The top 250 directors and their best film according to TSPDT/DtC (2012)
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This list contains 250 films by the 250 greatest directors of all time, according to "they shoot pictures don't they?". Each director has one entry; their most critically acclaimed film. Two directors appear more than once on the list (Michael Powell and Stanley Donen) and all together there are 5 director couples (Powell/Pressburger, Donen/Kelly, Coen Brothers, Cooper/Schoedsack and Straub/Huillet). #76 is a TV-mini-series; #81, #151, #157, #180, #190 and #202 are short features, the rest of the entries are featured films.
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 34 top lists Check -
7 new
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
8 new
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
9 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
10 new
Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 28 top lists Check -
11 new
Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
12 new
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
13 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
14 new
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
15 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
16 new
L'Atalante
1934, in 22 top lists Check -
17 new
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
18 new
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
19 new
Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
20 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
21 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
22 new
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
23 new
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
24 new
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 27 top lists Check -
25 new
Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
26 new
Chinatown
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
27 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
28 new
L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
29 new
Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
30 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
31 new
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
32 new
Persona
1966, in 26 top lists Check -
33 new
The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
34 new
Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
35 new
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
36 new
Rio Bravo
1959, in 20 top lists Check -
37 new
Au hasard Balthazar
1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check -
38 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
39 new
Pather Panchali
1955, in 22 top lists Check -
40 new
C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check -
41 new
Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 19 top lists Check -
42 new
Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
43 new
Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
44 new
All About Eve
1950, in 25 top lists Check -
45 new
Viridiana
1961, in 24 top lists Check -
46 new
Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
47 new
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
48 new
Nashville
1975, in 20 top lists Check -
49 new
To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
50 new
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source