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. 40 new

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 99 new

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 33 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 173 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 71 new

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 141 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 36 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 102 new

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 127 new

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 248 new

    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 144 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 228 new

    Man of the West

    1958, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source