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Abbas Kiarostami

3 films Edit list

The Iranian master.

  • The Lighthouse
  • Moonlight
  • Uncut Gems
  • Ex Machina
  • Hereditary

A24

17 films Edit list

Ranking the films that come out of that "very underrated" distribution company.

  • The Social Network
  • Zodiac
  • Gone Girl
  • Se7en
  • Mank
  • Liz and the Blue Bird
  • A Silent Voice: The Movie

Naoko Yamada

2 films Edit list

Anime's best female filmmaker working today.

  • Harakiri
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • Secret Sunshine
  • Poetry
  • Burning

Lee Chang-dong

3 films Edit list

Slow, patient suffering.

  • The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Jacques Demy

2 films Edit list

The king of French musicals, and a shimmering icon of the French New Wave.

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Master
  • Magnolia
  • Punch-Drunk Love

Paul Thomas Anderson

5 films Edit list

One of the best American directors of the 21st century.

  • Children of Men
  • Y Tu Mamá También
  • Roma

Alfonso Cuaron

3 films Edit list

One of the three Mexican masters.

  • Vertigo
  • Rope
  • Rear Window
  • Rebecca

Alfred Hitchcock

4 films Edit list

The quintessential filmmaker of his era.

  • Memories of Murder
  • Parasite
  • Mother
  • The Host
  • Snowpiercer

Bong Joon-ho

5 films Edit list

One of the defining auteurs of the Korean New Wave who is now the first Korean Oscar winner. His highly…

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Shining
  • Paths of Glory

Stanley Kubrick

3 films Edit list

One of the most important and best directors of all time.