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. 5 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 19 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 23 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 24 new

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  5. 31 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  6. 54 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  7. 59 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 64 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  9. 75 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 85 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 96 new

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 100 new

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 109 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 110 new

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 117 new

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 123 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 129 new

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 133 new

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 136 new

    Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol

    1964 — a.k.a. Black God, White Devil, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 140 new

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 142 new

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 147 new

    Salvatore Giuliano

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 150 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 152 new

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 158 new

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 165 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  27. 173 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 174 new

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 188 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 195 new

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 206 new

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 208 new

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 220 new

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 229 new

    Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari

    1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 231 new

    Hana-bi

    1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 233 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 236 new

    Koroshi no rakuin

    1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source