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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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 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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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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O thiasos
1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check -
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Il vangelo secondo Matteo
1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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L'albero degli zoccoli
1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...
1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Right Stuff
1983, in 13 top lists Check -
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JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 11 top lists Check -
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Potomok Chingis-Khana
1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check -
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Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach
1968 — a.k.a. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, in 6 top lists Check -
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Samson and Delilah
1949, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source