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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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
15 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
9 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
51 new
Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
97 new
Fa yeung nin wah
2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check -
20 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
89 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
163 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
12 new
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
54 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
23 new
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
223 new
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 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 -
70 new
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
25 new
Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
120 new
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
83 new
The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
73 new
Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 top lists Check -
94 new
La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
199 new
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
126 new
Cabaret
1972, in 24 top lists Check -
16 new
L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
130 new
Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
81 new
La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
148 new
The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
106 new
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check -
169 new
Breaking the Waves
1996, in 14 top lists Check -
198 new
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961, in 9 top lists Check -
67 new
A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
104 new
Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check -
225 new
Hable con ella
2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check -
63 new
The Lady Eve
1941, in 20 top lists Check -
139 new
Yi yi
2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check -
109 new
Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
191 new
Tootsie
1982, in 17 top lists Check -
127 new
Shane
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
145 new
Top Hat
1935, in 14 top lists Check -
52 new
Madame de...
1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check -
105 new
The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
221 new
Ba wang bie ji
1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check -
78 new
The Band Wagon
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
95 new
La maman et la putain
1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check -
125 new
Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
144 new
The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
55 new
Viaggio in Italia
1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check -
238 new
My Own Private Idaho
1991, in 10 top lists Check -
231 new
Hana-bi
1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check -
112 new
Written on the Wind
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
181 new
Love Me Tonight
1932, in 11 top lists Check -
243 new
Lone Star
1996, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source