II  (1946) - CANON: 4,1870 - RATING: 1,5/5
STRIKE aka STACHKA (1925) - CANON: 4,0985
ALEKSANDR NEVSKI  (1938) - CANON: 4,0676 - RATING: 1/5
OKTIABR (1927) - CANON: 3,9885
THE GENERAL LINE  (1929) - CANON: 3,6982

46)  GEORGE CUKOR

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY  (1940) - CANON: 4,3849 - RATING: 5/5
A STAR IS BORN  (1954) - CANON: 4,2143 - RATING: 2/5
HOLIDAY  (1938) - CANON: 4,1251 - RATING: 4/5
MY FAIR LADY  (1964) - CANON: 4,1142 - RATING: 2,5/5
THE WOMEN  (1939) - CANON: 4,0851 - RATING: 3/5
ADAM'S RIB  (1949) - CANON: 4,0398 - RATING: 3,5/5
DINNER AT EIGHT  (1933) - CANON: 3,9344 - RATING: 4,5/5

47) ROBERTO ROSSELLINI

ROMA, CITTA APERTA (1945) - CANON: 4,3255 - RATING: 5/5
GERMANIA, ANNO ZERO  (1948) - CANON: 4,2693 - RATING: 5/5
VIAGGIO IN ITALIA  (1954) - CANON: 4,2525 - RATING: 2,5/5
PAISA  (1946) - CANON: 4,1917 - RATING: 3/5
EUROPA 51  (1952) - CANON: 4,0337 - RATING:  3/5
IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE  (1959) - CANON: 3,9231 - RATING: 4/5
FRANCESCO, GIULLARE DI DIO  (1950) - CANON: 3,8833 - RATING: 2/5

48) MICHAEL CURTIZ

CASABLANCA  (1942) - CANON: 4,7256 - RATING:  5/5
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD  (1938) - CANON: 4,2838 - RATING: 3,5/5
MILDRED PIERCE  (1945) - CANON: 4,1093 - RATING: 4/5
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES  (1938) - CANON: 4,0362 - RATING: 2/5
CAPTAIN BLOOD  (1935) - CANON: 3,9790 - RATING: 4,5/5
THE SEA HAWK  (1940) - CANON: 3,9018 - RATING: 3/5
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY  (1942) - CANON: 3,7784

49) FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT

LES 400 COUPS  (1959) - CANON: 4,6099 - RATING:  4,5/5
JULES ET JIM  (1962) - CANON: 4,1990
LA NUIT AMERICAINE  (1973) - CANON: 4,1863 - RATING:  2,5/5
TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE  (1960) - CANON: 3,9969
L'ENFANT SAUVAGE  (1970) - CANON: 3,9755 - RATING:  3/5
BAISERS VOLEES  (1968) - CANON: 3,9739
L'ARGENT DE POCHE  (1976) - CANON: 3,8573 - RATING: 2,5/5

50) CLINT EASTWOOD

UNFORGIVEN  (1992) - CANON: 4,5558 - RATING: 5/5
MILLION DOLLAR BABY  (2004) - CANON: 4,2886 - RATING: 5/5
MYSTIC RIVER  (2003) - CANON: 4,1168 - RATING: 5/5
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY  (1995) - CANON: 4,0917 - RATING: 5/5
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA  (2006) - CANON: 4,0186 - RATING: 3,5/5
GRAN TORINO  (2008) - CANON: 3,9122 - RATING: 4,5/5
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES  (1976) - CANON: 3,7939 - RATING: 2,5/5