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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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
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Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Right Stuff
1983, in 13 top lists Check -
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Les vampires
1915, in 14 top lists Check -
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Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
1964 — a.k.a. Black God, White Devil, in 10 top lists Check -
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Samson and Delilah
1949, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source