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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  1. 4 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 247 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 6 -

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 50 new

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 125 new

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 44 new

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 164 new

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 149 new

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 29 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 104 new

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 51 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 244 new

    The Art of Vision

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 37 new

    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 221 new

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 171 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 78 new

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 47 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  18. 222 new

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 94 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 70 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 27 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 128 new

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 59 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 220 new

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 75 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  26. 209 new

    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 246 new

    Le boucher

    1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 23 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 72 new

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 198 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 169 new

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 98 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 10 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 173 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 126 new

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 237 new

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 153 new

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 15 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  39. 174 new

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 107 new

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 40 new

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 56 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 183 new

    Chelsea Girls

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 26 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  45. 186 new

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 230 new

    Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach

    1968 — a.k.a. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, in 6 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  48. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 210 new

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 42 new

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source